The age-herald., 1900-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Court, marry, and ask favors before Il o'clock in the morning."
 Keep clear of risks and speculations; in thy family or domestic affairs thou wilt be more fortunate"
 "The young will court.'
 "A child born on this day will be oblig- ing and generous, and, on the whole, rather fortunate"
 Bake bread; brew strong drink; hire
 maid servants; go a-lishing."
 Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for Wednesday, August 9, 1900: Ask favors, seek work, buy, and push l thy business before o'clock in the after noon."
 'Thou hast a fortunate birthday, and thy money and business will increase" 'Women will have offers of marriage "A child born on this day will be lucky and fortunate whether in employ or in business for itself"
 Brew strong drink; hire maidservants; | go a-fishing."
 In the sense of a fully developed and | rounded character and mind, Colonel Jef- | ferson M. Fallxner is perhaps the most
  | is one of those few men whom all men be- l lieve in absolutely. and all women trust 1 instinctivey If he didn't deserve such unquestioning public confidence, he could | not by any conceivable means obtain 1t. l That is so self-evident as to require no | word of argument.
 Colonel Falkner is truly a big man. His mind and heart and character, his sense of honor and justice and charity, are power- | ful in keeping with his giant frame and | massive head He is massive in all the | essentials of big man. When he speaks | it is with the irresistible force of intellec- | tual and fearless conviction. He IS man of noble courage-the courage to do | right as God-loving man. He Is morally l great He is worth a whole generation of | babblers a cycle of babblement. The idle | talk about him for mere partisan prefer ment Bah! What does he want of partt- san distinctions so-called! He Is no place.
 seeker-never was, never shall be. The
 serious business of a great life is his. It is difficult for any reputable person who knows Colonel Falkner to speak his
 name without speaking his praises The one is the other. Colonel Falkner last night talked to Birmingham business men about the proposed State Fair at Birmng- ham. Colonel Falkner having said there would be a great State Fair in Birming- ham, there will be a great State Fair in Birmingham; for all that is best in Bir-
 mingham associates itself with Colonel Falkner!
 Said countryman on the street yester- day:
 q spent the first three weeks of this
 month at Mobile. I met pr. J. 1T. Phillips | of your town there and Phil Cosminsky, the newly married widower, once an employe l of the Age-Herald, now reporter on the | Evening Herald. Neither seemed weighed down by heat The professor did not even | carry an umbrella, al 10 a. m. If one finds | himself too warm in Mobile he reconcles himself to the inconvenience until the aft ernoon or evening and then recoups by a | trolley ride down the bay to Monroe Park where the boundless water lies before him and whence come the freshest breeZes to restore his temperature and prepare him | for a nights sleep. I did not suffer from | heat a day or night I was there. 1 went down on the steamer to Point Clear for | an entire day. I was told building lots are l high there and hard to buy at any price. I passed three and one-half miles of foreign shipping at the wharveS of the city-some | of the steamers first-class and many three | masted sailers. They want 2S-foot chan l nel and should have it. Hannis Taylor can l get it.
 | q met two Marengo County natives
 down there, living in their own houses, | married to Mobile women and easily at the | top of their respective professions, namely, l Hon. Richard II. Clarke and Dr. Eugene l D. Bondurant
 ] "You may put it down for truth that Mo- l bile is prosperous. l rode the streets daily 1 and I saw not one empty house and only | one placard to lett When the State sur veyed the line of the old Alabama and
 Tennessee River Railroad and the North
 and South, the expectation was to make Mobile the coal and iron port of Alabama
 and Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The imperialist success of Abraham Lincoln
 concentrates the money in New York, and | Mobile is not the coal and iron port it
 should be. Moreover, I saw not a single
 bale of cotton there The Van Hoose
 scheme of waterways improvement will
 defeat the imperialism of MT. Lincoln, in
 this particular if we will push it to real l ization.
 You may put it down that Alabama's s 1 cotton crop for 1900 is full average. It
 will be at least 9OO,OOO bales. l know grow l ing cotton when 1 see it.
 This Tuesday night at beautiful Lakeview l charity and merriment will make gladness | for all children and, women and men who 1 may elect to aid charity in its work of l kindness and mercy. The Ladies of Charity l of St. Paul's church will hold a Midsum- | mer Nights Festival for the pleasure of everybody, and incidentally for the beneSt of St. Pauls charity funds, now much in | need of repleton. These fair workers in | the praiseworthiest of all causes will wish from each of their guests the poor little
 fourth part of one dollar of the money of | the Republic and that little for charity s
 sake. There will be dancing in the pavilion, and other amusements and assuredly
 Lakeview should be thronged with merry