St. Tammany farmer., 1906-09-15

along Broadway. In williamsburg, On
Nostsand, Flushing and Franklin nv.
senues. on Washington. Sands and
other streets, not far froca the Brook.
lyn bridge, and elsewhere.
There is place I've noticed, but
have never gone into 1t. It Is high.
toned negro joint. where the Afro
American sports congregate. It ID IN
the dark district and is regular
.moke' Delinonico's, with private sup.
per rooms where the negro gamblers
take their girls after a killing at
craps and spend their money freely.
It is undoubtedly one of the most
prosperous places In the borough.
Then there are a lot Of Chinese chop
suey joints, where there is nothing do,
ing until long after midnight. You
seldom hear of these places, for they
are run quietly, and II there are any
rough house in them, you may depend
upon it the fault is with some unruly
patron who has had more drink than
is good for him before he entered
the Chinaman's place.
"of the real tough joints that were
some years ago so common in New
York, there is scarcely one left in the
greater city. The police espionage
has spoiled their business and they
have disappeared, probably forever.
Small loss at that, though they, did
stir up things in the old days. It was
no uncommon sight to. see. fighting, or
evidences OF fighting, all along the
Bowery, and murders were also fre-.
quent. Now murder in such place
comes pretty near putting the busi-
ness on the blink. sss-ssessass=ssS.xeaegs
Walters Gave Orders Az
55 $S5&zt In Own vernacular.
"The tough waiter, too, Is practic-
ally a thing of the past. 1t used to
be so distinctive Of walters to give
their orders in vernacular of their
own that limitations were transferred
to the stage, and some of them were
funny. If patron wanted plate OF
wheat cakes, we'll Drowned, the waiter
translated it.: "A stack of whites wit
a copper If he. wanted poached eggs
onStoast,, it was Adam, an, Eve afloat
in midocean, wit the sunny sides up,
"A cup Of coffee was, and Is, Draw
one!' If you want it without milk, it
is Draw one in de dark!' Roast beef
rare, with boiled potatoes, would be
One slaughter-house in de pan wit
de Murphy brudders!' go
"One Eof the funniest things I have
heard in restaurant was a. colloquy
between tough waiter and Gus
toner equally tough. The customer
had been served, but, on cutting open
his potato, he found 1t was black In
side. He motioned to the waiter. who
essay, cull.' he said, good naturedly,
de spud is on de punk. Give, us anud-
der, will your
"'Sure ting replied the waiter.
taking the offensive potato, and going
to the dumbwaiter, where he shouted
Return good for evil!'
"In the same restaurant man
came in and ordered Boston baked
beans, without any pork. The wait.
er's order to the cook was One Sun
day breakfast fer a Boston Hebrew.
well, 1 must. be going" said the
hobo, who had cleaned his plate.
Sorry to leave you, but I'm afraid
my family'll be worried" and he
chuckled at the sarcasm. gNES
won't you have another cup of cof-
tee?" 3a
"No. thank you; never drink but.
two cups. It. might spoil my sleep.
Much obliged for the feed, for / have
enough to get good breakfast-or
good drink or two. Most likely it'll
be the drinks. Good night"
Indian Claimed Him as Brother.
Congressman Llewellyn Powers, Of
Maine, besides being a millionaire, is
4 man of striking appearance. Being
tall, lean, with high cheek bones and
A1S CO0A DC, UA0Sh A<1AA 4OA5s
he bears some resemblance to the abb
origines of this continent. One day,
while travelling on Maine railroad,
where Indians and ministers" ride
FOR half fare, Mr.. Powers met a men,
ber of the Passamaquoddy tribe in
the smoking car and started in to
question his copper-colored constitu-
ent as to his manner of living and
how he liked the tribal relations in
Maine. After some minutes OF raik
Mr.. Powers asked: "By the way.
which Of the two tribes do You be-
long to-" Myself bin all Passama-
1uoddy," replied the Indian. wat
tribe was you bin?" Before the Bos-
ton drummer who sat In adjoining
seats had finished laughing Mr.. Pow
ers discovered that he had urgent
business which called him to the Pull
man.
coIombia's Climate.
Although Colombia is geographical.
y in the tropics, some regions, owing
10 their elevation, have climate as
cool and refreshing all the year round
As Vermont in May and September.