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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
PROPHECIES OF 4 BUDDHIST
Wonderful Discoveries Will Follow Ad'
 vent of Cycle Marked by 1911

From the Pall Mall Gazette.
 In an article dealing with the discovery of the North Pole, the Indian Mirror ac- counts for the event in 8 somewhat cu- rious manner.
 We have been repeatedly telling our countrymen," says the journal, that ,momentous events will take place upon the advent of the new cycle, to be marked by the 25OOth anniversary of Mana Pari Ntrvana of Lord Gautama Buddha in 1911.
 "All that is taking place today her aids the coming of an age of wonderful discoveries and events, which will change the current of human thought and will lead the human race to higher destiny than has been it's lot for the last 1000 years. We have also said that the pres ent century will be memorable for won derful discoveries both on the material and spiritual planes.
 ..Is it not curious that the discovery of Lord Buddha's relics should be fol- lowed almost immediately by the explor- ation of the North Pole? The discovery of the North Pole, We make bold to say, will pale into insignificance beside the more wonderful discoveries which will take place during the present century.
 .Earthquakes will continue in quick succession" adds the writer, and will throw out from the bowels of the earth numerous strange relics of the past age. Many historical and scientific theories will be demonstrated thereby, and al- together a new age of knowledge and vision will dawn upon the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Judge J. R. Dowdell Undor.ed fnr Chfof Justice

A meeting of the members of the Mobile bar favorable to the election of Judge J. R. Dowdell as Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court of Alabama to succeed himself was held Friday night, April l. large number of the friends of Judge Dowdell were present. A committee was appointed to draft an indorsement of Judge Dowdell to be presented through 1 rress to the voters of Mobile county. The committee retired and brought in the following indorsement, which was unanimously adopted by the meeting: To the Voters of Mobile County Those of the Bar of Mobile who believe that Judge J. K. Dowdell should Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama, recommend him to the voters of Mobile and the State as a loyal Democrat, a lawyer of ability a jurist of experience, a forceful writer, a. man of unimpeachable integrity. Judge DowdelPs service on the Chancery bench of the State and his !2 years experience on the Supreme bench of the State warranted his se- lection as Chief Justice. These years of experience, coupled with an active mind and vigorous body, in our judg- ment, have fully equipped him for this most honorable position as presiding officer of a court composed of men of ripe years and much experience. We believe that the chief justiceship of the State of Alabama should be the goal of the less active years of life of the experienced Alabama 1urfst or lawyer, provided he has the other Qual- ifications, and Judge Dowdell pos sesses the qualifications in a most em- inent degree and we most. heartily in- dorse and recommend him to the voters of Mobile and Alabama as his own suc- cessor for this most exalted office"
 D. P. BESTOR,
 R. T. ERWIN,
 F. L. RUSSELL,
 H. PILLANS,
 JOHN W. MALPINE,
 T. M. STEVENS,
 J. c. RICH,
 s. P. GAILLARD,
 Committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
pe,p.yyvnnia 10, Navy o

Annapolis, Md, April s.-<SpecialD- Nothing seemed to go the Naval acadei. mys way this afternoon in the game which was lost to the University of Penn sylvania by 10 to O. Nine hits and two errors for the visitors against three hits and seven errors for the locals explains most of it, and the 10 to 0 score is rather we'll made out when the fact is added that the Pennsylvania players were faster and used their heads better in the field. The middies were up against better play CTS, and the only ray of comfort given in the game was that Anderson, the big left-handed pitcher, pitched the closing three innings and would not allow run. Score: R.H. E. IT. of F. ...,.. Oo4 22O 00O-10 9 ? Navy ..... GOO GOO 0O0-- o 8 5
 Batteries Schultz and Cozzen; Lanphier. Anderson and Calligan. Umpire, Sweet of Annapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Poor Scott

|om the Cosmopolitan |'he was charming debutanfe, ana he | S a somewhat serious chap. Convefsa- In was rather fitful, so he decided to |lde it into literary channels. E- -.te you fond of literature?' he askeo'
 Passionately." she replied. T love .jks dearly"
 EThen you should admire Sir water |btt," he exclaimed with sudden anima- | n. .Is not his Lady of the Lake ex- |lsite in it's flowing grace and poetic lgery? Is 1t not Int Is perfectly lovely" she assented' |lsping her hands in ecstasy. 1 sup Ike I have read it a do1en times Hand Scott's 'Marmion,' he continued, |Iith it's rugged simplicity and marvel Es description"
 IIt is perfectly grand" she nurmured. {And Scott's 'Perevil of the Peak and
 noble Bride of Lammermoor'-wher
 the English language will you find
 ,thing more heroic? You like them,
 sure?'
 In just dote upon them she replied.
 And Scott's Emulsion he continued
 ,tily. for a faint suspicion was begin
 E to dawn upon him.
 i think" she interrupted rashly. that
 the best thing he ever wrote.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

WILLIAM c. OATES. WILLIAM c. OATES, JR. RAY RUSHTON. H. F. CRENSHAW. GASTON GUNTER. GEORGE SHOWERS. ALEX TROY. l.. A. SANDERSON. EDWARD s. WATTS. JOHN V. SMITH. HUGH NELSON. H. s. HOUGHTON. E. F. BABER. ROBERT c. HARRINGTON. LEO H. WE'LL. PHARES COLEMAN. F. STOLLENWERCK, JR. JOHN A. KIRKPATRICK. G. F. MARTINS. WILLIAM c. MCGUIRE. JOHN J. ROBINSON. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD. WALTON H. HILL. M. H. SCREWS.
 w. w. PEARSON. M. P. LeGRAND. w. S. REESE.
 WILLIAM H. THOMAS. WILLIAM c. SWANSON. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
French Play. Too Re.tricted.

From the Chicago Examiner.
 The standard of French plays consid- cred educational and proper for Uni versity of Chicago co-eds has proved too restricted to please all the membership of the Alliance Franchise and a part of the organization has rebelled against the strict censorship
 To satisfy the demand of French peo- pie in Chicago for the dramas of modern French playwrights the "Comedie iPari- sienne" will be launched next winter.
 The French. theatre under the joint management of the alliance and the uni versity will continue producing the French classics. while the +Comedie Pari- sienne, under the direction probably of Henri vendeputte, will produce the pop ular Parisian plays of the day.
 The dissatisfaction in the Alliance Fran caise became acute when the committee on selection of plays consisting of Ar thur T. Aldis and Prof. IF. B. Babcociz of the University of Chicago, ruled against the production of "Suzette'' a comedy written by Eugene Brieux. one of the best known contemporary French dramatists. The Comedie Parisienne plays will be a..a'l s|.. sl sIs plsSs' |ssIaslas hnn hoev1 aeIected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
NEW METHODS IN
 THE HOLY AND American Trade Invasion May
 Work Revolution
 THE OLD FARM METHODS Centuries old Are Stll in Use-M0dern Implements Are to lBe Introduced. The Land system, However,
 Is Very Bad
THE OLD FARM METHODS
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Spurred on by the call of progress and urged by repeated petitions of the great commercial heads of the old world, Americans are planning peace full invasion of the Holy Land, the home of the rugged patriarchs of bibli- cal history, that for centuries has re- sisted the march of modern improve .ment and is surrounded by almost the same conditions that existed in the days of David Micah, Hosea and the rest of the ancient prophets.
 No greater field for American in .dustry, according to experts who have just returned from Palestine and Jeru- salem, exists Constant missionary work of representatives of American business firms among the natives is beginnings to bear fruit, and from an antagonistic attitude that has been un- shakable for years the people have adopted a receptive spirit and seem anxious and willing to learn new things.
 American machinery, particularly farming machinery, will be the first of this country's mechanical products to be experimented with in the Holy Land. One of the largest manufac- tuners of harvesting machinery in the United States has aready shipped to Palestine several carloads of the latest, most improved reapers. binders and harrows, besides samples. of sowing and blowing machines.
 The success of this new venture is being watched with undisguised inter- est by European competitors.
 Farming methods used by the na- tives of Palestine and Jerusalem are most primitive. Centuries have made little change in the cultivation of the soil. There is still 7the crude blow of one handle, an iron shovel bolted to a crooked stick and drawn by camel There is still sthe cruel goad, a rod with a gpiEe in one end that is used Qs an tncsntiye to the dromedary to work faster, and the harvesting and gleanipG methods and the threshipo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

customs described in the Book of Ruth still prevail.
 |, Consul Thomas R. Wallace of Jeru- salem recently vote to Washington that conditions for the adoption Of
 American machinery were never better
 than now.
 Particularly in Judea, bordering on
 the sea, the land is rich and fertile and well adapted to all kinds of agricul- tural implements and machinery. A campaign of education has been
 carried on for years by representatives of American firms among the natives of this section that has for its end
 the abolishing of the Communal Sys- tenn" tn, greatest menace the Holy
 Land offers to the admittance of mod ern improvements.
 System Retards Progress The Communal System" destroys ev- cry incentive for improvement of land.
 The ground is apportioned every three years and each person is free to do as
 he likes with his portion. In some of the communities each villager or family owns a portion of the farm
 lands. The original farm is sub divided among the survivors of each succeed lng generation until it eventually IS in very small patches.
 Efforts are being made to induce the l. olders of these small farms to com
  tracts jointly, according to modern met ods.
 | Under present conditions the poverty | of the people is the greatest obstacle | that American merchants will have to | face. The farmers pledge their crops
 every year before they are harvested. and are thus kept destitute. | The land, while fertile, does not pro- duce one-tenth the size crops that 1t | should because of the inability of the natives to properly till the soil. | The crude blows used penetrate but sn inch or two deneath the surface, | and no pretense is made to turn the ground over in smooth furrows. What a marvellous change faces the
 country of King David and Solomon! | What a change will come into the l lives Of the simple -minded natives with | the introduction of modern American Alarming machinery! To them it will be little short of magic to see the won cerful mechanism of the life-like har- vesters at work.
 | To the American farmer who has seen the labor in the fields reduced gradually, step at a time, year by year. | the development of the farm machine | is regarded merely a matter of course, | out to the native of Palestine who will have the result of a century's brains and endeavor at his feet the result will be different.
 All Done By Hand i At reaping time the brown-skinned na- | tives have been accustomed to cutting the grain with hand sickles and carrying it
 away in armfuls to be threshed later be- |, tween clumsy logs studded with bits of | iron. The chaff they have laboriously blown away by hand with huge fans | Now their fields will be plowed by up-
 to-date itilling machines. the furrows | planted by sowing machines, and, when l the crops have matured, along will come l that remarkable and almost human inven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
CHIEF JUSTICE DOWDELL
 UNANIMOUSLY INDORSED
 [ BY MONTGOMERY BAR
Voters Alabama Called Upon to Retain Him In Position of
 Chief Justice of Supreme Court

We, the undersigned members of the bar of Montgomery county, take pleasure |in unqualifiedly indorsing the candidacy of Chief Justice J. R. Dowdel1 for the Hull term in the high position he now hills with such eminent satisfaction to both bench and bar. Judge Dowdell was Appointed to the chief justiceship lit- |tle over a year ago, upon the reoommen- dation and indorsement of his associates upon the supreme bench and without his Eolicitation. He was the logical appointee as he is now the logical candidate. He was in line of promotion to this highest Eudicial position in point of seniority of kervice as an associate justice, and his eminent qualifications therefore were uni- kersally acknowledged. His appointment was highly commended throughout the itate.
 At this time we think it would be ex- .eedingly unfortunate to lose Judge Dow sells services from the supreme bench, md we call upon the voters of Alabama, without regard to political differences, or Judgments, for the good of the com nonwealth and the judiciary of the state, o retain him in the position of chief Justice of the supreme court. W. A. GUNTER.
 LUDLOW ELMORE. WILLIAM M. WILLIAMS. c. F. MINTYRE.
 J. T. LETCHER.
 GEORGE w. JONES. J. M. FOSTER.
 s. LAMAR FIELD.
 J. B. JONES.
 FRANK L. WARD. HORACE STRINGFELLOW. B. P. CRUM.
 G. A. SHREVE.
 LEON WE'LL.
 R. E. STEINER. JR. WALTER B. JONES. ALEX H. CLARK. J. LEE HOLLOWAY. J. M. CHILTON. FRED S. BALL. WILLIAM H. SANFORD. T. s. THIGPEN. SCOTT SAYRE.
 GEORGE M. MARKS. THOMAS w.. MARTIN. JOHN R. TYSON.
 WILLIAM L. MARTIN. W. F. THEDFORD, JR. R. L. HARMON.
 JOHN w. A. SANFORD. JACK THORINGTON.
 rLIFFORD LANIER.
 IF. H. SHAY.
 DE JALMA s. TAUSMAN. w. M. BLAKELY.
 DAVIS F. STAKELEY.
 JOHN w. vARDEMAN, JR- PHILIP H. STERN.
 5. H. ROQUEMORE.
 J. sTERNDELD..
 W. E. ANDREWS.
 w. J. FULLER.
 r. WINTER BLOOMINGTON. r, A. ELMORE.
 MARK D. BARNARD.
 I. B. FULLER.
 w. c. HILL.
 w. W. HILL.
 w. A. JORDAN.
 bOSEPH GALLOWAY.
 c. F. CRENSHAW.
 W. R. BRASSELL.
 A. F.. WHITING.
 c. l.. MLENDON.
 HAMPSTEAD BROWN.
 H. FOSTER.
 WILLIAM T. SE1BLES.
 A H. ARLINGTON.
 sTUART MACKENZIE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

the ballot but their nature doesn't de- mand the ballot.
 What is home without ballot box?
 The eternal feminine is fine campaign material
 Women may become great statesmen, but they will never be great politicians. How would a woman's reputation look in society after it had passed through about one mud d-slinging cam- paign? And what would the other wom- en say?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

the heads off the ripe, golden grain, sepa- rate it from the husks and pack it into bags ready for shipping and then bind the empty sheaves with wire, all during one trip across the fields. Thus the work that has taken the farmers of Palestine g. month to accomplish will be done for them in a day.
 The Americans have beaten other na- tions to Palestine with their machinery, but Germany and England have been working hard in Syria for years. The colonies established by the Jews and Ger mans in Syria are using up-to-date ma chinery with great success, and 1t is largely due to their example that Amer jeans have recently had an easier time with the natives of Palestine.
 East of Jordan the soil is rich and productive, and the Jews are tilling it with the most improved blowing ma chimes While they have not as yet im- ported the most expensive combination reapers binders and threshers, they do use good, substantial machinery, such as one would find on some of the smaller farms in our own land.
 These are signs of advancement, and, as Consul Wallace has said, should be sufficient indication for American busi- ness men to warrant the giving of more attention to trade in the Holy Land.
 The blows drawn by the camels one can find any day in Southern Palestine. and all over the country the ox-drawn harrow is as much in evidence as in the days when David tended his flock on the hillside.
 Dislike Innovations With the introduction of American farming machinery into the Holy Land and the destruction of the pernicious Communal system would come a won drous change into the lives of the poor peasants
 The people are intelligent, though perjudiced against innovations When once they understand the value of the new machinery, it is safe to predict that much of the apathy which surrounds their country will be shaken eff. Of course there is a lot of opposition to the idea of modernizing Palestine par ticularly from tourists and those who do not want the old Biblical surroundings disturbed.
 | What more sacrilegious could be imagined than cutting down the famous | Cedars of Lebanon? Yet that Is an other thing planned by those who favor a regeneration of the Holy Land | There is little being done along these lines. however. Cedar brings high price in the English markets. and a snort | time ago a party of English and -Ameri- can capitalists at Jerusalem considered seriously the formation of company for the purchase, but nothing came of H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Bird Got the Laugh

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Two Irishmen were out hunting, with one gun between them. The man with the gun saw a bird on twig and took careful aim at it.
 "For the love of heaven. Mike! shout ed the other hunter, don't shoot. The gun .ain't loaded"
 live got to-, yelled Mike. The bird won't wait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Women and the Ballot

|pm Judge. woman with a ballot in her hand |raminjscent of a rosebud wrestling h a threshing machine. ballots came in bandboxes, women uld be more at home handling them. kh& fiutter of petticoat loses it's ] Hhtion in politics. IN .k koman at the polls and baby in I#u(adle don't seem to harmonize, kAx1w.
 the women vote, the hens will
 " sa3q about growing hens.
 may htve children and heve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
She Approved

From Harper's Bazar.
 ..What's 'at?" inquired 3-year-old Ma rian. with her finger on an ugly beast in her new picture-book.
 "A hippopotamus, answered her mother
 Marian gazed at the animal critically, then nodded. "Oh, yes,' she cried, with evident approval of the nomenclature So 'tis!r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

Acreage at iEnsley Suitable for subdivision, railroad front age, all highlands. Immense profits to be made. Everything is busy at Ensley. See us Mon day.
 E. C. foNV1ILE 6 Uo,,
 216 North 21at Street,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
yindictive Cuss

From Everybody's
 'Ugh.' spluttered MT. Jones. That nut had a worm in it.
 Here urged a friend. offering him a glass of water, drink this and wash 1t dcwn.''
 Wash it down. growled Jones. Why should I? Let him walk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
FOR SALE

Very nice Central Park lot; cheap for cash. Call Bell Phone 1896.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
FOR SALE

$85OO-Residence near Five Points; also lot 100 feet, Cliff Road, near Jenl<ins residence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
New York IA, Yale 0

New York, April 9.-(Special. )-Before a small crowd of 300 the Giants opened the season at the Polo grounds today by de- feating Yale IA to o. Score: R.H E. Yale ................. coo GOO COO 6 New York ............. 009 210 02"-14 ' 6
 Batteries: Freeman, Tommers and Bag ger; Parsons and Meyers, Schlei and Snodgrass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

.W. 3. IEEpY 6 %.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

' ! .l. ries of six plavs,
 has been selected,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-28
A FAKER TURNED DOWN

Publicity takers who have been
coming through Idaho at intervals
fleeing publishers and business men,
and leaving no lasting benefits in the
communities fleeced, are getting what
they need now.
At the last meeting of the Press
club, resolution was adopted, to
have no dealings with this class of
Arabs, and since that time two or
three have come through wondering
why there was nothing doing. The
last one to come up the line found
the pasture so poor that he was using
all the old kilograms and personal let
ter recommendations he had in his
clothes to get foothold, or trans
portation to the next town, and the
only man who responded by giving
him an inch found that he took the
proverbial rod.
When men who know each other
in their daily walks for years, let
some publicity faker come between
them to fleece them both ways, they
ought to be fieeced, and they never
fail to get 1t plenty when they bite.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-28
EDITOR WRIGHT HAS AN IDEA

c. E. Wright, editor of the Examin.
er at Montpelier, has an idea of his
own about conducting his newspaper
subscription accounts, and announces
that he has decided to try the good
old pay as-you please plan for one
more year, and IL people do not pay
up when they are one year in arrears
he Is going to advertise them in a
department of his paper known as
the won't pays provided that they
ignore his requests to pay, or make
the excuse that they didn't receive
the paper regularly or that they had
never subscribed for it.
The person who comes in and
states that he is unable to pay, and
agrees to settle at some definite and
reasonable date is to be exempt from
being advertised.
That is characteristic of the feel
ings of every country editor. 1t is
not the poor man or the one who is
out of luck and unable to pay that
exasperates the editor, it is the one
who is well pleased with his paper
until he is asked to pay up, and then
makes some excuses that had never
appealed to him before, that the edi-
tor wants to hang. In fact it is a
pleasure to him to write their obitu-
aries.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-28
BIG REDUCTION IN LIGHT RATES
Continued from page u

removed within twelve hours from
the time of arrival.
The report and recommendations
were adopted and an ordinance pass
ed accordingly.
The water company asked for IN
formation how much water will be
needed for flushing the sewer, and
Sewer Engineer Kelsey will be asked
to give the information. The COM
mittees were continued on the water
question and on the franchise for
lights and power.
Building Permits
A building permit was issued to
Mike Bischoff to erect a frame build
ing 10x12 in the Mcdonald addition.
The ordinance for the sewer bond
was read and adopted.
Depot Site Rejected
1t being rumored that the Oregon
Short Line had rejected the site pro-
posed by citizens for the new depot,
and will offer a substitute with the
passenger depot at Alice street or
two blocks farther north than the old
one is, and the freight depot two
blocks north of that, there was some
discussion as to the merits of the
proposition, but nothing definite was
decided upon.