RACE PRIDE

Sam Jones, the evangelist, was leading a revival meeting in Huntsville,

Texas, a number of years ago, and at the close of one of the services an

old negro woman pushed her way up through the crowd to the edge of the

pulpit platform. Sam took the perspiring black hand that was held out to

him, and heard the old woman say: "Brudder Jones, you sho' is a fine

preacher! Yes, suh; de Lord bless you. You's des everybody's preacher.
br /> You's de white folks' preacher, and de niggers' preacher, and

everybody's preacher. Brudder Jones, yo' skin's white, but, thank de

Lord, yo' heart's des as black as any nigger's!"





An Irishman and a Jew were discussing the great men who had belonged to

each race and, as may be expected, got into a heated argument. Finally

the Irishman said:



"Ikey, listen. For ivery great Jew ye can name ye may pull out one of me

whiskers, an' for ivery great Irishman I can name I'll pull one of

yours. Is it a go?"



They consented, and Pat reached over, got hold of a whisker, said,

"Robert Emmet,' and pulled.



"Moses!" said the Jew, and pulled one of Pat's tenderest.



"Dan O'Connell," said Pat and took another.



"Abraham," said Ikey, helping himself again.



"Patrick Henry," returned Pat with a vicious yank.



"The Twelve Apostles," said the Jew, taking a handful of whiskers.



Pat emitted a roar of pain, grasped the Jew's beard with both hands, and

yelled, "The ancient Order of Hibernians!"