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PROSPEROUS FRANCE.

1t is fact proved by the irrefutabe testimony Of
figures that the year has In France gone sleep
on bed Of millions before vanishing forever. II Is
the rule In Europe for nations to have their finances
In deficit In France, up 10 December 10. the
above the estimated proceeds OF the direct and ind-
rect taxes for eleven months and half OF the year
amounted TO 1877. 237, 900 francs This Is phsnom-
enon without precedent, and shows The ascending
OF the public fortune and Its confidence In the
republic. When the taxes readily paid Into the
Golfers Of the State aud when the Indirect taxes pro-
duce abundant resources. II ID proof that the nation
has money and that misery IL diminishing. As re-
CARDS this latter point, Mr. Paul Leroy -Beaneu has
recently published an important work tending 10 show
that the social question Of which we hear 30 much Is
resolving itself Of Its own accord.
According 10 Mr. Leroy Beaulien, provided the
economic phenomenon now In course of development
he not arrested by material legislative interference
we shall arrive little by little at the gradual extinction
Of paupersm. In word. during the last afty years
there has taken place In the general distribution Of
wealth In Europe such an evolution that the rich
'.are becoming less rich and the poor less poor -
Mr. Leroy Beaulieu, who Is novice In these queS
tlons has demonstrated this consong truth by facts
and figures. He has furthermore demolished number
Of pretended laws forth with much parade by Nal
thus, Turgot, Adam Smith, and other distinguished
economists notably the MAthusian theory that the pro-
ducion o subsistence increases less rapidly than that
OF births Mr.. Leroy Beaulieu shows that half the
globe is at present unnhabted, that there Is NO @
mediate danger Of population and that the pro-
duetion OF food increases rapidly that there IL Z
manifest tendency 70 adeene In the prices OF pro-
visions. The more aud more sensible fall iu the rate
Of interest interyenss In ts turn ~ ~ inslneibe
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element in the levcng OF social classes. As to the
question Of salaries, Mr.. Leroy Beaulleu shows that
they continually rising, while tho inequality Of
fortunes and the Incomes derived from them Is daily
diminishing.
These facts AFFORD food for thought ON the
great social problem Of the age. If the diffu-
sion OF wealth that diminishes pauperism Is
going on in France, that happy country is
undergoing precisely the opposite of the
process that is going ON in America. And II
this be so, to what causes is the difference
due' Probably the opportunities of the
banks and railway corporations to absorb
the earnings of the people are far less in
France than here. Indeed, governmental
regulations of railways, street tramways,
telegraphs, savings banks, and all similar
corporations which, when unchecked, can
prey upon the people, is common in Europe,
though unknown on this side of the Atlantic.
The rapid growth of fortunes like those Of
Gould, Vanderbilt, and the bonanza kings is
the most ominous phenomenon with which
American society Is confronted. How to deal
with these millionaires and the franchises
that enable them TO plunder the people /:
the dark problem of our politics.
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TIE CHARITY PROBLEM.

The more we consider the ultimate effects
of protecting from hunger and cold The black
lazzaroni of Washington the more clearly
do we see that it will only aggravate the evil.
OF those who are asking and receiving aims
out of the store so generously contributed by
a philanthropic public, part only, and We
fear only a small part, are really deserving.
We know that when efforts are made TO get
negroes TO leave the city TO chop wood or
perform other healthy and honorable labor
thousands of strong and hearty fellows will
crowd about a penny lunch or send their
women and children TO besiege the police
stations for orders for fuel and food. Many
of them get most of their food from women
who carry II home from the houses where
they work. Cases like these need sharp
medicine. Work ought to be offered them,
with the workhouse as the only alternative.
And the same rule should he applied TO
healthy women and to the half-grown boys
and girls who infest our streets and are
learning nothing but vice and distaste Of
henest work
1t is the complaint of housekeepers that
competent colorod help is almost impossible
TO get. The young generation of negroes
act as il they thought service was really a
form of servitude and to he resisted at all
hazards. Probably the most urgent social
need of this city is school where girls can
be taught TO cook, wash, and iron, ard the
philanthropist who establishes such a school
will do something of immeasurably greater
public value than the training school fol
nurses which is now engaging so much earn
est and commendable effort.
prominent business man who has beer
active in procuring contributions TO the poo
fund informs us that the article in las
Sundays HERALD induced him to make in
quiries, and that he found that so large
part Of the charity fund was going to sup
port idle negroes who could get work b.
leaving their city haunts that he had deter
mined to have no more to do with it.
Such words as these may seem hard-hearte,
at this time, when there is undeniably mucl
real suffering to alleviate and we are full
conscious that even the lazy and WORTHLESS
poor cannot be left to starve or freeze. Blu
it must be remembered that only at such
time can public attention be brought to bea
on the problem we submit with any hope
useful action. And there is therefore Il
filter time than the present to reiterate th
warning that unless the expenditure Of I'll
large sums contributed by our philanthrop
public, from Mr.. Corcoran, who ever leat
t in good works, to the humblest giver,
l coupled with some plan having for its obje
to teach the poor to become industrious III
$ self-sustaining, it must inevitably in Il
0 long run only aggravate the evil, by swellir
the improvident and pauper class, until
o becomes pest, and until finally the comm
l. nifty will become as Indifferent to it as tn,
= now are in many parts of the world.
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INGERSOLL DEMOLISHED.

Woe might have been expected to befall
the volatile Colonel Ingersoll when he fell
into the grasp of those stern controversialists,
the priests and fathers of the Catholic flock,
aud had the airy nothings which he tosses
oil TO be spplauded and laughed at by
thoughtless crowds, exposed TO the calcium
light of logic. Rev. +. x. weninger, DID,,
has in due time seriously taken Pagan
" Bob =" to task, and examines his brag leo
ture, "What must we do to be savedP" TO
find out, IL possible, where its wonderful
point lies. He first ooldly expresses his sur
prise at the lack Of ordinary information in
his antagonist:
How far this his ignorance OF historical facts goes,
appears at the very outset OF his attacks against the
authenticity Of tho Gospels. His argument Is that
the books Of the New Testament were not written In
Hebrew, and therefore spurious; evidently sup
posing that at the time Of Christ and His Apostles
| the language Of the Jews was Hebrew. But any
scholar who has but tasted with his lips the study OF
| history knows that at the time of Jesus and the
Apostles the Jews did not speak Hebrew, but Chal-
dale. The reason why the Apostles wrote in Greek
and not in Chaldaic was because according to Cicero
and others, Greek was spoken over the whole world,
| and was therefore, the most suitable language In
which TO write the Gospcls not only the Jews hut
for mankind In general living at that time.
The glittering arguments of our American
Daniel Rochat then come under review
Concerning the quoted articles on tho Gospel, he
begins by rejecting their an'henticity' Ana oy what
reasoningp Hear lie says Who wrote the New
| TestamentV uon't KNOW. VINO uoes KNOW
M. corv,ncnc ,r,umsrt 70 asny the ,uthcn,,c,tv
Of an author-by saying, for instance. "who
wrote the works OF Arstote pemo'thenes OF cicero
.,uS,s. .,w,o sos, ,n"wS SoSo,y'. !. VIVA,
logical consequence is this Because am Ignorant,
therefore all the rest OF mankind are olockheads'
Reviewing the (,ospe,s he simply declares that wba,
does mo, su,t him has been ,nterpo,atcd But he does
not prove by ono syl,ab,e when and by whom II wa
| done. His stereotyped answer Ia always the same
81 don't know When considering his loe,ca
| blupders We had to saw TO ourselves repeatedly,
! .Poor fellow moor loeician!, But. considering
his calumn,es, we were forced to exclalm Infamou
fellow, shameless s,anderer., ;, OF similar caumn,e
articles of the creeJ. For instance. he speaks q
unbaptiyeJ habies as kindnp for the fire of hell
Never has any Catholic thcologian taught that nn
were 70 ,ne te,
' children are placed in state Of NATURAL but no
5 supernatural, happiness
t Ingersoll had rashly remarked agains
a Christianity, " 1nfdelity made France pros
r "perous." The answer is obvious
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More than ten weary months have now
elapsed snco tho ponderous Gillian Iron. cads took
up their station at tho mouth OF this beautiful har-
bor and commenced their frutless endeavor OF star
Ing thc land batterie ont OF countenance, always
maintaining q safe distance from those guns which
hurled suecessful defiance at the Spanards IN May
1866.
ON great feast days and on occasions when the
Chiian Admiral was particularly exercised by the
performances OF the Peruyiana In blowing up the
soils he had humanely sent TO lombard unprotected
towns, the formidable IRON clads were put In battle
trim and steamed In toward the shore, opening lre
with their Improved ordnance at a range which I'm
posslbiiiated an efectua return Of the compliment
by the impatient gunners In tho land forts Ten mo-
notonous months OF this comedy have passed. and the
damage inflicted by the blockaders on the prosperous
city OF Caao is really inferior In monetary value TO
the cost OF the shot and shell expended. But occa-
sionally little sensation occurs not ANTICIPATED In
the dreary programme, and on tho 9Th Of December
such relaxation was Afforded.
The little Peruvian picket-boat Arno was quietly
making Its rounds In Callao bay on the morning Of the
day mentioned. just before the suen Pacific was
glded by the sunbeams she suddenly discovered that
four of the best torpedo launches belonging to the
Chillan fleet, boats provided with every cheerful ap-
purtenance known for the despatch Of vessels and
men to the bottom OF the sea without boneH OF clergy
were In her immediate neighborhood, evidently In.
tent upon passing the customary morning sauatons,
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THE rumored transfer of our Engineer
Commissioner to another field of useful
ness awakened n most earnest spirit of op-
position among a class of citizens, who,
unfortunately, do not come TO the front
save on those exceptional occasions when
something like vital interest is at stake.
The possibility of losing Major Twining' 5
services after he had acquainted himself so
thoroughly with the wants of the District,
after he had administered his department so
intelligently in the direction of the develop
ment of an economical system of improve
ment and expenditure, was the occasion of
collecting together the most respectable, in
telligent, and wealthy delegation that has
ever visited President on similar mis-
sion. The committee, consisting of nearly
q hundred gentlemen, representing almost
every interest, profession, and calling-mer-
chants, bankers, doctors, lawyers, millers,
real estate men, and others-that waited on
the President Friday afternoon deserved the
respectful and considerate hearing that was
extended, and it is to be hoped and pre-
sumed that their appeal in behalf of the
people and interest of the District will no
be disregarded by President Hayes, who by
word and deed has shown praiseworthy
regard for the wants and wishes of our peo
pie. Mr.. Walter D. Davidge, in stating tc
the President that the Taxpayers regarded
Major Twining's transfer with alarm, and i,
complimenting him for his courtesy, integ
rity, and efficiency, echoed the sentiments o
nine-tenths of the taxpayers of the District
We do not think that the Endorsement ant
appeal of such a delegation can or will b
disregarded, and therefore express the conf
dent hope that Major Twining win continu
in his present sphere of usefulness.
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New Public buildings.

To the Editor Of TIE sunday Herdh:
DEAR SIR agree with you in the opinion
that the proposed plan of purchasing the block Joining
Lafayette park for public buildings Is linz
practicable What should be done Is to at
the small square bounded by and y and Eighth
and Ninth streets, adjoining that on which the Gen
erai Post Once now stands, and, taking In Eighth
street. between and y, which would cost nothing,
extend the Post Once Building to Ninth street. This
would afford sufficient room for the General and City
Post Oces, and the whole could be constructed TO
respond with the Interior building, ultimately to be
entirely occupied by the Patent onices. 1t
is objected that the Post once Building pre-
sents dwarfed appearance IN the shadow
Of the Interior Departments and We are Informed
that the attic OF the former Is tinderbox, liable at
any moment to take fire. destroying the entire strnc-
ture All this could and should he remedied by the
extension proposed and by raising the present Post
once Building TO the proper height under Are proof
roof The cost Of the square TO be bought would not
exceed ive hundred thousand dollars Including the
buildings thereon, many Of which could be used foi
Government ofices while the new structure Is erect
ing, thus saving large sum now paid In rent. dc
not know how much the Government now pays IL
rent OF private buildings but am certain the amount
would 20 very far toward paying the Interest, at az
per cent the $500 900 required 10 purchase the de-
sired square This disp0ses OF the Post once Depart
ment, and one line should settle the question OF th'
Interior Department. Let II be built on JudlciaSo
square. Yours truly, HoRATio KING
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A CORRESPONDENT, OR. II. f., of the Rcpub-
ncdn seems 10 he In little ttibulalon on the necte
question: He has been embarrassed so that he even
"shuddered' y by appearing In Baltimore in a white
necktie when others wore black, aud thinks he has
since .|
"lcarned, from what we are modest enough to
believe the very best authority that society's latest
decree with regard To ties Ia that for grdnde pnrue
or formal affair they should he black, In order not
to assimiiate or conflict with those (wbite) so
universally INDUCED In by walters or lackcys, TO
whose toilets the white neckties had some time since
been relogated.' ~
We believe that renowned beau the late Ir. Jeames
Yelowpush suffered, as this writer has, from fear
Of being mistaken for servant but we never learned
that the evening dress OF English gentlemen was
altered to meet an emergency that never troubles
them. This reminds of the incident whlchoccurred
quite number Of years ago to the late Professor
Mahan, OF West Point, who, while abroad, would
have had an interview with Queen Victoria, had he
not made the mistake Of presenting himself In black
necktie He was stopped at the door by the usher and
no explanation would get him past for theincxorablc
answer was "lt does not matter who you are, you
cannot be presented 10 the Queen In a black crayat"
Int the Jeames of the Republican gives local vanity
a shock by telling us that he Is
fuly congnzant of the seeming lncredulos fact that
washington at the soonest Is not less than whole
| NODES we concluded that its dictum as 20 what is
and what Is not regie not the safest best to
be guided by, and at the most faulty. and hence that
we had innocently committed an egregous error In
appearing at the affair above referred to In tchie
ncckte In accordance with such dictum.''
| Really! We had thought that Sir Edward Thorn
ton and the members Of his legation might know the
fashion Of dress In London; that Mr. outrey and his
| legation would know the modes of Paris; that NIr.
Won schlozer and Count Won Beust were an Jdit In
Berlin; that Baron Mayr and Count Iippe-W Welssen-
field could tell us, II they woud, what neckwear is
seen In Vienna, and that Prince Canporeae, who has
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DIED.


BUssELL.-At p. NJ, on the 18th instant. after
short Illness, Sarah, the beloved mother Of George
RUSSELL IN the slxtyfifth year of her age, Her fi-
O'Clock, from her late residence 800 street north
vited to be present.
JOY.-On the lith instant, at 1850 r. NJ, Mary
Ann doy, In her hfty-sev year, beloved wife OF
John w. Joy. Friends and relatives respectfully
invited to attend her funeral from her late residence
GIG Eleventh street southwest. Sunday, the 10th
Instant, at clock, =. NJ.
Dearest mother thou hast left us,
We thy loss most deeply feel:
IT'S Him whorues that has bereft u.s.
He can all our sorrows heal.
STEELE.-On Thursday afternoon, January a. at
o'clock Annie f., wife of the late Franklin Steele
Funeral from her residence No. IS Lafayette Square,
on Monday, January II, at o. clock Friends OF the
family are invited to attend.
DAyIS.-January 10, 1881, at his late residence,
Belle Vue, d. c., Henry q. Davis. Funeral from,
his residence Tomorrow at O'Clock. Interment at
Oak Hill Cemetery,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is, of pneu monla,
Lewis H., Jr., of Louis II. and Henrietta j.
Holnberger, In the twenty-first year of his age.
Funeral from the residence Of his parents, No. LOG
Seventh street northwest at O'Clock p. to- day.
HoRNER. R.-January l3, Jacob Horner, in the
fory-ffth year of his age Funeral will take place
to-day at 2p M, from hislae residence corner Fifth
street and New York avenue northwest.
sTONE.-January II, Charles Addison StOne aged
thirty-four. Funeral from his late residence, No.
1910 Twenty-fh street northwest to-day at clock
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WE hear that large number of proxies OF
holders of stock in the National Metropolitan
Bank We're procured by Mr.. J.W. Thompson,
and used last week to remove Mr.. w. G.
Metzerott from the board of directors, without
informing those from whom the proxies were
obtained that it was intended to use them
for such a purpose.
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TnE Avenue tramway simply admits, by
putting on extra cars between the Capital
and Treasury at reduced fares, that this
should have been done long since. The in
tention ofinjuring the Herdic coaches thereby
will not succeed because the latter can come
to the sidewalk, which for ladies at all times
and in stormy weather for everybody is a
most important consideration. The next
question to arise will be whether the cars,
with their ugly iron rails, ought not to be
excluded from our chief thoroughfare alto
gethcr, as they are from Broadway and the
other fine streets of great cities.
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A PORTRAIT of the late BENJAMIN Ogle
Tayoe. by Huntington, Of New York, has been added
to the Corcoran Gallery. The innumerable friends Of
Mr.. Tayloe, In every section, who visit Washington
this winter win lie delighted with this picture, for
1t presents him In "his manner as he hved.'' The
likeness Is admirable, and the artist has been re-
markably successful In handing down to posterty the
portrait OF Of The most eminent and widely known
Of the early residents OF Washington, for Mr. Tayloe,
who was born IN 1896, spent nearly his whole life IN
this city, and from 1922 when he set up bis house
hold gods on Lafayette Square, to his death In 1868,
contributed perhaps more than any OF his contem-
poraries to the elevation and refinement Of society
His Intimate friends from every quarter OF the
Union--Eyerett, Sparks Winthrop, Dner. Ingersoll.
Gilpin, Clay, Crittenden corwin, Scott. coTcoTan.
aud Riyes delightful house TO visit II would
bs Impossible to md anywhere. II is therefore IN the
highest degree gratifying TO all who remember the
"old times In this city to know that there wilibe
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and religious frenzy

FANArIcIsM and religious frenzy are con-
fined to no denomination. a Catholic woman In the
West is reported as having cut out her tongue with
razor doubt obeylng literally the njunctions Of
Scripture, iniicting mortal wound. This does not
differ from the Massachusetts, horror except suicide
differs from murder, yet occurred under a widely
varying creed 1t Is unfair to attribute these morbid
developments to the respective sects any more than
to Christianity as whole. There is rather needed
hearty cooperation to prevent them.
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Judge Thurman's Traits

Hon. Judge Thurman, his snuG-box, his
bandanna handkerchief and his surly ways will be
missed. lie Is a genial old man, and his grabbed
manners are put on half the time and kindly
sympathetic heart. lie is a punctilious old rooster
and has the very highest respect for the old dignity OF
the Senate. The Democrats will miss his leadership
his sagacity as debater lie likes his toddy, good
cigar, and rubber at whist hut woe betide q bad
player at a table with Judge Thurman. You had bet
ter face band OF infuriated Sioux than lead from
short suit II you are his partner.H j. r. In Phfla.
Tigaee.
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A Cat Concert.

Most Londoners are familiar with the two
cats who box clevery and who have been exhibited
for some years In the streets concert OF cats
exhibited In Paris, the animals being arranged
In rows, and mewing In turn TO monkey who beat
time for the performers This was called - Com
cert Miauiant. - tits said that the animals were
trained by having had their tails pulled every time
certain note was struck and that the dsagreeable
remembrance caused them 70 new each time they
heard the sound again.-Glote.