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- -n ! l Terms. $2.00 Per year. 5 cents jfe vupj OL. V. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1886. SJO. 23- yj X - ' N EVER such W-z Men's Boys' and Children's Clothing ts are now offered a( Uie Grent Ssmiple ot !Hen,IJo5s' and Children's Clothing- Opening at 924 Tth St., IV. W. Bet. 1 St. akd Massachusetts Avenue. rvr nnA t.linnsand Men's Bon's and Children's Suits and Overcoats of the best goods. Many of them will onodS saY nothing auoutllic amKiuff aim tue u-iwuuugs. Actual uai Sams seldom come. A sample Suit worth S20 can be bought for $12, Overcoats very low, and Children and Boy's Suits at little over half ni ice Childieu's Overcoats at less thau you would have to pay for the linl-ii) These goods are mostly in siugle Suits, only one of a-kiud, .i-Ifi ire made of the be English, French and American goods. Prince di? AlKj ' " .i.i ei rtW ft Knits that anlrl for ftlS tn S20 ir. Iars to $10 ; Boys' suits $5 to $10 ; Children's Suits $2.o0 to $6, and Over ciitb for Men,' Bovs' and Children from $2. 50 up. You can secure the be'-t ' bargains of your life in any of these goods you can get fitted in. We hi ,.. i0i 0t uiiiidreirs omts o man tue price or tuem was $o.ou, $, Ma i T 1- l.t 1 J? " A. T 1 1 S .hui'i 8105 ng?S co ust uiiuiv oi n. jlou can nave your ouoioe V tiii'v: lot tin $3.90. Little Overcoats for half price. Men's Pants 75c, 1 l u0, ?2 up t0 $6j e blive a lot of Priuce Albert Coats, Black Cloth ioi'inerlv sold for $18, $20, $22 your choice to day for $12. It would be impossible to enumerate the thousands of good things in Clothm"" for Men, Bo.sr and Children. Come and see for yourself at the great sale of sample Suits at Q24 7th St. N. W., bet. I St. and ilass. Ave. Look for the signs. Sample Suits and all styles of men's j;osand Children's Clothing. Sale commences TUESDAY MOR!N" 'G at 10 o'clock. 937 PEKN". AVENUE, EXTENSIVE O - ' g. ?s MUSIC AKD MUSICAL MERCUANUISE OF EVERT DESCRIP1ION Sole ao-ents for the Wi-ber Bihring, Vose, Guild, Masou and Humlin Belir Bros. XJ I .A. W O S! MASON AND HAMLIN, SMITH AMERICAN. QEO. WOODS PACKARD, CHASE RGA S! YOUNG'S SHOE HOUSE. ifll'S TH. 402 7 Uine Call Boots GOOD WORK BOOTS S2 to 3. ELECTRIC SHOES $2.50. SEAMLESS SOLID GAITERS 2 LADIES KID BUTTON 1. to $4. MISSES KID & PEBLE BUTTON 97 Cts. CHILD'S SCHOOL SHOES 75 Cts. RUBBER BOOTS & SHOES OF ALL KINDS. P. S. Look for the Old Lady in the Window. XPIcOSION I C THXHC- Prices Knocked to DPieces. Go to the Great Executors Consignment of Clothing At Opposite United States Patent Office Men's Suitsby the 1000. Did you ever buy an all Wool suit for $3.90. Did you ever buy an all Wool Double Breasted Suit for $5.60. Your choice of a thousand p;iir of men's pants at 65c, 75c, 81.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.90. Elegant Dress Suits at $6.40, 7.50, 7.S0, 8.40, and 9 dollars. Boys' Suits from 12 to 17 years 2.65, 2.75 aud 3 dollars. DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN EXECUTORS SALE IS? We will tell you A big firm breaks up on account of the Death of one of the partners, and to settle the estate the above sale is ordered. The stock is consigned to leading clothiers iu different cities and sold re gardless of cost or manufacture, in order to make a settlement Cwith the remaining partners. THIS WILL LAST EOR 15 to 20 DAYS only. 816 Jb tY-eet, n: tv. (Opposite Uuited States Patent Office,) Between 8th and 9th Sts. HWiQHHHH Si iirlcAE'jBiljil I f,AA? barc;ains be sold at less than the cost of the WASHINGTON, D. C. DEALERS IN o OLD STiO, Street. JS.SO to ss.oo. HAND SEWED GAITERS $4.00. TRET N. W. HK?HP2hBVMsH TO EMMA. 9 That flower of life which was so bright, Emitting Virtues perfume sweet, Was but a bud in spring. lTis gone ! No more on earth our eyes to greet. Those whom she loved will ne7er forget With what sincerity she clung : The chain" of life was weak, and broke, aThose whom the Gods love die so young." And now she?s gone to -that bright realm Where angles o'er her, watch doth keep. Don't grieve dear relatives and friends, It is not death, but gentle sleep. Her arms are folded on that breast Which knew great sorrow and great pain, God gave the soul unto this earth, And angels bear it home again. No murmer passed those quiver ing lips Which never laid silent in the grave, But now they move in songs of praise To His great love and power to save. J. BUEEELL HYMAN. OUR WEEKLY REVIEW. AN ATTEMPT TO BULLDOZE THE LOT OWNERS OF HARMONY CEMETERY. A PETITION IN CIRCULATION. OUR FREE NIGUT SCHOOLS. DISCHARG ED OFFICE HOLDERS CROWDING FE MALES OUT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHALL THE SCHOOLS BE MADE THE REFUGE OF DISCHARGED POLITICIANS? WILL THE COM MISSIONERS CONFIRM THE "AP POINTMENTS OF THE BOARD. We have been informed that there is a petition in circulation by those against whom a suit has been filed, who huve compro mised the rights of the lot owners of Harmony cemetery, to the ef feet that they are satisfied with the present management of that disgracefully conducted burial grouud. We desire to warn all honest lot owuers uot to take any stock in said petition as the whole thing is a fraud to entrap them and thus deprive them of such rights and privileges as the court of Equity will grant when the suit comes to trial. The men jvho have the petition are only tools of a man who has gotten control of the grounds by fraud, which the court ot Equity will decide. Why is it that these men are so afraid of the light? If the man agement of the Harmouy ceme tery has been conducted honestly there need be no fear of haying the courts to investigate it. Those who will sign this fraudulent petition will only subject them selves to ridicule and contempt. Again this petition will have no eiftct 011 the court, especially when fraud is established We have been impressed with the idea that our public schools were to be conducted upon a high edu cational basis, tree from influence of politicians and discharged po litical office holaerB; but from all indications the night schools are to be monopolized by discharged politicians, thus crowding our helpless females out. While we have no persunal opposition to make against the gentlemen, who have been appointed to teach in our night schools, we do object to lemales being crowded out, when we see such men as the ed itor of the Advocate and Minton put in places that should be filled by ladi-s. We have nothing to say against their ability to teach, but we d ohject to their being appoiuted when they have oiher wo k to perform. Mr. Cromweil is the editor of the Advocate, j.)b printer and a lawyer of ability, who is practicing in the courts. Mr. Minton is a lawyer and a man of ability, who cau make his profession pay and who is reputed to be worth 40 or 50 thousand dollars. It is degrading as well as surprising to see colored men of such, ability crowding out young ladies who have uot the opportunity and advantages that they have. Journalism or the law profession must be a failure or they must be short of cash. The question is will the COMMISSIONERS confirm these appointments? Every day convinces us that it is absolutely necessary for the Com missioners to retain possession of our schools or make such rules as must be 6'inding on our school of ficers. Hon. B. K. Bruce has gone on a lecturing tour. It is said that Mr. Bruce is the popular man in the field to day. There is no doubt but that he is a success in everything he undertakes. He has the respect and confidence of this entire country. As a man he stands the equal of any American representative. THE ELECTION laBt Tuesday was no doubt a sur prise to all political parties. It demonstrated the tact that some body will be badly lelt in '88. And if the colored voter wants a piece of the pie he must divide on political questions. CLARA TO LOUISE. Dear Lou: I don't know of a person that I would rather see in troduced to the Household than Mrs. James U. Matthews, of Alba ny. Sne arrived in the city Thursday accompanied by her husband and son. She is at tie residence ot Mra. Frauds Jacobs, one of our F. F. Vs. Mrs. Mat thews is a very pleasant lady whom the Household should welcome. THE COMMISSIONERS have decided not to allow teachers iu our day schools to teach in the uight schools. I don't know but what the Commissioners are right. Our schools under the control of the Commissioners have abolished favoritism somewhat and I have been strongly considering the propriety of asking the Commis sioners to conduct the examina tions for teachers, or have a special examining board appointed by the Commissioners for the purpose of conducting the examinations. I know there are deserving ladies in uur schools who are entitled to promotions, but are destined not to be favorites. There should be a reorganization of the HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL. I have no objections to the princi pal of the Miner Normal school, the lady is sufficiently competent but what she needs are competent assistants. The High school should be reorganized. There are several changes iu that school that should be made. The school is not up to the standard. There should be a business department introduced. Book-keeking is an absolute necessity. The young men who graduate from that school have no inducements to enter the Normal school. How ard University offers superior in ducements to any colored institu tion in the country and for that reason our young men leave our public schools and go to Howard Universty. THE SOCIAL CIRCLE will be anything but lively this winter. The prime leaders ot the Saturdav night club have left the city and gone elsewhere. Mr. Douglass is in Europe, Rev. Grimke is in Florida and quite a number of the other members have beeu discharged from the government, which will undoubt edly impede the progress of the circle. Dr. Purvis may probably continue his private soirees, pro vided he is allowed to retain the hotpitul. The INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION has closed. There was no enter prise that should have been more patronized than this. It was the T' eatest effort of the colored peo ple of this community and an act which should have met the uni- versa! endorsement of everybody. oome argue mat me price or ad-! missiuu was too large; mat no in ducements were offered the ex hibitors, while this may be all true enough, the mere fact of such an exhibition in the District of Co lumbia was commendable on the part of those who managed the affair. While I could have offered some suggestions, which might have aided the managers, I did not feel at liberty to do so. I have been informed that W. Handy Johuson, will in the course of a year or two lead a young lady to the altar who is looked upwn as one of the fairest in the city. I don't know of a young man m re deserving of the heart of such a refined young lady than Mr. Johnson. I am sure the union is perfectly satisfactory, if it were not so the parents of the lady would not hesitate in saying so, and the lady is of such a refined ?'.nd cultured disposition she would obey the dictates of. her parents. THE PHILOMATHIAN literary society is coming to be one of the most popular literary associations in the city From what I understand Col. Geo. W. Williams, the colored historian will pronounce the oration Thurs day, Nov. 11 on the occasion of the emancipation of Cuban slaves. No man is more competent for tl at honor than Mr. Williams. who is the recognized literary mau among the colored people in this country. He is an honor to the rising young men and a credit to the colored race. This oration will be a masteipiece of composi tion which should be heard by all classes. It is indeed gratifying to know that the Queen Regent of Spaiu has broken the shackles from over 200 000 Negro slaves, and that Mr. Williams is the man to pronounce this oration. It is hoped that every man. woman and child will be present on this great occasion. Tours truly, Clara. AN APPEAL FOR AFRICA. rev. taylor's success in the south. the coming missionary convention. rev. colley in vestigated, To the Editor of the Washing ton Bee: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to sav a few words to the churches in your city concerning our Foreign mis- siou work. I have just returned from the Foreign mission conven tion in Memphis, Teun. It was the best meeting since the orfani zaiion of the convention. More money was taken up than ever before. Brethren Coles, Colley and Pieslev were there, and the convention inves igated the ru mor tnat was against Bro. Colley, of wilfully killiug a heathen boy i 1 Africa, and decided that it was an accident for which Bro. Colley seemed to be as truly s ,rry as any one could be. The corresponding secretary was instructed to write to Africa and get the facts from the governor ot Liberia, who was present at the investigation. When the iacts are -received they will be given to the public. Bro. Colley and Presley resigned a3 missionaries on account of fulling hedth and two other brethren with their wives, from Miss., were ehcted to take their places and they will sail with Bro. Coles, the latter part of Dec, so that by the first ot Jan. 1887, we .vill have six missionaries upon the field in Africa and we will need m ney to support them when they reach their held of labor. Tne conven tion Vi6 so well pleased with the woik done in the first Foreign y t Mit-siou district that thev decided ! to disttict the whole U S placing the state of N. C. in the first For- Ar,aQ-, ,i;Qf.,-i. !. .,. x6w ixiaoivu uioLnub, du liio,l iwc fir?t Foreign Mission district now pmhrnni'a Vlnt-vlsml Vii'.ritiio North Carolina and the district Of Columbia. As agenf of the district I will be in "Washington on the . . .w .J., , liS4.M,, 12th of Nov., to spend the remain- der ot the. month laboring among the churches 111 that city, and I hope and I believe I shall have the co-operation of all the breth ren. Last November I labored very hard and organized a Foreign convention in the D. C, which adopted a constitution pledging the churches to give one collection a quarter for Foreign Mission. That convention elected au'execu tive loard to carry out its plans, but for some cause that board ha8 been inactive and no money has been raised Bince -November last. The time for that convention to meet again will be the 24th of November, at which time I hope that every Baptist church in the District will be represented. Every church will be entitled to send 5 delegates aud every Sun day school to send 3. I want the young people to take hold of this work, for we must give Africa the gospel and it is the duty of all to help iu this work. During my stay in Washington I will preach or lecture at any time that may be desired for Africa Mission. Dear Christians do help me in my efforts to give Africa the g- speL Your Bro in Christ, J. A. Taylor. e OUR NIGHT SCHOOLS. THE RESULT OP THE EXAMINATION. The examination for teacher's places in the night school took place thia week aud the commit tee found the following to be com petent: WHITE SCHOOLS. Franklin building F. A. Springer, principal; Chase Roys, Anne M. May re, David B. Todd, (penmanship ) Henry building Z. Richards, principal; Frank D. Foster, Wm. Riordan, Dela P. Mussey (pen manship.) Peabody building Richard Foster, principal; Harry L. Villee, Nora Hoegelsberger, Sophie N. De Vote (penmauship.) COLORED SCHOOLS. Sumner building Mr. J. W. Cromwell, principal; Mrs. R. E. Lawson, teacher of penmanship; Mies Belle S. James, teacher of arithmetic; MissM. H. Somerville, teacher of language and history. Cook building George W. Cook, principal; R. B. Peters, teacher of penmanship; U. G. Black, teacher ot arithmetic; Mrs. A. M. Shadd, teacher of language and history. Randall building George W. Milfoid, principal; T. J. Minton, teacher of peumanship; James Usher, teacher of arithmetic; Phil lip Shippen, teacher of language and history. FKENCfl FUN". Translated for Titl-Bits. At a college examination: 'What is the beat insulator?" asksi the) profnspnr of physics. ''Poverty." In the country: be The lightning had just struck a house. A crowd of people assembled. "What's the matter, madame?" asked! a little girl of a woman standing near her. lA thunder-bolt has just fallen, little , one." "xYnd was it much hurt? A gentleman was looking for rooms, preparatory to chan-jinic hi lodgings; Liking the appearance of a certain house, he fi -st questioned the concierge: "Are there any pianos in the neighbor hood?" uOhI Monsieur do'sn't like pianos? Not whfn they prevent my working; j and, in order to work, I must have quiet. , lWe.n: tl,en moieur cm hire rooms 1 l,ele without fear, lo tell the truth, tbere areaui,zenp,ano3 within ear-shot, bur. I monsieur will not be annoyed by them' . HOW SO. aWhy monsieur won't hear them.' ''How do you make that out? "Because we have a locksmith next door and a trunk-maker in the house. k "Is the air healthy in thi3 village?" "Indeed it is, sir. Whv DeoDle cefc to centenarians here in les3 than no time; ij JZ4i aLuAfc, YHilltf i&jt2&JS&u&it . JL.l&Jjb sesi-