The age-herald., 1900-09-01
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l Astrologer RaphaePs prophecies for this 1 day Saturday. September 1, 19OO l Buy, speculate, seek work and push thy l business in the afternoon" Thou wilt experience diversity of for i tune; beware of law, quarreling, and new | enterprises, and avoid them all; thou wilt | be annoyed. in many ways; pay especial l heed to thy business, and keep it well In | hand"
 Females. beware, great and sudden changes beset thy path, and unless care 1 ful, tears and ruin will result" 1 "Go a-fishing
 Normal general conditions will prevail ] during September
 Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for Sun ] day, September 3 19OO:
 Ask no favors.'' Expect changes, travelling, and an un- settled year for thy business and family affairs: those in employ will lose it. "A child born on this day will be clever, but not wise; it will possess an unsettled disposition. and be fond of company; its success in life will be small.' MT. B. Steiner stated yesterday that he had S150,OOO in hand for the proposed city hall bonds of Birmingham to that amount, and that he could just easily supply $2O0000. This money, he said, had been ready for the proposed purposes since Au- gust 16 The Judiciary committee of the City Council Is under instructions to pre- pare the form of an act to be considered by the Council authorizing the issue of bonds to the amount of $15O,0O0 It would seem better that the bonds be authorized to tho ovtept of SoOo O00 and there cannot be any doubt that the best course to pur- sue is for the Council to proceed in the matter at once. The impression is that the judiciary committee will be ready to report to the Council at it's regular meet ing next Wednesday night. It is said to be legally requisite that so large sum of money be voted in a regular session of the Council.
 The present city building is not only in- adeauate as to space accommodation for the city's business, but the rickety old structure is fit to fall down. Former Mayor Fox declares that in his opinion the build ing would have partially collapsed if the heavy rains of the last days of June and first days of July had continued a few days longer. In appearance the building is dis reputable: it lends to all visitors bad impression of Birmingham, and in that par ticular is doubtless costing the public far more than the interest on S200,000 or on twice that sum.
 Jefferson County has the most superbly beautiful county building in the South; and it's artistic and material qualities are not surpassed by any building devoted to oi,, fv b1iild- ing is doubtless the shabbiest owned by any town of more than 10000 inhabitants in America Yet superb as the Jefferson County building is, it is so inadequate as to accommodations that the county authorities have been trying to devise plans for it's enlargement; but it is not conceivable that any addition to it can be made without imparing it's noble and inspiriting appear ance.
 In view of this last fact, representative citizens maintain that $15O000 would be in- sufficient to build a city hall of such di- mensions as will be required by almost the I time the structure could be completed. With $2OO,Cyv it is argued, a city hall could be built adequate for all probable require ments for more than fifteen years to come. This suggestion demands the thoughtful consideration of the City Council. The Bir- mingham of twenty-five years hence will require a splendid palace of the people for the peoples municipal business.
 
 There used to be a great deal of talk amongst the people in favor of the city acquiring the present county building for municipal purposes, and thereby securing a city hall that would be sufficient for all needs for a generation or two; at the same time enabling the county to provide a building large enough for it's purposes. But of late years there has been little or no discussion of that proposition.
 Men of large interests insist that in the plans for new city hall no provision should be made for the fire department headauartcrs or for a fire station within the structure. The serious objection 10 keeping horses in city hall building are too obvious to require detailed discussion. The odors of stable fairly thunder the universal complaint against stable odors. These odors may be not unhealthful; but the perfume of roses, say, would be preferable Still, even stable odors are less objectionable than the rots and rats of Brmngham's present city building
 The heat like the cat of song, came back yesterday. Hot, still a-heating.
 
 A marriage engagement of interest to Birmingham is thus announced in the New York Herald:
 ''Zabinski- Yuskevitz.- Rebeeca Zabinski of New York and Bolossy Yuskevitz of Birmingham, Ala, inventor of the Gladia- tor suspender buckle At home at the cot tage of Isadore Zabinski, Arverne on the Sea, Sunday, September 2, 1900. No cards. Port Jervis papers please copy.'
 MT. Bolossy Yuskevitz Is evidently un- trammeled by respect for worn-out con- ventionalities," says writer in the New York National Advertiser. T should not be surprised to learn that he distributed samples of the Gladiator suspender buckle ar,ao,,o. friends who call to cnngra tulate