, 1889-04-13

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glass box, or receiver, heated and sub
jected to the strong light shed by the lamp
and intensified by the aid Of refectOrs so
arranged as to swing into position: all "a
round the lamp.
When the egg is thus placed. the EN-.
bry0, which assumes the appearance of q
red spider, will be found floating at the
top of the albumen, Or white, and close to
the she'll. Eggs thus situated must be
changed from time to time. Their ends
must be reversed, so that any discrepan-
cy in the uniformity of the heat may be
obviated. When the position Of the egg
is changed the embryo is seen to travel
slowly, seeking the top of the shell, which
ever way il is revolved.
Life is coming, slowly but surely, all the
time, al d as it is watched the spider-like
appearance becomes fainter and fainter.
The entire white of the egg becomes Sc
parated from the yOlk. With wonderful
beauty the limbs and body are fashioned,
the semi. transparent form assumes the
shape of a miniature chick, the action OF
a miniature heart and blood vessels are
easily seen it becomes apparent to the
beh0Ider that the beating Of the heart
causes the constant motion that is at this
stage ObseryabIe; and, in a word, the
white of the egg has become a miniature
chicken, and the yelk It's food, and all this,
too, before our naked eyes, thanks to the
wonderful incubator.
AT this stage the egg is taken from be-
fore the strong light and placed in the
Matching box. Ere long it is seen to sway
backward and forward or from side to
side. A light peck peck peck is heard,
like the faint ticking Of a lady's watch
almost run down. Presently the shell is
seen to BREAKFAST a tiny bit at first-and
gradually the aperture grows larger and
larger, until soon the tireleSs little bill OF
a chick-for he it is that has been peck.
ing ut the shell-breaks through the GOV.
ering, and is instantly withdrawn, only to
prOtrude again and proceed with the shell
breaking work. Soon we see the aper-
ture is large enough, and lol we behold a
perfect chick, forcing itself ont of its frail
prison, springing to light, to air-tO life.
See the little fellow How his tiny eyes
close upon the light of the world he has
just burst into See him stagger, and
shiver and shake, and open his little eyes
again for u wondering peep at all the
great world within range OF his vision.
Truly We have seen the most wonderful
Of all the hidden mysteries Of the Creator
the coming Of life.
This seeming miracle is to be seen just
as you read it here at Doris's Museum on
Eighth avenue. A chicken IS hatcEed
every second, and plainly Matched in the
sight of all. 1t is a wonderful exhibition,
and gives food for reflection when visited
as well as plenty Of entertainment while
seeing it.
There is another interesting feature of
this exhibit which pIeases and surprises
visitors. A Maltese cat is installed as q
mother over the ever increasing family OF
chicks, and, albeit the cat is Of the male
persuasion, he does the maternal business
like a real mamma, and his brood thrives
like a house on fire. Nov, every body
knows that chicks, canaries, sparrOwS and
other little delicacies of like nature are
the peculiar tOothSome favOrteS of the
meowing portion of the feline family but
"Beauty," as this is appropriately named,
has taken to his calling with a motherly
way that is wonderful. Beauty is Is
months old. He saw his first chicken
when 3 weeks old and at once began to
play with it. He will worry a dog, kill a
mouse, do away with u rat, and wen claw
his master, but woe betide any who trOn-
bles his innocent and affectiOnate brood