The age-herald., 1900-05-15


 and push thy affairs"
 "Thy birthday is fortunate one and thy
 business and money will increase
 A child born on this day will be steady,
 perseyering. and will rise in life Hire men servants
 Daniel o'Connell died this date ffty-three
 years ago.
 The inhabitants of Birmingham are long
 suffering, and are perhaps less given to kicking" than the inhabitants of any other
 large town whatever. These facts are due
 cehy to the fact that we here in the valley
 are, generally speaking, good-natured, | amiable, and not given to fussiness, albeit we are afflicted with more than our share of criminals and blackguards, sent us by l other communities far and near. Another
 reason is we are very busy folk, and have
 a standing objection to making formal com l plaints and thereby being haled as wit
 nesses before courts of law. But 1t is
 amazing that we go on, day by day, week l by week, month by month, year by year 1 subjeeting without protest our limbs and
 lives to the peris of fast reckless, and 1 careless driving in the streets. With l astounding patience we submit to the con l stantly impending menace of every danger l on wheels, from the cyclist, most dan 1 gerous of all to the drayman, the wagoner, 1 the hackman, the coachman and the fellow 1 with the fast" horse. All persons in Br- l mingham who walk, limp or crawl the l streets should bear in mind that they are 1 indisputaby entitled to the right of way,
 given by law and sustained by proper pen alties. The street crossings belong first to | pedestrians, and they should claim 1t in | every instance They should not suffer their l rights to be transgressed by ruffianly driv- | CTS of vehicles, by drivers who are not 1 rufflans; by a ragamuffin on wheel or | by liyeried coachman; by drunken drayman l or de gent wid de horsefesh, see" Let | every citizen today covenant with himself | by solemn oath that he will report to the police every person whom he sees offend the law, decency and civilization by fast. reckless or careless driving at the crossings of the streets! By so doing he will serve the cause of humanity, do a kindness to the police, and, for a short time enrich the public treasury, thereby providing for addi- tional police protection, more lights better streets and less dust-less dust, before all things. Incidentally, he will relieve the hospitals of some of their burdens and the good citizens the surgeons of some of their
 wel-earned fees. Stop the fast, reckless, careless driving!
 Mrs. Flora Herbert Buell., Hon. Hilary A. Herbert's sister. whom he is visiting at her home 1922 Eighth avenue, was the wife of the late Hon. David Buell. of Greenville, sometime state senator, and for many years a law partner of Colonel Herbert, and a leader of the south Alabama bar. He was the first senator from the Greenville sena- toral district after the present constitu- tion of the state went into force, and voted for General Morgan when the latter was first elected to the United States senate twenty-four years ago. Mir. Buell. was a
 man of wide learning and distinguished
 ability, and was one of the purest and best
 men whose services have ever been given
 to the state. He was real gentleman, a
 polished and scholarly man of courtly bear
 ing, whom all men were glad to honor. The
 old law firm at Greenville was Herbert,
 Buell. and Lane, the junior member being Hon. L. M. Lane, subsequently probate
 judge of Butler county, brother of Form CT Mayor A. O. Lane of Birmingham. Judge Lane is now the leader of the Butler bar
 In the late 7Os Colonel Herbert removed to Montgomery, but the style of the law firm was kept up for many years afterward
 Mrs Buell. is one of the most charming of southern gentlewomen, and possesses to a notable degree many of the strong traits of her illustrious brother. between whom and herself there are the strongest ties of personal devotion. It is marked charac- t;o of tba thair Il f. tachment to one another. Mrs. Buell. takes a deep and comprehensively wise interest in government and the science of govern ment. and has always shared the high aims and purposes of her brother.
 The great fair for the benefit of St. Vim cents hospital will be opened in the Walk CT building, at First avenue and Twenty first street, tomorrow night and in this time of merry-making in the city they will not be glad in the true spirit who give not to the cause of charity and lend aid to human suffering. St. Vincent's hospital is for all who suffer, and it's management is not regardful of religious creed, dogma
 doctrine. The good Sisters of Charity are handmads of charity in it's highest and noblest sense, and all they ask for is the means of relieving afflicted human ity. All they ask to know is that a hu-
 man sufferer is knocking at their door, and
 all their tender ministrations can do will
 be done gladly and in the love of we'll
 doing. The splendid new hospital building
 in South Twenty-seventh street is now rap- idly nearing completion, and it stands a
 magnificent monument of charity. an honor
 to Birmingham and the state and to the en-
 tire country. It has cost a great sum of
 money-more than the entire taxes of Jef-
 ferson county for whole year; more than
 all Alabama gives to charity in a twelve
 month-and the good Sisters are soreIy
 pressed for assistance. St. Vincent's is
 not alone for Birmingham and Jefferson
 county, but for the entire state. Therefore
 everybody should give something towards
 its support.
 Fruit is abundant in the local market Cullman strawberries are in the greatest