The age-herald., 1900-08-04
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Astrologer. Raphaefs prophecies for this 1 day, Saturday, August 1, 1900:
 Rush thy business
 Thou has a quiet day and thy business | affairs will go on usual'
 "A child born on this day will not be
 successful in business for itself. but
 should keep in the employ of others
 Brew strong drink; go a-fishing'
 Astrologer Raphaefs prophecies for Sun
 day, August 5, 1900:
 "A very favorable day
 Thy birthday is a good one, and thy
 money and business will increase, and
 thou wilt be inclined for pleasure and ] company"
 ',The young will court or marry "A child born on this day will be clever, 1 and fortunate in whatever it undertakes
 and will rise in life''
 "If female, she will lose her hus | band"
 | The result of the North Carolina cleo | tion in favor of constitutional amend | ment to the effect of practically disfran l chsing the negro caused must satisfac- l ton in Birmingham though the general
 outcome of the bitter fight had been pretty l Luiiy dltlClpdleu. HIS e'tCllOH VIII nave d
 good effect on the Alabama state election | of Monday next, the real issue involved in | this state being constitutional revision; | the question of the United States Senator l ship having been settled. In all practical
 measure white supremacy is involved here, as we'll as it was in North Carolina. '"The chief thought in the mind of the
 great public is the elimination of the ne | gro from Alabama politics. said a dis
 tinguished lawyer. This would have been
 done a year ago but for the purposes of a
 man having the lawful power to deny the | demands of the people. This constitution l al revision, or a new constitution, if you | please, is deferred twelve months, and
 months big with political importance The | virtually unanimous popular nomination. | of Senator Morgan to succeed himself was l stern defiance of all persons who would
 seek to deny the people the right to press l ingly-needed changes in their organic laws | The people determined upon such | changes, and next Monday they will again declare to the world their determination | They mean to eliminate the negro vote. l and then the white men of Alabama may vote according to the dictates of their own consciences and judgment, without fear | Of possible negro supremacy, and without the conviction that their ballots will be ! counted as the ballot-box minipulators l consider 1t to their own advantage to l count them. When it comes to white men | stealing the votes of white men. it ;s | high time to call halt and that's just | what the people of Alabama will do next | Monday by electing a Legislature pledged | to give them the relief they demand and are determined to have, no matter who
 may wish to go to the United States Sem l ate hereafter!"
 | Ihe great number of Tennesseeans In niriningham do not appear to be disap- poi'eu over congressman Carmack's sue | cess for the United States Senate; thoupb | amohsst the more thoughtful element of | the population Judge Snodgrass seems to nave been most favored, he being an older and abler man, and considered to be moro
 oa statesman than mere politician. There being large numbers of the inhab;- l eah'S UT birmlngham who are natives of | tennessee and others who are natives of North carolina, Thursdays elections in | those states aroused great local interest ] here.
 one or the fortunate men in Tennessee
 Is John F. Holt, who is chosen sheriff of
 famous and rich old Giles County. of 1 which beautiful Pulaski is the county seat.
 MT. Holt won by 300 majority over very powerful opposition. The sheriff-elect is a | brother of Allen M. Holt, the highly es- | teemed citizen of the West End and fore- l man of The Age-Herald composing room Another brother of MT. Allen Holt is Thom- l as F. Holt, clerk of the circuit court of
 Giles County. Birmingham people who
 know Allen Holt will not be surprised at
 the popularity of his brothers
 | An old and esteemed newspaper worker | or Alabama, who began yesterday
 journey to Germany, is Albert l Strassburger, who has lived in Mont
 gomery for more than fifty years
 and who has been the principal Ala
 bama representative of the New Orleans l Times-Democrat twenty years In kindly l good will he is frequently referred to as
 "Old Strass," and his genial good nature.
 his courtesy and unfailing kindness have
 caused great numbers of good men to feel l generous personal attachment. MT Strass- | burger enjoys the honorable distinction of 1 being the man who first wrote at length
 and systematically for newspaper publca- tion regarding the natural and developed wealth of Alabama. He began some twenty years ago to contribute a page or two
 "write-up" of Alabama to his New Orleans
 newspaper. He was born in Germany, and
 has heretofore made several protracted vis-
 its to his fatherland. He goes now to Carls- bad for the baths, and from there will | proceed to Kissengen for the waters; pro- | ceeding afterwards to Paris, where he will | spend some weeks. He has long taken l strong interest in great exhibitions, begin-
 ming with the "Centennial' in 1876 In 1885 he was the Alabama commissioner for the | New Orleans exhibition.
 ! By the way, why is it that English | speaking Americans substitute the French word exposition" which they are abso-
 lutely unable to pronounce, for the "exhibi- l tioa,, of their tauoI,a2 4