The age-herald., 1900-04-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

l Avoid letters and writings, and do not
 travel
 s'Keep thy health in order. and be careful
 of accident: in thy business thou wilt have
 a quiet year, and it will proceed as usual.
 Young females must be careful of their
 male friends.
 "A child born on this day will be fond
 of company and pleasure and will suffer
 damage or injury through females. Its
 success will be moderate
 | Yesterday was an ideal Easter Day, and
 n ost of the churches were crowded Day
 broke cloudy, but before o'clock the
 clouds had scattered and the sunshine was
 brilliant until well into the afternoon, when
 clouds gathered heavily. The weather was
 warm and great numbers of people from | the city visited the various suburban re-
 sorts, and the fields and woods, which are
 already very beautiful with flowers and | tender vegetation generally. Red Noun | tain and all the woods about are bright | ened by dogwood blossoms, natures old
 sign to anglers that it's time to go a-fish | ing. Many men and boys will now hasten l out of town with the weapons for the l fsh's undoing; but generally speaking, the | poor wee fishes won't suffer to any great
 extent. Cahaba river fish have been known
 to stand on their tails and laugh at Bir- | mingham anglers, whilst the beautiful | trout so plentiful in East Lake fairly flout | the proudest who come to shake hands with them. By the way. a who was
 recently placed in the Birmingham jail as
 a suspected murderer and burglar explain l ed that dynamite found in his possession
 was intended to use in killing fish. Yet he
 was released from custody. What should
 be done with a man who will fish with dy-
 namite? The law fixes the penalty, which
 is something less severe than boiling in oil l but ought not to be less at all.
 "The city of Birmingham is growing so
 rapidly that it is no longer a question of | inviting capital to locate within It's bor- ders, but it now behooves every citizen of | Birmingham to urge such measures as will | make it city of homes, so that 1t will not l be alone a trading place, but city of resi- | dences, and a place where capital will per-
 manently locate the families of investors" said business man. Birmingham is mo- | toriousy dusty city. The natural ad- vantages which have placed it so far ahead l of other southern cities make it a place where summer dust has become highly ob- | jectionable. And it is the duty of every | good citizen, far as it lies in his power, | to minimize nuisances and every effort | to make the city a perfectly healthful, l comfortable and cleanly place in which to | live. The streets of Birmingham should | be thoroughly and systematically sprink- l led Steps should be taken at once to do
 as other cities of importance are doing. | provide for a general system of street | sprinkling, the cost of which would be in- | fnitesimal compared to the results ob- tained. The merchant would profit by be- ing rid of the damage done to his stock, l the housekeeper would find her burdens lessened, and the pedestrian would be able to walk the streets without the discomfort and annoyance of the clouds of dust and
 dirt to which we have heretofore been sub jected It is well to call the attention of
 the city council and the city government
 to the urgent necessity of prompt and | intelligent action in this respect"
 When my brother and I were in Paris last year we were attracted by flaming ad- i vertisements on the dead walls proclaiming Iamerits of the finest automobile in the
 Sorld,' and we contemplated purchas-
 an automobile we desired to see the one advertised" said Thomas B. Paine. We went two miles to see it, and having stated our business to the dealer, he said the | statement true. He conducted us to his show room and pointed out what he | proudly declared to be the very best ma
 chine made It was undoubtedly Very beautiful and substantial. On it was
 plate bearing the legend Manufactured | at Columbus, Ohio.' Having lost my leather | razor strop, and having heard that France | made the finest leather known, 1 went to l a fashinoable shop and asked for the best | strop they had. Here is the finest made | said the salesman. I bought it for a dol | lar and half, and took it to my room | for immediate use. As I applied my razor
 to it, I read with astonishment Manu-
 factured at Worcester, Mass I didn't l faint; I called my brother. Later I set | out to buy pair of patent-leather shoes,
 having heard all my life that French
 patent-leather was superior to all others.
 I asked a dealer for the very best patent
 leather shoes He placed a pair before
 me and remarked, These are the finest
 made They were beautiful. I examined them closely, and read in plain English. | Manufactured at Lynn, Mass And so it | goes. American skill and enterprise are | claiming the worlds markets And I need | not tell you that an American has but to | travel abroad to find out that America is the best country in the world.''
 Viewer in the history of St. Paurs | church were the services regarded in the
 ensemble-liturgy and music-so beautiful
 or inspiring as the solemn high mass yesterday-Easter Sunday" said a we'll 1 known layman, who has witnessed impos- I