The age-herald., 1900-06-03
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Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this day Sunday, June 3, 1900: Visit thy friends"
 Thou mayest expect slight sickness or indisposition; as to thy business, it will go on as usual"
 "A child born on this day will meet with opposition from those in authority and should avoid law. It will succeed best in employ
 l Today is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, solemnly observed by the church in commemoration of the de- scent of the Holy Ghost. In England the day is called Whit Sunday, literally White Sunday; so called because in olden times it was confirmation day in the church and all persons confirmed were dressed in white
 Hilary A. Herbert, Jr., of Alabama, who has been authorized to appear for eXami- nation preparatory to appointment as sec ond lieutenant in the United States marine service, is the only son of former Secre- tary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert. He was born twenty years ago in the Metro politan hotel, Washington, while his father was a member of congress. Colonel Her bert and his family made that hotel their place of residence in Washington for sev eral years; and it was there that the la mented Mrs. Herbert died, in February, 1885. Young MT. Herbert was remarka- bly bright boy, and it is said that he gives promise of very successful manhood. He will have the cordial good wishes of all Alabamians.
 Denizens of the town deny themselves much if they fail to visit wood and field just now This valley never seemed green CT or more beautiful than it is this spring time, and the hills were never more splen- did. The rain of yesterday will make the wealth of green more attractive today. There will be comfort in that; for a rainy Saturday is bad for business, and some compensation is needed. Colonel Albert Steinhart of Greenvlle, ! census supervisor for the second district, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 R. l.. Taylor of St. Louis, one of the most popular men in the great army of commercial travellers has returned to Bir- mingham from Louisville, where he at tended the Confederate Veterans reunion MT. Taylor saw the late Warwick Mcclure an hour before that best of good fellows was fatally stricken with heart trouble He says that MT. McGuires death caused great sorrow in Louisville, as it did to hundreds of travelling men and others in Birmingham and the Birmingham terri tory. Few men are blessed with so many friends as was the gentle and true War wick Mcclure.
 J. M. Williams of Lynchburg, the widely known travelling tobacconist, has returned to Birmingham after spending several weeks at his old home in Tennessee. Every body welcomes MT. Williams
 return to New Orleans to settle his priv ate affairs, and then come to IesSl.he his residence in Birmingham, after an absence of several years.
 J. A. Woods of New York, prominent as a travelling salesman of wholesale white goods is at the Morris.
 Luke Williams of Wetumpka is in town. He brings the information that the health of his father, former Congressman Thom- as Williams, is still unsatisfactory: a fact that will cause general regret throughout the state.
 Captain L. Y. Dean of Eufaula, and Harry E. Stringfellow of Montgomery, are in town.