The age-herald., 1900-01-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

 patriots, was the elder daughter of the Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, sometime seere- tary of the American navy. Miss Herbert was the head of her fathers household when he a cabinet minister. and was accounted the real leader of Washington, society. She died in Washington two years ago, and amongst the dear treasures left Of that fair life was the story of George Washington. reviewed elsewhere in The Age-Herald of this day. Miss Herbert's mother was Miss Ella Smith, daughter of Mrs. Washington Smith, of Selma, and in many particulars she resembled that saautly woman. Miss tHerbert's father became a colonel in the confederate army in the war between the states whilst he was stll "a youth, and won proud distinction in many battles At Fredericksburg he was desperately wounded and today his left arm hangs practically useless in a sleeve. that is the badge of proud honor. Colonel Herbert is man who never did a wrong. and never knew a fear It is spoken of him that he is the peoples representative of Alabama-at-large. It does not matter to him. He never yet suffered to pass any opportunity to do good. He has been al- ways true, is true now, and will be true to the end of his time upon earth. Un- speakable sorrows he bears bravely. There was never yet any affIfction come to him which that man did not brayely bear.
 Yesterday some friend Of Tom Hewlett, after reading the State Fair report in The Age-Heraad, sent him some lines un- der the title of When Fellows Stubbed His Toe" The name of the writer cannot 4H,a 5, .ao1f oil men, Did ye ever pass youngster, etd been an
 stubbed his toe,
 An was cryin' by the roadside, sorter quiet
 like an slow,
 A-holdin' of his dusty foot, ab hard an brown am bare,
 An tryin' ito keep from his eyes the tears that's gathered there?
 Ye hear him sorter soDbin' like an snuff fin of flis nose,
 An ye stop an pat his head an sorter tIJ to ease his woes,
 Ye treat him sorter kind like, an tn fust
 thing that ye know
 He's up an off am smilin-clean forgot he stuDbed his toe- Long the road of human life, ye see
 feller trav'ling slow,
 Am like as not you'll find he's some poor
 cuss that's stuboed his toe He malSin' swimmin' headWay, but he
 Dumped into stone,
 An Cnis frien's kept hurryin' onward, an
 they lef him here alone.
 He ain't sobbfn or aint sniffin'-he's too
 old fer tears an cries, r Dtl- But he's grievin' jes' earnest, if not
 only comes in sighs,
 An 1t does heap O good sometimes to go
 . a little slow rlu1 .-- An say word of comfort to tn man that's
 stubbed his toe
 Yer never sure yerself, an Hh ain't mo early way to know -''} 9s Jes when it's goin to come yer turn to
 trip an stub yer toe Today yer smil1n', happy, in the bright
 suns light am glow,
 An tomorrow yer a slhiverin' an yer
 sstruggl1n through tn snow. f' Jes tn time ye think ye've got th world
 tn fastest in yer grip,
 Is tn very time ye'H find ct yer th like
 liest to slip,
 Am it's mighty comfortin' to have some
 feller stop, I know -- An comfort ye and try to help ye when ye've stubbed yer toe. -
  We used to read about January thaws' fin New York and the east, but the thaw ap- pears to have gone out of fashion, except here in Birmingham, where 1t turns Second avenue,b between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, into lake of black mud. Really, the condition of Second avenue at that point is disgraceful beyond all words de. scriptlve. It is foul enough, soft enough. dirty enough to bog a crows shadow al high noon.
 The almanac of the Birmingham News for 1900 is in the highest degree creditable to that most excellent newspaper It ex- tends to nearly six hundred pages and every page teens with interest. Indeed, the News | almanac is encyclopedia, and is of such vast and varied information that every man | who pretends to be well informed must 1 have it. "A beautiful fight is being made in Clarke | county" said Secretary Mel of the Nor | gan campaign committee last night, ''un' | ti. that county, heretofore conceded to | Johnston, is now placed in the doubtfu i column. You must remember to Clarkt | that it was the first south abama county hst upon by the governor as a 'sampls | county and had he not felt sure. 1t. wouis | not have been selected. For weeks John, ston's friends have been actively at worF and prior to the organization of the Mor, gan forces had practically won the county l If the courageous battle being waged bJ | Senator Morgans friends of Clarke is sue. cessful it will be most remarkable and I praiseworthy. Should they fail it will no, l 1ailitabe against the senator's cause. gro win Clarke will simply be lagni | appe for us, and to lose it will not tspel | anything as to the final result of the sen. | atorial fight"
 Hon. Milton Humes of Madison is at the Morris. MT. Humes is one of the ablest and most influential and most distinguished of | the citizens of Northern Alabama. l Word comes from Lieutenant Kelly Par. sons. who is of our regular army in the Philippines, that he is quite well. He write. | that at this season the climate of Luzon ia | perfect. | David M Scott of Selma one of 5hs <.