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Show Are Tkiw B - WITH THROAT RAZOR. HIS CUT tram Harr at Imom hColor t at III How A BlooS far A IUm taaaa- - A. rON HAVANA'S BONEYARD. KILLED HER HUSBAND A M mar U Real U We PaUL the unAway off in a far corner of used part of the cemetery was an about 75 feet square and 50 feet In deep.jsith gh as Uy skulls and boneaand all conditions of preservation, degrees, piles of burial cases of all cracker-boa from a cosily casket down to a Tins Is the Inhuor an man manner of deposing of the bodies burled tor a plot upon which the rental is not renewed every three yearn There la ample room that is nnused so It is not the lack of space that causes the disturbing of the rest of the dead;' if mut'br merely for gain toe the cemetery corporation. W many cates the bod lies of the poor are never buried at all, but at one aide of the cemetery is a building called the "dead-houseia which arrangements are made for burning the bodies with lime until there is nothing left but the hones, which are then throws Into this pit Thousands upon thousands were here la a pile that was fully forty feet deep and aa large as the area of the pit, Scribnefs MsgsiinC TO BE BOLD HIS CHILDREN. FB2EL MRS. MAYBRICK NOW 8URE An atrocious eaas-- of the selling of two Chinese girls as slates has Just startled tbe people of British Columbia. Two little gtrle of tender years were sold by their father with no more consideration than If they had been hogs' carcasses. Packed in - narrow boxes, they wer delivered like live stock to their destinations. The whole story J the most brutal of. Sts kind that ever occurred on the Pacific coast. The fset that white men are Imp.K cated place a crime of horrible cruelty in a worse light Tbe fact that for years Chinese women have been sold a slaves ia well knowo.but the difficulty bps always been to fixing The two girls were the pride of a mining camp where women are few. When they disappeared under mysterious circumstances, within a few weeks of one another, every miner to Quesnelle camp was indignant and very one took aa Interest to ferreting tha mystery to the bottom. Shortly afterward the whole details came out, and now tha authorities are Investigating the matter with a view to punlsb-is- g the brute Implicated. -- , Aa old Chinaman, whose fsmlly name was Quong, was the Inhuman father of the two gtrle, and It waa he who profited by their eale into slavery. Twenty years ago Quong was among tbe first Ot the Chinese gold hunters OF RELEASE, Hir as Arras Woun Uar k IhhUomI m Ik aa Kwgtaah Coart Vtf StofT Uw ell-ca- n. ''Mrs'llarver' - J. Ramsey-t- o n Toombs, New York citjr, awaiting the consequences cl aa extraordinary deed. She fatally cut her husband throat With a razor, because he snored and . she yaatedi to, ,se ..the hti blood." She la temporarily Insane. Her maiden same was Grace E. IMmpson, and the la a daughter of Hr, and Mrs Thomas C. Simpson, of Williamsport. Pa., with whom she resided prior to her marriage to Hr. Ramsey t,or0f Jan. 1 last The ghastly deed was committed In the Garden hotel at Hadtaon arenas street. New York, and Twenty-Berent- h where she occupied apartments with her husband. Tb other night ah was at the bedside of her sleeping husband. He awoke, feeang a sharp pals la hit neck, saw that his throat had been cut. While his wife sat unconcernedly by, rushed to the hall, called to a chambermaid there, was taken to Bellevue hospital, and died there the following " afternoon, after stating that hla wife while la her right mind would not hare Injured him, and requesting that knowledge of her deed be withheld from her. Physicians who hare esam-lae- d her state that abe la temporarily Insane, due apparently? the fact that , khe la soon to become a mother, Mrs. Ramsey wta born In Susquehanna about tl years ago. She was a -- food, girl, of pleasing address, and accomplished. With bet parents family he cama to Williamsport, graduated from thf high achool and the Wilcollege. She liamsport Commercial mat a stenographer of much ability, and filled several responsible position -. with credit, her last being at the Cpwas abe engaged where Begvaff hotel, rhea abe met her husband, and up to the time of her marriage. Hr. Ramsey, who was about S6 year old, arrived fft Williamsport last November, and spent much time at the Updegraff, lie aought an Introduction to the young woman, and she noon fell violently In love with him. Her parents and other member of the family protested, alleging that Mr. Ramsey was not a proper mao to become her husband. But all to no avail. The ceremony was performed llllit home of her parents, Jan. 1, and. the couple Immediately took up their residence inblock, New York. Com. the Garden sultlou btesn, Mrs. Ramsey, and her" parents' af prhctUatiy broken off when ahe disregarded their wishes and gave her hand to Mr. Ramsey. After ten years in Aylesbury jail, ia England, charged with poisoning k Mrs. Florence Maybrkk husband, stands at last in the shadow of freedom. The efforts of the America government, the press of that couatry and tbe American ambassador to &t land, Joseph IL Choate, are at last to bear fruit Ever since his arrival b London Mr. Choate has taken the greatest Interest la Mrs. May brick case and baa several times talked I over with Lord Salisbury. A reri of tha east furnished him by J. one of Mrs. Haybricks ad cates, has convinced him of the lnjas-tlc- e of her Imprisonment, and act&l ." ' aader.instrucUQn. from his ha has determined to see th ie through and secure Mrs. freedom. The Maybrtck case la London las been aa celebrated sad sensation! as the Dreyfus ease la Paris. Ia hath cases it seems that attar years of both countries are endeavoriag to grant Justice and blot out as far a possible tbe stain npoa their garern-ment- s. MJ-bric- SHOT BY A WOMAN. Mrs. Gertrude Kemp shot and fatally wounded Luptoa Frants, near CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. Hr at tha r wv the Madison Square Garden, and it Is Alleged that he received a large salary. However that may be, the transition Krotu a pleasant home and refined surroundings to the meager quarters and vastly different air of the neighbor- hood m here her married Ufa wa spent, gnu.t have been most trying toa young woman of her excellent character and This, together with her refinement. physical condition, and Ifother 1sthings that inky he brought out ahe tried or an examination Into her mental )lanritnir tmiiicBrleifaad. render It not lonlypcvsible but extremely probable that Intellectual derangement ahould (afflict her. After ,Mra. Ramsey had committed the fearful deed that ended her husband's life, the sat unconcernedly In tier sitting room, while he was jbelng removed to the hospital. Later ahe wa taken In custody and arraigned Id "the police station. There lahe told the examining officer that ahe gut her husband's throat because he Ignored. Next day she repeated this talemont to Magistrate Cornell At one time ahe said she had been mar-tiefor eight years; at another time ahe fixed the tme as tour years. Asked a bright, ago pretty Americas young woman. Miss Florence Holbrook, arrived In London and was at once received In tbe tost society; She was a girl, sought after by tbe women tad lovely,-vtoad- eo admired by tbe men. Sbe came froa a good family, was highly educated, sad took an active part in tbe society of London. Among the acquaintances ahe made waa a wealthy old London merchant, who fell desperately In love with the charming American. So attentive was he that it was quickly noticed, and soon after society received the announcement of their engagement with considerable surprise. The wedding was one of the social events, and after a continental tour Maybrlck and his young bride et tied down la a beautiful country seat outside of London. Apparently the marriage wa a happy one. Three children blessed the union. Maybrlck died very suddenly and an Investigation revealed the presence of arsenic in hla stomach. Upon this fact the young wife waa arrested and charged with murder, her children taken from her, and aha waa thrown Into prison. pending a trial. The fa excited the most profound excitement Influential friends of tha accused gay-etl- LUPTON CRANTZ. Scottdaie, Pa., the other night Frants was in the habit of visiting the home from Scottof Mrs. Kemp, a half-mil- e daie. Recently the pair quarreled, and Frants, It Is clatmed by' Mrs Kemp, abused het She caused his arrest After an absence of several days Frants called on the woman. A quarrel ensued, and Mrs. Kemp fired two bullet at the mtn. There were no other witnesses to the shooting. One bullet interred Frants abdomen. Mrs. Kemp has been married twice, and divorced from both, husband. ,'r r, ' , infirm beastsWetwiwwiiieiww . Howies - tar Tkw ut CoarlcU Tracked A A Mala. fcy letter from Valdosta, rather Interesting atory es G eaya: England, endeavored to seeun kr release, but without avail. She vsi shut up alone, denied visitors and harassed for a confession. Her protest of Innocence were useless. Finally realizing her position, she secured learned counsel and awaited trial. Wkta the case finally came before th courts the one thing lacking In the case of the crown was the proof of motive It Is true the queens counsel endeavored to show that Mrs. Maybrlck was prompted to rid herself of her aged husband and ernr his estates, but there was abso-lutely nothing to substantiate this allegation. On the other side, however, counsel for Mrs. Maybrlck produced proof to show that her husband had been a confirmed arsenic eater sad that his death was due to this habit Medical experts verified tbe statements ot the accused wife, yet In spite of the testimony she was convicted and sentenced to life Imprisonment. The verdict and sentence created as murh excitement aa her arrest. Infiuenc sere immediately set to work to have the case retried. The American government, through its ambassador, took an active part and has continued to do from down about Genoa, Fla., of an old mole which tracked a gang ot escaped convicts for two daya and led to their capture. The convtots were at Savage A Co.a stockade, and made their escape a few days ago. There were no. track doge at' the camp, but a posse was formed, to hunt for the men. Among the animals which th men had to ride was aa old muto-tha- t had been on a similar chase many times before. As toon as the men atarted out they noticed that tbe mule put its note to the ground just as a track dog would and started off aa 11 on a trail. The chase waa kept up tor two days, and the convlcta were captured below Lake City, a distance ot fifty mile." Baltimore 8un. I. ) rwh Srw Idea ia iu Cm Frcaa Plaea of Folding Iloata MRS. FLORENCE MATBRICK. ao ever since Mrs. Maybrlck's conviction. Sir. Jas. Stephen, who presided at the trial, wae afterward declared Incompetent and forced to resign, from the bench, hut to view of this Mrs. May-briwas kept in prison. Soot after ler'lmprisoninett her baby died. Her other two children, a eon and daughter, have been denied to her from the day ahe was token from Ue courtroom. Pictures of them, whu are taken once a year, are tent to her hut neither of the children has been allowed .Inside the prison gate, vx, It being educated by relative,- - while hae been th girl adopted by well known London physician. ck ua yn "But why did you want to draw me Miss Dorothy! Reslly, fla "Our Instructor told us to bt,Ton something glmoV- Life. - V SpMeva. - sea spiders There are certain-larg- e two feet from toe to toe). colloaen- dels glgas, that live ia the water and feed entirely upon molluscs and worms. The carniverous wolf sp.dcr, an amphibious inhabitant of the troptol regions of South America, is said to prefer a fish diet, although It Is not ave-s- e to eating mice, young birds, and even snakes, resembling to this respect the spiders-o- f theraphoshlae, or India and Queensland, some of which equal a cat in else. The collps-aende- ia to tbe most formidable specimen ot the spider fsmlly, measuring lx inches round the body and possessing twelve long, hairy legs with which it grips lta finny prey. It attacks fish several times larger than Itself, and, after biting them through th back and stinging them to death, gluta Itself by sucking th juices from the bodice ot ''' ' iU victims.' -- bird-catchi- " Haw OSte DavteOk A new piece ot office furniture ia the copying press bath which waa designed to take the place of the brush generally used for that purpose. It consists of a box of sufficient site to accommodate a sheet of the paper generally used. The bottom consists ot padding filled with particles of sponge. The lid of the box is hinged and carries on its inside a sprlng-ac-tnatplate, which forces the paper against the saturated padding ot the bottom. Thus the paper la moistened ed Tha Persian Carpaaton In accordance with the invariable and sufficiently, and yet ie not custom of all eastern artisans, the car- evenly to such an extent that it to soaked penter slta upon the ground while at torn in manipulation. This apparatus Work. Instead of a bench a strong has been patented. stake Is driven down before him, leavQUONG. above Inches ground, ten about ing who went to the rich Cariboo fields, Jfew Method of QftlviDliln. he rests his work and and there he has lived ever eince. For and upon this Formerly the deposition ot a tine faThe feet. bis with it keeps steady three or four year he wag a prosperto preserve Iron from rusting cility with which the work is executed coating ous miner among his countrymen. Durwas only effected by the aid of heat, a been has in this always position two years past a cold procing that time he managed to save matter of surprise to European work- but within enough money from, bis ess of by electrolysis has galvanizing men. In the royal arsenals English operations to bring out his wife from been put Into practice. It to averred of a better system used and are tools China. But before this he bad token that the new process overcomes many another woman In with him on s sort working has been Introduced under the defects )f the old, such ns lack of unibut of British officers, of common-lapartnership. Before superintendence formity in the thickness of the zinc wife No. I arrived from China, Quong In the native workshop the workmen film and roughness of the surface. As tbe on seen be are to still squatting the woman under married this second formerly practiced, galvanizing often this to used posiCanadian law. Here were th children ground, and, being tion from Infancy, and their tools be- necessitated the recutting of acrew whom tbe brutal father. sold into slavthreads ox account of the uueven deeffiery. When Quongs first wife arrived ing' formed 16 w6rkw!thmore alposit. but with the electrolytic method from her home in China Quong eviciency when used in this way, any no such difficulty arises. It Is also 1 be to expected. two the with teration that scarcely thought dently women he could not be expected to deTheir principal tools are the frame claimed that the line coating adheres mean himself with work any longeT aw, adxe, planes, hammers, nails and more firmly when deposited by the new process, while the cost la diminSo for over ten years Quong has rea few smaller tools. Southern Lumished. tired from active personal labor. He berman. forced tbe two women to wash gold in . hie placer claim during the day, and Oyttar Caltaro. Tenpcntort of DlamodcU. One of the divisions of the United what few hours they could steal from A good diamond Is a good deal colder the night he compelled them to wash than an Imitation and the lapidaries States fish commission has Investigatthe miners clothes. Between them say that .the best way to detect this ed a number of problems connected they did the y laundry work for the differences to touch the stones to the with oysters and their culture, and has on the origin of the color of camp and Quong pocketed the pay. tongue. Sapphires, emeralds, rubies, reported This variety is due to green oysters. stones other may precious garnets and RATS FOR SNAKES. be tested in the same way; the real vegetable matter used by the oysters for food, and in no way injures tbe SS n CKht ftatdnnra to n if-- stone is Invariably colder than the Im --edible -- qualities ot tha hlvalve, Red a not itation. The lapidaries do give eepUblt tood. have been occasionally noted, oysters but It may for the reason difference, Snakes have the sense of smell. It but there has aa yet been no opportube found, perhaps, In the greater densiIs difficult to obtain food for rattlenity for their investigation. makes which real s. the of stones, water-viperowner Tbe and ty snakes of heat. conductors better of small private collection has been them Stone and OIL trying them on tbe house rata and D. C. French, the sculptor, says that mice he has caught about the buildA New Folding Boat. there is more chance for young AmerA western man has invented an lm ings. He would leave these In the snake cage over night and through the proved form of folding boat, which icans to sculpture than to painting. T day. They would run over the snake should prove very successful as an aid believe, he adds, that our natural with impunity. Tbe snakes would pay to Inland fishermen and sojourner to character to more adapted to working to atone than In oil. Mark Twain, no attention to them, but when he the forests of Maine and New HampWell, give me happened to secure some - field mice shire during the summer and fall fish hearing this, replied: the oil well, and the French can take and put them to the cage,- the snakes Jng season. the quarry every time," ate them at once. He then put 'to who a toted baa one heavy Any several rats and mice of the ordinary boat across a Maine carry" has sighed out he had A Nw Eadio. caught house variety that for something that would come apart Merritt I had an awfully embarof deora, and these were seised by the when desired, and yet would be snakes almost aa readily as the wild to break down into sections, rassing thing happen to me this afterHe then conceived the idea noon. I was walking with a girl, ypecies. and thus readily transported.) of making an earth box to keep the clently stable to withstand the shocks when a sudden gust of wind blew off rats in for a while before feeding, and and bumps incident to a trip up or my hat and tent It kiting up the midsoon found that If they were put. in down the average New England Inland dle of the street. Giles You surely there for 13 hour or so before they stream. werent fool were given to the snakes they would to run after It? You know secenough The boat constate of two middle 1 be eaten. Tbe only apparent explanaalways sure to be some obligtions and two end sections. Tbe mld-dt- o there who will chase It for you. tion, iaJhal, the smell of the earth Is ing stranger .ao are. JhaJLthcx sections hinged desirable bythe snakes, and that th Merritt So ' Vd always heard. Rut of-- box, a sort fold forming together, smell which the animals acquire about in which the end sections may be thw girl began laughing at my- - predicabuildings is objectionable; stowed. When the four sections are ment, and said Id have to do some scotching to beat the wind. to position and bolted together a com U Argoatlo. , 8 trace Giles Well, of course, she was a Prof. Lawrence Bruner, who spent girl, and didnt know that some other fellow Would do the sprinting for you. the year 18 Investigating the grassto Argentina, says -- at Merritt In the meantime a man had hopper plague been chasing R up the block, and when only Australia could match Argentina la the singularity of lta life forma. It .the hat scurried around the first corner I knew he would catch It, for he was is a country where everything protects itoelf. "The treee have thorns, the running like a Spaniard. with Gilee Just as I told you. grasses end weeds are providedherb-eeotborna and sharp blades, and Merritt I continued very leisurely, burs." planto are shielded with and when I got to the corner scarcest. Gilee There was the obliging man Forests exist where rains are plete boat la formed, having pointed Md natives say that sometime when ends, constituting buoyant air chain with your hat from too Merritt No. Doth The man and the heavy rains fall The tree die ben. belong8ome birds, moisture. much hathaddlsappeared. aaourwater-fow- L ing L' tha same order 'A Vow OaM Oak. avoid water. Many Argentine Comld BtaMabtr Bon Tklaffs. One of the latest devices of the fadblrda possess spurt on their wings. Traveling dist in golf clubs to the tingle-piec- e Missionary And hCw driver, which ie said to possess distinct many children have you, .Mr. Burmerits over the ordinary Implement dock? t Bystaos. t exclaimed Francois. The idea amanates from the other Farmer Burdock (doubtfully) Well, "Par bleu!" side, mob the execrates that where most of toe innovations of this now, I dunno. Theres Dick and John Vky la It him?" Emile shrugs his shoulders. kind have their origin, tad those who and Kate wire, how many children "To- are responsible for Jto Introduction are there ground kero? "Ssprlstl! JWby not?" he replies.Tharo-daya On Tuesday. HI wife Nine; five boys and four Thursday! that the club is the longest drivia claim day and Saturday he la execrated! It ing implement that has yet been pro- girls. Frl-daduced. As Its name Implies, it to ' Traveling Missionary A fine family to on Mondays Wednesday and fine farm, Mr. Burdock. You that he 1 hailed as the deliverer made all ot one piece, the shaft being and . ' of the nation! Mon Dleu. yea!" Some bent at tha neck to allow the head of keep stock, I presume?- Farmer Burdock Oh. yes; Ive got think the Parisian mob utterly capri- the club the proper angle, and to this cious. Ah. how unjust! Detroit Jour- way the grata runs continuously from 173 head of Jersey cattle, 189 sheep and, 1 hogs. nal. ' Up to toe. suffi-(Ma- n -- Copy tug sup- - a greater planes of shaft, tha absence of binding at the point where tbe head and abaft are usually Joined making this ' w cornea here s glttw. Calf CkokiS to Dwtk A remarkable story comes from Somerset, Ind. Scott Davie. the leading MRS. RAMSEY. fine merchant of the village, had husband had with aha her If quarreled which he placed la a stall calf, Jersey : phe said in hla barn and waa bringing It up fcy Quarrel T Why should I quarrel little animal being supplied with my husband? Certainly noC hand, the of milk for lta sustenance. beet the with JWhy, I Ilk Mm; certainly I like my A cat bad a Utter of kittens la the kuband.r Questioned further, eh manger: One tight the calf endeavored aid: one of the kittens and was - "Why, I wanted to see the color of to swallow inlbektaU next morning dead found iris blood. It' was very peculiar the fast to its throat bitten the with beseen. have ever I Then, strongest 1 Newt. Indianapolis dissides, he snored at night, and it turbed me." A Hrh Om to ItoUwto. The New York newspapers unite in Journal: Sllaa Hawk, Jr, York' New aying that everybody who has seen - Che prisoner la convinced that ahe la the luckiest of mortals. He fell heir deranged. She does not realise the recently to a .valuable farm near Little character of the deed she committed. York, Huntingdon county, N. J- - on cd does not know that Mr. Ramsey Is which there waa a mortgage of 11.800. dead. The other day Sllaa decided to remodel the old revolutionary farmhouse, and to the brick oven to the kitchen he Meet Hra C M Totem. WltJs On the average, tour out of every sit found Just 13,300 to gold. off the Ellas tobacco. mortgage. Hawk. paid Jr, tsen uie Maka. Wamtmm Tbe distinct merit which the club' la supposed to possess to gold-diggi- wh In India the Hindoos have establish ed homes or asylums tor aged and Infirm beasts and birds. One of these near tbe Sodepur Station, and about ten mile from Calcutta, 1 under the control of a manager, with a staff of eighty aervanta and, an experienced veterinary surgeon. In this place at present there are 979 animal paupers 129 bulla, 307 cowe, 171 calves, 72 horses, 13 water buffaloes, 69 sheep, 15 Aaata. 141 pigeon. 44 cocks and hena, I eats, 3 monkeys and 5 dogs. Th asy lum Is described as being systematic The &lly and mercifully managed. cow have especially a good time of It, Inasmuch as on festal occasions natives go from far and near to decorate and worship them. One of the established sights of th city of Bombay la the Ptnjra pole, a spot whither worn-oor diseased creatures are sent by benevolent Hindoo citizens and are maintained until they become restored to health or die. UfU t'te tar aa Old Htdapriuf. The Inventive mind of man usually tjrns itself to the construction of some new article of use or ornament, some addition tQ the earth's treasures evolved by patient study and thought. Not so the Inventive mind ot woman; that is usually employed to devising ways of utilising the useless; of turning to some secondary purpose that which wa Intended for some entirely different metier. Ia Brooklyn, where annexation to New York has not destroyed the distinctive features, and where people tUl owa patches of garden where flowers and fruit are carefully tended through the trying seasons of youth, a bright woman with the inventive mind aforesaid has taken two old aprlag beds which have done duty to their Intended role until old age hae broken their wires and reduced their elate to p pitiable stage of decrepitude, fastened them against her back fence, and already trained vines are beginning to creep about their unsightliness and peep through the slats' with a promise of blossoms later on which shall turn the old aprlng beds Into a glory of crimson and gold; and It is safe to aay that when the time comes no one who U not Initiated Into the secret will be able to tell the foundation of the trailing vines. Who can say that the Inventive mtod that turns the spring bed Into such a blessing to tbe eye does not rank with the mind that first conceived tl.bpd Itself? , About twenty years mm Old BaOaprtaga A Saturator That Tabu the-crim- nt gotfr-me- SCIENTIFIC TOPICS. I 4 |
