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Show BBI mmiSL - i H Colored Brethren Stirred Up Over Question of Hell B hot cur mHy&!mf&j&$gs W8HINGTON. Tho eolorcd broth- rcn nnd sisters In tho District of H Columbia nnd tho city of Washington H aru stirred up to a boiling point over H llio question of hell. Tho pastors of tho various and sundry colored churches held a meeting tho other day B and In solemn conclnvo decided that H there must bo somothlng "dlddlng" M hnmrdlntely to offset tho effect of tho M recent action of tho International HI- M slo Students' association In going on M record ns believing I hero was no burn- H Ing hell. If you take the fireworks out of hell iccordlng to some of tho colored dls- H pensors or "do gospll" In this city, you B: rob them of a great lever and n club M fiver their uncertain congregations. B A regular honcst-to-goodncss burn- B lug lake of brimstone and molten lead H Is tho old fashioned kind of hell thnt M hns dono jeoinnn aervlco In mnklng M roung negroes seo tho error of their m ii o)s In the pnBt and hns helped might- H ilv the limited donations to foreign 1 pilmlons nnd tho colored pastors hero M beg to enter a protest against Is nbol- M Others mny discard tho old tltno hon' ored hell, but as for tho nforcsald pastors pas-tors they proposo to hold right on to It. They rcafllrm their undivided belief be-lief In tho hell of tho fathers; tho samo old hell thnt they havo taught their flocks of, nnd thnt Is so hot, that If n colored brother gets In ten thousand miles of It ho will smell llko a wot dog on n hot stove. Somo of tho younger members of tho various congregations wcro Inclined In-clined to hnrken unto tho superior Judgment of tho Hlblo Studonts' association, asso-ciation, and were n llttlo Inclined to turn a willing enr to tho cooling nows. So gratifying was tho Intelligence to them that they were getting real cheerful, and thoro wns somo talk of holding n regular Jollification over tho event. In which everybody would bo Invited In-vited to 'cut looso and havo a good tlmo" nnd when doubtless many re-spectablo re-spectablo persons would havo got nil "lit up" in honor of tho occasion. Tho pastors held their meeting, however, how-ever, nnd decided to put a crimp In all this wild Joy. On tho following Sunday, therefore, nt tho sundry churches nil over tho city, tho colored brother who has been congratulating himself that ho could, when ho got ready, lay dcpredntlng hands upon any unprotected chicken roost without fear of having nt somo vnguo tlmo In tho futuro to wrap IiIb system around n fow gnllons of molten lavn while splashing around In a Inko of burning brlmstono, got a rudo Jar thnt,upsct his calculations. H Perspiring Statesmen Labor At the Capitol. DID you ever nttend a Decoration dny celebration and eo tho lo- M cal politicians rise up on tho platform M And deliver themselves of long nnd H' - fervid oratory? Did you over notlco M thnt (hoy aro always dressed In tho M dignified nnd sobor I'rlnco Albert M coat? No matter how hot tho day B nono of tlinn would ever think of rto- M lug to speak uulcBft they wcro attired M In this, emblem of Amorlcnn states- B Alter the locnl dignitaries had M their say nnd tho chnlrman roso to J. Introduco tho most Important of them B nil, the representative in congress B from tho district or ono of tho United & States Fcnntors, woro ou not lm- K pressed by his distinguished nppcar- r, nroT Could juJmnK't" hlm.colns- "" j bout In fhlrt sloflvos, with vcBt un- B buttoned and a hnndkorchlof tied B About his neck? Not A thousand H times No! You could not. Hut thoy H M It's warm In Washington In tho B summertime Some pcoplo sny It's B hot nnd somo mora pcoplo say somo M other things about it. B One dny tbo pnporB print nn Inter- H vluw with somo ono of tb lenders B tb at congress will adjourn early In August. Tho story nrouscs hopo In tunny hearts. A fow days after they print another Interview with somo other man Just na promlnont who snys that thero will bo no adjournment adjourn-ment until tho middle of Scptcmbor. So It goes. Menu while It Is hard to get together a quorum of tho faithful to ttatiBnct business. Tho other dny when an Importnnt bill was up licforo ptUo-htmBtr-rtrto wora 'Trof'GnoflKlf momborB prosent nnd tho sorgennt at arms wob Instructed, to go out nnd nr-rest nr-rest any members that bo could find and bring them In. They wcro rounded up from their offices nnd from tho long coot corridors and cloak-rooms of the capltol whero thoy wcro basking In tho breezes from electric fans or in tho solltudo of their offices whoro thoy had discarded dis-carded their coats and wero endeavoring endeav-oring to keep cool. H Proved That His Baby Was Finest in the World. A BABY boy arrived at tbo real- denco of Thomas Fronosack a fl few days ago. Ho Is a very remark- M able youngster. Any ono who has fl anything to Bay to tho contrary docs M to at his own porll. Fronosack has fl promised to "lick" the man who dares U to tell him to his faco that that boy B Isn't tho finest baby in tho world. H And FroneBack mnkcB good, too. H Tho other afternoon Froncsnck and H Ills brother-in-law, Felix Wosnnck, H wero sitting together on tho Frone- H sack porch, Fronosack wns discus- H sing tho baby. Ho haB dono nothing H else but dlBcuss that Infant slnco ho H put In his appenrauco. H "Did you see tho smart way ho H doubled up his llttlo lists this morn- H Ing?" snld Ironosnck to Wosnnck. H "My, that boy Is going to tinvo strong H At this moment a casual acquaint- H nnca of Froncsnck'a passed at tho H "llrnr ou got a now baby, Mr. H Proneanck." said ho. H "You bet.1 responded Froncsnck; 1 "the dnc.i llttlo bnby boy In the H H Th '3 visitor was conducted Into tho ' houso and tho Fronosack baby was proudly exhibited. lio did not scorn Impressed, "He's n, nlco enough bnby," said tho visitor, "but ho's Just llko all kids." "What's thnt?" domnnded Frouo-acj, Frouo-acj, "you como Into my houso nnd tell mo to my face that this la Just an ordinary bnby. I can lick tho man who saya that." "Woll, I said what I said," retorted tho visitor, "and I ain't taking it back. Thnt bnby of ours has got your baby skinned to " Dang! Also blng, biff, nnd bam! Fronosack wnded Into tho strnugcr. Tho poltco en mo finally. They locked Fronoonck and Wosnnck up m tho police po-lice Btntlon. Tho vUltor wont to tha hospital, Ho wns unnblo to gtvo his iinmo nnd address thoro. Ho wasn't 'ablo to talk. H Practical Joke Causes Break Between Senators H tif HE late Senator Coke of Texas 1 and Private John Alton of Mis- H slsslppl were warm personal friends H and for years dlnod at tho samo tablo H nt tho old Metropolitan hotel," said H Col. Charles A. Edwards, tho noted H correspondent, tho other day. K "The propensity of Private John to H work off a Joke evon on ns dignified a H itntesman as was Richard Coke came H very near creating a permanent break H In their amicable relations. I may say H bore that tho Texan was an Intense H southerner, naturally of an Irascible H temperament. H "Well, to get back to my story as to H fbo trick played him by the gentleman H ; trom Tupelo. It all came about through BHBB tho action of John Allen In allowing his beard to grow out during a vacation vaca-tion of congress. Throughout tho scs-bIoii scs-bIoii ho had gono clean-shaved, bo that on his renppearnnoo the following winter with a full beard not even tho negro bellboys at his hotel know him, and he had to Introduco hlmielf to tho proprietor. "Tho only other person to whom the Jocose legislator disclosed himself wac Sonator Horry of Arkansas, nnd tlw latter, at Allen's request, took him Into In-to tho presence of Coke nnd Introduced Intro-duced tho humorist ns Mr. Ilccman, a newly eloctod member f'om Mississippi. Missis-sippi. "'Vory glad, Mr. lleeman, to meet you,' said Senntor Coke, rising and ex tending his hand with great sauvlty, Shaking tho proffered hand, tho Impostor Im-postor drawled out: Tory glad also to meet you, senator. Senator Coke of Massachusetts, I bellevo?' "'No, sir; not from Massachusetts by a d sight,' answered tho hot tempered Texan, taorting." |
