The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-31

await masticaton, gave unmistake-
able eseon 10 farmers. the number OF cattle exhibited
being thirty per cert below that OF 1870 Tho fact is
that English land is again being converted from
pasture into arabic because cattle farming cannot
be made TO pay. The reason ID obvious Foreign inn
portnons provide ten cent OF the and
destroy by the diseases which they bring twenty pcr
cent OF the home5red stock then there the impor
tation OF lrosh beefirom your sde And yet prices do
not seem 10 come down; the London consumer 10
swindied and humbuggcd Us much ever; he can't
get American from his butcher who always lnds
some excuse for not having II, but half the time
actually does sell II US English beef the unwary
toner. We have 70 pay twenty-five TO thirty cents u
pound Tor our Christmas beef, and there does
seem TO be any for Us from you on the way, must
pay and grumbe or submit 10 the appalling dosolati0n
OF beencss Christmas dinner. But even Il a consign-
ment OF American beef dd arrive should still be ut
the mercy Of the butchers Tor cannot distinguish
any difference between the beer led on the western
prnres and the best Of the much Wanted produce OF
tho home pasturez
took . stroll yesterday through tho great meat
market at Smithaeld, which at this season, OF
preceding Christmas the gates opened one in the
morning and the place Is bcsiegod by butchers and
poulserers from al the ouliying suburbs as well a.
from the city ITSELF BY three parts OF the whole
supplies are gone, SPIRITED away by tho swift, we'll
horscd carts, which wait in long lines outside the
building Piles OF hampers and wicker baskets lie
about stuffed with geese aud ducKs long OF
Keys heads downward, form curious vista; in the
foreground sides OF bacon piled up In solid chunks
until they form wall II Is q gastronomic paradise.
On all sides the utmost hustle aud activity prevaii
the greasy, blue boused butcners stagger about uu-
bending under an immense side OF prize beef oppo-
site, on platform, is all that Is left OF treendous
Aberdeen bullock which weighed $500 pounds and
TOOK tho $l25 prize Of the Smithhed Club at tho
cattle show
This Ia tho otter great market, which Is thronged
at this by dinner seekers. Here there reg
iments OF turkeys and pheasants while tho
birds-ptar N gan and teal be found Ut every
stall; hundreds OF hne harcs hang by the heels in
long rows, ana Ia the moat department suspended
some Immense porkers. A ticket, surmounted BY u
hu nf n thatt hov den rod
this lie tho early age oil seven months, twenty-five
days, and that they wero 'Dred ana led by Her Ma
Jcsty the Queen"
THEATRICAL GOSSIP
Cattle show week bong over tho managers Of the
metropolitan theatres arc busy preparing their pan.
tomimes aud bufooncrcs, which never seem 20 pail
upon the tastes Of the holiday makers. The Christ
pantomme Is q sort OF theatrical carnival, aud
as the English cannot hold curnivus In their filthy
streets aud drpping climate they look
AT something Ike them In the stuGy atmosphere OF
. playhouse. Many OF the theatres are now closed
duy next the theatrical carnival Will Dega ~ many Of
them. Drury Lane, Covcn. Garlen ana other great
houses viii stand ny their traditions and fling open
their doors on ''Boxing Night"
WINTER OPERA.
The musical world grathed by the prospect Of the
visit OF TWO English opera troupes TO the metropolis
during tho winter. Aiterthe Christmas and New Year
frenzy Is over We may see Carl Rosa aud Mapleson
running wal companies ut the Princess Theatre and
sHer Mpjesty's, and thore are whsperings that MISS
Kellogg Is again to delight English audience. The
fall opera ut Her Aucsys has closed, and MIR.
Mapeson's experiment has been successful IL Is said
has Melted profit OF $2d ZOO, chony owing
Ling down the orensstrA 20 naf price anu tho
lection OF expensive Stars. The performances nave
been very mediocre and The chsapness OF the get up
painfully manifest Tho stage management, too, has
tho psasy
came TO serious grief.
AxuCENA 10 TIE RESCUE
Mile. Salla, who played tho heroine died (theatri-
caly) much TOO ncar the footlghts. 'Upder these
CIRCUMSTANCES" says Figaro lit WAS the duty oil The
stage manager give the word OF warming and, tail.
ing the stage manager, the prompter, and ian him.
The conductor. IL was however n0bodys business as
Her Majes.y's." And SO there lay Leonora, defunct
weighing q ton, cano rolling down upon her. Tho
Azuccna OF tho evening, Nine. Demeric Lablache,
dragged her from beneath the impending destruction
just III time A round OF applause Tor the gypsy
mother broke from the audience, but II was not io
lowed should have Lecn, by three groans for the
stage manager.
MUSICAL TYLKpHoSIcs
Speaking oil the opera reininas mo OF one OF the
numerous Jokes which the comic papers pcIpe-
trate necessarily Ia connection with the telephone
mat a.es. ana perhaps most marvellous development.
wall OF her apartment bristiing with open.mouthed
tubes. tells her pago:-'Now recolloct Robert, at
quartet from ST. Jamos' Hall, and at eleven turn
Another use acesously suggested for the telephone
Is that Il may be applied 10 handorgans and street
pianos, in order to conduct the music noisslessly
away and dump II some out Of the way place.
where u may not offensive But, on the other
hand, Il IL now proposed 10 apply the newly discov.
cred Photographic improvement OF the telephone 10
public speakers, SO that ''every stop and stammer
every blunder aud bungle. will be joted down auto
matlcaly GU sheet Of paper" This may do we'll In
countries where oratory Ia not rare sift but how
will It answer In country where .tLadieser and
gentlemen-aw, unaccustomed as AN, ah, to-er" &c,
Is the kind OF eoquence 10 which accustomed
MILITARY TELEPaoNlcs
Although the fact Of the existence OF the telephone
10 only gradually dawning upon people here the mill
ming and having. II has been determined 10 substi-
tor tho telegraph between the forts In
Malta aud the Island OF Coco, twsntytwo miles Ills.
tant, Is TO De connected with Vaieua. Professor
Graham Bell lectured again last evening upon the
telephone, and there Is an increasing interest In It,
TO hope for It's success there's solid ground
since all admit It's principle is sound
FIELD.
'Weathcr perfect country in superb condition
sport every day, Christmas bills yet come In
Sucn the report from Leicestershire the headQuur
ters OF the hunting fraternity. in whose dongs,
Ing that the noble SPORT or tho nearest thing to IT,
has been introduced on your side Of the water, your
readers may take some interest The Empress Of
AUSTRIA who Is now almost ann ual visitor these
shores the purpose Of INDUCING hor fondnoss OF
chase taxes her quarters again NJ Cotesbro0ke
IN anu Will DO followed by her son.
Rodolph Francis Charles Joseph, Crown Prince OF the
Austrian Empire and Prince Royal OF Hungary. The
Grown Prince Of Hanover, as the English papers per-
stat ID calling him, although he has crown as an
heirloom 10 The iuture Is also hero guest OF tho
Marquis OF Hartford a. Raglcy Hall, and no, too io
lows 'thc SOUND OF the buyle horn.'
TIKI HEIR OF CESAR
In connection ~l.h the visit Of The heir OF the Aus
crown, the papers have been treating
US piece OF quaint royal archaeology. 1t Is said
OF Rodoph that hc is heir the social po-
stion III Europe and that whether his claims may be
recognized not, ne would be entitled succeeding
The throne 10 take precedence Of other royal or
Imperial parsonage, not excepting the Queen ana En.
press OF The Ango-indion Empire The reason Of all
this accumulation OF dignity Is that the Austrian En-
pre- IS the proper representative ot the H0ly Roman
Empiro,n and that, de jure, the Emperor OF the
Austro- Hungarian monarchy Is Caesar and EN-
peror OF Rome" these titles having descended upon
him--poor mar-irom Charlolnuknc, upon whom
Pope Leo Ill. conferred them 900 years ago The
prospective owner OF all this empty greatness has
graciously consented 10 DO placed the list Of
Il honorary members vi tho Reform Club during his
stay Ia England from which II would appear that tho
heir OF the Caesars has a touch oil democracy In HIM.
GREAT RACE.
must not forget, whilo speaking Of sporting mat
tcrs to mention an interesting event which causing
some excitement IN sporting circles. match ~ pro-
posed between kincsenl, an Austrian horse, owned
by The Mcssrs. Bnscovich, and tho English mare
Placida, whose owner is Sir. Pulleney The latter
gentleman proposed a short distance, 10 DO run In
England, but the OF kucsem want 10 run half
way between the Two c0uutres either at Frankfort or
Buden the distance 70 10 400 500 and the
ioriet money 70 be $4,000 iorns, which looks as VI
thcy thnk they Will win. II 10 ever comes on tho
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