The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-30
DOES THIS FIT YOU I?
Sam Jones Talked On "ShamS" To
5000 People Friday Night
SOME CHASTE ILLUSTRATIONS
The SpealkerSDelivers Characteristic
Talk and Entertains His Large
Audience.

and, If the temperature registered oo u1-
grees. to SEND the percury up past mo
hundredth degree Fahrenheit.
These promises he fulnlied fnuay az
the tabernacle to nearly three thousand
people That they were instructed by ms
sound wisdom and philosophy, Interested
in his forciblt truths and illustrations
amused at his quaint abuse or SIN ana MS
pathos. and highly entertained with MS
yarns and anecdotes was manifested TO
that degree which could not be mistaken
He played upon the humor chords of the
heart with the ease of u master Every
body there was impelled by the desire to
hear good lecture only Sam Jones can
make. Not one was disappointed
Told EN- a Texas Story.
After an amusing Introduction by Mr..
Atdsson, Mr.. Jones gave one of his char
acteristic reminders. While on one of his
journeys he preached to the negroes in a
Texas town. The sermon over, an old black
woman weighing 210 pounds dressed APP
preached and shook ais hand, observing
"God bless you, Mr.. Jones! You sho' IS 4
good preacher: all us nlgSeIS lobeS 70
preachin'; you 'Zorts mo like a Niger en-
any wife man / cher seed, yo Sotter wife
skin but a Black heart" Though the eX-
preston OF the old negro was not proper
ne said he knew how she meant 1t and 1t
IN the $500 people here tonight" he
said. I'VE have no shams-they are all
gcnuine-the shams remained at home be-
cause the weather was too Indictment. IL
any of you get your toes trampled on, don
you feel hurt. if YOU do and come upon the
stand / shall humbly beg your pardon.
| don't want TO hurt any Of you. SO don't
begin TO feel uneasy already.
Wore Swell Evening Coat.
1.-The Christmas just passed is the great
est and brightest I ever spent. I am two
times father and no man can be happier.
Roam whore I VIII there is no happier
place for me than my home At my gold
wedding anniversary they put one of these
claw-hammer coats on me and I had
humming good time of it. 1 shook hands
with myself seven times. felt so good.
This is certainly q Great world
There may be larger grander and wealth
Ter ones, but this is the best I've ever lived
in. The mountains the valleys, the land
sCapes and all nature speak Gods thoughts
and are the gilt of a gracious father 10
the children Of men In the moral world
no man admires and reyeres good Chris
uan more than J. for the shams
crawling thing. shall he
gin al the top ana work down, so be still;
LIN coming % you ol0 Hop-eaFcd hounuss;
III give YOU the worth Of your money II
You have a place TO put IT, some people
haven't; they need working on above the
eyes, because they haven't got enough
brains to lodge mustard seed.
A Hit at the Preachers.
eve have shams and he genuine in the
church Every place has them and /
think the shams aae out of proportion in
Atlanta You sit here you belong in the
procession. The preachers are oil good
50 much SO that On ny are good for moth
ing. God called eo0te OF them to keep them
olt Of deviimeur Tfsv mistake dignity
for plopricty ana = lsar pos Some Of
them, bless you, 80 around with 6Nl0
s@luctimOulous coon. en4nce ana D. deep frog
"Iicredity ana enl .ro0ment r,av upon hui
man nature. on character. / had a Scotch
terrier I brought from Texas. lie was
ftsF a
and he became just as good ratter by asso-
citation
A Practical Suggestion.
"Tm reminded of an incident where
preacher OF a big church had small conSre-
cations. He asked me how to get the
people out. ] told him to 80 into his
pulpit. sing his songs, pray his prayers,
read his text, then so down, grab one Of
those OLD, rvd-ucscd doacons who had
never done anything but warm scat and
throw him out OF window. 1t would
cost you $40 for The window and as much
for police fine. but your church won't hold
the people who VIII n2ck TO see a preacher
who has done something. There are lots
o. these old no count coacons VINO ousht
20 be whipped and skinned I'm talking
to some of YOU right now
These manuscript fellows! 7 would
rather one wouic pun an old pistol on rte
than throw manuscript for q pistol Will
60 off sometime / had manuscript
pulled on me once. The lightning never
strikes in the same place twice, because
the place amt there
a Word of Politics.
7 drop down into another reaIm--politics-
lie had lost faita in an politics, but not
in the American peoples common sense
and convictions He said Chauncey Depew
had described the old politician by the
dollar. whisky and Bible story.
Il never monkey with politics." ne said
eft reminds me Of an incident. A uigser
q al i.ig TutIla Tina Naf
Urinary prescribed calomel blown into his
nostr-l5 with straw. When the negro
went to give the Calomcl the mule blew
first and the Cose went into the negro
These old politicians viii blow first every
time and YOU set the worst OF the game"
The speaker then raped The politicians
aud Legislators with their special order
for L certain d1y. 1rhat means that You
old bloated brewers and whisky barrels
had better come mp. These old long
nose devils Of whisky men have rolled the
iucgeruaut wheel over our nation and
wrecked and crushed our young men, yet
the old long-uosed legislator talks about
mis- conservatism. I want TO give him
dose Of rough on rats. I've more re
Spect for q chajnSanS than Tor an Old,
rich. rat brewer Who has Slapped the Aie'S
blood of our boys and destroyed our
homes You can tote this TO them too, II
Won want TO- ia sooner 20 into CCpart-
nership with the devil than to own stock
in a brewery and distillefy. The damnable
mcnt, but have never sunk 50 low a-s 70 be
q congressman. We pride ourselves on
fealty to principle. You old fool, you
wouldn't know a principle II you were 70
meet it IN the road. a bulygoat has as
The desresor offices. he said. has taken
tho country. lie cited how the old, lat
Office holders ia Washington city had been
turned out. and how the new ones had
rushed in a4d grabbed a teat and held on
ike grim death. some of them reminded
him of a great big calf sucking small,
puny mother COW. lie characterized the
eager little office holders puppics-tney are
met big enough to call dogs. lie did
not want any ohcc-not even mayor of
Atlanta, for be couldn't get tiff ne was
mayor the grass and dirt of the city would
lock like a cyclone had struck after he Went
into Office. He wouldn't have any pulpit,
because he would not get down of Of his
big engine 40 shove a wheel barrow.
in conclusion :hc speaker drew graphic
picture Of all the denominations travelling
on fast trains hcaVenward, with the Bap-
lists and the Complexities close in sight
believing, putting and blowing as they
pull up the river.
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
World Fair Highest Medss and Dlriofns.
Tennessee Convicts Made Happy.