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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
DRAFT CONVENTIONS FOR
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.


 By a Group of American Jurists and V Pubists Description and comment
 by Theodore Marbergt The Macml
 Ian company, publishers, New York,
 In Draft Convention for League of Nations" a. "Foreword' gives the fol-
 lowing insight into the mission of the book
 After the allies had formally and officially committed themselves--in their masterly reply to President Will scon January 10. 1917--the the pria- ciple of league of nations to dis courage future wars, manifestly che next important step was to find out what kind of a league they would ac- cept, Now, the most direct way in which to attack that problem is to frame an actual draft convention for in view a private study group, com posed of American iurists and pub licists, examined the subject at 10 meet ings of the principal committee. sup plemented by serious study by sub- through the period of a year. It Is thought useful to give out the results of their labors at this time, The draft convention is based on the programme of the League to Enforce Peace. the principal aim of which is to compel inquiry before nations are allowed to go to war The states of the league agres to make war, swift and immediate. on any nation which violates this fundamental provision. It will be noted that the tentative draft convention, which had it's origin in sketch submitted by George Graf ton Wilson, has undergone considerable development and change since the au- thor was privileged to give descrip- tion of 1t in his book The League of Nations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

are suggested as the minimum which we all ought to know The other war facts are to suggest ways of explaining the main war facts.
 Once having decided that these war facts are essential it will be easy to reword them so as to fit each particu- lar audience.
 Local and state war facts will need to be looked up in several instances, but this looking up will help both your home schools and your home commun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
THE RED LATCH :,

By Gerve Baronti. The Cornhill com pany, publishers, Boston. A charming volume of poems" is Gerve Baronti's The Red Laugh" full of Hitting melodies among the number being the poem from which the attract. i've little volume gets it's name.
 THE RED LAUGH. Arch fend of all dark worlds that be- Whose poisoned breath blows scorching Fair lands of late prosperity
 Deep irrigated now with gore You call our strong, who hear the cry, And join your wretched, bloody play. A grimy rag you wave on high
 And madly lead them on the way. Their hearts are closed, their reason Through reddened mist they cannot
 see;
 They groping. stumble wildly ont
 Engaged in vile absurdity. You cali the game, each takes his stand, The prizes differ with your mood. Some draw leg. an arm, hand | Of modelled wax or clever wood. Move follows move. one side must flee. With blood-drunk lust it's losses tell; Your moclSing laugh is raised in glee. The sound reverberates in hell.
 ROMANCE AND THE WEST" |By John Preston. The Cornhill com pany, publishers. Boston.
 "A Memoir of -Arcadia-Falling Petals is John Prestons volume of poems Romance and the Vest" a>qvatrain or two serving to show the charming style of the singing poet when he says: 'Let scene of lilac bushes
 Surcharge the air around, While morn, like maiden. bushes
 That in her face is found Such glory: and my dreaming
 Persuade me that I lie Where sun of June is beaming
 From an Acadian sky. Let morning mists arise,
 As if from Fundy Ndriven, Then fail before my eyes.
 Like dreams at dawning riven The odors of the sea. Commingling with the pine, Come heavily to me.
 Ger flower, grass and vine: Perfumes of the breath
 Of Nature where she's fairest- And where long wanderetll
 Dreams ok mine the rarest. THE ECONOMIC BASIS OF AN EN- DURING PEACE. By Q. ". Macfarlane, c E, Ph P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Colonel Coward Miss Rodgers Colonel Browning and Mrs
 Carruthers Versailles

terday we had a day raid but no bombs
 were dropped inside the city limits. It was exciting to see the barrage and
 hear the cannonading of the French
 around the city, but we have gotten so
 used to cannonadihg that we go about
 our affairs as if nothing was happening
 out of the ordinary. The, big Bertha
 was nuisance, however, and I hope
 she is finished for good and keeps. I have never minded the raids-the
 Gothas-but this. long-distance gun,
 bursting out every 20 minutes of the
 day and in any quarter was no joke
 Miss Childs and l were just behind
 the Madeline last May when the Der
 tha struck the church and the head of
 the saint fell off right in front of us
 amid terrific cloud of plaster and
 dust. Il seems that we lead a sort
 of charmed life for when the three
 bombs fell in the Place Vendome about
 month ago she and I were crossing
 over the place just at the corner of
 Rue St. Honore (where our hotel
 is located), and we were knocked down
 on our faces by the impact of the shells
 and glass flew all about us, but we
 were not badly hurt. Miss Childs re-
 ceived one bad cut in her arm from
 the falling glass, and I was hit with
 tiny splinters, which only made little
 spots like pin bricks on my arms and meek. It was a wonderful sight and although I should hate to go through it again. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Three great spots like bursting suns appeared in the sky suddenly over our heads, and we could hear the heavy whirring of the Hun machine and before we had time to reach our hotel the crash came that
 broke every pane of glass in the Place Vendome, and took out every heavy plate glass window in the Ritz, and badly damaged the ministere of jus tice building right next to it. Two men were killed within 20 feet of us, so you can see how near death we were It was sheer good luck that saved us. Shortly after this, when we were com l ing through the Rue des Capucines and had just passed the Hotel Calais near the Place Vendome, when we heard a crash and the big gun had struck the
 hotel and demolished fully third of it. By the way, if you come over here after l leave I want you to be sure and meet Miss Childs, who is here at
 my hotel; in fact. we have a tiny lit
 tie apartment together; she is a per
 feet dear. Her grandfather was Gov
 ernor Bate of Tennessee, who was in
 the United States Senate for so many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

When the grim grapple of the Czars
 shall cease And Slav and TeUton stagger from
 the stage Bespoiled sisters of shamed aee,- Thy fields shall flower and thy bounds
 increase In hereditaments of loving lease; Oh let thy holy purpose still engage To be pacifcator of all men, Thy ports the haven of the meek and Thy happy hearthstones ever radiant
 when The children gather at the freight
 glow; Columbia! rear thou each loyal son. ofrLincoln's mold, and mightk Wash
 ngton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Slightly in Doubt

From the Youths Companion
 But, my dear madam said the admiral lit is hard to discuss these matters with ono so unfamiliar with the terfninology of the subject. You remind me of the young wife who was speaking to her brother about her volunteer husbands:
 "Tsn't Jack just wonderful?" sine said He's already been promoted to field marshal.
 two months. lmpossible.- said the brother.
 Ibid I say field marshall mur- mured the young wife. Well, per- haps it's court-martial, know IFS one or the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
"SONNETS OF THE STRIFE
 (VNJTH SONC.c

By Robert Loveman> (With a, "Fore- word by Johnt Burroughs) The Cornhill company, publishers, Bos- ton.
 Robert Lovemap. that sweet singer of songs, in his "Sonnets of Strife" gives some beautiful sentiments to the world. John Burroughs in Fore word" says he can gladly stand spon- sor for the poetic talent of Robert Loveman and in these war poems the martial note is never struck. but only the note of human sympathy and broth erhood.
 Among the most readable of Mir. Loveman's poems in '.Sonnets of the Strife" is
 COLuMBIA Columbia thoughfall the world doth
 rage.
 Thou are our rock Of everlasting peace <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
PIECES OF EIGHT. :"

tBy Richard LeGallienne, Illustrated.
 Doubleday, Page & Co., publishers, Gar
 den City, New York.
 Richard LeGallienne, who always writes so charmingly and poetically, has told delightful story in his Pieces or Eight, which is a modern talk of buried treasure inthe West Indies.
 Of brave men and the perils they en- counter there is no end in glamorous quest for doubloons in moonlit cayerns of the tropical sea, and it is thrilling and stirring to a degree.
 The marvellous word painting of LeGal- liennes wonderful pen, the poets pen, world of rarified Paris color mixed with -nuances, and shades of deliciously vivid hues, translated into action and plot holds the most confirmed and satated novel reader in the hollow of it's hand and gives him renewed interest as only this clever author can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
THE FLYING TEuToN.o ,

By Alice Brown. The Macmillan com
 pany, publishers, New York.
 The title story in this volume, The Flying Teuton," an adaptation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman," is an impressive narration of events that take place after the war, when Germany has been decisively defeated and penalized by the nations of the world and then for given by man. But divine justice is not satisfied for a while and strange things take place. The Island tells of a magi- cal place where the dead abide and from which one man, drowned when tor- pedoed ship goes down off the coast of Ireland returns.
 The Empire of Death shows a German American soldier fightmg for the Kaiser awaking alter death to find himself in a Hell where he is haunted by the ghosts of trees he iuthlessly helped to cut down. apple trees in blossom, great swayins oaks and elms and naples and others This theme reminds us of Algernon Blackwoods extraordinary story, "The Man Whom the Trees Loved, | where the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

ton of coal, whereas I had. in Decem- Der, expected my coal piles to be ex-
 hausted by the second week in March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

over 1e.0o0 alumni of American col leges are now in war service, mostly Tn the army or navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

THE ECONOMIC BASIS OF AN EN- DURING PEACE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
By DOLLY DALRYMpLE |,

LMOST a year ago 1t IS now \ since my beloved Viola Rodgers 7\ (and everybody who knows me
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
A Race of CrippIes.

The military medical authorities have examined our citizens by the thousands. The results of this ex- animation in many instances: writes Benard Macfadden, in Physical Gull ture, have been as follows
 Out of every five examined. one is considered sound. The other four are cripples. Some part of their internal organisms is affected. The heart, stom- ach lungs, kidneys or some other vital organ or function Is crippled.
 For generations the blind have been leading the blind.
 The physical body is of no special importance. The house in which we live needs no special attention. It 'just grows" No matter how dirty 1t may be. So long as the dirt does not show on the surface, there Is no occasion for complaint or criticism. That has been our attitude.
 It Is about time for us to change. It is about time for us to give the body its proper appreciation. Learn to respect it, to revere 1t, to care for it as you would for your most preci. ous possession.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
HOW BIG SHELLS ARE TESTED
High Explosives Subjected to Heat Treatment, Also Tried in a Brinell
 BaIl-Testng Machine.

If you wish to test the hardness of an apple, the most natural way is to press down upon its surface and note the indentatlon of your thumb. This Is simple and conclusive evidence. The French government employs very similar test to prove the hardness of it's high explosive shells, says the Pop ular Science Monthly.
 To secure the maximum of deStruc- tiveness, it Is important not only that the steel projectiles should be of certain hardness, but also that they should not be too hard. After the cas- ing has been roughly formed and hol- lowed out, the shells are subjected to what is known as q "heat treatment" by which the steel Is brought to the correct hardness. To make doubly sure, the shells are tested in Brinell ball-testing machine.
 This machine tests the hardness of the shell exactly as your thumb tests the hardness of the apple. It is fitted with small, hardened steel ball. which Is pressed into the shell under specified load. The .ndentation made by the ball is measured, and if with In certain limits, the hardness is cor rect. If not, the shell must be fur ther treated.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
KAlSER'S BIRTH CAUSED JOY
Queen Victoria, Upon Receipt of Tele- gram Announcing Tidings, Could
 Not Maintain Usual Dignity.

Anecdotes about the royal family are usually rather flat, but here is good story of Queen Victoria, relates a correspondent, the ironic and ter rible commentary on which she mer- cifully did not live to see:
 "The queen, whom we had so late ly parted from in calm dignity, was flying with the eagerness of young girl, and so rapid was her movement, and so joyous her expression, it was plain that her suite had much diffi- culty ln keeping pace with her speed. Catching sight of a friend in the dis tance, as she came up the long room, she suddenly waved aloft a telegram form that. she was holding In her hand, and called out in triumphant tones, unheeding the shocked expression of her attendants at such unconvention- ality: Lady Login! Lady Login! I am a grandmother 2"
 Such was the welcome given to the English queens first grandchild- Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
FASCINATION OF AIR LIFE
First Trip in Army Airplane Ia Thriller Apart From Everything
 Else in Life, Says Flier.

An aviation student in one of the Western schools declares that the sensation of the first trip in one of the governments aircraft is not to be compared with anything else he ever experienced. He explained 1t thus:
 ''I wish 1 had the ability to describe the fascination of this work of learn ing to be the cavalry of the air, or eyes of the army, or anything else one chooses to call us.
 Let me tell you that your first trip in an airplane is a thing apart, abso- lutely new and different froSl any ex- perience that you ever had.
 You climb into the bus with your sweater and your leather helmet and goggles, looking like something you would throw a raw fish to if you saw it in cage, and the lieutenant shoves on the power and you go Jumping and bouncing along the ground with a big wind in your face and the prop spin ming out in front like a Dutch wind mill gone crazy.
 "Then suddenly the bumps are gone and you go whirring swiftly and stead- fly up into the clear air and sunshine and the earth falls away like q fade away on movie screen and the fool ish little people on the ground turn up their white faces at you as you go over.
 T hope l don't get humps or liver complaint or some fool thing that will keep me out of it all. This is my pet fear more than tll,,t of taking a fall or getting smashed into."
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
MEANING OF NAME DECEMBrp
Twelfth Months Title Derived From Latin Word "Decem," When There
 Were Only Ten Periods.

The name of December Is no lonoo. appropriate, for 1t is derived from "da. cem," the Latin word meaning "ten n declares a writer. The name was f,rst applied by the Romans when the veor was divided into ten months, with tbo addition of supplementary days to complete the period required for revolution of the earth around tbo sun.
 When the calendar of Romulus was amended in 713 B. c. hy Numa Pom. pilius and the year was divided into twelve months December became tbo twelfth month, but retained its original name. The Emperor Commodus who reigned in the second century, attempt ed to change the name of December to AmaZoniuS, in honor of a fair favor,to of that name, whom he had painted to resemble an Amazon. This innovation was not popular, and when Commodius died from poison administered by an. other feminine favOrite the name of AmaZonius died with him.
 The ancient SaXonS called the last month Winter-mOnat, which was after. ward changed to Heilig- Monat, or holy month, when they were converted to Christianity. The modern Germans again changed the name to Christ monat, because the month contains the anniversary of the birth of Christ.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
Search for Oil in Britain.

Certain eminent American geoio- gls.s, the house of commons was tolu lately, hold that it is well worth wliiie tc spend considerable sum of money in exploring for possible petroleum ue- posits in Great Britain, according u London correspondent. The speaker spokesman for the board Of traue' added:
 Ut is impossible to exaggcfate 'ne importance of finding oil in this couu try. We cannot yet say that 1t Is her0 but it is certainly worth looking Tor,
 "OiI is almost more important at this moment than anything else. You may have men, munitions and money pu' if you have no oil you are without ''i. greatest motive power we are usl'is'
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
What Becomes of That centY

A farmer comes to town with 30 apples. which he sells three for cent, getting, of course, 10 cents for them.
 Another farmer. also with 30 ap- ples, sells them two for cent. getting h cents for his. They get 9 cents In all.
 The next time they come In, with 30 apples each, they meet at the edge of town and put their apples together, making 60 apples. One man having sold two for cent, the other three for a cent, they decided to sell them five for cents.
 They do so, and when they're through find out they have received but 24 cents.
 The problem is, why did they not get as much for their apples selling them five for 2 cents as they did when they sold them separately, or, what becomes of the cent?
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
HOW Much Does He Save?

professional man says 1t costs about ' cents mile to run his auto. This includes oil, wear and tear, in- surance and upkeep generally. Once week he drives to the country and buys supplies, butter, eggs, chickens, ap- pies, potatoes, etc. Sometimes he GOV CTS 90 miles on trip Thus, accord ing to his own estimates, his expense would be fully S3.50 for the 90 miles. If he buys eggs at cents dozen, but ter at . cents a pound, chickens at cents pound cheaper than he can buy them in the city--and he buys them merely for his own family use-how much does he save?-Indianapo News.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
His Sacrifices,

Are you reducing your expenses, Bill?" Indeed I am. A man can't stand this high cost of living on the salary he gets. I've cut out the wife's weekly matinee, cOuntermanded her new suit, discharged the nurse, made the kids give up moving pictures and ice cream, stopped the high-price milk for the baby and chloroformed the cat to save its living expenses. But if this sort'of thing keeps on may have to stop buying cigars and stop my club dues."
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
FOOD THE SOLDIER REQUIRES
Twelve Ounces of Meat or It's Equivas lent, Fruits, Fat, Bread or Cereal,
 Sugar or Sirup.

The general knows to a nicety just what part each regiment is to play in campaign, and the girl may learn to marshal the foods represented in the five great groups so that she knows just which group of foods will pro- vide strong muscles to carry the sol dier into battle, which will furnish strong bones to meet the onslaught, which the heat for the struggle, and finally, how much driving-power Is needed to carry it through according to Winifred Stuart Gibbs in St. Nich- olas.
 So, then, when we marshal our forces we find that 6 man needs in a day 12 ounces of one, or of a combination, of the following: Meat, poultry, cheese, dried vegetables, fish or eggs. To vary the above he may count every glass of milk drunk equal to an ounce of any one of the others.
 The soldiers, either i'll home or mili tary life, must have four pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables in order to keep the bony structure in good condi- tion. He will need the three-quarterS of cupful of fat (this includes but ter, oil, the fat of meat eaten. or any other fat in the daily dieO to keep him warm, and to this group he must add one and one-fourth pounds of bread or cereal; and finally, in order to complete the necessary amount of driving-power. he must have two ounces of sugar or one-third of cup ful of sirup.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25

Monday, February II. p. m.
 Bluff City, Union Twp, Tuesday February 12, a. m.
 Theo, Union Twp, Wednesday, Feb ruary 13, p. m.
 Hatley's Store, Jackson Twp. Thurs day, February IA. a. m.
 Blakely's Store, Jackson Twp, Thursday, February IA, p. m.
 Glenville, Leake Twp, Friday, Feb Davidson, Taylor Twp, Saturday, February 16, a. m.
 Stockton, Taylor Twp, Saturday, February 16, p. m.
 Delta, Taylor Twp, Monday, Feb ruary IS,
 Willisville, Taylor Twp, Tuesday, February 19. ! Irma, Taylor Twp, Wednesday, February 20, a. m. Rosston, Caney Twp, Wednesday, February 20, p. m.
 Rosston, Caney Twp, Thursday February 21, a. m. ! Mt. Moriah, Caney Twp, Thursday February 21, pm. Gale, Caney Twp, Friday, Febru- ary 22. Morris, Georgia Twp, Saturday, February 23, a. m.
 Brisbane, Parker Twp, Monday, February 25, a. m. Whites Chapel, Parker Twp, Mon day, February 25, P. M. Nichols School House, Alabama Twp, Tuesday, February 26, a. m.
 Falcon, Alabama Twp. Tuesday, February 26, p. m.
 Falcon, Alabama Twp, Wednesday, February 27.
 Fuller's Store, Parker Twp, Thurs day, February 2S, a. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker Twp, Thursday, February 28, p. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker Twp, Friday, Mch.
 Sutton, Albany Twp, Saturday, March 2.
 Laneburg, Albany Twp, Monday,
 Emmet, Emmet Twp, Tuesday, March 5.
 Boughton, Boughton Twp, We'd rcsday, March 6.
 Prescott, Missouri Twp, Thursday, March to Saturday, April 13.
 After April 18th the books will rositively be closed. All tax payers who do not pay their taxes on or be- fa~2 the above date will be compelled t. pay the penalty as prescribed by lGW. SAM E. MUNN,
 Sheriff and Collector.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
CARDS
 FOR ADOPTED READERS

Little Rock, Jan. 25.-State Super intendent J. l.. Bond announces that he has been notified by the publishers that new sets of perception cards have been published to be used in connec- tioh with the new state adopted read CTS. They may be secured. A set of perception cards for the Youngs and Field Primer will cost S5 cents, and set of group phase cards will cost $1.70.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
Then Ananlas Turned over.

First Dentist-The fact is, I've got gentleness down to such fine point that all my patients go to sleep while I'm pulling their teeth.
 Second Dentist-That's nothing Mine are beginning to have their photographs taken while l operate, because they always have such a pleasant expression on their faces.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25

LOST-Strayed from Emmet, Ark, Thursday, Jan. 3rd, 1918, one unmark- ed Poland China SOW pig, about five old. This pig is black with some white on feet and sides. Any leading to the return of this hog will be literally dewarded. Notify c. N. Starnes, Emmet, Ark. If
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Beginning Monday, February 11th, 1918, will meet the property owners of Nevada county at the various plac- es below noted for the purpose of collecting taxes for the year 1917. All tax payers are requested to bring their last tax receipt:
 Lackland Springs, Redland Twp.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
FLORIDA STRAWBERRIES
 ONE DOLLAR A QUART

St. Louis, Jan. 24.-Strawberries have arrived, but ho! waitl They are dollar a quart, which probably means that winter short-cake will be shorter than ever. The berries came from Florida.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25
Not Satisfactory.

''What did she say when you kissed her?"
 Told me to come around Fridays hereafter, as that was amateurs night. Judge.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-25

Justices of the peace can secure their blanks at this office. If you can't come after them. write us and we will mail them to you.