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New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
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Last Tuesday differed from other Tuesdays
by being called in certain sects the Epiphany,
a fact about which most of our readers really
know and care nothing. Even many good folk
who went to church to hear read the story of
the journey of the three wise men to Bethle-
hem had no idea that that journey concerned
themselves at all, or bore directly upon their
affairs in the house or street. The great ma
iority of working Americans look upon all the
detailed systems of ieasts and fasts In the
Catholic and EpiscOpalian Churches with ac
tual dislike or good-humored Indifference
as a shape which emotional devotion takes,
sentimental and fantastic, but possibly harm
less. The shrewd man of business sees no
more reason why he should go to church TO
hear of the pilgrimage of the three kings than
that he should join in the dances of
the Shakers. Yet that far-away journey
was the first proof of great fact
which does bear directly on the health and
morals of New-York this. .morning-on the con-
dition of the market, on every reality in short
which concerns business man.
The Journey meant just this: That Man
did once come into this world for no other pur-
bose than to help every other man i'll it up to an
honester, stronger, cheerfuller life. He
has done It, Our keen business man may believe
in this Hebrew peasant or not, but he cannot
shu. his eyes to the fact that His life has its
effect to-day in bettering the condition of every
other man, even his own. He may scoff at Je-
sus but he cannot away with Him. Were he Pa
gan or Buddhist, were he Huxley himself, he
cannot nd himself by argument of the eiviliza-
ton, the intelligence, the gcntling, broadening
principle OF brotherhood which have grown
out of His teachings in every country and age.
He cannot bring back humanity to the
old barbaric selhshncss; he cannot force
the world to unearn tho lesson of
eighteen centuries. Not only was Christ born
into the world, but He has never died out Of
It, and never will.
The other fact which the journey of these
pagan wise men to Bethlehem signifed was
that this Man who came to help did not come
TO any especial race or party or clique, but to
every brother man. The jews alone had been
looking for Him for thousands Of years; He
was promised to themi He was to be their
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. L. @. c. Lamar. jr., son OF the Senator, was
married last week, in Mississippi, to Miss Kate
Lester.
NJ. Alexandra Dumas is said to be at work upon
a comedy in which one of the characters VIII be
contemporary Tartutfe.
NJ. Paul de Cassagnac proposes another six
months mourning for the late Prince Napoleon. on
the ground that his place in the dynasty and party
has not yet been niled up.
The Emperor William appears to be constantly
the subject of accidents On leaving the theatre
the other evening his foot slipped on the staircase
and he fell and hurt his knee.
NJ Turgeneff has been Obliged TO give uD his
project of passing the Winter in Russia for the pur-
pose of studying the state of affairs there; he re-
ceyed an intimation from high quarters that he
had better not.
Miss Ella Stanton. daughter of the late Secretary
of War. has Just been married in Washington to
Lieutenant Bush, of the Army. The brides gown
lady readers may be glad to know, was OF white
brocade and satin, and her veil was OF point lace
Sir Frederick Leighton, the president of the ROYAL
Academy, evidently believes making hay while
the official sun shines. He intends TO contribute TO
the next exhibition six or seven idylilc and pOenc
pictures and studies. Other academiclans may he
content with getting IN one picture.
Professor Nordenskj6Id will probably not reach
home until the last Of March, leaving the vega
Mt Naples and going the rest of the way overland.
II is Thought that he may visit England on his way
His voyage home thus far has been full OF entlu-
siasfc receptions the Professor himself taking al
the hOpiZing very quietly. for be Is not man VINO
looks for any such reward for his work.
On one occasion Salvini and Rossi were to appear
in the same piece at an Italian theatre. The mana
ger was at a loss TO know how to have the bi.s
printed He dared not put the name OF Que OF the
two eouallv renowned actors FIRST for fear OF NOR
faIly offending the other Finally he ht upon the
happy expedent OF printing both names diagonaliy,
40 fhat they crossed each other upon the piay-Oni
like a letter y.
Marshal Bazaiue has asked permission OF the
French Government 10 pass through france Tor TIC
purpose Of arranging certain family affairs, where
mon the Paris Globe speaks Of him as the person
called Bazane, the man of Metz the fugI'iVe OF
-Slargueriter and says this traitor has pre-,
pared us for anything, hut his audac1ty passes ii
bounds" Not very pleasing reading TINS IoI tne
non who conquered Mexico and was one OF the
chef pillars OF the Second French Empire
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

distributed it, and provided also the agents
worked without pay. OF course the amount Is
altSccthcr insufficient TO accomplish anything
in the way proposed, even if the NET proceeds
are not drawn upOn for the great Naiionai
University, the National Polytechrlc Institute
and tde vaiiou3 other schemes pushed by the
educational lobby. II the bill should become
q law il wouh educate nobody, but it would
drill hole into the Treasury through w,'ic"
somebody could stick his fingers. IL "ou'u ~
the beginning of prosperous era Tor eiho'lo."l
statesmen whose hearts yearn to 90 eooo "
somebody with somebody else's money iihS
bill of Mr.. Goodies is altogether bad measure
There is 10 good precedent for It, ana II mas
no justification in constitutional law, reason
experience or common sense. Congress ough'
to kill it very dead
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If Seymour is not willing to run, it IS evident
that his tongue is.

II Seymour is not willing to run, lt IS evident
that his tongue ls'
The sudden appearance of Mr.. Hendricks as
Sunday-schoo orator is not unprecedented. The
-. pi,nus dodge " is q common resort of certain
class of statesmen who feel themselves slipping
hopelessly out of the public confidence. Ii may be
taken ND by Tden before the year is far advanced.
He has already begun to pay his debts. and IL the
Democratic party shall decide to make ITS battle
crv SevInOnr and brass andirons rather tnan
Tilden and Reform" the great CIpherer may for
swear pohtes and devote the contents OF the barrel
70 the salvation OF heatbeDs outside the Democratic
party.
With Senator Window on that Exodus Commit
tee Mr. Voorhees, will have great difficulty in limit
,nr the information disclosed ~ the variety exclu-
siyely desired by the Democratic party.
As1roller in the vicinity of the Interior Depart
meut n day or two ago startled by shril voice.
with a pronounced German accent, which said !;
elf anybody thinks it's fun to have a woman ia his
hair. when that woman knows how to handle pen,
no can have my placcl" Az subsequent interview
with the Secretary of the Interior, manglcd copy
of THE TRIBUNE, containing a letter signed HI.
H." was visible under his feet.
The gifted Pillsbury has had IN unexpected sue
cess in the field of journalism. He has been an ed
itor only about week, and has succeeded in induc
inc somebody TO sue him for $4,000. f" for defama
tion of character" This is tremendous thing for
Pilsbury for no one would have believed other
wise that there was IN the whole State OF Maine q
man SO good aud pure that anything Pillsbury
could say against him would iDjure him a cents
worth.
For several months The TRIBUNE has been wait
ing patiently and confidently for the Democratic
patriots Of the Nation to rise up as one man and.
fixing their eyes upon the genial countenanoe of
Mr. August Belmont. exclaim: " There is the man
to save us There is the only man who can unite
the New.York Democracy aud lead Us to victory In
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the Presidential race ~ Astoun ling as it may seem
not a Democrat has either risen or exclaimed
There can only be one explanation of this silence
Mr.. Belmont has declined positively to stand Ha
shrnbs naturally from the great outpouripp M a.
fectOnate tribute which would come from his mui-
titude of friends should he be placed in so conspic,
Ous position. II must be great disappointment
to them to have his excessive mOdesty deprive them
of the privilege of bearing public testimony TO his
many and peculiar virtues. It ls a deprivation
which TIE TRIBUNE shares with them. This news
paper would have taken an inexpressible pleasure
in giving this shrinking statesman his full deserts
II is evident that Democratic Congress must
either do mischief or do nothing.
The Greenbackers start their confession of faith
which they are pleased to call declaration of pru-
cIples. with the observation We have reached a
crisis IN our conntrys history, and an epoch in hu
man AFFAIRS Why not be frank about 1t. call il n
grave and get into it without further fuss
1t looks as If the Democrats were beginning to
suspect that Mr.. Hale didn't make so much of a
mistake after all In going into the Maine Lecisla.
of him as Little Hale" which certainly betrays
great agony of mind
Hendricks has been swung out in favor of Garce-
Ion. He was present at meeting of the Hendricks
Club, in Indianapolis, when the following dispatch
was sent to Garcelon with the unanimous approval
of those present: We congratulate you upon your
success in the legal and peaceful organization of the
Legislature OF your State. and the triumph of law
and order under your administration: ln Indiana
we admire above all things backbone" This pros.
trates the Indiana Democracy, in an attitude Of
adoratOn at the feet OF that most generously verte
brated of animals, the unyielding Jackass.
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,,v WORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY TRIPLE SHEET

Leader, their King. Yet IT was no Jew. out
these three strangers, heathens Zone OF them
black, as the tradition goes), who were brought
first TO welcome Him by comet or some other
strange index in the heavens. Now 1t Is not
the Jews alone who have claimed to own
Christ the Catholics, the Protestants. the foi-
lowers of Mahomet. of John Knox or John
Wesley, this little sect or that great people
cach and all in turn cry out, We only nave
" the Divine Light. We arc now IN the straight
"1oad leading upward the rest OF mankind
crope in onter darkness" Not many years
ago. so shaitened and bigoted were the
teachings of many weil-meanlng see's'
that the Manifestation of Christ TO
the Gentiles was held TO be the plant
ing of this or that Intellectual hftle
chapel on the outskirts OF great heather en-
pres When these vast heathen peoples came
closer to us and we saw into their human
faces and lives and found how gentle and
noble and true to mans highest possibilities
these lives could be, we said: Has Christ
" then walked with them all the way, as with
"the disciples9 Have they known Him, though
"not by namep
Every one of us, too, might take the lesson
home to-day. Every one OF us Is apt III tlhs
to be Jew. 1t is we who own the Truth; for
us only the Child was born. 1t is we who are
devOut, we who pay tithes of money, thought,
work to this or that Christian church. But
that other fellow, that doubter, that drunkard,
that publican, that Magdaene over the way,
what hope is there for theml All our rules,
all our conventional systems thrust them with
out the camp, just as the Hebrew Pharsees
of old, mighty in the possession of the Temple
and all the Law and all the Prophets, made
broad their phylacteries and denied God and
Heaven to the Gentle. Yet. when the Truth
was known the Pharsees were driven out OF
the Temple with scourges. 1t was the desplsed
Gentiles who came in humility of heart and
laid gifts at the feet of the newborn babe.
And 1t was the publican whose prayer was
heard; it was the Magdalene who washed HIS
feet with her tears and was forgiven.
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TRIPLE S SHE L I
THE NEWS TINS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-M. Gambetta's Journal recommends
Russia to institute reforms == The IRON
works of Krupp. at Essen. bnsy.
owing to large orders. - N. Chaliemel-i-a-
cour. Republican Senator is spoken of as likely
10 be sent as French Ambassador TO Berlin =-=
serjeant Parry is dead.
DOMESTIC. - The money orders OF the
Maine Legislature not hOnored by
tho State Treasurer; the arms have been
returned to Bangor - The Investigation
of the charges against Mr.. Hayt, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, has been begun. - One wit
ness only was examined in the ingalls, case. -
The Stootenhoof mansion in Atlantic County, n. j.
has been burned down. 80 Homes have been pro
yided for several orphan boys in Virginia. 81
The miners strike in West Virginia continues the
Governor has ordered out the milItia-=ihe Chi
cago wheat market is excited over q grain blockade
caused BY a syndicate forcing high prices.
CItY AND SCBURBAN.-Benjamin {. Bogert Will
DO buried tomorrow at Haekensack, n. j. -
There was conference between a committee of the;
Society of Sanitary Reform and the Health Board
e.. II !essOr A. A. Starr and General II. l.. Abbott
lectured. - Superintendent Walling. tho Excise
Commissioners, Dr. Crosby and u. J. Whitney ex
press their views on illegal liquor traffic. =-
The steamer City of New-York arrived. -
Gold value of the legal tender silver dollar 412l2
prains) 7.G9 cents. Stocks active and higher,
closing generally strong.
The WEATHER.-IRIBUSY local observations indi-
cato slightly cooler and generally clear weather,
Thermometer yesterday: Highest, 53o; lowest, so
average 44Sso.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

Gambctta's journal uses striking figure IN
discussing the European policy of the Russian
Government Ii intimates that when the house
is ON fire reasonable people endeavor to cxtin-
guish the flames, and that there is decided
originality in running out of doors and setting
fire to the houses of others. The fatulty OF
attempts to divert the attention OF the revolu-
tionists by dragging the nation into foreign war
is manifest The RfpabliQae frGnGdise tersely
remarks that while France must always reckon
with Russia, that Northern ally, as long as
she remains in her present unhealthy state,
will play an unimpOrtant part in the destl-
ries of Europe. The Cars advisers un-
doubtedly appreciate the force of this argu-
ment. They know that the Government
cannot be strong abroad when its energies
are well nigh paralyzed at home The rest
iessness of the educated and middle classes
forced them TO keep peace with Great
Britain and to allow the Powers to revise
The Treaty which they had dictated
under the walls of Constantnople The
anomalous condition of society in the centres
of population will prevent them from casting
themselves upOn ga path of conquests and
"chimeras" They are not SO crazy as TO set
fire to their neighbors houses. They are
anxious to save their own home, but the
flames have such headway that they scarcely
know where to begin or what to do.
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snecial sense of satisfaction in knowing that
the proper share will go to Messrs. Sullivan
and GIlbcit.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY II. 1880.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

TIE text Of the proposed bill for securing
the iuriolablIity of telegraphic dispatches is
given IN ii communication from the Executives
Office of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. The measure is grounded on the con-
clusions of Judge Cooley, recently expressed in
one of the law journals, and deserves careful
study.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

The Old Dominion is opening its doors TO
the orphan boys whom The Children's Aid So
ciety is transplanting from the over
crowded streets to green fields and pas
lures new So highly are the good quail
tiles of these energetic lads appreciated
in tha, State that it is reported that as many
MS thousand can find good homes in Prince
George and Sussex Counties. In the South
even more than in the West new blood is
needed.
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NfluIaDork Daily Sribassle.

FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
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Ex-Tax Commissioner Andrews explains very
fully IN letter, which VIII be found on the
tenth page OF this ISSUE. why he objects to the
publication of the tax-llsts. He contends that
the effect of The 1RIBUNEs disclosures must
be to help to destroy what is left OF the pres
ent Tax laws relating to personal property.
The force of simple attrtion, the practical
demonstration of the facility with which ex-
emption from taxation can be secured, the ex-
ample of so many leaders Of society, the miscar-
rage of the law, the universally of the practice
of swearing off. and the practical familiarity
with the feeblencss and inequality OF the sys-
tenn will combine in his opinion, to breed
contempt for all law. and hence the publica-
tion of the lists is to be deprecated from
moral aud public point of view. Mr. An
drews's views on all questions relating to
local taxation are entitled to grave consider
alton. for he is a master of the subject, but we
cannot follow him to the end of his argument
If the Tax laws are so feeble and far spent
that their demise is fastened by observation
and discussion, il is time our lawmakers
devised some other system. We cannot but
think that from every point of view The
TRIBUNEs revelations will be an unmixed
Onod
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The columns of correspondence from
classes Of readers on all sorts of topics will
be found one OF the most popular features of
THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE. One of the keenest
letters published in this issue is from the pen
of a Southern Republican who makes light of
the outrage in Maine, on the ground that not
n drop of blood has been shed, not back
striped with the lash, and not rifle club called
into action. It is a cynical letter, but there
Is good sense in 1t witha.
The news from Maine is less disquieting
The discovery of ten armed men secreted in
the State House, surrounded by arms and
ammunition, caused great excitement. but
during the day the arms, which were
transferred by Governor Garcelon late i'll Deeem-
Der from the State Arsenal to Augusta, were
sent back to Bangor by order of General Cham
berlain. The Fusionists were unable TO get
a Quorum in the lower house. and reluctantly
determined to adjourn over Sunday. Mean
while one Of the Hotspurs of the Coalition re-
news their courage by declaring that not
single Republican will be seated in
either house if he can be kept out
upon fair, legal grounds Probably
his Sabbath medItations will convince him
that whoever sups with the Devil cannot have
too long o spoon, and he will be clamoring
tomorrow for the expulsion of all Republican
claimants upon any and all grounds.
-
Our London correspondent explains, rather
than modifes, the force of his cable dispatches
in relation to the leadership OF the Liberal
party. He still contends that there is a general
uprising in Mr.. Gladstone's favor, and that
yield 10 him, but admits that the resistance
a. hia adarahfn which ia ofFn rad INV tho on.
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terie of active Whig MANAGERS and wirc-pul-
ers has temporarily proved effective. These are
the " machine men of Liberal politics, ana tney
are suffered to have their way. But Wheh-
yer dissolution is ordered they will be com
pclled TO choose between failure in languld
md Iistless canvass and success with leader
who can inspire enthusia IN. Another leuof
ti0m the same correspondent treats OF the
Duke OF Argylls First Impressions OF 'he
n World" In our Paris correspondence
he political aspects of the failure oi the Span
lsh etc are described by a trained observer.
The foreign letters in this issue arc of unusual
interest and Significance.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-20
From the Reading Eagle.
Tax on Matches.

The tax ON matches has always been
unpopular. When the cent-a- bunch tax
was enacted as a part of the revenue
improvisation of war time, the cry was
raised that the burden OF the tax would
fall on the laboring man, whose daily
solace OF the pipe required an immense
supply of lucifers. The vast quantity of
matches consumed in this country can be
imagined when it is known that the tax
OF a cent bunch yields daily revenue
OF nearly $4,000 to John Sherman's
strong box. On the Insignificant little
bunch of matches is LEVIED Ly far the
heaviest tax known t. civilized govern
ments. Your grocer charges fifty cents
for quarter gross package. or this sum
thirty-six cents stands for the tax Of o
penny q bunch, while fourteen ceHts re-
presents the first cost and the manufsc-
turer's jobber's and retailers profits.
The large manufacturers are said 10
favor the retention Of the tax, as Its pay
ment requires the carrying of a certain
amount OF capital not easily obtainably
by small makers. The removal Of the
tax Is likely to reduced the cost of
matches even below the petty sum now
obtained outside OF the revenue require
ment, for many small manufacturers will
take up the business. To importers of
European matches the tax is source of
much trouble, for the law does not allow
stamping in bulk. each bunch being re-
quired to bear cent stamp. German
matches come In packages, each contain
Ing ten small boxes of sixty-two matches
to box, and each box has to be stamp
cd in accordance with the law, which re-
quires one cent for every 100 matches or
fraction thereof, the importer is forced
to pay ten cents per package, where, if
he would have to put Oh merely seven
cent stamp.