The age-herald., 1900-04-13

1 after Il o'clock forenoon.
 Beware of law, quarreling. and sickness,
 and keep thy business well in hand; thou
 wilt have a chequered year. and must
 exercise much care and discretion, or heavy troubles will befall thee. The young
 will court.
 I A child born on this day will have bad temper and meet many losses; it will sue
 ceed best in employ.
 Today is Good Friday, which is ob- | served in honor of the death of the 1 Saviour, and is the most solemn fast day
 in the calendar. It is strictly observed by ' the Catholic church, and the Greek, An : glican and Lutheran churches Formerly
 the Catholics spent the whole night be- | fore Good Friday in the church fasting
 and praying; at the present time the day
 is most devoutly kept, much of the time
 being spent in church, and generally no | food being eaten. A part of the Catholic
 services are ''the solemn prayers which
 the church says for the whole world, even
 for her greatest enemies" It is binding upon Catholics to abstain as far as prac-
 ticabe from work and worldly occupa-
 tions; it is with them a holy day in re- | ligion In Alabama and some other states of our union it is a legal holiday by | statutory enactment. This much is also
 true of Great Britain and Ireland, and
 all the countries of Europe Throughout
 christendom the banks and exchanges re-
 main closed to business.
 The latest story concerning Hobson is
 interesting and likely enough it is true.
 It is to the effect that seif-mportant 1 a4io at Man tacitiV agreed ! to give Hobson the social cold-shoulder
 upon his arrival amongst them, such ac-
 ton being based upon the Kansas City
 kissing episode which yellow journalism
 so grossly exaggerated to suit its own
 purposes. Apparently the element of jeal-
 ousy was not wanting But however that 1 may have been, the famous young Ala
 bamian managed most successfully to turn
 the table upon his self-important com
 patriots It was he who did the snub- | ping He declined to know the criticising
 ones on the street or elsewhere. The fash
 ionable society of the foreign element
 hailed Hobson with joy He was a real | hero, a live lion of men, handsome, gracious and possessed of even more than his share of the universally accepted &C., | complishments of thoroughly trained pro-
 
 have the entree to the highest-ranking so-
 cicty of all countries, and sit cheek-by- fowl with princes. Hobson appeared
 amongst the elect of Manila with the double distinctions of Annapolis and San
 tiago The one was essential and the
 other supremely gratifying to society; and
 SO Hobson crossed his legs under ma
 hogany boards denied to the self-impor- l tant ones amongst his compatriots. An | nanoIis and West Point are golden keys to
 unlock the doors of the proudest. Mean
 time Hobson is winning reputation in the
 highest work of scientific engineering
 This story from the Orient is to Alabam-
 ians especially most interesting.
 "One little difference, a trihe, but char l acteristic one, you may notice between 'he l countryman and the man from the cltS'
 observed the eldest of party ot loppy | loungers who were longing for the lree- l dom of the fields and the sport ol ish- l holes. for bacon and greens. corh-breaa l and buttermik. 'The countryman Tn put | ting on his coat holds it in front or hn' i puts his hands in the sleeves and throws | inc garment over his head, slipping ms 1 arms into the sleeves as he does so, ana | adjusting the coat to his back and shoul- | ders. He'll do 1t every time, and assure | vou that it prevents needless delay. The ctv man puts first his right arm in his ripbt sleeve firts the coat behind ms | hack struggles to get his left hand in the | left sleeve and thus slowly and labori- | ouslv works his coat on. The operations or the two men differ materially. As soon as the countryman gets his coat on he min Or takes a chew Ot tODaccO. Before the city man puts on his coat he uses a toothbrush with powders, and after his coat is on his back properly he takes | A drink If a countryman discovers that he has put his sock on wrongsidoutwards he'll let it stay so all day for good luck
 When a city man finds out that he has put his sock on wrongsidoutards he changes it for various reasons A city man won't pass under a ladder; countryman won't pass along a path he's seen rabbit cross until after he has made cross mark on the ground and expectorated in it. An, we'll
 there are many differences in customs. Cocktail? Don't care if I do; I am city man with abiding objection to water for drinking purposes"
 J. A Wood of the Bay State Shoe and
 
 most popular commercial travellers in the south, is in town.
 Mrs. William L. Banks died at her home in Jackson's Gap, Talapoosa county, at O clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Banks was the daughter of General Michael J.
 Bulger, the venerable and famous hero of two wars, and oldest living Alabamian of distinction. She was therefore the sister of the late Colonel William D. Bulger of Birmingham, Hon. Thomas L. Bulger of Tallapoosa, Rev. P. D. Buger of Liberty Hill, Ala, and Mrs J. c. ShackeIford of Trenton, Tenn. For many years General Bulger has made his home with Mrs
 Banks, and to her he was very tenderly devoted Her death is for him an especially great affliction. She was a woman of the strongest character and the noblest vir-