The age-herald., 1900-05-10

Sickness, bereavement ana heiNS 9'-
 row threaten thee; keep thy health and that of thy family in strict order; in busi- l ness thou wilt have much difficulty in keep | ing it together thy birthday is q most un- ] fortunate one"
 "A child born on this day will have much sorrow, and suffer much heavy bereave- ments; in business it will succeed but poor | ly, and should keep in employ; in its love and family affairs it will suffer martyr dom"
 Brewer August schlllnger has hit upon | happy plan for spending a happy year In 1 Europe. He Is now perfecting arrangements
 with a brewer in Germany for exchange of work for twelve months. Schillinger to take | charge of the German brewer and the Ger | man brewer to take charge of the Birming- ! ham brewery The Birmingham man will
 make good beer for the subjects of the
 Kaiser and have good time and the Ger
 man will make good beer for the subjects
 of the President and have good time. It
 is good plan, worthy of the versatile gen. jus of Brewer Schiliinger, and likewise
 worthy of the acceptance of the excellent brewer over the sea. Friends of Brewer | Schillinger have declared that they will | lead his substitute such dance in the way | of a good time that the worthy man won't know the difference between the Birming- | ham canal and the Rhine; and they are privately of the opinion that what the Ger mans will do for Mir Schilinger will be the | greatest abundance. The German In Jones | valley will words of emotion as long 1 as Red Mountain, while the Jones valley | man in Germany will whoopem up as 1 real lyofthelowgrounds! There is fun in the suggestion; and yet there is a large element of danger. What If Gambil should | try to collect street tax from the Kaisers | trusted and trustful subject, Aye, what if, etcetera, And what if the Kaiser's con- | script sergeant should try to impress | Schillinger into the German army Yea, l what if, etcetera! Aha, there is the rub! l Visions arise of German battleships plough in the raging waters of the Birmingham canal and looming up are Americas fine floating fortresses on the Spree under the very lindens of the Unter den, But avaunt, and so forth. grim visions of great guns! Schillinger shall thence to Germany, and the German shall hence to Birmingham. Fahren-Halle.
 
 In most of the Alabama newspapers there have been appearing of late notices of agreement between merchants providing for the closing of stores at 6 D. m., during the hot months until the first of Septem- ber," as the notices generally read This deserves the heartiest commendation from the general public, whether in large towns or small In dry goods stores of all classes very little trading can be done after G. and assuredly the assistants are entitled to an hour or so of daylight. There couldn't be much profit in keeping them on duty, and all them need fresh air after being all day behind the counter, and most of the time standing. The large stores in Birmingham find the early clos ing plan to work we'll In some of the large cities stores close at l o'clock on Saturday afternoons; but that would not work here, as Saturday is always the busiest day. In some foreign countries, notably in Great Britain and Ireland, a half holiday in each week is compulsory on the part of shopkeepers and tradesmen generally. In London the half holiday is given on Saturdays, and that is true of the larger provincial towns. The smaller towns in mining and manu- featuring districts observe the after moons of Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fri days. The law compels five or six whole holidays in the year. Sunday closing of general stores is in effect compulsory in all Christian countries. In Scotland even saloons closed, and failure to put up blinds to show windows is considered such a dissertation of the Sawbuth that un- covered windows would ruin the trade of any store To get drink of .'sperritS' on Sunday one must travel three miles. This is also true of Ireland; and many a thirsty fellow has been put in jail for falsely rep resenting himself to be "bona fide trav- eler," that is, untruthfully declaring he had journeyed three miles.
 MT. William Berney will return from Montgomery to Birmingham shortly to re- sume his residence here, and everybody will cordially welcome him. For several years he has been vice president and manager of Bank of Montgomery, of which M. P. l LeGrand is president That bank is about l to consolidate with the Merchants and 1 Planters National bank of Montgomery, | thereby forming national bank of $250, 900. | Mr. Berney has resisted the importunities of 1 those in authority to accept place with
  | the consolidated bank, and will gratify a | cherished wish by returning to this city, | where he will open financial, bond and | stock agency of the first-class. MT. Berney | was one of the earlier builders of Birm- i ingham, and no man has dwelt here who l has enjoyed a fuller degree of public con- | fidence and esteem than he. His return to | this city will be gratifying to the commun- 1 ity as well as to himself.
 l MT. John W. Durr of Montgomery was | in Birmingham yesterday. He said that | even the Montgomerians were surprised at | the success of the Race Problem convention now in session in that city. The audience | in the large auditorium was greater than | it was during the session of the recent state l democratic convention.