The age-herald., 1900-05-21

threaten thee in thy business; guard against sickness. and avoid young people
 "A child born on this day will be un- settled, headstrong. and unfortunate, whether in employ or not"
 Hire menservants."
 "There is a general impression amongst men that all married women can discover at a glance whether men they see by chance are married but that impression Is fallacious," said a welded man last night. Several years ago during an en- campment of the Alabama National Guard at Mobile, Governor Oates and his stan one day entertained some charming mar ried women at dinner in the mess tent. In course of the dinner something was said which led the fair guests 70 wrongly sus- pect that every member of the governors staff was unmarried. One of the women at once turned to Colonel Sanders, hand- some and youthfu-lookng, and asked him the direct question:
 Are you married coonel?
 "The colonels spirit failed him, and he could not resist the truth. He frankly ad- mitted that he was married
 "'Goodr cried the fair guest That is l good I am glad to know that there is one l man on the governors staff who has | found a wife
 ''The rest of us grinned and looked cheap. but didn't say much l was myself
 married, but I wasn't making general or l specific statements to that effect I was l having good time. And 1 joined the other l single officers in grinning. This seemed | to settle things; for immediately the one
 who had questioned Sanders and got the l truth said to him:
 Yes; I am glad you have set so com
 mendable an example to your brother of | ficers and we intend you shall have real good time. Tomorrow afternoon some l of us will call here and take you driv- l ing
 Sure enough, next afternoon a fine car
 riage drawn by high-stepping horses pull
 ed up at headquarters. Three of the pret- 1 tiest women in Mobile called Sanders out,
 and took him driving down the Shell 1 Road,f where they gave him a feast. I
 walked to the carriage with Sanders as he
 was going away in his glory, and the wo-
 man who planned it all rebuked me for re-
 maining single, and pointed to Sanders as
 a noble example for me to follow I bow
 ed and tried to blush, and then went in-
 side the tent to write to my wife and
 children. Women. Lord bless 'em, they
 don't know everything, do they?' Give it
 up.
 "When former Governor Jones was
 speaker of the house of representatives,
 and during the session of the legislature,
 I made my first visit to the state capitol | at Montgomery" said a business man of
 Birmingham. John V. Smith of Russell, | now chairman of the democratic campaign
 committee was with me. He and I both
 were from Russell county, and had just
 come of age. When got to the state 1 house. we walked into the representatives,
 hall, and stood quietly and respectfully in
 the lobby on the left side of the door, The l house was in session and Colonel John of l Jefferson was in the chair. We had hardly
 taken our stand as respectful onlookers
 when a drunken man on the other side of
 the lobby opposite began talking loud and l guffawing. The chair was much annoyed, l and called to the doorkeeper to clear the 1 lobby declaring that the business of the l people should not be grossly interfered | with. John Smith and I got out rather
 than be put out, and I felt hurt We l
 visit, was in fact indignant. told John
 Smith so, and swore that Russell county | should send him to the legislature to pre- | vent peaceable men from being put out of | the capitol of our great state, of which I was so proud, and on. John laughed 1 At the very next election time l was sent i as a delegate by my beat to the county l democratic convention at Scale On the | train going to Scale our delegation was l joined by two other delegations, and we | then and there convenanted to nominate l John Smith for the legislature. John | wasn't a candidate and didn't want the | office, but that didn't matter. In the con
 vention he was nominated on the first bal 1 lot; and that is how the state first got the 1 great services of the afterwards noted
 Smith of Russell. Everybody knows him
 now and the whole state honors him. Higher honor yet? We'll, I should say so
 Everything good for Smith of Russellr |" | 'How long can I leave my baggage with
 out having to pay storage?'
 ''Twenty-four hours"
 | The question was asked by one of the
 crowd of travellers who arrived at the Bir-
 mingham union passenger station yester- l day afternoon The answer was given by
 John Mullins, baggage agent without a l superior.
 | "Here at the check-wndow we got a fair | impression of the prosperity and growth | of Birmingham" said MT. Mullins You would be astonished at the large number | of persons who daily ask the question you | just heard me answer. They generally have heavy baggage, and they tell they have l come to Birmingham to live, but not hay | ing engaged hotel or boardinghouse accom- l modations, they desire up to keep their baggage for a day or two until they can make needful arrangements. We | do the best we can. This office is al- most the busiest place in busy Bir-
 mingham, and the work rapidly growing
 heavier. It requires constant labor and watchfulness to keep it in good order.'' l During the entire afternoon yesterday l r-pbo, of