The age-herald., 1900-04-11
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

l women and keep very quiet.
 | Beware of losses; do not speculate, nor
 run any risk with thy money, neither
 travel nor remove; thou wilt have a troub-
 lesome year in many ways.
 A child born on this day will be careless,
 lazy, fond of change and company, and
 will spend its money foolishy.
 "It was evident that a wounded enemy
 slew Major M. B. Saffold of the United l States army, who was killed in battle in l Luzon several months ago. said an old l Selma friend of Major Saffold and the l Saffold family. While in Washington last 1 week to attend the military funeral of Major Saffold at Arlington cemetery, Pro-
 lessor Berney Saffod of the Alabama Uni 1 versity, brother of the slain officer, ascer- l tained that the fatal bullet entered the low | CT part of tho body just above the right hip | and came out near the left shoulder, clear l ly indicating that it was fired by a person l in reclining, sitting or kneelng position. l It is therefore safe to assume that a | wounded Filipino killed the major. Accord 1 ing to the usage of war, it was assassina- l tion; and the crime makes the death of 1 the brave officer all the more lamentable Major Saffold was a Selmian son of the 1 late Judge Saffold, who was a justice of
 the supreme court of Alabama. He grad
 uated from West Point in the class of '79
 and remained an officer in the army until he was killed in battle"
 Tn times of war it is custom of vari- 1 ous heather and savage tribes in different
 eastern lands for men. so wounded in bat H. f, chn
 their enemies whenever opportunity be of fered," said Arthur Silvertnorne, New York Englishman, yesterday This custom l is especially noticeable amongst some Ara bian tribes and the dervishes of the Soul l dan. whose wounded in war are frequently 1 guilty of terrible barbarity. They make
 use of swords, cutlasses, knives, firearms whatever deadly weapon lH in reach of l them they lie and writhe with their wounds. British soldiers have suffered ter 1 ribly from the diabolical practices of the l wounded savages in the sands of the des- 1 ert. Great numbers of instances are re- 1 corded of the wounding and the murdering l of ambulance-bearers, and even surgeons i themselves, by the wounded fanatics, who l in many cases assume the appearance of | dead men in order to get the opportunity | for killing surgeons and their assistants. | These fallen savages allow no Christian to | pass within their reach without attempt | ing to take his life. They are the worst | foes of cavalry, as they cut or shoot the horses or riders, or both, as chance occurs | The Red Cross is to them the badge of the | dog of an infidel, and so they slay those who would succor them. Kitchener, in his last Soudan campaign, caused many of these wounded beasts in human form to be killed in order to save his own soldiers and surgeons, whereat old women of both
 sexes and canting hypocrites the world
 over raised great howl over the barba- rous butchery. But Kitchener did not even much as notice the bowling. He never heard of it.
 "There is just about completed in At
 1anta a splendid new office building six
 teen stories high, and Monday afternoon
 trade was closed whereby T. Jefferson Coolidge of Boston acquired the ownership
 of a spacious lot, two or three squares from the new building, upon which he will erect a fifteen-story structure for of
 fices," said T. B. Paine. These will be
 magnificent additions to the number of
 fine office buildings in Atlanta already oc- cupied. The Grant building the one now about completed, has cost $SOO,OO0, and the
 Coolidge building will cost $75O,OOO We going to put up our building because we are convinced that the investment will
 be propitable,' young MT. Coolidge said to me. And so Atlanta's growth continues,
 with no natural advantages of location.
 Yet 1t seems that Birmingham, with the most superior natural advantages in the
 world, with vast industries in operation, a great trade, and a large and rapidly increasing population, with freight ton mage six times greater than the whole cotton crop of the south-yet great Bir-
 mingham is so far unable to secure a good modern hotel, not to speak of six teen-story office buildings. What is the matter? Where does the hindrance lie? What is the matter with Birmingham en- terprse and it's men of money? The situ- ation as to a hotel is amazing; as to of- flee buildings it is most astonishing. Push, enterprise, cohesveness, have made At lanta in many respects the first city of the south."
 The first thunder storm of the spring burst upon this valley late yesterday aft ernoon It came after two days of consid- erable heat and general oppressiveness of the atmosphere. The thunder was terrific, and a torrential rain fell for a short time. The display of lightning was remarkably great.
 The drummers have captured the best town in the United States, and. right well come they arei Everybody in Birmingham is glad of their coming and hopes they will enjoy their stay here. This city has no better or more powerful friends than the drummers and none whose friendship and goodwill is more gratefully apprecia- ted. There is reciprocal affection. Birming- ham loves the drummers and they love Birmingham. They amongst the very best fellows under the sun; and they are energetic, hustling, prosperous business men of wide and varied useful experience They are the life of trade, the sleepless promoters of commerce., and it is, Oh, drummer drummer, you are good un,