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THE MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL.
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 THE MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL
 RIG'
 By Dr. G. Griffin Lewis, frontispiece in
 color, with 30 illustrations in half tone
 and text decorations, J. B. Lippincott
 company. publishers, Philadelphia.
 Seated by the fireside with your feet upon the hearth rug of silken sheen, did you ever Indulge in reveries and enchant- ing dreams as you bazed upon its glori- ous vista of color harmony? If it was endowed with the gift of speech what a wonderfully interesting story it could tell of romance, adventure, deprivation, perhaps, tragedy! Was 1t woven by the barbarous nomad in his mountain tent by the Persian in his abode hut. or by the Anatolan maiden as a dowry for her future lord and master,
 The history of many of these gems of eastern looms is to a certain extent legible in their weave, designs and colors Every rug has story of its own writ ten in one of the many dialects of the world of imagination and tradition. Ii may reveal history, family and tribal le- gends or the elevation and decline of na- tions. There are old masterpieces ir wool as well as on canvas. each one o1 which has its own individuality, carrying with it an air of oriental splendor. being full of mystic folklore and telling much of a bygone people and religion. He who loves them and studies the countries from which they came and the people who made them not only appreciates the true value and mystic charm, but may gain insight into the deep and con- fusing symbolism of the various colors and designs. It seems perfectly natura that the oriental who is so passionately fond of symbols should profusely weave them into his fabrics, and so 1t is that the individuality of the maker is sc clearly expressed.
 The author has successfully endeavored to present in a concise form certain facts that will enable the novice to more fully understand and appreciate the character istics Of these eastern treasures. A col ored frontispiece and thirty full page illustrations in addition to carefully pre-. pared reference key to the important types gives a splendid means of recogni- tion and Identification. This volume will be bound to appeal to all those who have an instinctive curiosity concerning the secret mysteries that the past enfolds. For those who are contemplating the purchase of rugs for their home this volume will be precious guide. It is surprising at what a moderate rate, If you have but a little knowledge of weave, cclor and design, you may obtain real oriental products that are not only re- fined and beautiful, but lasting.
 THE THINGS THAT COUNT" By Laurence Eyre. Noraline from the
 play by the Author. Illustrated from
 Scenes in the Play Little, Brown &
 Co.,, Publishers. Boston.
 Another successful play which has been novelized by it's author is "rhe Things That Count. i" The thing that really
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MARENGO co. FARM

9so-arce tract. miles from Thomaston, Ala. 4s0 acres of open black land, 4S0 acres of timber. This entire tract is under a good wire fence and will make one of the finest alfalfa farms in the county, also will raise any kind of grain. will make fine stock farm. This 960 acres is all prac- tically level land, well watered. Price $15 per acre.
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PERRY co. FARM

402-acre tract, l F miles from Marion, Ala, on main road. This is an ideal stock and grain farm. convenient to churches and schools. 300 acres in cultivation this year, 150 acres of good bot tom land, 100 acres of level red land. nice s room house in good condition, 40x60 barn and 10 ten ant houses, wells and 8 springs and plenty of running water. Price x110n0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
"BEAUTY AND NICK |"

By Phillip Gibbs. The Devin-Adair Com
 pany. Publishers. No. 437 Fifth avenue.
 Tt is the child that pays' is the key
 note of MT. Gibbs new novel, which portrays the effect upon a childs life and character of divorced parents and broken home. The boys, father brings him up in wholesome way, and a beau ful comradeship develops between them. There has been nothing in recent fiction more appealing than the picture of the reserved but devodted affection between the two. The mothers beauty, fascina- ton and love have made deep impress sion on the boys heart and he grows to manhood cherishing the ,chivalris pur- pose of finding her and bringing father and mother together again. His efforts and what comes of them develop striking and dramatic scenes. and keep the in- terest at high pitch Philip Gibbs is one of the foremost of a group of young Tnglish novelist whose work is beginning to attract much attention in both Eng land and America. His novels deal with life with absolute truth, but with the cleanliness and wholesomeness of the great authors of the nineteenth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07

of it's recent passages to America, one night entered a zone swept by German searchlights. A wireless call was sent for assistance. and British cruiser promptly appeared
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THE WILLIAM ]. LOCKE
 CsAT,ENDAR

CALENDAR Compiled by Emma NJ Pope. The John Lane company, Publishers, New York Beautifully gotten up in a dainty blue binding, with gold letters. Emma Nj. Pope presents ''The William J. Locke Calen- dar' to the admirers of this charming novelist In a concise and clever manner quotation for every day in the year from the writings of Mr. Locke makes an attractive little resume of all his works and each quotation has been chosen with taste and discrimination showing the compiler to be an ardent admirer of the writer and thoroughly familiar with his works
 From simon the Jester" Stella Ma ris, The Glory of Clementina. ''where Love Is." "Septimus.'' 'aThe Beloved Vagabond,' "At the Gate of Samaria. ,,
 The Demagogue and Lady Phayre,"
 The Morals of Marcus ordeyne," "auo- tations are made, in fact, none has been neglected and the little book would be an aaditlon to any lady's library. wheth- CT dilettante or professional.
 THE LAST ROSE or SUMMER. By Rupert Hughes Harper Bros F,uh.
 fishers, New York.
 Rupert Hughes has written so many attractive stories that it is not s,,rnris- Ing that "The Last Rose of Summer' has been so popular and everybody has hailed 1t with delight
 It is very different from anything else ne has done, What Will People Say?,
 The Barge of Dreams" and other of his novels, but it Is equally as enjoy- able
 The Last Rose of Summer js A tiny lit- tie book but contains a story which from start to finish is delightful
 The scene is laid in a little villa ge where everybody knows everybody else ana the heroine has given up in despair for want of beau
 AS she grows older all the other wom- en pity her and she is dubbed 'an old maid and finally goes to clerking in one of the local stores
 She takes on new life, new looks and new hopes and aspirations after she gets out into the world and "rubs up against 1t, and before you know 1t she has grown into very lovely middle-aged woman and the beaux, so long desired begin to make their appearance
 Not only one but many does she have and the different experiences with them and her mothers keen desire to see her daughter happily married and provided Tor presents an unusually clever phase Of life which MT. Hughes has set forth With great deal of originality and charm.
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BIRMINGHAM Business Directory INSTRUCTORS Alabama Abstract Co.. land titles. zlo?-2l11 Sd ave Phone. 3St
 BAKERIES Essig & Busenlehner Bakery The home of Butternut bread. 4l1 14th st. N Phone Main. -. s23G BUSINESS COLLEGES Wheeler Business College, 1s09- 1917 1st ave. Oldest, largest, best Sessions day and night. $50 pays Tor complete course. Call, write, or phone. Main ................ 11I9 CARPET. RUG AND MATTRESS
 CLEANING Hammel Mattress and Carpet Reno vating Co.,, TOO s. 23d st, make over all kinds of mattresses. steam clean carpets, rugs, feath- CTS; first class work Phone. I33e
 CoRsETIER The Spirella Corset Shop, 1929 Glen Iris ave.
 fnone 3S5sb-J
 DENTISTS Dr. A. J. Massey. Dentist, Jefferson County Bank Bldg "Tallest build ing south" Rooms 523-524. fhohe ....s... ..,............... .1S44
 DEFECTIVE AGENCIES Bodekers National Detective Agency. 33s. $40. s41 Brown Marx Bldg. Phone e..............2 2241
 DIsTILLERs Jack Daniels Distilling Co. 1215 Ase. E. Phone .......-.....-... 23o3 ELECTRIC AND MACHINERY Miller Electric x Machine Co. 222 N 22d st. Main ............... 66.6
 ENGINE BUILDERS Hsrdie-Tynes Mfg. Co. 2Sth st and sth ave. N Main 5740-sss
 FLORISTS A J. Koenig. florist. SIS N 21st st. fhone .'-....-..... ......... sscSo
 GASOLINE ENGINES White -Blakeslee Mfg. Co.,, gaso- line. gas and oil engines for pumping, ginning, grinding, saving and all purposes. We repair all makes of gasoline engines. Phone Woodlawn :. 10
 GROCERY STORES Daniels Grocery Go. 1928 S. goth st. Main .... .4236-4237-11S5 T. F. Thornton, Fancy groceries. 1900 4th ave-. N.
 Phones -. ..............55 .554S-Jo4Y HARNESS AND SADDLERY William Reckling Manufacturer of saddles, harness, carriage and auto trimmings. Barkeepers F. & Brass polish. 1811 2d ave. Phone 5Oo
 HOTELS The Avalon Hotel. 21o0 5th ave, N. Phone .46Sr The Hotel Mason. 2O1s 9th ave. N. Phone ...-.......... .60aS Reliance hotel Near Terminal de- pot 9th ave. and 26th st. Phone 1S4S
 LUMBER DEALERS ". D. Wood Lumber Co. Sth ave. and 18th st. Phones 4590-4S91
 PHOTOGRAPHERS Studio. NJ. H. Wilson, Mgr. 416 N. 21st st. Phone. .49s7
 RENTALS For a house or business location, and. especially, if you are stranger in the city, see us. Ma lone Mcconnell Co. Phone. I23S
 RUBBER TIRES Exclusive Rubber Tire Co. Lowest prices on carriage rubber. 2d ave. and 18th st. Phone. 31 6S
 sTATIoNERs Zac Smith Stationery Co. Archi- tect and high school supplies Loose leaf ledgers. 2024 1st ave. Phone ................. 929
 REAL ESTATE Jas. B. Drake. Real estate and farm lands. 26 N. 18th st., ground floor Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Main ...'.... sTls P. J. Burns Co. Sales, loans and rentals. 406 American Trust Bldg. Bethea Real Estate & Insurance Go. 2027 Sd ave. N. Phone. I16
 SHOES We buy second hand clothes, shoes; also expert repairing. Will make free half soles and heels with ev- cry $3.50 pair shoes. Dave Cop Ion. Main ........... .loS1
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MARENGO co. FARM

420 acres, 3 miles from Thomas bottom land in the county, all in cultivation. This place will make fine hay, grain and stock farm, tenant houses in fair condition, 100 acres of timber. poplar, cypress and walnut, also adjoin- ing farm of 252 acres black shell prairie soil, which is fine for alfalfa hay. { tenant houses, 12 springs and plenty of running water. Will sell you either tract or both for 320 per acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
PERRY co. FARM

405-acre tract, 4 miles from Marion, Ala, on main road, 300 acres of fine river bottom land which will make one of the finest Johnson grass farms in tho county. If you want good stock and grain farm, don't over look this one. This place has a nice room house, 40x60 barn, : tenant houses. all in good condi- . tion, ? wells, 3 springs and plenty of running water. Price $S5OO.
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~1@1en~
South Alabama Stock, Hay and Grain Farms
MARENGO co. FARM

1124 acres. miles from Thomaston, Ala, $50 acres of open land, the rest in timber. This timber consists mostly of post oak. This entire tract under a good wire fence. plenty of run ming water on the place. This other kind of hay; also fine cot ton, corn and oats. This 1124 acre tract is all black prairie soil Price s15 per acre.
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man who wishes really to understand
 the great war. It is translated by Maj.
 c. T NJ. Bridges, D. s. O.
 Field Marshall Sir John French, him
 self one of the most brilliant cavalry
 men in the world. points out the author
 ity of Bernhardi, and tells Engand's use
 and need of cavalry today.
 FOSTERS COMPLETE HOYLE." ! (Revised and EnargedD By R. s. Foster. l Diagrams and engravings. Frederick A.
 Stokes Co.,. Publishers. New York.
 This book. Fosters Complete Hoyle,' v | by k. s. Fosteh. is the classic reference
 volume for games, and is used in prac-
 tically all the important clubs as the
 final authority. It is now revised to the ] present year. including the latest devel-
 opments and laws of bridge and other
 changes.
 ! It is the only complete encyclopedia of | indoor games. Its system is perfect and 1 its explanation full and lucid. An lmpor- tant chapter deals with the laws of prob abilities. It is q book of reference for all disputes. and for advice on every known l indoor game.
 "A POETS CABINET" Selections from the writings of George Lansing Raymond.) By M. M. Miller. H. lustrated. G. P. Putnams Sons, Pub fishers, New York careful and authoritative compilation from many successful volumes of prose and verse is "A Poets Cabinet" compiled from the writings of George Lansing Ray | mond, by Marion Mills Miller. The quotations are arranged alphabet ically by subjects. and the volume pre- sents in this compact form the substance of the authors thoughts with reference to them
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. (RE- VIEWS LATER) LIFE IN A GARRISON TOWN" By Lieutenant Bilse. The John Lane Co, Publishers. New York. FIRST COUSIN TO A DREAM" By Cyril Harcourt The John Lane Co.,, Publishers, New York. THE WAR WEEK BY WEEK, AS SEEN FROM NEW YORK; (Being ob-
 servations from life by Edward s. Mar tin.) E. P Dutton & Co.,, Publishers New York.
 THE LURE OF LONDON" By Lillian Whiting. Illustrated from photographs Little. Brown & Co., Publishers, Boston.
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AUTOMOBILES

RfBGnf PfERcE GRR0Ws Mechanically new and guaranteed 70 4- cylinder t10oO: 4s 6-cylinder $125o. Others up to 5000; absolutely best investment short of new Pierce Arrow. Particu- lars upon request. Ellis Motor Car Co.,, Newark, N. J. Authorized Pierce Ar row Agents
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PERRY co. FARM

355 acres, 3 miles from Marion. Ala, $50 cleared 150 in pasture, 1S0 acres of this land is good bot tom land, 2S0 acres of this place under a good wire fence, nice A. room house, 40x50 barn, ten- ant-houses, 4 wells and 3 springs. plenty of running water. Price $4500.
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"A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN
 THE UNITED STATES"

T 1I
 THE UNITED STATES"
 By Vernon Blythe The Meale Publishing
 Co, Publishers, New York.
 For many years the need of an ade- quate history of the Civil war has been felt throughout the United States. Yer non Blythes "A History of the Civil War in the United States is such work. After many years of careful research and after examining many records, both official and private, Dr. Blythe has writ ten non-partisan history. Although a southerner and the son of Confederate soldier the author of this volume ac- quired his education principally in the north, and has lived many years in bot the north and the west. It is believed that this work will be generally used as textbook throughout the country. It is illustrated by maps
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FOR SALE CHEAP

FOR sALE-Chaimers car. 5-passenger, newly painted, new top, overhauled; ; good tires: price 800. Address K-13 care Age-Herald. 2-7-5t FOR SALE-Krit roadster, good as new cost se5o at factory, will sell at a bar gain Apply 1894 Sd ave. 2-7-2t
 FOR SALE.
 Small Packard roadster, in good con- dition, terms. For full information phone or write Drennen Co.,, Ave. and 20th st.. Birmingham, Ala
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s25o-AUTOMOBILE-S -S250 Five-passenger car in good condition; Presto-lte tank, speedometer and fully equipped. Tires in first-class condition. Address B-13. care Age Herald.
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"A POETS CABINET.

FIRST COUSIN TO A DREAM" By Cyril Harcourt. The John Lane Co. Publishers, New York.
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MARRY-Photos and descriptions of mar riageable ladies sent free. Address J. c. Lyon, 149 Elizabeth st,. E, Detroit. Mich,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

S. r. Smith of Sedalla, Missouri is
visiting his father, N. A. Smith OF
near Hayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Marvel and fam.
fly, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lawrence of
Forgan attended the Lipprant-Barr-
EFT wedding here Tuesday night.
Mrs. Anna Walker OF Seattle,
arrived here Saturday. She spent
Sunday here with relatives going
to Guymon on Monday to visit her
parents near there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Long and daught-
er, Miss Maurlne left Wednesday for
an overland trip through Colorado.
They we're accompanied by Miss
Bessie Printz.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

DR.. and Mrs. Messersmith of Forgar
were here on business the first OF
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. OrYille MARVEL came
from Forgan Tuesday to attend the
Lipprant- Barrett wedding here that
evening. They accompanied the
bride and groom to La Plate, New
Mexico, for a visit with relatives.
W. II. Feather and daughter, Miss
Rita left Tuesday for Long Beach,
California. Miss Rita is suffering
from a severe attack of hay fever and
goes to lower climate hoping to
find relief. Mr.. Feather will return
In short time but Miss Rita will re-
main several months.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

Of acres destroyed In the state will
be less this year than $4,000 acres.
Suppose we assume that the total
number of acres in Kansas destroyed
by hail this year is $4,000. A tax of
8 cents an acre would yield sufficient
sum to pay sloan acre for each acre
totally destroyed. Now here is my
plan: Let the next session Of the
legislature provide for an insurance
tax of 10 cents an acre on each acre
of wheat sown, the tax to be placed
on the tax rolls and collected as other
taxes are collected by the county
treasurers and RENTED to the state
treasury to be kept in a separate hail
insurance fund. In CAST wheat
raiser's crop is des troysd by hail the
number Of acres destroyed would be
ascertained by the township boards,
consisting of the township trustee,
township treasurer and township
clerk who would be designated by law
as the hail loss appraisers.
Their finding would be filed in dup
licate with the county treasurer, one
copy TO be held by the treasurer and
the other forwarded to the state
auditor, who would thereupon issue a
warrent on the state treasurer for
tho amount ~ Tho l,,c
Whenever the surplus In the hail
fund In the state treasury amounts to
half million dollars, the tax for the
subsequent year should be left off the
tax rolls and the wheat ralsers of the
state would have their crops insured
TO the extent of $40 an acre for that
year without further cost to them.
Now my opinion is that taking
period Of years. say 10 years, a tax of
3 cents an acre would yield sufficient
to pay for all the losses from hail at
the rate OF $40 an acre for total loss
and proportinate rate for partial
loss. There perhaps should be little
added, say cent or less an acre to
pay the expenses Of operation, con-
sistiDg for example, of the amount
allowed the township board of hail
loss appraisers and the extra postage
and stationary made necessary In
sending reports to the state auditor
and sending vouchers to the persons
suffering losses. think that half a
cent an acre would be sufficient to
cover these expenses.
AS | have said, 1t is my opinion
that every wheat raiser would be
more than glad to pay s or 8 even 10
cents an acre to have his crops in
sured against hail. He would sleep
better at night and watch the clouds
with less anxiety during the day.
He also would have more faith In the
state of Kansas than he has in any
private conducted insurance company.
AS the tax would affect only such
farmers as grow wheat, other farm
ers could have no objection. My
opinion is that the hail insurance
would prove so popular that 1t would
be followed by state insurance In
other lines. T. A. McNeal in the
Mail and Breeze.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

Some EXTRA good work mules for
sale. Joe McCune, Tyrone, Okla.
A. b. Scrubs and wife came down
from Larned Monday to attend to
business matters.
Mrs. Ida Smallwood of Tahlequah,
Oklahoma, came this week to visit
her father, N. A, Smith who lives
near Hayne.
Mrs. Scott Haynes arrived Saturday
night from Kansas City to spend the
SUMMER at the home of her SOD,
Frank Haynes and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Summers
arrived Monday night from Kansas
City. Tuesday evening they were
given lively charivari.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
State Hail Insurance

This has been perhaps the most
disastrous season so far as losses
from hail are concerned that the
wheat farmers of Kansas ever have
known. Almost every county in the
state where any considerable amount
of wheat is grown, has suffered from
hail storms. In the central part of the
state good many wheat raisers have
lost their entire crop while many
Others have suffered considerable
losses. Yet as compared with the en-.
tire wheat acreage of the state the
number of acres destroyed by nail is
comparatively small.
That fact however, affords small
comfort to the farmers who have
seen all their hopes for a bountiful
harvest ruined in single hour and
by reason Of the disaster instead of
ending the year with a surplus will
find themselves financially in the hole
Some of these farmers are partly pro-
tected by hail insurance but the
rates charged by the companies, gen.
orally, have been so high that many
farmers figure that they would better
carry their own insurance.
However, no wheat raiser in the
state Is free from dread that his
crop may be the one to suffer, and
| am of the opinion that every one Of
them would be more than willing to
pay reasonable amount to have his
wheat crop insured from this calam-
ity.
In 1914 there was something more
than $4,000 acres of wheat In Kan
sas and this year the acreage is vlrtu-
ally the same. A tax of 10 cents an
acre on this acreage would yield $780,
600.
The average yield of wheat in Kan
sas for the last l0years has been Just
trifle more than II bushels an acre
and the average price received has
been 10 cents a bushel. OF course a
great many wheat raisers have taken
considerably less than that on the
average for their wheat l am CIV
Ing the average market price for the
ten years.
Counting the average price for the
future at SO cents a bushel and the
average yield at II bushels an acre,
the average gross receipts an acre will
be $3.50. Out OF that will OF course
come the cost of seeding and harvest.
ing With modern machinery the
cost of seeding perhaps may be
covered by $3.50 an acre and the cost
of harvesting and threshing by an
other $3.50. If my estimates of cost
are approximately correct, the wheat
raiser would be as we'll off on the
average as he Is at present II he were
assured of a net revenue of $3.50 an
acre.
AS l have said, tax of 10 cents an
acre on the present acreage would
yield $4,000 and this would pay $40
an acre for total loss by hail on 81, 900
acres.
l have not the figures nor do /
know where accurate figures could be
obtained, showing how many acres of
wheat have been destroyed this year
by hail. l know however, that the
loss has been extraordinary. At that
it is probable that the total number
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

LAND WANTED-We have buyers
for unimprovGd land at reasonable
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ly located and price is right. List
your land with US.
Land-Thayer Company.