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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

the democratic vote of the city will be
divided in any such proportions. Kelly is
likely to receive nearly one-half of 1t. and
unless Robinson leads Kelly by q. least
21, 227 votes in the city Cornell will be
elected Governor.
AS we estimate the chances the republic
can vote of the State is likely to be larger
than it was in 1876. To be sure, there is q
large section of the republicans who were
dissatisfied with the nomination of Cornell;
but, on the other hand, the general drift Of
events is favorable to the republican party.
The brilliant success of its resumption
policy has gained public confidence,
and the revival of business, after long
stagnation, puts the community in good
humor with the government. The incessant
democratic denunciations of the resump-
ton measures and the signal Justification Of
the democratic predictions as to their effect
will operate in favor of the republican party
in State like New York, where the revival
OF business is SO quickly felt. The general
political tendencies favor the republicans
and will increase the republican vote, and
the democratic schism is certain to divert
votes enough from Robinson to insure the
election of the republican candidate
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In tho sh.turgaraan Pass.

If tho news FROM Simla. published in our
cable dispatches this morning. to the effect
that communication with the British troops
has been cut off on both sides of the Shat
urgardan Pass by the native tribes, be
true, it is scarcely probable that General
Roberts will be able to enter Cabul on Sun
day next, rs was anticipated. Indeed, it
appears that portion Of the British forces
are in very dangerous situation, and
unless reinforcements reach them very
soon the terrible scenes enacted in the
Kurd Cabul Pass in 1S42 may possibly be
repeated. The British forces are ut present
in fresh condition, and, doubtless, if sur
rounded by the native tribes, will give q
good account OF themselves. The Afghans,
so lar as can be learned, are bitterly op-
posed to the return of Yakoob Khan, and
are gathered in great force to prevent tho
British troops bringing him back to his
capital.
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SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.

Information was given ut tho Coroner's ofnces
Brooklyn. yesterday that Mr. II. Loezer. Of No. 44s
Pacific street. had committed suicide. An officer was
detailed to investigate the affair. who reported that
tho house mentioned s q three story and basement
brick dwelling. He was admitted by an elderly gcn
tlemsn. Proceeding to tho back parlor no found
There the corpse covered with sheet. Ho began
questioning his companion. VINO was very roticent
subject. Ayoung man thcn entered the room and
seeing tho oficer asked him what he wanted The
officer stated his business. whom tho young man,
who said he had notified the Coroner and acted ~
his agent ordered ofccr to leave tho house. The
oficcr thcreupon returned 70 the station mouse ana
reported tho condition of Affairs.
The family also positively refused TO give any In.
formation TO tho pross concerning tho case. From
what could be- learned of tho affair. however. II
appears that the deceased. who Was engaged In thu
to6acco business At tho corner OF broadway aud
Maiden lane. this city. had met with business
verses and rs n consequence became very melan.
choly. IL not thought ~ his relatives aud
friopds. however, that ho contemplated taking his
life. 10 leaves wife aud four children.
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Costly Fun erals.

Shutting church doors against funeral
party, as priest in New Jersey did few
days ago, is startling innovation in burial
customs, but it is doubtful whether any less
radical course can put an end to the habit
OF turning funerals into ostentatious and
expensive displays The utterly mistaken
idea that outward show OF regard for the
dead by friends and acquaintances should
be ut the expense Of the family of the de-
ceased leads thousands of poor families to
spend all their savings and sacrifice por-
lions Of their scanty household goods be-
sides in order to provide carriages and enter
tainment for oil who may care to avail them
selves Of them. People in better circum-
stances are equally sensitive aud foolish,
and in both cases the results are anything
but regret for the dead and sympathy for
the living. Who has not seen long funeral
procession moving through the streets, the
first carriage containing weeping relatives,
the next some respectful friends, but most
of the remainder full OF people who are
actively chatting, laughing. sometimes
smoking. and affording contrast
which ct best Is painful and re-
pellant to the beholder? 1t is question
whether proper respect for the dead does
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In q short despatch from Hammerfest,
the little town on the Arctic coast of Nor
way which bids fair to attain some fame aa
starting point for Arctic adventures, we
are informed of the return of the Dutch
Arctic expedition, ''after penetrating as
far as Francis Joseph Land" Francis
Joseph Land will be remembered as the
region eastward from Spitzbergen, in
which Peyer and Weyprecht, with an AUS
TRAN expedition. were caught in the ice and
made some interesting observations of Arctic
mountain scenery. There was little to be
learned there of the Arctic regions that
these interesting Germans had not already
told us, and why the sturdy and generally
persistent Dutchmen turned their faces
homeward at that point is story that re.
mains TO be told. Their plan was originally
formed for voyage of eighteen months,
which involved one winter in the Arctic
regions and their coming home at one year
from this time. Why they cut their expe-
dition short year we shall learn in later
dispatches. Apparently this change must
have been due to some accident. We shall
regret to hear, that any calamity has be-
fallen them.
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The steam whistle i'm Politics.

The city of Decatur, ILL.,, deserves the
thanks of the public for having introduced
new influence into politics. President
Hayes, passing through Decatur few days
ago. was heartily received, but some of the
notes Of rejoicing were sounded by steam
whistles, which made such noise that tho
Chief Executives speech could not be
heard. This is to be regretted. for the
Presidents speech is pleasant article of
its kind and cannot injure any one There
are speeches and other political utterances,
however. to which the steam whistle treat
ment would be peculiarly appropriate. A
well voiced whistle would have been very
useful in the session room of the Police
Board on Tuesday and Wednesday, and q
few Of them might yet do excellent service
as preventivos il sprinkled around in the
various judicial chambers of the city. IF
the trumpet give an uncertain sound"
says the Bible, "who shall prepare himself
TO the battleS" 1t is therefore necessary
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04
ADJUSTMENTS DDlY AID EVEylyG.

GRAND OPERA HOT sE-fnE NieHn Dotlan Matinee
PARK ThEAfRI.-CGgsnsn rsAasnIaN. Aa.inea
STANDARD rnEArEE-Ha.lsn N.ainss
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ACADEMY 90 MUsIc-slEErr HsLIo~ NAux1G
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ROSTER a BIALs CONCERT HALL
coNIQrE-MuLiieAS CEASE caewbER Matinee
SAN FRANCISCO NISsrKELs-a.tlass
cHIcKERING HALL-PAru NAnxaE
UNION SQUARE THEArRE-Ny PsHr~Kn Matinee
wALLAcK's IHEAraE--coNrssrr % corHt
MADISON sQrAEE GARDEN-CLapiAfoaiaL coSrssr
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not demand that funerals shall be strictly
private family affairs, for any departure
from this method opens the doors to
horde OF people who, while outwardly re-
spectacle. are inwardly nothing better than
curious. Friendship generally shrinks from
intrudlng upon grief in its earliest stages
H. however, it insists upon manifesting
itself publicly, it should do SO ut its own
expense. The practice, too, of sending
floral tributes to the coffin or grave of de-
ceased acquaintance has come to be u mere
form, and a terribly costly one, which
pride is causing to deplete many thin
purse. Pastors and people should every
where unite in preventing the last sad rites
over departed friends from being an excuse
for extravaganza to pander to insincerity.
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that future notes of warning or rebuke that
may be sounded shall be uttered by voice
that is neither feeble nor doubtful, and the
steam whistle is about the only organ thus
lar introduced into politics that can be
trusted to have its say and make itself
heard. Our darling hope is that voluble
whistle with full head of steam may be
introduced into the Senate Chamber and
another into the House before Congress
meets again. There would be millions in
it-for the public.
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LAW AND GAS.

Argument was heard in tho Brooklyn City
Court, before Judge Reynolds. yesterday. on the
motion TO vacate tho temporary injunction en-
Joining tho Mutual Gas Light Company from con.
Municipal uas Company. The plaintin In the suit
~ John n. starr who was contractor tor the work
James Jourdan In president and receiver. John ".
starr became assignee OF the contract and OF 500
shares OF stock in the company issued 20 pay tor
the work. Winchester Brtion, who appeared tor
the plaintiff. said that 100000 had been expended
upon the work. and the transfer was In fraud OF the
rights OF tho plaintiff The argument was adjourned
until Thursday next.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

ELEVEN OF ScoTLASDs best football players
will visit Canada and the United States next
spring. Tor the purpose of playing series of
association games. The Objectionable features
OF Rugby eliminated in this game. and the
play is really football, no hand save that of the
gonlkecper being allowed to touch the ball
under severe penalties. viii the prominent
athletes of New York organize a team to meet
the Scotchmcnl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

TIE RACES AT JEROME PARK to-day include
five important events, and some capital sport
may be confidently looked for. Should the
weather prove clear and warm, as the n,lica-
tons show, the attendance ut this favoritc
course VIII undoubtedly be "a large and brilliant
one. Full details of the days programme are
given on another page.
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ART NOTE.

Knocdlcr Co. have on exhibition now copies OF
Charles courtry's etching OF Munkacsys celebrated
painting. Milton Debating Paradise Loaf 10 lila
Daughters" This painting, 10 win BE- remembered.
obtained medal OF honor nj the Paris Exhibition.
aud was purchased by Robert Lsnox Kennedy Tor thu
library on Fifth avenue bearing his nsine.
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WALL STREET YEsrERpAY.--Aiter a buoyant
opening stocks declined in price and closed
heavy, notwithstanding a very large business
done in the closing hours. Money was very
stringent, per cent and commission ranging
from 1-16 to Is per diem being charged for call
loans. At the close the market relaxed some
what Exchanges were quiet, with rates un-
altered.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

THE REAL VALUE OF election inspectors is
shown i'll article published elsewhere in to-
days HERALD. by it the reader can under
stand why so much importance attaches to the
present deadlock in the Police Board.
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The ,ceather ia Ner Tork aud ~ ricinify io-day
riA be fair aud slightly cooler. Tomorrow the
same conditieas riH IreraiL.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

The SPIRIT MOVES our school teachers to ge
up u testimonial to their late Superintendent
Mr.. Riddle.
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To DERIVE A MAN of his wife's affection i
not worth $4,000. AT least Judge Dykman :,
decided yesterday.
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THERE Is EVERY PRospECr of u good sized
row over the spoils in the recent contest for the
Ashley belt, owing to discovery that the track
lacked some iiity-ninc feet of being full mile
in eight laps. Lawsuits are threatened and
the record of the will be thrown out. Ii is
very unfortunate state of affairs. for the
struggle was really most remarkable one.
But let us have more short tracks, gentle
men, your belts will 20 begging hereafter.
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COURTNEY AND HANLAN are evidently pre-.
pairing for II desperate struggle, both men being
in excellent health and making good practice.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

BIGAMY is becoming alarmingly frequent. the
latest victim of this dastardly crime being u
heart broken blldc of eighteen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-04

PoLIrICAL TAX GATHERING has become
science in these days OF bolts and civil seryic,
rules
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WHEN MEN COMMIT SUICIDE they usually
seek Us painless and expeditions u method IA
possible, but we to-day record an instance
totally ut variance with this rule young
Russian, being disappointed in love, actually
stretched his naked body on bare bcdstead
under which lie had placed some lighted candles,
and so slowly burned himself to death, the
spine being completely carbonizcd Despite his
agony the man actually left behind him record
of his motives and his sutlcrings Victor Hugo
never wrote more ghastly picture than did
this lovecrazed wretch.
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A CLOUD III the commercial! sky--thc disap
pearance OF two merchants.
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OUR FOREIGN GOSSIP to-day will be found in
teresting.
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The WEArIER.--A storm centre of consid-
cradle energy passed out into the ocean oil the
coast of Newfoundland last night After pass
ing over the upper lake region yesterday its
influence only felt again in the northern
portions of Vermont. Another depression has
made It's appearance in Manitoba aud Min
nesota, where the barometer has fallen very
rapidly. Throughout the Atlantic coast and
central valley districts the pressure is pretty
uniformly distributed and fair weather pre-
dominates. The temperature has fallen in the
New England and Middle States, but risen
in and west of the Mississippi Valley.
Occasional rains were experienced in Mis-
souri,, Ohio aud the New England States and
thunder showers in the Gulf districts. High
winds were frequent in the Northwest; they
were fresh along the Atlantic coast. The
weather ia New York and its vicinity to-day
will bc fair and slightly cooler. Tomorrow the
sa,uc conditions will prevail
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TRIPLE SH T. f Il

NEW YORK, SATURDAY.. ocIoBER 4. ls;e.
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this year hold their own outside the city Of
New York, Governor Robinson cannot bs
reelected without larger vote in the city
than he is likely to receive. Assuming
that tho republicans will poll as many vote.
in the city MS they did in 1876. tho Robin
son vote in the city will need 10 exceed
the Kelly vote in the city by
moro than 2l,227 10 secure the election
of Robinson. II is In the highest degree
improbable that The supporters Of Robin
son will outnumber the supporters OF Kelly
in the city by any such amount. Reckon
ing the whole democratic vote In the city
as equal to the Tiiden vote In 1876
namely, 1880 Robinson should receive
in the city GG,s7S votes against 45.C5l
Tor Kelly TO enable him 10 overcome tho
republican majority In the State outside
the city. 1t is altogether improbable that
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-13
Progress Of the Plagsn.

The New York Commercial thinks that
strict quarantine measures are now
more than ever before required from the
Board of Health, since the plague has
broken out in Brazil, while it has not
yet been suppressed in Russia. The
Gar has approved the application of the
extreme consequences Of Hippocrates
prescriptions, which were acted upon
during the Athens plague, which carried
off Pericles, and which was stopped only
after the lighting of fires in the streets
of the Greek city. In Russia, the sum-
mary measures of the wholesale burning
of plague-stricken villages, proposed by
the Committee of Ministers, for stopping
eepidemics, is to be adopted. Although,
as formerly stated, very many vessels
floating the Russian and English flags,
and especially the Norwegian, often
come to New York from Russian ports
still these ports are not yet directly in
fected; but caution is required in re-
gard to vessels coming from some Bra
lillian ports. 1t is reported by q dispatch
from Rio Janeiro, under January 13,
that the black plague has made its ap-
pearance in the province of Ceara, and
that five doctors have been sent there.
The breaking out of the worst kind OF
plague in the Brazilian province is
sufficiently explained by the fact that
that same district has been for the last
few months prey to an awful famine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-13
The Devil as Regarded Formerly and
Now.
[Prof. y. P. Fisher in Sunday Afternoon for
January.l "...

PROT y. p Fisher in Sunday Afternoon for
January.l
In the first centuries of the Church,
when contemporaneous Jewish theology
was potent in its influence, and when
even there divinities of the classic
mythology were believed to be demons,
actually existing and active for mischief,
calamities of all sorts, whether they
befell individuals or communities, were
ascribed to the devil and his minions.
Diseases, tempests, and failure of the
crops, and numberless other evils, were
attributed to the instrumentality Of
Satan. When we come down to modern
centuries, we find similar habit of
thought. Luther imputed his bodily
infirmities to the mischievous agency of
the devil. Even Whitefeld, in the
eighteenth century, accounts for an at
tack of collie by laying it to the presence
of demons in his bowels. Injuries to
men and animals, blighted fields, even
trivial accidents in tine household, like
the breaking of an article of furniture,
were not unfrequently charged upon
the always present, untiring, invisible
emissaries of the Evil One. Under such
circumstances, satanic agency was far
more a subject of reflection than it can
possibly be at present, when Christian
people consider that the main, if not
exclusive, function of Satan is that of a
tempter, whose enticements cannot be
distinguished, by mental analysis, from
the solicitations of our own propensities
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-13
The French Republics New Crest.

The London Neacs says that the
French Republic has adopted a new
crest, a laurel-wreath with a dart of
gold, in place of the ancient bird which
led Rome, and Napoleon, and fortis
Etruria to victory. The eagle has had
long history as military emblem,
and it seems almost pity that the Re-
public thinks fit to change such an hon
orable and martial symbol. Before the
embroidered raven flew, tapping its
wings, as people believed, on the flags
of the Mortimer who took up the
blood-feud of Ragnar Lodbrog, the
eagle of the Tenth Legion had lighted
on the white coast Of Albion. The
eagle superseded the lark (alauda),
which the soldiers raised in Gaul bore
foT their cognizance. The bird of Jove
swallowed up, as Aaron's rod swallowed
the serpents, the various birds and
beasts which were the crests of the
,tribesmen who, in the early days of
Rome, formed the militia of the Repub-
lie. The eagle outlived the wood
pecker of the Piceni, the wolf of the
Hirpini, the bean-fower which the
Fabii may have borne, as the Plantage-
nets carried the blossom of the broom,
and as each Scotch clan has its badge,
heather, bracken, st. Johns wort, or
branch of the yew. AS the tribal gods
and heroes were merged in the growing
power of Rome. so the ancient stand
ards, the crow of Corvinus, the SOW of
Alba, the OK, and all the other crea-
lures that, as legend declared, had led
the various tribes on the great migra
tions of the yer socrun,, yielded place to
the eagle of the Eternal City. The
bird has had, perhaps, of all animals,
the most distinguished heraldic career.
When the Roman Empire, like its own
god Janus, began to look both ways,
and turned a face to the East from
Byzantium, to the West from Rome,
the two-headed eagle became the I'm
perial cognizance. When Byzantium
fell, and Russia claimed, through the
female line the honors of the Paleologi,
the two-headed eagle lighted at the
Kremlin. Prussia and Poland have
their eagles, and the great Republic be-
yond the Atlantic has put herself under
the protection of bird who is fire.
quently mentioned in after-dinner
speeches, and especially on the Fourth
of July. The great imperial victories
of the First Napoleon were fought
under the eagles wings; and in adopt
ing a mere symbol, mere laurel
wreath, TO which no one can feel much
attached, the French Republic has per-
haps once more broken too ruthlessly
with the Nations past. The old Gallo
cock is out of the question perhaps; the
bird which crows when he is victor,
and twice as loudly when he is beaten,
is a lnonarchical bird. History has
made the rooster, with bees, lilies, vio-
lets, and many other innocent things,
distasteful to modern France.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-13
A Murdered Students Funeral.

One of the most remarkable funerals
ever seen anywhere was that of the stu
dent who was shot so brutally a few
weeks ago in Warzburg, Bavaria, by an
officer of the City Guard. He was ar
rested while on lark, and, attempting
to run from his captors, was deliberately
shot in the back at close quarters. Great
public commotion followed, the general
aversion of the German people to the
insolence of the military being stimu-
lated by this act to the highest pitch.
A mass meeting was called, at which a
petition and address to the Government
were adopted, demanding the severest
punishment for the 6 frivolous and bru-
tai assassination" The funeral was at
tended by nearly a thousand students
and by the entire faculty of the univer-
sity. The body had been lying in state
in the hospital during the day, and as
darkness set in it was borne forth with
funereal music, followed by the long pro-
cession of students, bearing torches and
flags draped in mourning. 1t was car
ried slowly through the main streets of
the city to the railway depot, where a
SpcCldl UIdlu Wdo NdlVluS5 W COufOJ IL
to the home of the young mans parents
The return of the procession was through
the streets along which the student had
taken his way on the fatal night. Op
posite the main garrison, to which the
officer who had shot the student be
longed, the procession came to a hall
and formed hollow square, in the mid
die of which the standard bearers with
their draped flags stationed themselves
Then, while the Pickering torches cas-
fantastic shadows over the plaza, tn,
Gaudeamus was sung. With tn,
last words of this student song all hurled
their torches simultaneously to tn,
ground, and in darkness and silence tn,
multitude dispersed. The report havin,
spread that the commander of the gar
rison to which the guilty officer belonge'
had expressed his approval of the mur
der, he received challenges to duels from
half dozen students.