The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1886, Page 1

Che dashin low Bee Le 2 Fae a Terms. $2.00 Per year. \EVER~ SUCH BARGAINS | Men’s Boys’ and Children’s Clothing .are now offered at the GreatSample of Men,Boys’ . ‘a Children’s Clothing Opening at 924 7th St., N. W. Bet. 1 St. AnD MAsSAcHUSETTS AVENUE, ver one thousand Men’s Boy’s and Children’s Suits and Overcoats ve best goods. Many of them will be sold at Jess than the cost of the ods. Say nothing about the making and the trimmings. Actual bar- | seldom come. A sample Suit worth $20 can be bought for $12. Overcoats very low, and Children and Boy’s Suits at little over half: ». Children’s Overcoats at less than you would have to pay for the These goods are mostly in single Suits, only one of a kind, made of the best English, French and American goods. Prince now $%, Suits that sold for $12 to $20 at less in two-thirds of the There are no better goods made, many of » superior to the be ordered work. Men’s Suits start at $5 and go 216; Boys’ suits $5 to $10; Children’s Suits $2.50 to $6, and Over- s for Men. Bovs’ and Children from $2. 50 up. Yon can secure the) + bargains of your life in any of these goods you can get fitted in. We | «a jot of Children’s Suits—54 in all—the price of them was $6.50, $7, 310, ages, 4 to 8. Just think of it. You can have your choice < jot for $3.90. Little Overcoats for half price. Men’s Pants 5c., | il), 22 up to $6, We have a lot of Prince Albert Coats, Black Cloth | sold tor $15, —your choice to day for $12. id be impossible to enumerate the thousands of good things in | hing for Men, Boys’ and Children. Come and see for yourself | « great sale of sample Suits at 924 7th St. N. W., bet. I St. and \ Look for the signs. Sample Suits and all styles of men’s Children’s Clothing. Salecommences TUESDAY MORN- re 10 wade. JOUN EE. ELLIS & «'oO., “37 PENN. AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. EXTENSIVE DEALERS IN ce. iking. id are : \lbert Coats sold for MUSIC : \ND MUSICAL MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION agents for the Weber Behring, Vose, Guild, Mason and Hamlin hr Bros. PIANOS! | MASON AND HAMLIN, SMITIL AMERICAN. GEO. WOODS | ACKARD, CHASE | ORGANS! DOUBLE STITCHED SHOES, —MADE OF— CALFSKIN BROAD BOTTOM. “31-5 GUFRUTTON LACE A CONGRESS GHITERS, ELECTRIC, FLEXIBLE & SOFT S250 $1.50: * D4 OO HAND SEWED GAITERS for Ladies and Gentlemen. JA. low Quarter Shoes, IN GREAT VARIETY. 9QN TouUN Gs. “th St., HEILBRUN’S Old Stand. Look for the ‘old lady in Window “THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME.” COPYRIGHTED 1877 nee Hlustrated hy the nse of a Bu; made by T. T. Haydock. which is not only the Leadiny vinthis picture, DUE aE! Te a 1 : ADING BUGGY OF AMERICA. H Bolt and Fifth Wheel. Ask you dealer for the T. T. » with the Haydock Safety King Bolt and Fifth Wheel. over any other. furnished on ® largecerd, printed in elegant strie, to anyone who will agree to frame it.) mela TD HAY DOCE,o Cor. Plam and Twelfth Sts., CINCINNATI, 0, rice List. WANTED WHERE WE HAVE NONE! NO INVESTMENT 80 PROFITABLE, ALMENT HOUSE, 9 3 w TH STREET SOCIETY. THE EFFECT OF MATTHEWS AP- POINTMENT. MR. MC. FARLAND AND KING DAVID KALAKAUA. WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID. THE NEGRO KING SEEKS WHITE COM- PANY. OUR WASHINGTON COLORED ‘5 cents per copy. E: Hon. B. K. Bruce of Mississippi, would be the orator of the day. excursion trains came from adja- |} cent towns and cities, and the ca-! pacity of the city was tested. The procession tormed on tae public square and moved through the | Bepeipal streets, headed by the | Greensburg Cornet Band. At 12 Aside from many local attractioxs, | BOSTON FROM THE COLOR SIDE. Oae could be greatly surprised on going to Boston for the first time after hearing so much about this great city, not only because of the streets, houses and the gen- eral manicipal arrangements, but because of the manners and cus- There is no doubt but what tbe|™: it reached the fuir grounds appointment of Mr. Matthews will Where the exercises of the day turn the heads of some of the socie ; Were opened, Invocation by Rev. | descent. ty dudes. But as he well knows who his friends are he will be very ber of society fops wuo will at tempt to court his good will. It is this class of which Mr. Matthews has complained as being instrumen- talin defeating his confirmation. It is understood that he will ap- point men in_ his office who | are friendly disposed towards him self and the administration. The social circle willtender the distin- guished Albany politician several receptions as a token of their ap. preciation. Mr. Matthews, best Alexander Powell, who has worked assiduously for his confirmation. The most important event in or society was the invitation sent to KING DAVID KALAKAUA *: | by Mr. Sidney Me.Farland. This gentleman has played a conspici: ous part fsocially and politically The Negro king having paid a vis- it to this city several years ago,and the colored people desiring to show their appreciation for him thought it best to tender him a banquet. The most arristocratic as ey styled themselves were somewhat siow in giving the proposed ban- quet. Mr. Sidney McFarland; as we said, whois now, and was then highly respected for his liberaiity, sent an invitation to the king invit- ing him to meet the representative colored citizen at his residence on V st.. nw. y i te the jollowinkP.tePly the Ring wro His majesty King Kalakaua re- grets that other engagements will prevent his acceptance of the po- lite invitation of Mr. Sidney Me. Farland. The Arlington, Monday Dec., 14’8i. The so called society fops thought it was rediculous that Mr. Mce.Farland should invite the King to dine with him. The gossip mongers had it in their mouths for months. And many of those who condemned Mr. Me.Farland then have fallen below, while others died ignominious deaths and soci- ally disgraced themselves. One year prior to this occurence Mr. Mc.Farland gave a reception to ex- Gov. Pinchback and invited sever- al colored citizens to meet him among whom were Hon. John M. Langston, Collector Cook and oth- ers. Some saw fit to criticise Mr. Mc.Farland for this act of grati- tude. No man has endeavored to hon- or his people more than Mr. Mc. Farland ; no man has a _ higher ap- preciation of his people, and friends than this citizen. The colored so- ciety of this city is not like it use tobe. In years gone by it was reputation and character, now it is color and money with the igaorent. If the former is not a suflicient guarautee to carry one through life, it will virtually die out. Those who have endeavored to win the favor ot the new Recorder ot Deeds have charged him with discrimina- tion. We understand from Mr. Powell that Mr. Matthews is not guilty of what he has been charged with. TION. B. K. BRUCE AT GREENSBURG. EMANCIPATION CELEBKATION AN OV- ERWHELMING SUCCESS. GREENS- BURG DOES HONOR TO HER DIS- TINGUISHED SABLE GUESTS. NEGRO ELOQUENCE. Apropos an invitation and much eclat, we attended the Emancipa- tion celebration at Greensburg, Ind., last Tuesday, the 3d inst in thestu.e. It has a population of about 6,000, one bundred of | whom are Americans of African | | Many attractions h d} | been heralded to enhan e the suc- | cess, audvenliven the spirit of the oceasion. ‘The drawing card, how ever, was the announcement that met e careful with whom he associates. | At this time there are quite a num- | , friend in this city has been Mr. | It) |is the county seat of Dec tur |e unty, one ot the richest coun ies | . A. Gresham of Greencas'le, was | followed by an intermission for At2 p.m. Hon. B. K.| Bruce of Miss., delivered the ora- | tion of the day. He is a remarka-| ble man—remarkable for his suc-| | cee, his intelligence and his ster-| ling worth. His oration abound- ed in wit, eloquence and cogency.| |For nearly two hours he enter- | tained the vast assembly by his | pleasing mein and the mellofluen- ley ot his diction. He is a fine | dinner, | specimen of the possibilities of the American Negro. Born a slave} hin Virginia, he obtained a good | education by his own unaided ef- forts, acquired wealth, was elected | to the United States Senate where | {he served his country six years. While in the senate he was up- pointed temporary chairman of! the senate or, vice president of the United States. President Garfield appointed him Register of the Treasury, which place he held four years under Arthur’s administra- tion, Asan oratcr and lecturer he ranks among the best. Space forbids our giving a review ot his speech,—Indianapolis World. ———__s=- TID BII's. Mr. Grevy has gone to his sum- mer place at Mont Sonos Vuudrey. to be nothing for Grev. MAN y u the morning. x As we go to press we learn that no trace of General Boulanger’s bullet bas yet been found. next question is—Did he shoot? s * All this talk about the inscrip- tion on the gravestone of Josh Billings is nonsense. What if it is guing to be simply “Josh Bil- lings?” There’s no use in putting on it that he was a horse thief unless there is undeniable proof at hand. ** An elevator is being constructed at Pittsburg 850 feet in one min- ute. It will be popular with cred- itors. s * * * The Maoris of New Zealand are reduced to 42,000, and wiil soon become distinct. We don’t fancy they will like it very well, but they can try it if they are so inclined. * a * Ernest Ingersoll, the writer, is going to lecture this winter on “The Battle for Lite.” It is sup- posed to be descriptive of what occurred just after he offered a contribution to a magazine mana- ger. ae Out of 27,061 public school children in Buffalo, only 7.195 are of American parentage. were born of Butfulo parents. ate A Philadelphia physician blunt- ly asserts that much of the so-call- ed malaria is pure luziness Then some of our base ball players ought to doctor fur malaria. Pal An animal called a Blind Tiger is causing some excitement in At- lanta. Someone bas_ been giving away too many “ihree cheers” down there. i ae Seventy-five girls will study er steps in to prevent such a ca- tastruphe. ate All the mermaids along the American coasts s:em to have gone out of the business. There’s one old mermaid up the Hudson, | | however, who is keeping his eyes open for 1888. ° 4v wight and back in | The | The rest | Greek at Harvard next fa!l, unless | a cataclysm of someother foreign- | toms of the people as well. Espe- cially is this true of the traveller that has lived» in the south or in some city, say Washington for in- stance, for the Bostonians are ac customed to call Washingtonians “you Southerners.” The first thing that attracts a stranger in any city is the houses and streets, and the impression whether favorable or unfavorable depends upon the general charae- ter and condition of both. With- out donbt Boston has some fine houses aud a few fiue streets but not enough to make it a beautiful city. Idoubt very much whether the city has ever been surveyed, certainly it has uever been proper- ly surveyed, since the streets are crooked and houses built angularly and they lack that symmetry and parallel which make places easy of access and quickly found. In fact the general idea one forms is that the paths the early settlers made in going hither and thither have been widened and grown into streets with of course short cuts and open- ings So as to prevent one from be- iug entirely hemmed in. There are however a few thoroughfares which are only fit to be called streets and avenues; and there is not a single one of then that comes any where near being as beautiful and commodious as our own Pen sylvania Avenue. Of course where- | ever there are systems of tenements | some of which contain twenty fam- ilies, the houses can never pre- | Sent that neatness of aspect as is characteristic of small homes where the tenant is lord and master of his own domain. It stands to rea- Witefl Yo i Apel eso Bo ekor | or owning the same premises they do nottake the interest and care in the tidiness and health of the apartments as one person whose sole care is to beautify and make agreeable and pleasant his little homestead. But like other cities Boston has er mansions. This manuer of living is prim- arily the origin of boarding houses and restaurants. So long indeed has this system been established that now eating houses are as in- dispensable as the favorible diet, beans. ‘Tell me what a nation jeats and I will tell you their rela- tive greatness,” says a writer. But if Bostons mental calibre depended upon its bean diet sad would be her hours of slumber. I do not condemn boarding houses but they are injurious to tamily and domes- tic relations. Boston socially is but a flimsy pretext. Every man thinks himself better than his neighbor and it fol- lows “every woman too.” What- ever of social vestige remains is found in sects and clans. There is no general feeling prevailing among the inhabitants founded either up- on color, title or rank. Dress how- ever is au absolute requirement and | Seems to be the ticket of admission to all circles. Itis strange that southerners however much they tind cause fur criticising the methods and condemning the cold hearted- ness of his fellow glide, easily into the prevailing manuers and readi- ly fall victims. It takes two weeks in Boston to Lesome a dude. Bostou bas the best system of pub lic schools in the country. In spite of the many advantages claimed by them few of either sex ever reach | college. The young men climb as high as the latin school and gravi- | tate to the level of a waiter. Nine- ty percent of the young men hold- ing important positioug and of | those who are in colleges are south- ern born and bred. it is true that public facilities are greater than | they are in the south. A man can be admitted in a public place as a man, aud his color is no badge of disgrace. | But after all Boston is no place |for colored men. There too can be seen the thin partition of preja- | dice. No clerks, no cash boys and | girls, no saleswomen are in large es- | tablishments. Indeed the head of | a large firm once said that he will | never employ a colored person. Sc | Boston is not what it is said to be. ity id firm. Rete uired. and goodsalary. “GAY & BROS, 2 Bareiay Se Bake | WANTED—LADY,‘sic:.tnetara, Permanent VIRGINIA POLITICS. : THE PROBABILITY OF A COLORED CONGRESSMAN, THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND CANDIDATES, Hampton, Va., Aug. 12th, ’86, On the first of September the Republicans of the Second Con- gressional District will hold their nominating convention in the city of Norfolk. It is expected to de one second only to a National conven- tion in point of interest. The neces- sity of nominating a colored man has been thorougly canvassed by leading colored politicians and the journals published in the interest of colored people in Virginia. Among those spoken of most favorably at the out set were, Hon. R.M. Smith, of Hampton, 8. B. Harris of Williamsburg, R. G. L. Page of Norfolk and as it is cir- culated around Mr. G. L. Pryor of Hampton, who is now holding a federal position in Wash- ington, will be out in the Virginia Criticin a few days for the nomi- nation. Mr. A. W. E. Bassett has with drawn trom the contest. The conveation will be com- posed of three fourths color- ed delegates, who will no,doubt give each his just deserts. In the opin- ion of the best judges of personal merit and political qualifications, Messrs. C. P. Carigan, of Ports- mouth, James A. Fields, Esq., of Hampton, and Rev. J. M. Dawson, of Williamsburg, stand head and shoulders above any of the first gentleman mentioned, all being colored. Some of the white aspirants are How. Libby, M. © Mayor, Lamp of Norfolk, and ex Postmaster Bou- den and Col. H. Clay. Mr. Cari- gan will be the colored man’s ehoice. Mayor Limb will be the choice of the Norfolk king. Col. Clay the laboring man’s choice and in part of the Knights being very strong and he being a shrewd wire quite lifely in spite tne tact *trom Mahone is trying and will try to have Mr. Libby’s nomination sure as usual. Mr. Bouden is the choice of the old time republican element. This gentleman has beer ignored in former conventions by the carpet- bager and the Readjuster element, but the failures of the latter in the last gubernational contest adds greatly to Boudens chances for success. Dr. P. L. Barber, D.L. L., of Norfolk and his charming bride are paying a visit to their friends, stop- ping with Hon. R. M. Smith. ae so > DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH. NEGRO REPUBLICANS VOTE THE DEMO- CRATIC TICKET. REPUBLICAN BOSS- ES MUST CHANGE. The election held last Thursday was one of great importance and a little interest was shown on the part of tlfe colored people, and es- pecially the white Republicans as far as the Republican ticket was concerned, and the result wastan overwhelmiag majority for he Democrats. This election was an unprece- dented one, asthe colored men walked and rode in hack loads to the polls, voted and worked like beavers for the success of the Dem- ocratic ticket with an alarming vim. The action on the part of the colored men can easily beae- counted for. The white Republi- cans have no good reason to pre- seut for their luke-warmuess at the polls. The colored men are not going to be handicapped by ‘‘boss- es” and political leaders.—Mem- phis Watchman. BARNES’ COLORED NEWS- PAPER AGENCY. 1107, I S:., & 802 Sherman Ave., N. W., Washington, D, C. Ail the es'ored newspapers for sale «nl 0. fil*, subscriptions and adverts ments received. Find your lest relatives and friends throngh this ageuey. 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