arth,
ANE We ay,
regret it,
i
THE CENTRAL PARK TRAGEDY. |
uddenly stopped eat- |
}
hing,”’ he
his morsels of |
Lie cup of chocolate sel Le-
1g up the newspa-
nt before
YO} TL
HCI
he had |
been running over with a carless eye,
1e read r th cond time the pas-
sage tl 'k him so forcibly. |
of a long article
of details re-
Park, a
last fort-
titude
Central
viel: for the
1 the metropolis up-
whose author had
as
vain. The article
reward of SoUU
t or cause tl
ar
al»
ne
committed the |
» will remnind our |
is described
old, of
own hair,
pale
al
a point,
an overce
silk hat, having about
ilk handkerchief striped
i.
ordinary,’ repeated I.
is
’
ption
descr 1
14
Id
mine pre-
5 years old, of medium
brown a
hair,
of dark cloth and a
in the habit of wrap-
neck a silk handkerchief
1é siripes. in
y
nEUIAIL
like
’ at le
overcoat from its
was De.
cessively cold, he |
about his neck |
striped with red
seemed to him |
that passers-by stared at him oddly. |
This surprised him disagreeably, but a
1 the mercury be-
), ROes hin a bandsome, |
red summer overcoat ought
o feel astonished when people turn
to look at hi But Lamont gave not
s thought to the eccentricity
of his outfit; that wretched description
that he had read in the newspaper
filled Ins brain like a demoniacal pos-
session,
Without having considered the step,
he entered a barber shop.
“Want a 8
juestioned the ton
“A replied Lamont rather |
timidly: *‘shave off my beard, Leave
mly the side whiskers,’
He seated himself in the chair, and
during the whole operation he thought
the eved him very curiously.
*‘11e takes me for the murderer, evi-
dently,’’ thought Oscar.
When put hand into his
pocket to pay for his shave he pulled
yut three or four five-dollar gold
pieces, which in his confusion, he awk-
wardly dropped to the fioor,
“1 am betraying myself horribly,”
he thought, **I shall certainly confirm
this man’s suspicions by throwing gold
about in this way. "’
After a great deal of fumbling In all
of his pockets, he finally found a little
small change, paid his bill and left the
shop.
At a distance of a few steps he
#lanced behind him; the barber, stand-
treed
the
witl
gentlemen Ys
low fort
light-co
not t
2eT
in.
an stant’
ave, or your hair cut?”
sorial artist,
shave,”
barter
Darvel
he his
ing in his doorway, was watching
Oscar a8 he walked away and ‘vas
shaking his head gravely. Instinctively
Lamont quickened his pace, and
turned up the first cross street he came
to.
“If I should
he to himself,
this wretched walk which certainly
nothi about It,
in this
is anothe:
certainly
advertise-
back * said
“1 should put an eud to
£0 home,’
has
all
fearfal
ng with
these star
cold, Yes,
thing-—my
have read
pleasant
i fools and
but then there
landlady must
that confounded
She will notice that
a
ng
I have my
have changed my
have
beard shaved, an
will
6
her own sus-
will have me arrested.
Five hundred dollars
picions, perhaps
a tidy sum.”
He decided that he would not
intil nigl ]
He was
tfal
iti 111.
walking along, banging
the dreadful
to
head and ti
he would
nnking of
be obliged
He turned around in alarm,
fail to recognize
“It is my good Osca
breathed freely
fr o had addressed
**I could not
Lamont
was an old
him in thi
"Are you
again; it
lend wh
well?
anvbody, I hops MM
ing friend,
“1? What mu
stammered l.an
“Why, ]
Te 1
Li, yes,
FOISKers
taste, 100, tha
suminet
overcoat
degrees below?"
unhappy man
Having
he took hi
Lamont
Was cry!
TUln-away
street
a
rey §
CAarnriag
old lady was utt
sinking
nly a h
Mercy, w
WAS Ise, an
hat a fright!’
had taken
ban restaurant
venting
‘
Plame
his painful
3
the stove warmed
Vas, i meal he passed the time
th
tl
in chattir with the proprietor, who
happy to devote himeeif |
i
Hi
ii
unlooked-
when
v entertain: of t
ast. AbD
was quite dark, he went home,
“Well, sir, bave you heard
ews?’ were the words with which his |
andlady accosted him in the hall,
“No. What news?” he rejoined, at
the same time turning up his coat col-
lar to hide his face as much as possible,
“The Central Park murderer was ar-
rested this morning, It seems that he
is not more than twenty years old; he
is a tall fellow with red halr.”
ss I I
olank {
ut © 0'CloeK, it
1
1
i
A New Explosive,
Chemists are ad vancing so rapidly in
the perfection of explosives that we
may soon be prepared to hear of the de-
struction of a fleet by a bomb or of an
army by a grenade, The last frightful
invention is a composition known as
melinite, sald to be ten times as power-
ful as nitro-glycerine, or any other
compound heretofore put together,
General Boulanger, the French War
Minister, bas spent $3,000 irancs in
erecting three forts near Bourges, of
block asphalt and flint, which he pro-
poses to blow to pieces with melinite
shells just to see how the stuff will suit
his requirements, He has ordered
200,000 shells loaded with this new ex-
plosive, which was invented by two
French officers,
Friendship 1s the most sacred of all
moral bonds,
All between the cradle and the coffin
is uncertain.
I know of nobody that has a wish to
dle this year.
NEW CANNIBAL TRIBES,
Discover
the
8 of €
Groat
Along
River.
apt. Van Gele
Mobangi
Last fall the (
Van Stanley’s
officers, in the steamer Henry
State sent Capt.
favorite
Ongo
(ele, one of
make further explorations
river, the great
aflluent of the Congo, whose 1portance
Mr. Granfell was the first to discover.
Van Gele did not ascend the river quite
upon
Mobang! northern
as far as Grenfell, being prevented by
rapids, through which Grenfell
his
urrent
been able to
water
He,
while Grenfell's
push
when the c Was
however, took time to explore,
journey was
than a hurried reconnaissance,
very interesting
He found, for
tributaries,
Van Gele made some
discoveries, instance,
tle up which
eamer for at
It 18
estimated
3 } t
pushed his st
of 207
y three years
that
itself added only about
miles, onl
since Staniey the
350 miles
navigable
Now the
# Mobangi or the Kassal deserves dis-
waters
problem is whether
tion as the Congo's greatest tribu-
ng,
animation. :
300 canoes swiftly pl
The canoes
sn and
AVin
water,
1 WOlne
en were leg
nr 1 ¥ 3
ids and begin the
day. Other
firme
Capt. : iowhere in
a has he seen fish 8 of equal
The
g the position of the nets
many acres. All these tril
tall and powerful, and in form they are
splendid speciinens of physical beauly,
falls,
£8 Are
-
Patmos.
The great remedy for the evil eye on
:
istic. This must be burned In an
person or the object which has suffered.
and then, by throwing three carnation
leaves into the fire, it can be seen
whether the charm has been effectual
or not. If the leaves crackle it is a
sign of healing, and some one must spit
thrice on the person or the thing, say-
ing, as he does so, *“Uncharmed!”
But If the leaves refuse to crackle it is
best to go to the monastery at once and
secure a monk to come and read a
prayer to avert the danger. The
inhabitants of Patmos half worship the
monks of their monastery, and believe
them entirely devoid of the failings
which'other flesh is heir to.
monk passes by or enters a house it is
customary for the people to touch the
ground with their fingers, and then to
kiss the hand which the holy man
proffers, A Patmiote mother’s highest
ambition is to see her son introduced as
a “reader” into the monastic church,
with the prospect of being eventually
admitted as a monk when the days of
his probation are over. All the monks
are now of Patmiote origin, This was
not the case in former days, when many
came from afar. But of late years
| many things have been altered. The
old-fashioned common life has been
room, with its frescoed walls, is rapidly
| falling into decay. Visitors have stolen
{ most of the old tiles which once adornod
the common table, the
| throne is now tottering on
Superior’s
three legs,
and the fine baronial kitchen, which ad-
| joins the common room, is now used as
a depository for that hateful lime with
| which they love to besmear hing
which is architecturally beautiful.
everyt
i
i
i
a —
Eastern Slavery.
It the
SL as
Cond
utterly
rary, h
8 a mistake to regard
{ tion of a slave in the
On the
{ much better off than ti Average
The worst
{ endure is the severance from
Cl
wretched, t
Coll e
ti
Li=
to
é@
al
has
san in Europe, he
and the journey to his place of destina-
The
{ and slave in
tion. relations between master
yuntries have
le analogy,with thoseformerly exi itl-
ng Braziland North America.
Mohammedans the slave 18 cor
the eastern c«
sidered a
almost
. During
in this ¢
| member of the family, and
with exception well treated
of many
| a residence
try. 1
Case Of
VEArs
Hil-
have become aware of only one
cruelty on the part of a master,
It concerned a negro of about 30 years
Arab of the
and the!
re . "
of age, who belonged to an
be of Beni Harb,
some offense committed
ng twenty
tr
si
tened around
several md
3
4
’y
pe Lo .
struck off.
on was loud
eXCepLiona
s a slave wishe
n compel the
women
ores to make t
had to at
' . ad
heir purchases,
£ th ¥ «63 ¥ Y 1] a
stop the merchant's doors,
i
i
i
|
} the street the things that they wanted,
| This law, which was incapable of
ing enforced, could not be lon
| tained.
be-
o
£ main-
--
lainfall
Society of Edinburgh, J. Murray read a
paper on “The Total Rainfall on Land
of the Globe and its Relation to the
Discharge of Rivers.”’ Investigations,
{ according to this, show that the total
| amount of rain falling upon the land-
surface of the globe is 20.350 cubic
miles annualy, Of this amount 2243
cubic miles of rain fell on the inland
drainage areas of the globe, which had
an area of 11,380,350 square miles, and,
as no water was discharged from them
into the ocean, it followed that all the
water which fell as rain must be again
returned to the atmosphere by evapora-
tion. Should the water accumulate In
these areas into lakes, and these lakes
show a slight annual increase in size,
then the rainfall must be regarded as
greater than the evaporation; but
when, as in the case of the Great Salt
Lake or North America, the size of the
lake slowly diminished, the evaporation
over the basin must be greater than the
rainfall. The total weight of substances
carried to the ocean Ly rivers cach year
is calculated by Mr, Murray at over
5,000,000 tons,
ecm ———
It is a base thing to tread upon a man
that 1s down.
CASTING THE GREAT BELL.
Devotion.
ed
Ghosts,’
book, entitled *‘‘Some Chinese
of the cit
“illu
bell in the Tachung sz’
kin. Yong-lLo, of
Ming dynasty,
official, Koan-Y u,that he should
y of Pe-
the trious of
have a
| made of such a size that the se
might be heard for
And he further ordained that
should be
and deepened
bell
sweetened with silver,
the face and the great lij
bles
1 that
writ
will
graven B61
the sacred books, an
the cer
sound through
suspended in itre of
t to
ways of
The worthy mandarin
4
colored the cily
immediate!)
sembled all the master Imo
} 1
renowned bellsmiths he
empire,
f
nateriais |
the
fully
1c triad
mMoids i AIBA
i
i 1 +
id BK
measured
ill prepared the
ruments,
labored like
; bu
Heaven be
5 4 TY
ty alii y,
was beautif
form
found
when
Nes were
8, » any Lrace
he body of Ko-Ngai. And
bell ils t
of t
they so
deeper and mellower and mightier
5
than the tones of any other bell—reach-
ing even beyond the distance of 100 li,
like a pealing of summer thunder; and
yet also like some vast volce ullering
a name, a woman's name-—the name of
And between each mighty
stroke is heard a long, low moan, a
sound of sobbing and complaining, as
though a weeping woman shonld mur-
mur “Hiai!” When the people hear
that golden moan they keep silence;*
but when the sharp, sweet shudderin
comes in the air and the sobbing of
“}{iai1l"’ then, indeed, do the Chinese
|
|
|
i
i
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Jlessings are often nof valued til
they are gone,
Children are certain ca
LH
ae hint
res, bus
Gratitude preserves
and procures new.
Anger
friend
old
begins with
of
“Iisten! that
her shoe!
her shoe!”
Pekin, whisper to their little ones:
is Ko-Nga! crying for
sm
The Use of Oil at Sea.
The use of oll, to lessen the effect of
dangerous seas, still continues to give
very favorable results, and the accum-
ulated evidence 18 of the most satisfac.
tory nature. In one case the “slick”
made by the oil extended thirty feet to
windward, and the Hydrographic office
concludes that the oil is of use when
the vessel is reaching ahead at the
speed of eight or nine knots, with a
beam wind and sea.
i
He that falls to-day may be up again
to-morrow.
He is unworthy to live who lives only
for himself.
A good cause mak
anda a strong arm,
Alms are tl
gate of bh
the
Ul
wept
Your capa
thin n Iimits is in
yn to the strength of your
}
Lull
bor wi
proporiid
iA
pose,
When mistake, don’t
Take the reasol
into your own mind, and
then look forward. Mistakes are
sons of wisdom. The pa t
The future is yet in
you make a
les.
cannot 1x
your
power,
After a man has studied the genera
principle of the law, reading the reports
of adjudged cases, collected by men of
great sagacity, will richly improve his
mind towards acquiring this desirable
amplitude and extent of thought.
Nothing is easier than fault-finding.
No talent, no self-denial, no brains, nc
character are required to sel up in ihe
But those who
are moved by a general desire to d«
complaint.
The importance of fidelity in small
things 1s seen in the fact that small oc
casions are coming continually, while
great ones seldom occur. Thus our
education in faithfulness will depend
pot so much oa our doing right or
great occasions, but in the small buf
frequent tests of daily life, 1t 1s these
which educate us to good or to evil.
It is steady, permanent work that
tells in the long run. A man may suc-
ceed by a spasm, and inconsiderate
people looking at him will conclude
that he affords the example they should
follow. But they are mistaken, and
their experience will likely teach them
s0. To take hold and not let go; to
follow the lost till is is found; to oulti-
vate the staying qualit is what
brings us the rewards we look for.