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The Bee's Platform.
1. Naw Union Pmtiongtr Station.
2. Continued improTomont of tht Ne
braska. Highways, including th par
mont of Main Thoroughfare loading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A ahert, low-rata Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
A CHEAP CATCH PHRASE.
Just what does Governor Cox mean by hi
promise to have a "real dirt farnter" as secre
tary of agriculture, aside from the obvious
criticism of President Wilson's appointee to that
position?
If the expression "real dirt farmer" means
anything it means one who is engaged person
ally in that occupation rather than theoretically.
To own one or more farms is one thing; to be
a farmer is quite another. A farmer is one who
tills the soil, or conducts or manages a farm.
A "real dirt" farmer means, if it means any
thing, one who personally tills the soil; that is,
one who plows, plants, hoes, digs, and per
forms actual routine farm labor such as cultivat
ing and harvesting crops.
We doubt much any desire by real farmers
for that sort of secretary of agriculture. We
believe they much prefer a man who possesses
expert knowledge of cultivation, of seeding, of
farm conservation, of stock, small fruits, or
chards and farm equipment; and especially a
man familiar with the wise marketing of all
farm products at the proper time, and of the
technical and practical things which insure
profits from the cultivation of the soil and the
production of poultry, dairy products and live
stock.
To be of any practical use in the agricultural
field a secretary having its interests in charge
must know the farm needs of the whole United
States. No "real dirt" farmer could possibly
have that equipment, which may be acquired
only by a highly specialized training and prac
tical farm experience in widely separated parts of
the country, along with continuous intensive
study of soils, seeds and markets. He is neces
sarily a big man who can qualify to fill the
office in question. Governor Cox's expression
is entirely political, not agricultural, and there
fore may be dismissed as campaign bunk.
Home Made West Virginia Plug.
Over in West Virginia, where the tobacco
ehewer "raises his own," the farmer has also
Jong made his own "plug." Twenty years ago,
when we first heard how he did it. trees were
a pest to the West Virginia farmer. The work
of clearing his land was laborious indeed. A
man who acquired twenty or thirty acres of
ground usually had a forest on half his acreage,
while the rest was mostly hillsides. But that's
another story.
When the farmer's tobacco was cured,
cleaned and stemmed, he cut it into squares
about an inch across and sprinkled sugar! peach
brandy and spice over it. Then he went out
with an inch and a half augur, selected a hickory
tree about eighteen inches in diameter (West
Virginia was the land of hickory hooppolcs be
fore steel hoops came into vogue) and bored
several holes ten inches deep in it. Into these
holes the prepared tobacco was tamped tight to
within an inch of the bark, after which close fit
ting plugs were driven with a sledge hammer
uttil the tobacco was compressed to the limit.
There it was allowed to remain from four to
six months, when the tree was cut down and
the cylinders of "eating tobacco" carefully re
moved and wrapped in heavy cloths saturated
v i tit licorice syrup. In two weeks this wrap
ping was removed and "sweet hickory plug" was
rady for use.
It starts the saliva of a tobacco chewer even
to think of the delectable flavor of that delicious
product, which some traveler in West Virginia
first heard of the other day and wrote up as a
new discovery.
A Wayward Prince.
The suicide of Prince Joachim, youngest son
of the former kaiser, and perhaps the wildest of
an unfortunate family proup born to the purple,
led a hectic life sta:ucd with sensuality and
seisation. Divorced by his wife, this
prince of the house of Hohcnzollern was true to
form in extravagance, vanity, irresponsibility.
When royalty tumbled to ruin in Potsdam he
tumbled with, squandered what resources he
had left and finally died by his own hand.
No young American, born intelligent and
with clean blood in his veins, has cause to envy
any scion of royalty abroad. Indeed, all other
men should be thankful that the tainted blood of
the Hohenxollerns does not run in their veins.
A Cool Summer.
We have official authority that this is a cool
summer for Omaha, although the temperature
for the year to date shows a daily average excess
of one degree. To this is added the comforting
fact that our rainfall is six inches under nor
mal, which gives a reasonable expectation
of rains to further alleviate the temperatures
during the remaining forty days of the celendar
summer. )
And with it all Omaha has reason to be
thankful for the low humidity which makes high
temperatures so much more tolerable.
On the Wane.
The waning of the democratic national cam
paign began en Sunday, July 18, when it be
came known that the candidate nominated to
Vtad the democratic party gently away from
voices in the air and visions on the horizon, had
been taken up into an exceeding high place and
shewn the glory of internationalism. And
thereupon he fell down and worshipped super
government, and began to serve it instead of
hit own nation.
And that morning and the evening thereof
yni Um fceginnipg of the end of Cox,
HARDING'S MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE.
In accepting the nomination of the repub
lican party as its candidate for the presidency
of the United States, Warren G. Harding has
completely vindicated the judgment of the dele
gates to the Chicago convention, if such vindi
cation were needed. He makes plain that the
big outstanding issue is to be opposition to
Wilsonism in all its forms, a return to consti
tutional instead of one-man government, and
the maintenance of the independence and dig
nity of the republic, with the safety of all its
citizens. It is no fine array of rhetorical ele
gancies, no impassioned flight of fulminating
oratory, no alluring array of specious promises
or glittering generalities that Senator Harding
presents. Rather, it is the carefully consid
ered, patiently worded pledge of a man who
realizes and appreciates the responsibility that
is to be his when elected. In simple words
and phrases whose sincerity carries convic
tion, he has outlined the issues and set forth
his conception of the duties, the privileges and
the opportunities of the high office of chief
magistrate of the greatest republic in the world's
history.
Greatest of emphasis is laid on the need
of restoring as rapidly and completely as pos
sible the functions of the Constitution of the.
United States and the government thereunder
established. This is what is contained in his
reference to the house of representatives and
the senate. It does not mean that the execu
tive is to be dominated by congress, but that
he is to regard with due respect he provisions
of the Constitution, and to exact a similar
regard from other branches ol ihe government.
The delayed peace is discussed calmly and
dispassionately, with an utter absence of high
falutin rhodomontade. No mention is made of
the world's broken or bleeding heart, but a
very frank statement of purpose to restore
peace without delay on such basis as will main
tain the independence of the United States and
the control of its domestic affairs, including the
right of declaring war, in the hands of the
people and their representatives. The meaning
of these words cannot be misconstrued:
We do not mean to hold aloof. We dp
1 not mean to shun a single responsibility of
this republic to world civilization. There is
no hate in the American heart. We have
no envy, no suspicion, no aversion for any
people in the world. . . We believe the
unspeakable sorrows, the immeasurable sac
rifices, the awakened convictions and the
aspiring conscience of human kind must com
mit the nations of the world to a new and
better relationship. It need not be discussed
now what motives plunged the world into
war; it need not be inquired whether we
asked the sons of this republic to defend our
national rights, as I believe we did, or to
purge the old world of the accumulated ills
of rivalry and greed; the sacrifices will be
in vain if we cannot acclaim a new order,
with added security to civilization and peace
maintained.
What sort of administration he proposes
may be judged from the definite program he
outlines:
I believe the budget system will effect a
necessary, helpful reformation, and reveal
business methods to government business.
I believe federal departments should be
made more business-like and send back to
productive effort thousands of federal em
ployes, who are either duplicating work or
not essential at all.
I believe in the protective tariff policy and
know we will be calling for its saving Ameri
canism again.
Here is a specific promise on which busi
ness men can rely. Senator Harding is equally
specific in his promise to labor. Recognizing
the doctrine of collective bargaining, the right
of workers to organize unions and to strike,
he also upholds the public's right to continu
ous service of governmental agencies and the
necessity of applying the rule to such indus
tries as the railroads, whose function is for the
public rather than private benefit. The equal
ity of all workers tinder the law is also to be
maintained, and no advantage given to groups
of any kind.
In these pledges, supported well by logic and
reason, is contained a policy that will restore
health to American industry and commerce,
simply because it restores the health', uncon
trolled competition which is essentially neces
sary to real growth and susbstantial develop
ment. Governmental interference with private
undertakings that do not menace the well-being
of the people or transcend the law is not to be
tolerated.
Careful perusal of the speech of acceptance
is recommended, as it will be of service in
understanding much that is certain to be said
and written as the campaign progresses. Sena- I
tor Harding has neither evaded nor avoided
any of the issues, Hkit has frankly declared his
position on all. His language is simple and
direct, -devoid of flourish or elaborate ornamen
tation, his reasoning is cogent and logical and
his conclusions plain and easily understood.
The speech will not be preserved for any catch
phrase it contains, but because of its sound
Americanism. Patriotic citizens can well form
behind a man who speaks the language of the
plain people, and whose appeal is to their patri
otism, their common sense and their duty to
God, their country and themselves.
Too Much Doherty.
Mr. Henry L. Doherty, head of big financial
interests centering in Wall Street, and a man
of unusual capacity for( large financial affairs,
has organized his1 employes into a "fraternity"
y-clept the "Doherty Men's Fraternity." Con
spicuous among its benign purposes is that of
the "perpetuation of, the business policy and
philosophy of Henry L. Doherty." Once a
year, on the birth anniversary of H. L. D. there
is a celebration by all the branches of the Do
herty organization of the first generation of
"Doherty men," who plant trees in honor, of
Doherty under which future generations of
Doherty men may "pay reverent tribute to him."
The foregoing quotations are from an elabor
ately printed magazine of a hundred pages
adorned by two portraits of Mr. Doherty and
largely devoted to his glorification. It is a
new departure in commercial celebration of the
virtues of a living man, and as such an offense
to good taste.
The employes of Mr. Doherty may plant
trees in honor of his achievements and make
speeches flattering the gentleman's philosophy,
whatever it may be, but we utterly refuse to
assume an attitude of reverence toward him
until bankers' shares get well up in the 40's.
Sir Thomas says he is glad that Resolute
won on Wednesday, but he may not be so
elated when the sun goes down this evening.
No sign of wavering is what Senator Hard
ing says.
The Electoral College
Thomas F. Healey in the Philadelphia Ledger.
The selection of presidential electors in
Pennsylvania and the eagerness of the respect
ive party managers in seeking the services of
men of wide prominence despite the relatively
minor roles which they ultimately play in the
great national contest directs attention to a re
quirement of the constitution, of which the gen
eral voting public has little knowledge, either
of its origin or its purposes.
That is the "double-election" system of
choosing a president of the United States. It
is a system which ever since the day of Jeffer
son has been observed in form only and is
so little reckoned with by the average voter
that the men of prominence who comprise the
electoral college scarcely receive the slightest
consideration from the voter when he casts his
ballot for the presidential candidate of his
ehoice.
Nevertheless the party managers nuke a
careful search for men whose names will add
dignity and weight to the ticket, men of wide
reputation not only in the commonwealth but
in the nation at large. Some of these men
have served repeatedly, notwithstanding that
from the day of their selection until they cast
their ballots they received only scant attention
either from the press or the voters.
Perhaps no other section of the constitution
was regarded with more cfwnplacency by the
men who proposed it than this method of choos
ing a chief magistrate, and yet they were soon
to see it become only a nominal factor in the
choice of a president. There was no dispute
about the first two elections because everybody
was for Washington, but almost immediately
thereafter contests were conducted on straight
party lines and have continued to be so con
ducted. The result has been that electors are
pledged to party action, subordinating their in
dependence to the will of a majority of their
party. The records of Pennsylvania, for in
stance, contain no case of electors ever having
failed to cast their vote for a man other than
the party nominee. There is not to be found
any instance in the history of the country when
a sufficient number of votes were cast in the
electoral college to upset the will of the people
as expressed by popular vote at the polls. In
the 1796 election scattering votes were cast, but
Adams and Jefferson were the only prominent
candidates before the country, and they re
ceived the majority of the electoral votes of
their parties.
It is because the electors have become a
mere cog in the election machinery and are
chosen under a pledge of honor to vote for
a particular candidate that they assume so littlf
prominence in the presidential election. Except,
as was said, that men of high qualification and
attainments add prominence and dignity to the
party ticket, their qualifications amount to little
in the contest.
But the system itself has a very decided
effect upon the election. In effect, it makes
the choice of a president an election by states.
a consequence unforeseen by its original pro
ponents. The system of choosing electors by
a "general ticket" means that the entire elec
toral vote of that state will be thrown into the
scale of one candidate. Should the republican
list be carried in Pennsylvania, it will be car
ried in full, and this means that the electoral
vote of this state will be secured for Mr. Har
ding and the thousands of votes given Mr. Cox,
the democratic nominee, will be utterly lost,
for they cannot under the electoral system go
to swell the total received by Mr. Cox in a
safely democratic state. Thus it comes about
that we speak of "minority presidents," execu
tives who received a minority of the popular
vote in the nation, but a majority of the elec
toral votes of the states.
Mr. Hamilton and his colleagues in the con
stitutional convention looked forward with a
great deal of fear to unwise selections if the
business of choosing a president were placed
in the hands of the people at large. Respecting
the presidency they entertained the same idea
as that which influenced them to write into
the constitution a provision that the senate
should be elected by the selected representatives
of the people in the state legislatures. Look
ing back upon these things in the light of mod
ern thought it is apparent that Hamilton's fears
were inspired by his distrust of popular judg
ment, and that the systems be proposed and
had written into the constitution were essen
tially undemocratic features of a document
which was propounded as the bulwark of de
mocracy. The disposition which the nation has
made of both provisions justified such a con
clusion. In having the people choose electors who
in Uirn would elect the president Mr. Hamilton
sought to oppose "cabal, intrigue and corrup
tion." He even saw the possibility of foreign
intrigue in the selection of our presidents by
powers anxious to gain improper ascendancy
in the councils of this nation. For the purpose
of avoiding such contingencies it was provided
that no public servant of the government could
fill the post of elector, but that men freee of
all entangling alliances and only those not in
a situation that might be construed as one of
influence with the president while in office
should be chosen.
What men of the Hamilton group did not
foresee was the rapid growth of parties and
the consequent disappearance of independent
choice upon the part of the electors. Such free
dom and discretion vanished as early as the
fourth election, for it was felt that the time
had come when national issues should be de
cided, not by a picked group, but by the na
tion. This idea has progressed, until today the
electors are not only selected by the active
party managers, but are approved by the re
spective candidates themselves for the purpose,
undoubtedly, of preventing the slightest pos
sibility of any but party action.
The Eskimo Heaven
The Old Angakok, Masaitsiak,, said:
You Kablunait (white men) believe that the
great good Spirit is a male being, we Innult
believe that the great good Spirit is a female.
Her abode is down in the bowels of the earth
where it is nice and warm, and to her the
souls of all good people go after death.
"Those of us who in this present life are not
as good as we ought to be, must in the next
life be satisfied with the upper regions. But
it is very cold up there," and he pointed toward
the sky, "and none of us wish to go . there."
When told that white people believed that
the upper regions is the place of reward, and
that the warm place down below is only for
bad people, he shook his head.
"Even white people may sometimes be mis
taken," he said, "and any sensible Eskimo
would think that he got quite enough of cold
weather in this life and that the good Spirit
could not possibly give him any better reward
for good conduct than a warmer existence in
the next." World Outlook.
Harding is Human
Governor Harding is from President McKin
ley's state. He posseses many cf the character
istics of that much beloved martyr. During his
occupancy of the White House we shall have,
not an autocratic, one-man-power administra
tion, keeping itself so far aloof from the people
as to be out of touch with popular sentiment,
and defiant of it, but responsibe, co-operative,
accessible and capable of rccogniznig the merits
of views not altogether in harmony with his
own.
What is promised, therefore, in the persons
of the candidates for both the presidency and
the vice presidency is a dignified, efficient, re
sponsive administration, conducted along those
lines which in the past have given assurance to
the people of tranquility, prosperity, the main
tenance of law and order, and the conditions es
sential for the betterment of society, the proper
adjustment of social problems, industrial rela
tions and international affairs. Minneapolis
Tribune.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
(Juration concerning hjrrlrna, imi
tation and prevention of dWne, null
milled to Dr. Emna hy rrutlera ut Tue
Bee, will bo anmcrcri pentonully, ub
jeet to proper limitation, where a
tamped, addreaaed envelope la en
closed. Dr. Kvana wlU not nuilie
dlngnaala or prescribe for lmllvldtr.il
dlsenaea. Addre letter In rare ol
The Dee.
Copyright, 1920. by Dr. W. A. Evani.
STOMACH APPRECIATES ART.
At Jefferson Medical college,
Miller, Bergelm, Itehruss and Hawk
continue their Investigations of di
gestion, making use of healthy young
men as subjects and using foods
prepared for the tanie and served
as foods are on the ordinary home
tahle. They have devised several
methods which help them greatly In
their work.
' For Instance, they have a ther
mometer which, having been swal
lowed, records what happens when
a person eats Ice cream, or hot oat
meal. They have a stomach pump
that takes away a man's breakfast
as expeditiously as ho stows It away.
In addition, they employ the usual
mothods of lighting up the stomach
as well as testing its contents
chemically and otherwise.
The two latest reports appearing
In the American Journal of Vhysio
logy are of a series which have
thrown light on many disputed
questions about foods. One of these
two is given over to a study of the
effect of thought and emotion on di
gestion. Their results are entirely in
accord with those of the Russian,
Pawlow, since confirmed by several
others.
The odor and appearance of good
food Is a help in digestion. On the
other hand, food which repels the
senses is digested with difficulty.
For instance, when a man situ
down to a beautifully set table and
eats food which srm-fis good and
tastes good his digestive organs start
out with their best runt forward
Heading a newspaper with the meal
does not retard digestion, rlcasant
conversation and agreeable compan
ions help fill in the picture.
On the other hand, if a man sits
down to a meal of Chinese eggs his
stomach balks unless he has trained
himself to like Chinese eggs, lim
burger cheese, and otner high foods.
Just now we will be interested in
the study of coffee, tea, and cocoa.
They do not find that coffee was
diftlcult to digest. Drinking corcee
did not lessen the secretion of gas
tric juice. The effect of coffee 'on
the production of acid by the stom
ach was not very different from that
due to drinking a like quantity 01
water. The production of acidity
was somewhat delayed, but not
much. Peptic digestion, another im
portant work of the stomach, also
was somewhat interfered with, but
not much. The time required for
the stomach to finish its work and
empty its contents was not material
ly lengthened.
The conclusion Is that coffee and
tea. as well, are somewhat hard to
digest, but that most of the bad
reputation which they have in this
direction is not deserved. When It
comes to the constitutional effects
the indictment was more severs.
Coffee stimulated the pulse. In one
case it went from 150 to 160. It pro
duced nervousness, sweating, trem
ors, headache, dizziness and sleep
lessness. The conclusion is that coffee and
tea are in no wise to be considered
as beverages to be used in an un
restricted manner. The men experi
mented on were not coffee fiends. In
fact, some of them were not ac
customed to drinking coffee at all.
The dose given was large. It was
about one quart
Other scientific studies of coffee
alluded to were one in the London
Lancet in 1911 and one by Benzoldt
in the German Archive for Clinical
Medicine for X893.
Hearing Own Heart.
8. M. R. writes: "1. What is the
symptom of a weak heart?
"2. If the heart beats hard or
palpitates rapidly, is that a sign of
a weak heart or Just nerves?
"3. What causes the heart to miss
beats?
"4. Is a person supposed to hear
his own circulation and feel his
heart beat?"
REPLY.
1. Rapid pulse, palpitation.
2. It may result from goiter, ner
vousness, "weak" heart, tobacco
ADVERTISEMENT
Tan, Red or Freckled
Skin Is Easily Shed
Tj free your Bummer-soiled skin of its
muddiness, freckles, blotches or tan, the
best thing to do Is to free yoursef of the
skin itself. This is easily accomplished
by the use of ordinary mercolized wax,
whicl- of course can be had at any drug
tore. Use at night as you use cojd
cream, washing it off in the morning;.
Immediately the offending surfac skin
begins to come off in fine powder-like
particles. Gradually the entire outer
scarf akiii is absorbed without the least
harm or inconvenience. The scond
layer of skin now In evidence presents a
spotless whiteness and sparkling beauty
obtainable in no other way. One ounee
of mercoliied was usually is sufficient to
completely renovate a bad complexion.
Cox won't find it out for two weeks.
It'a Ohio. Turn.
We can't see all the use of being so jealous
of Ohio we haven't had a single president since
4 Id Bill TaftWilmington News-Journal.
Friday Ends The
Simmons Metal Bed
Demonstration At
Union Outfitting Co.
Delicia Ice Cream and
Loose-Wiles Sunshine
Biscuits FREE to
Everyone.
A Beautiful Simmons Brass
Bed Given Away FREE
Friday Evening.
If you are interested in what
is new and beautiful in Steel and
Brass Beds drop into the Sim
mons Exhibition at the Union
Outfitting Company and enjoy a
cooling dish of Delicia Ice Cream
with Sunshine Cakes while
viewing the many unusual de
signs in metal beds.
Women everywhere know the
Simmons principle of bed con
struction means sound, refresh
ing sleep.
The accurate squaring and
fitting of spring frames which
prevents the spring from devel
oping a knock or rattle insures
the superior sleep qualities for
which Simmons Beds have long
been famous.
At the Union Outfitting Com
pany, located Out of the High
Rent District, no transaction is
ever considered complete until
the customer is fully satisfied.
And, as always, you make your
own terms.
poisoning, coffee poisoning, or any
one of several other causvs.
3. Those enumerated above are
the more important causes.
4. Yes.
X-Kay Treatment IWt.
J. "n. writes: "What is the cure
for ringworm of the scalp?"
, KKPLY.
X-ray treatment Is much more
satisfactory than any other.
About Tapeworms.
H. V. W. writes: "Please describe
symptoms of tapeworm and a relia
ble remedy. Is there any danger In
taking vermifuge?"
KKPLY.
About the only sign of tapeworm
that is dependable is the presence of
fhe segments In the stools. Male
fern is the best remedy. The
preparation for treatment is most
important. There is some danger.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Rmoleii island, near Kristlanssund,
Norway, is a flat spot of land pos
sessed of immense areas of peat
bog. It is doubtful whether there
is anywhere a better location for the
production of pent in large quanti
ties. Jessie, a little girl of 7. asked the
fishman what he called his horse,
and the fishnian answered: "Tony
Chestnut." IiiHlantly she pointed to
her foot, her knee, her breast and
her head, saying: "Toe, knee, chest,
nut."
Dancing plays a very important
part in the education of boys and
girls in Japan. In the better clas
families the dancing "eactier conies
every other day, regular practice is
an affair of routine, and private
entertainments w,here the children
perform are arranged by friendly
families.
The Mediterranean fly (karatitit
capitata) has for several years
caused considerably. damage in
Greece to Ihe fruit and vegetable
crops. Oranges, apples, pears,
leaches, apricots, plums and tonm
tcts have, been especially affected.
No remedy has yet been discovered
but there seems to have been little
attnipt to prevent the spread of this
pest.
OX
Why the Klmki?
Omaha, July 19 To the Editor
of The Bee: Under the title of "The
Faded Coat of Blue." the World
lit raid, In its Issue of the ISth re
marks editorially: "With the pass
ing of tho civil war veterans also
pusses the faded coat of blue . . .
Like the men who in their prime
wore them, they have mouldered
back to Mother Earth not forgot
ten, but gone. In pluce of the faded
coat of blue has come the olive drab,
a garment the world's great heroes
wore on native and foreign soil while
defending America's honor."
I have never been able to quite
satisfy myself as to what motive
prompted "the powers that be" to
discard the national color which
will ever remain sacred to the mem
ory of tho true patriots, In order to
muke room for this nonattractive
olive drab production. There can
never bo a grander display of genu
lnu patriotism than was exhibited
by "the boys who wore the blue" in
support of national solidarity and
supremacy on the sanguinary fields
of Antieta-m, Gettysburg and Chicka
mauga. Can there be any- reason
able doubt, that every mother's son
of those Immortal heroes would
have a thousand times preferred to
cling; to the uniform which his fath
er had aided in rendering eternally
glorious, had they boen consulted at
the time of entrance into the late
war? Nor Is there less doubt that
tlie overwhelming preponderance of
sentiment among the loynl poople of
thn country would have boen found
decidedly antagonistic to the wretch
ed attempt at compromise between
the blue and the gray, had inquiry
been made. I frankly confess the
fact that it has sometimes been dif
ficult for me to keep down the sus
picion that the spirit which prompt
ed the substitution of the khaki for
the blue was a radically different one
from that which inspired the ever
memorable utterance of Gen. John
A. Dix at the outbreak of tho civil
war: "If any man attempts to pull
down the United States flag, shoot
him on the spot."
CYRUS D. BELL.
Note by Editor: As a matter of
fact, the khaki was adopted as the
tltld uniform of the United States
army when we went to war with
Spain in 1S98. It was chosen after
considerable experimentation be
cause It served tlie military object
of blending with the terrain and
therefore becoming "invisible" at tho
shortest distance. Tests made over
a long period and uiider many dif
ferent conditions established this
fact. It was from no consideration
of sentiment, but as a practical siep
In military science that the color of
the uniform was changed. The
"O. D." Is an Improvement on the
khaki in some respects.
Natural Solentf. .
Why does a black cow give white
tullk to make yellow butter? In
quiry in Question Answer depart
ment, New Vork Sun.
For the same reaaon that black
berries are red when they're green.
Syracuse rost Standard.
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