The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-10
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| Travel, ask favors, and seek WORK.
Beware of sickness; in thy business thou
wilt succeed with care; but run no risks"
1.-THE young will court"
"a child born on this day will be FORUM
ate and rise in life yet will not be rich, as
it will lose or spend its money as fast as
it will earn it,"
| Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for
| Tuesday. September H. 1900:
| do not quarrel; an unfavorable day.
| Thou art threatened with law, losses
and changes; keep myself quiet and thy
| business well under control
"A child born on this day will be rash
| and headstrong and fond of company 1t
should keep in employ"
| Affection ever bids the memory of men
| to dwell upon their brthplaces, whatever
| be lifes changes, and the cradles of indi-
| vidual races are always of interest to sue
| ceeding generations One naturally wishes
| to know of and see the place where ones
| more remote ancestors dwelt, and whatever
| pertains 20 ciose ancestors is of abiding
interest, most especially If it be more than
| ordinarily honorable. Example of this Is
| had in the impulse of a beautiful young
| American girl, the daughter of Generai
| Patrick A. Collins, most distinguished OF
| all Irish-Americans of our day. She re-
| peatedly visited her fathers birthplace
| near Cork, and sketched with her own
| hand the house in which he was born
| peasant farmers son. and from which he
| was removed when but years old. Pat
| Collins daughter used frequently to as
| sure a certain Birmingham man that she
| loved Pat Collins birthplace at fair Nal
| low-on-t the -Blackwater, one of the lowell
| est villages in the old world. She would
| spend days in the village, and drive out
| daily to the old farm house. That is evil
| dence of the spirit of something like an
| cestor worship which still fingers lightly
| with who are fond of saying to our
selves that we civilized and it re-
| mains beautiful trait in human nature.
| Spirit similar to that which actuated lit
! tie Miss Collins has thrilled two young
| girls of Birmingham who are now in Ger
| many. They are Pearl Loveman and
| Blanche Loveman, daughters of Mr.. Jo-
| seph Loyeman. The other day they Wis
| tied the German birthplace of their IA
Their, and there they found a rough wood
| en- bench which he made in his boyhood,
| and hard by was seen plane tree on
| which the boy Joseph carved his first
| initial and that of another in childhood's
| long ago, the letters still clearly visible
The young daughters of the Birmingham
| merchant of today become quite natural
| ly somewhat sentimental, and in their
happiness they penned these lines on "Our
| Fathers Home:
| In wagon drew near
| To our fathers home so dear,
| Where a boy he used to roam
| In that simple place called home"
| On his handmade bench he lay
Watching peasants making hay;
| And the sun was shining bright,
While his heart was young and light.
| On the tree beside the bench
You can see the name entrenched;
But the tree little grown,
| Still the -. and L. are shown.
|
The lines the young girls were happy in
sending to their father and he was happy
| in receiving them
| Some ladies have requested that inter-
| view you in regard to the condition of the
| cemetery writes leading lawyer ut is
| said that the walks and streets are being
| badly washed and that debris of various
| kind, dirt excavated from graves, and 9TH
| er things, are left lying In the streets, and
| that no work is done on the cemetery; that
| Is, on that part required to be kept up by
the city. On the other hand it is said
that the city's hands are frequently en-
| gagged in working for private families, fill
| ing in their lots, for which they get COM
pensation from those parties, all the time
| drawing pay from the city. l have no
| personal knowledge of these charges but
| if the newspapers will take the matter up
perhaps this would be examined into and
corrections made At any rate there are
| some very indignant women in town over
| the way the cemetery is kept, and if you
| can stroll out that way some evening you
can for yourself. Your attention will
confer a favor upon these ladies'
| Mr.. Critchton, the editor of the Clanton
Banner, leading Populist newspaper,
| was in Birmingham yesterday, and declar-
| ed that the Banner would do all it could
to aid in the election of sgd Bowie to Con-
| gress in the Fourth district.
"The unanimous nomination of Sidney
| j. Bowie of Calhoun and the high esteem
| in which he is held induces us to accept
| him as our candidate for member of Con-
gress from this district. believing that by
| doing we are supporting gentleman
who desires nothing but the honest vote
| of every honest man, and that the best
! interests of all the people will be best
served by his election by an overwhelming
| majority in the white counties" said Mr..
| Crichton.
Birmingham people have never vet been
i able to understand why Montgomery and
| Mobile should display jealousy towards
1 Birmingham for the growth of Birming-
| ham has largely influenced the present day
| prosperity of those ancient towns. 1t is
| not idle boasting to say that Birmingham
| has accomplished within the brief
| period of it's existence than any town of
| this country has done: and the unexampled