The age-herald., 1900-05-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this
 day, Thursday, May II, l9Oo
 Travel and deal until noon. then be care full"
 Expect sickness. and disappointment in
 thy business; thou wilt have many losses
 and grievances in thy family circle" "A child born on this day will spend it's
 money fast and foolishly, and will be al-
 ways poor; it will be quick and active. but
 not fortunate The young will grieve.'
 Bake bread"
 The king of Spain is fourteen years old this day
 The placing of captured Spanish gun In
 Capitol park today. winch event will take
 place amid imposing ceremonies. marks practically the beginning here of a custom long observed in the Old World. The put ] ting up in public places of cannon captured
 from enemies serves the three-fold purpose
 of inspiring the people with their country's
 power, the valor of it's soldiers, and the
 wealth of its history Children play about
 the guns constantly, and so grow up famil-
 far with the deeds of their ancestors and
 
 dove builds it's nest in mouth of captured cannon, children are taught to know that
 tbere are other cannon kept ready for diff ferent purpose. Upon the same general the
 ory, the finest and most imposing building in every populous community should be the
 national building with the national flag fly ing as an emblem of the antion's strength not as an advertisement for Chicago soap
 as seen in cheap shops.
 
 The children of Birmingham will grow up in sight of the Spanish cannon, and to
 their ears will come alway the echo of the
 guns that thundered at Santiago. That will serve to keep alive in them their inherited
 martial spirit and without martial spirit
 no country can maintain its liberties or its existence The marvellous bells in the ca thedral at Cologne, one of the noblest of all the worlds temples of worship, were made of cannon captured by German soldiers from Germany's enemies, and presented by the Old Emperor the incarnation of the German spirit. The angeus rings from the same metal that proclaimed victory at Se- dan. Throughout the British islands, in every public park of any consequence is cannon taken in battle from the foes of the empire In nearly every instance nowadays these monuments of Valor are Russian seize guns captured in the Crimean war There is a beautiful maiden of Birming ham today, daughter of a man of some service to the state, who can tell of one of those guns she saw upon the far Irish | strand. When assured that the great black | gun polished by the play of children, was | one of the cannon that volieyed and thun- | dered in the jaws of hell at Balaclava, she | was a very Thomas of doubter Yet her amatuer guide told her truth quite his- toricaly true as the broad fact that the Six Hundred rode through the valley of death, and that the last of the Cardigans | went to his death there where once more l was washed in blood the flag that for | thousand years had braved the battle and | the breeze! The noble ceremonies of to- | days great event in Birmingham will be | deprived of their true value if the shouting | thousands of all ages fail to comprehend something of the glory and greatness of our country and to realize that there can
 be no lasting virtue that is not nurtured by love of country.
 The national lesson taught by the life of Hilary A. Herbert, the guest of honor to-
 day, is of profound import. When he first reached manhood the country was divided between the forces of factions, and the result was a great civil war of terrible destructiveness. He at once enlisted on the side of the south, and conducted himself with heroic courage. Soon rising to the full command of his regiment, he was desper- ately wounded, and crippled for life, the bones in one of his arms being destroyed. He saw the south fall. In it's second rise he has been of the most powerful fac tors. He devoted his intellect and his en- erges to the service of the country reunited
 after strife Whilst still young he entered the national congress, which he adorned for nearly twenty years. At the end of that time he was called to the cabinet of the president. The wounded Confederate colo | mel became the head of the American navy;
 and it was largely his ability his learning his genius that made possible the placing of the captured Spanish cannon in the Capitol park today. There is little romance wilder
 than these plain, blunt facts of history: no
 lesson given Americans to learn that is of
 nobler significance.
 Hon. William J. Stanford, who will next August be elected governor of Alabama | will today be greeted by perhaps the largest 1 gathering of Alabamians he eyer saw; and | it is certain that the enthusiasm of those | over whom he is to be called shortly to | govern will be cordial and hearty All of | them know him by good repute, but they are not many here who have seen him face | to face and acclaimed him leader He is to | meet the largest body of his fellow-citizens he Is likely to meet at any time, and he
 may be assured that the meeting will give | happiness to them. lie is their leader. and
 they are justly proud that he is SO. And | when they hear him speak, as they will at | the park, they will listen to the most elo- l quent of all their orators, and a man of | splendid bearing. Colonel Stanford and l Colonel Herbert, by the way, were members l of congress together two and twenty years l ago; Colonel Sanford from the Opelika dis