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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Perhaps Senator Bruce Is the dark horse.
brother of George d. Prentice is in the Navy Do
partment.
daughter Of Edwin NJ Stanton is q clerk in the
War Department
Mr. Maurice Delfosse. Belgian Minister at WASH
ington. il Ut the Windsor Hotel.
Mr.. F. w. Potter, formerly OF the Newark Courier
and Consul at Marseilles. dying on Monday.
1t is said that Blaine quite sailor in his youth.
That is probably where he learned to the Blaine
pin.
Some lispng young ladies at vassar have formed
lispers' club They probably studying myth
ology.
1t is announced from London to-day that the Duke
Of Edinburgh is about to be promoted to the rank Of
Rear Admiral.
A widely-circulatcd German newspaper is publish
ing one Of Andrew Jackson Davis spiritualistic
works as . serial story
Ex-senator Conness. of California, who has lived
in Boston for eight years. is looming up in the poll
tics Of that city. lie is a republican.
Talmage believes in ventilation for his Tabernacle.
1t really would be unhealthy for his congregation
have no ventilation for his sewer gas.
A Tennessee paper remarks that a man was '.found
dead with button hole through his coat" Now ten
TO one. that died OF button hole-stitch in the
sidc
Josh Billings:-'I don't insist upon pedigree for q
or horse Ii horse kan trot fast the pedigree
is all right;aif he kant wouldn't give shilling
yard for his pedigree"
Dr. John A. Weissc, author of ''The Origin and
Destiny of the English Language" was yesterday
elected President Of the American Pathological
Society for the ensuing year.
We desire to inform General Butler that in wiscon
sin bricks arc being made of paper He might get
some to throw at the democrats who want to he hit
with plenty Of paper just now.
The political course Of the HERALD seems to be
having general consideration throughout the coun.
try, II we may judge by the almost unprecedented
number of quotations and comments which are ap.
pearing in the provincial press from Maine to Cali.
fornia.
At party in Michigan a couple Of young people
submitted in jest TO mock marriages. and after tho
ceremony performed by gentleman present tho
girl discovered that he justice of the peace and
she claimed that the marriage was legal The young
man doesn't see it in that light.
An Iowa court has decided that drivers are under
legal obligations to treat people decently who desire
to pass them on the public road. A MI. Sorris
thought to play smart with Mr. Bolcs, an able law.
yer, OF Waterloo Doles was behind Norris but do
string to go faster undertook to 20 by Norris then
whipped up and prevented It, but when oles fell Ia
behind Stacked his speed. to Boes hindrance and an
noyanee Boles sued for damages and won his case
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

ever, if the half that has been claimed
should prove true, will belong neither to
Pictet, Cailletet, Edison, Hughes, Watson nor
mer and spectroscopist, Mr. ]. Norman
Lockyer, who visited our shores in July
last for the observation of the great solar
eclipse. His discovery, which the HERALD
was the first to announce in America, is
nothing less than that all the sixty-four So
called elements" are condensations or
notifications by the interactions of the
cosmic forces upon single primitive mat
ter, which, SO far as this earth is concerned,
seems to be hydrogen, but which in the
solar corona is found to be at least four
times lighter than hydrogen. OF course
men are already speaking of this discovery
as if it were synonymous with alchemy or
the transmutation Of metals. In one sense
they are right, but not in the most i'm
portant meanings connected with those ex-
pressions 1t may be found possible to
reduce gold and other precious metals and
stones to their primitive calcium or hydro
gen. but it may be positively stated that it
hydrogen or calcium. The reason is the
same as in the parallel case Of reducing fuel
to ashes. To destroy is easy; to recon-
struct from the same or similar materials is
impossible. Above all. one of the factors
in the formation of metals is unlimited du-
ration of time for the play of the cosmic
forces, and until the new alchemists can
control that factor their efforts will be use
less. 1t is too early to predict the range of
Mr.. Lockyer's discovery but, granting all
the facts which he claims, he has but DEM
onstrated experimentally an idea which
is perfectly familiar to modern chemists.
It is highly probable that Mr.. Lockyer' IS
conclusions are we'll founded and that they
will revolutionize the formal teaching Of
chemistry, but they cannot change the
facts as they have always existed. Mean
while the scientific world is becoming i'm
patient for the record OF Mr.. Lockyer's ex-
periments-not for his conclusions, for
those they can draw as well as he.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

the week of shopping and present-buying
which has gone by. A handsome wallet
even when there is little in it, has its uses,
and some of these may console paterfamilias
when he feels how fat and void it is. The
expert young lady, who will make a second
appearance in court this morning, might
make very large collection OF pocketbooks
to-day without being richer, except in
leather. That is one Of the joys of Christ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

The WEATHER.-Referrng in Mondays
HERALD to the steep gradients formed during
Sunday in the Ohio Valley and lake shore dis
tricts, and the strong to high winds that re-
suited. we called attention to the probability
that similar winds would be felt "from the
westward along the lake shore, and on the Mid
die and New England States coasts We also
predicted that the low pressure west of the storm
centre then passing of the coast would itself
develop another storm centre when it ncared the
coast. The weather experienced during yestcr-
day along the lakes, the st. Lawrence Valley
and on the coasts, fully justified our announce
ments. The barometric gradients from the
lake region, southwest and west, became re.
markably steep, and the winds rose to the force
of gales in many places, especially over Lakes
Michigan and Erie, and along the coast between
Philadelphia and Eastport, Maine. The centre
of an exceptionally high pressure area
10 now west Of the Missouri, but the
area itself extends southeastward toward
Florida and northward into British Colum ba
In the Southwest, where the threatening indi-
cations presented themselves on Monday, the
centre Of n shallow disturbance has moved into
the Gulf from Texas, with rains, and is travel
ling along the coast over southern Florida. Ex-
eert in the lower lake region where some heavy
snow has fallen, and on the Gulf coast, the
weather is generally clear or fair, but every
where the temperatures nrc very low. We have
experienced the greatest cold in New York
of the year, and present indications point 70 the
continuance of low temperatures for some days.
Such an enormous overpourIng of air FROM the
west of the Rocky Mountains shows that con.
siderable disturbance is approaching from that
direction. The weather ON the English coasts ID
dair, but the pressures and wind directions show
that the storm we predicted ON the morning OF
the 23d for that region is nearing Europe. In
New York aud its vicinity to-day the weather
will Do cold aud clear or fair, with clustering
westerly to northwesterly winds. Tomorrow IL
viii be cold, windl and clear or fair.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

We are urged by correspondent, whose
letter we publish in another column, not to
discontinue our efforts to supply the vacant
Bulgarian throne with an American king,
and the suggestion is made that we in
crease our list of candidates by the addition
Of other names We are prepared to admit
the qualifications. merits and claims of the
gentlemen mentioned by our correspond
ent, and should gladly hail their corona
ton if they could be spared. But they all
have callings at home and their country
men would not be willing to part with them,
even to oblige Bulgaria. Mr. Lawrence
Jerome, who ought to have been elected to
Congress, is reserved for the United States
Senate, and when Mr. Herman re-
tires we hope to see Mr. Jerome
fill his place. Meanwhile his genial
humor SO endears him to his fellow
citizens that they would not consent to part
with him, even for the short time that must
intervene before he is transplanted to WASH
ington with Senatorial honors. The popu-
lar Sam Ward would make right royal
monarch, but where would be our dinner
where our accomplished Third House, with
out him? Mr. Jenkins Van Setback would
pass naturally from "a prince Of good fell
lows" to king, and his old Dutch blood
would make Germany his friend; but Wall
street must have its hour of merriment, and
where would the fun be without the jolliest
broker in the Board? Chief Justice Quinn
may be needed again on the New York
bench-who knows?-and besides, the
people Of New York would ''view with
alarum his increasing influence" in .
foreign country. The First ward could
not exist without Judge Duffy. Uncle
Dick Schell is "every inch king" but
the magnifcence Of fat money would de-
part with its leading practical advocate.
AS to Mr.. Henry Bergh, while he would be
the most valuable ruler we could give to
Bulgaria, we cannot consent that he shall
leave New York. His good deeds make him
king among men, wherever he may be,
and the American people have already
awarded him the bright crown of humanity
and Christian philanthropy. Neither man
nor beast can spare Henry Bergh from the
field of his present labors. Besides,
we regard the throne of Bulgaria as
already as good as filled by the sug-
gestion Of the Russian Emperor, and
while we are in receipt ofthousands Of let
tiers recommending the favorites of the
various writer's as proper persons to wear
the new crown, We feel impelled to close
the chapter and take leave Of the candidates
and the subject. We fear that to press our
claims any further might take the appear
ance of opposition to the Emperor. who has
always been our sincere friend, even if he
did get little the best Of us in real estate
transaction in the northern part of the
country. Besides, we are really willing to
Withdraw our national aspirations in favor
of the English Prince, whose sister is al
ready half an American.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
An Operatic Tournament.

ssHereabouts somewhere" said the man
in the story ''stand three brothers who
have been in this neighborhood three hun
dred years fighting each other for the pos
session of cloak, coat and pair OF
boots-for the possessor of these becomes
all powerful and can accomplish readily
whatever he wishes" All the grand COM
bination at the Academy of Music propose
to wrestle with the public on Thursday
night in a battle somewhat of that nature;
they fight for an equipment that will enable
them to accomplish whatever they wish in
the way of getting up scenical illusions for
the benefit of the spectator. For the
scenical equipment is the garment of the
play, and as many fine fellow would fail
altogether to impress society with sense
of his merit if he appeared in the pic
turcsque attire of Macaire, but would
take at the first trial if gotten up
with the advice of Brummel, so
perhaps more plays, musical and ether,
have gone to the dogs for want of good
mounting than for want Of genius in the
authors. It would be superfuous to dilate
on theme that is as plain as the fact that
in scenery good or bad lies the greater part
of the progress the stage has made since
the days Of Thespis' cart. It is very
handsome favor the management does the
public in giving benefit particularly to
supply the stage with scenery, and the pub
lie should do its part and respond literally.
Instead Of the three brothers of the story
they will see three musical sisters of greater
talent than perhaps any three ever seen on
the same night in one company in this
city-Marie Roze, Etelka Gerster and Min
ME Hauk. And if the fact that that famous
fight was kept up for three hundred years
must be understood as implying the equal
skill and genius Of the champions, the adj
mirers of music will doubtless be forced on
Thursday night to judge that the suprem-
acy between these fairer rivals can never be
decided in shorter time. But the scenery
can be painted meanwhile if the public will
sdown with the dust"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
BY How Much win o'Leary win >

BY How Much Will O'Leary Wins
O'Leary has at length closed the little
gap of ten miles which his singsNr looking
antagonist opened for him during the first
two days. Many no doubtimagined that such
an opening could not be closed, especially
when O'Leary's Monday blisters were taken
into account. Butw it is borne in mind
that the latter is simply not touching the
pace of the famous Sir John Ashley race,
which he won SO calamity; that although
his Judgment Of o rivals merits is ad-
mitted to be good, he looks feshy, and has
not even trained to walk this race, but is
plainly confident that he can win it at
catch weight and condition, and that SO far
he has practically only walked, while his
prowess as a skilful and feet runner is we'll
known, it will be no surprise to learn that
he spun away round the track yesterday as
blithely and springily as though he had
never heard Of blister No fairer, cleaner
or more business-like walker ever trod the
sawdust path, and every youth in this
country who wants to learn how to become
an honest and thorough long distance
walker should carefully study this excel
lent model, while, at the same time, he
should be scrupulously careful to avoid the
slovsnly, shambling gait of O'Leary's tenn
porarily famous rival. 1t is q pity that
some one cannot be found who will put the
champion Of the world to all that is in him,
and over every mile Of the ninety day for
the six days together.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

The day of all days beloved Of church
men and charity seekers, shopkeepers and
small boys is again upon us, and it prom
Uses to be celebrated with rs much hearth
ness as if nearly two thousand occurrences
of the occasion had not done their best to
dull the general interest in the day. There
are countries in which holidays are more
numerous than they are here, where saints
crowd the calendars and give the honest
that work sometimes becomes rare expe-
rience, but American almanacs are SO
dreadfully behindhand in this respect that
sinners are as enthusiastic as good
men in welcoming the approaching
Christmas while it is yet afar of,
and in casting economy upon the
ground and trampling it under foot
most vigorously for at least day or two
before the great festival. Except before
breakfast on New Years Day there is no
other time in the year in which SO many
wise resolutions are made as the few weeks
preceding Christmas, but as the day ap-
proaches and the shop windows fill with
things that no gentleman's family should
be without, jolly old Santa Claus chuckles
merrily to himself as the good resolutions
waver, weaken and finally drift off to the
place where there are already enough of
their kind to make paving contracts i'm
possible for ages to come. Nor is incon-
sistency displayed in financial affairs
only. The fine, hard-headed old fell
lows who during all the rest of
the year earnestly urge the wisdom of
having all charities distributed by organized
bodies may about Christmas time be de-
tected in the weakness of giving pennies to
shameless beggars. sending turkeys to poor
families. giving cast-off clothing to tramps
and in other ways acting as kindly
as il mans benevolence were a
personal virtue the duties of which
could not be delegated to any organ
lied body whatsoever AS the days
90 on children begin concerted movements
upon the family purse, and this class Of
operations becomes SO generally the rule
that any man who is excepted feels un-
comfortable in spite Of himself Then
some people, in semi-apologetic sort of
way, begin to talk about the religious
aspect Of the day, and though BUSH
ness men generally leave such affairs
to be attended to by the ladies
Of their families, they suffer an occasional
inroad of unexpected sentiment, until,
when the day has fairly arrived, everybody
meets everybody else in a good-natured,
great-hearted sort of way that they cannot
help for the life of them though they
may feel dreadiully ashamed Of it
q few days later. But whether Christ
mas sentiment is reasonable or not is of
no consequence SO long as its results are
merriment and good-heartedness, and no
man who watches the world as it goes can
help admitting that in spite Of great deal
of foolishness that is inseparable from fes-
tivities in general the coming Of Christmas
is always the richest Of the blessings that
the year brings to humanity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

The STORY of the Manhattan Savings Bank,
its robbery and its Injunction is certainly pitt
full one. Cannot the directors have that injunc-
ton removed or find some one who will lend tn
the depositors upon the bank books that are
said to be worth their face If not the saving
classes would do better to be their own bankers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

IT Is ABOUT TINE for Pennsylvania to follow
the custom of some Of the other States and in
vestigate the conduct Of her elections. For n
prison Waterman to be busily engaged in count
ing tickets while a convict is taking the pat
terms Of his keys Is as bad as some of the dread
full Southern affairs that many Congressman
rage about.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

DUPLICATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS can be dis
posed Of at tenement houses and mission schools
particularly if they are good enough to eat.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

ANOTHER ISsTALMENT of Captain BOyton's
spirited narrative is published to-day, and
though the thermometer does not invite any one
but an Esquimau to saunter about in the river,
the story is as interesting as it could be in mid
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

The LATEST Loss at 'sbanco, is reported to
exceed two thousand dollars. Why do moi
Western merchants read the papers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

FIRE INSURANCE seems a strange business t.
be suffering depression Are fires less frequen,
nowadays, or do people have less property Il
burnt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. stock market
was dull and quiet. Gold sold at 100 1872
100 1-64. Government bonds were firm, States
dull and railroads higher. Money on call lent
up to per cent and closed at per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

If ANY MAN is longing to do something that
nobody else has done let him play Santa Claus
to the street wanderers to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
WITH SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER %, 1878.

The probabilities are that the reather in Ne,c
York and lis ricnity to-day triH be cold and clear
fair, ,cM clustering resteriy 10 no'thresterly
scinds. Tomorrow il sriu Je cold, tcindy and
clear or fair.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

Two THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL for the offence
OF having stolen two boxes Of cigars must seem
to honest burglars a monstrous perversion of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

A THROUGH TRIP BY RAIL is the Christmas
celebration that the inhabitants OF Harlem are
longing for, the road being complete from their
river to the Battery.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

READ railways WITH You" and do as. you
would be done by.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

LOOK Our for the red ball ut Central Parl
today.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

The instrument of the bloody crime was
found in the search that followed driven
down between the hearthstones. When
arrested and brought into the presence
Of her murdered spouse Mrs. Travers
denied all knowledge of, or connection
with, his murder, but later In the day,
it is said, when brought before the Coro-
ner's jury, the woman candidly con-
fessed her guilt, and said she had deter
mined to become the possessor OF her
husbands wealth, whom she did not
love, in order that she might wed the
only man for whom she ha9 any affec-
ton. The jury took a recess in the af-
ternoon, when the murderess seized the
opportunity, when the attention Of the
officers who had her in charge was at
tracted by some one in the crowd, to
commit suicide. She drew small knife
from her pocket and inflicted several
stabs in the chest, but was detected and
disarmed before she inflicted any wounds
of serious nature The affair has Gre
ated the most intense excitement In the
community in which it occurred.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Petroleum in War.

= a
.atsss A Scotchman" sends some remarka-
bic information to the London Globe.
He says, upon the strength of private
letter which has been placedin his pos
session, that the Russian authorities
have plan of destroying the English
ships by the use of 1000 tons of crude
petroleum. This is to be allowed to
float on the surface of the water, SO as to
be carried down with the current at the
time when the English 'ironclads are
midway in the straits. The oil being
then ignited, the whole length and
breadth of the Bosphorus narrows would
be converted into sea Of fire, destroy
ing the crews and leaving the ironclads
to be captured at leisure. The Rus
slams can always rely upon album
dant and rapid supplies of crude
petroleum, the wells in Roumania and
the Caucasus being inexhaustible. The
whole expenditure would amount to
only about $50, ZOO.