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alter and as Mr bensei was about TO ask orvillc
something else about the tra2edy several policemen
entered inc door, when, seeing them, Jowest asked
where they we're going To take nm.
Where are you gong 10 take me?" said he, 40
Captain Peuy'ss"
mo. answ cred an officer; ITO the hospital
But little thought gwen 10 tins question OF
taking him away until the belief that mystcry
a terrible murder had become almost u certainty when
IL frequently repeated and unpeasanty coin
mentcd upon.
odd he lear, in his terrible wounded state,
that they were going 10 tskc him 10 the station
house =" usked one.
.'Did tho appearances OF the officers produce such
shock that brought tho lear OF punishment for
crime TO his mind ~ SAID another.
These and other IKE IDEAS were repeatedly given
uterance TO- making the occurrence look all tho
terrible. The doctor IN charge Oi the ambulance
irving at this stage, Orvc ID. Jewctt removed to
tho Chamber Street Hospital where he subsequently
died Just before his removal charles Can,pbeii one
VI the porters, Office and STOPPING over
tho prostrate man, he was recosnzed by the attcr.
Haven't been good TREND Of yours, CLarleys"
Eyes, you have" answered Charley.
OFFICER sULiIyAN's STORY.
John J. Sullivan, OF tho Eastern steamboat Squad,
said 70 tue reporter:--"i was standing On pier 20
East River, when | hetrd an explosion and ran to
the spot where the sound seemed 10 from hard
as could. found Oniccr UDounell, OF the Futon
Terry station ia The office 10 stars. lilo told 10
stay there while he went out 10 fetch ambulance.
Mr. OrviIlc Jewctt was lying the floor the md
die oice He lay his lott breast, and that his
vest and tho inner lining OF his coat were charred, ana
stu slowly ournlns. put out the fire as quickly as
clothing.
THE PISTOL BELT.
then unbucklcd belt winch was drawn tight
round his waist, ana winch mad pistol holster at
tuchcd 10 IT, The holster was empty VIXEN took or
the belt leaned over the body, raised the head
held the dying man IN as easy position as could
once or twice spoke TO HIM. but no WAS moaning I'M
CONSCIOUSLY and did not ALE to answer me,
u he understood what said. Ineu ald him down
ana went into the 'front.' Office, where Mr. George W.
Jewett was lying dead, resting GU his back. Here
Foreman Cook came to me and sald that he
had a u,tO tle hnI
LAID u on desk in the back Office Immediately went
INTO the Office ana took charge OF the pistol witch
iound upon the ,iesk Ii large. sized navy revo
Yer. One chamber had been cmptled and Two caps
were oil When officer 0'Donne returned gave the
pistol over into his charge As came up the STAIRS
Jaw Mr.. Dean at the loot Hc seemed badly injured,
but as he was In the OF other officers did not
stop by him. carriage was called, ana he placed
IN II and erivsn 10 his house on Waverlcy place.
SERGEANT BLAiR's OBSERVATIONS.
Sergeant a,r Of the First precinct, upon mis- arrival
took special charge OF Mr. Orviise JcwetL lie SAID
81 found MI Jcwctt lying on his back. with his head
raised little. lie was covered with CRIME and bleed
ing freely from a wound In his lott wrist spoke TO
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NINE. ERNEST ANDRE.

Tho deccasc In Paris OF Nine. Ernest Andre, widow
OF tho former Deputy OF the Gard, is announced by
the European mail For number OF years their
captions In the splendid salons or their hotel In tho
Faubourg Poissonnierc drew together tho Chief
boris Ia tho elegant and arstocratic circles OF tho Inn
periaist party. She was the daughter Of General
Count do Gudn, der of oil The divisions OF
the Grand Army OF France, who killed al the bat
tie OF tho Moskowa
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OBITUARY..
MAJOR CHARLES ". BARKER.

Charles W. Barker. the celebrated auctioneer Of
horses at New York TAtrcrsais. Thirty
and Broadway, died suddenly yesterday morning OF
heart disease He was carried from lie between tho
hours eight O'Clock In tho forenoon when
journeying train Of the Central Railroad to Roches-
ter. Hc expired when tho cars were near Port Byron
Mr. Barker In the enjoyment OF his usual excellent
health last Wednesday. which day he olciated In
person ut the mart and conducted OF the largest
horse auction sales OF tho season. Major Barker had
engaged business this city during period Of
twelve years He about years OF ago the
time OF his death lilo very extensively and avsr.
ably known TO people, During tho IrottIng
no favoro pool seller nenrly all the tracks Of
the country. Hts business the most extensive OF
OF its kind In this city, He admirably lifted Tor
tho profitable discharge OF its many perplcxing and
onerous duties. He possessed q clear and sonorous
voice, most rapid and emphatic In hts delivery,
and quick ana correct In making and bringing forward
his Calculations Major Barker faithful soldier
OF the Union cause during the period OF the war OF hd
rebellion, being the rst man to organize regiment oil
volunteer Dragons Tho regiment was not accepted,
but u company was, which Mr.. Barker commanded.
Hc served IN tho slaff Of General Mcclellan whom IN
command OF tho Army OF the Potomac. Ills remains
will DO brought TO tins CITY on Saturday by his
son, who went utter tho body yesterday afternoon.
Major Barker born In Nova Scotia, IN or
Now brunswick aud with brother came 20 tho states
when young men. The ii aJor would boast AZ tmaa
that they were the rst mon that went poddng panos
previous tho war; and II is said, had two when hos.
Il,tes broke out Major Barker lett the army alter
three years. service, and after that superIn.
tended the building Of the raiIroad from schsnec.
lady to Athens After the completion OF that work
he came to this city aud commenced the horse
auction business, under tho firm of Barker a.
Hamlin, but changed partners soon aficrward, and
theu tho name Of the urm was Barker n Ctasc. An
other change, and was Barker Son. and this con-
tinucd until hts DEATH Major Barkcr was prominent
member or tho Masonic fraternity, belonging TO An
cient Lodge, No. 72i, and Amcrcus Chapter No. &5,
thereby being Royal Arch Mason HIS funeral Will
take place sunday afternoon. from .fhe Central
baptist Church. Forty-second street, near Seventh
avenue, whence his remains will BIO taken TO Hartford
Conn, and DO buried with Masonic honors.
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MGR. cUEnrN. BISHOP OF LANonrs.

The Paris journals OF the 22L OF March tho
occurrence OF the sudden death, In his cathedral
OF Mgr. Gudrin Bishop OF Langrcs at the moment la
was putting his robes olcate service.
Tho deceased prsatc born In 17y3 Vicar General
OF Bcsancon when, IN 1851, he nominated to tho
lett vacant by the translation oil Mgr ?,risis to
Arrus.
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DENJ,MIy JCM.N.

Benjamin Juman, representative OF tho Ohio Lcgis
lature from Sandusky county. Ohio, died Of consump
ton at his home, near Fremont. Ohio, yesterday
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BRooKLYN's DEATH RATE.

During tho past week there wcro 100 deaths =
Brooklyn, against 22i for tho week prsviosA
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31
Quiet People.

The quiet girl can flirt, on occasion. in n
way no frivolous girl dare to attempt. but
she never writes compromising letter, and
mas most convenient want of memory.
She accepts presents which her sisters
would have to refuse, and keeps them laid
by III cotton wool to look at during the
hour she is doing her back hair and saving
her prayers. She retires gracefully in favor
OF the other girls, as if willing to let them
SHINE, and gets her reward in the approba-
ton of the old people of the party. Quiet
men find her agreeable, and wonder why
she Is said to be silent; but this is chiefly
because she does not bore them bv insist.
ing on answers to her questions. When
she develOpes into wife-for she always
marrles at least once-she gets her own way
IN everything. Her husband probably
chose her because he thought it would turn
out differently, and finds when too late that
he could not possibly have made a more
| complete mistake. Children are ALWAYS
fond of her, sons respect, if they do not
greatly love, quiet mothers, for they have
never heard them talk nonsense. Servants
never give them short answers. as their
words are few and decisive. and the poor
people think them d dignifed and mines of
hidden wisdom.
Quietness is sometimes a sign of bodily
health. The nervous man who is ALWAYS
stirring, Is seldom strong. But when a
man is thoroughly wrapped up in himself
ana ms own Importance, perfectly satisfied
with his position and prospects, the cut of
his clothes, the length of his whiskcrs, the
attenuation of his umbrella, and the lustre
OF MS hat, the chances are that he is very
quiet. Such men are habituallv well
dressed but as they get on in life they
cling to old fashions They are not con-
siderate for others, yet they give very little
trouble. They exact the utmost service
but make no fuss about it. They are pain |
fully regular and punctual, but never seem
put out by other peoples want Of order. |
They are bores at a dinner party. wet
blankets at picnic, mere sticks at a ball;
but excellent as officers, admirable parsons |
and much sought after by matchmaking
mothers. 1t is they who carry Off the |
helresses who always save money; who are |
never in debt or difficulty, as other men are
who are regular in their devotions. and |
invaluable on committees, where they always |
get their own way without trouble or fuss. |
They habitually wait till every one else ha.
spoken, and then make the single remark
which concludes the matter. and which
seems as if it had risen to the surface. like
cream, of itself
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IF WE WOULD.

five would but check the speaker,
When he spoils his neighbor's fame;
five would but help the erring,
Ere we utter words of blame;
five would, how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame!
Ah, the wrongs that might be righted,
five would but see the way!
All, the pains that might be lightcned,
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pleadingS
Ofthe hearts that so aStray,
Let us step outside the stronghold
OF our selfishneSs and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen, ere we chide;
Let us, ere We blame the fallen,
Hold light to cheer and guide.
All, how bleSsed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be, if we'd but try
Thus to aid and right the weaker
'S ~ t4AOSN N'SH DIOtlcI SISn'
Thus to talk of duty'S pathway
To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,
There are seeds of mighty good;
Still we shrink from souls appealing,
With a timid If we couldw
But the God who judgeth all things,
Knows the truth is" If we would
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31
Dress at a French Seaside Place.

AS for the bathing costumes seen here.
they are tasteful and French; there is a
funny fashion prevailing of putting on Il
p.>ynoIr dc 65ia over the bathing dress, and
then promenading up and down the beach
III bathing shoes before going into the
water; the ladies look like dominoes at n
fancy ball. Some persons take their baths
sitting on the edge Of the water, with UNI
hrellas held over their heads, and as their is
very little surf they can do so undisturbed :;
while the more adventurous swimmers have
good quiet water in which to show off the
graceful feats learned at the swimming
schools on the Seine. As for the fashion at
the Casino, French women ALWAYS dress TO
perfection, and seem to know lust what to
put on. 1t is the fashion at the seaside to
affect great simplicity in material, and it is
marvel to see how stylish flannel and
linen serge can be made to look. The two
most admired costumes are white linen
with bands of embroidery in colored cot.
tons 4 Ia Russo, and a beautiful shade of
French gray linen, very soft, trimmed with
white embroidery and lace Don Carlos
hats Of white or red flannel are worn bv
persons inclined to look gay. They are
like Spanish sailors hats, with 4 round ball
made OF Worstcd on top. But the French.
"'': me thought makes one Shuduor
\ stay ut the seaside seems to give free
bent to their ruling passion. namely to
make idiots of themselves in their dress. in
tie style affected 10y the gon,a,cyse whom
drevn likes to carcature. They crown
themselves with Il sort of straw helmet
originally worn at Bougival on the Seine
that heaven Of students aud grisettcs-
which IS very becoming to most Of them
a silk shirt vita cord and tassel in place
OF cravat, and with the collar cut very low
indeed iii the neck; or a red silk shirt is
worn beneath the white one to give tone. and
to match thcrcd stockings and fuchsiainthe
Outton-holc; sometimes white, sometimes
a blue Hannel suit, or a gross blue linen.
but always made with that peculiar and
horrld cut which gives Fronchmen's clothes
the appearance Of having been made by a
dresamaker. With the white flannel suits
these cXQuisites wear white castor gloves
and carry white umbrellas. Men. women
and children all wear a kind of boot made |
oi white sailcloth, with bands of yellow |
leather down the middle and across the in |
step and toe. They are very pretty, and
inst the thing for the seashorc, as they are
heap and need no blacking.-LcaIr n
\. J. Lra"ny Post.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

A British school-boy has Just highly dis.
tinguished himself The Bishop Of Here.
ford, while examining a class in public
school, asked what an average was. Several
boys said that they didn't know, but at
last one replied 1t is what hen laws
on" The Bishop looked in amazement at
the boy, who then said that he had obtain.
ed his information in his little book of
facts. The little book was sent for, and.
when it arrived, the bright boy pointed
trlumphantly at the following sentence /:
The domestic hen lays on an acreage fifty
eggs each year"
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

BYRoNS lNFIDELIrY SHAKEN.-Capt. Ben.
son, at one time master of Lord Bvron's
yacht, published a book in which the fol.
lowing passage occurs: "Percey Shelley,
who heretofore made no secret of his inf.
deity, and whose spirits we thought that
no danger could ever appall, appeared
during squall at seal to have lost all
energy, and the horrors of what he sun.
posed to be approaching death made him
weep like child. Those names which
he never before pronounced but in ridi.
Guile he now called upon in moving accents
OF serious prayer, and implored the protec,
ton Of that Being whose existence he
affected to disbeleve."
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31
Luck,

Some people are fond of denying that
there Is any such thing as luck, :" but. be
That as 1t may, there certainly are persons
10 whom what seems like tortuitous uoOd
fortune comes. Col. Green Wilkinson gave
a seat in his pew in London to an old
gentleman, who left him $4,000 a wear.
\ young BostOnian crossed to Encland
three years ago and got into conversation
with an elderly gentleman who observed
that he found they had the same name
1T turned out that they were second con.
sins. The elder had gone to California
IN the early days, made a vast fortune. and
entirely lost sight Of his relatives. The
chance meeting gave the young Bostonian
a fortune of between two or three millions
Two ladies had a box at the opera in
London. An old man opposite bored them
dreadtully by perpetually lorgnettinr"
them (ogling them through a glass The
scene came to an end and they thought no
more about him. One day, year after,
ward, solicitor called on one of the ladies.
Lady Frances Bruce, and told her that nm
old gentleman, Mr.. W., had left ber
property worth several thousand a year.
" Never heard of the man." she said: "must
be mistake" Very extraordinary" re.
Piled the solicitor. Suddenly a hannv
thought struck him. Tile lies in his c6ffin
IN st. James street, close by, at Bautino's
the great undertaker's; will YOU come and
see him?' She went. 1t was the old
lorgnetter. And it was said that he left II
to her under mistake, after all. having
intended to leave it t, her friend. whom,
and not Lady Frances, he admired. but
was mistaken as to the names of the ladies.
And to give one more, a quite recent in.
stance. A young New Yorker went to San
Francisco to seek the fortune which so MANY
have failed to find. He got a poor clerk.
ship and had to be thankful for that. One
evening at a place of entertainment he
watched game of cards saw that an
elderly Englishman was being cheated. ex.
posed the fraud, and had tussle with the
cheat: The Englishman has presented him
with $4,000 to start him in business. and
there is every prospect that more are to
come.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

CoLoRED JUDGMENT oN TRAMPs.-The col.
ored men in Hanover county, Va. have in
vented remedy of their own for the tramp
nuisance. One of their color, big, strong
fellow, having tramped into {" the Slashes,'
historic as the birth place of Henry Clay.
" the recently enfranchised, instead of
giving him crust and kind counsel, laid
him over barrel and belabored him with
stout stave, after which he was told to " git
up and go long back wihar he come from I"
"a piece of advice he proceeded to follow
to the best of his ability.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

DYSPEPSIA AND HOT BREAD.-Dr. II. V.
Redfeld, who has been travelling through
the South, says: "a physician in North
Alabama, having large practice in the
rural districts, and of necessity stopping
among his patients, tells me that nineteen
OF twenty meals he sits down tc are of fried
meat and hot bread. Yet dyspepsia does
not follow to the extent one would supnoso
He thinks they escape the disease which
such diet would seem to invite. bv the
outdoor life they lead. This physician
says dyspepsia would be an unknown dis.
ease in the South if it was not for hot bread
and the frying pan. Army life during the
late war cured more dyspeptics than bullets
killed. | asked the physician why it was
that in the Eastern States, where hot bread
as steady diet is almost unknown, dvs.
pepsia was even more prevalent than in
the Southern States. He said that it was
pie and cake which played the mischief in
that quarter. Pie and cake worked the
same injury to the stomachs of the Eastern
people that hot bread and the frying pan
did for the Southerners. If anything. IL
was worse. He thought he would rather
risk his digestion upon Southern biscuit
than New England pie. The pie was the
greater curse, and annually killed more by
slowly breaking down their digestive powers.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

CoAXING House PLANrs.-IIouse plants
ought to be stimulated gently once or twice
week. Rain water, so refreshing to sum.
mer flowers, always contains ammonia.
which also abounds in all liquid manures.
II you take an ounce of pulverized carbon.
ate OF ammonia, dissolved in one gallon of
water, 1t will make spring water even more
stimulating to your plants than rain. If
you water your plants once in two weeks
with guiana water( lone tablespoonful to pail
OF water), they will grow more thrifty. AL
ways keep the soil in your flower pots loose.
4 common hairpin used daily will stir the
earth sufficiently.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

SHORT DREssEs-It is stated that short
walking dresses are now the mode in Paris
and as American women are the slaves of
the fashions set in that fine city it would be
well that they be not too long in finding
out the facts about the short dresses. Let
US congratulate the fair" that between the
practice of dragging their dresses through
the mud and this other extreme of carry
ing the long skirt in the hand, Paris has at
last hit the true average by introducing
dresses that will neither sweep the pave.
ments nor impede the wearer when walk.
ing.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

MD GLovEs.-Not one in twenty of all
the Kid gloves in the world are made from
the skins of kids; where there is one kid
glove worn there are about fourteen made
from the skins of rats and nine from the
SKINS oflambs. In France attention is now
being paid to the raising of rats, which are
cared for and fatted and killed in large
quantities for their skins. One man in
Paris raised and killed on his premises dur
ing the year 1867, nearly $4,000 rats. lie
expects his crop for 1877 will be nearly
double that.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

" Rover, beloved dog of Good viii Fire
Company, of Harrisburg, Penn. died last
Sunday week. He was white Newfound.
land above the average size of the breed.
and had greatly endcared himself to the
members of the company by his faithful
attendance at fires and parades and his
atlectionate disposition. After death he
lay in state for several hours in the engine
house. lie was placed in a neat pine box
upon bed of fresh myrtle leaves. Flowers
and gcranium leaves were strewn over the
body and small flags were placed about the
box. At nightfall when nearly 1000 per.
sons had visited the engine house, the dog
was buried in the yard surrounding the
building, and the fire-bell was tolled in his
honor.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

A woodpecker bored hole in the spire
OF a church in jackson, Mississippi, last
Spring, and made his nest within it. In
the Summer, however, a swarm of bees
flew to the spire, drove out the wood.
pecker,and have since filled the interior with
honey. And now man, the sovereign des.
poller, has discovered the hoard, and re.
solved to exhibit the spire, with its novel
contents, at the State Fair.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

Revenge is fever in our blood, to be
cured only by letting the blood of another;
but the remedy too often produces a re.
lapse, which is remorse-a malady far more
dreadful than the first disease, because it is
incurable.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

a Shaker community at Pleasant Hill,
KY, have had a series of matrimonial mis-.
fortunes recently, which threatens to distroy
the society. First young man and young
woman eloped, then an old man and an old
woman travelled the same road; and
within a month nine more marriages have
taken place.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

A Pennsylvania butter maker tests his
salt by dissolving little in glass tumbler;
1t the brine formed is clear and free from
bitter taste, he pronounces the salt good;
IT. on the other hand, it presents milky
appearance, leaves any sediment or throws
scum to the surface he rejects it.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

Every now and then there is a spasmodic
attempt to reform the spelling Of the Eng.
Ilsh languages. The recent efforts Of the
KIND IN England do not seem to be making
much headway, not because some slight
changes arc not possible and desirable. but
becauge each individual theory strikes at
the reversal OF all tradition, all present
habit, and all traces Of Saxon or Latin
derivation. Moreover these individual
theories neutralize each other, and are
likely to be still further confused bv "tho
AnGio-Amerlcan alphabet the adoption
OF which Is advocated by the spelling re-
formers on this side of the ocean. The
latter exhibit the same sanguine conyic.
tloh OF success as was expressed some thirty
years ago, when Mr.. Pitman PROMULGATED
hls new alphabet, and Messrs Andrews and
Boyle published their weekly .lnglo.N,cs,,,
IN this city. Bat the violent transition
from an old form Of Spelling to a new one.
involving the use Of new alphabetical Sims
Is simply an lmpossibility. It is not a oues.
tioh oi reason. or even economy, but Of the
overthrow OF habit as settled as that of
costume or diet. TO the great mass of
Eh@iSh'Speaklng people, the "atemts tn
ac"Ier our Iangwcj' would be almost equal
to the 'atemts" to ''acwier' n ne,y ono
me retormers seem to feel this difficulty
tor they now declare it to be their duty to
"maik 1t scrtcn that the next jenerashon"
snail not be bound by the "superstitious
reverence Of the present There can
DC no objection to their making the
"atemti but until they persuade the
writers OF England to drop the unnecessary
French out Of such Latin words as tacor.
ho"or, etc, we shall have small hopes of
their subverting our present "unteechabl
moed OF spelling. T. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-31

Scotch farmers are thrifty set; they
have great faith in agriculture. 1t is no
uncommon thing to see a tenant, at the
commencement of a lease of nineteen years.
investing fifty or seventy dollars per acre
on drainage, limingand improvements, and
this, too, on another mans land. Our
American farmers lack faith in the soil.