The age-herald., 1900-07-22
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Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this
 day, Sunday, July p, 1seO
 Visit thy friends in the evening"
 'srhou wilt travel or remove, but not with
 success; keep myself quiet and attend well
 to thy business"
 "A child born on this day will be of d
 restless disposition and fond of travelling;
 in business it will not be successful"
 If female, rather fortunate in mar riage."
 Raphaers prophecies for Monday, July 23, 1900:
 Sell; unfavorable for all else" "Thou hast a most unfortunate birthday and wilt experience sickness, losses and
 disappointments; thou wilt also quarrel
 and go to law: be very careful, and run no risks
 "A child born on this day will possess
 an unruly disposition and will be careless,
 headstrong, and unfortunate, and trouble
 to itself and its neighbors'
 If female, she will be subject to dis
 grace, yet will marry well.''
 Yesterday, July 21 was the thirty ninth
 anniversary of the first battle of Manassas.
 Yet there are many thousands of we'll
 meaning men in this country who are still
 engaged in the absurd and self-appointed
 task of fighting the war over!' Even the
 chief commander of the Confederate Vet
 erans, whom all Southerners love with an
 ever-increasing devotion, and the chief
 commander of the Union Veterans fit on
 the very eve of the Manassas anniversary.
 "Who was right?" What was right?"
 
 mon sense and practical life, where is the
 use of such wordy and wrathy discussion?
 Who cares what anybody believes or says
 regarding the tiresome questioning? Re
 bellion," war between the states' "civil war; what not-that particular war is past, long past Why fight on paper or platform that which killed a half million men in fighting? The veterans-bless their
 heroic souls!-may talk as much as they
 will, but the busy world has got to work for living! Every enlightened and open minded student, and scholar, and historian
 are aware that secession was in accord
 with the organic law; and wise men no
 longer discuss that proposition. Then, why
 should Gordon and Shaw and others fight over the trivialities of lingering passion or variously construed morals?
 Many Birmingham men and perhaps some hundreds of surviving Alabamans in general were in the terrible battle of thir- ty-nine years ago. Amongst these was Dr. A. T. Henley of this city, who discuss ed the fight most entertainly with his friends yesterday. He spoke with a few of the best of our people, educated indiyid-
 uals, who had never heard of Manassas,
 and didn't know whera if fha1y
 any the worse for that?
 At the recent barbecue at Bangor Park,
 where Colonel Sanford and Hon. o. w.
 Underwood were the speakers of the occa-
 sion. the latter was cautiously approached by one Blount County mountaineer. who was overheard to say:
 "seems I've seen you up in our neck O the wood. Aint you drummer that sells snuff at Smiths store?''
 No sir,'' answered Mir. Underwood, "I
 am not a drummer at all; am Oscar Un- derwood, your present member of the Con
 gress of the United States"
 Now, what you givin us? Everybody
 knows that Morgan is at Congress. Ycu
 are jest drummer-that's what" The old man was only convinced of his error a1teT MT CnQeTWOOu Ildue speech f- "The Declaration of Independence vas written by Franklin, Lincoln and Samuel Adams. The main purpose was the free ing of the negroes, which were then held as slaves"
 This extraordinary statement was written out in serious sobriety by an applicant for authority to teach in the public schools; |; 6isnlay Of dense ignorance the part of one who sought the privilege of teaching defenseless children, it was sim | liar to four or five other teachers eXamina- ton papers found lying on table in a county court house by distinguished law yer of Birmingham. The quotation is exact l ly as he wrote it down at the time of dis coyery, even the slip of paper with the writing on it being used in this place. An applicant for teachers license here in Jefferson County, Ninth Congressional District, State of Alabama, declared that there were eleven Congressional Districts
 in this State, and that he himself lived in Jefferson, one of the counties of the Third District, and one of the "forty-three' coun- ties of the State. Another applicant knew of only Washington, Lincoln and NcKin- ley amongst the Presidents of the United States. He declared there had been five Presidents altogether, but expressed re- gret that he could not remember the names of the other two. Still another said there were but twenty-seven States in the Union Birmingham's Country Club is understood to be the best country club in the South and there are some good ones Certain it is that the local club would be most cred itable to the great cities, and those for tunate men who possess its highly prized membership are justly proud and jealous of their club. No place more charming as a resort for society men and women is i'm aginable.