The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 19, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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TKMUJlLt MARINE EARTHQUAKE.
Cap* Horn Ph«nom«n««i Kills Tfcsu-
•and* of Big Fish.
GOOD BARN FOR A SMALL FARM
THE SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT.
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*a* caught in a dead rains, aonMkhfng ............. ...........................
almost Uapfte dented is that stormy
iatttwte, The sky was filmed vitii a
Mttot bale and the sea flat and lead
colored, A boot tea o'clock oa the
morning of the second day the ship
begaat to shake rioientiy. the maats * b*rB; Tftl' *iv> is 37 i**6 *>v piece «» by 8 inches. *> feet;
whipped and beat like fi hpoira sad I f***» *hte,J can he added to at a later four piece* I by 1 Inches. 16 feet; owe
everything movable above cad below ,}at<* from around to wave* the pier# 4 by 4 inches. IS feet; nine
ram* down with a clatter. It was ; h*is?i,T iB 17 T0e{ and from around to pieces 4 by € laches, 12 feet; one
like striking a rock, only the shock i p#‘a* 7ee,> ’hus Riving a loft for i piece 4 by « inches, 16 feet; 20
was leas pronounced at drat, bat In | h*y‘ K‘lher mua<1 post* or sawed piece* 3 by 4 inches. 16 feet; si*
creased ia violence daring the 30 tiniIw‘r * b? * inches constitute the! pieces * by $ inches. 12 feet; six
to is rcakfisy a eight pieces 6 by 8 inches. IS feet;
art and baa only a few animat* no. toot piece* 6 by 6 inches, 20 feet;
ovide shelter for the plan here shown { eight pieces* 6 by 6 inches. 18 feet
Ilf tuggsst the best arrangemetH for] nine piece* 4 by 6 (aches, 8 feet;
barn. The alse is 32 feet by 34
Property owners will save a deaf
of trouble and expense in keeping
their buildings properly painted, if
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they know how to protect themselves
against misrepresentation and adu!
te ration la paint materials. There’s
one sure and safe guide to a pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead-
that's the "Dutch Boy Painter” trade
| mark which the National I*»ad Com-
! pany, the largest makers of genuine
White Lead, place on every package
of their product. This company sends
a simple and sure little outfit for test
ing while lead, and a valuable paint
book, free, to all who write for it.
•econds it lasted. The sea heaved
main part of the framework.
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg.,
P.t>-' pieces 6 by 6 Inches. 12 feet; 40 pieces New York City.
ia oily swells with a strange hoarse v1*loH U m*de for four bonM‘ by 6 Inches. 25 feet; 80 pieces 2 by
murmur, and It continued to be agi
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The only poll (hat can land a man
fa the employ of the United States
jwwret service Ls that of successfully
(passing the preliminary examlnatioi.
Bubmitting to a personal Interview
with Chief Wilkie and showing his
morro and ability during a month of
.tasking out in the real business of d»*
******* work tor Uncle Ham.
Here is the civil service slip that
mam first be filled out;
, “See. 7f. Secret Service.—Applies
*1«« tor poMttens in the secret service
of the treasury department should tor
wsri. addressed to the secretary of
Aba treasury and marked ‘personal,
Itorm 3*4, properly executed, and such
evidence as to tbatr experience, traln-
fualitcatkms and personal char-
acteristics
they may be able to
Obtain, without any reference to their
jpoBtlcal or religious adulations, which
nay ha considered as proof of their
fitness for employment in this serv-
Th*s examination shall he con
to experieacs and personal fit
Applicants should give the
and addresses of the persons
whom they refer as to their char
and qualification* for employ
la this service." x
riMfCrs at* katf/setory the
test of the appiicafit is made
bh ls permitted s personal inter
view with Chief Wilkie, who I* able
after a few minutes' conversation to
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else ap a xran's possibilities pretty ac
curately. If he seems to be a likely
man he Is put on the eligible list, and
when the appointment division certi-
fies him he ia assigned a 30-day try-
out 1b actual service In the- 26 dis-
trict* into which the United States Is
divided. If the man makes good he
goes on the roll* permanently, and in
the course, of his career there is no
telling what great and important cases
he may be asked to help unravel.
Chief Wilkie is proud of the char-
acter of the men he ha* under him.
In speaking concerning the matter he
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"The men of our service are gath-
ered from greatly differing sources.
We have college graduates, mostly the
son* of criminal lawyers, who seem to
have the appetite of their fathers
bred In the bone; musicians, stenog-
raphers, linguists, bank clerks, identi-
fication experts, telegraph operators, a
commissioned officer of the army, and
non-commissioned or petty officers of
both the army and navy, newspaper
men, a couple of sheriffs, one or two
wardens wad in one case an ex-mayor.
"While all of our men must measure
up te » certain standard, I believe ex-
perience has shown that our best oper-
ator* jar* those who have done work
in the* claims department of a railroad
or performed similar duties for a life
insurance company.
"You see, what is needed in the se-
cret service is Initiative and ability
to look far ahead and take Into ac
count all possibilities. It requires no
little intelligence to work up a case
without putting your foot into It and
to weave together the strands so that
they can l>e presented as legal evi-
dence. The former experience of the
railroad and insurance men who have
come into the service makes them ex-
pert in such matters.
"There have been two «r three In-
stances in which failure to exercise a
little caution has upset oil the well-
laid plans of the bureau. There was
the case of Robyns out In Omaha, at
the time of the Spanish war. To un-
derstand it you must know that the
department takes the ground that we
are organised for the suppression of
counterfeit money, we shall not, even
In the interests of justice, have a hand
in its making or its floating. Well,
this Robyns trouble came along when.
In addition to our reguiur work, we
had our hands pretty full with look-
ing after Spanish spies and other se-
cret matte re connected with the war
got in with Robyns, saw him make his
spurious dollars and all that sort of
thing—but one day he tripped.
Robyns wanted some acid and asked
our man to buy It, The operator con-
sented, and when his report reached
the office he was recalled and the case
•gainst Robyns dropped. We could
not afford to make the government's
agents paxtlceps crimiaU. Three
months later, however, we jugged
Robyns on an entirely new charge.
"By the way." Chief Wilkie oh
served, es a new angle of thought
t-iuck him. "did you know that
sleight-of-hand is figuring more and
more in the operations of the secret
service? I am trying to get the art
down to a thorougly practical working
basis, and so far bare had good re-
sults. Yes, It’s a little bobby of mine
—this ‘hand la quicker than the eye'
business—but I believe 1 have severs!
men in this bureau who have me
beaten at it.
"One of onr men who ls pretty
handy with his fingers was trying to
land a gang of counterfeiters and sue
ceedod In establishing friendly rela-
tion* with the bunch Every new-
r Is naturally looked upon krlth
clbu ue*J! commit? some overt
act, and in this instance the gang de-
termined to have a showdown. In
floating bad money each man Is given
so much of it and keeps half of the
good money be gets hold of, turning
the remainder In to the makers. The
operator was given a lot of one-dollar
imitations and told to get rid of them,
another of the gang going along to see
that he made good. Each time he en-
tered a store to make a small pur-
chase. as the real crook thought, be
came out with the proper change.
But for pome reason his companion
was not satisfied and adopted the pol-
icy of entering the place with him,
watching him closely as he bought.
It was a pretty trying situation, but
our man managed to do the sleight-
of-hand trick so well that good Amer-
ican tlollars found their way to the
cash drawer, while the ‘phony’ ones
disappeared Somewhere on hts per-
son, as evidence against the count
erfeiters.
"Shadowing and roping." said Chief
Wilkie, "may seem mighty easy to no
outsider; this thing of merely follow-
ing a man, but any one who has ever
turned his hand seriously to it will
tell a different story. It's hardly put-
ting it too strongly to say that it is
an art In ItBelf. Remember, the
shadow' Is dealing with criminals, who
feel that at all times they are being
watched. They suspect every one
and are constantly on the alert to dis-
cover whether they are trailed. One
will go to the gutter, ostensibly to
expectorate, and look backward under
his arm or over his shoulder, or start
on a run, and, turning a corner sharp-
ly, stop stock still to see whether the
'shadow' comes piling after him. only
to be given the laugh. The double
glass windows of drug stows also af
ford sn opportunity (o crooks to re-
assure themselves thut they are not
being followed. And sometimes where
the suspicion is strong a second man
will be put out to see if No. 1 has a
'shadow' in his wake.
"Obviously, what Is needed to make
a successful 'shadow,' then, Is a man
who looks like everybody and nobody;
who, ir you meet him in one block with
his hat down over his eye* would not
be identified as the fellow you met
In another block five minutes before
with his hat on the back of big head.
He must be a man of Intuition, too,
who knows In some way or other
about the next move the crook will
make, and who Is always on his
guard against surprises.
"Roping is accompanied by mors
danger than shadowing. The term
embraces worming oneself into the ac-
quaintance of a sang for the purpose
1 !*te<J after the tremors cessed
Half an hoar later fiah by the thou
i sand* began to rise to the surface, sn
til It was covered with them. Itorty
•even whales were counted, many
cowfish, fully eight feet across, sharks
without number and seals by the hun
dreds. They were evidently stunned
with the force of some terrific marine
| upheave!, and when struck with a
} pole by oue of tbe sailors showed only
faint signs of life. In 30 minutes
after the first fish arose to the sur-
face they began to drop out of sight
! like pieces of lead. Whether they
> were stunned, and. on recovering, Im
• .mediately dove beneath the waves in
a panic, seeking safety In the depths,
or whether they died from the shock,
and. instead of floating as dead fish
do, were drawn under by some sub-
marine whirlpool, were scientific ques
Hens too deep for the skipper, but
half a dosen of the smaller fish hauled
aboard by the cook tor dinner were
quite dead when examined. The calm
continued 24 hours longer before the
ocean resumed Its usual aspect and s
wind from the southeast permitted the
ship to continue *ts course.
HE IS A GREAT FINANCIER.
Doubtless There Are Plenty of Othore
Just Like Him.
• Dark Subject.
"I'm all in the dark about hour
these bills are to be paid,” said Mr
Hardup to bis wife.
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'Well, Henry,” said she, as she
pulled out s colored oae and laid It on
the pile, "you will be if you don't pay
that one, tor it’s the gas bill.”
Man and Beast Alike.
Only those who have suffered the
agony of eye afflictions can appreciate
the blessing to humanity in Dr. Mitch
ell's famoi * 7*jre Salve. Introduced in
this region a- far back as 1849 It is
found to-day in all well regulated
homes hereabouts. Not alone the eyes
of man but those of the dumb animal*
have enjoyed Its comforts. Mit<ffieU'<f
Eye Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 25c.
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You Know Both.
There is a sort of roan who is very
polite to your face, but who talk*
about you after you are gone. There
is another kind of man who grumbles
about you to your face and lets yots
alone when you are absent. The lat
ter sort of a man will last longer, with
all his faults, than the other man
with all his politeness.—Newark
News.
Frame and End Bent.
“I bad a conversation the other
day,” said a well-to-do citizen to the
Louis Globe-Democrat, “with a
man who undertook the discussion of
the currency question and had a pet
theory on the best management of the
government finances, in order to pre
rent a recurrence of the receDt panic." ;
' My friend is unfortunately of very
limited resources, has a large family,
a small salary, and, as I happen to
know, often has difficulty in adjusting
means to ends. This fact, however,
does not prevent his theoriting on the
country’s financial condition, and he
can tell anybody who will listen ex-
actly what the government ought to do ‘
and what the banka ought to do.
and wnat tbe banks ought to do, and
how the two ought to co-operate, ^
order to provide an elastic system of ’
currency which would make our finan
ces as strong as Gibraltar.
"The conversation reminded me of
an incident which occurred a few
years ago in London, concerning s
man who occupied a little back room
In a poor quarter of the east end. H«
ws* evicted for non-payment of rent
He had nothing but a valise and a few
clothes, and while they were throwing
him and his belongings our of the
house a bulky manuscript fell out ol
his pocket. Nobody noticed it at the
time, but after he had gathered his
clothes and taken his departure, one
of the bystanders saw the big roll o!
paper, picked it up, and on opening
it, was surprised and amused to find
It contained an elaborate scheme foi
refunding the national debt of the
British empire."
Sensitiveness of Earth.
The invention of the seismograph
for the study of earthquakes has led
to the discovery of the surprising sen-
sitiveness of the crust of tbe globe to
forces that might have been thought
too insignificant to cause distortion.
Among these forces Is the alteration
In the pressure of the atmosphere dur-
ing the passage of storms, causing a
perceptible tilting of large areas of
ground. Prof. Aniorl of Japan declares
that a storm which passed over the
sea east of Tokyo recently caused the
bordering land to tilt downward, not-
withstanding the fact that the sea
rises with release of atmospheric pres-
sure, and the accumulation of water
more than sufficed to counterbalance
the decrease in weight of the air.
Floor Plan.
to which there is an open shed. A
clear space 12 by 37 feet is left down
the center to accommodate wagons
or other vehicles. This driveway can be
floored above at a height of 12 feet,
while the side spaces over the stalls
can be floored at a height of 8
feet. Materials required will be: Six-
teen pieces 8 by 8 inches, 12 feet;
four pieces 6 by 8 inches, 20 feet;
8 inches. 12 feet; 30 pieces 2 by 8
inches, 13 feet; six pieces 4 by 4
inches, 20 feet; ten pieces 2 by 4
Inches, 18 feet; 1,600 square feet 1 inch
by 3 inches, 16 feet; 191 square feet
1 Inch by 2 Inches. 12 feet; 1,500
square feet 1 inch by 12 inches, 17
feet; 1,200 square feet 1 inch by 11
inches, 16 feet; 2,100 square feet 1
inch by 12 inches, 12 feet.
Ths Sign of Power.
It Is the greatest manifestation of
power to be calm. It is easy to be
active. Let the reins go, and the
horses will drag you down. Anyone-
can do that; but he who can stop the
plunging horses is the strong man
Which requires the greater strength—
letting go, or restraining? The calm
man is not the man who is dull. Tots
must not mistake calmness for dull
ness or laziness. . . . Activity i»
the manifestation of the lower
strength, calmness of the superior
strength.—-Swami Vivebannanda.
PLANT TRAMP BY IN8TINCT.
California Cactus Blows Around thw
Desort for Months.
SWISS MILK CARRIER
The Pope as a Newspaper Reader.
Pope Pius Is a firm believer in
newspaper reading. IHs favorites are
two provincial sheets, Venice Difesa
and Vicenza Verico. The latter pa-
per he has read nearly all his life.
When he became patriarch of Venice
he happened to make the acquaintance
of the editor of Difesa, then a strug-
gling daily. The editor's views pleased
his eminence, and hearing of the edit-
or’s high character, he offered him his
aid. Tbe patriarch’s liberality and
active support soon gave the Difesa a
very wide circulation, and it is now
so profitable that it is regarded as on#
of the most solid institutions of ths
great city.
Extend Siberian Road.
A great extension of the Siberian
railroad is proposed along the River
Amur, and as it has met with hearty
approval on the part of the present
ministry. It is likely to be constructed.
Common-Sense Pruning.—An old
nurseryman who has made a fortune
in the business says that he does not
believe in any fancy notions about
pruning, but tries to have the trees
head low, with trunks not over 2Vi or
3 feet high, and then let them grow
as naturally as possible. If any
branches Interfere with each other he
cuts off the one that can be spared the
best. Do not cut big holes in the top
of the tree, nor cut out the central
branches, but try to have the main
brunches cut out alternately around a
central stem, so that the tree may be
well balanced and sufficiently open to
allow the sunshine to reach all parts
of it. A little common sense is worth
a lot of fancy notions in taking care
of an orchard.
Curious among vegetable growths-
snd one which is seldom seen of mer.
is the rootless cactus of the California
desert, says the Techincal World.
This plant, a round, compact growth,
rolls about the level floor of the des
ert for some eight or nine months of
the year, tossed hither and yon by
the winds which blow with flercenes-*
over all of California's sand plat dur-
ing those months.
At the coming of the rains, or
rather the cloudbursts, which sweep
the desert in its springtime, this cac-
tus takes root wherever it happens to
have been dropped by the last wind
of which it was the plaything and im
mediately begins to put out all around
it small shoots, which in turn become
cacti, exactly like the parent plant.
These young growths increase in
size rapidly, sucking the moJstunr
both from the parent plant and from
the surrounding earth. The roots do
not penetrate the soil deeply, but
spread often over a circle whos**-
radius is not less than ten feet. These
roots, too, are small, but practically
innumerable, and they get every bit
of moisture and plant food to be had-
In the territory they cover.
"THE PALE GIRL.”
Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause,
The Public 8ale.—A public sale has
many advantages, such as meeting and
Here is sn illustration of how milk
is carried to the cheese factories in
8witser!and. The best cheese is made
In the high locations where the tem-
perature during the summer is not
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who ejieaii 8he language. I
picked up a young feiiow who could do
this, and sent him out west. He
wasn't the Srad of operator I wanted,
but h* was the best I could get. at the
time. Lie «IU1 very well for gwhile—
at such u game and has the goods ou
those whose confidence He has won
The door through which onr praises
flow delerminep the size of ths bleao-
j lugs that inwatd tnav go.
exchanging ideas with men engaged
in the same occupation, men who have
spent their lives In the business and
are posted in every phase of it. Tho
old breeder becomes acquainted with
the new man and the class of animals
he buys The stockman and the farm-
er in attendance will unconsciously
receive impressions regarding pure-
bied stock that will cause them to im-
; rove their herds, if not to turn the
leaf clear over and raise nothing but
pure breds. Thus the public sale, un-
der favorable circumstances, may be a
great educator and a benefit to the
hrer-d —William p. McTavish.
burdens have to be resorted to. Hap-
Time Wasted.
Lady (to caller)—Yon won't mind
my going oa with my work white you
ire here, will you? Then I xium't f««2
i’m wasting time.
pily, the muscles of these men soon
become powerful enough to easily
stnnd the strain put upon them. The
JEustratiuj is L uni a report of the
Big Currant Farm.—In Colorado
In cold weather some people think
.a cup of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So It is—for a short time but
the drug—caffeine—acts on the heart
to weaken the circulation and the re-
action is to cause more chilliness.
There is a hot wholesome drink
which a Dak. girl found after a time,
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
"Having lived for five years In N-
Dak., I have used considerable coffee
owing to the cold climate. As a re-
sult I had a dull headache regularly,
suffered from indigestion, and had no
•life’ in me.
"I was known as ‘the pale girl,’ and
people thought I was just weakly.
After a time I had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what it was to be real well. Took med-
icine but It never seemed to do any
good.
"Since being married my husband
and I both have thought coffee was
harming us and we would quit only to
begin again, although we felt it was
the same as poison to us.
“Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headachcr
gone, and I have a great deal of en-
ergy I bad never known while drink-
ing coffee.
*‘I haven't been troubled with indi-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have a little girl and boy who both
lore Postum and thrive oa it ami
Grape-Nuts.”
"There’s a Reason ”
Name given by Postum Co„ Battle
United States Department of Agri- j army
culture. (‘year.
there is one fruit farm upon which are , ^ . - — ---------
lSS.OOo currant bushes which average | t rce*> Mich. Read, "The Road to Well-
a mi lion to each bush or 17,000 bush- ! v^le'” in P^KS.
els each year, it requires quite an ! Ev*r re*d tha afaove tetter? A new
ru gather this
fruit svsry ; one aPPear* from time to time. They
i ar® 8enuifie, true, and futl of human
interest.
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