The age-herald., 1900-06-13

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 Sickness and disappointment threaten thee; thou wilt have a sad year in every way; those in employ will lose it."
 'Those in love will grieve"
 "A child born on this day will be un- lucky, whether in employ or not, and will meet heavy troubles and be always poor"
 There will be a partial eclipse of the moon this morning, not visible in Alabama or the adjoining states.
 This is the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua a saint greatly venerated by the Catholic church.
 All Alabamians will acknowledge the propriety of the proposition to present a silver service to Richmond Pearson Hob- son, but it is too much to hope that any considerable number of them will subscribe money to the necessary fund of thousand dollars, said a native Alabamian. 'They are proud of Hobson in their emotional way; but there are very few of them who are each proud a dollars worth. Hobsons immortal valor made the name of Alabama familiar to hundreds of millions of man. kind who never heard it until Hobsons daring became the boast and pride of the human race the world over. But it may be reasonably doubted if Alabamians have any considerable practical appreciation of that noble truth Whilst Hobson is of Alabama, is native of that district which was once a garden of the world, it is for tunate in the interest of heroism and lightenment that he belongs to America, and, in the broadest sense, to the world. Every people has it's one man whom it idealizes in song and story and whose name it cherishes through time. In the ages that shall come Hobson will be the ideal hero of this American people. His imperishable deed at Santiago, the most luminous fact in the new birth of his country; his noble youth his superb bear ing-these facts lend him to romance and to poetry in more fascinating light than that which beats about St. Louis, St. George, the Dutch boy who kept the dyke, or any other of the more or less mythical heroes of nations.
 'Hobson didn't brave death to win praise or fame; he did his duty to his country, and had but the shadow of hope that he would not lose his life in the doing of 1t. As if by miracle-and none shall say 1t was not miracle-his life was preserved. And universal mankind appreciates his great worth Some New Workers gave him $50, 900 to write three four short papers, and he could have made ten times that sum had he been willing to speak for pay to the shouting mutitudes of his country men; but that wasn't the heros way. He leaves that to freaks and political hire 1ings. But the question of the moment is, will Alabamians subscribe a thousand dol lars to purchase suitable gift for Hob- son? In considering the answer, there is one lamentable fact that may be kept in view There was another Alabamian him. self also a naval officer, who in war made the name Alabama to ring around the world, and who made a chapter of history that can never be entirely forgotten. His daring and skill in warfare upon the sea has been perhaps never surpassed; and whilst he is not known to mankind so uni versally as Hobson, he maded international student of history in the world and to ev- cry American. The Alabaman Raphael Semmes commanded the rebel prvateer Alabama, which he made the most famous warship that ever foated. Another great
 
 exalted national station, gave the name AL abama to a United States battleship which is one of the most splendid of all war ves- sels now in existence. Yet Alabamians have made no serious effort to secure a suitable present for the United States bat tleship Alabama and thereby follow cus- tom of obligatory, but pleasing courtesy. This fact would make Alabamians misera- II. ment worthy of being called state pride. There is one thing needed for the officers of the Alabama to do. They should pro- cure Pike county gourd write on it From the State of Alabama and hang it over , the dining table in the wardroom!'
 Both Anniston and Huntsville two of the most prosperous and enlightened of all towns in the country, have become addicted to the cotton factory habit, and it is mak- ing them rich. Nothing less than a new factory month will satisfy either town; and, udging by their spirit of industrial development, they will soon be demanding some sort of additional factory every week The New York Tribune declares that be. tween Richmond and Atlanta, "along the line of the principal railways, it seems as Il 1t were impossible to get out of sight of new cotton mills, either in opearton or in course of construction" That is very nearly true, perhaps; but the Tribune might have stated what every newspaper north is aware of, and that is that the southward march of the cotton manufacturing indus try has not stopped north of the Georgia town of Atlanta. Either Anniston or Huntsville probably manufactures dozen bales of cotton to every one that is manu- factured in Atlanta.
 United States Senator Edmund w. Pet tus is spending few days at Tate Springs, he having stopped off there on his way from Washington to Alabama. The senator is expected at his home in Selma within Q week. Senator Morgan hopes to come to Alabama shortly, and contemplates making a few public speeches, though it is said