The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
NOTES or ATLANTA.
ssue sayinEs nna DoiuEn OF scEro Men ana
Women In tho South.

by those with big a~ppotitos and small purses.
A countryman sauntcrcd into ono Of those
cheap eating houses recently and addressed the
greasy proprietor:
"lTas yo' got any ham and eggsr'
"'Coso ! has"
"How much fur iti'
1.-TWO bits"
"Got any bcefsteak y
PLENTY NV it."
"How much T.
1.-TWO bits"
well, has yo' got any Dsykatur street shad -
Heaps"
How much
nickel or slice.''
"well, lommo see. Yo' mout gin me two
slices.'
They all know the prices Of everything in the
eating house. but mono Of them ever thinks OF
asking for what he wants before pricing tho
more costly and desirable dishes. 1t is q race
weakness.
law-abiding citizen recently found himself
in n suburban station house. and while he was
gazing w~istfully through the iron bars that stood
between him and liberty an acquaintance
CHANGED that way, and was much taken aback
to find him in such a place.
"Lor'. Nose, wat yo' doin' In darf Z"
"Nuthin'." said Nose.
"W'at dey put yo' in dar for Z"
"Nuthin'."
IVY, man. dey kant keep yo' in dar for
dom nuthin'."
II knows dat jess cs we'll cs yo' does. but dey's
err keepin' me in heah nohow, an faint no uso
ter argify bout it."
An Atlanta sport spent some time in Chicago
last summer. and while there made the &C
quaintance of a kindred spirit, and the acauaint.
nnSe w rlYe WSat is inf sno 5slen ss an A naS G DeEro:s
that Is, he had IA rich creamy complexion. light
gray hair and eyebrows, and sky blue eyes. Tho
down here as social hair" There are very
few OF these people in tho country. and they al.
the man left Chicago he gave. his friend
a cordial. invitation to visit him in the winter.
got here recently. on a Saturday night. but
unfortunately the friends missed each other at
THE SUN reporter was in a Decatur street bar.
Dor shop. and was watching q thick-set, Jet
S @isn Clippers mnn whS %h wnS a hH naasiy his dre nssf a saH Ssf!
bered man of the Albino type Glided in. The
Mifh n tba a In fhe e 6f a s cav. h baun l9SssaSn naE ., and nd
chair. and fell upon the Albino's neck. The
greeting which the friends exchanged was of
he most enthusiastic and boisterous character,
mense!y: They we're used 70 that sort Of dem:
itself the Atlanta sport held his friend at arms
length, and regarding him affectionatoly, said;
AWE been to tina Kimball Curse
QTaWlCO the CnlcnRO man.
The Kimball Housed" exclaimed the Atlanta
spor. in astonishmcnt.
t, "YSwso tina hi k XII, n 'ouss; You see, it was
missed yew at the dayp,o aw was stumped. as
dropped into a barber shop and had NAV hade
shaved close. Aw then went to tina Kimball
since"
The Atlanta sport. who looked thoroughly
frightened, gave a g'drawn-out whistle and
%Le e tel you; yes my friend. an, I 'vitea
at de K,mbail House. Heah me! An. I 'vises
70. as yoh bestest frien'. ter lcabe de Kimball
House boto, y,oh hair grows outng'in. Hoah mel
I'm glad ysh does: fur eff yo' DON'T dahl bo
There was n laugh all around at these sallies;
but the Atlanta man was right, and the Chicago
man lost no time in following the good advice.
time, and, as usual. the blacks are the greatest
sufferers from this disease. 95 per cent. of the
authorities were compelled to resort to compui.
sorry vaccination, as the masses refused to com
enough the masses appear TO be moro afraid Of
being vaccinatod or taken to the pest house
m mann S VI sfi leaning sn on ai a gate watching a iarss a O city p %S.
stefan disappearing down tho street. when q
l Ihe bo %a% ana e eHsiaf fno% t 4fSnna lhH corner of
Il toll yo' SO. l daid! Yo' said yo' woan' goin'
ter Is Be waxe ni5 to3 but 70, is!t
pishiy. ri ain been waTernated er tall. snap
"iess yo' is! l seed him do it," said the lanky
"Yo' seed him do it, but 20 nebber see me jess
wash it right off ag in. See dahl"
Tho stout woman barred her arm and the lanky
one cautiously approached and examined it
carefully, and then said in n disappointed tone
Oats right. thought he done waxernate yo'."
Another instance was that where an aged ne
focbibIed into the once Of the mn DS Am nfna;
lay firm of Pledger, johnson & Malone and
IAN Col ple6uer in q"
No; he's OUT" said Henry Lincoln johnson.
Den, am Col. Johpsing in T.,
YES; l am Col. Johnson. What can do for
Its jess dis" said the old man. dat Oldest
did the boy have the smallpox 7" asked Col.
'o"pSon no. " sah 7 aq He na b %i" heS no smallpox.
But dig heah boy he hab il, an he Jess cum outen
and they fell over each other in the effort to get
nway M fr0m ci the visitor !, IoT vS and ,h his s son; W vi the
son cracked the door slightly from the outside,
We can't help you any to-day"
The old man was hopelessly confused by tho
stairs, muttering as he went:
nsGuSG me, Eemmen, ,scnse me! is an OIL
The pastor of one of the small, but popular
churches in a side street was preaching ono of
his most powerful sermons; i was cold and
was ms hot as u furnace could make It. The
church was much too small for the stove. and
the thin FLOODED sexton had filed IL with coal
and opened wide all the hampers. A big man
near the stove stood the heat as LONG MS he could,
and then got up and started for the door. The
pastor paused in his discourse and e%xclaimed:
."Hol on dab. Brudder Jonas, hol' on dab!
TEX 20 scat. sah! No' doan lcahe dis chuch in
no sich way! 1t aint 'cordin ter der Scriptcrs.
mr. ter granny. mr. ter rifmetic. mr. ter logic,
dis congregashun. 70 CANT sneak outen dis
chuch brfo,' de kerlecshun is took. SO TEX yo'
gnshun has dey eyes on yo."
Brother Jonas took his seat and remained un.
I'll tho collection. 1t would have boon orth
his membership in the church and his standing
in the community 10 90 otherwise.
There is II superstition among some people
down hero that Il is bad luck for u black woman
to enter 0t the front door or a black man 10 DO
the hrst person 10 enter at the back door on
Monday morning.
Reported TWenty-siK Wears AFTER tbs Order.
ROm the LOUf Suii;c IOsf.