Evening journal., 1898-04-21
Am INrEREsTING CIRQUE.


Clerk S. s. Adams. of the Municipal
Court; Frank A. McCloskey, of the
State Department Of Elections, and
Bailif Ryan, OF City Council, have all
taken to the wheel and formed an Out
ing Club, with Clerk George j. Klo-
berg, OF the Finance Committee of
City Council, as their duly accredited
photographer and scorer.
When the Wayfarer entered the Of
fee OF the city treasurer he found Mr..
Kloberg busily engaged in developing
the photographs which he had taken
under and by direction of the club.
The three members figured prominent
ly in one Of them. They had selected
an artistic and romantic place for pos
ing. II was in Brandywine Park, just
below the third dam, and with the big
B. e. o. bridge inthe background. The
expressions on their faces indicated
that they had just been discussing the
probability of the Dlckey city charter
passing the General Assembly, and
Clerk McCloskey was so deep in the
argument that he had his coat off.
Mr.. Ryan posed twice in his indi-
vldual capacity, but the faraway look
on his face indicated that his heart was
not in the matter on handl The Way
farer suggested that 1t might have been
the fault OF the camera, Dnt Mr.. Klo-
berg assured him that that was the
way the lbailiff looked.
AN AFRICAN INTERPRETATION
They were two negroes OF the old
school. Standing at Front and Market
streets they were discussing the ap-
preaching conflict with Spain as best
their limited knowledge and reading
would permit. A young negro, rather
pert and brash, had just been guying
them for their ignorance and then
gone off to join comrade.
"Lige, desc niggahs nowadays hahn
no count" said the other aged negro.
'Dey hahn got no respec' fur de ole
folks, let lone de white folks Hf |
had dun sech a thing as dat when |
Wuz boy I'd had de hide tanned Of
fen me, shore-dats wot l w'ud. Dey
hahn no count 'cept to shoot crap, an
play policy an let de niggah gals keep
'em often stun dey steals often de white
folks whar dey's libbin out"
Now yuse a-talkin'," responded the
old uncle addressed. "1it amt no
noah credit to be a culled man, nohow
de way desc low-down young niggahs
am a cuttin' up dar shines. De wife
folks think all niggahs jes' alike
cause oh de actions of sich young
bucks as dat. W'Ot's de lates' wah
news, Sam?"
bad 'nough, bad 'nough, Lige," said
Sam. de presidents gwine to SEN d
ultermatus to de Spaniards like, an
he vans dem to sen back WOO
whether dey got hit in twenty-foaf
hours. Eff dey don 'nowledge dat del
got hit In twenty-foah hours. den dey
a-gwine ter sen de niggah sOldiahl
down dar to Cuby, an see what d,
trubble is, ennyhow bout dat utter
matus wot dey oughter got widout al
dat trouble"
o'Wot fur dey sen de nlggah soldiahs
Sam2" asked Lige.
''Foh de Lo'd, mani" said Sam
"Youse 'nuf to make an OIL black hef
fer laf. Dey's yaller fever down da
in Cuby an yo' don spec dat d.
white mems gwine down dar whei
dey's got niggahs ter SEN. Sides dat
de papahs say dat de niggahs is climi
tated, an dat dey won die off as quicl
as de white men. YO' nebber seeu
white man do ennyt'ing dat de c'ud ri
a culled man to do, did you?"
What kin oh a termatus am utter
matus, Sam?" asked Lige. Use bin
truckin' often on fur moren fifty yeal
an / hahn nebber hearn tell OBJ al
ultermatus. Am hit a red or a yelle
termatus, an wot dos de pres'der
mean wen he sen dem an ultermatus? ?
"Clar to God, / don't know, Lige.
answered Sam. Il wen up yere to d
seed stoah, an l sed as how l wante
papah OBJ ultermatus seed like d
preside dun sen to de Spanish feller,
an de clerk he LATED an sed as ho'
dey c'udn' be had nohow dis side o
Washington. ! lowed frum dat dey
growed specially fur de people o
quality down dar. Eff de presden send
sum oh dem ober to de Spanish feller
an don nowledge de fac as how de
reached dar, CANT blame him ef he gil
mad an vans to fight. case ef an u
termatus ain worth 'ceptin, hit al
worth 'knowligin' de receipt OBJ"
At this juncture the car came an
the Wayfarer had to leave the two oil
Nncles and miss the conclusion of the
discussion Of the war scare.