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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1917-05-10
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30 mamma, come here" called Maud
"a whole lot Of kittens are in our cats
basket"
Our cat has got these kittens for
herself" laughed mother. Hasn't she
a nice familyf'
well" said Maud, lit Is all right to
have family, but I should think she
would have them one at a time"
Weak, Fainty Heart, and Mysteries
can be rectihed by taking "Renovine' a
heart and nerve tonic. Price soc and 81. LeI.
Never judge the dimensions Of q
wOman's brain by the size Of her hat.
Doing things that are not worth
while is a pernicious form Of idleness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

cealmeut Of submarines. destroyers
and other war vessels. Only a snort
time ago our own navy departing mt
experimental with the coloration OF
submarines blotchinE them with big
daubs of paint but the method was
amateurish and the results cores
pOndiuEly uncouEluClns-
one M ight paint q checkerbOard 100
feet square with the primary colors
suitably arranged. and theoretically, II
removed TO distance of a quarter Of
mile. 10 should be invisible But
paint Is always paint Its color effects
are merely initiative, they are not the
same as those Of the light rays that
is not likely to prove practicable to
paint an object OF sight m a literal
sense What may. and probably will.
be accomplished. is the rendering Of
in a degree wholly uuimaEined as
j. Tried on Field Guns.
some time before the war began
our war department made some expe-
riments in the painting Of field guns
with vertical stripes Of red. green
and yellow II was found that the
battery thus automatically adorned,
though in the open. disappeared from
view at a distance Of only 1000 yards
One plainly sees that the idea here
discussed is not based on mere fancy:
il needs only 20 be scientifically de-
veloped in order to be Of most inn
portant practical usefulness
The problem is 70 so arrange the col
ors that they shall blend and make no
color (Which means iuvisihilityl, or,
at an events 20 come as near to Il
as possible. To ought, one might
think. 20 be simple enough. but in
reality the puzzle is highly complex
For aircraft 10 is one question in OPP
tics. for ships on the sea. another:
and for effects ON land. still another.
PeriScopcs Painted.
The periscope or submarine has
for its background the surface OF
the ocean. To render 90 less conspic-
uous. 10 is painted 10 initiate the
color OF the sea. But what is the
color Of the sea- The sea f. green
The sea is blue. The sea is of var
lOus tiuts according 70 depth. and
more particularly On response to the
color of the sky. which u reflects
grey.
A competent authority. however.
urges that the dominant light colors
of the sea are always green and vio-
let mixed lie asserts. therefore, that
pcrlScopes should he painted IN mar
row stripes of violet and green. and
that m thus decorated. they would
melt out OF sight az short dis
lance.
When. not Ions ago. the merchant
submarine Deutschland paid US
visit. u was noticed that her hull was
ornameuted with painted waves. with
''Whitecans" to make them more real
istic- s. similar device has been
adopted on occasions for our own de-
stroyers. But 10 is Of very doubtful
value. What seems TO be really needed
for the purpose is a color scheme. II
the right one can be worked out
To arrange the colors so that on
tically they shall perfectly minEle-
that is the puzzle. As already said. IL
is one puzzle on land. another in the
water and vet another i'm the sky
The balloons used for observation
and artillery directing purposes on
the European fronts are Erey. They
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

ample. by the outlining Of dummy
trenches, designed 10 mislcad scout
ing avistors; or by The imitation Of
armored automobiles with cloth COW
cred frames Of sticks. 10 attract the
fire Of the foe and cause him 20 waste
his expensive ammunition.
Where resort is not had TO such
cheats Of the eye. the aim in view is
70 hide things-to render them i'm
visible. For this is above an else
war OF invisibilty- The Weapons
OF today are SO frightfuIly destruc-
tive that the utmost practical BILE con-
cealment Of men and military mate
rial is prime necessity.
Painting Them Out OF SIGHT.
The eOmbatants abroad construct
fake ammunition dumps 10 invite at
tack They do their best. or course.
10 hide the real ones. destruction of
men would be the most serious kind
Of loss But how much better is they
could make the real dumps invisible
~ IS by no means an impossibilIty-
The problem OF painting things out
OF slgnt seems actually on the verge
of solution.
me same idea rs applic BILE TO big
guns and 10 all sorts of other objects
Tor which cOncealmeut is desira BILE
But n IS only one feature Of the
study which the commission Of Amer
ican artists has undertaken They
nave IN mind even landscape effects
that may be OFFICIALLY deceptive
"Camouflage' has made only a begin
ming as yet; If is capable Of marvels
now undreamed Of.
Recent news dispatches have de-
scribed the latest types Of German
airplanes as cOlored in extraordinary
lasnlon- One wing may be green.
the other red. Some are variegated
and brilliant hues. The allies have
been much puzzled by this novel de-
parture. not knowing what 20 make
Of t. But odd though DO may seem,
the object IN view is Utmost nm
doubtedly to render the flying ma
chimes less easy for the anti aircraft
guns to hit.
Is Crude ExpedIent.
The eEpedieut is eEceediuEIy crude.
not because il is not based upon a
correct idea. but for the reason that
the latter is carried out i'm an un-
scientific way. And the same re-
mark applies to q device which the
French artillerists have recently
adopted Of painting their guns
with splotches Of various colorT in
aloft.
The whole problem. obviously. IS
one Of optics. Daylight as we know.
is composed Of all the colorE Of the
rainbow That is easily proved by
passing sunbeam through a glass
prism. which breaks it up- But all
the colors mixed together make a
colorless light
If. then. an object be so painted
that its colors when seen from a d lis
tsnce. mix and blend perfectly. IL
should become invisible. This is the
theoretical idea In practice it could
hardly operate with complete salts
factoriness. but IL might be nearly
approached. and this is the most i'm
portant Of the puzzles which the
American artists commission viii try
to work out
It is applicable not only 10 air
sort OF thing that Gike armored cars
and tanks for eNamnie) must be
exposed to the view OF the enemy. on
the sea it has TO do with the con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

The property beIonfs 20 the United
States Steel corporation. which has
expended about 100000 for inn
provemeuts since IT. was taken over,
and which has now authorized the
rapid expenditure Of S11.oo0.0nO more
TO meet the demands Of the war This
plant is now working at its fun ca
pscitv upon orders for the United
States government. II is turning out
steel rails and structural steel and it
will install machinery for other prod
ucts in connection with the needs OF
the nation
The buildings of the Enslev plant
already cover almost 20 acres They
Include blast furnaces as big around
as q haysJack and as high as a 10
story house These furnaces are
largely heated by gas, which Is BY
product of the coke ovens They nave
altogether A capacity OF 1000 tons or
pig iron per day. Gas pipes so large
that q horse could trOt through them
wind their way like mighty snakes
above and below. as you 20 through
the works and the Bessemer convert
ers. kettles of iron so big that eacn
would form q bathtub for an ele-
plant. send forth showers Of sparks
and flames more brilliant than those
U hitch reduced Sodou TO ashes Here
Won see rivers Of boiling. bubblil-
metal flowing I'm waterfalls Of gold
from the furnaces into the cars, and
there vast clouds of steam burst forth
like volcanoes in cooking the coke
Everything Is On Big Scale.
Everything is on an enormous
scale. ard that after such costello
ieucv methods that the savings are
calculated TO the hundredths Of thou
saudths Of a cent Everything pos
sibIe is done by machinery and the
human labor. which includes the
work of an army twice as large as
that which Neuophou led on his
march TO the sea Is reduced TO the
minimum. Nothing is wasted and
the company is alive TO new ideas
The employees are interested in the
plant. and suggestion boxes are scat
tered throughout IL in order that they
may give their ideas as TO its i'm
prOTement. Such suggestions may
be posted in sealed envelopes and at
fixed intervals prizes are awarded by
a committee Of judges. The best suE-
Eestion receives q premium OF 800
the second best S25 and there are
system OF giving the employees per
sonal interest in the plant runs
throughout all of its departments.
During my stay followed the
processes Of making khe iron ore into
steel rails. I saw the iron and coal
as they came from the mines. and
watched them a s they were dumped
with the limestone into the furnaces
The Birmingham ore is mixed with
other impurities ONLY about one
third Of IL is pure iron, and the
whole has TO be smelted or turned
20 a liquid in such a way that the
Impurities may be taken out and only
the iron left This is the work OF the
Iraft furnaces The ore IS put in with
limestone and coal, and from the
bottom a hot blast is introduced
which turns the whole interior TO
=
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

is sapping and mining. They dig like
rats seeking 20 undermine and blow
up the enemy For two whole years
the British sappers dug tunnel TO
get beneath the MessIneE ridge which
as to- SO long an obstacle 10 the
advance Of their armies Then. when
all was ready. they exploded several
millions Of pounds Of dynamite and
blew the ridge TO pieces. Whereupon
the British rushed forward and took
possession Of the heights
Balloons for NOEht Observations.
For obvious reasons airplanes can
not be used az niEht for observing
purposes. But the same remark does
not apply 20 balloons one way IN
which the latter are employed in the
paper parchuteS that carry fire car
trldEes or hrIllialcy enough 20 Hum
mate whole landscape for minute
or more possibly disclosing the pre-
viously suspected position Of hostile
battery OF artillery But the light
does not reveal the balloon. which
remains invisible from below.
Another trick consists IN suspend
inE from balloon big mirror re-
Hector. beneath which fire cartridges
are set off at intervals by q touch
on an electric button This sort Of
aerial searchlight" las 10 is called
spreads an illum nation far and wide
over the train beneath without re-
the darkness Of the sky
The field searchlight' has for one
OF its most important functions the
binding Of the enemy which. Of
course is only another way of obtain
ing invisihility- tt Is carried on an
automobile truck specially built for
the purpose. and has the same mobil-
1ty as field gun Our own govern
ment has been experimenting recently
with a searchliEht Of this description
nHaan O. lava Fnn = hnH0-hH n
40 feet. for observation purposes. by
feleScopinC tower.
The gasoline that propels the auto
searchlight is used incidentally 10
generate electricity for the light it,
self An essential feature Of the iIlu-
miuatIng apparatus Is glass mirror,
backed with silver which may be
three feet in diameter To throws a
glare that viii illuminate brilliantly
a wide area and may on occasions be
utilized most advantageous iu
BIindinE the Enemy.
But suppose the attack TO be made
by the enemy II there be warning of
the assault. a dozen such search
lights may suddenly turn upon the
advancing ranks in a binding blaze
They viii Instantly fas many an eN-
perience has proved be thrown into
disorder their confusion being
greater than n a whole battery of
field guns had opened upon them So
blinded are they by the unexpected
and appalling glare that they lose
their sense OF direction. not knowing
which way TO march. For the time be-
ING they arc literally deprived Of
sight and. i'm their helplessness. they
are moved down by the IRE Of the
defenders
To blind the enemy is one way to
achieve invisibility. To cheat his eve
Is another. and by all odds the most
Important The latter is summed up
IN what the French call "camoufaEe-"
We are trying 10 develop Or. and
there IS no telling what remarkable
dcluCs I'm this line American lnEeuu-
itv IN the present war may not
achieve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

are much less -onSpicuous than II
white OF OF any single color. but gray
rs not the hue of the sky. ordinarily.
Lile a Fairy Tale.
In familiar fairy tale Of our uur-
serE days. the plucky though dimiu-
utlFe nero oFerCCmeS the giant BIZ
the mere fact Of possessing the cap
OF invisibiiity.' He puts il on and To-
his huge adversary knows not where
or how 10 strike The vanuuishment
OF the giant is as much a certainty
as though he were blind.
Each com blatant in the present war
is trying 10 make use Of the cap Of
invisibility- II IS the main reliance
for purposes Of defence. and even. TO
considerable extent. for the purDose
Of attack The field grey" German
uniforms are mist grey in a dim light.
a any time they make the IVea rers
iuconspicuous against the fighting
background. The French horizon
blue" has the same object IN view
likewise the dirt colored British and
American khaki
lnvisibility Is the keynote or mod
crn warfare The invisible fighting
man lives i'm an invisible house. his
tent being OF the same material as
his uniform, though OF coarser tex
ture II is even proposed to breed
horses OF khaki color, for cavalry
use-an idea entirely practicable.
doubtless Cities-Londou. for exam
ple-try to make themselves invisible
at night by putting out their lights
as precaution against air raids.
Hiding Behind smoke.
The submarine is a conspicuous ex-
ample OF fighting efficiency gained
through inability TO hide. Next in inn
portauce i'm this line. as a naval in
yention for securing invlsibility. is
the smoke screen. by which a few
destroyers. beIching forth huge vol
umes Of black smoke. can hide battle
ships or fleet Of Transports from
the enemys view A similar contriv-
ance has recently been adOpted for
the defence OF Merchantmen at
tackled by submarines-the ship es-
Gaping by means exactly cores
pondlnE 20 that Of the cuttlefish.
which emits cloud OF ink 20 conceal
its movements
one advantage the Germans had at
the outset Of the war was an appre-
citation Of the fact. uurecoEnized bv
their adversaries. that under modern
conditions there could be no such
thing as worth while Qualifications
above the level of the ground. Defen-
sive FORKS tas they alone realized)
must be Subterranean. and SO they
always viii he in the future. because
nothing that human hands can build
is able 10 Withstand the destructive
power Of high explosive nrojcctfes.
NO fortresses hitherto constructed
have been com parable in strength to
the underground trench systems that
mark the fighting fronts in Euroue.
But their greatest advantage. tactf-
cally spea king. lies in the protection
against Eunfire enjoyed by the carri-
sons Of these suhterraneau strong
holds They can hide while the
storm RACES over them. and the SUP
plies they need are fetched 10 them
through tunnels sometimes miles IN
leuEth-the same tunnels anordiug
opportunity for the coming In and
going out Of relays Of troops 10 and
from the fighting line
Fighting Underground.
Burrowing underground is an inn
portant part Of the work Of the fight
ing men IN Europe-or. ar an events
of many Of them whose special task
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
The Lassoo' Is a New Play
That Does Not Promise
to Pay Big Dividends.

rEW YORK, Aug. 25.-We VIII
NJ predict. without much fear Of
i successful contradiction. that
The Very idea viU be a box office
success In fact. we would call il
appealingIy decsdent we're IL not for
the fact that any shadiness attached
10 a show always draws the church
folk and the sort in large d-oves 90
see IT,.
We sinners aIzays seek some old
fashioned PLAY THAT has mother ~7i+-
irE for her erra-- son as the curtain
gets ready for The last drop iu the
third act and. elriously. We are
rather satisfied. But the strictly vir-
tuous and sminentIy respectable per-
son is the one upon whom theatrical
managers such as Lawrence Weber
and G.. ". Anderson depend when
they throw on fine public farce like
The Very Idea
They like something that IS arti-
fcislly clever They like TO see stu
atoms on the stage that are not inn
possible only for the reason that
nothing is impossible. They laugh
At lines that are smart because
they do not want TO be considered as
antique as the dodo. They uphold
drama % this sort through their
patronage and then 20 out and preach
moral lplift.
The Plot OF the Play.
Thus. having given some reason for
the success OF the latest farce. 1t
won't do any harm to tell something
about the farce itself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

and professional skill have under
taken TO develop. for our use and that
Of our allies. the new and picturesque
military art OF "camouflage"
means the deception Of the enemy by
means OF optical Illusions.
Tt is an art already practiced by
the armies in Europe in q great va
riety Of ingenious w4-s-ss. for ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Painting Things "Out of Sight" Is
New Art of War to Deceive Enemy
-BT-
Rene Bache

Cmouag" Cudey Believed Practical
and Already Is Being Successfully Applied
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Iron and Steel Plants of South Are
Supplying u. S. With War Materials

Birmingham Alabama Deposits
Steel Making Industry in South Troops Guard Big Plants
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
By
Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright. 1917. by Frank
c. Carpenter)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

Z TASHINGTON, D. C., Aus. .
~ A number Of American art
lists Of highest reuu-atfon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

TEW YORK, Aug. 25.-We VIII
N predict. without much fear Of
\ successful contradiction. that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Fighting Underground.

BurroWiu- underground ls an inn
portant part Of the work Of the fight
ing men m Europe-or. az an events
of many Of them. whose special task
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25


Do you wish to see his face?
Draw from one to two and 80 on to
the end
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

Draw from one to two and 50 on to
the end,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

Before I describe my visit 10 he
The Adair County news., 1917-10-03
Left for Home.

Mrs. Cornelia Gilmer, of Honey
Grove, Texas, a native of Columbia,
who spent two months in this place
and out in the county, left for her
home last Wednesday. She has a
great many relatives in Adair, Mrs. j.
w. Coy, of Columbia, being niece.
Mrs. Gimer is a daughter of Capt.
James Murrell, long since dead, but
in the early sixties he was the best
known man in Adair county. He was
a man of large brain and ready wit, d
very compamonable gentleman. his
company being sought by such men
as Gen Clip SuddarUh, Governor Bran
lette and other distinguished charac,
tiers. He was at all times ready to re-
Spond, especially if he saw an OppOr-
tunity TO work off little fun. After
his Oldest daughter had married and
his second daughter, Mary, called
Puss, having left for Texas, Mrs.
Mccain, then single, and Cornelia,
the youngest, had decided to make
their home with relatives in the
Glensfork country, Capt Murrell
thought it best that he break up
housekeeping. After the last load of
household goods had been hauled to
the residences of his children, he
walked from his former home to the
square, and upon the corner where
the Bank of Columbia is located, he
met Spence Dabney, Clip Suddarth
and John A. PEBBLES. Capt. Murrell
greeted them thusly: "The birds of
the air have nests and the foxes of
the woods hath holes, but the builder
of this town hath not where to lay
his head"
Dabney, who was as poor as church
mouse, said: capt. come down and
eat dinner with me-" Quickly this
response came: spence, what days
do you eat?"
Before taking her departure Mrs.
Gilmer stated that she had spent a
most delightful visit, and before
many years she would come again.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-03
FrIghtful Accident.

Last Thursday night while the peo-
pie were returning from the recital at
the Lindsey Wilson, a frightful acct
dent occurred near the former res
idence of the late Mrs. NJ. E. Marcum.
A young man named Edwin Price
who was in buggy, accompanied by
two young girls, were enroute to their
home. Kinniard Rowe was coming up
the street in an auto leading to the
Graded School building. And just as
he made the turn on to the pike. lead
ing to the square, he met another au-
to, the lights shining brightly, and
Kinniard says that he was. blinded,
and did not see the buggy until he
ran into it. When the buggy was
struck the occupants screamed, and
Kinniard stopped his machine and
went to the assistance of the occu-
pants of the buggy. Fortunately the
occupants of the vehicle were not
hurt to any great extent. The horse,
however, was cut IN one Of two places,
and some spokes OF the front wheels
of the buggy broken
Young Rowe is very sorry that the
accident occurred and is willing to
make the damages whole.
We talked to Mr.. Rufus Price
Friday morning, who is the father Of
the young man who was in the buggy
and also the owner of the animal he
was driving, and he said that he was
perfectly satisfied that it was an I'M
aVoidable accident.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-03
Recital at the LIndSey.WilSOn.

The recital given in the chapel of
the Lindsey Wilson, last Thursday
evening, by Mrs. Annie M. Woodall,
teacher of Music and Expression, in
said institution, drew many people to
the hill, and they were we'll paid for
their visit. Mrs. Woodall is a very
talented lady, reciting with perfect
ease and grace. The rendition Of the
scene from Les Miserables, reminded
the readers of this famous book of one
of the most touching recitals it con.
tains. AS the lady spoke you could
almost see Jean Vatican, the Galley
slave, and the old Bishop, as he mag
unanimously befriended him.
Her other selections were high class
and given most beautifully. Mrs.
Woodall is certainly coming up to the
strong endorsements as to her skill
and literary attainments, sent in be-
fore her arrival.
During the evening the selections OF
the reader were interspersed with mu-
sic, piano and violin, by Mrs. C. M.
Russell and Prof. Walter Sullivan, who
bear the distinction of being high class
musicians, and whose efforts on this
occasion were highly appreciated.