The age-herald., 1897-08-06
GOSSIP OF THE STREET .
 AND HOTEL LOBBIES

On the street, in the hotel lobbies, cleo
 trie cars and any place where two or
 more persons are congregated, don't be
 surprised to see horrid frowns, hear
 groans. and an occasional expression not
 associated with parlor language. It is
 only qsestion of don't touch my vac- cfnate. My vaccinate is the most pre- 1 cious thing I possess and intend to hold
 it a1oof from the public. If you wish
 to avoid a scrap, don't get next to my
 vaccinate." One gentleman. to -Soid | this, has made a, small flag of yellow pa
 persand fastened it to the lapel of his
 coat on the left side. On it is inscribed 1 in large letters, Beware of smallpox"
 A young man who always drinks in I the sweet smiles of the summer girl" l has observed that his daily beverage is | on the decrease. He attributes this to | the crusade of the physicians with their vaccine points.
 Another man has observed that the newsboy, the boot-black, the hotel wait CTS, and in fact, all humanity seems in a
 bad humor. The surgeon with his vac- cine point has made all Birmingham irritable, but ghe doctor is an abused per- Sonage. Their experiences during the
 smallpox scare are comical and would
 make volume of stories. While g. young physician was stationed at the city hall attending to the free list an | old negro woman with several woody headed youngsters of varied ages, walked in. The doctor vaccinated the mother l first. When the children were reached l each one had an individual yell of it's | own. This did net put the doctor in a very good humor and he was not as ten- | der as the old black nanny wished l him to be. Bubbling over with indigna- | tion she said: "If dat wuz some white l folks childern, you'd do 'em lack angels, 1 but niggers you don't care nohow" The hotel keepers claim thar the small | pox scare is having a dama ging effect on 1 ths3r business. Said one of them in this connection: "In some way the Idea has 1 gotten out that Birmingham is the small | ppx incubator for the entire ate. The | impression has been made abroad that 1 this is the pest house and thak it Is c;r- 1 tain death to come in here.< Dr. Sanders | showed in his reporu alt the meeting of | the board of htalth i'm the Commercial | club rooms that the disease came from | Pensacola, and that 1t was discovered in a half dozen localities before it was dis
 covered in Birm gham. The first thing 1 a stranger asks on reaching town is how many deaths have you had? etc. Why, they think the place is a regular death | tnap'
 ''Yes, and believe the doctors hava aid | ed in making this impression by their over-zealousness i'm trying to convince the
 people that they had genuine smallpox"
 chimed in other gentleman.
 Hon. Luther Manship, of Mississippi, passed through Birmingham m yesterday en routa 70 Georgia, to fill some ledturlng enga gemenIts. MT Manship has been de- serYedly dubbed the oraItor of the Missis-
 sippi legislature, and was called by Gov. Bob Taylor the rising star of Missis-
 sippi," on his initial appearance on the feature pla tform. He has striking face, with a wealth of long black hair, and is always ready wIh good story. Said he: ''We have s.ate of affairs existing in Mississippi thalt you will find nowhere else in the union. Now it is posslbl4 for a
 man to be prosecuted, sentenced, cared for in the peritentiary and probably par doned, without getting out of the limits of he A1cLaurin family A MoLaurin ia
 governor, anoth.r warden of the peniten- | tfary another circuit judge, and still an- other prosecuting attorney. When you l can beat this record in Alafba ma, will | tell you good story"
 MT. Theo. G. Fowler, an insurance and business man of Uniontown, was among l the visitors in the city yesterday. MT. ] Fowler is looking forward to prosper | ous fall, because as he explains 1t, when | the farmers are prosperous the mer- | chants must share it. While not an l applicant for government position MT. | Fowler will accept the office of postmas- | ter, if appointed. He has been earnestly | solicited to accept 1t by his friends. MT. | Fowler states that Chancellor Tayloe is spoken of as a candidate for the supreme | court from his district.
 Speaking of the plethora of lyrch- l ings," said an attorney "the trial result
 ing from the assault at Decatur, was one of ludicrousness, according to my way of | thinking. I do not mean that justice
 was not done, but you cannot deny that | the court was held for the sole purpose l of condemning the negroes to death. It | was merely makeshtft to get the ne- l groes out of the way by law, in other | words to beat the mob to the game. If l justice Is considered one accused person should have the same time to get their l case in shape as another.'
 Capt. E. W. Booker, of Montgomery,
 was in the city yesterday
 | Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Proby, of Tusca- l loosa. are at the Morris.
 MT. John Ayrcurlt, of Buffalo, was reg
 istered at the Morris yesterday.
 Messrs. J. H. Bingham, of Talladega,
 and T. c. Bingham, of New Decatur. were
 in the city yesterday.
 MT. D. L. Cobb, of Chicago, is at the