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other student. We simply say to-trfm,
the whole race looks forward to the
day when the graduating exercises shall
occur. and a commission be handed you,
as hrcvet second lieutenant, U. s.
Army.
One of our leading dealers can find
column after column to devote to de-
grading stories, and old slavery days
bosh and stuff about the colored
people, but never word uf achieve
ments in the higher sphere of the day
and growing civilization. How very
strange it is that the press can afford
to devote space ON space to the humilia-
tion and and depreciation of the cOlored
people, but seldom an inch to give them
credit for climbing up the hill of pros
perity. suggest that the boot black
story and your dispenser at the Ebbett
House be added to the other notorious
liars of the day.
Lincoln and Bruce" are the colored
mans slogan.-SpriRafeId Rerieoc.
Stick to he text. There is some
thing coming that will make these two
names quite prominent. Strange things
have occurred. Who would have dared
to think thirty years ago that Abra-
ham Lincoln would be an emancipation,
his son, Robert Lincoln, Secretary of
War, aud Blanch X. Bruce, Register
of the United States Treasury.
Josiah II. Walls. Florida's colored
Congressman, will make between
$1,000 and $4,000 net from his vegeta-
bic crops this season.
And vet it was predicted that Gen.
Walls would go 10 grass when he left
Congress. Hoop EN- up General, there
is nothing in place that beats disap-
pointing your enemies and revilers.
We heartily second brother For
tunes motion for Middle. Eastern
and New England Press Association,
the first meeting to be held (at Brother
Tanner'sl in Philadelphia, in October.
proXimo.
There has been terrible racket
made in Louisville because Mr.. Dab
ney Page. fiTst-claSs man, a gentle
man and good citizen, choose TO unite
in the bonds of matrimony with Miss
Anna Woodfield. who is but twenty
three, while Mr.. Page runs up the
scales totwo hundred and forty pounds
of weight and the thermometer to h3
wears of age He was furnished with
a "tin" serenade. Nice doings for an
orderly city. very nice. We hold to
the idea that marriage are things that
should concern no one but the high
contracting parties. This discrepancy
in age is more fancy notion than a
substantial ground TO reason from
We can point out very fair number
of young girls who married young
men-and some wish they could now
be an old mans darling rather than a
young mans alave.-Selah.
There are few, if any, saloons in
this city that refuse to serve colored
people. There are some colored peo-
pie. as well as white, that ought not tC
bC served in any respectable saloon.
and why Because Of their very bad
manners and their unkept appearance.
When persons, whether white or col
ured. undertake TO patronize first-class
saloons they should first know that
good conduct and a genteel appearance
goes alo7g and a good ways.
We cannot praise cur city for every
thing. We see more and more extra
bad manners on the street cars III
Washington than we like to speak Of
and it comes mostly from persons
whose station in life should lead them
to do differently. Smoking is still
prohibited on the cars in Philadelphia,
but here it is allowed and premium
put on it, all of which is very wrong
With the continual smoking and indie
cent conduct of the night passengers
on the Seventh Street line, if allowed
to continue, it will become such an un'
bearable nuisance and outrage that I
lady will be unsafe on the cars al
night unprotected by gentleman.
Mr.. Aaron A. Dodson made a tell
ing campaign speech before the Fir
ginia Association Tuesday night. The
large audience that was present lis
tened to him with wrapt attention
Mr.. Dodson's voice will be heard from
the mountain counties to the City 10y
the sea during the fall campaign in
the old commonwealth.