The age-herald., 1900-04-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

I birds, declared a Deauliiua Wohf"h se7ts-
 day. Woods, fields, oirds and flowers
 make me to rejoice, to love, to love every thing and kiss my hand to the sky and the sun and to'whatever else l like
 In line with the beautiful womans lm- l pulses, the strong, reliant, hard-working
 man spoke. "I am going afishing,' said l Colonel J. NJ. Falkaer, the distinguished attorney. "I begin to see my way clear 1 to a week off duty, and unless something | turns up to restrain me, shall take my l boys to the waterside, and we'll have sure enough fun. It is my purpose to secure complete camping outfit, Including three | tents, plenty of cots. all sorts of hooks and l lines, and plentiful supply of eatables, l and taking the boys, a cook, and man. servant we shall start out in two-mule wagon for the ptney woods. Within a days drive of my place, near Montgom- cry, there are numerous streams that teem | with fish and furnish all the sport with 1 the rod that one could wish. We shall | have fish for early breakfast put in the l pan while they are still Hopping fresh | fran the water; likewise fish for dinner. | and fish fer supper; and at right we shall l lie down upon our cots to peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams in an atmosphere perfumed by the pine the honeysuckle, and the bay, the while sweet waters soft | ly murmur. An, that will be delightful. | Each of the boys has a gun of his own, l and when he is tired of fishing-did a boy l ever really get tired of fish.ng?-ae can qop away at whatever he finds, from last years sirdnest to gopher or a salaman- der. After all.s said and done, the truti
 is, l believe, that small boy d rather 1 nave a double -barrc.ci shotgun than
 fishpole CT imperial crown. man scon forgets his first bsilpoie with it's line and hook but where Is the man, however l old in years, who doesn't remember his firt gum? Amongst the things that ai- ways are cherished in a mans memory | gre his first pair of topboots, first spelling of rDa -i0a -ller-k'r,' first gun, first pair O salluses first sweetheart and first razor But nowadays toI551ts, baker, and gal fuses appear to be out of fashion. That, | however has got nothing to do with my | proposed fishing froic with my two boys We are going to have great fun, l can tell your
 Judge John P. Hubbard, who is report ed to have departed from judicial fairness in manfestiug his psstialHy for Cover ! nor Johnston in the matter of adjourning I e urt for the polJical sqeeeh-makiEs at l Dothan on Monday. is the judge Of the Troy circuit; a judgeship to which he was ] appointed toy Governor Johnston after tlhe lamented death of Judge Foster about a year ago He was for two terms-fsS0 to l 1S92-judge of the Second. CT Mon ntgomery l circuit, of which Pike county was then | a part. He was elected to the 1t gislature l from Pike in sos, and was for a time a candidate for speaker of the house. In 1S7o when Robert Burns Lindsay was e.ected governor, Judge Hubbard was | chosen speaker Of the first democratic house that assembled in Alabama after the war between the states.
 Congressman Bankhead of the Sixth Washington yesterday afternoon, and pro- ceeded last night to Tuscaloosa. He will
 spend five or six days in his district, after which ne will return direct to Washing ten The Sixth district dlnocrats~ will
 nominate their candidate for congress in the state primary April II the people vot- ing for the candidate by name. Congress man EanLhead is without opposition Of , any sort and will therefore be nominated unanimously, a mark of confidence and honor eninently deserved by one of the most capable and most useful of all the southern leaders in congress. Colonel Bankhesd whilst in the city yesterday { preferred not to express any views for publication. He pointed out that this was
 a sort of off week in etse house, the order
 of business being some what cut-and-dried.
 thus enabling him to get short leave of
 absence He will be in daily teleGraphc
 communication with Congressman Under
 Wood, the democratic whip, and If occa- sion should unexpectedly arise requiring
 his presence in congress he would return
 to Washington forthwith. Colonel Bank
 head is in perfect health, and is as sorry
 as a boy.
 Grip is still somewhat prevalent in Bir-
 minsham, and its effects in many cases are deplorably bad said a leading physician
 who is himself but slowly recovering from a very severe attack of the prevailing ma- lady. Grip has directly or indirectly caused numerous deaths in Birmingham and the district" the physician said Pneumonia has been perhaps the most fatal development of the epidemic, there having been a number of deaths from that cause. The disease continues very bad in | northern and western cities. The vital sta tistics of Philadelphia show 30S deaths dur ing the past week that are traceabe to | grip Of this alarming total 29 are accred- | ited to grip itself; 223 to lung complica- ! tions and 56 to heart troubles, all arising from grip. Similar reports come from many ] sections of the country
 The increase of more than 5 per cent l in Birmingham bank clearings last week 1 over the corresponding week in 1899 was
 excelled by only three cities in the United 1 States, namely: Portland Oregon, 66 per ! cent; St. Joseph, Mo-. 70 per cent. and | Springfield, Ohio S1 per cent. Denver and | Kalamazoo about equalled Birmingham s 1 increase The large increases at Spring. | field, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo must be 1 largely accidental, as neither of chose 1 towns appears to be expanding very rapidly.
 I%-