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Show Highly Colored Hyperbole. Tho other night tho colored pastor of the Whoat Street Daptlst church of Atlanta, Ga., spoko a wclcomo to Booker Book-er T. Washington. Pastor Bryant Is a regular "rouscment" preacher. In tho course of his spoech ho said ho could Imagine "tho angels leaving tho battlements bat-tlements of heaven to kneel at tbo foot of tho throno nnd beg for furloughs fur-loughs to perch on the stars outsldo and hear Booker Washington speaking speak-ing wisdom and patriotism 1" Tho crowd cheered and laughed at tho remarkable re-markable suggestion and then Pastor Bryant joined heartily In tho uproar. . ' |