The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-03
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A THWARTED CRIME.

W "A THWARTED CRIME. ..t>
A. Curious Tale: tho Scene OF Which - ia
r IT. Laid In India. ,2@=
An Indian up country paper tells q
curious tale. A rich lady, with her tw G
children, both infants, was going, it j..
said, in her own "ekka'' FROM Ramna
gar to a place in the center OF the r.
tract. The driver was a trustwo
servant OF the family, and it was f.
this. reason that the lady had not divest
ed herself af the ornaments she usually
wore. Bu9the sight of the jewels was
too much for him, and at an exception
ally lonely spot in that lonely country
he suddenly. asked his mistress to HAND
him her valuables. On her suspectin{
his real designs and hesitating the mis-
creant showed himself in his real col
ors, and made her and her little ones,
who could barely toddle about, get
down. The horrible thought that wa*
working in his brain, that Of hiding hi
crime by means Of murder, had given
his face sardonic look, which mad,
the poor woman tremble.
Then the fiend bound her hand and
foot, and informed her that he would
first kill her children and then do he1
to death. BY her earnest entreaties she
prevailed over him to begin with he1
first. He had an az in his hand, with
which he aimed a blow at her, but the
head heing loose it few away and fell 2
few PAGES off. the handle only remain
ing III his grasp. Hs stepped into the
grass to look for it and disappeared be
hind a mound. She waited her certain
doom with all her nerves on the strain
She gradually fell into swoon, anG
when she came round the first thing she
saw was her husband bending over he1
and her babies crying and Juggling a,
her clothes.
After she had gone nameless uneasi
ness seized her husband. He could no
reason awass~ his vague fears, try as III
would, and at last he mounted his horst
and followed the "ekka.' He had pro
ceeded but few miles when the dread
full sight Of. his wife and children lyins
bound up with cords Oh the ground met
his eyes. And the story that bis wifi:
told him CONCEALED his blood with hoI
ror. They both then, drawn by an IRE
pressible curiosity, went toward the di
rection that the miscreant had taken t.
pick up his ak, and think of their sur
prise when they saw his corpse already
lying, blue, putrid and sbloated, the
dies buzzirg over it in clouds. Retribu
ton had come in the shape Of a 'karun
aia' Of the deadly variety known Il:
khaki, rare even in those snake in
Tested parts, whose bite jnstantaneously
para 1yZes the victim and decompose>
the body in all hour. Globe.
The Prob lem In Launching Ship.
Impressive as the launch of gre,>
vessel always is, it nevertheless seems Il
simple matter. All there is to do is tt
build two toboggan. slides under ths
ship, raise her from the supports Or
which she has Keen resting, put lot OF
raliUV On r1Ie st1ce.s, ANU wue;1- you are
ready, saw loose the thick plank that
holds the ship by the nose and let her
glide into the water. You mast have
the Wine to christen he1, and crowd
to cheer her, and some tugs to catch he1
and bring her back to her pier; but ali
these are mere details, and it would
seem as if any ship could almost launch
herself if she had half chance.
A launch is simply taking ship fro11.
the side OF a stream down to the bank
1>nH. +l,o
she belongs. This involves the task Of
lifting a mass Of iron, in ship like
the St. Louis, Of about 1000 tons, aud
the work of lowering it carefully for Il
distance of from 20to 40 feet. All this
mas to be done in the space of about 80
seconds, during which the vessel moves
nearly 600 feet. At once you can see
that this is an enormous task. 1t in
wolves the greatest responsibility in a
short time that the shipbuilder meets.
There is no opportunity to correct er.
rors Every mechanical appliance must
work to perfection, and the manual de-
tails must be as nicely adjusted as the
parts Of watch. You can launch YES.
sci, as you can build one, OH the rule CT
thumb or the hit or miss plan, and you
may not come to grief; but it is best to
put all these things in charge of that
master spirit called science, which has
done SO much for our physical advancv
ment in this world, for then you know
that it will be done properly. 80 Launch.
ing Great VESSEL" by Franklin Mat
thews, in St. Nicholas.
Gin In His Boots.
Just outside of the Grand Central de.
pot a reporter met all Adirondack guide
last night. 1t was the guides first visit
to New York, and he had little piec,;
Of advice that he wanted published. Il