Show A PROMPT ANSWER Given to a Northern Tourists Questions of a Ctibnian Special Correspondence CHARLESTON May 10 How many electric lights have you in this city7 I asked of our colored carriage driver Scbent3eight sab was his instantaneous IeplHere Here is a precise and concise person thought I I like people who give unhesi Uting answers How inany saloons are there in Charles lour Four hundred sab This man has cocked and primed his bureau of statistics for the benefit of not them tiavelers I said I ViII draw further upon this living i local encyclopedia in ebony How high is that electric pole in the a1uareP Four hundred and eighty feet sah This wouldnt go down It did not look a polo to rival the Washington monument Oh come now I said thats too much Cant you take off eighty feet > Diinno sah Dars an eighty to it some w hah My faith in this Ethiopians correctness be 5 in to fail He may be cultivating i eadine s of answer more than conectiiess i thcught Ill try him on generalities The earthquake did a good deal of damage I put out suggestively Yes sah 1 Good deal Bout sixty jined de church directly afterward I closed the interview TRAVELER |