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The colored American., 1901-12-07
BOSTON BUSINESS MEN.

The C0lored Mems Business Ass0.
citation of Boston, Mass. will give lis
first annual dinner In honor of Prof.
Booker I. Washington at the Ameri-
can House, December 9Th. Che recep-
ton will take place at 7 o'clock ard
the dinner will begin at 81. 1t will
be remembered that the National
Business League was organized in BOs.
ton two years ago and Mr. Washing
ton was made it's president. It is fit =
ting that the active men of the race in
Boston honor him as they have. Mr..
j. r. Hamm is presid dant and Mr.. w,
81, Moss, secretary.
The colored American., 1901-12-07
The TENDENCY OF The PRESS,

A newspaper to be iDf lential and
powerful must be truthful and inde.
pendent, The day of the oOrgan" has
passed. The day of the editor Cf small
cali er who publish papers to serve
their PERSONAL aims or as a defense for
their own conduct, is pas; forever The
truly great newspaper is one that gives
all of the news, without partiality d
with only regard fDr truth aud d. cency
The 2Oth Century hss no Horace
Greelys nor Danas The master mind
The colored American., 1901-12-07

tariff, reciprocity iuter state commerce,
expansion of territory and other mater
lal things that the enemy had about
nulllfied the effects of the legislation
resulting from Civil War
1t now seems that the great awaken
ing has come, after the horse has been
stolen, to be sure
The following is the lock with which
the 57th Congress would secure the
empty stable:
BY Mr.. Moody Of Massachusetts.
''Resolved, That the speaker shal
appoint q select com mittee Of eIev 4p
members, who shall inquire and have
leave to rel Ort, by bill or otherwise at
any time. whether &C the election O
the state OF Louisiaua, wherein tie
members OF the House OF Represent
0iVes rom SAID state were chosen, the
right OF any Of the male inNabt6antl
OF salO state being twenty ne years of
age and citiz ans Of the UnIted S5atis
10 Vote at said election was by the con-
stltutlOu and laws OF said stats denied
or IN any way abrldge | contrary to the
constitution of the United States or the
articles In addition thereto and am nd
menC thereof; whether If the right of
any person to vote was denied or ab
ridgt d as afOrs said the mzm beTs rom
said state chosen at sad elf ctinn are
entitled to mem mbeTshlp IN this II use.
and whether it is expadjant hat Con
gress should enact apOroOFists leg :sla
ton to enforce the provisions 0t rhe
fourteenth and fifteenth artfcle,in ad
ftEicn ! snd smeudment of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States -
Had men like b. K Bruce been per,
mltted to remain the Senate, and Lang.
ston and White in the Hou e, thev
would have saved the country from the
dilemma OF having either to sanction
the qualification OF the l 4th and 18th
Amendments to the Constitution In
certain sections of the country by rec
ognlzlng an lille Eal proportion of rep
resentation. thereby in effect IegaIiz
Ing the dlstranchisement of the Negro
voter under certain conditions.
An ideal leader is a man who is in
dependent of appoiative office and
therefore untrammeled, such as was
Frederick Douglass.
Booker I. Washington, although
trammeled by local environment, has
re'ched the level of true leadership
such as can now be utilized for our
go"d But the leader that is woefulty
needed is one who can take up the
cudgel of agitation and push the bat
tie to the gates, to the end that such
Outrages as the following might be fully
investigated aud rectifod:
DRIVING OUT CoLoRED SETTLERS.
Guthrie. o T Nov 81 -Notwith
'tsnd1Dg the announcement OF Uni d
states Attorney Horace Speed tnat he
VIII nave cAncelsd the homestead en-
ry OF every man who makes ar at
tempt to eject a cClDred Homestead der
rom his claim, com mpIaiDts of such ac-
.loEs against cOlOTed men are filed
dafly with the United 6 ateI marshal
ASKING Drotec ion for Negroes who
drew claims in the recent government
land lottery. More than 100 colered
no - esie' ders have been driven out of
{ aat cOuLt y.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

subscriptions may 90 sent by postof1cs
money order, express or by registered letter.
All communications for publication should
be accom- panied with the name OF the writer
not necessarily for Publication, out as guar
ante UI good faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opinions
and In fact, all matters affecting the race
We Wiu not pay for matter, however, unless
Ii is ordered by us. All matter intended for
publication must reach this office by w ednes-
day OF each week to insure insertion in the
current issue
e. Agents srs wanted everywhere. Send
or Instructions.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

A public mans conduct is subject
to the criticisms of every one and the
truly great man is the man, who know,
ing lhe right does it as the Lord gives
him power to see it. The weak man
Is steered in many directions by the ad.
vice; in many cases, of his fool friends.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

A we'll known young white woman
in Laurence, s. g., was assaulted re-
Gently by two young men supposed to
be Negroes. They were chased and
one escaped, but the other was shot and
when picked up it was discovered that
he was prominent young white man
disguised as a Negro.
The colored American., 1901-12-07
THE EDITORS MAIL RAG

Our agents frequently complain to
us that In canVasslng, people complain
of the price of The Colored American
and of other cOlored newspapers and
remind them of tbs fact that the week.
ly edition of the white papers can bs
had for dollar year. This is true
These blanket editions of white news.
papers that tell of the crimes of the
Negro and abuse them IN every way
can be had for the price named, but
just how any intelligent head of a
family would think of admitting such
a sheet into his home is beyond the
writer's ken. There are a large nun.
b er OF first Glars cOlored newspapersand
many of them are worth more than the
subscription price charged. These
papers are making fight for the race.
They contain the news and show up
the best side of Negro life. Every
edition of these papers reflects the do
ings, progress and achievements of the
race. 1t the agent could only make
this point clear they could at least
convince the intelligent cf the race the
advantage of having at least
one first class Negro newspaper in the
house.
The Blue Grass BugIe published at
FrrnkfOrt, KY. is entitled to a seat on
the band wagon. Sometime last year
when The Colored American brought
out a portrait and sketch Of Vice
President Roosevelt and named him
for the standard bearer for 1904 the
Bugle made the following pertinent
comment:
''The CoIored American gives strong edi-
toriaI In last weeks issue In favor Of making
Vice President Roosevelt the candidate OF
the Repu bl can party for President in 1885.
In this opinion We heartily concur, C0l'
Roosevelt would make an inYincible candi-
date, having In him many clements OF
Strength, greatr ess and craftsmanship
The editor of The Bugle, if he wants
needs only fill out his aPPll.
cation and send it to the editor OF
Ihe COlOred American. IL is up 10
you now Editor Monroe.
The colored American., 1901-12-07
Atlanta Foot Ball Team,

Atlanta UnIvers1Gy closed Der foot'
ball season by defeating Chshn Unl'
Yersity Of South Carolina by a score OF
100. Atlanta las not allowed sDy team
to score upon her this seasOn. ClShin
de'ea ed Clark University IN Atant',
Ca, by score of Is to 5 but CI,hns
big linz crumbled before Atlanta.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

The assessed value OF property
owned by the colored people of Geor-
gia is sixteen and one half million dol
lars, of which one and half millions
were acquired the past year This does
not look like the colored people had
ceased to buy real estate.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

1t may be true and yet prove moth
ing that 80 per cent of the property
owned by colored people is owned by
ex slaves or their children. Slavery
was abolished only sc years ago. Few
me1 of any race accumulate much
property before they are 80.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

The Brownies" ! Ieasure meetIDs
last Saturday w6s in charge OF HE
Waller and Mrs Taiem at the f0IInSi
residence 1411 CorcOTan street. IDVI'
were three entrants: Misses AieADln0
Montague Nina Pinchback and Mi''
Villa n Terfell The latter was Fi''
ent and was initiated amid muon iS"sS
ter and fun,
The colored American., 1901-12-07

And so the Thomas Nelson Page
article in the journals symposium on
the Negro struck the Washington
Posts most popular chord. Slavery
was blessing for the slave, and the
slave holders arei the eolored peoples
frienda! BAH!
The colored American., 1901-12-07

Industry and business breed indie
pendence, build up credit, deveJon
self-reliance and give symmetry and
strength to character.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

No colored man need feel sIiob,.l
because none of his race are in the inru
box in the Bonine trial It oooJ S ;,
be left out of some things.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

The he0thens az Z~~key are max
t''g 1t interesting TOR the Ansericaya
missionaries wrkey 8houId
import a fen Of iter 6rigonds into
this country, making their head
quarters IN South Carolina,
The colored American., 1901-12-07

who shall lead their people alopg II.
lines OF industry, home getting and tIs H.
undertaking Of small bushes, sntaI aS
prises. D'''
The colored American., 1901-12-07

We hope that President ROoseveItis
not going to give one colored man 3
dinner and all the offices to white men
The colored American., 1901-12-07

The great primal need of the col
ored people in every community is to
have captains OF industry and business,
The colored American., 1901-12-07

HI honor t. ROOker Z. WaSbin0.
on the greatest leader the race has
p 'Oduced
The colored American., 1901-12-07

The Washington Bee says that
r ace leadership Is q failure.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

SWbScr ,berS EnO'Ojmg themselves to
be delinquent should not a0a6t to be
Gupned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Books Are Mans Best Friends.

The very company Of books is edu-
eating. AS one sits before the book
cases and glances at his favorite vol
umes it is as If each said word or
two OF suggested thought. Thus a
boys eye may fall upon his copy of
TON Brown at Rugby" and in his
mind rises the remembrance of the
great hare and hounds run in which
Tom and East and the Tadpole strug-
gled so plucllily, and at last held that
delightful little interview with Dr.
Arnold; or visions of tast's tricks on
old Martin. There is no need to open
the book-one breathes its healthful
air at the mere sight of its title. So
from each old favorite there comes a
friendly greeting, and we recall the
pleasant hours spent in its company.
A great orator said: Books are the
windows through which the soul looks
out. A home without books IS like a
room without windows. No man has
a right to bring up children without
surrounding them with books If he
has the means to buy books"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30

Signor Rosario Buffa1ino, who has
been in prison for number of crimes,
but succeeded in escaping, has writ
ten to the "Giornale di Stella" that
he has just formed band of brigands
who have elected him their chief,
writes Rome correspondent. Chief
Buffalino informs the public that the
new band of brigands proposes to be
gin business in the New Year. and TO
administer justice according to the
teachings of Holy Writ. The letter
concludes with an appeal to all those
who are suffering from injustice, or
want a wrong avenged, to apply to
Signor Buffalinoo, who will consider
each case on its merits and mete out
the death punishment where he deems
fit. Enclosed in the letter. were 10
francs to pay for the insertion of the
letter in the "Giornale di Stella" as
an advertisement should the editor not
think fit to insert it in the correspon-
denoe column.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Science Reveals the Past,

To construct whole animal from
thigh bone or toe joint has been the
achievement of archaeologists in many
cases. But to learn the habits and
food of stone-age gentlemen from the
tartar on their teeth Is comparative
ly a new feat of science. An English
Journal gives an interesting account
Of the experiments of the ex-Presi-
dent Of the Royal Chronological Soci-
ETY. of Great Britain in this direction.
Upon the teeth Of ancient skulls he
noticed thick coating of tartar, and
dissolving this In acid, he discovered
minute cornhusks pDrticleS vegeta-
BILE substances, particles of starch, the
point of a fish TOOTH oval cells from
fruit and portions of wool; also miner
al fragments probably left by the
rough stones used in grinding the
corn. Thus the mode of life and sus-
tenance of people living some 1000
years ago We're clearly laid bare to
the investigator and archaeology could
achieve what not all the printed rec
ords Of history could unfold to us.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30

The captain Of an ocean steamer is
often warned of the proximity of ice
bergs by the men in the engine room.
When ship enters water considera-
bly, colder than that through which it
has passed its propeller runs faster.
and as such water surrounds the
vicinity of icebergs for many miles
the engineers know when the propell-
er's action is greatly accelerated with
out any increase of the steam power
icebergs may be expected. OF course.
the thermometer is the most useful in
dicator of icebergs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30

The day of the bicycle is not at an
end. There has been less said Of it
Of late, to be sure, but this is simply
because its novelty is somewhat worn
off, andthe newspapers and magazines
do not fill space with things that are
not new. The number Of those who
advocate the riding of bicycles has not
grown less. 1t used to be that Lon
don was looked to for all the best
fashions in outing costumes, but now
Paris takes the lead. The Partisan
makers Of such costumes took the
ideas Of the London tailors and added
to them just enough of fancy touches
to make the most serviceable Of such
costumes altogether fetching.
A distinctly Partisan idea is skirt
and Eton jacket of black smooth
faced cloth. A suit of this sort will
only do, of course, for wear over roads
that are not loaded with dust. Such
O suit is more fashionable and snowy
than useful. However, the same idea
may be carried out in the popular gray
and tan outing cloths.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Want your moustache or beard beautiful
brown or rich black? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S Dye tSFh ths
Steam a Hundred Years Auo.

On July 3 the London Times printed
the following item from it's issue of
corresponding date in 1901: "An ex
pertinent took place on the River
Thames last Wednesday for the pur-
pose OF working a barge or other
heavy craft against the tide by means
of a steam engine on a very simple
construction. The moment the engine
was set to work the barge was
brought about, answering the helm
quickly, at the rate of two and half
miles an hour" This was six years
before Fulton's construction of n prac-
teal steam vessel which went from
New York to Albany in "a hours. The
crude experiments of n century ago
gave but the faintest forecast OF the
marvellous mechanical developments
of the present day; and the story from
the London Times moves the New
York Commercial Advertiser to sug-
gest that perhaps 100 years from now
the accounts Of the successful venture
Of NJ. Santos-Dumont's airship over
the roofs of Paris will sound as
strangely antiquated as this expert
ment with n steamboat which preced-
ed the airship by a century and two
weeks" This is not an improbable
forecast except in its intimation that
100 years may elapse before Its veri-
fication. 1t will be surprising, in this
inventive age, If the Paids experiment
does not seem antiquated within the
life Of the present young generation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Motive Power in Ella Demand.

Locomotive building is sharing with
all the other industries of the country
in the great business boom. Last
year there were turned out Of the
American shops 3,153 engines, the
largest number ever built in the his
tory of the country. The production
showed an increase of $50 locomotives
or 275 per cent. over the production
of 1899, when the building record was
also broken. In that year 2,473 loco
motives were turned out. In 1898 tho
American shops produced 1873; in
1897, 1,zvl; in 1896, 1,1T5.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Three Londons.

While building the London Ex-
change the workmen came upon a
gravel pit full of oyster shells, bones
of cattle, old sandals and shattered
pottery. Two pavements were dug up
under the French church in Thread
needle street, and other pavements
have been cut through in several parts
of the city. Authorities on the sub
ject say that all the soil seems to have
risen over Roman London at the rate
of nearly foot in century. Still
farther must the searcher dig to find
the third London, the earlier London
of the Britons. 1t is supposed to be
buried under the London of Roman
days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
The Fiction Side of Golf.

One of the latest lost golf ball
stories is that one afternoon a couple
of players We're on the Penarth links,
when mighty drive by one of them
sent the ball away out of sight, and
it could not be found. Next morning,
whilet taking his ante-matutinal stroll,
the golfer was attracted by the pite-
Gus cries Of a small bird that kept fly
ing backward and forward in front
of him. He followed the bird until
he was led to small bush, in which
he found nest. The biru few into
it and appeared to be trying to scratch
something out, hopping in and out,
repeating the action two or three
times, in state of acute excitement
all the time. The golfer raised him
self to look into the nest and there
was his lost golf ball!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Queens Pots and Pans.

The Queen Of Holland is thoroughly
Dutch in every way, and therefore it
is not surprising that she is keen in
the discharge of housewifely duties.
Once in three weeks the young Queen
makes tour of inspection of the royal
kitchens, to see if the cupboards, the
plates and the saucepans are in good
order = those beautifully FURNISHED
copper pans which are the delight of
every Dutch housewife, and tarnsh
on which she would regard almost as
a stain on her own reputation. Econ
omy and thrift are marked character
istics Of Queen Wilhelminas domestic
management, and 1t is said that often
the Queen-mother has been made
quite angry by her daughters deter
mination to have dress renovated
and turned when she ought to have
had new one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Lake Vessels Launched Brosdsid, On.

Shipbuilders on the great lakes have
devised the most ingenious scheme in
use anywhere for showing a great,
ponderous steel vessel into the water
when she is well-nigh completed. The
shipyards of the great lakes are not
located on the banks of the fresh wa
ter seas, but upon contributary rivers
on artificial slips. None of these
waterways are more than half as
wide as modern lake cargo carrier
is long, and so, instead of sliding the
vessel into the water endwise, as is
the custom all over the world, these
giant leviathans toboggan down n
monster slide and take the water
broadside on.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Beers Lack Of Ethics His Strenuth.

The Boer cares less for his reputa-
ton than he does for his natives soul.
He husbands life and lets his reputa-
ton take care of itself. If he does
that which we would call disgraceful
he is not kicked out or his club, be-
cause he has not got club. He won't
be cut in the Row, because he has no
Row, and his friends have not yet ac-
quired the gentle art of cutting. If
he is riding along in the vicinity of
railway line with few pounds of
dynamite in his holsters he does not
have the honor to request" the per-
mission of the Hoofd-C -Commandant 10
blow up the next troop train that pass
es. He Just blows 1t up and casually
mentions the fact the next time he
meets his chief.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30
Athletic Contests For Women.

Physical training aims to enable
woman to meet conditions and emer-
gencies that formerly filled woman
with a nervous timidity that can hard
ly be said to have been marked by
womanly dignity or grace. If, for ex-
ample, there Is an obstruction in the
road, physical training enables a wom-
an to. get over it easily and makes it
unnecessary for her to wait for as
sistance. In case of fire, physical
training makes it safer for such a
woman to be lowered by a rope to the
ground if that should be necessary.
Physical development, in other words,
takes away from woman no grace of
manner, no natural dignity or reserve,
but fits her for physical tasks and
emergencies for which she could be
fitted in no other way.
Athletic contests are perhaps as in
evitable as any other kind Of con-
tests. They are stimulating and
strengthening, and the spirit Of sport
which necessarily enters into them
may express itself In somewhat siren
nous movements and tones, but there
Is no reason to believe that these con-
TESTS, entered into as part Of scheme
of physical training and conducted
with the decorum that ought to char
acterize every educational exercise,
have an injurious effect on the man
ners of the contestants. 1 should be
be very sorry to believe that such an
effect is produced. My own opinion is
that whatever natural superabundance
of energy growing girl may have
could not be expended in any more
healthful and profitable way than in
properly directed gymnastic work or
in an athletic contest such as the game
of basket ball-Miss Hope Marcy, In
tie Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-30

The mother began operations by
seating her little daughter beside her
with a thump that made the infants
teeth rattle. Then, at intervals of one
or two minutes during the weary jour
ney she paid the child these maternal
attentions: She took off her hat; she
smoothed her hair; she put the hat on
again; she removed the child's little
jacket, and put it on again; she
Strengthened her collar; she wiped her
face with her handkerchief; she re-
moved an imaginary cinder from her
eye; she smoothed ner hair again; she
took off and retied the ribbon on her
hair; she stood her up and smoothed
her down; she unfastened the bow at
her neck and retied it.
Over and over she followed this
program while the awe-struck passen-
gers looked on. Tue child accepted
the situation with grim endurance.
Evidently she had been used to it all
of her short life.
Among those who watched the scene
was prominent New York specialist
in nervous diseases. He turned to the
writer and summed up the entire sit.
uation in one sentence, which has in it
a sermon for every American mother.
Each touch," he said, grimly,
"pushes that child little nearer to
the doors of the sanitarium that will
some day open for her."