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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20
than Of boa.s ana crilciso .he crowds appearance

athan OF boats and criiicsc the crowds appearance.
They acted az II they had seen an excursion
steamer before The excursionisls ran the gauntlet
of the city police force. consisting of Chief and
an active force Of two WHO did duty at
man VINO posted by on tho top OF lrcght
ear awake and ready be called queI any outbreak
that might Before the cxcursionsts, who with
great difficulty made their way through the ranks of
the ruralists, mad olsen barkcd to look At dusty
town what seemed TO DO the greater part OF the male
population the police limos and filed tho vessel
from hold TO pilot house and from prov TO sicrn Tho
his active force OF two sa. lazily the
gang plank while the reserve, ''Pat Mnloy,n as ono
called him. whisod tune the roof OF tho freight
car. There little IN tho immediate neighbcrhood
OF tho pier interest the vsitors and quickly re-
tracing their steps they sought the vessel only TO
find that the police force aforesaid held tho gang
plank refusing them admittanco whiIc the officers OF
the vessel yelled themselves hoarse in efforts to
get Bridgeport OF the vessel to mako
room tor New York to take possession.
For nearly halt an hour Bridgeport's police
held the gang plank and Dridgeports people tho
sci, while the New Workers were crowded aud jostled
hot sun BY other Inhabitants OF the sleepy Ncw
England town. At last tho shriil voice oil the chief
called the reserve force from the roof OF the freight
car and the Bridgeport Doors retired in good order
their police force OF chief and four men calamity
covering their after tho excursonists had all
boon safety deposited on the vessel.
The Columbia arrived in the city before DARK, and
discharged safely her freight at the various Surfing
points.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Below is tho record oil the League contests. from
which 1t will DO the Cincnnatls have the lead
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20
AMERICAN OARSNEN.
The Grand National Test Regatta
at Watkins.
ENTRIES AND PROGRAMME.
A Talk with Courtney. the Cayuga
Lake Champion.
RACES IN PROSPECT THIS SEASON.

By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
WATKINS, N. ". May 10, 1873
rhc following the entries for tho Grand National
Test Regatta to be held Seneca Lake, Watkins, N
" NAV o. % and 3d.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
ASCULPTURED EFFIG Y.

There exists in England sculptured
efigy of Napoleon I, by Canova, w; the
colossal statue, sixteen Roman palms
high, in Carrara marble, completed and
sent to Paris in 1911. and now in the pos
session of the Duke of Wellington, at
Apsley House. The statue is nude, and
holds in the right hand a globe sur
mounted by winged figure of Victory.
This statue has brief but curious his
tory When the Allies entered Paris in
1915, for the second time, Canova, who
was in the train of the allied sovereigns,
was extremely anxious to know what
had become of his masterpiece. Baron
Demon, Curator of the museum of the
Louvre, denied all knowledge of the
work, nor could the intendants of the
ex-Imperial palaces furnish any infor-
nation. One official, however, had a
hazy recollection of the Empress Maria
Louisa having expressed herself as ex-
tremely shocked at the representation of
her august consort in so complete state
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
The Sea.Serpent of Nahant.

ls.A. Drake in Harper's Magazine for Mayl
There is one topic with which the
annals of Nahant are indissolubly united
that we feel a natural diffidence in ap
preaching, yet cannot in conscience
ignore, and that is the sea-serpent
Words are inadequate to describe the
widespread CONSERVATION which the
apparition of such monster created
among the hardy population of our New
England sea-board, for he was soon per
ceived to possess none of the attributes
of sporting and harmless fish, but to
belong strictly to the reptile tribe. And
what reptile! The most exaggerated
reports of his length prevailed in the
fishing towns of Cape Ann. One skip
per swore that he was a. long as the
mainmast of seventyfour; another
would eat him if the steeple of Glouces-
ter Westinghouse could hold a candle
to him for length; still another declared
upon his " affidavy" that having sighted
the shaggy head of the snake early in
the morning, with stiff six-knot breeze,
and every thing full, he had been hall
glass in overhauling his tail, as he lay
motionless along the water.
For time nothing else was talked OF
but the wonderful sea-snake which was
repeatedly seen in Gloucester Bay in
August, 1917, and occasionally also in
the waters of Nahant Bay, by hundreds of
curious spectators, who rushed to the
beaches or pushed off in boats at the
first news of his approach. There was
not fish-wife along thirty miles of
coast who did not shake in her shoes
when he was reported in the offing. But
as time wore on, and the serpent's
pacific, even pusillanimous, disposition
became evident, courage revived, and
though the fish was strange one, the
fishermen determined, with charac leris-
tic boldness, on his capture.
Stimulated, also, by large reward
offered for the serpent, alive or dead
vessels were fitted out, manned by ex-
pert whalesmen, which cruised in the
bay. The revenue vessel then on the
station was ordered to keep a vigilant
lookout, and her guns double shotted
for action. Nets were also spread in his
snakeship's accustomed haunts, and one
adventurous fellow, who had approached
50 near as to see the white of his glitter
ing eye, emptied the contents of duck
ing gun into the monsters head. But
he bore charmed life, and having
easily eluded his pursuers, derisively
shook the spray of Nahant Bay from his
tail ere he disappeared in the depths Of
the ocean. Since this time the gigantic
ophidian has never revisited Nahant
though tidings have lately come of him
from other climes. His stuffed skin was
never destined to adorn the walls of g
museum and it is doubtful if he will
ever know other pickle than his native
brine.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
Modern Dentistry.
Scientific News.l

Having occasion recently to need the
services of dentist, we were interested
to note the improvements made in the
various small tools employed in this
useful art. The little burning engine
for example, though not altogether
agreeable while on duty, performs its
work of cutting out the decayed places
in most speedy and satisfactory man.
ner. Held in the hand of the dentist
and operated by a treadle it is far
superior and less liable to inflict injury
upon the sufferer than the sharp pointed
tools commonly used for that purpose.
The hand spring plugger, and the
plugger operated by pneumatic force, are
also effective instruments, used in the
process of putting in the gold filling.
he blow thus delivered is steady and
direct, and, as in the case of the burning
machine, there is less liability to acct
dent by slipping off The introduction
some years since of Watts sponge gold,
to take the place of foil, has also
greatly simplified the operation of fill
ing teeth, but substitute is needed for
the sponge gold, in the shape of a
cement, in appearance and of equal
hardness to the natural tooth, with
power to resist the destroying action of
the saliva. Many attempts have been
made to produce cement of this kind,
but thus far without success. Of course
whoever attempts to make such an
article must first acquire a knowledge
of the chemistry of the saliva. and of
its influence upon the materials to be
acted upon, but whoever makes the
discovery of an enduring tooth cement
would doubtless reap handsome re-
ward for his ingenuity.
The dental art has reached degree
of perfection to justify the statement,
that with proper care of the teeth by a
skillful dentist, it seldom becomes neces-
sary to have one taken out. 1t is said,
however, that some dentists extract de-
cayed teeth, iling up the holes. and
reinserting them in the jaw with perfect
success. We have been told that a
well-known corn and bunion doctor in
this city, finding the service of a dentist
to be needful, and being too busy to leave
corns and bunions, had tooth taken
out; it was then filled and reset in its
original position.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
Positive Facts.
New York SUM-


The Duke of Leeds is wealthy, tn,
family name Godolphin, the countr,
seat Gogmagog Hills. When in Londoi
his Grace takes boxing lessons of Il" Young
Reed" the once celebrated pugilist
During cessation of hostilities Leeds en-
joys his porter out of a pewter pot.
The Princess Beatrice, of the Roya
Familyo of England, is called the "baby.
She has always been her mothers pet
and carries about with her beamlnp
countenance. She has been well brought
up and will make a good-natured wife
for any poor Teuton who may venture
TO ask her hand.
The Archbishop of York, DR.. Thomp,
son, is tall, full-blown, well-fed cleric,
| enjoying $50, 900 per annum. He detests
! dead and-alive York, so bores Londoners
with sermons of one hours duration
His Grace mitigates that inhiction by
giving good dinners, accompanied by
tawny port with bees wing.
Miss Burdett Coutts, now her lady
ship is the richest and most philan-
taropic woman in England. The bank
of that name is hers. Hundreds have pro-
posed to her, but she somehow thought,
not being handsome, twas her money
they wanted. She has been troubled
all her life With a hereditary skin dis
ease. She dresses always in black. Her
Christian name is Angela.
The Duke of Norfolk is hereditary
Earl Marshal of England. He is Ro-
man Catholic. Thus Victoria is evilly
disposed toward him, but, on State occa-
sions, has to put up with his faith. On
such days he carries the orb, and wears
a fine coat, with the arms of Great
Britain and Ireland embroidered on the
back. He is stumpy and commonplace
looking He puts, when writing Off
cially, f. Nj. after his name. Sheffield
belongs to him.
The late Michael Faraday was one of
the most genial of mankind, short in
stature, and possessing mild blue eye.
AS u lecturer on chemistry at the Royal
Institution, he was frstrate, and also
as a manipulation in experiment--most
dapper was he with his fingers. No
gaseous explosions took place during his
career. His parentage was humble, and
was Swedenborgian. Tyndall sue
ceeded him.
The late Sir William Sterling Max
we'll, Bart. was one of the best Italian
scholars England possessed. He walked
with his head erect, looked thorough
aristocrat, and was the owner of $780,
600 year. He always dressed nauti-
cally, and to that added white plug
hat all the year round. He was never
known to smile after his wife and
daughter met their deaths by flame.
Last spring he married the Hon Mrs.
Norton. She died soon after, and he
followed.
John Everett Millais won't paint a
portrait under two thousand guineas,
and then it's favor. He dabs on the
paint in an extraordinary way-you
must gaze on his beauties from afar-
half an inch on the tip of a city mag
Mates nose to give it whey aspect.
He does not treat his landscapes in that
queer fashion. He married Mrs. Ruskin
soon after the separation; she is beau
tiful, and the offspring, girls, lovely.
Millais's cigars are noted. He is bald.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
For Love of Her.

A Mexican exchange contains rather
a lengthy account of terrible love
tragedy which recently occurred at
Guadalajara, capital of the State of
Jaiisco. We condense the facts as fol-
lows:
A young, beautiful, and wealthy
widow had two suitors, the one being
talented student and the other a dry
goods clerk. The former, though gra-
ciously looked upon as friend, met
several reverses as lover, and finally,
for reasons not made public, was pro-
hlbited from calling upon the beautiful
but bereaved widow. The dry-goods
clerk, on the contrary, was an Adonis
ever warmly received by his Venus.
His hopes for gaining the heart and
hand Of his idol increased daily and
attracted public attention. This pro-
duced ferocious jealousy and desperation
in the mind of the more unfortunate
rival. One day, Friday-supposed to
be an evil day in the calendar of gossips
the widow threw open her residence
for the reception of friends. The at
tendance was large and composed of the
aristocracy of Guadalajara, the second
city of the republic in culture, taste,
and refinement. A grand ball followed
the reception, and the finest music
foated forth its harmony to make the
affair as delicious as it was brilliant.
Among those in attendance were the
young medical student and the dry
goods clerk, the latter having considera-
BILE local fame as poet. During the
dizzy waltzes the student observed that
his rival was the partner OF the charm
ing widow, fact which intensified his
jealousy. Unable to control himself the
disciple of Esculapius startled the as
semblage by insulting in the most ele-
egant manner the dry-goods clerk, and
followed this by challenging him to a
duel there and then. The man of tape
instantly accepted the challenge, and,
being prepared for emergencies, the
duel took place without unnecessary
ceremony. The principals selected their
seconds, and, walking into the patio OF
courtyard of the residence of the widow,
commenced their deadly work. The
first shot of the dry-goods clerk was
fatal, as was that of the medical student
Both were mortally wounded and ex-
pired in few moments. The affair was
| conducted in such a cool and business
| like way that the assemhlage could
scarcely believe anything had happened
until they saw the two dead bodies lying
| in the patio. The woman in the case
beholding the terrible sight of which
she was the prime cause, burst into tear'
and exclaimed: :" My God! pardon me
| am innocent"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
SchrObiker's Mistake.

Schrobiker was going along Fourth
street the other morning, when he saw a
lady Just in front of him, with braid
hanging down her back.
"Umph! Well, if that amt Kate"
he unused. Wonder where she's bound
forT' and reaching forward he slyly
grabbed hold of the braid and gave it a
quick hard pull, thinking of course to
first alarm his sister and then surprise
her with his presence.
There was a surprise, but it was
different from the onehe had planned for
A woman with black eyes, swapping
like bonfire, threw up her hands tc
catch her falling switch, and Their
turned round and gave him a look thai
made his bones ache. And when he saw
that it was not his sister, but strange
frantic-looking woman whom he had
never seen before, he felt that he would
willingly swap himself for a Cancelled
postage stamp, and consider it tip-tor
bargain. He blushed and mumbled
and bowed and stared, and chartered
out an incoherent apology that he hac
made a mistake. and that he thought
sure she was his sister, and all that; but
no words could appease the wrath of the
woman who had been snatched bald
headed in that shameless and public
manner, and the words of vitriol she
dashed upon him, as he beat retreat
around the corner, are burning in hi
ears yet.
1t is safe to predict that Mr.. Schro
biker will never mistake another woman
for his sister without first assuring him
self that she is not armed with blacl
eyes like daggers and tongue like
razor.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18

of divestiture from his traditional boots,
buckskins, and gray great coat. AT
length the statue turned up, half I'M
packed, in lumber room at the Garde
Meuble. The triumphs of 1911 had
been followed with terrible swiftness by
the disasters of Moscow and Leipsic, and
the colossal memorial had been wholly
forgotten. OF course it had now become
the property of the French Government.
Louis XVIII, however, would have none
of it, and presented the marble to the
Prince Regent. Had Canova's Napoleon
possessed so much as kilt, the figure
might have been retained by royalty ;
but, like Hans Breitmann's mermaid, it
had holdings on" so George ~ pre-
sented it to the Great Duke, and at the
foot of the grand staircase at Apsley
House the sumptuous effgy stands to
this day.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
An Army of Locusts.

Toward the beginning of the present
century prodigious body of locusts was
precipitated across the Black Sea, upon
the steppe lying east of Odessa, where il
| committed indescribable devastation.
To destroy the invaders, columns were
marched down from the interior, but on
arriving at the scene of action, were al
most paralyzed by the phnomenon wit.
messed. For miles the whole surface of
| the plain, converted into a black color,
seemed to be alive and in motion, for the
scaly bodies of the locusts, closely pressed
and locked together, presented the APP
pearance of huge, dusky cuirass, re-
flecting with a strange glitter the rays
of the sun. The mass being in motion,
advanced inland, slowly but steadily
murmuriug like the surges OF the ocean,
putting the sheep, the cattle, the horses,
and the inhabitants on all sides to ilight
As the host crawed forward, the living
devoured the dead for lack of other
provender.
Putting their mattocks, spades pick
axes, and other implements into imme
date requisition, the serfis speedily ex.
cavated a trench several miles in length
across the track of the iocusts, but ere
they had finished the enemy was upon
them. and soon demonstrated the futility
of their device. In the course of few
minutes from their reaching the brink
of the excavation, the foremost ranks
had been pushed into it by those that
followed, and filled it up from edge to
edge, so that the multitude continued
its march apparently without interrup-
tom then everything combustible was
collected, and set on fire in front of the
column, with the same result.
The whole Black Sea seemed to be
transformed into locusts, which, from
its low shores, came up in countless
myriads, setting at defiance all the arts
and industry of man. Several columns of
The invaders filed off towards the east,
and alighted amid the vineyards Of the
Crimea, which they soon changed into a
waste of apparently dry and sapless twigs.
Russia seemed to be on the eve of a ca.
lamity like that which fell upon it about
the middle of the seventeenth century,
when the destruction of the harvests oc.
casioned a famine, which was followed
by plague, so that the population of
the whole provinces was thinned almost
to determination. In the present in
stance, the elements came to the deliver
ance of man. Before strong westwind,
masses of black clouds came pouring
from the Bosphorus, which covered the
atmosphere, and ultimately descended
in floods of rain. The locusts were para
lyzed, and as the celestial moisture con-
tinued to drench them in pitiless fashion
they gave up the ghost, and bequeathed
their corpses to the husband man for
manure
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18

THE contractors of the Madeira and
Mamore Railroad, to which the Me
tropolis was carrying supplies when she
was wrecked off Kitty Hawk life saving
station, applied some time ago to the
Brazilian Minister in Washington for
permission to employ several thousand
United States black navvies on the
proposed railroad but the Minister with
held consent, on the ground that he
doubted the legality of introducing free
blacks into Brazil. The Brazilian Gov.
eminent, however, sent a dispatch re.
Gently to the Minister, saying that nc
objection is to be made to the import.
alton of American citizens in Brazil, nc
matter what their color may be. The
contractors are therefore to hire a num-
Der of black navvies soon. 1t is ex.
pected that they will stand the climate
better than the whites.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
A PraIrie-DOg Village.

Four hundred and thirty-fve miles
west of Omaha is situated the great
Prairie-Dog City, one of the largest set
Elements on the line of theUnion Pacific
Railroad. Seven hundred acres, each
side of the track, have been taken up by
the sagacious little prairie-dogs, and
they have made their homes, and that
without buying one lot from the COM
pany, or as much as saying, by your
leave" The dwellings consist of little
mounds, from foot to eighteen inches
in height, raised by the dirt excavated
by their burrows. On the approach of
a train, the little inhabitants can be
seen scampering from their home. Ar
rived there, they squat upon their
hams or stand upon their hind feet at
the entrance hole in the top-barking
at the train as it passes. Should any
one venture too near, down they 60, and
their city is as silent as the city of the
dead" 1t is said that the opening in the
top leads to a subterraneous chamber
connecting with the next dwelling, and
SO on through the settlement; but this is
a misla axe. The prairie dog is of a
sandv-brown color, and about the size OF
large gray squirrel. in their nests, liv-
ing with them, are found the owl and the
rattlesnake, though whether welcome or
not is uncertain. He lives upon grasses
and roots, and is generally fat, and is by
some, Mexicans especially, considered
good eating, and his flesh is sweet and
tender though rather greasy. Wolves
prey upon the little fellows, and may b
seen sneaking near the town, hoping by
chance, to pick up some straggler. Blu
the dogs are not easily caught. Sons
one is always on the lookout for danger
and gives the alarm on the first iDtima
ton Of trouble. Then away they al
scamper to their holes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
sive colony" History is singularly 81
lent about this design.

ECUADOR has had her Presidential
election, the General Convention at
Guayaquil, by majority of forty-two,
electing lgnacio de Veintenilla to that
office. There were but five votes against
him, but it is generally thought that the
vote represents rather the wish of the
people. A bill in favor of religious toll
Grafton was rejected by the Convention.
The action of that body in both
cases has caused lively discomfort, as
Don Pedro Carlo was the popular can
didate for the Presidency, and the bill
granting religious liberation was re-
garded with much favor. A decree has
been published admitting, free of duty,
into the port of Guayaquil flour, rice,
and other comestibles, the decree tax
ing effect May l.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
Murder of the Mamalukes.

Mehemet Ali, from common soldier,
had come TO be the ruler of Egypt. Like
every man who ever rose to power, envy
hated him and treason plotted his over
throw. The Mamalukes were his mortal
foes, and he, with no such forgiving
spirit as led Renzi to spare the barons
when he could have raised fallen Rome
and placed her upon the road to great
ness, planned their death at one stroke.
Filling his towers with trusty soldiers,
he invited the Mamalukes to parade
within the walls of the citadel. Unsus-
pectingly they marched to their doom
splendid band of gayly decorated war
riors, whose very steeds pranced with
pride to be the bearers of such cavaliers.
Scarce had the last man entered, when
the mighty portcullis fell, and the truth
dawned upon them. From a hundred
windows murderous fire opened upon
them. Gay plumes that waved in pride
so shortly before tralled in blood and
dust. Rider and horse alike fell in
an indistinguishable deaths heap. Some
met their fate with prayers and some
treachery and bullets of the Pasha. All
save one. Emir Bey spurred on his horse
over the dead bodies of his fellow sol
diers, over the dying who.e lifeblood
oozed away andover the living suppliants
who would not conquer fate, but knelt
and prayed for mercy. Miraculously
he passed unhurt amid the shower of
lead that fell around him, and spurred
his horse over the precipice that looked
toward the pyramids. A hundred feet
or more he fell-his horse shapeless
mass, he to escape and fly, the only one
of all that splendid band. He fed the
country, never to return. The power of
his class was broken, though to cru h il
was committed, perhaps in self-defense,
another of those bloody murders whose
record and details we call history.