The age-herald., 1898-05-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Night Warden Mclaughlin of the county jail Is an apt hand at holding prisoners. but he Is Q dismal failure at catching trains.
 MIG. had planned trip to Chattanooga a few days ago to visit friends who were among the Ohio and Pennsylvania troops at Chickamauga park. He arranged to leave early Wednesday morning, and Dep- uty George Courson spent Tuesday night at the jail to relieve him, so that he would be able to catch the train at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The clever little dep uty was assigned to the bath room and found sweet slumber In the bath tub with nothing to disturb his rest but dreams of an early call to relieve Mo. However, his dreams were ill-founded, for when he aWoke the sun was streaming through the iron bars and Nc. was still there.
 The genial warden was retfcent about explaining the why's and wherefores of his presence, but 1t is thought that when he went to call Courson his consideration for his fellow-belngs prevented him from dis turbing the deputy.
 The boys in the sheriff's office take an- other view of it, however, and while thSA refuse to make their views public, they have placed the following sign printed in bold letters on the big iron door in the jail corridor:
 "A. c. S.,
 NORI1t BOUND
 TRAIN,
 Leaves the car shed at 4:30 D. m. Par ties expecting to take this train must be on hand promptly at leaving time, or out run the train to the Twenty-seventh street crossing.
 For valuable consideration bell-boy will be furnished to parties whose alarm clocks are out of order."
 Of course, this had no reference to Mo. who left on the afternoon train, and after a pleasant trip returned to the city last night.
 A great many college gi Is have te.n passing through Birmingham the last few days. Yesterday, espe eclally, the streets and depot were fairly alive with these sweet creatures, many of them having only recently read their commencement essays and having all the appearances of the sweet girl, just graduated. Nearly all of them fiirt with a will and they found no difficulty in Birmingham finding something to flirt with. The colleges most generously represented yesterday were Belmont col- leg at Nashville, the Tusca oosa Female college at Tuscaloosa. and the Athens Fe- male college at Athens, Ala.
 It happened in one of the popular cloth ing stores of Birmingham yesterday. Laundryman Lee, native of the Celestial empire, went into the store to purchase
  head-gear he had In stock such as would please the oriental eye. Finally he pitched out a very attractive one in straw and, placing it on the Chinaman's head, he said in his most admiring tones, ''It fits you, Lee"
 "Do-ee?" said the Ce est al, and with that he paid the price and walked out of the store with his hat of Manila straw.
 Many amusing incidents occur up in Gen. x.yl.a ncf n the recruiting for the Alabama volunteer regiments from this county Is done
 An irate wife appeared in the door the other morning and demanded to see the man who had enlisted her husband and sent him to the war. General Clark "own- ed up," and then she turned loose and gave him probably the severest to que flashing he ever had. The general didn't get frightened, but for the sake of dis T Ion he quietly removed to the other side of the table. He knew now that the husband was entirely justified in enlisting. but he set about to calm her down. He painted Tn glowing colors the glorious life of patrfot- ism her "worser'' half was leading, and how he would send his whole salary to her. The scheme worked admirably, she went away satisfied and the general breathed free once more.
 John H. Blue, of Montgomery. was in yesterday, returning home rom ms me0lcdl SluuleS III NeW ioih' Thos. D. Radcliffe, of Sheffield, is in the city.
 Col and Mrs. J. w. wooleorks of New York, were in the city yesterday.
 John R. Taylor, of Harristcn, is in the city.
 J. D. Riggs, of Selma, is in Birmingham. A. Latady is spending a few days in Mo- bile.
 John IT. Pankhead, of Jasaer. passed through Birmingham yesterday his way home from Tuscaloosa, where, on Wednes- day, he delivered the literary address to the Tuscaloosa Female college
 J. D. Atkinson, well-known insurance agent, Is in the city. Lyon ssn: .1. e, Extra