The age-herald., 1900-06-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE


 and remove"
 Beware of sickness and disappointment;
 run no risks with thy health, and keep thy
 business well under control. Those in em-
 ploy may lose it.
 "A child born on this day will not be for
 tunate in employ. but should go into busi-
 ness on it's own account. If female, un-
 happy in wedock"
 My Lord we will pray for the guidance
 and protection of Almighty God" said
 pure young girl in the dawn that followed
 the midnight hour sixty-three years ago
 this morning. So saying, the girl and an
 Archbishop and a great nobleman knelt
 upon the floor in the dim candlelight of a
 maidens chamber and prayed to the Sov-
 ereign of all sovereigns, the benign Pow
 CT of all powers. The King was dead. Long
 live the Queen The last heartbeat of old man had made the young girl Victoria
 the worlds mightiest sovereign whilst she still slept restfu upon the couch of inno- cence King William had passed in the
 night, and in the moment of his passing
 the Archbishop and the great nobleman sped to greet the little Queen-''poor, dear little Queen"-as Carlye addressed her in the rough affection of his great heart In late June there is really no night in England,
 so it was dawn when old William died June 20, 1887, and the messengers to the un-
 s.nscious Queen drove to her palace in the incompatible light of English June morn- ing. A woman of the bedchamber sum
 moned the sumbering wee woman, and
 with a loose wrapper gathered about her girlish figure the virgin Queen passed into 1 her little dressingroom The man of God l and the man of state waiting fell at her feet crying God save the Queen!' It was the young girls first intimation that she had been raised to the highest height of | earthly glory, and giving her little hand to the kneelng men to kiss, she bade them rise and her first word was of prayer As suredly that prayer has been answered through the Sixty-three years that have come to her and her people since that hour of the June dawn
 The true religion of charity finds lumi- nous illustration in the noble gift of $500 | from the Alabama Club of Birmingham to ] St. Vincent's Hospital. That deed of char l ity outweighs all the mouthings of cant | and self-righteousness ever uttered in the 1 valley It is carrying out in practical form | the spirit of divine teaching and it blesses | them that give and them that receive. | Through the blessed Sisters of Charity, | handmaidens of mercy and goodness and | purity in the world, it is giving material 1 aid to suffering humanity It is the full | fillment of promises and prophecies that 1 make for regeneration. It is eloquent an- | swer to charity's pleading in the name of
 mercifulness, benevoence and generosity l for those who are afflicted and are suffer- | ing for human aid and human kindness 1 The Alabama Club follows and adds most | praiseworthy strength to noble examples of
 charity already set by a generous public respecting St. Vincent's Hospital. Indeed.
 the club makes for itself the highest
 ample, and one that needs to be followed;
 for the necessities of the noblest of Ala l bama charities are very pressing The
 splendid new building on the hill at the top | of Twenty-seventh street, South, Is very
 nearly completed, and the Sisters are con-
 fronted with the costly problem of provd-
 ing two hundred and fifty beds and the | other necessary furniture. A large sum of
 money is still required. The cash already
 paid out exceeds $2OO,OOO; and the grading | of the grounds, which is now in progress, l l 'It is astonishing that the causes of the l decrease in the salaries of Anniston and l Huntsville postmasters is not perfectly ap- parent to every one,' said William A. Da- l wis of Anniston, manager of the Alabama
 Mineral Land Company "The salaries of | postmasters are based upon the business 1 of their respective offices. The presence of | in, AnD til number in Huntsville during the previous | postoffice year added very largely to the l receipts of the offices of those cities, and 1 therefore caused an increase of salary to | each postmaster. The soldiers went away, l but the increase of regular business has l gone on, showing ever-increasing prosperity | in Anniston and Huntsville. And as now | fixed the salaries of the postmasters of An | niston and Huntsville are greater than ever l before, except for the off years business | due to the presence of armies of soldiers | In short, last years salaries are based upon 1 the previous years receipts, which were
 abnormally raised by the troops Anniston l never was before so prosperous as now, | never so promising of the future. We have | actually and in assurance about dozen
 cotton factories, not counting other great
 industries What is true in the main of
 Anniston is likewise true of Huntstile
 Therefore unexplained newspaper publi-
 cations regarding the salaries of pos.mas-
 ters are in the case of Anniston and Hunts
 vile misleading and may be hurtful
 | The Jefferson County Criminal Court will
 adjourn today for the summer, and for
 Judge Greene and the court officials there l will be some measure of rest from the ex-
 actions of a long and unusually burdensome
 term. Judge Greene is even stronger than
 ever before in the esteem and confidence
 of the bar and the general public; and
 Clerk w. M. Burgin has placed the pub | lie under stronger obligations to himself | Congratulations to Solicitor H. P. Hefiin
 and Assistant Solicitor John Mcqueen will l come from all law-a abiding citizens and will | be most cordial. The solicitors have per | formed their duties with great zeal, cour-