The age-herald., 1900-10-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Thursday, October Il, 1900: Avoid females and keep myself very quiet"
 Expect sickness and disappointment in thy domestic circle; in thy business thou wilt have trouble to keep it together; do not risk money"
 "A child born on this day will be free and generous fond of pleasure and corn- pany, and spend it's money fast" Astrologer Raaphael's prophecies for Fri day, October F, 1900:
 Ask favors, seek work and push thy af- fairs before Il o'clock in the forenoon"
 Beware of heavy losses in thy business and do not journey or remove; those in employment will meet promotion"
 "A child born on this day should keep in the employ of others, and not attempt any business on it's own account"
 
 It has long been an open secret that the master minds of the Louisville and Nash ] vile Railroad Company such as Milton H. Smith. August Belmont, Boyd, Evans, Charles B. Compton and Jefferson NJ Falk- ner hold James l.. Welch in especially high SSlceHl, DOln on account Ol HIS eAGCullNe capacity and his extraordinary knowledge of the practical details of railroad manage ment. This well deserved confidence Is forcefully demonstrated by the appoint ment of MT Welch to be superintendent of the South and North division and the Birmingham Mineral Road, the most exact ing and most important of all the ''di- vision responsibilities of one of the larg- est and best managed railroad systems in the world.
 It is the usual thing to praise the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad, for it is the usual thing for the Louisville and Nash ville to deserve the highest praise; and such praise is in large measure apart from the personalities of the men who conduct this road For example, there are exceed ingly few men who know anything about President Smith personally; the public know him as a railroad man of pre-emi- nent ability, one probably not surpassed in America Everybody knows Colonel Falkner personally, and everybody admires him, and at the same time loves him, which Is certainly more comforting to the public. Colonel Falkner. unlike almost any other extremely busy public man, takes time to know men personally Railroad men are next to newspaper men, the hardest worked class in the country.
 Whilst the public greatly admires Super intendent Welch, and he is therefore an unusually popular man, it is not everybody who knows him personally. He is a man of very modest and retiring disposition as unDretentious as a gentlewoman. He is a man of powerful physical and moral ht,t ha ok In that respect he is sngularly reticent, almost timid; preferring to be left to do his work as best he can, and have nothing said about it. This trait is charming one in a man who has worked himself up by no aid save his own strong mind, his re- markable attention to details, and his in tegrity of character. He knows all about his business, from track -mending to su perintending all the manifold details of enormous traffic; can drive spike or run a locomotive, or direct the running of a thousand locomotives. His men knowing that he knows his work, believe in him, trust him, honor him.
 That Is a great thing-that the master know the work the men under him have to do.
 MT Welch Is young man, a strong man physically and mentally, and man of wide knowledge of his work. Carlyle amended the classic maxim, Know Thyself' to ~'Know Thy Work" MT. Welch has mas tered the Carlylean form, and doubtless knows the other too He Is a clean-cut man, 1.-the and sinewy, and always alert. Moreover he is a good church man, as be- comes the best of good citizens
 MT. Welch is frankly glad to get back to Birmingham, after his three months stay at Nashville. and frankly says so. He may take it to himself in perfect assurance that Birmingham is glad to have him back amongst its people. He is fully into his new work already and admitted yesterday that he was very busy. He also admitted that he is happy.
 It's fine time for evening dress for them as is got it, as Bob Jelks' man said about a drink on a cold and rainy day-'its fine day fer a drink fer them as is got it." Many wretched men and greater number of unhappy women have just discovered that there has been this year an extra primary epidemic" of moths; and the re- suits are appalling. Women weepingly complain that their things are ruined,
 
 stroyed. One poor wretch has absolutely nothing left in the way of clothing except what he has been wearing at intervals since the end of June. Evening dress, beavy clothing, overcoats, all utterly de- stroyed wearing apparel; and apart from the intrinsic value of his stuff, which was very considerable, is mental annoy ance not easy to calculate. Bah! To him self, at any rate, it is a rather serious condition. And great numbers of men, and perhaps every household in Birmingham, have suffered to some extent by The depre- dations and devastation of the moths. Complaint is in a sense universal Proba- bly four out of five dresscoats, say, in the town have been touched by the pestferous insects, and my ladys furs are grievously damaged.