If you take th^ fireworks out of hell
according to tkmc of the colored dis
pensers of "defoipli" in this city, you
rob them of a great lever and a club
over their uncertain congregations.
The best way^to keep a "nigger" in
line is to convince him there is a hell
and the hotter you make it and
theever,
more awful you can depict his future
punishment unless he walks the
"strait and narrow" the more apt
he is to heed your injunctions, accord
ing to the leaders of the various flocks
In the District
A regular honest-to-goodness-burn-
ing lake of brimstone and molten lead
is the old fashioned kind of hell that
done yeoman service in making
young negroes see the error of their
ways in the past and has helped might
ily the limited donations to foreign
Perspiring Statesmen Labor At the Capitol.
ID you ever attend a Decoration
day celebration and see the lo
cal politicians rise up on the platform
and deliver themselves of long and
fervid oratory? Did you ever notice
that they are always dressed In the
dignified and sober Prince Albert
coat? No matter how hot the day
of them would ever think of ris
ing to speak unless they were attired
this emblem of American states
manship.
