The age-herald., 1900-07-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Thou wilt have law and losses in thy business and an unsettled year; see that thou dost not speculate"
 Young women must be careful of the opposite sex.''
 "A child born on this day will be head strong, unruly, and difficult to manage; it should keep in the employ of others and not attempt any business on its own ac- count"
 Mars placed in the ascendant denotes much excitement in the land, warlike ru- mors and probably strikes during July It will be an unfortunate time for spectators, and the money market will be much agi- tated. The Lunation will occur near the cusp of the 3rd house in close opposition to Saturn, which denotes accidents in rail- way travelling and collisions and wrecks at sea, more especially during the last half of the month Trade will be good and heavy revenue return for the month may be expected There will be many accidents and sudden deaths during the last half of the month, and many fatalities from light ning Mars will affiict the United States with many evils"
 Black and deep orange yellow, the two colors of the coat-of-arms of Lord Balti- more. suggested the name of the Baltimore oriole, also called golden robin, the sweet est and most beautiful songbird that now fills this valley with melody. As vocalist, it is a bird of rare power, combining beauty and variety in it's notes. Baltimore orioles are devoted and courageous parents ana resolutely defend their young when in dan ger, fearlessly exposing themselves 10 ~-nth rather than forsake them. The ho.her Di-1 hos been known to enter her nest when the bras,ch to which it was attached was being severea s-arn the tree, and to persist in remaining there untn the nest had been taken into the house. It will follow its young when taken and will feed them in captivity. Reared from the nest, 1t may be completely domesticated, be allowed full liberty of the house, mak- ing no attempt to escape, and like spoiled child, delighting in occasional acts of mischief, such as putting its pointed bill through the meshes of lace curtains, and, opening wide its beak, seeming to enjoy the noise made by the breaking of the threads The nests of these birds are very dainty Audubon pictures made en- tirely of the beautiful gray Spanish moss.
  the woodland just now.
 Duncan McPhee died at the home of his mother, on the St. Lawrence river, seventy miles above Montreal, on the 22nd of June, after a weeks illness, and his death was the passing of one of the best souls be- tween the bounding oceans. Duncan Me Phee was known and cordially esteemed by It.. +,, can Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Lou isiana and here in Birmingham almost all men knew him and cherished him a friend. For more than twenty years he has been a commercial traveller throughout this region, and during that time Birming ham has been as home to him. In boom days here dozen years ago, he dealt largely in real estate, and made a great deal of money; but his profits vanished when the boom burst. For the past year or two MT. McPhee's health had been poor, and occasionally he was very seriously i'll; but when he was last in Birmingham sev- eral weeks ago he seemed much stronger and there was promise that his health would be entirely restored. Information of his death was conveyed in private letter received yesterday from his brother in Can ada by MT. c. H. Nabb of the Morris Hotel. MT. McPhee bore a very noticeable personal resemblance to Grover Cleveland, and several years ago in Atlanta 5000 peo- pie greeted him as the former President of the United States. MT Cleveland was ex- pected to arrive in that town by the same train on which MT McPhee arrived, and when the latter appeared the crowd made wild rIISh him ,.- tonishment and amusement He maintain ed his dignity, and it is said that thous- ands of Georgians who shock hands with McPhee now hug the delusion that they grasped the hand of the great Cleveland.
 
 There did not live a kinder hearted, more generous, or more companionable man, or a more steadfast friend than Duncan Me Phee He was man who never naebored i'll will or cherished resentment; never for got a kindness nor remembered a wrong: never knew disloyalty or was acquainted with malice. He was the most thoughtful considerate and kind of all possible friends The last time he returned from a visit to his aged mother, to whom he yes most tenderly attached, he brought some home made twists of tobacco for his pipe-lovtng
 
 room in the Morris the day of his arrival from Canada, and opening his trunk he took out what remained of his store of home made twist, He divided it. giving the friend half. 'Td give you all this, but l promised twist to Bill Mcdonald at Baton Rouge, and I musn't disappoint him." It was little thing, but it illus trated beautiful side, of Duncan McPhee's character. He never failed once in twen- ty-four years to spend Christmas with his mother on the St Lawrence. q am go- ing to my old mammy," he would say about the middle of December, and heJ be off straightway. A noble, lovabIe soul was Duncan McPhee one of the best of all the thousands of good fellows "on the road"
 sam has vanished, as if the earth had