The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-06

A Now, then, promise me on your sol- emn words that if you ever enter & sleeping-car again you will respect the situation, and I will let you of. .s
 Every soul in that car made the promise, and half an hour later we were all asleep.
 When l reached Philadelphia I passed the baggage car just as my trunk came out. The baggage man gave it whirl and push, and it landed on one end of the truck, and there was 6 smash.
 1 at once secured his name, street and number, and when his car was clear and he came down, l said:
 "Let us see what this damage amounts to-"
 "What in - have got to do with your trunk?" he exclaimed.
 "You flung it out in a reckless manner. No railroad has any more right to damage my trunk than to damage me-"
 "Go to Halifax! 7" he sneered as he walked away.
 SOt thO OLOACA unA lO tuC iIOtCls had the damage estimated by trunk maker, and then went down to head quarters and said to the manager of the road by which had come in:
 "This morning my trunk was dam aged four dollars worth by careless handling. Here is the address of the baggagemsn. Who shall ! sae?"
 k6Xnx1 ooNr- tho 4,.uvJ 2S ho queried.
 Il did, and have witnesses"
 "Wait few minutes"
 He sent messenger after the bag gageman. When the latter came he was asked t>t
 "Did you damage this mans trunk this morning?"
 "It accidentally fell"
 "Did you tell him to go to -"
 "He was too fresh."
 ct is you who are too fresh, sir ! Pay this man his damage, and if there is another complaint you will lose your place."
 You know what buffet car is, of course? It is cross between filth class restaurant and highway robbery.
 There may be some entitled to pat ronage and respect, but they are always attached to the train just ahead of or behind mine. On the same trip I was obliged to order a lunch in a buffet car. The waiter brought what he called coffee. asked him to name it, and he gave it that name. told him to throw away the stuff and make new cup twice as strong. This sec- ond cup had a faint taste of coffee. When he had quadrupled the amount of coffee had bill of fifty cents to pay for the single cup, and it was about what you would get in dol lar r-a-day hotel. Then gave him ten cents for couple of spoonfuls of his raw coffee, and few hours later walked in on the manager of that di- vision, spread the stuff before him and asked:
 "Did you buy this stuff to feed travellers on at POO per cent proflt?"
 "This is half chicory," he said, as he examined it.
 "And the rest is the cheapest of | ASlOs At lS tAlC DVuh cCt NCo Oul OAi buffet car No. -" i hat?"
 w got this from the waiter"
 "The scoundrel! There is trickery here! I buy the best of o. G. Java, and my orders are to serve as good coffee as can be found at the Fifth Avenue"
 1 We'll, the waiter had been playing little game of his own, and he got the bounce for 1t, and the manager thanked me for meddling. Now, here were three kicks. The row in the sleeping car was lesson to stick by a dozen travellers for years to come. That baggage man will be careful of your trunk and more careful of his language for many day, and when you order cup of coffee on the buffet car between Buffalo and Hornellsville you will get what you ask for. Is the man who kicks a crank or humapi- tarian?-Detrot Free Press.