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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
Alaskan Boundary Disnuie.

The Hay-Herbert treaty relating to the disputed boundaries of Alaska has been made public, and the extent of the disclosure will not shock either side, for the treaty settles nothing ex. cept that both sides have sense enough to seek a peaceable method of adjust ing differences in Alaska.
 The treaty simply provides that boundary line commissioners shall be appointed, three of whom shall be named by the President of the United States and three by King Edward, and every question is to be decided by il majority vote of these six jurists. The commission is to hold it's first meeting in London. As soon as a decision is made experts are to be sent to Alaska to lay down the boundary line agreed upon.
 The treaty between Russia and Eng land, in 1925, and the treaty between Russia and the United States, in 1867, are the two chief documents to be con strued by the commission, and it is claimed that neither of them is capable of double constructions. England ex- pressly conceded to Russia in the treaty of 1925 Prince of Wales island, and the treaty of 1867 hands over to the United States all that Russia owned in North America.
 England, and particularly Canada, look at these questions in another light, and if they can convince ma- jority of the new commission, well and good. Majority rule under such circumstances is good rule, and the Anglo-Saxon world will be glad to hear that arbitration is spreading, even if The Hague tribunal is rarely appealed to. The treaty should be ratified, and the entire subject put in the course of final and satisfactory settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
RICH NEGROES IN NEW YORK.

From Zions Herald:
 The purchase by a wealthy colored fam fly of an expensive residence in an aristo- cratic white neighborhood in Brooklyn has been the means of bringing to light the interesting fact that there are at least 200 colored families in the metropolis able to live in fine houses and spend from S10,0o0 to s25.000 a year in their ordinary expenses Many of these people are we'll educated and cultured but they are rig idly shut up to their own society in New York, in spite of their wealth. They maintain their own social and club life, and are quite as exclusive as are white people in the same circumstances. In some of the establishments q full retinue of servants is employed The master has his butler and the mistress her maid, who. strange to say, are invariably whites. generally Scandinavians. who are devoid of race prejudice An investigation would probably bring to light large number of well-to-do negroes. in other cities besides New York They ale gener- ally of retiring disposition and can be found only by careful inquiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
Brunswick's Steal Plant.

The proposed steel plant at Bruns- wick, Ga, shows up well-on paper at least. It is to have a capital of $25,- 100000, and it will not only make all kinds of goods, from bar iron to steel rails, but it will build ships as we'll We will" says one of the Bruns wick boomers, manufacture open-heartn steel from southern ores, largely Ala bama ores, and Bessemer steel from foreign ores, which we will import from Cuba, Spain and other countries. !" It is to catch ores a-going and accom- ing, and it proposes to concentrate the finished product of all sorts at the seaboard for the foreign trade. This is an excellent and comprehensive pro gramme.
 There are, it is true, some difficult ties in the way, such as fuel, for there is not coal mine within three hun dred miles of Brunswick, and no fiux- ing material much nearer. As a rule ores seek fuel, but at Brunswick ores and fuel alike must be wheeled three hundred miles. No doubt iron and steel can be made at Brunswick at a profit in such times as these, but when prices fall to the bottom the Brunswick plant may not be able to compete with plants more favorably located.
 However, the Age-Herald wishes the Brunswick plant all possible success. It will need Alabama ores and Ala bama coke, and it will, when built and put in operation, demand the compile tion of the Brunswick and Birming- ham railroad. It would, in fact, in sure the building of the latter to this district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
Meridian's Growth.

A prominent business man of Meridian, Miss, while in Birmingham vest erday, took occasion to speak of the great growth of his town and vicinity.
 ''Of the two hundred business houses of Meridian" said he, eighty per cent of them are successful in a marked degree, as is evidenced by the high rating given them by the commercial agencies. One of the largest retail establishments of the south is that of Marks, Rottenburg & Co.,, and three other wholesale houses of Meridian would be credit to a city twice Meridians size.
 ''The success of Meridians enterprise is directly attributed to the rich agricul- tural territory surrounding the city and the united effort to build a town in the farming center by all who as a rule, act upon the broadest lines of public spirit. Up here it seems you Birming- hamers need only to care for yourselves. which, to my mind, is a mistake so far as the expansion and permanent growth of the town is concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
CONTAGIOUS PNEUMONIA.
It Is Said to Kill More People Than
 Tuberculosis.

From American Medicine.
 We wonder of the fact that patients and their friends ignore the contagious ness of pneumonia is often due to pro- fessional negligence. An exaggerated conception of the consciousness of t,l- berculosis Is held by the lay world, but pneumonia is of course, far more com tagious And patients and profession alike have not realized the new fact that the mortality of pneumonia is in some cities and parts of the country higher than that of tuberculosis pr. Reynolds of Chicago, returns to this lesson and emphasizes the necessity of the following measures:
 Pneumonia is a highly contagious dis ease, the cause of which is a micro-or ganism in the sputa of those suffering from the malidy, and contracted by in hailing this germ. Therefore, the same care should be taken to collect and de- stroy the sputa that is taken in pulmon- ary tuberculosis, or in diphtheria, or in- fiuenza.
 During the illness the greatest pains should be taken to prevent soiling bed clothing, carpets, or furniture with the sputa, and after the illness the patients room should be thoroughly cIeansed and ventilated
 The fact that the disease is most preya- lent in the winter season, when people are most crowded together and live much of the time in badly ventilated apart ments, makes obvious the necessity of thorough ventilation of houses, offices. factories, theatres, churches, passenger cars and other public places, in order that the air which must be breathed may be kept cleana and free from infectious matter
 Laymen should be taught not to be afraid of the patient who has pneumonia. influence, or tuberculosis, but to be afraid of lack of cleanliness about him during his Illness, or failure to enforce prophy- tactic measures and of close, badly ven tilated apartments during the season when these diseases most prevail Since pneumonia is most fatal at the extremes of life-the young and the aged special care should be taken to guard children and old persons against expos- ure to the infection of those already suf- fering with the disease and against cold. privation, and exposure to the weather. which are potent, predisposing causes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
CAUSES OF INDIGESTION.
How Certain Ills Which Affect the
 Stomach Become Chronic.

From the Youths Companion.
 The causes of chronicS indigestion are manifold, but usually and almost always in the beginning. even when the stomach finally becomes actually diseased, the condition is due to improper eating It may not be that the sufferer eats too much, although very many people who are not gluttons do that, but he eats im- properly One who suffers from dyspep- sia or who wishes to avoid such suffering should remember that the stomach can not do all the work of digestion Before it enters the stomach the food much be finely divided and mixed with the saliva, which is as certainly digestive fluid as is the gastric juice. Gladstone it is said. used to chew every mouthful of food thirtytwo times, one for each tooth, be- fore he swallowed it.
 Long mastication of the food is useful in many ways In the first place 1t should appeal to all who delight in the pleasures of the table, for if the food Is savory 1t is tasted longer, and better when well chewed. Again long mastication mixes the food well with the saliva and begins its digestion, and this sweetens the starchy food and improves it's taste. Finally if one eats slowly he will have less time to eat much. and hunger is ap- peased and feeling of satietyis attained before the stomach can become over loaded
 While one is chewing the food should be moved from side to side of the mouth that the mixture with the saliva may be more thorough
 Too much fluid should not be taken with the meal but it is not a wise plan to take none as is sometimes recom- mended The gastric juice should not be too much diluted. but if the food is well moistened the juice acts better and more rapidly. One glass of water with a meal is about the right amount. Cool water, moreover, in moderate quantity stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, and wineglass full of lee water taken before the meal gives a flip to the ap- petite without any of the drawbacks of liquor.
 If in spite of all precautions chronic in- digestion persists, one should try the ex- pertinent of eating only one kind of food at meal-meat fish or eggs without bread and potatoes, or bread and batter without animal food. The stomach that rebels at a mixed meal will often do its work satisfactory if offered only one arti- cle of food at a time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
NEW YORK TO HAVE A
 HOTEL FOR WOMEN ONLY

Having secured a fine lot on Twenty ninth street, with frontage of seventy five feet on that street and Thirtieth. the plot running the length of the block, work upon the hotel was begun in the year 1900 and rapidly pushed to completion
 The building. which is practically com pleted, is twelve stories high and built of pressed brick and stone. The cost of building and site Is nearly ss0o.0OO.
 The first and second floors are devoted mainly to the office, restaurant dining halls and reception rooms, and the other ten are used for apartments and single permanent patrons and 200 for transients. It is the intention to rent the single rooms and apartments to women only. who will be able to get rooms for as low as 8 a week. From this minimum the rates go to $17 a week, and higher for large suites.
 The hotel will be like any other hotel, except in this, that the rooms will be let only to women. There will be no male lodgers, but the men will not be barred from the restaurant, the dining rooms or the drawing rooms. As long as the women are unmarried they can remain in the hotel, but when they take husbands the doors of the Martha Washington will be closed on them except as visitors.
 It Is estimated that the hotel will ac- eommodate more than GOO patrons. Five hundred already have engaged rooms, ex- hausting all the permanent quarters, and there are more than 200 on the waiting list The woman" idea will not be car ried to excess in the selection of the em- ployes, although wherever possible women will be given the preference The elevator operators. bell boys, the book keeper. some clerks and the walters are to be women and girls. The manager is MT. James H. Case, hotel man of ex- perience.
 Another feature is the library. This was donated by woman who wished to show her appreciation of the enterprise. It has been furnished under Miss Kel- logg's direction and she has copied the bookcases and chairs from the furni- ture in Washington's library at Mount Vernon. The fireplace in this room is very handsome, and the mantel Is sur mounted by an excellent bas-relief of Martha Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
LAST OF THE HUeUENors.
Few Traces of the Community in the
 East End of London.
from the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 When Princess Charlotte entered Lon don for her marriage with King George and the coronation revels which followed it. she passed from Whiteehapel to Is lington through prosperous French section known as Spitalfelds It was the settlement of the Huguenot refugees, who carried their industries as well as their religion from France and planted null berry trees in large gardens where silk worms could be fed on home grown leaves.
 The descendants of these weavers were rich and prosperous in the days of George H., and they lived in fine old houses, with oak paneled rooms and high latticed windows close under the caves. where they could have light for working their looms. There were as many as a dozen Huguenot churches In the east end Of London during the Georgian refgns, and when the beautiful Spitalflelds church was built, with its lofty spire, it's bell early after sunrise and again at cur few was the signal for thousands of i'm dustrious weavers to begin or end their labors forthe day. The industry has dis appeared, the houses have fallen into de- cay and the gardens are neglected. Spit t'hitiuS HdS lpSl us dSptCl diu been inverted into a swarming ghetto.
 In order to find a distinct trace of the Huguenot community, which had so hon orable history in the east end, one must now go farther out in Hackney and visit the French Protestant hospital near Vic- toria park. It is a beautiful modern structure designed in imitation of an old time French chateau. and it stands in spacious well kept grounds which offer a marked contrast to the ordinary east end environment. The institution owes it's origin to a bequest made by a French Huguenot refugee two centuries ago and to liberal contributions from weavers and merchants in London. Work was begun near Peerless Pool, in the northern su- burbs, where a hospital for poor French Protestants and their descendants was opened and was long known affectionate- ly among the refugees as La Providence When the growth of suburban London rendered the old site ineligible, the second building was constructed forty years ago and is now the refuge of about sixty aged pensioners of Huguenot descent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
cARNEoIE's BILLIARD TABLE.
Only Two Others of Large-Size Variety
 Owned In New York.

From the New York Times
 One of the recent innovations in An drew Corneges new house at Ninety third street and Fifth avenue is an Eng fish billiard table which he has had made to order in this city for $500 There is a very fine billiard room in MT. Carnegie's house--better, it Is said, than in any other home of the long row of muti-million- aires palaces that line the avenue. It would hold two of the ordinary carom tables such as are used in, the United States, but the huge English affair, built on lines that have been in vogue since the days of Henry VIII, almost fills 1t.
 So far as a reporter for the Times could find out, there are only two other Eng fish tables in this city--one at the Wal dorf-Astoria and the other in little club that Is very much patronlzed by English men. The one at the Waldorf-Astoria Is patronzed almost exclusively by English guests of the hotel and has not yet ceased to be an object of amusement and curiosi- ty to American visitors. The Englishman, on the other hand dislikes the American table He calls 1t toy.
 Before Maurice Daly. at one time bii- Hard champion of the world, sailed for Europe on last Wednesday to witness the international tournament in Paris next month and to arrange, for similar tournament In this city, a reporter talked with him about MT. Carnegies English table. MT. Daily is one of the pioneer pro- fessional billiard players in New York and has an unequaled library on the his- tory and science of the game. He has a scrapbook with reports of all the import ant professional and amateur games ever played here from the days when prores- sional matches were confined to a little hall in Chambers street and gradually worked their way uptown to the old Win ter Garden, to Tammany hall and Irving hall In those days billiards was not a very popular game in New York. and 1t was difficult to find place for a profes- slonal match. Nowadays there are, &C., cording to Mir. Daly's estimate. 5O0,O0o men in New York who are regular ha- bitues of the billiard table. Matchmakers can take their choice of three large pup- lie billiard establishments. or if they wish to be exclusive. can measure cues in the commodious billiard rooms of clubs that give more or less attention to sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07

be told truthfully. fully and vividly, and Professor Dabney is the right man to do the telling of it all. The story of the reconstruction law of congress, and the deeds done in pursuance of it is one of the darkest chapters in the history of this country, And it sis fortunate indeed that the full story is to be recorded by Professor Dabney.
 Professor Dabney asks all persons having accurate knowledge of any facts that would shed light upon the reconstruction period to aid him. He wants books, pamphlets, newspapers or letters relating to events from the time of Lineoln's reconstructive ex- periments down to the withdrawal of federal troops from the south by Hayes. All kinds of pertinent facts are desired by Professor Dabney- anything and everything pertaining to the reconstruction regime.
 This is the time and the occasion to secure a just, truthful and full history of the outrages perpetrated under the forms of law by a partisan and sec tional congress in the years that di- reetly followed the fall of the Con- federacy. Professor Dabney proposes to take plenty of time for his task, and to consider it in all it's bearings and branches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
Charitable EauIes.

The order of Eagles in Birmingham at a regular meeting last night. donated $1O0 out of the treasury, to charity-$5O to the Boys Industrial school and $50 to be di- vided between the three kindergartens.
 "The Eagles are new here" said member of the aerie, but they are numerous and eager to do all the good they can. The amount voted to charity marks the beginning of the orders sys- tematic work along this line. From time to time the aerie will assist the Mercy home and the hospitals"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
HONOR THE HEN.

From Leslie's Monthly.
 The growth of the poultry industry in this country is one of the wonders of the time. As a producer of wealth the Ameri- can hen is a marvel. To illustrate the increased earning power of this industri- ous autocrat of the barnyard 1t may be stated that in Missouri during the fiscal year the sum derived from the sale of poultry and eggs ran $17O00 ahead of all the other products of the state combined. The totals show that the old hen, neg lected and left by the farmer to forage for herself while he devoted his attention to the field crops outstripped them all, in- cluding corn, wheat, oats. flax, timothy seed, clover seed, millet seed, cane seed, castor beans, cotton seed, tobacco, broom corn, hay and straw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
About Persons.

F. F. Ames, a wealthy banker of To- ronto, Can, who is interested in the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company, reached the city last night. He will be joined here by two of his Canadian friends today
 W. A. Davis of Anniston, is registered at the Morris.
 B. F. Elmore of Demopolis is at the IIillman.
 O. D. Street of Guntersvlle is stopping at the Metropolitan
 w. DeBardeleben of Montgomery is registered at the Morris.
 Edward deGraffenreid of Greensboro is at the Metropolitan.
 w. H. Pickens of East Lake is stopping at the Hillman.
 c. L. Whitehead of Evansville is reg istered at the Morris
 A. c. McMillan of Livingston is at the Metropolitan.
 Richard J. Goss of Henryville. Ind, is visiting his brother F. J. Goss of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
BLANCA.
By Felicia Hemans.

By Felicia Hemans. The boy stood on the burning deck.
 Whence all but him had fled; The flames that lit the battles wreck.
 Shone round him. per the dead Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
 As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like, form. The flames rolled on-he would not go. Without his fathers word; That father, faint in death below,
 His voice no longer heard He called aloud-"Say, father, say If yet my task is done? ?' He knew not that the chieftan lay
 Unconscious of his son.
 Speak father" once again he cried. If I may yet be gonei' e And but the booming shots replied And. fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath,
 And in his waving hair; And looked from that lone post of death, In still yet brave, despair. And shouted but once more aloud,
 My fatherl must I stay?" While OCT him fast through sail ana
 shroud,
 The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendor will, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came burst of thunder sound The boy!--oh, where was he? Ask of the winds that far around
 With fragments strewed the sea! With mast. and helm. and pennon fair, That well had borne their part But the noblest thing that perished thera. Was tha. young faithful heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Better Than Vaccination.

I have plan for preventing smallpox which is far better than all the vaecina- tlon that can be devised said cynical man in the Hillman cafe last night. Any body who is afraid of smallpox need only to get one of the patented health policies which are sold by all the insurance agents. Each company has long list Of diseases against which they insure in- eluding smallpox, but nobody holding policy was ever known to have one or the ailments listed. advise anybody who wants to avoid vaccination to look up Howard Kobb, Arthur Adams Russell Booth or some of the other insurance so- licitors in Birmingham, and they can easily get an absolute guarantee against smallpox"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
It Miuht Have Been.

T have lived in boarding houses all my life" said the man with the grizzly gray hair, but not until last summer did the chance ever come to me te even up things with the landlady."
 And how did you do it then?'' was asked.
 Well, when the price of beef began to go up she fed us on codfish We had had it for breakfast, dinner and supper about 15O times, and protests had been un- availing when an idea occurred tot me-
 "A bright idea. of course"
 Yes; rather bright. got up corner in codfsh coppered the whole supply of the United States and raised the price to 60 cents pound. Since then I have been kept busy eating rib roasts and porter house steak as tender as spring chicken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-07
Reconstruction in the South.

The history of reconstruction in the Heath Dabney, professor of history in the University of Virginia. He is a well-known historical writer, and a better man could not readily be se- lected to execute this important liter ary task.
 The history of the Johnson admins tration and of the strife that arose be- tween the president and the republi- can leaders in congress, and the state governments each installed as it were. and the strange things those alleged governments did-each and all need to