The age-herald., 1900-09-21
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l An uncertain day.
 Beware of losses, and do not speculate
 or run any risks; with care thou wilt keep
 thy business together
 l "A child born on this day will be clever and rather fortunate, but very free with
 it's money. consequently it will not be rich"
 'If a female, unlucky in wedlock and courtship.''
 Brew not strong drinks; hire not maid servants, nor menservants.'
 l Astrologer Raphaefs prophecies for Sat | urday, September P, 1900:
 Seek work and ask favors in the after ncon."
 If this be thy birthday, sickness and l trouble threaten thee, and thy affairs will 1 go sadly wrong; keep 8 sharp eye on thy l business or it will fail.'
 "A child born on this day will be very 1 unlucky and generally -in some trouble" If female, her courtship and marriage will be one of disaster
 l When, where or how the meaningless eN- l pression "rockrbbed" Democracy origin l ated facts hidden somewhere in the l vast rubbish pile of political tommyrot; but 1 the absurd slang remains, as the helpless | public is kept constantly aware Some an l cestor of this generation who was crazy 1 or drunk, or simply silly, ran out of adject- l ives or descriptives, and in the fullness of | his foolishness he characterized as rock l ribbed a political party that perhaps had already enough sins to bring it to repent 1 ance.
 Rock eXpands or contracts, according to 1 varying degrees of temperature; but rock as a figure of speech is held to be unyield- l ing in every sense. Hence 1t is of all pos sible words or phrases the one least ap-
 plicable to political party; and such ap- | plication of it is positively ludicrous. l "Rockribbed" fddlesticks!
 If a political party can, shall or must | have ribs, they ought not to be lkened to 1 rock Pig iron would be a much better | slmile, and steel still more to the point.
 Pig ron-ribbed Democracy of old Dallas
 or old any old thing would be fine It would
 mean something, and would be more pop ular popularity goes than steel, for "sreel-ribbeds would sound mighty aristo-
 cratic. It mout be mistook fer impirish mo- tons. Perish the thougnt-perish any thought that might occur to deesturb ther burd O freeduml
 Yes, sir pig iron-ribbed Democracy is good, and it shall be that and nothing else. Don't let us hear any about that "rockribbed' foolishness-'twont do. This suggestion is respectfully suggested to Congressman Oscar Underwood, of the best fellows and best Congressman in
 America. It would be exceedingly appro- priate for him to refer to the pig iron l r.a. TT 1-J
 the "old ninth;'' for as to Jefferson, nearly every thing is plg-ironed anyway. l And there is Congressman Henry Clayton, d good fellow and mighty speechifier. He is fond of looking at your straight hair and into your blue eyes, with decided em- phasis on hair and eyes, and with a de- faRce from "the white cliffs, and all that sort of thing. He should stop 1t. And he should Hook at your pig iron-dusted hair and your pig iron-red eyes, and thump> your pig iron-ribs,' and make
 the welkin ring, whatever the welkin is. Most likely the welEin itself is made of pig iron, rolled thin and tempered so it will
 ring loud. And that's no joke! Everybody who was in Birmingham eight or ten years ago remembers Annie Cor
 man. a beautiful and bright little girl | famed for her exquisite singing. and the figure in every concert most applauded She was the pet of the press and the public, praised by everybody and by everybody cheered her dantily and delightfully."- kept way of maiden childhood; and through it all she never became vainglorious or knew the conceits of false pride Ever mod l est and unpretendng, she yet had a strong womans self-possesson, self-reliance, and when great buildings trembed with ap- l plause of her the only sign she gave was | a paler face and a tenderer smile. One winters night at o Brien's there was some sort of entertainment for some charity, and she stood alone upon the great stage facing a brilliant and thrilling audience which filled all available space. A great wave of | goodwill went to cheer her, ''the most rad 1 iant figure in all that radiant assemblage," l as the critic of the night then wrote. She ! sang an old ballad and raised a storm 1 of gladness; another, and there was whirl- wind. It was wonderful, that child's power l to sway!
 1 Often of nights after her triumphs or af-
 ter quiet days at school, it pleased her to ! be conducted to this place of newspaper 1 toll brightening it and cheering the toilers | here. Her coming made everything better | and brighter; and here at least good wishes | for her abide alway.
 1 She went away in her childhood to live 1 in Montgomery her father, Maj. W. P. l German, removing thither. Having grown l to be a woman, she is now come to be l bride; was married in Michigan, where I she was born, with the elaborate and ap- l pealing ceremonies of the Roman Catholic 1 Church in the faith of which she came 1 into the world.
 1 Birmingham and all other communities 1 of Alabama are gratifed that the census l returns show Montgomerys population to l have increased nearly 8 per cent in ten | years, bringing the total inhabitants of the l State Capital above 30,0O0, being an ir- crease in percentage greater than any l nther city of the South excent Rirmins-