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AN EDUCATED NEGRO.
THE CAREER OF EX - SENATOR
BLANCHE K. BRUCE.
I* Nearer to Hie People Than Any Other
Colored Man on the Political Stage.
First Negro to Have a Voice-and Vote
In the Upper Branch of Congress.
The appointment of former United
States Senator Blanche K. Bruce to the
ppsition of register of the treasury, an
office that he held under the Garfield
and Arthur administrations, will be
met with general indorsement all over
the country. Os all the colored politi
cians Bruce is the least offensive to his
white brother. Political prestige has
never given him
the “big head. ”
\ He is the same
gfflggp' unobtrusive oiti-
wSsT w z6n as he was
wG® ~X- a 'when plowing
J with a black
mule in the oot
ton fields in Mis
sissippi a quarter
of a century ago.
V Th® privilege of
-Er walking on
Pen n sy 1 vania
blanche k. bruce. avenue as a sen
ator never made him a fool. When de
feated by the people for re-election, he
did not charge and swear and accuse
the whites of ballot box stuffing and the
like. He took his medicine. When first
appointed register of the treasury, he
dined that day on pot liquor and turnip
greens. He didn’t ride to his office in a
carriage. He didn’t walk up the steps
in the treasury bnilding with a cigar
between his lips and an air of superior
ity on his face. Neither did a silk tile
cover his kinky hair. It was a broad
brimmed plantation chapeau, and he
pnlled it off when he opened the door
leading to his office. That was Bruce.
He possesses more than ordinary in
telligence. ‘ He can make a speech that
commands attention and brings about
thought from those who listen. With
the exception of Fred Douglass, now
dead, Bruce is nearer his people than
any other colored man that has appeared
on the political stage in America. His
word with the negroes has been law.
They have followed him blindly, and ha
has never yet advised them wrongly. If
it were in his power today, he would
bring about complete reconciliation be
tween the two races. He is devoid of
prejudices. Slavery was tolerated •by
law. It was abolished in a sea of blood.
For him that settled it. Neither does he
believe in negro domination, and his
views on negro- equality are liberal.
Bruce was elected United States senator
as soon as Mississippi was readmitted
into the Union and served the regula
tion term of six years. Previously he
had been sergeant-at-arms of the state
senate and before that had been tax col
lector of Bolivar county. This was dur
ing the administration of Adalbert
Ames. It was the policy of most office-1
holders in those days to turn in just t J 1
little money to the state as possible, but 1
it has been said that Bruce never held
out-a cent, that his taxbooks were
clean, and that he left the office poorer
than when he entered it.
The legislature that elected him in
1876 was Republican by an overwhelm
ing majority. There were not more than
a dozen white men in the lower branch.
If I remember correctly, John R. Lynch,
ex-member of congress and fourth
auditor <jf the treasury, .under the Har-
rison administration, speaker of the
house at the time Bruce was victorious.
He had but little opposition. As between
Bruce and another candidate, who was
a white man, the respectability of the
state preferred Bruce. When he went to
Washington and presented his creden
tials and took his seat, he had the dis
tinction of being the first negro to have
a voice and a vote in the upper branch
of congress. He was the first, and he
has had no successor.
Bruce served his term without put
ting on any airs. He rarely ever made
a speech, and when he did it was of the
mild type. He did not inveigh against
his white countrymen, nor did he be
lieve that “black heels should be put
on white necks’’ because his race had
once been shackled. He commanded the
respect of his colleagues, and when, aft
er serving his term, he was appointed
register of the treasury his nomination
met with practically no opposition by
the southern senators. Bruce never re
turned to Mississippi to live after he
was elected senator. He has a comfort
able home on Capitol hill and lives the
life of a quiet, well to do fellow. ,
Bruce, Lynch, Cuney, Montgomery,
Hill and Washington are the represent
ative colored men of the nation—that
is, in a political sense. Lynch will soon
er or later be taken care of by the ad
ministration; Hill has been appointed
register of the land office at Jackson,
Miss.; Washington is president of the
colored school at Tuskegee, Ala., and
does not care for any political office;
Montgomery, the only colored member
of the late constitutional convention of
Mississippi, has returned to his farm in
the delta and says that he will advise
with his party in the future, but that
he will not be a candidate any more,
and Cuney is dying in Texas. Cuney
has been the Republican leader in Tex
as politics for the past decade. He has
had various factions to fight, but he has
always come off victorious. He is the
best educated one of the lot. He has
mastered Greek and Latin and speaks
two or three languages with fluency.
He was port collector of Galveston un
der Arthur and again under Harrison
As a debater ho has but few equals. He
is a profound student and thinker and
is naturally a leader of men. When
some years ago the “Lily Whites” or
ganized at Houston for the purpose
eliminating the negro in politics, Cuntj
went to work to defeat it and all its
plans. That he was successful was
proved by the convention that nominated
Major McKinley at St. Louis.—James
S. Evans in Chicago Times-Herald.
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Th. Game of Mancala.
The game of mancala may be said to
be the national game of Africa. It is
most closely associated with that conti
nent. It is found among all the tribes
and is an evidence of the essential unity
that underlies all the African races.
Among the Abyssinians it is played by
all classes, from the king to the peasant.
It is the favorite amusement of the
negroes at Benin, on the west coast. It
is well known among the natives oi
Bombay, in Java, in Ceylon, in the
Maidive islands and in the Malay pen
insula. In Syria and. Palestine cup
marked stones used in this game are not
■infrequently found .in qld ruirji. I.t is
I HE. ROME TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1897
played by the Unifies with 'hblSS made
in a plank of wood, and this is the com
mon form of the instrument in Jerusa
lem and throughout Syria, where it may
be seen continually played in the cases
by the visitors. The children in Egypt,
Nubia and Syria play it in holes exca
vated in the ground, and when twc
travelers meet on the way they fre
quently rest and extemporize a board oi
holes dug in the hard path and proceed
to play with the pebbles they gather on
the spot.
In Palestine and Egypt the shells
nsed in the game are brought from the
shores of the Red sea, while in Damas
cus pebbles are employed which pil
grims collect in a certain valley on the
way home from Mecca. Games of haz
ard are prohibited by the Mohammedan
religion, but mancala is considered a
game of fate or skill and is therefore
tolerated, and in all likelihood it is
diffused by the pilgrimages from Mecca
throughout the Mohammedan world to
the utmost limits of Arab culture.—
Good Words.
The Greatest Discovery Yet.
W, M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111.,
“Chief.” says: “We won’t keep house
without Dr, King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex
penmented with many others, but never
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King’s New Discovery. No otner remedy
ean take its place in our home, as in it
we have a certain and sure cure for
I Coughs. Colds, Whooping Cough, etc.”
It is idle to experiment with other rem
edies, even if they are urged on you as
just as good as Dr. King’s New Dis
covery. They are not as good, because
this remedy has a record of cures and
' besides is guaranteed. It never fails to
satisfy. Trial bottles free at Curry-Ar
rington Company’s Drug Store.
Refining.
“Music,” said the eminent pianist,
as the reporter to whom he had kindly
accorded 'an interview ran his pencil
rapidly over the paper, “is the most
elevating of sciences. It refines the sen
sibilities and enlarges the heart. It—
what were you about to ask?”
“I should like to know, sir, how you
regard the distinguished pianist Pro
fessor von Bergstein as a musician?”
“He is nothing, sir, but a cheap, vile
imitator ; a base counterfeit, a tenth
rate keyboard banger, sir,” exclaimed
the eminent musician, scowling.
Strand Magazine.
It is easy to catch a cold and just
as easy to get rid of it if you com
mence early to use One Minutes Cough
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lung troubles. It is pleasant to take
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Soap.
The first distinct mention of soap
now extant is by Pliny, who speaks oi
it as an invention of the Gauls, but be
that as it may the use of soap for wash
ing purposes is of great antiquity. In
the ruins of Pompeii a complete soap
manufactory was found, and the uten
sils and some soap were in a tolerable
state of preservation. The Gallic soap
of 18 centuries ago was prepared from
fat and wood ashes, particularly the
ashes from beech wood, which wood was
very common in France as well as in
England. Soap is spoken of by writers
in the second century, but the Sara
cens were the first people to bring it
into general use as an external cleansing
medium. The use of soap is thus de
scribed: “When examined chemically,
the. .'■.’•’’►Ji - C.u.n'l to bo cfviosed ,r>f a
substance analogous to dried white ui
egg—in a word, albumen. Now, albu
men is soluble in the alkalies, and
when soap is used for washing the skin
the excess of alkali combines with the
oily fluid with which the skin is natu
rally bedewed, removes it in the form
of an emulsion, and with it a portion
of the dirt. Another portion of the al
kali softens and dissolves the superficial
stratum of the skin, and when this is
rubbed off the rest of the dirt disap
pears. So that every washing of the
skin with soap removes the old face of
the skin and leaves a new one, and
were the process repeated to excess the
latter would become attenuated.”—
New York Ledger.
Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va-,
was frightfully burned on the face and
neck. Pain was instantly relieved by
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel salve, which
healed the injury without leaving a
scar. It is the famous pile remedy.—
Curry-Arrington Co.
A Lafayette' Relic.
One ot the most curious and valuable
of the relics of General Lafayette, ths
great Frenchman who cast his fortunes
with America when the battle for inde
pendence was at its height, is in the
possession of the family of W. G. Griffin
of Los Angeles.
When Lafayette came to this country,
he was entertained by a Colonel Griffin
and was so touched by the attention
shown him that he presented his host
with a rare and beautiful ring which
had been placed on his finger by Louis
XIV, to whom he admitted allegiance
before sailing for America.
The ring is a marquise, with a setting
about an inch long and fully half an
inch wide.—San Francisco Call.
BUCKLEN’B ARNICA SALVE.
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Is guaranteed to give perfect satisiaotion
or money refunded. Price 35 cents per
box. For sale by Curry-Arrington Co.,
druggists, Rome Ga.
To Bo Kept 'Secret.
He was a great bore and was talking
to a crowd about the coming local elec
tion. Said he: “Gibbs is a good man;
he is capable, honest, fearless and con
scientious. He will make the very kind
of representative we need. He once
saved my life from drowning. ”
“Do you really want to see Gibbs
elected?” said a solemn faced old man.
“I do, indeed. I’d give anything to
•ee him elected, ” answered the bore.
“Then never let anybody know he
saved your life, ” counseled the solemn
faced man.—London Tit-Bits.
Prosperity comes quickest to the
man whose liver is in good condition.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are fa
mous little pills for constipation, bil
ionsness, indigestion, and all stomach
and liver troubles.—Curry-Arrington
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A Mitigating €ircuih»tanc«.
“You plead guilty,” said the court.
“Is there any reason why I should not
give you the full penalty?”
“Yas, sah, yo’ honah. Dat was the
skinniest turkey ebah I lifted, sah.”—
Detroit Free Press.
There is no need of little children
being tortued by scald head, eczema
■and skin eruptions. DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve gives instant relief and
cures permanently. For sale by Cur
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QUICK TIME.
Through Sleeping Car Service to Jackson
ville, Tampa and Florida Points.
The Southern Railway has resumed its
fast winter schedule between Rome, Ga.,
Jacksonville, Tampa and Florida Points,
leaving Rome 8:20 p. m., arrive Jackson
ville 8:40 a. m. and arriving Tampa 6:15
p. m., making the quickest time between
these points. This is a solid train carry
ing elegant day coaches and Pullman
Sleeping Car, Rome to Jacksonville
without change; also Pullman Sleeping
Car,»Rome to Tampa, Without change.
Winter tourist tickets are now on sale to
all principal winter resorts in Florida.
For information, call on J. N. Harri
son, City Ticket Agent, Armstrong Hotel,
Teiphone No. 39.
A Fatal Oversight.
Recently the wife of an Atlanta man
told him she wanted two newspapers
that were published in different states.
He had no change about him, so she
gave him 10 oents with which to pur
chase them.
He went forth, but on the way be
thought him of the clipping bureau,
where, he argued, he could get the pa
pers for nothing. So he invested the
money in a good cigar, obtained the pa
pers when the clipping man was through
with them and returned home.
On opening the papers his wife dis
covered that two items had been clipped
from one and four from another, and
then there was trouble.
It was in vain that he tried to ex
plain. In fact, he couldn’t explain.
The more he stammered out excuses the
more his wife’s curiosity was aroused.
The next morning when he appeared
down town his head was bandaged and
he looked ill.
He is now consulting a lawyer as to
the advisability of suing the clipping
bureau for damages. —Atlanta Constitu
tion.
There is more Catarrh in this eectio
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failng to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and there
fore, requires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
by Druggists, 75.
Right From the Vineyards.
“So you’ve decided not to buy Lord
Harduppe’s castle, have you?”
“Yes,” said Mr. Newrocks. "He
wanted to include 10,000 bottles of
wine at $1 a bottle and admitted that
some of it was 40 years old. Why, I
can get it right from the vineyards for
less’n that. ” —Chicago Post
To Cure A Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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CHEAP HOLIDAY RATES.
The Western & Atlantic K. R., Offers
Many Advantages.
During the holidays the Western
& Atlantic R, R., offers exceedingly
low rates to all points in this territory.
Tickets on sale for all trains Dec. 22,
23, 24, 25, also Dec. 30, 31 1897 and
January 4th 1898. This is your op
portunity to visit your relatives and
friends at a very small cost.
Special Rate Schools and Colleges.
For students of schools and colleges
the Western & Atlantic R. R., will sell
round trip tickets at very low rates
upon presentation of certificates
signed by the superintendents, prin
cipals or presidents, thereof, on
on Dee. 16th to 25th 1897 inclusive
limited until January 4th 1898. For
any other information telephone No.
20 or call or write to C. K, Ayer, P.
and T. A. C. E. Harman, G. P. R.
Rome, Ga.
CASTOR IA
Tor Infants and Children.
Th. f»o-
A Companion For All Ages.
A gentleman who used to read the
Youth’s Companion when a boy, and
reads it wtih the same interest now
that he is a middle-aged man, who
asked the other day if he had not
outgrown the Companion. “I don’t
believe, ” said be, “that I can outgrow
it. I find in it not only the cheery,
hopeful spirit of youth, but the wis
dom and experienced of age. I like it
just as much as when I was a boy,
though perhaps in a different way.
But I know that it is the same Youth’s
Companion with which 1 grew up,
for my boys and girls like it as well at
ever I did. It is a good paper to grow
up with.”
The Youth’s Companion will con
tain the best thought of the best
thinkers of America and Europe dur
ing 1898. It will print serial and short
stories of absorbing interest, and the
tales of adventure. The various de
partments of the paper will be a cur
rent record of the best work that is
being done in the world. Present
readers of the Companion who renew
their subscriptions, and all new sub
scribers, will receive free a beautiful
illustrated calendar, printed in twelve
colors, and empossed in gold. It is
the richest and costliest calendar ever
sent to the Companion subscribers.
New subscribers will receive the Com
panion every week from the time the
subscription is received until January,
1898, and then for a full year to Jan
uary, 1899.
An illustrated prospectus of the
Companion for 1898 may be had by ad
dressing Perry Mason & Co ,
205 Columbus Ave.,Boston, Mass.
Smoke Watters’ Extra Good
Cigars. If it isn't the best 5 cent
cigar you ever smoked, we’ll
treat. It is made right here in
Rome and for sale by all enters
prising dealer®-