The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-21
Girl spurns Aged Husband.

Her aecomplice was sent to prison for two years.
 Girl spnrns Aged Husband.
 Because she refuses to live with her husband. an old and exceedingly ugly millionaire whom she was enticed into marrying on his "deathbed" Vera Mill iukoff known all over Russia for her beauty Is being persecuted by the brib- ed authorities of Ekatrinburg and has sent petition to the Czar as head of the Russion church asking him to an- null the marriage.
 Last spring vassili Krukoff. the old millionaire. sued for the hand of Vera but she answered "No,' and to her friends expressed her disgust at the monkey face and animal ways of the old man For months her parents ex- ertsd all their influence in favor of the marriage but Vera remained stead fastly true to tke handsome but pen niless young lover who had won her heart before Krukof came on the scene.
 Suddenly Krukoff was taken sick. sent for the girls parents and told them that he was on his deathbed. If Vera consented to marry him. he said he would leave her all his fortune and would not ask her not to remarry after his death.
 Dazzied by this prospect of wealth the parents forced Vera into what they supposed to be deathbed marriage. The ceremony came on and at the miiiionaire's bedside gathered doc her her. wisnsssss aa~ysa After ny viii fs is @ the brides favor had been duly read and signed, the priest united the ill-match- ed pair, ironically wishing them a long life and much happiness. Hard ly were the words out of hts mouth, when the supposed dying man sat up in bed. embraced the bride and ex- claimed: "The knowledge that you are mine has cured me. For your sake will live forever"
 The bride screamed and fied from the house. Inquiry proved that Kru- koff's Illness was a sham and that the doctor who had. pronounced him dy- ing was the steward of ono of his country estates.
 Makes Spurious Rubies.
 Rubies will be worth no more than rhinestones in few months for Pro lessor Mietlies of this city has proved that he can make q ruby for SIP which no expert in the world can tell from a genuine worth $1,250 becalse the gem made by the professor in fact is genuine although made by artificial means.
 The MietIies gems are sympath eti- cally created, that is made by chenni- cal means which exactly reproduce the process which in nature occupies thou sands of years.
 The greatest expert, armed with tho most powerful microscope cannot de- tect any difference between Professor Mietlies gems and natural stones, the only difference being that the former are always flawless.
 The professor has not yet succeeded in making artificial diamonds, though he makes white sapphires which close Iy resemble them. He also makes emeralds which are excellent limitations of the genuine and declares that in a few months he shall be able to make absolutely perfect diamonds and enisF- aids.
 As a result of MietiiAs invention German pawnbrokers are refusing to loan money on rubies and sapphires.
 A Perjury Syndicate "A perjury syndicate, consisting of seventeen men and women are on trial in Leipzig charged with systematic and wholesale perjury in seventy-five cases during the last seven years.
 This gang of professional perjurers