The age-herald., 1900-09-27
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

IHOu NllI nave an uilSeLlieu SSe1i AOA
 thy business and family affairs, and they
 will cause thee much anxiety; run no
 risks with thy health or thy money"
 "A child born on this day will be care
 less and indolent, fond of its ease and sell
 dom fortunate."
 'If female, rather lucky in wedlock."
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for
 Friday, September 27, 190o:
 Seek work and ask favors in the after
 noon"
 An active year awaits thee, and with
 care and prudence it will be a prosperous
 one; be careful of risks and speculations
 and avoid them"
 "A child born on this day will be push ing and active, and on the whole rather
 successful"
 'If female, fortunate in marriage"
 "Go a-fishing."
 Since last Monday rumors have been cur
 rent throughout Birmingham that ugly dis coYeries had been made in the freight of- flee of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
 road In this city. Nothing definite could be ascertained at the moment except that no blame could be attached to the character of any individual. It now seems that certain losses, amounting to about $1500O, have
 been incurred through error or misconstruc- tion relative to certain merchandise bills. It has to do with failure to collect certain money; and has absolutely nothing to do with the expenditure of money. It is un- derstood that the personal integrity of no employe of the railroad company is in- yolyed: no employe has been discharged or asked to resign. That much is doubtless easy of entertainment for any one. It IS all purely a private business office business of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; and the only excuse for this ref erence to 1t is to state as nearly as may be stated the actual facts upon which all rumors have been based.
 It Is reasonably certain that Col. Charies | W. Thompson of Macon will appeal to the State Democratic Executive Committee to | determine whether he or Congressman Brewer Is the regular Democratic nominee | for Congress. The appeal may be made to- | day, and the question settled three days | hence; or there may be a brief postpone | ment, though that is improbable Colonel Thompson came to Birmingham | last night.
 | Again my friends, let me call your at | tention to fact that should cause plusn of shame to mantle the cheek ot every | Floridian who loves his state, or taxes | pride in her institutional"
 | What is it? Alabamians will read, and giggle instead of blushing as they ought | to, and as Floridians are supposed 10 De | doing.
 | "I know of no other state in the Amerl- | can Union from the mining camp state or | Nevada to the Empire state of New 1ork, 1 that does not provide a residence during l his term of office for its chief executive! | Ca ava, mon! ca ava! What aboot tn l saer puir inns an tn laudgin hooses | foorced 'pon Alabamas guvner, m braw l lahddie?
 "But in this state, when you elect your | Governor and he goes to Tallahassee, In l obendience to your command, the hrst | thing he has to do is to find rooms at e | hotel or a boarding house, where he may | lodge with his family. If you shall visit l Tallahassee at any time and the Governor | should not be at his office, and you desire | to see him, you must go around town and | enquire for the Governors boarding house. l Think of this, my countrymen, and how 1 unfavorably it must impress the stranger | within our gates to be told that the great state of Florida does not furnish man | sion for its chief executive, and that he l and his family are lodging in boarding | house. This does not comport with the | honor and dignity of the state, and such | a condition should not be allowed longer | to continue!'
 l Thot's a haver, mon, thot's a hayer! Sic l a muckle O nonsense body ha' no seen | lang syne! Huts-s-s, mon, huts-s-s! Yer | eeg-nurunt Whiles! Tn rateable vaalues l O ye wee province O guphers an sala- l manderS is just aboot 1S,600,000 poon. Deeg- | nifty? Huts-s-s! Laudgin' hooses? Huts-s-s, mon, om aWeary O ye!
 1 Alabama, graand an gloorious, hae rate | able vaalues O 50,000 coo poon sterlin', an 1 she's got nae mansion as muckle as d keep | a moose; tn guy per gangs ava t Moont- gomerie t bide in a public hoose! Else a l wee cot whiles! Reedickerlous! Tn puir 1 body has no sac muckle as a modeel laud-
 gin hoose where t talk is tea or rest is l croon. Fufty meellion poon rateable vaal- l ues an nae rates t beel decent hoose
 fir tn Guy ner Alabama's domned sicht
 wursser thon Florida, mon! An thots nae | haver! Huts-s-s-s-s, mon! Huts-s-s-s! |
 l '"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow no l longer applies to our little town," said Law l yer A. H. McClung of. historic Carrollton. | '.The whistle of the locomotive on the Car
 rollton Short Line Railroad, which con-
 rects us with the outside world, is heard | only a mile and half out of town, and | President cocl1rane assures us that the
 trains will be running into town in two l weeks.
 -"On yesterday the first bank ever known ] in Pickens County threw open it's doors
 for business at Carrollton This bank is founded by MT J. s. Hanley of Tuscaloosa
 with MT. George Michael of Demopolis as
 cashier. The new bank building is a beau | tiful brick structure that would be credit l even to your proud city of Birmingham. MT. E. R. Calhoun has sold the Ali 1 ance-News, his Populist paper, to MT w. | N. Dale of Wilcox County, who will make | il Democratic paper"
 A strong man knocked down in the street
 by an unloaded dray, and then slowly | struggling to his feet and staggering to | the curbstone where he reclined in fright | ful agony, was a sickening spectacle in | Nineteenth street at high noon yesterday. l