The age-herald., 1900-05-31


 Court marry, ask favors, and seek work in the afternoon and evening"
 "Thy birthday is rather favorable one, but beware of letters and writings and do not quarrel The young will court
 "A child born on this day will be bitter and sarcastic in temper. but rather fortu- nate in business If a female, she will get a bad husband, and may separate from him"
 Bake; brew; hire maidservants; go a-fishing."
 Four hundred and sixty-nine years ago, | May 31, 1431, Joan of Arc was burnt at the l stake in the market-place of Rouen The Maid of Orleans then but nineteen years | old suffered martyrdom with every cir cumstance of indignity and cruelty. She was adjudged guilty of sorcery and heresy. | That enough. To the stake with her! | The story of her life and her death has innumerable variations; but concerning the essential facts there Is dispute, no | doubts worthy of respect. When she was | thirteen years old, and when France was overrun by it's enemies, she believed she heard voices from heaven and saw visions | of St. Michael, St. Margaret, and St. Cath erine, who called her to deliver her coun- | try Three years later, when she was six teen, she obtained audience of the crown prince to whom she announced her visions and her work. The prince gave her com | mand of the French troops, the army hav- l ing come to have entire faith in her heav- enly mission Attired as man, she armed herself with a sword, and taking a white banner she led the army against the Eng fish and in less than three months defeated them in five great conflicts Subsequently she was wounded; and in May, 1430, captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English for the equivalent of three thousand two hundred dollars of ouf money. It is now believed that she ut tered cry whilst being burned, and that | at the moment of death she smiled ra- diantly and a supernatural light was about her. Six years ago she was beatified by Pope Leo KILL and is now reverenced py Roman Catholics as blessed. The story of Joan of Arc. the most moving in history, | carries it's own argument.
 There will be a meeting of charitable minded women in the parlors of the First | Methodist church at 10 o'clock this morn- ing, and action will be agreed upon having for it's purpose the holding of fair during the approaching summer for the benefit of | Hillman hospital. What good and tact full woman of energy can do in the way of obtaining material aid for charity is some- times astonishing" said a man who takes | a personal interest in charity work. "Wo- mans good work was admirably displayed in the recent successful fair for the benefit of St. Vincent's hospital. Noble efforts were put forth, and they resulted in sub stantial aid to charity institution badly in need of aid Mrs. w. c. Cooper, Jr | alone succeeded in collecting from the gem erous public about S450 in cash, and 1 the handsome gold watch offered as a prize by the hospital managers to the lady who individually would raise the | largest sum- Several others were remarka- | ply successful in their efforts to raise money for the splendid charity in the in- terest of which the fair was held And it | all goes to show what good women can do in the cause of suffering humanity" |
 | Thousands of Alabamians knew person. | ally the late Colonel Atmore, for nearly l thirty years general passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad; and truly may it be spoken that none knew | him but to praise. He was large-minded l large-hearted man, who preferred the pro- | motion of human pleasure to the creation | of human annoyance His courtesy and | kindness have enabled unnumbered persons | to journey on erands of sorrow or joy, of | want or plenty; and warm hearts will beat | warmly of his virtues many a day after l his poor six feet of earth have claimed the | last Of him that was mortali By news paper workers especially he has been long | regarded as a personal friend The Ala | bama Press association repeatedly showed him such honors as lay within it's power; | and amongst the personal possessions which he leaves are handsome gifts from the association which it pleased him in | times long past to accept.
 | He is now gone away by that long route over which no return trip pass is ever | issued.
 l ''The Age-Herald is doing a great public | service in working for the free delivery | of rural mail in the Birmingham district l said Florist Lindsay yesterday Such free | delivery will be the greatest possible con- | venience for all persons living outside the | urban delivery district, and all the people 1 interested will heartily wish success to the | new movement in their behalf. To us in the florists business, it means more than | I can tell you, and our case is a fair ex- | ample, though a large one, of what is | needed Our gardens and greenhouses, on | the Gate City trolley line, are a considera- l ble distance from the city limits and we | need to have our mail delivered to us there. l and need it badly. We are more than 1 doubling our capacity to produce flowers | for the market, and we have determined | to grow plants on a large scale-perhaps 1 the largest in the south. We intend to keep at home in so far as possible the great sum of money annually sent from 1 Birmingham and the district for flowers 1 and plants Our trade in homegrown 1 flowers has been heavy for years; now the 1 demand upon us is greater than we had l hoped for; and intend to make a spec l ia1t 1tv of p1a pt Ry will