The age-herald., 1900-05-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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and thou wilt lose money ldsti keep tiS S0ii very quiet"
 "A child born on this day will be quick
 and clever, but unlucky in business; 1t
 should keep in employ"
 'Senator Morgan and Senator Pettus
 both did their duty in the senate today by voting against consideration of the silly
 resolution expressing sympathy for the
 Boers and at the same time blackguarding
 a country with which the United States is I on cordial terms of amity,' said an Ameri-
 can of consequence last night. "Alabam- 1 ians ought feet profoundly grateful that in l the United States senate Alabama is not I as some other states are, represented by
 ranting demagogues and clownish time | servers. The so-called Boer resolution as l introduced by senator named Pettigrew, I who comes from one of those states that I keep senatorships for sale, contained one word for the Boers to seven words against l the British, and was almost equivalent ] to a declaration of war against power | that kept America from being humiliated | and ruined at the time of our trouble with 1 Spain The person Pettigrew wrote about 1 outrage oppression tyranny and the l like, the stock in trade of every seeker af- | ter pelf or political power, which are much l the same in most cases All this was direct 1 incentive to a war between this country
 and another the end of which no man
 could foresee. Yet today in the senate l 20 senators out of 49 present and
 voting, voted to involve the United States 1 in war with the greatest power in the
 world, a power with which this country Is | ;,,tf, jc
 amazing action on the part of the senators l in question shows hoy wildly reckless and
 untterly irresponsible they are. There is not one of them all who would be ready to 1 resign his seat in the senate or give one
 dollar to aid the cause of this country in great trouble The spectacle of Hoar, | Chandler and Mason hugging certain l southern democrats in the general effort | of trying to bring the country into disre- l pute is enough to make the whole people indignant"
 "The Birmingham lyceum is not likely to advance it's own interests by bringing l the man Web Davis to this city as an | opening attraction" said a citizen who is we'll known. Davis's work is unquestona- | bly, in the direction of involving this coun- | try in a terrible war, and 1t is hard to be- | lieve that Christians or patriots would en- | courage him. This political barn-stormer l from Missouri was given a profitable and responsible office by the president. He got 1 leave of absence and joined the Boers in l the field. He started home a-shouting and 1 a-spouting in favor of the Boers. He was
 obliged to give up his profitable office; and l now he is spouting and shouting about the | Boers all over the country. Who is pay 1 ing him? The Boers? Where does his com- 1 pensation for loss of office come in? From whom? It is said that the Birmingham ly- | ceum is not to pay Davis for his shouting | Who pays him? The Birmingham lyceum might have let us off without Web Davis | Why not give us somebody who buys some | thing, like Clark of Montana? Or some l body who would shoot something, like Col | onel Chinn of the Dark and Bloody | Ground? If the lyceum starts off with | Web Davis, whom may we not look for later?" Alabama supersttions figure in new book published by Houghton- -Mlffiin for the l American Folk Lore Society, and entitled Animal and Plant Lore" We are told that 'in Alabama it is believed the witches
 may be killed by drawing their pictures and shooting them with silver bullets. In the | same state buzzard flying over the house l at F o'clock portends that a member of l the family will die at A. There is a wealth of such. lore here in Alabama. A white | crane flying over the house indicates death l in the house; screech owls hoot fore | tells bad luck, unless the listeners throw | salt or mt the tOngS in the fire. turn
 their pockets wrongsidoutards. It is bad l luck for a rabbit to cross your path and
 to avoid the evil spell you must make a | cross in the path and expectorate in it. A snakes head does not die till sundown,
 nor a turtles head till thunder is heard. | If you put on your stocking wrongsidout-
 ards you must wear it so all day.-or you'll
 have bad luck. If you swear or talk above I a whisper the fish won't bite. A young
 mother mustn't eat twin fruit, such as | double peaches and plums, or her next off, l spring will be twins. A young woman who l steps over broom lying the floor will | never make a good wife; though marriage l itself is referred to as jumping the
 broom as well as taking a rib" taking in out of the wet" going to the squire"
 joining teams,' mixing blankets" and so
 on. Undoubtedly there are many supersti- | tions in Alabama In South Carolina the l negroes sometimes drive a stake through | a new grave to keep the spirits from haunt l ing. The Virginia negroes believe that if l you change the position of the doorknobs 1 after death in the house the ghost will not be able to find its way in. The Chester
 town negroes keep the ghost away by read | ing the Bible backwards. In central New | York death in the family is foreshadowed 1 If a white rooster comes and crows on the | doorstep. Ipswich, Mass, yields one of the most extraordinary omens recorded in this
 book, namely, that if a skunk come around l it is sign of new courtship. Some ne- | groes believe that to find toad in the | water foretells marriage.
 l J. R. Horton of Greene is at the Morris. 1 George Grayson of Seattle is at the Nor