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The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Criminality Seemed Innate.

Harry Benson, the irStigator of ths
great turf frauds and of numberiess
other swindles; the Bidwells, the great
forgers; and LEROY, the murder of Mr..
Gold on the Brighton Line, are types
OF criminals who seem TO have been
such by some queer moral perversity
born IN them. In each of them there
was q gradual development of the ter
rible criminal instinct showing itself
III their earlier mingling with others
III the school and playground. in their
very first companionships. No one can
point to any particular event in their
lives as the first introduction TO crirni-
nal courses 1t seemed innate and show
ed Itself in the prettiest trickery in
childish intercourse
It has been noticed that the most
notorious criminals in various spheres
OF crime are recruited from the ranks
OF persons engaged in special oecupa-
uons and professions. The locksmith.
Sa1enak1ng. and carpentering trade have
supplied the most accomplished burg
lars: engraving has been responsible for
most OF the great bank note EIanufac-
turers; the most celebrated forgers
and the professional muTdererS have
generally had some medical training
But the professional poiSoner is
man accustomed to carrying the burden
OF ghastly secrets, and rarely does he
do more than confess the justice of his
sentence and acknowledge the last
crime. which sends him to the gallows
His lips are sealed as TO previous Of
lenses and no one knows how the
awful first step was taken.
A prison chaplain in one OF our largest
convict establishments once remarked
to rue that he was appalled, by the con-
tinual lament of the criminals he found
in that place of terror over lust ono
little thing" The little thing" was thu
first step which had launched them on
the career of wrongdoing which had
hrGuQht them there.
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court TO make subscriptions for her,
while by her false accusations innocent
persons were branded as thieves and
condemned TO jail, said that ii was d
pure accident which launched her on her
horrible career. She really lost her
purse one day at a railway station and
burst into tears on discovering her loss
Alice Grey was so pretty and soboed so
nicely that a score OF people We're at
once anxious to assist her To her pro-
found astonishment she discovered her
loss made UP to her over and over again
by charitable spectators.
The incident suggested a much easier
way of making 4 living than by domes-
tic service, and Alice Grey, few days
later. was weeping on another rail-
way station platform. Passers-by asked
the cause and were told that she had
had her purse snatched from her hand
by a man whom she described. There
was a hue and cry raised at once. and
an unfortunate wretch was found ex-
actly answering TO Alice Grey's deserip-
ton Almost unthinkinaly, Alice Grey
accused him.
"oh. you hard-hearted creature, to
rob a poor. innocent girl of her hard
earned savings" she sobbed. The man
had not q good character, and although
he loudly protested his innocence and
nothing was found on him TO connect
him with the robbery he was hauled
away, and Alice Grey found that she
had gone so far that she could hardly
now draw back. When the man was
tried and found guilty and condemned
to four months imprisonment col
lection was made in court for Alice
Grey. and the whole thing paid so
weli'' that she became from that time Il
professional accuser of unfortunate peO-
pie
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Work of City Gardens
Association a Great
Blessing.
One of Its Advantages
Is in Education of
the Poor.
It Also Supplies Food
for the Families at
Work.

w nth the coming of spring, the
w s9: as'' ss@s g ;S work. ss9;
ing hoes and rakes, and pro-
vided with garden seed, those men and
women who have secured good, rich gar
dens for the mere asking have begun tO
till the vacant lots of Washington
knowing that all they raise will be theirs
for the support of their families and
themselves.
These amateur truck farmers are all
poor people who, through the charity
and benevolence of set Of men known
as the City Gardens Association, are
given the privilege of converting for the
time being the vacant lots into flourish
ing plants and crops.
The Washington city gardens are now
entering upon the second year of exist
ence. Last year eighty families had
these gardens, varying in size from one
eighth to one-quarter of an acre This
year, the association expects to furnish
300 families with the small farms The
POOR people of the city who want the
land for cultivation were last year pro-
vided with the gardening implements
and with the seed, labor being the only
thing they had TO furnish. This will be
repeated this year. with the proviso that
those who are able to do so must fur
nish their own implements and seed.
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Goudie's First Step.

The first step in crime in the case of
Goudie the Liverpool bank clerk, who
robbed his bank of something like
e170.o00 sterling, VS. manipulating
the books so as TO nide his taking e4e
to back a horse that was, the young
fool thought, bound to win" From
the winnings he would replace the Dor
rowed money! while retaining a hand
some sum for himself. This defalca-
tion remained undiscovered. and Goudie
was tempted to repeat it for a larger
amount The result, everyone knows.
was fourteen years penal servitude
Robson. who defrauded the CRYSTAL
Palace Company out of e2T 900. took a
small amount at first for a stock ex-
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and suf1ciency Of food The death
rae from tuberculosis win be lowered,
and among those who embrace the op-
portunity TO raise vegeta bies, the health
of the poor viii be bettered beyond cali
cuIation
The president of the association is B.
H Warner. a well known real estate
man. Charles F. Nesblt, another real
estate man, is also prominent worker
in the association. It's success is dear to
his heart, and he loses no opportunity to
i=aise 1t and its benehcent results. One
reason of the great success OF the gar
Gems is that these gentlemen, being
themselves real estate men, are able to
get into close touch with others engaged
in the handling of real estate and can
show them the benefits accruing to the
poor and TO the land from the gardens.
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Benefit of Work.

IN the case of the gardens. the af-
hlcted men and women have their minds
on the gardens and the progress Of
their work. instead of continually wor-
rylng as to whether they viii get well
TINS forgetfulness of self, it has been
proved, tends to more thorough and
rapid recovery of the sick person than
when he or she is anxiously watching
the inroads or gradual disappearance of
an ailment.
In addition to the fresh air and sun
shine the city gardeners get they take
light exercise every day. not too much
and not too little, just enough to keep
up their muscles and to stimulate the
circulation of blood. This is also more
beneficial than lying or sitting In the
sun without doing any work at all.
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Fairly Apportioned.

This having been arranged in the form
IF lease duly executed. the families
who want the gardens are interviewed
by these managing the matter. IL a
family consists OF only man and wife. it
lis given one-eighth of an acre. If the
family is large and has the labor TO
work so much land, il gets one-quarter
OF an acre. These details having been
arranged. the City Gardens Association.
at its own expense, has the lots plowed
80 that the workers can use their hoes
and rakes without difficulty.
Last spring a young man and a young
woman. brother and sister went to the
association and asked the privilege of
working two small garden lots along
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having the lots plowed in the spring.
Much of this was done during the
week just past
Another interesting feature OF the
gardens Is that they have obtained the
official Endorsement OF the District
Health Department. which thinks them
q distinct help to the health of Wash
ington. Their contribution in this di-
rection comes not only from their up
building of those who work them. but
also from the fact that their existence
means tbs destruction OF the noisome
v eeds that are a menace TO the eth
zens of the District
1t is a we'll known fact that. on ac-
count of the inadequate provisions of
the present law governing the removal
of weeds from vacant lots The Health
Department can do nothing toward
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dispose of them promptly. Under such
conditions. the vegetables are excessive
ly unwholesome, often containing disease
germs. and always taxing the powers
of digestion and assimilation.
The family who has the city garden,
however poor it may be, has cabbage
fresh from the garden. lettuce on which
the morning dew still sparkles. tomatoes
cool from lying on the moist earth. and
corn juice from its parent stalk. In this
way also Is the health of the poor bet
tered by the thoughtful charity of those
who make up the gardens association.
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~ m
~ N Wrongdoers have. if their own
Va impressions are to be relied
on. been tempted to launch
into crime by the most accidental cir
cumstances. "Jim, the Penman," the
great forger whose forgeries created
panic among London BANKERS for sever
al years. and who was at last brought to
Justice by the confessions of two of his
accomplices, when he was condemned 20
penal servitude for life, said that the
idea of forgery never occurred to him
till it was suggested by the chance re-
mark OF a. casual acquaintance whom
he met in a London restaurant where
he was dining.
The stranger chanced TO allude TO a
forgery that had been committed says
the London Answers, and remarked
how clever a penman must be to be
able TO initiate a signature so closely
that a skilled bank clerk could not
distinguish the forgery from the real
one. Jim thought it would be easy.
and pen, ink, and paper were brought
for him TO try his hand at initiating
the strangers signature. The result
was so wonderful that the stranger re-
marked:
You possess a dangerous gift, sir. A
man might be tempted with IL to do
much at pinch"
TIL that moment Jim the Penman''-
then James Saward. the barrister. des-
perately in want of money-declared
he had never thought of forgery as a
means of livelihood. The words rang
in his ears as revelation of how he
might gain thousands He became the
cleverest forger of modern times.
A man does not become "a coiner all
at once. 1t requires long, laborious,
and constant practice to acquire the
proficiency to turn out base money
which will pass unnoticed from hand
to hand But the most casual chance
has led men to adopt coming as a
means of preying on their fellows
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change gamble. He lost, and went on.
Leopold Redpath, who in 1851 was sem
fenced to penal servitude for life for
defrauding the Great Northern Railway
Company OF close upon COCO, de-
clared that the first forgery he COM
mitted was to obtain money TO assist
some poor people in great distress.
The statement might be regarded with
a good deal Of suspicion if his career
did not disclose the fact that while Red
path was committing the most crafty
and calculated frauds he was at the
same time scattering the money he OBJ
tanned among various charities and
distressed circumstances. When he was
sentenced at the central criminal court
there were persons in court who burst
he had hefriended
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Provided Vegetables.

But. in addition TO practically curing
themselves OF their dread disease. these
people provided their family with fresh
vegetables all through the spring and
summer. Those who live in con1forta BILE
mansions In the summer and dfssipate
the effects of summer heat with a glass
OF lemonade or eat good, nure vegetables
that do not allow the hot weather 10
hurt the body have no adequate realiza-
ton of what 1t means to poor family
to be constantly furnished with fresh
vegetables.
The poor OF Washington, as of any
other city. get their vegetables in the
summer time after the garden products
nave losi their freshness, and after
they have been made cheaper in price
because of the failure of market men to
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Better This Year.

Such has been the history of Wazh-
ington's city gardens for one year. This
year the association hopes to MAKE them
u greater blessing than they were be-
fore That this will be done IS proven
by the fact that so many more families
will work them this summer
Men, women and children-for the
larger children are expert gardeners
after little pactics-wilI WELD the hoe
and the rake, and destroy the weeds.
into 200 families viii be carried health
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Brightwood avenue. They were thin
and weak. with the sunken cheeks and
hectic color that herald the inroads of
consumption on the human frame. Not
twenty-five years old. they looked as if
their lives had already run near 10 the
end Hollow-chested and wasted away,
they old not look like promising candi-
oates for working a garden Permission
was given them. however, TO raise the
vegetables, and they were provided with
hoes. rakes. and seed.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
pected of them if they vert to ire coun-

PtCttu OF tIItlT IL IHty " CIT 20 II!E cUuh-
try to work
That such education leads theis 20
work in the country is shown more
conelusively by the experience cf Phila-
delphia than by that of Washington In
Philadelphia the city gardens have been
in existence for eight years. giving OPP
porturity for more complete o5serva-
tion of their effects than here. where
they have been in operation only one
year. The Phiiadeiphians say that every
year large numbers OF the men who
have learned the element of farming
and gardening in the city gardens go
the next year 10 the country. there to
make a good living By engaging in the
business of truck farming or by work
ing as farm hands for those who own
farms
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Becoming a Coiner.

Woodstock, the coiner. samples of
whose marvellous work are to be seen
in the Black Museum at Scotland Yard
was as young fellow a tailor's assist
ant. One Saturday afternoon he was
in a public house in the south of Lon
don with the girl to whom he was
engaged. Upon her leaving, a stranger
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Ecoramical Plan.

1t is astonishing with what economy
the gardens are worked. Even their fer
tilization costs nothing, street sweep
ings being used for this entirely. The
only things that cost money in the
whole affair are the seed and the hoes
and rakes4 with the small expense of
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

Keeping down such nuisance. Then
come the city gardeners, and, with their
vegetables. keep out the weeds in all
the lots where the gardens are allowed
By the owners Of the property.
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Educate the Poor

Members of the association say that
this is one of the greatest ADVANTAGES
OF the gardens-they educate the poor
men To Know the processes of nature
and to know also what would be ex-
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Girl Imposter's Start.

Alice Grey. the girl imposter, who used
to make a livelihood by accusing men of
robbing her, and melting all the specta-
tors. the police, the bar and people in
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

ANY of the most notorious
IL N wrongdoers have if their own
Va impressions are to be relied
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
Road Will Be Built This Year.

dispatch from Pierre says tina
the railroad situation is moving along
satisfactorily at that end OF the work. The
surveyors are now about thirty miles up Bad
river in the location OF the main line. The
side track work is practically done at Pierre.
the las, track being laid down to the water
edge, al the poiat where the temporary bridge
is to be constructed.
This temporary bridge will not be a
pontoon. but straight Pile bridge and will
not be put in until after the ice stops naviga-
ton. If 1t stands the pressure of the ice
going out next year, draw will probably
/ be put in and it left for operation for the
summer, but it is the intention OF the com.
pany to put in extensive yards on the west
side of the river. and cross about all the
material which they will need for the exten
sion from this end, while the bridge is in fol
the winter
A high official of The road IN Chicago
announced a few days ago that the roat
would be in operation from Pierre to Raplt
City within year from the present date.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
A Long Passionate.

The long and eventfnl pastorate OF
Rev. Charles r Crawford at Good
Will indian church, was dissolved,
al the pastors own request, by the
Presbytery of Dakota at its meet
ing Sept. 10Th, 1905. Rev. Crawford
was born at Browns Valley, Mimi, in
1887: united with the Good VIII
church on profession April j. 1871;
was licensed to preach June 4, 1879;
and was,ordained and installed pas
tor of Good Will church June %,
1881. Counting the two years he
supplied the church beeure he was
installed pastor, his period of ser
vice to the same people is found TO
be more than 26 years HIS reason
for resigning was i'll health. 1t is
hoped that after brief period of
rest from the exactlng duties of the
pastorate, he will yet lie spared for
many years of Christian service
Good Will Tidlngs.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
The awakened Andrew finds his

The awakened Andre" mas MS
bro Their Simon, and Philip seeks out
his friend Nathaniel. We drst try
to save those near aud dear to US.
IA the Lord by His Spirit presses
into the constantly opening heart 1T
grows larger and more sympathetlc
so that the man becomes interested
in mission work in his own city,
state and nation; but the greatest
triumph of Gods grace IN the l'1e
comes when one ceases 10 regard
Christ as simply the Saviour OF Amer
lea or the patron of single denoml-
nation, and looks at Him as the
Christ for the whole world OF sinners
lost 4 Every Christian is &c
make an honest attempt to obey the
divine command. God will not
send us all to foreign lands, but
he wants US all TO be foreign mlsslon-
aries in the world for HIM, but not
of lt.-Davld 4. Evans IN Evangelist
Nov. %, 1897
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
THE CHURCHES.

ST. Peters-Servlces at 1890 a. tn
and 1880 p. III. Rev. FIR. GUILTY.
Episcopal services IN the Guild
Hall, Tuesday evening. November 81,
III 8 o'clock. Seats free, all welcome.
MISUNDERSTANDING service at
the Norwegian Lutheran church a,
1890 IL. nj. and p. III.
Methodist Class meeting, 10 a. m.
preaching, lO:30; Sabbath School,
ll:45; Junior e. l.. 3 p. M; Epworth
League. $50: evening service p. IN;
Rev. +. b. Dunn, Pastor
Presbyterian Churcb-Sunday ser
vices. Preaching 1920 a. M, Sun
day School, IL M; e. T.. meeting 6:45
D. M; evening service. 8 p. m. Rev.
Joseph Miliett. pastor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
State Lands Brought Good Sum

PIERRE S. D.-The sale OF state building
lands in Mcpherson county was most sat
isfactory one TO the members OF the state
apitol commission. While the lands offered
were appraised at from $40 10 sl5 an acre the
sale price was above that figure. tie tracts
offered bringing 1915 above the appraised
price. The highest price paid for any one
tract was Sl5 an acre. and u number of sales
were made above the $40 minimum. Com
missioner Bach reports that he could have
sold at least twice as much land had it not
been for the tact that farmers had been
delayed in thrashing operations and are not
Just now in position to purchase. Before he
left Eureka Il number of German farmers
asked that he make second offering OF
lands there at a later date. after they mad
marketed their summer crop.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
STANDARD ads bring results.
NOTICE OF cHArrEL MORTGAGE SALE.

NOTICE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE.
nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
~ tions OF IL chattel mortgage dated June IA,
1905. executed and delivered by Joseph Sweet
corn and Annie Sweetcorn. ana delivered TO
Waetlch & Plut, as MORTGAGE. and filed IN
the office of the register Of deeds OF Roberts
County and State of South Dakota, on the 24th
day of June, 1905. Said mortgage and said debt
secured thereby, has been duly assigned to p.
d. Jones, who is the holder and owner thereof.
conditions OF said mortgage having been made
of said mortgagors, which was refused;
have taken possession OF the property de.
Scribed therein. JO.wit
One mare about years old. color sorrel or
light red. with star in forehead, weight about
! $50 lbs. Ono mare about years old, color black
Plut One set double work harness, One
two seated spring wagon One Mccormick
mower. One hay rake.
The debt secured by said mortgage is $1,000
with interest at IL per cent per annum from
the 14th day Of June. 1905, and attorney fee of
SIS in case OF foreclosure. of which amount the
sun, of One Hundred Twelve !s112.0o, Dollars
reason of default having been made in the
payment of said debt.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue OIL the
power in said mortgage contained. and by Or
door of the postoffice IN the city of Sisseton,
S. D.. on the 4th day Of November, 1905 at 2
O'Clock p. M, at public auction, to the high
erty. or us much thereof as is necessary to
pay the said debt and reas enable expense,
| unless the same is sooner redeemed as pro-
Dated at Sisseton, S. Oak, October 27th.
1906
j.. MINDER.
Sheriff of Roberts County, South Dakota
Owner OF Mortgage.
| E. NJ. BENNETT,
Attorney for Mortgage.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
SCHOOL NOTES.
BY MARY HANSON

BY MARY HANSON.
Miss Melvin returned to her work
asst Monday.
OThe Cicero classes are having
examination this week,
A new dictionary has made it's
appearance jn the High School.
HetJie Maxfeld is a new scholar
IN the fresh man class.
The third intermediate drew some
very good Halloween witches.
Earl Price is herdlng cattle for Mr..
Willard and can not be in school.
Francis Spencer ia a new scholar
in the third intermediate.
George Groos has been absent from
the third intermediate the past few
days.
The second intermediate depart
ment are studying diacrltical mark
ings.
The school, give their many thanks
to the board for making an appropri-
alton to them Of tlfty dollars.
| Hylda Stavig of the first informed
late stood up the longest and was
awarded the head mark IN spelling.
Hildegard Scdneldereit and Web
ster Anderberg are unable to aJtenc
school IN account of sickness.
Hazel Maxneld of Potsdam New
York entered school in the eight
grade last Monday morning.
i Civil Governments have teen or
.Ederen for the eighth garde and the.
will begin work as soon as they arrive
n Among the absent ones from tn.
grammer room this week are, Ro
Matthews, Clara Hough, and Winnl
Hogan.
II There were fifty one scholars pres
} ent In the grammer room last Tues
day, twenty eight Of the seventh
grade anu twenty three of the eight
grade, only three we're absent.
The students and teachers of tn
7 high school extend their many thank
. to Mrs, and Irene Anderberg for tn
J: lovely white chrysanthemUm tie
!. presented 70 tine high school, and aist
for taking care of the other plants
thru the summer, belonging to tina
!. 7 OOm.