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A WORTHY PROMOTION.

The promotion of Mr.. III. G..
Bruce, OF Kansas from a $1,000 to
a $1,000 clerkship in the Pension
office, is an act worthy of mention.
Mr.. Bruce is the brother of Ex-
register B. K Bruce, a man of
ability and integrity, who should
have received promotion year s
ago. Mr.. VIM. 2. Davis, chief OF
his division. who recommended
Mr.. Bruce is a democrat who
doesn't know a man by the color
of his skin when he is en-
petent to fill a position and is
worthy of it. Out of the
two colored clerks in his d.
vision both have been promoted.
1t is hoped that others In the sew
eral departments will follow the
example of Mr.. Davis.
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SOUTH WASHINGTON.
r. 8. Laws, 316 II St., S. w.

There seems to be quite an in
terest among the voters of states,
now resident citizens in this city,
and many from this locality are
preparing to go home to vote.
Disorder is a general thing in
this community, which as it seems,
the Police should have full protec-
ton by assistance of honest wit
nesses, and the Police court to
break up Sabbath breaking by the
side and back door whisky sellers
among the white people.
A female who recently left South
Washington for the north end, to
take rooms, because she charges
her husbands unfaithfuIness as a
reason that they cannot hold a
house, now states, since she moved
away, that she left her native To-
cality because there was no socie-
ty. That thee were as many
women backed by white men, as
there were in the Treasury depart
ment. Of course she meant that
as she believed that other women
got her husbands money, that she
would 60 where she could get
some one elese's; in this communi-
ty females are industrious ladies,
and strive to be property owners,
and do own more than she who
has lived here all her life. The
ladies of South Washington stand
the equals to any OF the world.
Please let US have job printing
at 316 H ST., from all societies and
clubs in this section.
The lamb Staying feast at the
Rehoboth Baptist church, on
Monday evening the 25th was
quite a novelty among the people
The societies anil lodges had a
great day in this section on Sun
day last with their annual sermons
The ancient order of the Knights
of Noes and several other socie
ties were preached to, bv the Rev
VIM. II. L. e, at the First Baptis
church, and Prof. w. b. johnson
pastor of the Second Baptis
church. preached to st. Simon
Lodge of Samaritans, No. 38, a
the Zion Baptist church.
The St. Rebecca Lodge of tn
Order of Purity will have thei
annual sermon preached at the
Virginia Avenue Baptist churcl
on the third Sunday evening
Nov. 21 by the Rev. r. s. Laws
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1T is RUMORED,

That J. @. Matthews will be con
firmed.
Purvis will be removed.
Miss Lucy Moten is a dignifed
and reserved school teacher.
Miss Emma Merritt will be pro.
NOTED because she deserves it.
The second Baptist Literary as
sociation is the best in the city.
Recorder Matthews is an honor
to the negro Americans.
Ex-Register B. X. Bruce, is the
most popular republican in the
country.
The self constituted trustees OF
Harmony Cemetery will be knocked
out in court.
j. III. Merrewhether is an enter
prising man.
w. Fl. Black is popular among
the young men.
Mrs. Alex. Powell declined re
ens5aJement in the Interior depart
ment.
The Bee is the best paper that
has ever been published in the city
by cOlored men.
Commissioner Webb is honored
by the entire community.
John L.. Marshall, of Tenn, has
been appointed in the Pension of
flee.
Hon. B. K. Bruce, has left tn,
city to deliver four lectures. HI,
will return in two weeks.
Mrs. Annie Middleton of thi
city is in New York, where she viii
i, remain some time.
Miss Susie Harris, has returned
to the city from birmingham
Mass.
! Hon. j. Milton Turner, of ST
Louis, Mo-, has issued a circula
in the interest of those who wan
homes in the west.
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WEST WASHINGTON.
James L. Turner, Agent and Reporter.
l4l7 West 2S Street.

The choir of the First Baptist
church rendered excellent music at
the Mt. Zion M. E. church on last
Sunday evening.
The revival at Mt. Zion contin-
ues with great success.
Mrs. Amos Jenkins is very ill at
her residence Beall & o st.
The Free Will Association of
Mt. Zion M. E. church will give a
grand entertainment at Union
Bethel Hall Tuesday evening next.
A very pleasant soiree was given
on Thursday evening by the Miss
Grinnel 1926 Dunbarton Ave.
Among those present were, Misses
Southren, Smith, Carson, Ridge
ley, Cole, DOdsou, Brooks, Saun-
ders, and Stewart. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. FL. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Chase, MT. and Mrs. j. L. Turner,
Messrs John Pope, j. Harris, n.
Dorsey, j. Saunders, and G. B.
Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. McDamels, OF
Utica n. Y, are here and will
spend the winter with their mother
Mrs. A. Beckett of l. st,
Miss Matte Lane is very ill and
there seems to be but little doubt OF
her recovery.
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BACKBONE.

Some time ago, Messrs. w.
Handy Johnson and A. E. Il.
Draper went to Norfolk for the
purpose of getting some backbone
1t was said that Diaper saw the
point, johnson did not. Circum.
stances has caused the BEE to
change. johnson sees the point
but Draper is wandering. Things
are fixed two years from now. Il
willsbe immense. He has caught
the flower of the city.
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REV. LAMKINS' SALUTE.

The complimentary entertain
ment to Rev. S. @. Lamkins took
place at the Cadets ArTory last
Tuesday evening, but on account
of the inclemency of the weather
the crowd was not as large as it
would have been. Notwithstand-
ing the committee will present
the prizes at the church next
Monday evening, at which time
persons who are holding tickets are
requested to report. The church
is on Z ST., bet. 4th and 5th sts.,
n. W.
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The paper on last Thursday ey-
ening at the Cd Baptist Literary
association was read by Mr.. Geo.
M. Arnold. The house as usual
was crowded and among the dis
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rsumares advertising urnlsneo On appii,
lion Objectionable advertisements WIN ho'
,nserted at any price. All remittances
oe ia he made by draft postal money order,
s.lor .ress or registered letter. Money forwarded
80 80, other way, is at the sender's risk In
]" ratng "pI money the amount and what it is foi
mid be distinctly stated.
An business letters, etc., shouio .Oe au'
THE EDITOR,
Washington d. O
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SATURDAY, OCT. 80, 1886
Locals.

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For sale by all newsdealers in the city
Our subscribers would confer favor
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thus save annoyance alike to patron and
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Silk Hats at 4.5O, 5 90 and 800.
Sole agency for DIR. Lairitz fine
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the leading physicians of Europe
and America, as the best cure for
Rheumatism.
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A SUCCESSFUL MAN

is the title of new book, which is
being extensively sold by the
agents. 1t will pay any man OF
woman to buy thus book. The
agent who is readily known when
met, has been very successful
in securing a number of subscrib.
ers.
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COMMISSIONER WEBB AT
THE INDUSTRIAL EXHI-
TION.
HIS SPEECH TO THE EXHIBITORS.

HIS SPEECH To THE EXHIBITORS.
Last Monday evening at the
Industrial Exhibition was the ex-
hibitor's evening, and Hon. W. b.
Webb, Commissioner of the Dis
trict, delivered an address, which
was full of logic and sound sense.
Among other things Mr.. Webb
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Prof. w. III. SmallwoOd has open
ed his dancing school.
Mr.. Walter A. Brown of Provi-
dence II. L. was in the city this
week.
Mr.. w. III. Black, ofthe money or
der division, Post office department
is on leave. Mr.. Black is suffering
with severe cold.
In the treatment Of rheumatism
neuralgia, sciatica, tic douloureux,
semicrania, &c., the value of Sal
vation Oil cannot be over-estima-
ted. 1t kills pain. Price twenty
five cents bottle.
Recorder J. c. Matthews left the
city last evening for Albany, n. Y.
He will bring his wife and son on
his return to the city.
Mr.. Joseph Armstead and j. III.
Jones of Baltimore, Md, were in
the city Thursday, OH visit look
ing well. The two gentlemen left
Thursday night for home.
FOR RENT
Furnished or un-
furnished rooms, modern convent
ences, at 1922, 11th ST., NV. With
or without board. Terms reasona-
BILE.
The Bethel Literary met last
Tuesday evening. the paper OF
Rev. Stewart was very good. There
were not over fifty people in atten
dance on account Of the inclemency
of the weather.
"A merry heart goes all the
day." but who eau merry be
when racked and tormented with
hateful cough. BE wise, anc
try DIR. Bulls Cough Cough Sy
rup. 1t relievs at once, cure,
promptly, aud costs but twent,
i've cents a bottle.
The following officers of the Jr
Ex. Ben. ASso. were elected at tn,
annual meeting Oct. %, SO.
w. A. Stewart, president; Chas
+. Coleman, vIce-pres't; Davit
". Henry, recording secretary
Frank f. Davis, financial secre
tary David A. Bruce, treasurer
John Downer, disbursing- officer
Take the bull by the horns" i
an old adage, but you take Dl
Bulls Cough Syrup by the tea
spoonful. A few drops for child
One bottle will Save the lives of
family. For coughs, colds, bron
chltis, etc., it is excellent and safe
70 cents.
G. U. o. Or o. F.-Unio
friendship Lodge, No. .s91, Wi
nave reunion in honor of it's 4OtI
anniversary, at Bethel Hall Thurs
Gay evening, November 4th. Ad
dresses by, p. w. G. NJ, j. A
olmms, NV. p. David Warner
alter this the Union Fire. Gran,
march and dancing.
ADMISSION a5 Or,
Oct, 23rd 2 {.
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unI stinson Co. Portland Maine, win receivs
UxHHH Free full information about work which
nIIIgI they can do. and live at home, that viii pay
~ " AS them from IS 70 825 per day. Some have
earned SO m day Either young old Capital
.auirsd You started fres Those Who start at
II snng nnls fortanea. Al nsv.
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WHERE THE BEE CAN BE HAD.
Mrs. Polkety's, NJ. Street, between IzUn anu
Northwest. \,
II. Beller, Druggist, corner loUh on0 N'
street, Northwest.
Henry Poland's, corner IA anu
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waddleton's yewelry store, 18th an
Fl streets, n. W.
no, pSna6elphia House, S4s Pennsylvania Ave.
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THE PHILO-MATHIAN.

THE I'd BAPTIST LITERARY ADOPTS
"A NAME. Mr.. GEO. N. ARNOLD
READS BEFORE A LANCE AUDIENCE.
THE MINISTRY WAS AND WAS NOT
OPPOSED TO THE DRAMA.
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tinguished guests were noticed Col
Robert Harlan of the Ohio legis-
ls,ture, in company with Mr.. w.
II. Smith and daughter, Mr.. Louis
II. Douglas. w. B. Bos 'nun and
Others Prayer was off red i,y
Rev. q. Lambert. att,rw hich tie
secretary, Miss Lizzie Mason read
the minu es of the Frev ou4 meet
ing. Tie president, MIR. Chase,
called for d report - the several
committees, they not being ready
to report Mr.. d +. Bats. Thought
since he 'mnlittee on consuiu
ton Was not ready to report,
suitable name should he selt cted
for the association as it had been
sailing under no C lors. He sub
mitted the name of PhiloA Nathan
and Mr.. Maxtield. Kio. After an
exchange of views the former
name was adopted. MIR. Geo. Nj.
Arnold was introduced and read
a PIPER entitled
THE DRAMA.
l have resolved to open this paper
with brief mention of that form
of amusement, which the church
has regarded for many wears, as
its chief antagonist. | mean the
drama. 1t is the child of the
church. Its power was first dis
played in Christendom, in illus
trating Christian dogmas to a
rude and uncultivated people. To
little Bavarian village it is pi-
ously used for that purpose now.
The Punch and Judy show, which
answers our children is a degraded
remnant of the religious drama.
Punch being Pontius Pilot and
Judy being Judas Iscariot. Since
THE REFORMATION
in many countries the drama has
fallen into disrepute with many
religious people. Since that day
the drama has been subjected to
all the renovating processes which
have touched the various interests
of society while many good peo-
pie have been repeating and re-
producing the moral objections to
the stage, the most of VIII ch have
ceased to be of any weight. The
drama has proven itself to be one
of the indestructable factors of
our social life. All classes of peo-
Pile are forced to recognize Its in
fuence, power and existence. The
frame work of antsgonism that
surrounds it, grows thinner every
year.
There are demoralizing plays
and immoral actors, but to see such
artists as Macready, Booth, AL
drich, Barrett, Irving, Salvam,
RistOri, Rossi, and Miss Cushman
reproduce the creations of the
mightest mind that ever lived in
the tide of time, is not only a fas-
cinating recreation, it is splend-
id factor in a liberal education, it
is not only changing lifes bOur-
dens from one shoulder to another,
but is really renewing the wasted
tissue of blood, body and brain and
giving him refresbment to your
life.
THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA
is powerful moral agent, and at
the same time an agent demOnstra-
ting many virtures and cOmmen-
dable traits. Shakespeare tells us
that all the world stage and in a
man's-time he plays many parts.
May l beg your pardon for assert
ing that there is hope that an i'm
portant part may yet be played on
the dramatic stage of acting by
coming scholars and actors of our
race?
Mr.. Geo. III. Richardson being
the first speaker said that he ell
dorsed the paper because he
thought that it was great moral
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THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA


that all the world stage and in a
man's-time he plays many parts.
May l beg your pardon for assert
ing that there is hope that an i'm
pOrtant part may yet be played on
the dramatic stage of acting by
coming scholars and actors of our
race?
Mr.. Geo. III. Richardson being
the first speaker said that he ell
dorsed the paper because he
thought that it was a great moral
agent. When Plato, Milton and 9th
ers see in the drama good results.
it ills becomes Us to presume that
it is not beneficial. The church has
antagonized the drama which
forces me said he, to differ in some
instances with the church.
Mr.. Maxield, said that substi
tuition of hymn book for the
drama would be better. God killed
Abraham Lincoln because he wa:
/ found in the theatre. Prof. John
son, wanted to be understood tina
he did not agree with Mr.. Maxfrld
He believed in the drama, but be
fore he concluded he was found ol
the side with the church.
Mr.. John Lawson, thought Mr.
Maxfield's statement was incOn
sistant. The Baltimore and PotC
mac depot ought be removed if hi
theory be correct and every othe
place where a person has been killed
Mr.. G. F. Bundy did not agre
with MT. Lawson on the origin G
the drama. He made some exec
lent points.
Mr.. A. s. Richardson, though
the stage was corrupt and th
actors immoral, that he would nc
like for his sister to fOll.w th
5 lstage. The exercises were very il
D teresting and the interest th;
seems to be manifested assur,
= all that the literary will be a su
cess. Next Thursday evening M
A. P. Albert of New Orleans, La
will read paper entitled the n
gro as an Independent.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

LUCIA DI LABoUcHERE" is the latest London
nickname for the sprightly Mr.. L.
Coll JOHN HAYS long promised life of Abra-
ham Lincoln is to begin as serial in the Cen
fury for November.
For the last three years the Toledo Blade has
had an editorial in each issue concluding with
the words ''PulveriZe the rum power"
WH1TELAw REID and his father in-Iaw, D. O.
Mills, have been surveying the Owens river val
ley in California, near Reno with view to TAX
ing up 20, 900 acres of land for wine and grape
growing colony.
The venerable Professor Chevreul, it may be
observed, has never used wine or tobacco, but
has always drunk coffee and tea, and great deal
of milk; prefers chicken to all other meats and
is fond of cold baths and the use of hair gloves
RUMELIA is a Turkish coinage, and means
''the land of new Rome" that is, the country
near Constantinople The ou in Roumania and
Roulnelia is French, and not necessary In En-
gllsh it IS better to spell Rumeia and Sudan
than Ro1mela and Soudan.
MISS LAWRENCE LMA-TADEMA, the daughter
of Alma-Tadema, the painter, has written a
paper on PASSIONS in Hair" for s'The English
Illustrated Magazine" Her proud father has
prepared as an illustration to this paper
page of heads-examples of Romap hair-dressing.
THE only surviving daughter of the late Noah
Webster says she saw her father work twenty
one years on his dictionary, and that she never
knew him to have any assistance whatever in
preparing it for publication. After he had worked
two years he destroyed all he had written and
began the work over again.
A SOUTH NoRwALK woman who took gas the
other day while she had teeth drawn, instead of
regaining consciousness after the operation re-
NAMED insensbe, and began to hloat rapidly.
Her face body and limbs swelled alarminglv;
but wnun doctor was called. who ripped off her
tight clothing and relieved the pressure. she
soon recovered. Dentists say the case is a very
rare one.
A DOG with peculiar history has just died at
Otis, Mass He was valuable setter. the prop
erty of Mr. Alfred Bnsee, who has travelled
through nearly every country under the sun.
On all his trips the faithful Ned Was his steady
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before. Evarts's performance had carried con,
Vlction TO the man that he injured, which
thlnk ne may have doubted before that, since he
was IN possession of the property. Conkling has
naue the Impression of a man, and the
lawyers chiefly envy him for getting so many
clients.
In the New York bar not much attention il
paiu 70 reaities or the science of the law but TO
the commercial record of the law frn, Conk
lings income for the last year is thonoht IN have
been about $50, 900, which il probable az hi1h
as man can get, even in New York askod a
man quite equal to him how he stood as a LAWYER
The reply was: "Why, he goes uu there live
character newly arrived from o strange wild land
and rolls off vocabulary as big as the spots on
the tattooed man. When he is done nobody
quite knows which side he has been on but there
is something about his manner which concedes
the case to him. He is a grand bulldoZerH
The firms which stand highest in money making
are Evarts, Choate &c Beamau. the latter / be-
lieve, a son-in-law of Mr. Evarts: Vanderpoel,
Green ~ Cunning. Alexander d Green; the two
Greens above are brothers One of them lives
at Elizabeth, N. j. The Greens and Alexauders
have their associations about Princeton College
and they are bo.tomed upon old orthodox Pres
byterian ancestors. You would be surprised to
hear that the two sciences of law and church
going have an intimate connection in New York.
Probably DR.. Halls church, which was founded
By the Alexander family. is the chief citadel of
clients aud lawyers in New York: some OF the
judges, like Vanborst, get both their law and
gospel from DR.. Halls sermons A successful
new firm in New York is that of Dillon s.
Swayne Dillon was notable United States
Judge west of the Mississippi river, whose
knowledge of railroad law attracted Jay Gould
and others, who desired him to go to New York
and serve them. He resigned and went into
business with Wager Swayne, the eldest son OF
the late Judge Swayne. of Ohio. who was on the
Supreme Bench at Washington They probably
stand at the head of railroad lawyers in New
York. Swayne is bold, deep-chested 2leader.
with an easy grasp upon language and ideas.
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best he can for the wrong done by his party.
But we venture that from the beginning TO
the close of this campaign there will not be
one man who will care to compromise himself
by attempting to demonstrate that this in
famous thing was right This is point that
no Democrat can discuss without getting
mad, and he will be mad because he knows
that he and his party have been guilty Of a
swindle upon the people. The voters Of In
diana should keep this vital point in view and
observe the various methods that will be en-
ployed to smooth over this very vulnerable
and tender spotin the body of the Democratic
cannaiou
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PRoHIBITIoNIsTs vehemently deny that the
third party is practically an ally Of the Democ-
racy, but they will find it troublesome to ex-
plain how circumstances similar to one pointed
out in a communication to the New York
Post can be beneficial to the cause which they
profess to be laboring for. Says the Posts
correspondent:
'The resolution in Congress for an inquiry
into the sale of alcoholic liquor was passed by
the Republican Senate. but was defeated by
some twenty votes in the Democratic House
Only one Republican voted with the Demo
Gratis against the resolution. and out three or
four Democrats voted with the Republicans in
its favor. A study of the list afterwards
showed that at least fifteen of the votes
against the resolution were given by what the
doctor calls rum Democrats, who held seats oc-
cupied by temperance Republicans in the pre-
ceding Congress. Every one of those fifteen
Republicans had been defeated for reelection
because the Prohibitionists in their districts
had put up candidates of their own and drawn
off votes otherwise Republican"
This case is very pointed illustration of
the manner in which the third party works
into the hands Of the Democrats, but it is only
one instance among many which are constant
1y occurring.
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THE New York World makes the discovery
that the administration is scattered all over
the country, and that the government still
lives without the presence of the President or
any of the chief officers at their posts of duty
This was true at the time when the Repub-
ican party was in power, but at that time it
was regarded as a kind of crime for the
President to leave the hot city of Washington
to take the least recreation, the howl going up
that he was ''junketing," OF something else
equally terrible. Since Mr.. Cleveland has
quilted the scene Of his Iabors and gone into
the woods to enjoy little relaxation, there
has been no complaint, so far as we know, of
his action, and the only reference to it has
been that the times have changed, and there
seems to be no disposition to criticise without
reason. The World is generous enough to
confess that the Republican Presidents were
not as we'll treated in this respect, and says:
"When the Republican President and Of
seem to remember that considerable was said
as to the sin of 'absenteeism. Circumstances
do frequently alter judgments. The people
did not then begrudge their servants a rest,
and perhaps they do not now"