The age-herald., 1900-10-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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 Strange troubles threaten thee in thy business or domestic life; keep very quiet, and run ho risks. neither travel nor re- move"
 A child born oh this day will have an unsettled disposition and be fond of changes and travelling; it will succeed best In employ"
 Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for Sat urday October ?, 1900:
 Travel and deal before Il a. m., after which be careful"
 ..Thy business will increase and thou wilt have an active year; but in thy domestic circle expect grief and disappointment"
 Those in love will have cause for grief.
 "A child born on this day will be fortu- nate in business and will rise in life; it will be active and possess good brains
 
 The doctors of Birmingham, who, per haps more than any other class, have the general welfare of the inhabitants at heart are kindly cordial in commendation of efforts made in this place 10 arouse public interest in the monstrous iniquity, morphineism and cocaineism. The Alabama Medical Journal sounds a clear note in the contest against this most destructive evil, and every reputable physician in Birming- ham joins the issue of decency, in the con- tention with vice.
 A bill is in preparation, to be urged upon the legislature, forbdding druggists, soda fountain proprietors and all other persons to sell, give away or otherwise dispose ot cocaine, morphine or any opiate, chloroform' or any like drug or medicine, except upon the regular prescription of reputable physician in good standing"
 The legislature cannot refuse to pass such a law, and it's enforcement will practically wipe out an evil which the doctors declare to be immeasurably worse in it's tendencies than alcoholic drink.
 ' Meantime misguided children and persons of all ages continue to hurry along the morphine and cocaine routes to the devil County Health Officer Barclay declares that at least one popular beverage believed to be entirely harmless contains one of the most deleterious drugs known to the medical profession. He has known in stances of schoolgirls taking as many eight glasses each of this stuff in a day; and of others who demand it in the morn ing as a 'bracer much as habitual drink CTS Ol dlcOllOl Atl61i HfOl hiH6 SONA- tails The necessity of pure and sound in gradients in the soda water" of the hot days was urged in this place in early sum mer, and with good effect, it is believed. Druggists and sellers of soft drinks will sell whatever is demanded and is allowed by law; nobody is questioning their right But there is no reason to doubt that repu- table dealers would be glad of the enact ment of a law which would set forth pre- cisely how deadly drugs may be sold. The fact that a dimes worth of morphine or CO., caine is labeled by the druggist poison is of no consequence except to persons wno do not wish poison. Unhappily, poison Is just what an army of minor inebriates is now demanding in Birmingham, and perhaps in every other community of Alabama.
 Upon the authority of an entirely reputa- ble citizen, a small ten-year-old boy was seen the other day pitiably under the in- fuence of cocaine, which doctors declare to be the damnablest of all possible intox- icants Wasn't that monstrous? Isn't that sort of thing a crying crime against hu- manity?
 There are doctors and doctors, to para phrase a common colloquialism; but the world acknowledges that doctors as a class are amongst the best of good citizens, and certain it is that they are the most power ful single influence for the general moral and physical welfare of the people. Their work is to heal the body: but they go far above and beyond that; they are workers of charity of all elements of real good ness. The rare rascals amongst them serve l.,;rr light the virtues, the true nobility, of doc tors in the general sense. Almost every person has received the doctor as blessed messenger of peace of hope, of charity of abundant goodness; and if everybody would abide by the good doctors advice the world would be vastly better in every sense.
 Ore cannot well believe that any in1e- pendent or self-respecting citizen will now Oppose the ancient proposition to build at Mon tgomery a suitable residence for the Governor of Alabama. The necessity of such a residence has been urged most probably ever since Montgomery was made the States capital. Yet, whilst the neces- sity has grown, the legislature has reso- lutely refused meet it. Today it is stronger than ever before; for whilst Mont gomery has grown and developed general ly into one of the most beautiful and most progressive of American towns, it has be- come constantly more inconyenient place of residence for the Governor. There is no hotel or apartment house there suitable for the first officer of the State; there is no first-class dwelling house conveniently sit uated for him. and if such house existed his salary would not warrant him in pay ing the rent. There are a great many beautiful homes in beautiful Montgomery, but that is just what they are-homes of Montgomerians; not houses to be let to the Governor or any body else.
 Houston was perhaps the only wealthy Governor Alabama has had in forty years. IL is no discredit to others that they have been comparatively poor in the worlds goods. Most of them have been fairly well-to-do; in fact, one of them, Governor Oates, being a man of large pos