The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-14
Vandalism on Game Preserves
 Worries Rich Hunters.
RARE BOOK ON GEORGIA.
Effort to Collect Rcpudiated Bonds of North Carolina ix UnsuccessfuI. Dirt Eaters Solve Problem
 Of High Cost of Living.
By ROBERT LEE CARTER.

ol HIS royal city and the only simon pure, blown-in -the-bottle Mardi Gras in the United States of North America de- lighted it's tens of thousands from all sections of the country. A greater num- Der of New Workers than usual went down this winter to greet His Majesty of the carnival and to enjoy the revels of his jolly court.
 Mardi Gras always brings to mind a New Orleans institution without a peer in the gastronomy of this or any other country "bouillebaisse to wit.
 There may be somewhere something in the line Of edibles which approaches boulebsise, but up to this time it has not been my privilege to come in contact
 with it.
 Here are the 'ingrediences" of this de- lectable dish given me by an expert. Mo- body outside of the chosen country can | cook it SO that it tastes right: Six slices of red snapper. six slices of red nsh one-half bottle of white wine one-half lemon, six large fresh tomatoes | three onions, one herb bouquet, three cloves, three bay leaves. three sprigs of thyme, three sprigs of parsley, six all spices, two tablespoonfuls of olive oil and one good pinch of saffron, salt, pepper and cayenne
 Some of the rich hunters of New York are worried by the news which comes | from the Virginia coast of acts of van dalism committed on the big game pre- serves which have been acquired in that | territory.
 | Among those who have taken advantage 1 of the fine duck shooting along the Vir-
 gfnia coast and have bought heavily of
 hunting grounds are George J. Gould and
 w P Clyde of this city.
 For years the natives have been mak-
 ing living for themselves and families | by shooting ducks for market. Now.
 about the last acre of the hunting | grounds has been taken up and they are without means of sustaining themselves l When one of their number was pros
 ecuted for poaching on the preserves of
 the Ragged Island Cunning club, insur- rection broke out Boats of the club and other property were smashed and inc work of destruction extended to other reservations.
 It is feared that there will be a repiti-
 ton of the Dodge county war in Georgia. which has a somewhat simiiar origin of
 the troubles in the Adirendacks l At recent book sale in Philadelphia
 
 | be presented to the state of Georgia. II
 is called Dr.- Brahm's Georgia, and is
 one of the 49 copies privately printed in
 1S4s from a Ms. in the library of Har-
 yard college for the editor. George W Jones. and bears the presentation in- scripton of the editor to Dr. Bernard Henry. Only few of the 4s copies were
 presented to friends; the major part were lost or destroyed William Gerard de
 Brahm was the Kings surveyor general for the southern district of North Amer lea. The title page is as follows: History of the three provinces, South Carolina Georgia and East Florida.
 "When discovered; when conquered
 when settled; their climates. boundaries, figures. contents in acres, variety of soil, natural products, culture. practicable inn
 provements; effluVies. thelr effects and remedies; burning of forests; winds; how
 to preserve health; diet. pathology, ma tesia. meaica. regimen; bars. inlets. ports, streams, rivers and their navigation: all cities towns. villages: number of free in- habitants. of slaves, esportation, riches number of trading vessels cattle. govern
 ment forces. Notifications of Fort Lou doun in particular; Indians; Cherokee Ian guage; Appalachian mountains. their soil
 natural products. air, and communica-
 ton. The authors German colony oi Bethany in Georgia. settled anno. 175t; necessary advice for emigrants from Flu rope to America cts.
 H. Clay Prick, formerly of Pennsylva- mia, but now of New York, is sojouruing in Augusta, Ga., with a flyer to New York in his private car az business calls him. AIr. Prick is following the cue os John D. Rockefeller and will spend sew eral weeks in Augusta every winter with his family. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter, Miss Helen Childs Prick is in school
 Despite the efforts of the Farmers un- ion and other agencies to put a stop to the speculation in cotton. business at the New York cotton exchange continues to be done and the crusade has not as yet adversely affected the price of seats on the exchange. MT. and Mrs. H. NJ. Simpson of this city are entertaining Dr. and Mrs. M. F.. Taher of Dallas. Tex. who have just re- turned from d years travel abroad. Dr. Taber is vice president of the American n Medical associs ton of Vienna. A birth day surrrise party was given for Dr. Ta-
 Der. followed by a box party at the Metropolitan.
 "There have been many efforts on the part of speculators to make something out of the bonds North Carolina issued during the reconstruction days imme- diately following the civil war, but all such efforts have been unsuccessful says II. T. Marsh of Raleigh. N. C. "In 1888 and 1869 the carpetbag legislature of North Carolina issued bonds of the face value of more than s500.000. These had interest coupons attached. and three in- stsllments of the interest were paid, after which the scalawags in the legislature having been busted. the state repudiated the bonds. Millions of dollars In other bonds were fioated by North Carolina legislatures before this date, and each issue later was repudiated.
 Some time ago some of these repudiat- ed bonds came into possession of the state of South Dakota, which, I under stand, sued North Carolina for the face value of the bonds. winning in one of the lower courts. But it is safe to say that the bonds will never be paid bv North Carolina. The original bondhoders spec uIators, could not sue the state in the United States courts. so they turned the bonds over to South Dakota. as one state can sue another in the federal courts"
 'There is one place In the United States where the cost of living has not in- | creased. and that place is a certain noun tain region in North Carolina, where clay forms one of the chief articles of diet of the inhabitants" said Edgar w. Fay | Tor of Atlanta, Ga.
 '"These people live in the mountain re- gions.' said MT. Taylor ''and are appar- ently as happy and contented as the ma jorty of mankind. I spent several days among these people. who eat clay as a
 part of their daily food and my convic- tion is that the only bad effect of clay eating seems to be the peculiar appear ance it gives the skin of the person be-