The age-herald., 1900-04-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

1 An unfavorable day, up to b D. m. then
 more fortunate"
 Thou wilt have chequered year for
 thy business, and must avoid changes and l specuation in thy family affairs thou wilt
 bo more lucky; the young will court or
 marry"
 "A child born on this day will be care
 ful, steady, and persevering, but will meet
 with losses, and will be too generous and
 free with it's money.".
 l Recently there were sent me from Eng l land pictures of several houses, in of 1 which Nathaniel Hawthorne lived when l he was United States consul at Liverpool" 1 said Julian Hawthorne yesterday. 'I was 1 asked to mark the particular house occu- l pied by Hawthorne and his family and | turn the picture. It was desired to place l on the front of the house a tablet setting i forth the fact that Hawthorne had resided l there. The request was compiled with, l although 1 was only about eight years old l when we lived in the house in question,
 which was one of a number of succeed
 houses near together in what was then the | suburban town of Croxton.'
 l The tablet referred to by Julian Flaw
 therne, and which is to mark the one-time
 home of his famous father, greatest of ali
 American writers of fiction, will be some 1 what round in shape. made of iron. with
 white center surrounded by deep blue 1 bcrder. On the white center will be the
 inscription, so plain that it may be read
 at distance of sixty or hundred feet,
 the name of Hawthorne standing out in l
 Britain the object of which is the marking l and preservation of the houses in which
 historic personages have dwelt. For ex- 1 ample one sees Hogarth's house. now
 school in Leicester Square, London; Louis l N&poeons lodgings, near St James
 Square; John Bright's house, in Piccadillv.
 "iher house, in Edgeware Road John l hhox's house, in Edinburgh, and so on. all
 'n"i heo with names and dates The work l or the society, the cost of which is de- 1 irayed by personal contributions, is in the | highest degree praiseworthv.
 l General Pat Cleburne was aln,ost t,o
 pest soldier in the Confederate service " | said J. B. Levert of New Orleans "And | the most sleepless man I ever know j. ada | ed Major Willis J. Miner of Birmingham | Both Of these old Confederates fought un- ] der Cleburne but they met for the first
 tlme on Friday, and their talk was ex- | ceedlngly interesting. ''Cleburne was q | wonderfully cool man in battle" said MT | Levert. He was shot through the mouth | at Richmond Ky, and knocked from his
 saddle to the ground Several of us has | tlly dismounted and ran to his assistance | fearing he was dead. He was up by the l tune we got to him, and rubbing the back i Of his hand and his coat sleeve across the | horrible wound. from which blood was
 streaming. he said cheerfuiy, but with
 difficulty: That's all right gentlemen,
 don't bother. The main trouble is, they | shot away my last chew of tobacco So
 saying, he remounted and continued to | direct the fight"
 | Tt was wonderful how Cleburne did | without sleep added Major Mner. He l seemed to me to go days without any at l all. And he was a noble fighter-in some l respects the best general of the war. He l perished in that terrible slaughter at 1 Franklin, and we found his body on the l field amongst the dead next morning, and l picked it up. Cleburne was a practical 1 soldier, as he had served several years in
 the British army. He was pure Irish born | in Ireland"
 | Speaking of slaughter one of the 1 grandest charges in my experience was 1 when we charged the federals across an l open field at Richmond, Ky.," said MT. l Leyert. Every man in the fight could l have been counted, distinctly did | the soldiers appear. The federal l troops to the number of 5,O0o were
 driven into a graveyard, and there the carnage awful We charged on the
 federals, and the execution was sickenng.
 The graves of the buried dead were liter l ally covered with the slain soldiers, and l the spectacle was one not easily forgotten.
 At Richmond our prisoners outnumbered l our own men,
 Selma is becoming famous in baseball l circles. The Chicago Tribune of Thursday | contains a large cartoon representing the l dazzling, glittering, triumphant return | of Hart and Loftus great moral and spec 1 tacular pageant. fresh from gorgeous, | soul-stirring triumphs before the Crown l ed Heads of Selma, Ala" It is declared | that the stars come from the four | corners of the earth and half of Texas" | and the terrified public is admonished to
 "See the bountiful, byzantine boastful | acts of baseball brilliancy; the cute, curv- l ing, captivating capers-Ine splendiferous, | scintillating slides the jaunting jumper, l the terrifying, twisting, tantalizing | throws!" Also the admoniton is to "See
 Griffith and his wonderful performing
 geese that lay nine large, white eggs dur | ing each and every performance, which | he presents to the other fellows" What l blessing it is that everybody is not requr- | ed to live in Chicago
 1 Rev. Father Burns, for several months | chaplain to St. Vincents hospital, has gone
 to Huntsville as temporary pastor of the | Catholic church there. Father Burns | came to Birmingham in very unsatis- | factory state of health, but at St. Vim | cents he regained his strength,
 many sufferers had done before him.
 Whilst in this city this learned and gifted
 young priest won the affectionate esteem
 of all the people who had the happiness