The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-01
THE LIME KILN CLUB.


Requested by the Governments
'Gem'len," began Brother Gardner.
- the regular Saturday night meeting
Of the Lime Kiln club was called 70 or
tier with 213 members present, and FL
| der Toots ready for two-hours' nap,
''let your oonversaShun be plain an 70
de pint Say what you mean, an mean
what you say. has noticed g tenden-
cy on de part of certain members of
dis club to affeo' de Shaksspea-ean
style.
81 want it stopped. It dean sound
right in a man applyin' whitewash or
stove blackin'. How many members Of
| dis club know de meanin' Of de term:
sPrognosticate towards de individual
typ an yit 1 h'ar it uttered dozen
times a day. What's de use of a Guild
man airnin' ten shillin's adayremarkin'.
dat he expects 10 condescend 10 de ir-
responsible endeavor when he kin Just
as well observe dat blackberries am
down to Is cents quartz II any Of you
has an ideah dat de use OF such words
rs bombastic, delirium tremens, Cicero
OF Inconsistency, elevates you in Go
mind Of your naybur, you Is greatly
mistaken.
When q man comes to me an wants
10 borry two tablesPoonfuls of so-cent
green tea, kase de preacher am gwine
TO bs at his house 10 supper, bet him
spit II right out in plain English Ian
pua9e, instead of beatin' round &c
woods an luggin' in SIGH words as alb
dictate, reaction. Cnsarism an cahoots.
II had q son 20 vars ole, an he should
come hum wild his wbitewash brush on
his shoulder m inform me dat de graft
fcashun OBJ de incontestable syntax had
withdrawn its bonzbardment OF de
planetary desderashun. i should riz up
an put my No. IL sgin him wild such
auxiliary reprehenSib ihtyGat he would
feel lame fur six weeks.
II take dis Opportunity, to say dat
hey received letter froInsWashington
akin me to furnish de gfr'ment wild
SIGH stAtisticks regardin' de Guild race
as we hev thus fur bin able 20 gather
since de organiZashun of de Lime Kiln
club. De secretary has prepared an
will ford de followin' valuable slices Of
lnformashun:
IL. Gin q darby q cooked hat an a
tin sword an dc noise OF drum. an
you kin lead him anywhar' you win.
-. We can't see dat dc color am
bleachin' out any.
80. We doan' know dat de black man
has growed any wuSs doorin' de las 20
vars, an we can't prove dat he has
growed any better.
-. Truth, honesty an industry am
three great jewels hidden in de groun'.
Looks like a heap of Guild folks war
too lazy TO dig down an fnd'en.
IS. Our religun am about dc same.
an our pollyticks III mixed up.
sc. De inventive genius OF de race
hasn't turned 80 much 20 mechan ism
an art as 20 plsnDin' bow TO make one
days work bring In Ebin' fur de rezt
Of de week.
"In case any OF dc members know OF
any furder Jacks barring on Do izsue
ehould ike 70 h'sr from hm."
Sir Isaac Wslpote thought be could
see q great Improvement in Rocisi eti-
guette. Colorpd brothers who former
~ heaved brickbats ut him now ralsed
their hats as they pazzed, and women
who once went barefoot.fn their shoes
now wore stockings costing SIX bi1s
Giveadam Jones had seen q CTca.
change In his race ia ten(yearS. When
8 black man who never owned fowl IA
his life bad chicken PIE three times a
week the year round there wss > com
binstion Of genius and prD9rcss which
could not be kept down nor drowned
out
Waydown Beebe thought the colored
man was more industries than ia for-
rne< years. he had known lots Of th-rn
20 work hard al dsy for Insignificant
wages 20 get nouey 20 par-oalze policy
Ehops ard purchase lottery ticketA
Several Other choice bsfs Of inforna-
ton were ehee-fully teDde-y-i. ard TIE
secr~-ary vas Instructed 20 incorporate
them and write his reporran red ink.
To boil de matter dornautrr strip
sddsd the PRESIDENT. de cnL 4 zs=o has
got his liberty. but an hE12gTy AZ
ragged fo'-Afths Of De trr. lie has
got Dc ballot. but de white S3lks haN got
de osoes- lie has got civil r gkt~, bat
Se hAin't got De cab for se4t II de
peTkzy csrvLe or de palace ky-z-. Let Is
purceed 20 Dc bizneaz which la oozo-
p.unSed Is to~-thsr.T - " Quad, Il
Detroit Free PreEz.