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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
No Arbitration of Bonds.

The south is to be congratulated upon the passage of the arbitration treaties so amended that no repudi- ated bonds can be collected through The Hague tribunal until treaty authorizing an arbitration of that na ture has beer passed by the Senate As the Senate does not limit debate either in or out of executive session. it is plain it will be a good while be- fore any reconstruction bonds are col lected in that way. The struggle has been a warm one, but in the end the south came out ahead.
 The Presidents attempt to dictate to the Senate in the ratification of the arbitration { aatles. was perhaps an event of historic interest. The Pres- dent attempted to force the Senate, for he said that if the Senate did not leave the treaties untouched he would not urge the foreign powers to accept them. This was too much for sena- torial dignity, coming as it did with general lecture on the duty of the Senate. The Senate bolted outright, only nine Senators recording their votes against tho treaties as amended 
 by the Senate. That body stood brave ly by it's action, some of the admins tration senators insisting firmly upon senatorial prerogative. Senators Spooner, Lodge and Foraker spoke against acceptance of the presidential suggestion, chiefly because it would create a dangerous precedent.
 The change secured by the south in the arbitration treaties was but the change of single word in Article 2, making it read, as follows:
 'In each individual case the high contracting parties, before appealing to the permanent court of arbitration, shall conclude special treaty defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators and the periods to be fixed for the forma- tion of the arbitration tribune, and the several stages of the procedure"
 The word agreement" had been changed to treaty" and in that way the treaties went through practically unopposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
Today's Great Problem.

The address of President Roosevelt at the Lincoln dinner in New York ap- pears elsewhere in full, and as it re- lates almost wholly to the south it will certainly secure, and will certainly deserve, careful reading in this section of the country. It is broad and liberal, and the race problem of the south is treated from a lofty point of view.
 MT. Roosevelt highly extols Abra- ham Lincoln, but he does this in order to lay basis for a discussion of the southern problem. He wants all to look at the race question as Lincoln looked at the questions with which he had to deal-"with malice toward none; with charity for all with firm ness in the right, as God gives us to see the right" After speaking kindly of the Lost Cause, he proceeds at once to take up the grave problem of the south-of the entire country, for that matter But, as the President says, the problem is far greater and far more acute in the south.
 He says our effort should be to se- cure to each man, whatever his color, equality of opportunity, equality of treatment before the law. He dis cusses "the unparalleled sociological" proposition at great length. He calls upon the white man for help, and then he rouses up the black man to his best efforts. After discussing lynching, he approvingly quotes from a recent arti cle written by Bishop Strange of North Carolina, in which the good bishop shows that there must be no confus- ing of civil privileges with social inter- course. Society" adds the bishop, "is law unto itself, and it will always regulate it's own practices and habits" Bishop Strange further says that race purity must be maintained, and to this all refiecting men of both races are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
MT. DeBardeIeben's Proposition.

The proposition of MT. DeBardele- ben, after declining Colonel Johns tribute of a personal nature, does him infinite credit. The modesty and worth of the man sI.nes through it. His en- tire active career has resulted in more good to others than to himself, and the altruistic plan which he brings for ward surprises no one who knows him well.
 The plan he proposes is eminently attractive, while the investment of $100000 in coal land might not yield as much revenue for the hospitals as MT. DeBardeleben estimates they would, the income from royalties would be considerable.
 All modern corporations desire to care for those injured in their service, and MT. DeBardeleben's plan enables them to do this through very mod crate expenditure. It appeals to tho business sense as well as to the hu- manity of the men that control them.
 The two public hospitals in this city can, if well endowed, take care of the charity patients, and a nobler monue ment than that no man can have. MT. DeBardeleben does not even ask or expect the proposed fund to carry his own name. He simply desires to see it provided. That alone will satisfy and gratify him.
 The Age-Herald predicts that the numerous corporations in this district will be glad to provide the sum named. namely, $109,000. As a business prop osition they will do this. As a piece of justice to employees stricken down in the course of their employment they vii. do it. As measure of humanity they will not fail to respond to it. The Age-Herald predicts an easy road to tho new and much-needed fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
A SUNDAY BREAKFAST IN
 NEW YORK'S EAST SIDE

Somehow she reminds one of the blanchiss use de fin in zola's "L'Assommoir," and of Agathe Picquetard, the Norman serv- ant in Cousin eBtty." whose appearance Balzac dismisses too briefly with this &C., count, 'an ordinary, wide-awake specimen such as IS daily imported from the prov inces."
 The dog is a huge, phlegmatic brown beast, with short legs and a dejected but affable countenance. lie never bestirs himself except on Sunday morning, when he comes up to your table and lays a paw as heavy as a bread loaf on your knee, the while his eyes ask for food with the fallen dignity of the disguise Odysseus begging aims in his own banquet hall. He will not eat storage eggs.
 Like the deg himself, everybody seems to be in a sociable mood Sunday morn- through these east side cafes. Young Greeks come in with flowers to sell Little girls approach you with a demand for the colored supplement of your Sunday newspaper. Peddlers carrying polished black cabinets full of collar buttons and cheap jewelry move slowly from table to table. There is match man who is reputed to own tenement real estate-a literal perversion, as I have figured out to my own satisfaction, of somebody's joke on his grimy appearance.
 Most of the patrons are familiar to me by sight In the main they are the little retail merchants of the section. The cafe is not very far from several vaude- yile theatres, and is situated In neigh borhood in which are the flats of a number of variety actors. Some of them you see at the Sunday breakfasts. One team consists of a large, determined looking young woman and two pale young men who she calls by their Christian--or rather given-names As their talk is all of the cheap show houses of nearby Jer- sey towns, I conclude that they seldom have "a metropolitan engagement" Many of the foreigners at the restaur- ant are Austrians with short cropped hair and upturned mustaches in the viennese mode. and certain distinction of accent and precision of manner in speaking English that is pleasant to hear. For several weeks the men at table next salary the President receives. They are thinking of writing to the papers" to find out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 UNDAY morning i7 the best time NN to take breakfast at my little " restaurant. You have leisure to look about you-to admire the lid of an ancient birthday cake with the frosted motto, Good Health," hat has been nailed like a shield to the walls, to realize that the low ceiling and the little egg shaped stove with the long pipe give an air of coziness to the apartment. You have leisure to remark that the landlady is a most attractive woman and has number of blond hearty looking children, not to speak of comely sister. You may smoke your cigar or cigarette at your ease when your coffee is finished, and in tolerant and contemplative mood take in the spirit of the little restaurant. 1 It has a spirit of its own, and l think
 it emanates from the placid comeliness of Madame's countenancc. The place is one of the little bakeshops and coffee 1 houses with which the east side is stud ded and which are at their best upon Second avenue, near which it is situated. Of course it is not pretentious; one does not take his dinner there. But 1t has nice coffee; it's boiled eggs turn out as good a percentage of successes as any storage eggs I have ever sampled, and the rolls are soft and fine and fresh from it's own oven. A number of other appetizing things from that oven are stacked high on the counters-apple rolls, cream rolls, nut ceke, coffee cake, ring cake, zwieback and other German pas try of the sort that goes very well with i your o'clock coffee, and is not detest- able with the morning cup. Things are always fresh at my restaurant-except- ing the storage cgas, which, as have said, keep up a good average.
 
 I like the family in charge. Not that I really know them or ever have any thing to say or to hear except good morning." although on New Years day Madame did give me two cigars tied with red ribbon, which passed on to a friend But they are wholesome people, who use English and German interchangeably in every sentence, and are neither fresh nor distant in their manner toward custom 
 fat-legged baby boy who has -ately begun wearing his first trousers In summer, when I used to sit outside, within the | fringe of box plants, the little rascal often pestered me for the third roll on my plate. He looked as if he ate the third roll on every plate.
 To complete the restaurant staff, I must mention the maid of all work and the | big dog. I do not know the name of | either, but in my own mind 1t is settled that her name is Agathe, and his name is Jake. The maid is a splendid-looking l young animal, with a neck round and straight as a temple column, . flat back. and bare, powerful arms that must have won their imposing lines in gathering grain on the plains of Germany. Her | face is a little flat, 1t may be, but it has a determined air, and she carries 1 her head proudly and her body lithely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
May Cut Naval Programme.

A big fight over the naval bill, now before the House, Is progressing. This one-hundred-million bill provides for the building of two new battle ships, and Speaker Cannon and the administration. will endeavor to jam it through the House.
 It is believed Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee will assail the naval bill. He has the need ful courage and capacity to lead fight against it, and where he leads the spe- cial friends Of rivers and harbors bill. public buildings bill, and an omnibus claims bill will follow, and a pretty figh. will ensue.
 If the naval bill can be cut down to reasonable proportions. the other bills will be passed, and the fight over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO

By James Whitcomb Riley.
 The orchard lands of long ago! Oh drowsy winds, awake and blow The snowy blossoms back to me, And all the buds that used to be! Blow back again the grassy ways, Oh truant feet, and lift the haze Of happy summer from the trees That trail their tresses in the seas Of grain that float and overflow The orchard lands of long ago. Blow back the melody that slips In lazy laughter from the lips That marvel must that any kiss Is sweeter than the apple is.
 Blow back the twitter of the birds. The lisp, the thrills and all the-words Of merriment that found the shine Of summer time glorious wine That drenched the leaves that loved 1t SC In orchard lands of long ago.
 Oh. memory. Alight and sing
 Where rosy -bellied pipins cling
 And golden russets glint and gleam As in the old Arabian dream
 The fruits of that enchanting tree
 The glad Aladdin robbed for me! And drowsy winds awake and fan My blood as when it overran A heart ripe as the apples grow, In orchard lands of long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
Music Festival.

No music lover can afford to miss the sacred festival next Sunday after noon,' said a prominent voice teacher yesterday. While the programme is to include only a high class of music none of it will be heavy or dry.
 "Gounods Gloria will be sung in fine style and every one is familiar with this heavely music Memolis mass No 2, which will be rendered entire, abounds in beautiful melodies and stirring climaxes Mrs. Putnam, the solo soprano who will sing at the festival. has rare voice. It is pure and sympathetic and know of few artists in grand opera who would prove so acceptable in the solos of mass music.
 The chorus and soloists will be ac- companied by large orchestra"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
Good Car Service.

Your street railway company is to be commended for the manner in which the cars were despatched today through the snow said visitor last night.
 'I had to visit four different suburbs during the day on business for my house, and was indeed agreeaby surprised at the good schedules maintained. All of the cars, I understand, ran on com paratively fast schedule. notwithstanding the slippery condition of the tracks oyer which they had to travel.
 There seemed to be good patronage on all of the cars. too during the day. The only possible protest that could be ntered. was that the cars were not heated sufficiently. but I don't suppose that could be helped. I have travelled all over the south during this winter and your street railway system will com pare favorahly with the systems in cscies with much larger population"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
THE SIMPLE DEATH.

From the Haverhill, Mass) Gazette.
 Rev. Charles Wagner has bee talking a deal about the simple life, but Rev. Father Mclaughlin, of Adams, is advocating the simple burial. The great evil among his parishoners is not that they are living be- yond their means. but that they are dying too extravagantly. Accordingly he has placed limit on floral offerings at funer- als, on the number of hacks to be used, etc., so that poor man can actually af- ford to die, without consignins his friends and relatives to a bankruptcy court; and the Adams situation doese not exist ex. clusively in that town either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
HOTEL WATERS IN NEW YORK

Letter in the New York Sun.
 I have wondered why it is that all the big restaurants and hotels in New York city have done away with the colored waiter. have never heard that it was due to the white help refusing to work if negroes should be employed as wait CTS. Nor do I believe that the disap- pearance of the colored waiter is due to any dissatisfaction or disapproval on the part of the public.
 Taken as a class the negro walters are far ahead of white walters in the quality of service given to the patrons of such places. The negro waiter is attentive, quick. seems to have a marvellous fac ulty of remembering the faces of patrons, and always has a cheerful air of courtesy in serving one He is also satisfied with a moderate tip and, in fact, he makes a great effort to please and generally suc- ceeds.
 There is no denying the fact that these qualities are sadly missing among the great majority of the white walters em- ployed in the big hotel and restaurants in New York city. There are, of course, many good walters among them, but they are usually of mature years. The younger crowd certainly does not give any extra service. They knock against the chairs of the diners in moving about the room, have to be frequently urged to see if the dishes are ready, and bring ones change in such denominations that you just have to wonder what size tip will satisfy. Then you know in giving the tip that you have received very lit- tie for it. If the gratuity is given be- fore you are ready to leave. it is general ly a case of calling the head waiter to help one on with his coat or else do it yourself
 The difference between the two classes of walters regarding ability is rndoubt- edly due to the fact that the negro is a born waiter. The white man in this country is not. I do not suppose that col ored walters will reappear in New York city. but many of the patrons of the big restaurants would be nightly pleased if they did. The fact that all the big sum mer hotels and winter resorts use the colored waiter year after year shows that he is regarded as of some value yet. You will find that the patrons of these big summer hotels and winter resorts are satisfied almost to the last person. with the obsequious and unctuous eolored waiter. And there Is room for him to be appreciated in the big restaurants in New York city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14

pledged. and then Bishop Strange de mands for the negro liberty, equal opportunity to make his living. to earn his bread, to build his home"
 President Roosevelt closes his ad- dress with an appeal to all to assist in the solution of the problem, and he professes his devotion to the good of one section as for another. He says we must go Up or down together, but he feels sure we will go up if we handle the problems of today with Abraham Lineoln's single-hearted de- yotion to the great unehanging creed "that righteousness exalteth a na- tion o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
Tennessee Stock.

Many people who sometimes take flyers in the stock markets are just be- ginning to realize what they lost by not buying Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad common about two weeks ago, when it was down to e91s,n said a man about town. ''The stock sold last Saturday at S2
 and it will surprise no one if it goes up to 90. if not to par, before the middle of this week. No matter who f behind the bull movement, no one who is finan- cially strong can afford to invest at fancy prices. but the fellow who feels able to take the risk will buy on the advancing market just to be in the procession Ten nessee stock has always been favoriate among spectators and always will be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Foa Mondays Paper.


 Did you know that a daily nawsna per man will always bet von that something ois VIII happen on Sunday for the Mon uay morning paper?' asked J. A. Roun- tree. Well, it is true. It must have been eighteen months ago Chat I made a bet or 0=eent drink of soda water to a certain reporter on The Age-Herald that pothlng big would turn up for the fol- towing Mondays paper, and that was what first called my attention to the fact. I lost.
 since that time I have made the same wager and every time I have lost. Ihe reporter is always on the lookout Tor fire alarm, if there is to be a big hre u nearly always comes on Sunday morning or Sunday night, just in time Tor the Monday morning paper.
 But when the fire department fails, the police always come to the reporter s rescue, or the railroads have an accident. have watched the matter for over a year and l do not believe that it has failed to hold good on more than two of the fifty-two Sundays.
 One reason why crimes are commit ted on Sunday is that m1ny men arc sobering up from Saturday night trunks. They are in very bad humor. and hence violate the law
 sunday morning week ago there was the big fire, and then that morn- ing two men were found dead. friends they were, and one had evidetly had his throat cut Last Sunday the high waymen proved a Godsend to the re- porter and made what is known as a good story I don't know what it will be next Sunday. but if I were betting man. l would lay an odd on a big story turning up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the NeW 1orK Press.
 When man asks a girl for a photo- graph it is sign she has it ready for him
 It's mighty lucky for everybody that woman doesn't have to have sense to be as nice as she is.
 One of the hardest things is to con vince woman that there oughtn't to be more in four pints than in two quarts.
 Women have such funny ideas they would want to stop and put on their best night gown before going down a fire escape.
 A woman doesn't like to go shopping on a rainy day because she knows there won't be a big crowd for her to fight through to get to the bargain counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
About Persons.

I. Pollock of Cullman is at the Morris J. w. Thompson of Sylacauga is at the Morris.
 l.. c. Neill of Nashville is at the Morris. I. c. Toole of Atlanta is at the Morris Aaron Cohen of Nashville is at the Colonial.
 Capt. E. W. Booker of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 G. R. Neal of Gurley is at the Metro politan.
 Robert W. Leigh of Chicago is at the Hiilman.
 O. Taylor of Atlanta is ae the Colonial. S. D. Tully of Springfield is at the St. Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14
To Open April 1.

Henry Rigby of Memphis, head of the firm that has leased the NV a,x-story hotel at the corner of Second avenue and Eighteenth street, is ir the city He says he will be ready to open on the 1st of April. MT. Rigb: is a young man but has had good hotel experience. and Is sure of making a success of his Birmingham venture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14

man who is electrocuted-is not pleasant to contemplate; neither is hanging a death to be desired. The great inventor would abolish capital punishment, but in a recent interview neglects to offer a substitute. Perhaps he may be 1c.e be- fore he dies to invent an electrical re- forming machine that will maKe over criminals into good citizens Such 9 con- trivance is badly needed.
 The destruction of the historic Battle House in Mobile removes a familiar land mark The Battle House dates back fur ther than the memory of the present gen. eration, and was famous al over the country It would be interesting to read history of the old hotel befcse 1t was remodeled. No doubt a host of good stories could be told Of events that have happened within its walls Tfe entire state hopes that the Battle House will be rebuilt and will continue on it's honored career under the same name.
 Now that newspapers in all parts of the country are publishing 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes the adventures of the famous detective are causing more talk than ever before The most remarkable feature of the return of Sherlock Holmes is the manner in which he escaped death at Reichenbach Falls. 1t appears that Dr. Doyle-or Sir Conan. your leave was hard put to it to devise . plaus- ibe way for bringing MT. --olmes back from the grave. It must Do confessed that no ordinary man could have escaped from death as did the detective but then eSherlock Holmes is no ordinary person and it is not at all strange that he &C., complished we will say, at least the im- probable by eluding the alter ions of Col. Moriarty.
 At last "the beautiful' is with us. It was rather late in oming but it is here. The poet who first called snow beautiful did not refer to city snow. Away from the busy haunts of man snow may be pretty, but in town it is not. Along with the flakes of yesterday came a rush on shoe stores for .'rubbers" and ere the shades of evening fell there went up cry that the supply was exhausted. It was proposed to telephone Bessemer for help and sooth to say when night drew on there were many cases of cold feet in Birmingham.
 1, celebrated humorist sold his books the other day. There is something in- definitely sad about a man parting from these silent, unobtrusive friends that have afforded him so many horrs of exquisite pleasure and such a stc-e of priceless information. The man who really loves books will part with ais ceat first and his books when he gets hungry.
 A movement is under way to erect monument to Uncle Dan" Emmett, the author of "Dixie." Surely, no more worthy cause could be .ot in a long days search and the people of America, north, east, south and west, will unite to honor the man who won immortality by one song. monument will only serve as a material token of the esteem in which Daniel Emmett is held His mem- ory is already enshrined in the hearts of every man, woman and cLild in the land ] whose pulsebeats have been quickened by the stirring air of Dixie"
 PAUL COOK