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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 10. 1003. CRIMINALS BETDAYED IM 'GZORGB KLUTZf ' G EORQB R. . KLUTH 1 perhaps tbs youngest ' hrmtr la the tat of Oregon. Ha la but 11 years of age and baa a farm II to himself. ThU ha cultivates and tha product la under .hla antlr control , . from tha tlm It cornea out of tha around until It peases Into tha bands of . tha eonaumer. Thar may be younger farmers than George Kluth, but ha baa tba distinc tion of owning; hla own place. There la . . no mortgage plaatered orer It, either. . Oeorg la tme agriculturist and be grows only tba beat product To be " aura, his holding are not large or ex- - tensive. - Ha has but one acre. This, howerer, la made to do Its full duty to ' lta owner and tha crops ha raises are tba beat that can be produced. Master Kluth s--farm la located on ' Government island, but a few mllea out . of Portland. The lad was born on tha same atretch of land. A year or so ago fcia father presented blm with a full acre of land with tha warning not to . get Into debt or become lasy. Out of ' both of theaa -dlOlcultlea the boy has thua far safely emerged and at present la on the high road to prosperity. This year ba raised 100 sacks of potatoes on hla one-acre farm. Hla stock waa of " the best quality, yery regular. In shape . and area In else. . ', Already tha young man baa learned : tha leason of good sorting and packing a trick that many' producer never learn, Thla la hla trump card for hla stock recently sold at the highest price paid In thla market, so well were they sorted and sacked. . , Those who purchased the potatoes of : , tha young farmer - aay they were of -superior quality. ' Mr. Kluth. Br, la an ' old-time fancher of Government inland and baa no email reputation for' rais ing good potatoes himself. By tboaa who examined the euppllea of both1 son nd father It Is said that tba younger man waa the better producer. Early In tha aeaaon, tba lad' goes into the Held and with a horse and plow, such as every farmer uses to tickle the soil, . ' prepares his ground for tha reception of ' the aeed. Theae are very carefully se cured and placed, and from that- tlm - forth tba young man 1 engaged In tend ing hla crop. - So carefully doea he look aftef bis one acre of potatoes that th ' weeda have absolutely no show to live. They appear, of course.- but their ex . Unction la aura and swift. , . ,. When .the time comes for th harvest T'lT'"!.? onaacxa farm moves like clockwork. The potatoes are dug in a systematle manner, . cars being taken that non is allowed - to sdoIL There Is no waat of. product on thl4 nncn. u is an turned- into money. , After digging the potatoes tha youngstei carefully placea them in email pile after which they are Juat as carefully Character in Pencil Sharpening n . - Trent th New Tork Sun. . i t I I HE way In which a pencil is " I , ' aharined. is an unfailing jl maex oi character, "," said a woman, To prove that she can la this way oeciptier character, and also to demon strata how she doe it. she asked that tim. number of pencils be collected and submitted to her, stipulating only that the more pronounced characteristics of xnm owners snouia B known to th on vreeentlnar them. Tha first pencil examined was on of ins c nra per aina. un on side th cut ting was don with many short, ear . ful strokes; on tbs other ther waa a , deep, hasty slash and several 'others irregularly, and carelessly- made.-' None r of thee touched th lead, which was . n large ana blunt. -. "This," said th reader of pencil r points, "belongs to a person of contra dictory character.. Careful as to mi nute details, and also parsimonious In business matters, he or she, though I f think this is a woman, will, on an lm- pulse, apend lavishly. . . - "Not artistic, though ah would b greatly surprised to be told so I as sum th pencil belongs to a woman aha likes Bn furnishings, flna gems, r handsome matertala, rich combinations and because of this eh fancies herself a person of taste, but shs does not know boW to combine and separate la a way to make these thing she loves attrao m tlve accessories. - " "How do I reach this conclusion Te begin with, thla pencil is of the cheap, harsh sort, which no highly organised person would car to use. "Th careful war in which it la cut . an on aid Indicate th extreme char actarlatlcs. as to business" matters. hav pointed out; the long, careless cut. a tendency to apend at times. In an tm ; thinking, -unreasoning way The Irreg r lar cute-arhich follow this show a lov t of excellence, but no sense of propor tlon, of that Una fitness which consti tutes beauty. Is this correotr -. . . Th person who bad secured the pen- ell answered that It belonged to a widow who successfully conducts th business pertaining to a fleet of sailing vessels left to her by beV husband, and that the - delineation waa quit correct. , Th next pencil examined was dark brown, of a standard make and evenly cut with a long, strong point, but littl Sharpened. - - "This." ssld th woman, as ah rolled th point between her thumb and finger "belong to a painstaking, exact per son. . Every cent, nay, every mill, must be where it belong, not so much as a - matter of economy as of business. "Everything with - him is aeeom ' pllshed according to well-astabllnhed processes. As to lmnrtnstion, he heart shout It, and sometimes vaguely won . ere,what It la Th hlnnMil tA e. lunlft 11 who has grown old In th service of the insrnution witn wnirn ne is conneciea Th next on considered was a-briCit 1 -.11 .11 lk. ti..l ku. ftfc dp strokes starting from each of lta six viae. i nese ran were nui even nd left the lead Jtorao unusual die--mncTXfuIght and bora, . '. ' UT THB PLOW gathered and later sorted ' as to six before being placed Jp sacks for th marvel. . Th process of harvesting ' his crop over, young Mr. Kluth begins to look around ta eee what potatoes are selling tor. inquiries are made at various housea for- quotations and in papers are eagerly scanned for new of th crop and the .arket. Any item bear ing on th potato alruation la lust aa eagerly gone over and th beat market for th product are discovered In th same manner. - ' Not Ilka the ordinary producer of potatoes is Oeorg Kluth, however. H does not place potatoes of large .also on tha top and small ones on th bottom. Hi pack Is even all tba way through. They are potatoes witn a reputation. As a trader the young man I not to be outdone. He la a trader all th way through. Tha Ina and outs of minor finance of tha produce market are known to blra and be cleverly steers clear of all th shoals In- th trad. He Is a born tnder," says W. H. McCorquodal of ' MoCorquodai at Hoover, who had charge of th lad's crop this season. "He la tha whole thing on hi ranch. Everything con nected with tba raising of potatoes Is don by blm, H puta up a first claas product and tha Kluth, Jr farm has thus far taken th prise for fancy pro duction. He Is quit keen on trad and is a good example of a lad making thinga go for himself. Because of th young farmer'a age w have gone to vary considerable trouble in seeing that he get th beat price that could be se cured." -.:, Born juat a trifle over 11 years ago. th boy baa lived all this tlm on Gov ernment Island. He Is small ' for his age, but at school Is said to bo a very bright scholar and -the prediction are out that h will win hla. place in the' world and not a small place at that That George Kluth la no sluggard Is shown by his hours of work. No ranch or farm, no matter tha alia, .la more properly taken . car of than tb( one- .are nntata natch bv the ll-rear-old farmer. He rises before o clock each morning. Sunday Included. - His hour before school are taken up by digging - the - weeds out of tha ground And eee- Ing that th bugs give th place a wide berth. After breakfaat he is again out In his pach up to the very hour that he is forced to go to school. As th woman- held th pencil before her and turned it slowly she exclaimed-. "Hers w have imagination that oountal r- Thla persons rides no useless Pegasus. . II does sot catch at straws but they show him which way the wind blows, and he sets his sails accordingly "See th strong, swift way in which h, must hav mad"theee cuta They ar not regular, but were affectively and quickly don. . . " "H Is frank, rapid, stir. A llttj r ratio, Just enough to give blm Individ uality and seat This laet Is . Indicated by th way th wood I left to run down on th lead at on point, and th slight Irregularity." -. .''... The pencil was th property' of a writer whose work I well known. ' "Ah, what hav w here? This Is Very nice." . - Th pencil that brought forth this assertion was neatly out, both .as to th wood and th lead, with her and ther a alight deviation,, which added to th general, graceful outline. - - "The person who is responsible for this pencil is at one accurate and ar tistic While precis as to things fun damental, th. attractive, th beautiful Is ever In mind and brought to tha fore at th proper time and place, but rather to adorn th useful than as aa and la Itself." This delineation was particularly good. as th owner of th pencil Is an archi tect who haa to his credit st least on building in New Tork, which is much discussed and admired. The next pencil point taken up waa scarcely a point at all, as It had been hacked Into such shape as It had with a dull knife, leaving a small, unsharpened bit of lead exposed. A cheap affair In th beginning, it . had evidently been long In use. It was said that this pencil Indicated a person whose point of vlw waa ever th material Aspect of thinga: a person of littl delicacy, much greed and . a fondnes for contemplating things that repreeent an immense amount of phys ical labor. Energetto, forceful, deter mined, In a certain, way, th pencil's owner. If successful, must hav achieved success through bodily fore, neither using nor recognising th power which Is f nr. " Th -delineation again was true, as the person who contributed th pencil had begun a a day laborer, and, In the way pointed out, had become th owner of a trucking business. "I hardly know -what to make of this," said th student of pencils, scru tinising ons neatly, sharpened on on aid and cut In two deep gashes, .that extended Into th lead, on th other. "It does not seem to b don by on par sen." "It isn't," said h who had collected the pencils. "I asked a woman who is a good deal out of th common In a cer tain way to abarpen a pencil for me. She cut Into It twice and then gave it up, saying she could not do It and I must finish It." . "Thst makes it plain," said th wom an, - "and I'll wager dollars to pencil stubs that she has a beautiful hand, with long, pointed fingers and a small. shapely thumb. - I have found .that the character Indicated by th sharpening Of a pencil Is verified la thehend. w''- -V' PLXWTmS 70771TCF : v! WW1 " y, f I . ,L. . j. 'u , 'r ',-...-. Jit I ' 1 -sss . eaaaaasa I ' - DRIVING TO MAJZK&r. Going to school Is a task that young Mr. Kluth really llkea. Unlike the aver age youth, he really "wante to go,- When th school season Is on he la always In attendance. After school hours the lad makea a hurried trip to his bom and In a ahort a tlm as possible Is .agalp back In th field of potatoes. A remarkable story is told by potato buyers of this city In regard to th young farmer. As Soon aa th potato seed begins' to sprout and Is abov ground th young man goes very care fully over hi holdings. He Is looking for vines that ar not hardy. Theaa he 1a said to be able to pick out without trouble ror, although but 12 years of age, he has ' that knowledge t which would be a credit to - men who have farmed all their life. . Very carefully he looks ovr esoh foot of - soil for weak vines and whetv ha finds them roots them - up and makea a fresh planting. In this way does Maater Kluth grow th best potatoes In his section. The Picking eulrlSa.,.waa.)to;Lis not th only wonderful trait ofthla B 12-1 yeor-old lad. His knowledge of foliage is very sharp and as he goes along the rows of potatoes he can tell In- an In stant whether a mistake has been made in any of th seed and whether th grade ar "mixed." To -tell a ebole Burbank potato from "Now, shs who sharpened, not this pencil, but on side of it, is an idealist, a worshipper at the shiin of beauty and imagination. ' Of course, she would not sharpen a pencil If ther waa any on at hand to do It for her, and, If there waa not, she most likely would not do It herself. - 'Terror of soul she has, enough and to spare, but when bodily effort ta re quired she la not equal to - the demand. Sh would see visions, but - would stumble over th first Impediment In her path, however obvious. It Is such as sh who hav th sixth sense." Age In th reader of character from pencil waa correct The woman who had cut on side of the pencil haa pe culiar gifts, . but Is helpless when it oomes to th practical things of Ufa Th last pencil to be examined was one sharpened In long and ahort strokes, sometimes two of a kind together and again alternating. Ther we vigor, but no precision. In th way it was done, and th woman, smiling aa sh looked at th- pencil, said; This craft can turn In much less sea room than a. man of war requires. It waa not sharpened by a woman, of that I am certain, and a weather vane doe not move mors easily than doe the one who cut it, but ther th like ness, ends, as there is indication of virile fore and a certain quick decision, and also of economy of effort which seven times out of 10 would lead ths person to score success. , "Tou see, this Is on of th best makes of pencils, and has an eraser at the' end: The man to whom ft belonged wastes no tlm or strength with ' poor tools." . . . - ' Ths pencil was on obtained from a member of th stock exchange, whoae quick tiirns from th bull to th bear sld of th market and back again art proverbial.' ' . Crack Bhot f a Colorado Deputy. From th Denver Times.' - Whil Deputy Sheriff William Ronald son waa in the one "bad" town of Coffeyvllle, Kansas, he got some of th Dalton spirit jn his veins and' listened to th stories' of how four of tbs Dai tons met death at th hands of -one-men stationed in a shed and shooting through, a knothole. They told Mr. Ronaldsoh stories of what. crack marksmen thH Daltons wer and how they picked off every man that appeared on th streets with a gun. When th Denver deputy was on th train soms stranger entered into a cop venation about what crack shooters there wer In Kansas shout th tlm th Daltons blew into Coffeyvlll and secured several thousand dollars from a bank. --. Ronaldson -said: "Tea, there were some good marksmen there, but It is easy to bit a man with a Winchester. In Colorado we us a edit almost ex clusively. - Of course, w hav no crack marksmen, but I believe I might pick off a prairl dog ther whil th train I moving." ' Th stranger flashed a flv spot in Deputy Ronaldson's face and It was covered. ' Ronaldson snapped out his .tl-callbr Colt and without much de liberation, and whil th train vy In rapid motion, sent one Kansas prairie dog to the eternal aleep. ' Deputy Sheriff William Ronaldaon of Denver la now f I to the good, and friends on the sheriff's fore aay they would take a hundred similar bets that Ronaldson could do th sam nine tiroes 'ut of ten. ' "'Mr , , . . .:,Y"--; and American Wonder or a Rural from a Pearl, or to distinguish any two grades of potatoes Is a wonder In itself. Just bow this task Is accomplished there ar non to say. It is don; that's alL Or dinarily a farmer or potato grower goea niitoTils field and can see only potatoes. No matter to th ordinary grower of po tatoes whether he haa a dosen kind of potato on his ranch all mixed In to gether. They are potatoes. That's all he cares. . r " . -: To Oregon's youngest farmer there la more in the growing of potato than lust to be ralalng them., Thua early-In life he has come to th conclusion that It pays to do' your beat. Ha considers, as otners nave oerore mm, mat it takes work to run even a pea put stand sue ecsafully. It la quamy that Is always considered on the Kluth. Jr., 'ranch. . To raise the beat potatoes that can be pro duced i the motto of lta youthful owner. Something Juat a good a th other fellow raise la not good enough , Hnmwtl wnai ua is striving si a nd something better he has thus far produced. This Is his thought, "Any on can rats pota toes, but It takes a good man to rata th beat." . ; , A potato that doe not com tip to th George Kluth, Jr.. standard, la not a po tato that will be marketed by that young Physician Says ;. v. at . ' . From-th Chicago Tribun. . 1EARN to smoke. . This la th advice of Dr. Valen J tin Nalpsss. lecturer In th Paris collage of medicine and physi cian to the French embassy In. Persia. Tet although bis advice may shock them. Dr. Naipasso Is on of th strong est of th antt-tobaccolste. He wants Americans and Europeans to learn to smoke, because he declare that th na tions of th west hav not yet learned. He urges Americans to sit at th feet of th orientals and learn all over again how to smoke to learn again without ths pangs and ' grlplnga of - th first time; to learn to. smoke healthfully, hygtenlcally. For he believe) that to bacco can h smoked without - harm or Injury to th smoker although he does not commit himself as to cigar ettes. In ths confirmation and reinforce ment of his counsel Dr. Nalpass offers th results of his varied experiences In ths Asiatic countries, his . observations there, and his convincing conclusions. Pipes and poison are Intimately asso ciated In this wise man mind. Ths best pip for Insuring th smallest pos sible Inhalation of nicotine, hs thinks, haa a long tub and a bowl Ilk th chi bouque, which was In. honor formerly among th Turka. Thla chlbouqu. un happily out of fashion today..' is com posed of several successive tubes swelling out to large dimensions at ths end, and waa of unquestionable value In arresting th passage of ths nicotine ere It reached the Hps of th smoker. But of all the 'weapons that' comprise th arsenal of tha well equipped mod ern smoker nons can-rival th all too classic, th gracefully elegant narglle. In this curious and elaborate appara tus supremely hygienic, tobacco Is grilled In a littl metal furnace, th vapor is conducted through a tube across a basin filled with ordinary water, or, better, rosewater, and arrives at th lips of ths smoker by a second tube. From tlm to time th oriental in terrupt his fumigatlona to drink from a diminutive cup a few drops of coffee, thus neutralising th slow Intoxication which can otherwise ba . produced by prolonged use of ths strong and bitter tobacco. Known aa tombeku, which Is smployed in the narglle. - Thanks to f has device in constant us all through th orient Dr. Nalpass affirms tha noxious action of th to bacco la almost entirely "annihilated, so that war th nsrgll -or ghallia In use In. the-Occident, together with th oriental tobacco, smoking never, would be debased into a hurtful praetloe. Every sort of tobacco, according t Dr. Nalpasse, acts on the organism ac cord lag to its quota of nicotin. Analy sis has shown that th tobaccos of th orient contain but a. minute portion of this noxious element " On th contrary, th products of other oonntrle show s much larger proportion, beginning with that of Hungary, -which 'has about t pet cent of nicotine, thence to that of Bra sil. Havana, Maryland and Virginia, which -varies from lhi to nearly T per eent of. nicotine. The tobacco from th Garonne region I th strongest of all. with a proportion of nicotine reaohlng almost I per cent t... . . . .The doctor thinks th young man of th west should nvr amok sav tor .... ,. . ..... .. ... v , man. To be said to be a George Kluth potato It .must have no Irregular shape and th color must be just right. . Of course It must be said that' thla raising of first-class potatoes does not com without great work. Experi ment are many on thla Columbia river ranch. Before ' th acre waa secured th young man worked on hla father farm. - Her he became acquainted with the various kinds of soils and found which produced th beat potatoes. It was found that a certain acr would produce American Wonders to ' th "queen's taste," but if this variety were planted In another part of th farm It would not bav a good quality aa th first place. . There waa a certain ' spot of : land which produced th faroou Burbanks to perfection. This is th sit selected for th location of the George Kluth. Jr., ranch. Sine coming into possession of this strip th soil haa been put Into th best possible condition. Right her may b told another story of th success of George Kluth, Jr. - He uaes tba proper kind of fertiliser. He knows th proportion that - should be worked into the ground h neither glvea It too little) or too much. Every thing la don on this ranch in th Tight proportion. Th amout of seeds to th acr I carefully figured and Just what treatment the ground needs is always accorded It. 'There Is neither too much plowing or too little. - It's Just enough. Not too much hoeing or too little. Potatoes mist be fully matured to leave th Oeorg Kluth, Jr., ranch. Th quality and reputation of tha stock he raises ar at stake. After both of these th proprietor looks with an ey trained for th work. Th fact that th product of his ranch Is of superior qual ity to that raised by his father Is note worthy. ' George Kluth, 8r., has ' th reputation of producing a stock that haa a ejuaiity out of th -ordinary. 'To be beaten In raising the beet potatoes by jgn son and. pnlT 12 veaji-Attiiai doean't worry th alder Kluth. The boy seems not only to have th knowl edge of bis father when it comes to raising fancy potatoes -but somjg of his own besides. - Tha fact that "Tie raises th best potatoes and knows better than his alders Just how to market them Is In Itself a token of bis character. Learn to SmoKc special therapeutic purpose, under th direction - of th physician, that hs should never exceed three or four cigars a day or their equivalent in pip or cigarette smoking, that he must not so to speak, drain hla pip to th dregs, cor over us a pip that has become discol oredthat Is to say. Impregnated with nicotine and that.Ji muat discard his cigar or cigarette when three fourths of It has been consumed. This caution Is based upon th principle thst th nloottne, not being volatilised under s temperature of 260 degrees, la - with drawn with th smoke to tbs snd of the bowl of th pipe, th cigar, or th cigar ette, thua running th risk of being drawn In to th mouth of th smoxer If b persists In smoking all- his tobacco. - Nor Is it necessary to relight th to bacco one It is extinguished, thus pre venting th unexhausted smoke from being absorbed. Experienced smokers know perfectly how agreeable ar their first puffs and how aorld and noxious the last, ordinarily producing" a cough and irritating th larynx. " -Th Japaness alone, think Dr. Nnl passe, have profited by th last obser vation and hav adopted a fashion In smoking which Is as curious as it Is hygienic Ther ar 11 ring on their weapon of warfare. Their tobacco, formed of long fibers with the finVuose of hair, comparable to th stigma of malsa, is buried In a pip of mlcroscoplo proportions, from which th. Japanese sailors -Inhale th fume but two of three times. This system 1 followed by th Nipponese solely to glv the- nico tin no tlm to pass Into th mouth of th smoker. Th pip must be refilled Instantly and relighted, not with matches aa do we westerners, but by th aid Cf burning wick which ar sus pended In every eomer of th ship. Aa excellent hygienic measure, remarks Dr. Nalpasse, which well teatifles to th caution exercised by th Japanes In all tbetr undertakings, and In this Instanc la a real safeguard. agaioa. jthe poison of nicotin. I Nlootln. explain Dr. Nalpasse In passing. Immortalises on Jean Nloot, ambassador from Franc to th court of Portugal, who brought the wonderful weed to hi sovereign, .Francois IL In 16(0, showed him It marvelous proper ties and popularised Its us throughout his native land.' It waa rather as a medicinal drug with.. l almost magical curative powers than as a recreation that Nlcot Introduced tobacco into France. It soon ' became a favorite everywhere as a panacea for every 111. Little by little tobacco smoking became established as ft pastlm af ter-tha, way of th denisen of th new world. 'The plant acquired great fame and was mad th faahlon by th grand prior of France, Francois da Lorraine, and then by th queen. Catherine d Mediot, to whom Nlcot had presented his first gift of tobacco. After lta introduction into France, and particularly Into Paris, th tobacco custom extended - farther and farther into th other countries. . Hla Progress. "When I started In life," said th tn- Iqultabl Insurance director, -"I didn't hav a dollar I could call my own." "And nowr t "I have mnagd to call a lot of money my own, although thtre la a great deal or oisput aoout it' Prom Lendon Answers. RKAT pianists hands r a en tlnual ' sourc of. troubl ud Vj anxiety to them, bot they can not be more so than the hands of many criminals ar to them. Detec tive Maclntyre had one a mysterious prisoner In custody concerning whose iuwiiiui nn he waa aomewnai owbimou. He kept unauspected observation oa him In hla cell to see If h oould -discover any clue to It In his movement The prisoner quickly betrayed himself. H was actually charing ins up ,ot n flnxora together, mey were i aa those of a- child. H was a plck- Little, delicate, anm iingerea wun hands are aenerally supposed to b characteristic In a man of refinement, subtlety and vacillation. They ar. it haa been noted, a peculiarity of the mala prisoner. Palmer, Prltchard and Lamson all had beautuui nanaa taper ing, soft and whit. They wer an men , of refinement and subtlety, but In their grim work ther was at leasi no vacillation Uanv criminals ar. bowver, by no means anxious to show their hands In court. Bennett, tha murderer of his wife oa Yarmouth sanda. kept hla bands well down from observation whil tak lna hla trial. It waa on of th point in hi defenae that such a weakly look ing' person would hardly have dared to murder a rather strong woman In such a fashion. As a matter of fact. Ben nett'a hands were peculiarly large,-and be had long and big thumba, capable of a terrible grip, and b did not oar to display them. Th left handed man la at a disadvant age compared with ordinary individuals In escaping th penalty of many Crimea In on senaatlonai case. In which a man named Patch was . accused f - having shot a gentleman named Bllgh, the doc tors called In declared that tha crime muat have been th work of a left handed man. But Patch, who was sus pected, stoutly maintained that he was right handed., and no witness couia o found to aay which hand ho ordinarily j used. During hla trial, however. In hi anxiety and terror at soma of th evi dence, t waa noted that ha used hi left hand. He was really- left banded. - In the case of a woman named Rob inson, who was found dead with her throat cut and with a raaor in her hand, th queatlon arose whether she had committed suicide. - ' But the womsq was right handea, and in rasor was in her left. The perpetrator of tba crime .was himself left handed and so had put 'th weapon In her left hand. : ' ; -Left handedness- Is more common among criminals than among ordinary persons. Bo Is ambidexterity the power to us both hands equally wlL Why II should- be so none can telL It would not be fair to left handed or ambidex troua ' persona to Infer that they are more disposed to crime than others. Left handedness which' has been -unex pected has frequently plsced detectives In an awkward position. Melville, th terror of anarchists and foreign political criminals generally,; one had his career very nearly cut short by It la the oarly Land Frauds in m I HB national council of th Creek i Indians baa prepared a petition ; ' to congress asking relief from . . th grafters wbo ar busy with th owners of what ar known as "nig Th negro owners a tha slave one owned by th Flv Civ ilised Tribes of Indians, but freed by aot of congress in M. In th allot ment proceedings they are known as 'freedmen," "to distinguish them from th Indian allottee, with whom they stand on an equal footing, except that they ar permitted to aell their surplus lands at any tlm, whereas the Indian is hedged about by restrictions whioh can4rly scared a Jackleg lawyer, tha fourth b removed only by th consent of th secretary of tba interior. - In th last two years more than 10.000 negroes hav received a quarter section apiece of th finest of farming lands, with an unrestricted right t sell all but a 40-acr homestead, and this has drawn to th territory all th expert crooks In the land business from everywhere la the United States. - In many eases th grafter works- th following scheme to get th land from th negro. He bargains for a certain amount of th land, say 40 acre a, fqr a certain sum of money. Taking advan tage of th Ignorance of the negro, h makes out the papers for tbo entire tract of 100 acres or. more. Of course,' the seller makes a kick when he finds out what haa been don to him, but It does him no-good. It Is simply his word against th grafter's, and "nobody will believe a nigger." Besides, ther Is a general disposition to tak th view that, as he got pay for 40 acre and still has his homestead of 40 acres left be cause homesteads cannot b sold Inside f 41 years tea has got-anough anyhow. This form of graft Is slmpls and gen erally safe enough, but It Is open to the serious objection that It calls for th payment of at least a part of th price In aotual money. In order to escape this hardship th grafter has a cheaper way of getting th land. Th government regulation per mit an owner of land to leas It to another party for agricultural purpoae for a period of flv years. The crook takes advantage of this provision and contracts with th negro for a flv year leas. Sine th darky does not know th difference between a leas and a warranty deed. It 1 an easy matter t get him to sign a deed under th Impres sion that he is simply giving a lease. Her, again, ther isscaht sympathy fot th injured party. He still has his homestead, and as he cannot sell that nnder any circumstances for a period of 11 years, it Is hoped h may know bette: by that tlma In fact, if tha grafter were content to confine hi talent to the work of sep arating th Indian territory freedman from hi real estate th probabilities are that nobody would b disposed to Interfere. " It Is. only when he display a per nicious activity In th Un of robbing th whit man who buys th land from him that lb publ)o conscience take alarm. ' ' -" . On scheme Is this: . When the newcomer gets . possession of a piece of land be make out a leas for It for five years In favor of a con federate., - This leas Is not put - on record until sfter th land has been sold. As soon ss th buyer 'pays th money, but before tha deed, is put on file, th confederate file th flv year leas on the same land. . . . In a recent eaa of this kind th pur chaser had paid 12.000 for 110 acrea When he went to take poasesslon hs was confronted by the man wh bald th lea a and was told that he could not get on th place for flv years except by buying up that lease. . Hs paid 11.500 and was permitted to occupy his land. Occasionally It happens that a f reed man gets hold of a particularly valuable tract and wants to keep it .In such cases It sometimes becomes necessary for the grafter to make uas of th lateat and moat complicated maohlnary. This Is ons of ths systems ss followed In a recent case, wher an old darky had se- BY HANDS years of his work. ' He was on tha track of a peculiarly ddaperate offender, who had aucceeded In baffling him for a considerable tlm. Th famous detective cam upon him unexpectedly when there was no help near, and when ha would have to rely -solely upon his own promptness and . strength to effect a capture. Th man was short but powerful In build, and It was well known that In th pockets of his coat he carried revolver loaded and ready to hi hand. Melville sprang upon him and grasped hi right hand In as Iron grip. But th man waa left-hand- ,' ed, and th revolver was whipped out and presented at-' the detective head almost before he realised it. He did a just in tlma to dash It aside, but It was "a near thlng.T - - . ., A furtive ability with the band ap pears peculiar to criminals even to ' thos whose crimes have not been aucb .. aa ar Identified with hand-aklil. Rush. th muderei of th Jermyn in their horn near Norwich, waa a farmer, but he performed in court a feat which al moat showed th skill of a conjurer. While the trial was proceeding, a num ber of slips of , paper wer produced against him. At a later stag of th proceedings they were not to b found. They wer of th highest consequence t th prosecution. They wer eventually discovered In Rush's hat, which he had carried with him Into th dock, concealed beneath th lining. How h managed to get hold of them and hid them there undetected by th eyes of all around blm waa a mystery. ' . . Next to the professional poisoner, th forger's hand Is spt to be th beet. Pick pocket and swindlers com third. sergeant Bauantln was on of th cleverest barristers that ever addressed a Jury. His power with them, even m apparently most hopeless cases was normous. ' In a certain murder case th -sergeant exerted himself most vigorous ly oa behalf of his client. In whoa favor there wer on or two mysterious clr-. cumstanoes, and secured his acquittal; Th prisoner, released from th dock. and overjoyed at hi good fortune, had -th impudence to bustle back into court : and present himself before his counsel. Tou did wonderfully well, sergeant," he exclaimed "wonderfully well I I muat thank you. sir thank you and shaks -handa with you for your cleverness." The sergeant looked for an Instant af file hand h extended, and then, bend-. Ing bis eyea on him, gleaming from un-. derneath th contracted, shaggy brows, said: . "Tou would need a much cleverer bar rister than I am, sir, to jnduc me to shake hands with you." - A distinguished solloltoT. engaged is th defense of a recent notorious crimi nal who ended bis days on. the scaffold for th good of society, said that on of th most' dlsageeabl incident in con- -nectton with the case was his client's Insistence on shaking handa with him at vary Interview, necessltstlng his wash ing them 'at th earliest opportunity Ther ar band that on does not car to shake. v -'.- ' . - Indian Territory cured a valuable quarter , aectlon . of choice bottom land. ,' . Th first member of th gsng ap peared as a sewing mschin agent and sold him a machine, taking a mortgage on a young calf for part of the price. A few-days later another member. . of the s-snr showed up ss a stock buyer. that calf and offered such a big prlc la cash that th old darky forgot all about tha mortgage and sold It to him, laying himself llabl to a penitentiary ) sentenc. '..";-.'' ; In th third act another member of tha gang appears and arrests th negro en th charge ef selling mortgaged prop erty. About th tlm he ha him prop- mem her. turns tin. Of course he saves : th darky from th pen. and th lawyer get three fourth of choice bottom land a hi fee, whtch is divided up among tb gang. - . : Th subsequent history of this par ticular tract Is of interest, because It ' ahow what the sam gang did to .th farmer who bought th land. 4t wa sold to an eastern fcuyer, who " paid ll.BOO down at th tlm of purchase. As an Inducement to get him to buy, ' he waa told that their "loan company' would loan him $500 on th land. H mad th loan, but discovered when to . late that h had been deceived In mak ing out th papers, and Instead of giv ing th usual land mortgage he had been duped into giving a trust deed con. veytng th property to th creditor with out notice if the loan was not paid at th ml nut of maturity. - area Trad la Austin, Texas, Letter in New Tork Sun. Some' idea of the magnitude of the' pecan nut meat Industry "may be had when it Is stated that in Ban Antonio alone there ar 1,700 . members of the -Pecan Shelter' anion, a labor organisa tion composed . of men -engaged as a regular business in th spelling of pe can nuts and extracting the delicious kernels. '..,;., . , Not all of th pecan shelters In San Antonio belong to the union. Ther ar . several hundred other men. women -and children In that city who gain a liveli hood from th work. Ther are branches of th Pecan Shelters' union In Austla and several other towns of ths state. j . ' Th pecan nut shelling season laata from October 1 to July 1. The new crop of nut begins to com Into market about October 1, and from then until January 1 the business of extracting th kernel , Is very aotlve. --The kernels are shipped -In large bulk to New Tork, St Lmits and other cities; wher they ar used by confectioner in th manufacture of candle. - .- Pecan shelling Is a comparatively new industry. It had It origin, so far ss its becoming a recognised business Is con cerned, a few years ago when a candy manufacturer of New Torrt":"Vialted Texas. ""';' '-; - . . He at some of th candy mad and old by Mexican street 'vendors in Ssn ' Antonio. Pecan kernels form an import. " ant Ingredient of this candy. As an ex periment he arranged for a small ship- " mentrof th pecan meat to b mad t -him. - Tha kernels wer reoelved in du tlm and th highest art of th candymakor was employed In their use. The pecan candy became popular almost instantly and other orders for pecan kernels wer placed.-'.. - - '-. That was th beginning of an Industry which now gives employment to several thousand people. Ther is a big demand -for ths pecan kernels in every large city In th country. Carefully Worded, - Excited Fisherman (to country hotel keeper) Ther Isn't a bit of fishing about here! . Every brook .has a sign -wirnlng people off. .What do vou mean by luring anglers here with th promts 91 nni iismngr - Hotelkeeper I didn't sav nthi.. . I about fin fishing. If you read.m sit. vertisement carefully vou win see that what I said,-wa "fishing unapproach- V V
