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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
A MAD BAGGAGE MASTER.
An Experience with "A Theatrical Man
mat Ruined His Temper.

Sidney X. Ellis, the manager Of Dark
est Russia, while travelling in the south
had an experience with pompous bag
gage master that for once resulted in the
baggage master coming out second best.
On going TO the depot 10 leave on an
early train the baggage master, with the
air Of "A man who owned the earth, came
up 10 Mr. Ellis and said;
II have to charge you sl0 excess on
your baggage
AS much as THAR Amt that highY"
"No, not at all IL Will run over 1000
pounds
How do you know" said Manager
Ellis Have you weighed it,
"No, " replied the baggage master 1
can size up trunks That's my business. !"
WELL l insist upon your weighing it, &"
said Manager Ellis, and after further ar
gumcnt the baggage master brought out
an old pair OF scales and carefully weighed
each trunk and hit of scenery When it
was all weighed and the different weights
added together the baggage master said
wiping his perspiring face:
"I'll make il 80 1t doesn't quite come
up TO 900. -
you can't pass it for mef' asked Man
ager Ellis
Pass it l should say not, except on
an order from the general passenger
agent
"Well, here it is, replied Manager Ell
lis, handing the permit for free express.
The baggage master is still figuring how
he can make up for the adipose tissue lost
In weighing the baggage he had 10 pass. -
New York Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
To steer with.

A fellow was having his hair cut the
other day in "a Sixth avenue barber shop.
He gave the barber particular instruc.
tiOns not 10 remove "a long lock that pro-
Jected in "a somewhat unsightly way from
the front of his head
at doesn' I Income your style Of beauty, "
said the barber.
Cant help that, said the customer.
BETTER let Inc clip il off. - said the bar
Der, getting his shears ready.
Just you leave it rs it is, " said the
man.
But, persisted the barber, Il can I
give you IA smooth, decent cut if l leave
the hair so long in front. can't see what
you want it left there for "
THAT because you don't understand
the use of it.
Il know it's bunch Of hair, and that
II Is devilish unbecoming where it is ="
Yes it's "A bunch of hair, but il is
something more. 1t is the family rudder. I"
1.-THE family whatY'
"The family rudder When affairs don't
60 right at home, my wife always grabs
that lock of hair She would feel lost
without it. When she ge,s hold OF that,
she can handle me-steer me in the right
course, so % speak-and when ] 90 in the
right course all the family 90 in the right
course, and all is well. I've got used 10 it,
Should | lose my hair and become bald.
or should you give ne a fighting cut all
over il would be all over with me-there
would be no way Of steering me. l should
become unmanagcable and sooner or later
a total wreck. WOodman-I mean barber
spare that lock. Texas Siftings.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
An Unstable Foundation.

/ sat waiting in down town Office. On
the other side of board partition two
men were talking earnestly. Their voices
grew more and more distinct until finally
/ caught the words, "Well, | never yet
knew "A man TO build himself up 10y drag
ging another person down" Then the
voices subsidized again
ono, thought /, nor woman either"
The ruins of another life may look at first
like large amount of material with which
10 start structure, but they will crumble
they are sure to crumble. York
Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
re slEPT.
And Yet Tie Was Wider Awake Than the
Conductor supposed.

"Nhat station was thaty' demanded the
passenger in the rear seat, suddenly rous-
ing himself. Strengthening up and project
ing his voice through the dimly lighted
car.
The conductor, who was coming down
the aisle, stopped and held his lantern
CLOSE 10 the speakers face.
1T was Bragdon lac replied "Ain't
~ the man that wanted 10 get OFF at
SInn lvilloy"
II am, rcjoincd the passenger II
asked you 10 wake me up when we got
there, and You said you would"
Il did wake you NJ"
ooh. you did did your How far have
we gone past Smallville.'
"Fifty-iiye miles. -
"And you walked me upf Strange l
didn { know anything about it,"
Il shook you, called out the name Of the
station and YOU said All right and
reached for your hat. | supposed you were
wide awake several passengers got off
there and took it for granted you were
one OF them.
Well l wasn't. I'm pretty hard 70
wake up. You ought 10 have been sure
about it. l had friends waiting for me AT
the station. Itll make an awful muss /
wouldn't have lad this happen for Sl,-
0O0l'
you can telegraph them, can't youg"
81 suppose can. What's the next sta
iionS'
"Flaxwood."
"Doc> the next train back stop thereg"
"Ycs "
well, you give me note TO the CON
6uctor, can't you, telling him 10 pass me
back 10 Smallville; Its rs little ~ you
can do. II wasn't my fault that l got
carried past
The conductor scrihhlcd few lines on "a
piece of paper and handed il To him.
Were coming To Flaxwood now, " he
said, looking at him sharply. "Are you
sure you re awake
I'm get off here. anyhow, responded
the passenger, grabbing his valise and
starting for the door, whether I'm awake
or not. -
As the train pulled ont Of Flaxwood the
brakeman standing on the rear platform
Of the last coach heard voice calling out
III the darkness
Hello, old fellow! l was afraid You
wouldn be here to meet me. | came all
the way on "A 90 cent ticket. There more
than one way 10 beat railroad, b'gosh!"
Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
Fox aud Collie Hunt Rabbits.

While angling in secluded glen the
writer once witnessed curious combina-
tion Of poaching and natural history The
facts are n follows: a hill shepherd i'm de-
struying "a litter Of foxes took IL into his
head TO rear one a. pet. He did ~, and
the animal has not only become very tame,
but is "a most useful ally. 1t and "a collie
hunting together kill rabbits to n miracle.
They work very much in the same way as
two lurchers. The collie goes out an
hunts the rabbits among the fern and
heather OF the braes or the PUSHES and long
grasses Of the stacks, while Heynard all
the time snealss about the holes and picks
them up as they come in. They under
stand their respective parts perfectly. The
collie seems 10 know that it is not his husi-
ness To kill, and the fox is never under the
slightest temptation to bolt out and give
chase. Pail Mall Gazette
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
His Idea

A trio were sitting on the postoffice
guard rails last night telling stories. One
of them related this: Il know of fellow
who had spent "a very quiet life in the
country and had never been TO the city
Coming into "A little money, he suddenly
developed "a desire TO be "a sport and imme-
diately departed for the city.
lit was his habit after arriving to
lounge around the corners in the central
part Of the city, and he naturally heard
the gilded youth talking about the amount
OF money they spent.
- say, l had a great dinner last night
he heard one say, and IL cost me $50.
MANY other remarks like this heheard
and the rustic sport decided TO get into the
swim too. He made up his mind at once
to get an expensive dinner, not realizing
that the most of the money spent by the
boosters he had overheard had been for
wine.
Walking into swell restaurant, he
called the waiter over.
" say, look here. said he, I want an
expensive dinner like the rest of the
bloods. Bring me go worth of ham and
eggs. "-Philadelphia Call.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
Got Ahead of Providence.

when was farming in Carolina, q" says
an old Connecticut fellow Il got ahead Of
Providence in the hailstOne business. Aft
er had planted myNrop Of tobacco rig
ged sp a line Of poles the entire length of
the field, with ropes stretching from pole
TO pole, and to those ropes | attached a
cloth material not so stiff as crinolinc or
so flexible as cambria. BY a system Of
pullcys any one standing at the edge Of the
field could pull the main guy rope and in
five seconds the entire crop would be COW
cred by this curtain or awning. / was
taken i'll about this time, and my physi-
clan told me / must go To California for
my health, so / went,bbut before going
Instructed my wife how to work my device
and told her that whenever she saw a storm
coming To cover the crop"
And so the hail never damaged your
tobacco inquired the little man with
chin whiskers
No. sir; never touched IL. But, then
you see, " he added leisurely taking a long
pull at his cigar, there wasn't any tobac-
co TO ruin, for every time a storm came up
my wifO drew the curtains, and the crop
died from drought. New York Tribune
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
All Upset.

What's the home a-comin tor
Things all upside down,
Husbands doin homework,
Wives a-doin the town.
Women wearin boomers,
Girls a-ridin bikes.
Men a-wringin dish rags
Ever see the likesf
What's the country coBin tor
Men amt got no say
Females runnin politics.
Caucusin al! dayl
Women wearin boomers,
Girls a.ridin bikes,
Men apeclin onions
Ever see the likesi
What's the world A-comin 10,
Poverty or richest
Men dressed up in petticoats,
Women got the brooches,
Women wearin bloomers,
Girls arfdin bikes,
Men a-makin baby clothes
Ever see the nkesf
New York Sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.

when man knows how 90 match "A ribbon,
when woman warns 60 drive nail
When man can thread uo,Gle deity,
When mice dQu' cake a woman pale,
when woman sets 81 night from street casa
Instead Of facing toward the rear,
When man stops smoking bad tobacco
And drinking sour smelling beer,
Whom woman doesn't block the sidewalk
With spreading skirts and pufiod ont sleeves
Whom man stops flirting with new charmers
And q his lawful darling cleaves,
When man can understand the baby
And woman ptttlng ~ talks sense,
Whom man proposes new bonnet
And woman SHES at the expense
Phenomena like these and others
May strike surprised Observers dumb
But they wlli know ly these same tokens
That the millennium has come.
-Nlneryl.le journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
Kindness.

II is kindness that makes LIES capabili-
ties blossom and paints them with their
cheering hues and endows them with their
invigorating fragrance. Whether il waits
on It's superiors OF ministers TO its inferi
urs or disports itself with its equals, it's
work is marked with prodigality which
the strictest discretion cannot blame.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
lie Understood.

The young man had asked for horse
that was gentle and safe.
As he drove ont of the stable the livery
man said The spring on the right side
Of the buggy is the stronger, and the
young man FLUSHED until lis ears looked
like sunset in chrome. Truth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27
ne Knew.

The company was asked to take an
other roll.
Il cannot, she replied. REALLY, l
don't know how many We eaten already. "
Little Johnnie (cagerly)--I do. You We
ate seven. I've been counting. Boston
Transcriht
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-27

Jones asked his wife, "why is a hus.
band like Dough- He expected she would
give II up, and he was going TO tell her it
was because woman needs him" but
she said II was bccause>he was hard to
get on her hands. Then the domestic en-.
tente oordiale was ruf1ed. Boston Globe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. II. H. Cabiniss, of the Atlanta Jour-
nal, was in the city yesterday to attend
the funeral of his brothers wife, Mrs. e.
G. Cabinlss.
Capt. and Mrs. r. Somers Hayes are
at the De Soto. Receiver Hayes was
asked last night if he could say ANYTHING
new with regard to the CentraPs plan
of reorganization, but as he has not been
in New York for the last week, he had
nothing later to report, he said. than
what was stated by Mr.. Conner on his re-
turn from New York. Capt. Hayes has
been spending week at the Okeetee Club
in Beaufort county, South Carolina, where
he has been enjoying the cunning which
that section affords. He will be here
about week.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Parsons and Mr..
George Parsons of New York, are stop
ping at the De Soto. They came from
Charleston to Savannah. Mr.. Charles Par
sons is president of the South Carolina and
Georgia railroad, which he owns, together
with his brothers, having purchased it at
the receivers sale last year Mr.. Parsons
said yesterday that he had not been in
Savannah before in twenty-six years. He
came here shortly after the war and con-
Quoted a cotton business on Bay street
but removed to New York in 1869 and is
now one of the wealthy men of the me-
tropols. Mr.. Parsons said that what he
had seen of the city since his arrival here
showed a wonderful Improvement since
last he saw it. The people here. he said
seemed to have more life and enterprise
about them than in some other southern
cities which he had visited recently. He
attended services at the independent Pres
byterian church yesterday and did not see
a single person whom he had known when
he was here before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
N SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
Prosperity and PrOgressiveness Seen
on Every Hand.

A gentleman who arrived IN the city last
week from the fruit growing section Of
Southwest Georgia says that section is
a striking contrast TO the rest Of the
state in that it presents an air OF pros
perlty and progressiveness. while other
sections are dull and depressed on ac-
count Of the failure Of the cotton crop
ana the dull times generally. Triton IS
booming and blooming" he said. 'New
settlers are coming in, and there is
good demand for land. a number OF
people have recently come in from Penn
syltauia and bought lands. and they ara
now engaged in clearing and fencing and
fetLmg out fruit trees. The sales eft
land have brought considerable ready
money into the community and the work
Of improving DO creates a demand for ia-
Dor The new settlers are building houses
ANA otherwise making themselves comf1r-
table This gives That whole section an
air o. improvement and prosperity. Thou
sands Of fruit trees are being put out
IL is estimated that III this IS "a good fruit
year that there viii bee 10000 bearing
peach trees in the ucighborhood Of Tlf-
ton and next year 800 on. Other fruit trees
besides peach trees are being put out
but peach trees predominant. Many vine
yards are being planted. The Ryals or
chard Company of which Mai Ryals Of
savannah IS president has purchased $50
acres ~ land about four miles from Tif-
ton, which is now being cleared and
fenced. Trees are being put out and
about 100 acres OF peach trees Of various
varieties viii hc set out. The company
has a good location on the Georgia south
ern and Florida railroad The people I'm the
peach section expect this to be a big fruit
year. The peach crop was a total failure
last year. and they think the weather
conditions this year favorable TO a big
crop. Fort Valley expects TO ship COO
carloads of peaches besides grapes ana
other fruits"
There viii be a midsummer fair al
Triton, at which Worth and Berrien coun-
ties viii exhibit their progress in fruit
growing and other lines
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04

A lady here in Washington, SAYS the
Washington Post, has two little daugh-
tiers, about and 10 years old, respective
", and it has been the duty of the elder
to see that the younger said her PRAYERS
every night. One morning not long AGO
the 10-year-old approached her mother
in evident perturbation and announced
that she didn't know what would become
of Annie if she continued to address the
throne in the way she did. The parent
was naturally anxious and inquired whar
the young lady was doing that caused
her pious meditations to be thus criti-
Cised.
oh mamma" said the distressed child
"she runs on so when she says her prav-
ers. She just says anything that comes
in her head Now, last night, after She
and prayed for YOU and papa and All 81 Of
us and gradma and Aunt Tiny and the
servants and everybody, she said, And
please dear Lord, take good care Of your
self, because if anything should happen
to you we'd all go to pieces. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
THE Y. NJ. c. A. CONVENTION.
The Georgia Associations to Hold
Their Annual Meeting in Athens.

The Georgia Associations to Hold
Their Annual Meeting in Athens.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the Young Mems Christian Associations
of Georgia will be held at Athens, the seat
of the state University, March IA to II.
Secretary J. S. Hunter, of the Savannah
association, has just received a communi-
cation from Mr.. John D. Moss, the chair
man of the committee from the Athens as
ISOLATION, to look after the delegates and
visitors to the convention, stating that a
large number is expected from this civ
and that arrangements are bling made
for the free entertainment by the people
of that city of all duly accredited dele
gates. He has requested that all creden-
tails of delegates to the convention he
sent to him not later than March u The
delegates from the Savannah association
have not yet been selected, but they will
probably be named at the meeting of the
board of directors, to be held tomorrow
night.
The Athens association has taken the
matter well in hand, and everything win
no doubt be done to make the visit of the
delegates to the classic city a pleasant
one. Mr.. j. :. Hunter secretary of the
Savannah association, viii make an ad-
dress before the convention The rail-
roads have given the usual rate Of a fare
and third for the round trip from an
parts Of the state, and the attendance
on the convention Is expected to he an
unusually large one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
MIR. Hawthorne was SATISFIED.

Nathenial Hawthorne was a kind-heart-
ed man as well as great novelist, says
the Detroit Free Press. While he was
consul at Liverpool a young Yankee
walked into his office. The boy had left
home to seek his fortune, but evidently
had not found it yet, although he had
crossed the sea in search. Home-sick,
friendleSs, nearly penniless, he wanted a
passage home. The clerk said that Mr.
Hawthorne could not be seen, and inti-
mated that the boy was not an American
but was trying to steal a passage
The boy stuck to his point, and the
clerk at last went to the little room and
said to Mr.. Hawthorne:
Here's boy who insists upon seeing
you. He says he's an American, but l
know he isn't"
Hawthorne came out of the room, and
looked keenly at the eager, rudy face of
the boy.
You want a passage to American"
Yes, sir"
And you say you're an Americana"
Yes, sir"
From what part of American"
United States, sir
what state?"
New Hampshire, sir"
Town"
Exeter, sir"
Hawthorne looked at him for a mintue
before asking him the next question.
who sold the best apples in your
town."
"Skim-milk Folsom, sir" said the boy.
with glistening eyes, as the old familiar
byword brought up the dear old scenes Of
home.
It's all right sir" said Hawthorne to
the clerk, fgive him passage"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
NAY ADJOURN THIS WEEK.
Some Interesting Questions and
Cases 10 BE Heard by Judge speer.

some Interesting Questions and
Cases 10 BE Heard by Judge speer.
II is probable that before the end OF this
week all the business before the United
States court here VIII have been wound
up and the court win adjourn. The week.
however. promises TO be an interesting one
in many respects.
This morning the trial Of the cases
against J. Frank Mason and J. J. Morgan.
charged with making and passing coun-
terfeit silver dollars. Will be continued.
II was begun on Friday. but reached a
stage where other witnesses were material
70 the proceedings, and the marshal was
instructed, If possible. 10 have them
brought into court. As the case stood AT
lnat time the principal witness. in the
opinion OF the court, was an accomplish.
ana his testimony was not sufficiently
corrOoOrated TO convict the defendants
tuesday win be one of the most inter
esting days Of the week in this court,
as the street railway question viii then
come up for the determination of the
court The question Is one OF unusual in
terest as 1t involves the matter of the
extent Of courts jurisdiction over prop
erty not under its control when that prop
erty affects. Injuries or damages other
property which IS in its charge.
The court has two pension cases to
deal with this week Louis p. Toomer
has been indicted on the charge of forg-
ing the name OF Richard Gibbons to two
pension checks, and A. II. CASTOR is UNI
der indictment for charging a higher fee
than is allowed by law for collecting a
pension for an old colored woman.
Some Interesting developments are
looked for in the cases of Jack Little
and George johnson. two negroes who
are charged with running an Illicit dis
ullery. They wanted TO enter pleas OF
guilty before Judge Speer a day or two
ago, but when their attorney made a
statement in court TO the effect that he
had evidence TO show that these men were
put forward by others TO secure their own
protection. the court decided that the
cases should go to trial
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
TO GET HOBBS TO BOSTON.
some OF Those Interested in the
Case Making Efforts in His Behalf.


Case Making Efforts I'm His behalf.
When Charles II. Hobbs. who was con-
victed in the United States Of per-
sonating an officer, has finished serving
that portion Of his sentence which he was
required to serve before he will be re-
CURED to leave the state, some Of those
here who have taken an interest In him will
have him sent to his home in Boston by
one of the ocean steamships.
Mr.. George Beckmann, who was a wit
ness against him when his case was
tried has taken some interest in the man,
on account Of what ne believes is his I'M
fortunate delusion or belief to the effect
that he is United States deputy marshal
He and others Will see TO 1t If nothing him
ders that when the first month Of Hobbs
sentence has expired. he is sent back to
Boston.
Hobbs was sentenced to nine months in
jail, il being provided that he was to re-
main IN jail only one month II at the
end Of that time he would leave the state
If he returns to Georgia, he will be re-
quired to serve the other eight months to
which he was sentenced by the court
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
THE WESTMINSTER LEAGUE.
A New Society Formed at the First
Presbyterian Church.

A church society known as the West
minister League has just been formed by
the members OF the First Presbyterian
church. The society has just adopted its
constitution and bylaws. and it's purposes
and objects are very similar to those Of
the Christian Endeavor Society, though it
differs in a few minor particulars.
The society is one to itself, and is not a
branch of any general or universal or
der, though societies Of the same name and
kind have been formed i'm other Presbyteri-
an churches. Some of its beliefs and meth
DDS of working are slightly different from
those of the Christian EndeavOr Society,
but it seeks practically the same ends. The
Westminster League Of the Presbyterian
church here has about fifty members. and
its meetings are held every Sunday night
half an hour before the regular church
services. Business meetings are also held
once every month.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
GEORGE w. GRIFFITH DEAD.
Consumption Adds Another Victim
to Its List.


Mr.. George w. Griffith died yesterday
afternoon at his residence, No. IA Ander-
son street. after an illness of several
months, from consumption.
Mr.. Griffith was about 40 years old. He
was bricklayer by trade, and had for
many years been foreman for Mr.. ]. e.
Eason. He was of quiet and unostenta-
tous manner, but there are few of whom
1t may be said with more truth that he was
an honest, upright man. Mr.. Griffith was
a member and officer of Clinton Lodge
of Masons, Past Grand of Oglethorpe
Lodge of odd Fellows. a Past Chancellor
Of Forest city Lodge Knights of Pythias,
and a member and past officer of the Order
of Red Men He leaves a widow, his only
child having died within the last year,
The funeral viii take place tomorrow
afternoon, and will be attended by the
various societies Of which the deceased
was a member