The age-herald., 1900-07-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

business before o'clock in the aftefnoon
 Heavy losses threaten thee in thy busi- ness; see that thou dost not speculate; those in employ will be fortunate"
 "A child born on this day should keep in the employ of others and not do any thing on it's own account"
 Hire maidservants.'
 Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for Sun day, July 22, 1900:
 Visit thy friends in the evening"
 Thou wilt travel or remove, but not with success; keep myself quiet and attend well to thy business
 "A child born on this day will be of restless disposition and fond of travelling; in business it will not be successful
 If a female, rather fortunate in mar riage.'
 Robbie Burns died one hundred and four years ago today, or on July 21, 1796. Exalted titles may be given to other immortals, but the Ayrshire ploughman is Robbie to all the world that tolls and dreams. "The rank is but the guineas stamp; a mans a man for a that" Most human of all the singers, most rich in simple faith and sim pie charity.
  Gentler still sister woman; Though they may gang kennin wrang, To step aside Is human.
 The place Burns holds in the affections and the daily life of Scotch men is extra ordinary beyond belief to all individuals who are not themselves Scotch or who have not dwet in Scotland; but Scotch women, as rule abhor the illustrious lover. An Alabamian who resided several years in Scotland and who was personally acquaint- ed with thousands of men and women there, declares that he never knew a Scotch woman who did not appear to de- test Burns. But to every son of that glor- ious Land O the Leal, the bard is the be- loved Robbie Burns'-spoken with rfs- ing infection on Burns and with an ac- cent that is in itself poetry. An American Consul who was not a let ter ed man-few American Consuls seem to have ever read ten good books-was once called upon to make some public remarks in Scotland and in the course of his talk he referred to the poet as Mister" Burns. His listeners were startled, shock ed, pained to hear their Robbie" styled Mister" and to this day they refer to the ConsuPs "eegnurunce. Dear old Scots wha hal
 Colonel Sanford, whom we all of us shall N)n have the happiness to salute as Governor of Alabama, pleasingly admits that he good Alabamian as he is, finds day by day ever more to love and admire In the state over which he is called to gov ern In the course of his political canvass he has visited many districts of the state which he never before had the opportunity to visit, and has met tens of thousands of people in mutually friendly intercourse whom he had never previously seen. The result is very happy for him. and assuredly it is happy for the people; for no man can come into personal contact with this leader without being drawn to him in strong sym pathy, esteem and admiration. Emphatic ally he is a man who takes well' as the homely phrase of our people runs. There is no state ahead of Alabama in essential things" he declares with the force of con- viction Referring incidentally the other | night to neighborhood in which he was received gladly, he spoke with cordial em- phass of the charm of it's people, it's wo- | men, children and men, their intelligence, good morals, thrift and general worth It was an ideal neighborhood, enlightened and prosperous; and it is typical of great and beautiful Alabama
 As everybody remarks Colonel Sanford | is man of singular personal modesty and unpretentiousness. He will not talk about | himself; and that to the daily historian | seems at times almost a pity He has a | deep-felt aversion to discussing his affairs even when they affairs also of the pub ! lie. He declines to talk about impersonally personal matters; declines with courtesy | that never fails, with admirable civility; but | declines, and when he has done so, one
 might well try to draw speech of ada mant He is strong man to admire, | good man to love withal: a combination of qualities seldom found under one hat!
 
 Hon. John " Smith, chairman of the | Democratic Campaign Committee, in | speaking of the campaign, calls attention | to the fact that the Republican nominee | for Superintendent of Education bears the | same name as that of the Democratic nom- l inee for that office. The name of the Re | publican nominee is printed on the ballot
 as James I. Abercrombie, while the name l of the Democratic nominee is printed on l the ballot John w. Abercrombie. He also desires to impress upon the Democrat 1 ic newspapers of the state, and every | speaker on the stump for both state and | county the necessity of informing the peo- | pie as to this matter, and expresses the | hope that every Democratic paper in Ala | bama will lay stress upon the suggestion | contained in this statement, and that each l speaker will announce it from the stump. | The Birmingham Iron Age, the weekly l progenitor of the Age-Herald of today was
 a progressive and beautifully printed news | paper, and was justly held high in public l esteem. It was of four seven- column pages
 Much of history attaches to the old Iron | Age. Roberts and Son, afterwards to be SLUMP IN BETTU I