El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Tenth Year, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 13, 1890 Page: 5 of 8
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MANY OF THEM ARt IN GOOD CIR-
CUMSTANCES IN WASHINGTON.
Giving 14 Keal liniutc Ohuui?; Hivrber a
Tip of Ten Cent*—Another Bavbur Who
Say» He I* u Very Iiu«)' Man- "Colored
Society" at the Capital.
[Special Correspondence..
Washington, July 8.—a stranger in
Washington was getting shaved in the
barber shop of Willarrt's hotel, one of
the oldest taverns in the city. He was
operated on by an elderly and sedate
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A SENATOR AND HIS NEIGHBOR,
colored man, who while wielding the
razor with practiced hand carried on a
conversation with a white man sitting
near by. Apparently the conversation
was on business mattei's. for the white
man remarked:
"Well, Mr. Stewart, I'll raise my offer
from one-five to one-ten. That, is the
best I'll do, positively."
"Then we can't trade," replied the old
barber, "for one-fifteen is my price and
I'll not take a cent less."
"Pretty close trading for a second hand
razor." thought the customer in the
chair. "IT I wanted to buy a razor from
a barber I'd give the man his price and
be done with it."
The would be purchaser finally raised
his off. -- lo one-twelve, greatly to the
disgust < f 'the customer, who thought
such haggling over pennies disgraceful.
He made no nnnarks, however, until the
shaving was done and the other man had
left the shop. Then lie said:
"Uncle, let ine see the razor that man
was trying to buy of you. If it's any-
thing of a razor it's. cheap enough at
one-fifteen."
At the same moment he slipped a quar-
ter into t he barber's hand and bade him
"keep the change."
"I wasn't talking about, a razor," re-
plied Mr. Stewart.
"What then?"
"A building lot."
"A building lot for oflw-iiaeeii—oh, I
see; one hundred and Ufteou dollars."
"No: one hundred and liaeen thou-
sand dollars."
The stranger turned sharply, looked
the old barber in the eye, whistled softly,
as if to himself, and went up stairs mut-
tering:
"A lot worth one hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars, and I just gave him a
tip of ten cents!"
Mr. Stewart is the oldest barber in
Washington. He shaved Abraham Lin-
<uiU ou^nmenaens
school."
These are two instances out of hun-
dreds that conld be given. Washington
contains a grrj.ter number of educated,
refined and well to do colored men and
women than any other city in this coun-
try. A few have made money in trade,
but mr.ro have grown rich by investing
their pavings in real estate. In the flush
timer* following the war the colored men
of Washington prospered. What was
then outlying property, unimproved, and
in many sections low ground. uuheali.]i-
ful «uid undesirable, could be taught l'« r
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little or nothing. Here
invested, and many of i
property to this day. An o,
ing lot, which they bou>,.it, . .»•
18C5, is now worth or
The section which a colored
monopolize 1 iiiany >
rapidly becoming the of
and hence it is notiiiii;;nncoinmou t<»:-y;o
a humble hovel, -inhabited by negr.x-.s,
next door to a brown stone mausion. On
Massachusetts avenue » -■ .tor has u
neighbor of this sort.
"But I do not mind it at all." - s the
statesman: "I am a poor man, who pays
out one-half of his salary for house rent.
Why should I turn up my ?t • • ;.t my
neighbor, who owns his home. ami is
rich?"
Nowhere else in this country has civ
ilization reached such a high ytate
among the ex-slave of the cotton and to-
bacco plantations. A striking instance
of this fell under my observation on K
street a few days ago. A b.-.hy cart in-
habited by two black infants was in
charge of a pretty white «n>.v.e. Colored
men here ent.r into all the activities of
life. lb;'\ are shopkeey.-rs, boss me-
chanics, money loaners, bankers, law-
yers, doctors, dentists and architects.
They organize their own life and fire in-
surant companies', savings banks and
buih!..:g societies. There are colored
poller.uen, firemen, city and Federal of-
ficials, colored military companies, col-
ored chili, colored Grand Army posts.
Our colored friends are inordinately
fond of secret societies. In Washington
there are no fewer than thirty councils
and lodges of colored Odd Fellows, u
Masonic grand lodge with ton lodges, a
grand Royal Arch chapter and five
chapters, a grand commanderv Knights
Twnjilar a i«I four commanderies and a
Scottish Rite supreme council. There
are many other secret societies, those or-
ganized by colored women alone being
almost innumerable. On a Connecticut
avenue car I overheard this fragment of
convov- ion between two well dressed
colored .voiaen:
v.iany s'ieties yo' uiembah of
now'."
"Ouly soven; but l'se goin' in two mo'
dis week."
"I beats yo'. I'pe in nine."
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prising tint the colored people of the
capital ci: • are growing in culture aa
well as in .»■ -dih. If the Afro-American
race is anywhere to develop men of ge-
nius and a community of sterling char-
act* v and wide influence, one would
naturally expect to find it in the city of
Washington. Waltf.r Wf.llman.
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;OF THE
t" itRIA de la SEHEFtGENGIA
PUBWOA
Of the
STATE 0F4ZAC ATECAS, MEXICO.
i syndicate of capitalists have secured
the concession for operating this
LOTTE < Y
♦nd will extend its drawings throughout
the United States and British America,
telow will be found a list of the prizes
whichwill be drawn on,
JULY 27th 1890.
AT ZACATECAS, [MEXICO,
and continued monthly thereafter}
CAPITAL
PRIZE
(10,000 Tickets at 110.000; Halves, $5.00; Tenthi,
•1.00; American Currency.
LIST OP PRIZES.
I PRIZE OF 1150,000 la 1150,000
S PRIZE OF... . 50,000 is 50,000
1 PRIZE OF 25,000 la 25,000
1 PKiZES OP 10,0(55 ate 80,<XX>
2 PRIZES OF 5,000are.. 10,000
5 PRIZES OF 2,000 are 10,000
10 PRIZES OF .. . 1,000 are 10,000
20 PRIZES OF 500 are 10,000
400 PR1Z88 OF. 200 are 40,000
WO PRIZES OF 150 are 4&000
M0 PRIZES OF 100 are 50,000
approximation prizes.
PRIZES OF 1150 are 122,500
» 000.00
!50PRIZaS OF....'.'.'.
150 PRIZES OF
iJH Terminal Prizes ol.
BLACK BABIES AND WHITE NURSE.
coin and cut his hair on the day of the
emancipator's arrival at Washington to
take the presidency. He owns, besides
the valuable piece of property spoken of
above, a number of houses and lots.
One never knows in Washington when
he gives tips of dimes or quarters to col-
ored persous whether he is helping a
very poor man or swelling the horde of
an African Croesus. In a hurry for a
shave one day I ran into a ten cent bar-
ber shop on D street. The barber and 1
exchanged confidences. Ho had one shop
in Washington with eleven barbers, an-
other in Georgetown with nine barbers.
"But I am not able to give them the
close attention they should have," he
added. "Fact is, I am a very busy man."
"Other business?" "'Deed I has. 1
have a factory where I make trusses,
which I invented myself. 1 am presi-
dent of a colored man's bank, tficti presi*
dent of a colored man's insurance com-'
pany, one of the our ch
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SWELLS ON THE AVENUE.
As .a rule the colored men and women
of Washington dress better than the white
folks. Young colored men wear white
flannel suits, belts and russet shoes, and
ride bicycles and play lawn tennis with
dusky belles radiant in yellow slippers
and blazers. Colored men and women
drive their own carriages, dog carts,
Russian surreys and mail wagons, and
ride their own saddle horses.
A Sunday morning scene in front of
the First Presbyterian church, on Fif-
teenth street, ii worth looking at. It is
in the heart of the fashionable region.
Next door is the hotel which Secretary
Blaine made popular by living in a year
ago. In front is McPherson square, sur-
rounded by elegant mansions. The vice
president's hotel, the Shoreham, b: but n
block away. At church hour the fash
ionables of the colored world coma up
by ones and twos. The majority walk,
but many ride in handsome equ r.
Souk of tho costumes of tho women are
magnificciit. Plenty of diamonds rro to
lie seen. The men wear high ha' .->,]• !":it
leather shoes and gold, h'.wued e::::es
This is the swell church of the (own
Membf drip in it is a passport to upon
ten-society.
There is a surprising number of
100 are 15.000
50 are 7,500
50 are
MB* *524,950
CLUB RATES: 0Tickets for 150 00;
SPECIAL RATES ARRANGED WIT AGENTS
AGENTS WANTEDS
everv
town and
5ity in United States and British America.
The payment of Prizes is guaranteed by a spec
al deposit of five hundred thousand dollars (»500,
J00), with the State Government, aad approved by
fesns Arochlga Governor.
Drawings under the peraonal supervision of Lie.
Oemlnlo Arteaga, who 1« appointed by the Gov
immentas Intervener.
"I CiBTirsr that with the State Treasurer ail
accessary guarantees are deposited, assuring full
payment of allprizes of this arawtng,
SQibminio Abtiaga, Interventor.'
IMPORTANT.
^Remittances must be either by New York
Oraft, Express or Registered Letter, American
mo»ey, Collections can be made by Express
companies or Banks. Ticket sent direct to man
jgement will be paid by drafts on New fork,
Montreal, St Paul, Chicago, San Francisco or
Jlty of Mexico. For further information address,
J. A. BLOviBERG,
General Agent, Box 217, El Paso, Tex.
JUAN P1EDAD, Manager.
Zacateeas, Mexico.
Apartoda 48.
churche i for colored p<
r.doiu Washing-
ton. The B;>.])tists take tho lead with
thirty-five churches and missions, the
Methodista following with twenty-nine.
There are three E.i'scopal churches, two
Congregational, ono Presbyterian and
ono Catholic. 'i"ie last named, St. Au-
gustine's, is ouo of the famous lurches
of tho city. It is attended by many
membeia of the diplomatic corps. The
music of this church attracts visitors
from near and far.
te colored schools of Washington
ns high aa the schools for white
pn. The system ia complete. There
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DAILY
U. S. Mail and Stage Line
From Carthage tu White Daks, Nogal
Fort Stanton and Lincoln, New Mexico
Good Teams, Fine Rige, careful and
Sober Drivers.
A Pocket Ciesr Case Free to Smokers of
DR. WM. H. VANCE,
OCULIST and ADBIST
Formerly of, Memphla, Tennessee, will
~D permanently k cate in el Paao
to practice
IN THE NEAH FUTURE
G9~Dne notice of waich will be given in
me El Pato Times.
Grand Lottery oi Juarez
Under the^Hanagement of the
Mexican International Banking Company,
Concessionaries. Incorporated by the State of Chihuahua Mexico.
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES;
(i RAN I) MONTHLY DRAWING.
will take place in the City of Juarez, (formerly Paso del Norte) Mexico,
Wednesday July 23rd 1890,
under the personal supervision of General John S. MosBYand Mr. Camilo Arsubllh
the former a gentleman of such prominence in the United States that his presence
alone is sufficient guarantee to the public that the drawings will be held with strict
honesty and fairness to all, and the latter (the Supervisor of the Mexican Govern
ment) is of equal standing and integrity.
CAPITAL PRIZE $60,000
Onlv 60 000 Tickets!
Whole ) lckets $4, Half Tickets $2, Quarter Tickets
LIST JF PRIZES.
1 Prize of 160,000 is
1 Prize of 10,000is
1 Prize of 5,0001s
8 Prizes of 1,000 each are
10 Prizes of 200 each are
50 Prizes of 100 each are
100 Prizes of 50 each are
250 Prizes of 30 each are
„ „ APPROXIMATION PRIZES
100 Prizes of I 50 each are
100 Prizes of 30 each are
100 Prizes of 25 each are [
m . TERMINAL PRIZES."
599 Terminals to $60,000 Prize of $20 each are
599 Terminals to $10,000 Prize of $10 each are
SI.
$66,00«
10,001
6.009
8,000
2,006
6,000
6,000
7,601
$ 6,000
8,000
8,600
$11,980
6,900
1,914 Prizes amounting to 1125 970
We the undersigned hereby certify that the Banco Nacionai' of' Mexioo in Chis
huahua has on deposit from the Mexican International Banking Company the neo
essary funds to guarantee the payment of all prizes drawn in the Grand Lottkby o»
j uarez.
We further certify that we will supervise all the arrangements and in person
manage and control all the drawings of this Lottery, and that the same are conducted
with honesty, fairness and good faith towards all parties.
Commissionar
1, .1 ™Supervisor for the Government
o ,,?y ^ * Pnze 18 st}nl 10 the undersigned, its face value will be
collected and remitted to the owner thereof free of charge. Edgab B Bbonson
wAmn w , k Pfesideut E1 P880 National Bank. El Paso. Tex'a.
AGKNTb WANTED.—For club rates or any other information write to the undert
signed, stating your address clearly, with State, County, Street and Number. Mo«
fuH address6 assured by your enclosing and envelope bearing your
voTTPTr « M.EXICA3J inrkbnational Banking Company, City of Juarez, Mexico!
NOTICE.—Send remittances for tickets by ordinary letter, containing Money Order,
issued by all Express Companies, New York Exchange, Bank Draft or Postal Note
Address all registered letters to
Mexican International Banking Company, City of Juarez, Mj^tico
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El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Tenth Year, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 13, 1890, newspaper, July 13, 1890; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth460294/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.