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HATE'S OWN TRAGEDY THE AFFAIR AT BUNKER HULL AS A MORAL LESSON. k TrH|^<ly In thr HtWfl Tollnwfd 1 h«» M^rtliiK of Two Mori hI I firm tv* Minor him! KdlliM • Ua(wl tint'll Other for >» Woni.Hi, WOMAN Is "at the bottom" of the kill ing in Hunker Hill. 111., recently of Mayor John R. Richards by F. CJ. Hedley, editor of the Hunker Hill (Janette. Richard* kd , as has been stated muMAUiL S9UV/. ln the newB dl„. patches, was shot down In the main street of Hunker Hill. The cause, though Innocent, was Helen Alice Hrown. Hoth men were, besides, sirung partisans and aimed at local republican leadership. In this Rich ards was successful and Hedley used the paper he conducted to retaliate. The Misses Lizzie and Clara Kenyon, also second cousins of Richards, were his housekeepers. They were madly Jealous of the attentions paid if? Miss Hrown hy their cousin, and helped to increase the bitterness of the quarrel. Kvery Inhabitant of Hunker Hill fln ully became arrayed on one side or the other and every other question, so cial or political, was subordinated to the feud. At last a public meeting was called to arrange u compromise or a truce. It was held May 4 in a public hall. A number of hot speeches were made and a riot was narrowly averted. Finally a committee of three leading citizens was appointed with full power to act, so as to "preserve the peace and dignity of the village, and save from further attacks the character of those Interested," They brought forth * the following: “We, the undersigned, do all agree to the conditions Imposed and that we will faithfully carry them out. John R. Richards and F. Y. Hedley will speak to one another when they meet on the street and will conduct them selves toward one another as good cit izens should. Helen Alice Brown will abstain from holding any conversation with F. Y. Hedley." Mayor Richards and ("apt. Hedley signed this, but Miss Hrown laughed at It. and said she would speak to whom she pleased. For several years Capt. Hedley was organist of the Hunker Hill Congre gational church. He was occupying this position when Miss Hrown became the soprano. Hoth Interested ln the world of melody, they grew to he In terested In one another, and a warm attachment was the result. That this existed is admitted hy the prisoner, hy relatives and friends, and hy those who were Intimate with the mayor and hy the father and mother of the young woman. The latter say it was akin to ihe relationship of father and child, that the editor was as Interested In their daughter's welfare as he was In that of his own children. It was about a year ago that gossips of the village first began to hint that wealthy Mr. Richards was in love with CAPT. MEDLEY. • the young woman, who had just ac cepted the pos.t'on of stenographer in his office. The next story the gossips had to relate was to the effect that Mr. Richards was jealous of Mr. Medley. ThlH talk grew until It was on every body's tongues. Finally a story was circulated that was traced directly to tlie wealthy bachelor. He was charg ed with its origin, aud acknowledged be was the author. The text day this was in November of U>t year he made a public state y m*nt that reflected greatly upon the ' editor of the Oaxettr, ami also upon bis cousin. Mu* lirown. The matter thus brought to a crisis, the trustees of the Countegattonal church ordered an investigation. It did not go as far as a church trial, for Mr. Medley resigned bis position as organist aud Miss IIIoa n left Ihe choir The tdllor joined the Metl odist church a month later, and Is still a member. This Is w hero the trouble between the * mgrrgatIons tomes. The uiemtiers of the church to • which Mr Medley formerly belonged believed the charge* made by Mr Hit hards nr the majority of them did. while lh> »e of the new Ibicli that wel c«med the organist sided with hr man tu whom the 1 opened then arms and the K|d*iopallana (nisei them With Mr Medley's tesgnallwu there sprang up a bitter enmity between the two Mien. they hated rote another tordl ally, and did not hewp the fact from their friends. After November they did hot apeak as they met Matter* went tut thus wut if Ju*t alter the ^ t'hrt* h 1st* when »fN» or met the edi tor on the mil* street The fotmer •aa a tall heavy set man in marked saute with hw enemy diepping gp i* Mr Hedbty and without a word •*# • wwiag th* htg man Mtugh him in the fare with hi* palm Mr Medley reeled and fell afalnst the wall of a ■L< re. Ills as->ulfj..it walked on. Then everybodP said the affair would end in a tragedy. 'Hie editor is known as a peaeeabb - itlzen generally, but a desperate man when aroused. I.ater on n second assa'dt was made. It was a repetition of the Prat. The big man krooked hls: enemy down, and the lat ter made no attempt of revenge. Then some one said the editor’s bravery had evidently left him. and still others in si1 ted thili he would take anything If it was necessary in order to shield Miss Brown’s name. Later friends patched up an agreement by which the men were to speak when they met, and which has already been given In this article. The coroner’s Jury verdict neither Incriminated nor Justified Medley. At the preliminary hearing It developed that Richards had several times threatened to kill Medley. The latt»r .van admitted to comparatively light ball and Is now engaged in his editorial work, awaiting the action of the grand jury In September. The funeral of Richards was attended by thousands. Both men were popular, and while deploring the death of the mayor, there are many who side wilh Ills slayer. The woman In the case, Miss Helen Alice Brown, Is not what one would call pretty, but she has an extremely Interesting face and her manners arc most entertaining. She dresses well, and her clothing, which (Its like a glove, outlines un utmost perfect fig ure. She is a brunette, and weighs probably 145 pounds. There Is some dispute as to her age. She declares she JOHN R. RICHARDS, is 20; her mother says she Is between 25 and 27. Spaniard* Hell dirt*. A sale of Cuban girls has been re ported at a small town In Pinar del Rio, where there Is a garrison of 400 troops. The soldiers seized a paclflco camp recently, capturing eight men and fifteen girls and women. Seven of the girls, 15 to 20 years old, were put on the block and sold under the most revolting circumstances to the highest bidder, the soldiers sacrificing their aims and equipments to their more fortunate fellow soldiers for cash to purchase a girl. One of the ser geants acted as auctioneer. Two of the prettiest girls, one 15, the other 17, were sold to one man, a mule driver. As he had no means some curiosity was expressed as for whom he was act ing. It was discovered afterward that the girls were in the quarters of Col. Jesus del Monte and Capt. Arizor, the commanding officers of the fort. Color* of Criminal*' Hye*. One of the most curious results of I lu investigations made by doctors In the Russian jail Is the statement that eat I group of criminals has Its own peculiar color of eye. A legal Journal at Odesst states that it has been found that thieves and murderers usually posse.,> "chestnut brown" eyes. Robbers—that is to say, thieves in a large and violent line of business' have slate eolorec eyes, and the same is stated of crim inals convicted of swindling. The vagabond classes have eyes of azure blue tint. The color most observed among minor criminals anil those con victed of slight offenses Is "chestnut brown green.” Wm. Term a Mr Mahon Ahrll. San Francisco papers say it all de pends upon Mrs. Teresa McMahon Abell, widow of Dr. Abell, whether or not the will of Den. W. H. Diamond Is permitted to stand. Den. Diamond was one of the best known men on the Pa cific coast. The young woman, still beautiful and accomplished. It Is said, may attack the will on the ground that she is the widow of the general. At any rate she is now suing In the fed * I * UK!* IKKM\ \t*KM» •Ml turn* to < ull«t.l a pul tv) u» in •Ul - an. »• ua hi* Ilf*. «l«p«*. I'u».’».| dt«4 am ton* a«o l«a« lag aa **• .!« iato«.| a* »'»*#.«*. II* l«H a« aMu» aa lar aa Ik* guMt* I* a4«l**4 Hal Umi ka »*• aa **#••• alaliit ul Mr* AMI la kauwa |i k «|4 aka kuKla a «4ttlia> aa4 tkai Ik* ■*«*»*» r'*>i*alli ao aau*i«4|Mi k»» an fci* ail* ua ui«m a» h»a» ky »•#!***«ia« fc*i Uat at U.«*#'» min ifct* HU* DEVOOi THEIR KIM). BLOODTHIRSTY HUMAN LEO- ! PARDS OF AFRICA. Demon far I'anatir* of the «In?i£lr* Who Kill and Their Dearent Kel»- t tlv«** will* Nut.tide \trtwitieH -In illiml frivdktiu'ff lo Cruel Will of h Soreerer CURIOl’S and ah norma lly blood thirsty sect of Wort Afr'-can aborigines has existed for the ast two decades on the hdnnd of Sher lio In the Sierra Is-one colony. l>r. Oscar Baumann, the celebrated ex ploit r of the dark continent, who next to l)r. I’o.ers has contributed more than any other Ger man-Afrtcan traveler in shedding the light of civilization on the still numer ous unknown regions bordering the Atlantic ocean, furnishes the current Berlin illustrated weekly Filer Allc Welt, with an Interesting description of what are known as the "Human Leopards," who abound hack of the Gold coast. The explorer asserts that despite the efforts of the British government to oipprcss this most fanatic of religious silts these horrid, Satanic atrocities -continue as a curse on the earth. From time to time news of their fiend ish murders and cannibalism has teached European cjpitals. hut the de pit tlon of the way they mutilated the bodies of their victims, which they subsequently devoured in their canni balistic feats appeared so Incredible that the European press treated these accounts as untrustworthy exaggera tions. The "Human Leopards" were >.<■; would *>e given posses: Ion of thl. ! fcli.h. The fita'h consists of the root of Kassava brush and Is called Haffima. The root is hollowed out clean and i filled with vegetable and stb ky matter, i the composition of which is known on ly to the sorcerer. The latter ordered that lhe possessors of the god Bafil ma must pour goat fat over the fetich In order to Insure the realization of their fondest wishes. As soon as the Imperi natives heard of the wonderful Bafllma they were anxious to Join the newly founded se cret sect, to the great delight of their enemies, the Talamanlans, for the leaders knew very well that the sor cerer hud a plan of terrible revenge In store for them. No sooner had the sect worked its way successfully among the Imperl when it was found that the. Bafllma fetich <ild not always giant the yearnings of its possessors. Whenever the sorcerer was approach ed by these complaints he commanded that human fat Instead of goat fat j could alone aei as propitiation to their fetich. In order to procure the con- i tinned aid of the supernatural power j all the members of the we. were com manded to bring their dearest friend or relative as sacrifice. The sect had already been divided into three parts the chiefs or kings, the executioners and the lay members. The chiefs and executioners were, of course, selected mostly from the Talamanlans. The name "Human Leopards.” say the natives was suggested to the sor i i icer by a real leopard, who had en dowed the wise man with I hr* cunning dexterity and strength to ixrcute his plan of revenge. That he had plenty of craftiness was evidenced from the t fad that the presents of the applicants for admission into the sect soon made him the richest man among the na tives. Their murderous atrocities are not identic.a punishment whiei’ arc 1 >ei.'ia tried on the natives may, in course of t.ir.e. tend to r.*ot out the evil. Many have been brought to Free Town of late and sentenced to death. This sect is totally different from the leopard-spotted youths of the Uni tata tritie of Southern Africa. These do not assume the skins of leopards, nor Is their vocation altogether mur derous. They are simply separated from their families for a year to harden thorn for South African warrlorahlp. During that time the Abakwetas, as they are called, smear white clay over their hodies, rubbing it on in spots to give themselves the appearance of leopards. Long bands of straw are wrapped around their waists and heads, weighing hundreds of pounds, and as they are sharp edged they intlirt ter rible tortures during their ecstatic war dances. Their efficiency for the army is measured by the sang froid with which they endure the tortures of the dances during the year of probation. <;i»l Carrie* the Mall. Miss Fffle Cronker of Port Washing ton is the only woman mail can '1 • of whom Ismg Island can boast, says tile New York Herald. She is 2'.', years old, plucky and pretty, Six days of the week she goes sturdily about from Great Neck, L. I., around Manhaaset to Port Washington and return. This does not mean the transportation of a few letters, but the dally carriage of a very considerable quantity > f mall of all kinds. Miss ('looker s father Is an oyster fisherman ami works in the waters of Manhas.it bay. When the young mall carrier was a lluie girl she learned the wisdom of being able to care for one's self. When she v, . . 10 years old she <ould pull a bout well as any boy that ever saw Great Neck. II or father taught her ail In1 knew about, oyster dredging and Ash ing, and that was a good deal. The section of I/ing Island around about I HUMAN LEOPARD POUNCING UPON HIS PREY. 1 I simply regarded an a land nr robber*, murderers and cannibals. That they are. however, a thoroughly organised religious met, who honestly believe that they can appease the wrath of their god* only h.v demoniacal deeds of the most eccentric cruelty, Is u rev elation to geographers nud the public, On May 7 came a repay; from the American missionaries at Vltnpauy, Sierra Ijord, that the whit* Inhabit ants of the district we»e wrought up to auch a pitch of veugeauce over a m rlr* of outrages, that eleven natives were burned alive In one day on th* charge of witchcraft. As to the origin and superstitious beliefs of this sect, Kuer All* Welt •ays dome twenty year* ago the village of Tatania sent Ms warriors to overpower and destroy th* army of a neighboring enemy. On the way the entire Tala at* fore* was surprised by the warrior* of it,# ytllage import and annihilated to a man l**pm«d of th*if defenders th* TalamamaiM sent luesseiiger* lu a famous sorcerer for <■« unset a# to th* heat way in which the) (>utd revenge Iheatselve* «a the Impert inhabitants The sort ever promised hi* counsel and asautane* on coaditon that th*y • f* uad and of whose they would ap point hint as th* head and lender lie Mdlvslesf • fetish th* P uses stun of which was supposed to treat th* most •id*nl desire* id th* individual and >h* inbt t*ni» members of th* secret practiced on native* only. i nwnry traveler* are frequently robbed and k'lled. Though their vocation 1* Aral of nil murder, they will not hesitate to Kical and rob whenever the oppor tunity present* Uaell. The see; has grown ii -itch large proportion* that they have become a terror to the nu tlvaa and Millers, the latter until late ly not knowing their murder* most ly were the exponent of thair religion* dalle*. This I* the way the sorcerer rum lulled lb' bringing ot human sacriftre j (111 un Uppotllte I day the oue who di - alled to be or remain a nu mber of the j octet sect w*» to decoy or bring by i force if ntersaary hi* dearest relative I tu a certain lonely spot In the wood*. W hen be arrived there He him.elf was i to ruu away aed leave the vlcaai to 1 I he mrny of the eXeCtfllMer*. THe.e i to the Human luupunU," the bold atl and ilnatinl men of the secret i tgaalsstlon They are dressed from head to f-u>l la the shin of a leopard, ihelr human feat area being bar* ly via i Ifcla la evch hand they hotd a three pruuged weapon With Peadtah ra l •* ■» th* hum *n i • sprig* on > the form Sf ihelr kelpie** and an atoned vtetom *bd utmost tear him limb frunt limb then they drag the hurthly mut lived *sd *1111 pattering isstv to the * it* f for farther d is pest t ea As a rata W to vat tala smalt »'«.*s and divided am-'** 'he vtiis* -• who are all rnenibato. It ts p-ssibte that the waaptf to* of 2tiannaHt<ct and uroat Mvk gets It* man hy meuiiH of a system of currying th* mall In which the railroads take n imrt. (ireat section of the country are allotted to the lowest bidder by th postottlcc department. It was one ol these routes that Miss t'rooker wanted j to travel over, and so she put In u bid to the contractor, When It came Mint to open the tdds Miss ('ranker'a wa, j found to he the lowest, and therefore I she was awarded the contract. Hh> ! took the necessary steps to give the re | (tutred bond for the faithful perform ; ante of the duties, amt April I wit nessed the Inaugural of the new mat1 carrier. Home sixteen years ago Mis. Husle Brunner secured ih» rnntraet. One night, when she was on the road to Ureal Neck, a man seised th. bridle ' of her horse Hhe Jumped from her i buggy n#4 r fobbed him with the han dle of her whip so severely that he afterward died bt ItiVisisx l>urtng an unusual thunder storm at Walla Walla, lire, ( laud* t'Mtiu. |, j years old returning from risking was struck hy lightning while • umhing * lew**, kn-s hed senseless. sad seriously injured, his body betas burned in slr-abs. sa If by a hot gridiron. .% p. > altar freah of the else trie Pant i» |g4l It a rapped the heft tlna around the kuy • tteek In **t*h a wav aa to chon* him. and Ml had lo be cut to aave at* life The hoy wee found, apparently life lane, partly paralysed, with hi* yMrthea Ml Are THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV. JULY 25. PAUL. PHEACHING IN ATHENS. , Holden Text: “4iotl I* s« *p'.rlt anil They That Worship lllm Must Worship lllm lu Spirit ami In Truth'*— John IV. 44. O-DAY'S lesion In clude* verses 22 to 34 of the 17th chapter of the Book or Acte. The event* recorded therein took place in 52 A. D., soon uf ter last lesson. Place. Mars Hill In At liens. It ha hare, rugged rock, approached at t h e southeastern corner by steps, of which sixteen s*dl remain perfect. Its are t at the top tmrsuns sixty paces by twenty-four, within a quadrangle sixteen paces square Is excavated and leveled for the court. The Judges seem to have sat on benches tier above tier on the rising rock In tho north side of the quadrangle Here tho most ancient and reverent court known in Uroece the court of the Areopagltes —held Its solemn session-. Among other objects of Its Jurisdiction it had particu lar cognizance of all blasphemies against the heathen gods. Four hundred and lif ty year* before this Socrates was ar raigned lu this eourt for Introducing strange and foreign gods While tho Acropolis was the renter of tin* religion of Athens, the Areopagus was th*- altar of Justice. The court acted not only as a criminal court for f apital cases, but as a guardian of the laws, manners, and morals of the people. This hill lies quite out of the modern city and ha- but one building on it a little whitewashed stone church which bears the name of Dio nysius the Areopagite." Connecting Link*. Intelligence of Paul's success in Berea soon reached tho •lews lu Thessalonica, who, true to their character, immediately started thither to stir .ip commotion. The brethren, un willing to expose Paul to further risks, sent him away in the direction of tho three ‘lays’ null from JJlum. on the coast, brought him to Athens. In many ways till* was the most notable place lie hud yet VIs!ted, No elty in the world could houst In such a short spate of time such a number of truly illustrious < ttlzens; armpig warriors, Mlltladcs. vtai 'smen, Solon and Pericles; philosophers. Socrat* s and Plato; orators, Demosthenes; writ ers, Xenophon ami Kuripidcs; artists, Phidias. These were names enough to crown any city with enduring fame. Tho greatneHs and beauty could not blind Paul to the deadly earn * r which was r at ing out the spiritual life of the people, nor make him forget that, in* was a mls , alonary. Oil the Hahbath da> he rea soned with the Jews, and on other days In the market with merchants, states men, orators, and philosophers. He en countered the disciples of three schools of thought—the Htolcs, or pantheists of the ancient world, the Kplciirc*ur.<, its materialists, and the Academicians, Us agnostics. They had curiosity to k„«w If Christianity could possibly he u new school of thought. In response to their polite request Paul wa.< induced to go from the crowd*), market pint' to tho quiet Areopagus, where In delivered his celebrated address. It is one of the most beautiful gems that have descended from ancient to modern times. Noting the extreme religious scrupulousness which bad led the Athenians to rals* an altar to an unknown god. the apostle declares to them the God whom alone they ought to worship, and whom as yet they did not know-. This God was the Maker and Preserver of all things ami the Father of all men, and he desired to bring ail to ii knowledge of himself. Athenian poets had spoken of tills Fatherhood of God. Such a God is not fitly represented by graven images; and Paul would have men cease from such ignorant worship, for he will be tin* Judge as well a Fath er of men, and lias given proof of the Judgment ami of the world iu - in. • by tin- resurrccthion of Jesus Christ. Lesson Hymn— # Jesus, where’er thy people meet, there they behold thy nierey seat; Where’er they seek th<-e, thou art found, and every place is hallowed ground. For thou, within no wails confined, dost dwell with those of humble mind; Such over bring thee where they come, and, going, take thee to their home. Here may we prove the power of prayer to strengthen faith and avveeten Co re; To teach our faint desires to iisc, and bring all heaven before our eyes. —William Cow per. I list ruction* to Teacher*. I. The Place. It is Athens, the most illustrious city of the ancient world—a city which In Its prime sent forth more great men in one hundred years than all the rest of the world could show' in five hundred; a city of temples and palaces and statues and libraries and philoso phers; “the eye of Greece,’’ und the glory of the ancient world. In Athens we are called to Mars’ Hill, the Areopagus, an ancient tribunal of veneruted citizens. II. The Man. Who Is that taan stand ing yonder In the center of the semicir cle of stone seats, where sit the Judges of the court? It Is the same man whom we saw at Philippi in the prison, and be side the river, and at Troas, gazing out over the sea. How conies he here at Athens? Narrate Ills Journey, and not ice what was Puut’s estimate of those stat ues that we admire so greatly. Notice that his soul was so filled with tine thought that he had no mind for tower thoughts, of history, IKeratui*. or art. III. The Audience. It was composed of Judges of the court of Areopagus, pint o*u|>h«r», iioth til me I'.plcureun Altu Hto le »ehool», curium, t-ynlcAl *paelalura, with lure ami Itaar. an lulereAUd ami thoughtful luarer. I low different rruni hta amllenea of one hearer tu the priaou at I'hlllppl! Vei the#* wira alniiera. only lhe> Wi le not awakened to Ilia couaclou* him uf alii, lluw many like them ara m our eu.tgieguttun* ami elaaaea' IV, The Tnl bvgry preacher to ha.a a good tail. ami 1‘aul round hi* In an oh Jee I l*«**jn an altar WlUt an Ina. Upturn, Tu Ik* unknown ilutl." Mhow bow »u« n au altar I ama to ha aravlad In Alban*, ami whal waa Ha purpoaa Not lee ill, aae a huh faui mate uf ilita lUmlralmu I 4a not .oraa to hrlug to you ant iww Hod. hut on* whom you hat* wor*hlp*,i, though too known hUu WM H r* m*n .m.e t'aol ahowtul hta l*.t In hla an w| pt, t vt.irng unweh oat* truth bat *. eg nho him in wiaHom, CHUNKS or WISDOM. Vtying Ilk* hr««#. grow* bright*! by daw. fltiiArcb f» »tery malt. **#tt though b bg a •h**e, tba Ugil d hoAtad la **#«;. i buriplt*##. ' M*w. il »ou Are AwytbHtg a* * iIwm, a«4 Id lb it* Otliarw (id due I da » Ul *alf Id ib* ' bnraa ttphrl* uu I llw hadk Mild llfa Add Idba V*» t Agfa I ugaidddA with l<w. N body awraagfagg bio a a wtAkaa Ufa atardily Uowiba