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similar to that of Southern California and they affirm that what one has pro- duced the other can. Wheat and barley will always be the staple crop of Galilee. Its hills, like those of Samaria, can be replanted with the olive trees which for merly filled their terraces, but which ab- sentee landlords have never replaced. The olive grows in Palestine without ir- rigation, as does the date and the grape. In southern Judea both sugar and cotton make a good crop, wherever water Is available for irrigation. The hill lands offer large pasturage for &acks and herds.
 The population that Palestine can sup port, in place of its present 100000. has been variously estimated at from 16,000,- 600 to 20,0o0,000. To reach the latter num- Der, irrigation must be extensively de- veloped and 1t remains to be seen that this is possible. For much of the coun- try no surface water is available, and no one has ever yet tried the possibility of the deep-well irrigation that has brought riches to so many California val leys. The Turkish government, however, has recently commenced an irrigation poll icy which may yet extend to Palestine. It has sent to Mesopotamia, to plan an irri- gation system the famous English engi- neer who developed the extensive Egyp- tian project from the great Assouan dam. He expects to use the old canals of As syria and Babylon Many of these are filled up, but the plans for them are ex- tant Any irrigation policy for Palestine must, of course. include the development of water supply by reforesting the de- nuded hills.
 The agricultural department of the country also waits upon means of trans portation. It has only two short lines of railroad, one from Jaffa to Jerusalem in the south, and the other a spur, around the Sea of Galilee, of the road running down from Damascus in the north. Be- tween Galilee and Jerusalem even car riage roads are few. AS in the days of old, the country moves it's crops by caravan, on pack animals From the great plain of Hauran, after the harvest, long trains of camels haul its grain, 100 miles in six days, to the old seaport or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Strange Powers
Mme F. w. Page the Gifted Psychic and Medium of New York Eminent for Her Researches in Psychic Sci
 ence, Is in Birmingham, and Is
The Future Can Be Told Seek and Find Success Harmo
 Peace and Happiness


Mime. Page, when a child, displayed the strange powers that have since brought her fame and countless people happiness in love and prosperity In busi- ness. Her gift of clairvoyance and psychic perception is a natural instinct She tells coming events with the same ease and accuracy as tho sailor who pre- kicts an approaching storm at sea- kThe hand of the dial of destiny is
 ,w pointing to the golden word, "op-
 ,rtunity." It remains for you to de- Xde whether you will plod along eking u,t . bare existence, the humble servant N others, or will you act today and be aeter in the world? Let the present. -Four be the opportunity in your life. Thousands have had my help. why not you7
 Are you happy in love?
 Do you lose in speculation Have you a lawsuit?
 h your mine undeveloped?
 DO you wish this power yourself?
 If separated from loved ones.
 Cause of Illness unknown-uncured-
 An invention incomplete?
 No matter what your trouble may be, tta application of this power will help you.
 What is most important to serious peo- 11do Is what to oO or Wnst to eApocl ro- ~ardinr present and future affairs. and Sn such matters Mime. Page tells you ex- actly what you may expect and the con- dition of anyone or anything even miles away. Mime. Page places knowledge and power in your hands to do or undo what ever you desire. almost at once. No long delays and waiting. almost immediately removes the cause of any influence. With out asking a question, without any pre- vious knowledge ana having no natura means of knowing who you are. where or for what you came she tells your name and occuDation- She tells yol names of your friends and enemies; who "A true and who is false. Tells whom and when you will marry. gives names, dates, facts and location, taking no Tee n advance. accepting none unless satis- faction is given. As to speculation and lnvestment her advice is much sought
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for by those contemplating investing and speculating. The dollar properly invested today has seldom failed to make the poor man rich
 The proper investment of money ia al-
 ways a question prevalent among the more ambitious people. How to invest their money so that the principal will
 be absolutely safe and the returns large
 enough to warrant the investment is a question upon which Mme. Page is more often consulted at the present time
 With the present low rates of inter-
 est paid by the savings banks there is very little opportunity for those with A small amount of money to realize any, thing satisfactory in the way of earn ings. A few dollars properly invested ia
 sure to bring a golden reward. Many
 fortunes have been made by the invest
 ment of small amount of money-more
 fortunes and greater fortunes are still to
 be made The chances for the careful
 investor to acquire great wealth in the south have never been greater than at the present time. Never before in the history of Birmingham has fortune held
 out to men such dazzling opportu pities as right now in these upbuilding ames
 If you would strike while the iron is hot, consult Mme Page at once. She has made a special study along these ilhcS, anu cdh eoA you JubL what to do and how to do it. Her advice has brought fortunes to many of her clients. | Why should you also not grasp this op- ] portunity of bettering your financial con- 1 dition.
 Mime. Page is ever ready to help and
 advise those with capital small ur large. | to find safe and good paying invest. l ment. This she can do and asks no fees until the investment has paid you a handsome profit
 Consult her and you will avoid future | misfortune snd be enabled to grssu your present opportunities Parlors ar ranged 70 that your visits may be strict ly private.
 Flat 6171k North Sixteenth street, up- ! stairs Hours: a. m to p. m.; Sun days. 10 to 5.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

One can best understand the way in which glasses restore perfect vision to the eyes and correct troublesome defects of vision which cause headaches and ner- vousness if the camera is used as an Illustration.
 The camera takes pictures by the meth cd of a Tense focusing the reflection of an object through dark chamber on a sensitive plate. An impression is taken on the plate which is chemically devel- oped into a picture.
 The process is greatly the same in see ing. Images of objects are photographed on the sensitive plate of the eye (retina) through the medium of the lens of the eye. They are then carried by the optic nerve (which connects the brain to the retina) to the brain, and sight is com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Those Human Cameras
 Your Eyes.

pleted
 Failure of sight is mostly due to the imperfect focusing of the lens of the eye. Headaches and nervousness are often due to misshapements of the parts of the eye.
 Glasses, when properly fitted, perfect the focusing powers of the eye and make up for misshapements which cause the strain which brings on the headaches. The fitting of glasses Is like unto a delicate surgical operation, and too much care cannot be exercised In the selection of a competent doctor when glasses be- come necessary.
 We invite consultation.
 E. V. SCHULTZ, Eye Specialist,
 Second Floor, Empire Bldg.
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mid air While I was considering how to get down a bull with two heads peered over the edge of the wall and said he would haul me up if would first climb up and rig windlas for him.
 So l was sliding down the mountain side, the brakeman came in, and I asked him when the train would reach my station. We passed your station 450 years ago." he said, calmly folding up the train and slipping 1t into his vest pocket.
 At the juncture the clown bounded into the ring and pulled the center pole out of the ground, lifting the tent and all the people in it up, while I stood on the earth below watching myself go out Of sight among the clouds above.
 Then I awoke and found that I had been asleep almost ten minutes
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Acre. Through its gates, in crop time. pass 10000 camels a day. Judea sends it's grapes to Samaria, and Samaria sends the soap from it's olives to Judea, on the backs of donkeys, the diminutive pack trains continually passing and repassing through the hills. Obviously, any extend- ed development of agriculture in Pales- tine depends upon the replacing of this primitive transportation by the railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Agriculture in Palestine.

From Palestine for the Jews" by Harry F. Ward in the World Today for Oc- tober.
 The experts of the agricultural school at Jaffa declare that there is large fu- ture for agricultural development in Pal estine. The climate and the soil are very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Modern Croesus.

From the Baltimore American.
 Algernon looked at Cholly with an awe struck gaze.
 "Cholly.'' he murmured, Augustus must be awful rich.''
 "Why?" asked Cholly. with wide won- der in his baby-blue eyes. "I saw him yesterday lending man s, and he's just home from his vaca- tionv
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faced old man who markets in the early morning hours and passes them with cheery greeting that he was the success full rival of a president Only last year when interviewed by a reporter Mrs. Sullivan pronounced herself more than satisfied with the choice of long ago.
 Another winding road leads in the direction of Red River One meets occa- sional carriages and horseback riders galloping in southern fashion. The road Is cool and shady. A sudden turn re- veals broad, winding, reddish stream, with a great bluff at the left. There can be no mistal1ng Red river. The few cabins and insignificant houses con- stitute Grand Ecore. where General Banks was forced back by the southern troops who held the vantage points.
 From the summit of the bluff which rises perpendicularly from the water is view of much beauty. To the south the river bends in a double curve and on the level land beyond are some of the finest plantations of Louisiana
 The top of this natural fortincation is a long grassy slope where picnickers delight to meet. A hard of snowy goats and a cabin perched like an eagles nest are the only visible signs of life. One wants nothing more. The grand old trees, the cerulean skies, songs of mock ingbirds and glimpses of a wide and placid stream, with stretches of yer dure beyond, are never to be forgotten.
 This land, the land of yesterday. is fast becoming the land of tomorrow. Nowhere is there more fertile soil, more suspicious seasons Slowly but surely the planter is outgrowing the time-worn tradition that rice, cotton, corn and cane are the only paying crops. The sharp competition of northern capital and north ern thrift is forcing him into new lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
LIFE AS II HAL IS
 IN NATCH|TOCHES Fourth Oldest Settlement In
 the Country IS LOUISIANA HAMLET Quiet and Sleepy, Proud of Its Age and Quaint and SIumbrous Customs,
 But Is Very Interesting,
 Nevertheless.
IS LOUISIANA HAMLET

From the Boston Herald.
 In the cotton belt of Louisiana Is Natchitoehes-with the last syllable omit ted in pronunciat1on--a quaint old town, so old that 1t boasts of being the fourth in point of settlement in the United States, so quaint that the aroma of antebellum days chngs to its customs and even to the prosaic routine of business.
 The main street of the old town fronts Cane river, at two seasons of the year raging flood, but during the long, hot summer a shifting thread of turbid water. 4 long bridge connects the town proper with East Natchitoches, the be-, ginning of a fertile farming country. Here the plantation store fiourishes stln, and each Saturday the road Is crowded with vehicles, some drawn by mules and fat oxen.
 Upon the grass and the long front steps the negroes lounge in crowds and by twos and threes, awaiting to exchange their weekly earnings for the necessaries of life, The gay calicoes are faded but at tractive-magenta, old blue, green and yellow-while picturesque turbans frame the bronze or ebony faces.
 A leading man in the community passes them. He is of medium height slender and active; though the short pointed beard is white and his grand children are grown. he looks alert and vigorous. Immediately the negroes dofr their hats For the time being he is mas ter of their destinies. From each of them he learns the condition of crops and how the cattle are thriving.
 Close to the white plantation store stands a long low building, half con cealed behind two hedgelike rows of cape jasmine. Its walls of Spanish moss and mud have withstood the ravages of a century much better than the low oeiled interior, with its huge freplaces. Out of place upon the discolored walls number of valuable engravings are gath ering mildew. One large bedroom IS used for storing corn, and the imagina- ton refuses to picture Ulysses s. Grant, then a young West Point graduate, whirling through these rooms in the dance with the. daughters of Louisiana
 Looking back across the river the old eawn seems to cling close to the bank The towers of the courthouse and cathe- dral vary the monotony.
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The Wrong Way.

The Wrong Way. From the Baltimore American. "I see where Flynn's new airship is laid up for repairs. 'Humph! when I saw it, 1t looked very much laid down."
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
New Play About Hayti

Cleveland. Aug 3.-"McIntyre &
Heath in Hayti," the new musical
piece in which the two comedians
will appear. is to have its premiere
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House
tonight
The cornering of the coffee market
by the purchase of an entire set of
government officials and then the rev
olution which throws all the bought
up officials out of office forms the
groundwork for the plot of the piece.
The man who aims to be the coffee
king decides on a new revolution to
overthrow the men just placed in Of
fee and picks Mcintyre & Heath for
president and treasurer.
In the attempt to elect them the
fun of the play is afforded. Julian
Rose as the rival revolutionist relent-
lessly pursuing Mcintyre & Heath
lays plots and stands knee deep in
intrigue throughout the action of the
piece.
Mcintyre 4 Heath in Hayti'' is de-
scribed as the best vehicle for fun
making talents of the comedians that
they have encountered in their stage
careers.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
Care of Worlds Teeth

Berlin. Aug. 23.-Dentists from ali
over the world gathered in the stately
halls of the Reichstag 5Iihing today
and were heartily welcomed by rep
iesentatives of the emperor. the Ger
man government and people and the
dentists of this country. The session
opened this morning is the fifth con
yention of the International Dental
Congress.
Meetings wills be held daily thru
ont the week and among the matters
to be discussed are the following:
1. The establishment of muni-
e1pal dental hospitals for children Is
an International necessity today and
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
MORE FIRE
AT ELIDA


Especial 10 the Record)
Eliyia, Aug 23.-Fire broke out in
Boyd's Meat Market at sunrise this
morning and swept away the three
remaining frame buildings on the
east side of the square before its
fury was burned out. The buildings
des Toyed. along with their contents.
were the meat market. the Elida ho-
tel and McAlester a. Sherlock's gen
eral store II was the fifth big fire
ia the business section of Elida in
twelve months. in which time all the
frame buildings around the square
with the exception Of two have been
consumed All the others before this
fire have been replaced with cement
block or brick business houses.
IL is thought this mornings fire was
caused by fire bugs. No fire had been
i'm the Boyd market for some time ami
the store was locked when the fire
broke out. Mr.. Boyd lives in the coun-
try near Elida and was on his way
TO town when the alarm was sounded.
Elida has no fire department. except
a bucket brigade. and very little
could he done TO save the frame bull
dings.
The market and general store were
in one-story houses. The hotel had
big stock of goods. estimated at s4.-
600. The anoant of insurance was
not learned.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
EMBOLDENEO ELkS TO
PLAY ROSWELL'S BEST.

Bolstered up with many good plays
and fat batting averages among some
Of their members. the Elks of this ci-
~ have conceived the idea that they
can play base ball in the same class
with the towns first team, and accor-
dinghy have arranged a game with
the valley champions for "Wednesday
afternoon of this week. at Amuse-
met Park. This game is TO start on
time.
The Roswell first team has three
or four Ell1s in its lineup. and they
viii be allowed TO stay there. The
Elk team proper will lbe made up of
the base ball players in the lodge who
do not belong TO the regular team.
The two line-ups as given by the
managers are as follows:
Roswell:-Mook, catcher: Nokes
pitcher: Edwards, first base: Leland,
second base: Caldwell. third base;
Bruegeeman. short stop; Amonett.
right field; Abels. center field: Stains
left field.
Elks:-Roy Daniel or Gene Lor-
~nan. catcher: Jim Kennedy or Drew
Pruit. pitcher: Hull. first base, Dow.
second base: Virgins. short stop:
BedeH. third base: Smith. right field;
evans. center field: Malone, left
field. The Elk lineup is subject to
violent change, without notice. There
are so many players in the lodge It
was hard to pick just nine men out
of the lot
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
PURE FOOD
CONVENTION

Denver. Colo. Aug. 23.-A conven-
tion small in point of the numbers in
but highly important
from the subjects to he discussed and
the endorsements to be made, is that
of the Association of State and Nat
ional Food and Dairy Departments,
which opens here tomorrow.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
b ere. he says as an invited guest. but
really to defend his department If il
needs to be.
Ii is said an effort will be made to
have the convention endorse a propo-
sition for a Model Food Law in
place of the law now in existence.
The model food law will he adopted
by all the state committees meeting
today. Among the committees meet
ing today is one preparing draft
of a model law for the manufacturers
OF food. The manufacturers and 9th
ers interested are being heard.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
Bankers in Session

Minneapolis, Aug. 23.-Minneapolis
IS today entertaining the Big Twist of
the Salty Order of PretZels, the SUI
preme Hole of Amalgamated Order
Of Doughnuts and other dignitaries
among the dough mixers who are in
attendance at the annual national
convention of bakers. The session
opened today will continue through
The week. and has attracted some of
the nations most expert masters OF
the art of making the light and por-
Gus STAFF of life. The pie specialists
and the cake bakers ace also we'll
represented.
The recent interview given out by
an ex-mayor. of New York. who has
attained ripe old age on diet large
ly composed of pie and cake. has put
heart into those responsible for the
manufacture of such indigestibles.
and they are considering "A proposal
for inaugurating a health campaign
to advocate a more general use of
their wares
1t is prO5oble that before the con
vention closes a large number of APP
plicants will be initiated into the Sal
" Order of Pretzels. Although the
secrets of the order are zealously
guarded it is alleged that the candi-
dates are forced to ride mince pie
nightmare instead of the goat used by
other fraternities.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
The Kansas City Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 23.-Cattle
receipts, 10000; Market steady Nat
i've steers, f.40T7.60; southern steers
3.256tf.75: southern cows. 2.50040O.
native cows and hefers. 2.25m700:
stockers and feeders. 3.0065.25; bulls
2T5 1915: calves. 3.75m725; western
steers, 3.S0d CTS: western cows, 2.75
n i.5o.
Hog receipts. 5000; market five
cents higher. Bulk of sales, 7.70m7.S5;
heavy. !.50M 7.S5: packer and butch
ers, 7.75d 100; light. 7.60m7.90 pigs
500 725.
Sheep receipts. 5000 market
strong. Muttons. 425M5.25: lambs.
500 n 670: range wethers. 4.0045 .25.
range ewes. 3.50n3.75.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
THOMPSON-LANHA
NUPTIAlS WEDNESDAY

Invitations are out for the wedding
of Mr.. Harold Harry Thompson and
Miss Blanche Mary Lanham, which
will occur Wednesday evening, Aug.
-. at 1880 O'Clock. The wedding will
be held at the Christian church, con
Quoted iby Elder George Fowler. The
attendance will be limited to the rel
atives and a few friends. The couple
will leave at once on a wedding trip
and will be home to their friends a
bout the middle of September in the
pretty new cottage the groom is
building on Michigan avenue, in
Home Place addition. The groom pros
pective is popular young salesman
at the Dilley Furniture store and the
bride to be is the daughter of Wm.
Lanham, who resides in the north
suburbs of Roswell. Both have many
friends and all wish them much hap
piness.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
Owl Band Receives Uniforms.

The seventeen uniforms for the Owl
band were received today and will
be issued for the regular concert to-
morrow evening. They are beauties
and as one of the boys said, they
won't have to play at all just march
ing down the street in them being
enough. Scarlet caps and coats with
lois of gold and white braid. with
white duck trousers and marching
leggings make up the suits. The
drum-major has an elaborately braid
I'd coat, with gold shoulder straps
and will carry a handsome staff. The
leader also has a specially brilliant
coat. indicating his rank. Watch for
them tomorrow night
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23
PARTY HOME FROM A
TRIP TO PINE LODGE.

Logan Mcpherson returned Sunday
evening in his auto from Pine Lodge
bringing Messrs and Mesdames B. F.
Harlow. of Roswell. and Charles
Hutchinson of Bowie. Tex. who
spent two weeks there and are de
lighted with the place. Mr.. McPher-
son has made a good record with his
auto on the Pine Lodge road He has
made the round trip five times with
out a break in his tires, which had
considerable wear before put into
this service. He made the return "trip
Sunday In four hours and forty min
utes, having stopped 25 minutes OF
that time for dinner. He returned
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-23

in the interest of public health.
at is the real means of prevent
ing and combating infectious dis
eases. and particularly tuberculosis.
3.-For the improvement of the
health of the people the military den-
list must follow the school dentist.
4.-Dental care must be introduced
into infirmaries, hospitals. orphan asy-
li1ns and homes for the deaf and the
dumb.
The third item is of course, one
that appeals more particularly to ma
tions organized on the military basis
but all of the others have inne-
diate interests to the people of all ma
dions
Ii is said that in any school one
or more children can be found suff-
ering from their teeth, to which par
ents give very little attention, not
perceiving that the child is thus him
dered in its studies and actually lay
ing the foundation for disease Ma
ny OF the stomach ailments are at
tra5utable to bad teeth, they failing
10 masticate food properly.