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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

substitute Chinese labor for white in the
entire shoe trade must be accounted for on
other grounds. With all their imita-
tive powers and EXPERIENCES they have
not proved thorough substitute for the
man of the white race whose home for life
this is, and whose children are growing up
among US. All Sin, too, has better sense
than to labor for less than he can obtain,
and very short experience taught him
just how much that was. II is
not because he laundries linen at
an extravagantly low price that he
obtains custom, for his prices are
the same as those for the same class OF work
done by others. He, in fact, has dropped
into position in the army of labor that is
of no especial danger to the white man in
the ranks or Of especial benefit to the en-
ployers Of labor, though his coming may
make furry for a little while In another
part of the paper how he works at shoe
making at North Adams may be read about
with interest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

The success of the limited experiment at
North Adams Mass, of introducing Chinese
labor into the wholesale shoemaking bust
ness is only repetition Of what has oc-
Cured in other directions where the pa
ticnt, handy workmen from the Celes-
tial Empire have been employed. In
the laundry business they have taken
the lead wherever they have set
up their ironing boards, and in simple
manual labor they have done very well.
We cannot observe, however, that either the
hopes of the capitalists who hailed the
advent Of this "cheap labor" or the fears OF
the workingmen who dreaded the rig-tailed
competitors have been realized. The
price Of labor has been cheapened,
not by Cinnamon who can live on
''three cents worth of rice a day"
but by the stress Of circumstances that
need not be recapitulated. As far as the
nation il concerned it is true that laborers
who save all the surplus Of their earnings
above mere living expenses to spend in
another country are not the most desirable.
Few capitalists, however, are moved by
such considerations. and the failure to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
rich mine because the owner cannot fabri-

rich mine because the owner cannot fabri-
cate his own tools and machinery. The
profits of building steamship are very
small in comparison with the profits OF
sailing it. The earnings of such a ship will
not only repay the profits of the builder,
but the whole cost of construction, many
times over before it is worn out. 1t is
absurd and unbusinesslike to renounce the
greater profit of navigating ships because
we cannot secure the lesser profit of build
ing them.
But the reasons in favor Of Mr. Evarts'
project for making conquest of the South
American markets are of still wider scope
and more irresistible cogency. Between
this country and Europe our commerce is
unobstructed, although we are excluded
from the profits of transportation. But be-
tween the United States and South
America the commerce itself depends on
the establishment of American lines.
European nations will never run lines of
steamships between our ports and those Of
to our antiquated navigation laws must de-
privc us of the commerce itself as we'll as
of the profits Of carrying it. European ma
tons monopolize it because they have lines
for it's accommodation. Our laws ought to
be made liberal enough to enable our citi-
zens to establish steam lines with as small
an outlay Of capital as our English and Ger
man rivals, who divert to Europe trade
which naturally belongs to. the United
Sfates
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
The Dregs Of the Christmas Cup.

The purer and happier sentiment may
be the lower and viler appear the develop
ments of its perversion. It would seem
that the feeling appropriate to the Christ
mas season was one in which men Of every
degree of intellect could heartily join, yet
our columns of yesterday and to-day con-
tain mention of a number of hideous crimes,
most Of which can be traced direct to
the bad whiskcy which is to some
classes the favorite medium with which to
honor all special occasions. Murders,
suicide, robberies, shootings and fights and
quarrels of various degrees of depravity
throw upon the Christmas picture some
dark shadows that the world would gladly
miss. Peace on earth and good will to men
has still enough of unfulfilled prophecy
about 1t to retain the preacher and the
policemen as the central figures Of society
for some years to come.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
Getting Down to First Principles.

Uettlm8 OOWh 10 pleSs
lis but o few weeks since Mr.. Norman
Lockyer made known his claim to have
solved "the mystery Of matter" by reduc-
ing everything in the heavens above, the
earth beneath and the waters under the
earth into a hypothetical and anonymous
primal material several times lighter than
hydrogen. This conclusion was so much
in accordance with the theoretical passion
of the age for reducing all sciences to their
simplest terms that it has been generally
accepted as probable in advance of any
authentic account of Mr.. Lockyer's expert
ments. 1t was only day or two ago that
we referred in these columns to Mr.. Lock
yer's researches as probably constituting
s'the browning discovery Of the year," but
science moves fast in these latter days, and
already we have Professor William Crookes
pressing closely upon the footsteps of Mr..
Lockyer with results of similar If not
greater cardinary significance. Professor
Crookes is we'll known as one of the found
ers of that spectroscopic science by the aid
Of which Mr.. Lockyer has achieved his
splendid discovery. 1t is now nearly or
quite fifteen years since Mr.. Crookes made
brilliant debut as a scientist, by the pro-
duction Of new element, thallium, found
by means Of spectrum analysis in the solar
atmosphere, and he created marked SEN
sation three or four years ago by his inven-
ton OF the radiometer, an instrument which
opened new era in the investigation of the
very problems upon which he now an
nounces further contribution. Professor
Crookes is the editor of the Quarterly Jour
nal Of Science. as well as of the Chemical
Ne,cs, and his title to credence in the
chemical domain cannot therefore be chal-
lenged, though his apparent Endorsement
of the doctrines Of Spiritualism, by admit
ting as genuine the marvels wrought by ID.
ID. Home, has exposed him to the trenchant
criticism of our liberal clubs and other dis
believers in 'spooks"
1t would not be venturesome to attribute
to the pen of Professor Crookes remark
able unsigned article on the "Genesis OF
Matter" which appeared in the October
number Of the Quarterly Journal Of Science,
and is reproduced in the December supple
mcnt to the Popular Science Monthly. The
conclusions of that article form an unmis-
taxable preamble TO the discovery Of a
fourth or ''ultra-gaseous" state of matter,
which Professor Crookes announced to the
Royal Society at its session of the 9Th inst,
in paper "On the Illumination Of Lines OF
Molecular Pressure and the Trajectory OF
Molecules" The paper has not yet been
published, but we give elsewhere the brief
official summary which appeared in the
| Adtea9ma Of the nth inst, as well as the
appropriations found in the London Times OF
the same date. 1t will be noted that the
new doctrine of Professor Crookes is not
amenable to objection as being opposed to
any religious dogma, the author being a
leading representative Of the 'Spiritualistic
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

THE WEATnEE.-Low pressure ntinues over
the mouth OF the st. Lawrence Valley and north
westward. The barometer has generally fallen
west Of the Allegheny Mountains, and very
decidedly in the Mississippi Valley region, where
rain in the southern and snow in the central and
northern districts prevail. The depression that
moved along the Gulf coast from Texas has
reached the Atlantic and commenced to follow
the coast line nortbcastward. on it's westerly
margin the temperatures arc very low in the
Southern and South Atlantic States 1t is not
likeI, that storm Of very great energy will
be experienced south of Cape IIatteras, but
rains and snow may be abundant both north
and south Of that point. Cloudness is now
general from the Gulf to the lakes. The condi-
tons beyond the Rocky Mountains continue to
Indicate an important weather change on this
eide OF the range. The temperature has risen
somewhat west of the Missouri, with, however,
fair weather as yet. On the English coasts the
light terly have veercd TO fresh southwest
erlyw :, and the pressure has again fallen.
We pr ted the arrival OF storm centre for
to-day, a@d from reports last night it was
then close to the Irish coast. In New York and
its vicinity to-day the weather will be warmer
and cloudy on partly cloudy, with snow, fol-
lowed by rain, and winds backing from north TO
west. Ton orroW il will be cloudy, possibly
with rain o. now :.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

The Man Who Makes the Best Beer
At the close of the st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral Fair the world at large was astounded
to find that it had been steadily ig-
noring man who was proclaimed
to be the most popular general by
a large majority. We have already
forgotten his name, such is the CELEBRITY
with which mans fair fame may be whit
tied down to the little end of nothing but
wherever he is or whoever lie is he carries
remarkably handsome sword in proof
ago. 1t is now the turn of the most popular
brewer. At a fair up town where our
German fellow citizens do congregate
noble silk flag the flag of our
Union. twelve feet by eight-is held in
gage for him whom the greatest number
of votes proclaim to be the man who makes
the best beer. Now, whereas many of
the citizens who cast votes for "the
most popular general" must, like Fall
staff in the case of the true prince,
have known him by instinct, there
is in the case Of ''the best brewer.
room for appreciation based on experience.
With moderate previous outlay, if, indeed,
he be primarily ignorant on the subject,
he may get up enough knowledge of beers
to cast his vote intelligently. TIe will
not have any dry reading to do; in fact
any dryness there is in the matter is only
Introductory and quickly removed. After
the first dnught of knowledge a mans
erudition on beers need only be limited
by his liquid capacity. But few,
however, will want this preliminary train
ing. They will approach the voting urns
full of their subject, and the result may be
looked for with more anxiety than the
awards Of the Paris Exhibition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
Railroads ana Reformation in Mexico.


The way in which crime adapts itself to
every advance in civilization is the despair
of many good men who have preached that
the mechanical and the moral millcnniums
are to come together. With them the steam
engine is moral engine and the electric light
a CLEAN from Paradise. Reformation and
railroad tracks they lay down over the same
roadbed. We shall not argue that they are
altogether wrong, but the natural 'cussed-
ness" Of human nature rises up at all points
to say that they are not all right. Down in
Mexico, where they robbed SOLITARY horse
men" until the era Of wheeled conveyances,
when they robbed stage coaches, it was
thought that the coming Of the iron horse
would turn all the bandits intothe Mexican
equivalent for Sunday school teachers
that is to say, into monte dealers. The
telegraph this morning tells us pain
fully that no such sweeping reform
has been inaugurated. The city Of
Puebla has long been noted for its thriving
''road agency" business-the euphemism
under which one-half Of the population in
our own Black Hills describes the highway
robbery practised as means Of livelihood
by the other half. The honest tradesmen Of
Puebla were well known to carry on trade
similar to Sandy MacNab of fame in the
Scotch Highlands. Sandy would sell a stirk
and then, in the darkness Of the night, steal
the animal In the words Of the ballad
He cunningly waited until it was mirk,
Then gacd heartily hamc wi bath siller and srk.
Here, then, was the place to test the
moral benefits of railroad. But, alas
now they have one, they rob the trains.
A fortnight ago they "went through" a
train, killing baggage master, wounding
q conductor and carrying off enough silver
to start revolution or fonnd an asylum.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
A New Departure mt Albany.

According to the accounts published in
the Albany papers the opening of the new
Capitol is 10 be celebrated in brilliant
manner and is to be made a memorable
event in the history OF the State. The well
known hospitality of the Albanians will, no
doubt, prompt them to do fitting honor to
the occasion, especially as their city has
been greatly improved and beautitied by
the erection of SO costly and ornamental
a building. The State has not begrudged a
liberal expenditure on the new Capitol,
and Albany has reaped the benefit in
the enhanced value of the surrounding
property and in the employment the work
has given to local labor. The improvement
was needed and was not made too soon.
The old building has for some years been
inadequate to the public necessities, and,
owing to original faulty construction. the
legislative chambers, from bad ventilation
and other causes, have long been dam
gerous to the health and lives Of
the peoples representatives. Such Sena-
tors and Assemblymen as we are in the
habit Of sending to Albany ought not to be
put in peril while giving the State the bene-
fit Of their valuable services, and it was
proper to build new Capitol for their &C.
commodation. Besides, the shabby old
building was public disgrace, and how
ever severely the construction OF the new
building has been criticised no one can
deny that it is a splendid piece Of work,
and will, when fully completed, be an
honor to the State.
While it is appropriate that the opening
of the new Capitol should be celebrated by
the Albanians the people at large are more
interested in the sort Of entertainment to
be furnished by the Legislature on its first
occupancy of the building The first session
may mark a new departure in the history
of the legislation Of the State, or it may
prove only continuation, in new quarters,
of the denominations that have for years
made the old Capitol public reproach. In
both houses there will be a large and in one
an unprecedented republican majority, SO
that the republican party will have the re-
sponsibility of deciding which it shall be.
1t may mark the commencement OF the new
era by liberal, intelligent legislation, or it
may continue to pass crude laws, designed
to promote personal or political interests.
1t may refuse to allow the new and un-
stained halls to be contaminated by the
lobby which possessed SO much power ia
the old Capitol, or it may throw them
open to the notorious corruptionists
who have for years traded in the
votes Of Senators and Assemblymen.
1t is to be hoped that the leaders
of tie republican party, recognizing their
responsibility, will decide to keep the first
session in the new Capitol free from the
faults that have marked former legislatures.
Probably the most satisfactory evidence the
majority could.give of its determination to
make the coming session the Inauguration
Of new departure in legislation would be
to elect a new and unpledged Speaker of
the Assembly, such as DR.. Isaac I. Hayes,
and to discard all the three old candidates
who have been working SO industriously to
secure the position.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

A LoSc nPTEg OF CRIME and accident is
elsewhere printed this morning Virginia con
tributes two murders and Illinois one; one man
was burned to death in this State, mother,
So, aud daughter in Canada, and poor old
colored woman in Virginia. Two men were
killed by railroad accident in Pennsylvania
and woman near Norfolk. In addition an in
toxicated man was frozen to death near New
burg, while another was killed BY q snow plough
ut OswegO.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

Mr.. LoRIrLARD, it will be seen from our Lon
don correspondence has made bold dash for
the honors Of the English turf next year. His
magnificent stable will be represented in nearly
all Of the great contests.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

CAPTAIN PAUL BoYToS's trip down the Tagus
is elsewhere described. One hundred and two
waterfalls in eighteen days besides the full COM
plcment of rapids, rocks and mill streams came
very near converting his lfe-saving into a life
losing apparatus.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

II CORPORATION COUNSEL WnITSEYs opinion
IL sound in law the pay of the police and fire
is not subject to the twenty per cent reduc-
ii provided in the act of 1866. To avoid all
dihicuty, however, he suggests that . test case
made and judicial decision obtained as soon
silfa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

school" in science. It would not be sur
prising if some mathematical analysis OF
the process of world making should speedily
verify the sacred text, "Thou hast or
dered all things by number, weight and
measure"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

THE PICTURE of the Nineteenth ward schools
on another page is not a pleasant one, and
there is only too much reason TO believe that the
condition of affairs there is fair sample of what
obtains all over the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

THE LAST HoPE of Hunter, the Camden muir
derer vanished yesterday with the fruitless APP
peal of his daughter, son and brother for a re-
prieve. January 10 is the date OF his execution.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

CREASED DEMAND for standard silver
the Treasury shows that preparations
hg all around for resumption.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

H. STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
active and weak. Gold sold at 100 a
H61. Government bonds were quiet,
dull and railroads steady. Money on
easy at A a 4 per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

w TARIFF OF FEES at the Registers
ted in another column, is more in ac-
The times than Pie old charges.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

DAVIS has given County Clerk
IN twenty-four hours to come down
books.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

hY AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS
lxes on spirits the last fiscal year makes
q lfAge of more than dollar for every man,
Woman and child in the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

y DIsTILLERIBs have just been de-
revenue officers in Tennessee, and
stration is still talking about recon
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

Ar COMBINATION yet, and, what is
probability of one.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

SENATORIAL ELECTIONS will be held in France
the first week of the new year. The contest is
bitter one, but il is generally thought that the
republicans will be able to return a small ma
iority
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
Il RIPPLE S III E e II
NEW YORK, FRIDAY. DECEMBER ~, 1878.

The probabilities ere that the areauer IN Neac
York aud lis ricimtq to-day wU be rarDaer and
sdy Nth saoao ,Ao,ced by rain, and wiads
ling from norm 10 west. Tomorrow il triH be
n, possibly sriih rain or s,i0r.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


NEW YORK AQUARIUN-CISDERELLA
GLOBE THEATRE-OSLy FARMERS DAuCHTKE.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-coRloLAsus.
PARK THEA RE-BABEs ~ rnf WooD.
LYCEuM THEATRE-DouBLE MARRIAGE
BROADWAY THEATRE-UNcLE DANaL
THEATRE CoMIQuE-cnRIsrAAs JOYS AND soERowa
wALLACKs THEATRE-MY Soy.
ACADEMY OF NUsIC-IL FLAuTo MAGIco.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-THE BANKERS Daughter
BOOTHS acknowledgements
GERMANIA TIIEATRE-InRE FANrLIE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-RIr Van wIsKLx
STANDARD THEATRE-ALaosr A LIFE
BowERY THEATRE-HAxLEE
NIBLo's GARDEN-NEw YORK AND LONDON
OLYMPIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LEAVE NAN.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
ABERLE's AMERICAN THEATRE-vARIsTn
WINDSOR TIIEATRE-vAnEry.
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARIErY.
TONY PASTOR'S-vARrErY
EGYPTIAN HALL--vAnirrY.
STEINWAY HAI.I.-Matinee-MFssIAH
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-18

pertinent question II whether the evidence
justified the verdict. Other people are as com
p4tent to judge of this as Secretary Sherman,
and other inteligel teo lie are more likely to
be impartial. 1t has been bruited abroad
(maliciously, no doubt,l that Mr.. Sherman
was an accomplish, and that he and his asso-
ciatc visiting statesmen" were also to be in
dicted Under these circumstances he is the
last man in the country whom q decent self
respect could have permitted to raise this
wild cutlery. The inculpntion of the verdict
and denuncation Of the court should have
boon left to more disinterested parties. 1t
comes with a bad grace from a man who is
charged with having been pnrticeps criminis
II the frauds committed by the Returning
Board
If the verdict against Anderson is not justi-
fled by the evidence given on the trial impair
tlal men are competent to judge Of it's INSULT
cheney. and when it is impugned by men who
have no personal interest the public will be
more disposed to listen and examine. II An
derson has been unjustly convicted an impair
tial review of the evidence will make it ap-
parent. and should this be the Judgment Of a
dsinterested public he will be relieved from
the penalty. 1t is well known that Gov Mich
oils is predisposed to pardon him If he can
do SO on tenable grounds. Anderson is thcre-
fore safe enough If he has been unjustly con
demned. The unseemly fluttering of d5ecre-
tary Sherman is as Unnecessary as it Is in
decOrDuS.