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Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

This forenoon was largely spent in
canning huckleberries. Now, usually,
consider picking over huckleberries
e very tiresorne piece Of work, but this
time did not mind 1t. for the berries
proved so entertaining, and this is
what they told me: We are from q
tine family, you must know. and are
quite distance from home, for we
came from near the state line, seven
teen miles away, toward Westerly. We
belong to the berry family. Yes"
interposed n have always understood
Berry is very common family name
IN that vicinity The fruit in my
pan was black In the face as it replied
with some excitement: We are not a
common family at all; we are buckle
berries, let me tell you, and pride our
selves on the spelling of our name not
Nhortis berries,' as some effeminate
branches OF the race claim, but huckle-
berries. Never common, we are more
uncommon than usual this year, owing
to the extreme dryness of the season;
We are not great drinkers but. have
been rather stinted for lack of water,
and have felt the heated term greatly.
Many OF our connections .succumhed to
the dry heat and were burned to death
in their own homes. A dreadful fate.
We were fortunate to have our resi-
dence in somewhat sheltered locd-
ton, where the sun could ripen US
we'll into the color which proves so att
tractive and makes US superior to all
other berries. Now there are sone
very distant half blood relatives of
ours wear a BLUSH dress, not a good
serviceable black like ours. We are
warranted not to fade in washing,
though admit we do stain the fingers
OF those who handle us too roughly
Don't boast SO much of your COM
plexion," remarked /. There are
blaekberries whose color is as good as
yours"
There was great commetion among
the berries as they calculated; Black
in our hearing. Sharp, prckly things,
SO warlike that they try to protect
themselves with thorns. We live at
peace with our neighbors, and try to
do good to others instead of resenting
their approach. A tradition in our
that we must expect to give ourselves
up for the pleasure of our human pa
irons as well as that Of the birds who
visit us often, and we are happier N
doing it peaceably than We should &c
in struggling against an overpowering
force and yielding only to superior
strength, for yield we should in the
end. Self-sacrifiee is a virtue which
We greatly delight in. / ann very glad
we came into your hands, for you han
die us carefully and seem to be an
appreciative listener. Some people
handle us SO rapidly we don't have
time to express ourselves properly.
am afraid though we are the last TO
be brought SO far for there We're very
few left at home when we were taken
away"
Yes said I, "the boy who brought
you thought he could not come again
was sorry. for he seemed.a frank
honest lad who looked one straight in
the face and evidently told the truth
He praised you highly, said there were
you firm and sound in character. as
he said / should"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

merely condemning your own conduct
while you were present al 1t. Did you
not stand morose in a. corner and look
over the heads of the other guests
If you had been less like an icicle your
self you would have found other people
more friendly. If you could have
emerged from your shell long enough
to have passed the lemonade, along
with a few jokes, you would have found
the company social enough.
There are no boomerangs quite so
sure 70 return as words. If you speak
unKindly of another with the purpose
of injuring him, you yourself are pref
ty sure to be the only one harmed.
Sooner or later your words will react
upon yourself. Speaking of the sin
of backbiting, Oliver Goldsmith said
"'rhe man recovered from the bite;
The dog it was that died.
If we want to prove the truth of the
words, let US watch few cases OF
Islander and see how it fares at last
with the one who has spread the evil
story.
1t is true, in a myriad senses, that
as the apostle reminds us, "Whatso-
ever man soweth. that shall he also
reap" The impolite man gets no po-
likeness; the unkind find no kindness;
he whose mouth is full of censure gets
nothing but eensufe in return. There
is sort of poetic justice in life not
withstanding all it's apparent inequali
ties
If you want to reap kindness, appre-
citation and courteous treatme you
must SOW those same great gifts
give and it shall be given unto you,
said the Master of men.
How much we expect from the world
even while we are doing out to its
life SO meagerly! That man would re-
main poor who made as paltry invest
ments ION change" as we often make
in the gratitude and affection of ou1
fellow men. To be a n1iser here is to
receive a miser's reward.
The bestowed man in the commHn-
ity is generally he who is giving mosi
to the life of the community. He gets
the lions share of mems consideration
who makes them know that he genu
inely cares for them. Madeline S
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

The late Eugene Ware. who was an
able lawyer, poet and a pension corn
missioner, liked to speak of the fact
that he could make rs good set of
coach harness as anybody
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

1t is distressing to think that a
daredevil can go over Niagara falls
in barrel and live. while really
useful man will slip on a banana skin
and receive fatal injuries.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

The Seattle man who recited poetry
to frighten away the men who held
him up. and succeeded realized the
value of poetry more than most men
do
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Governor Baldwin showed his con-
tempt for those who push the price of
property up to the injury of city
by signing the special Law extending
the right of eminent domain to New
London
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Those who advocate the eoncentra-
ton of great powers under one hat
should not forget to allow for the diff
ference in heads and hats
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

The obstructionists have decided not
to try to put President Taft into a
hole again. since it takes too big a
hole to take him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Congressional Records Circulation.
Maybe the circulation of the Con-
gressianal Record would be increased
if woman's page and a sporting page
were added-Houston Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Do not defer enjoyment until next
winter. These summer days are the
ones that should furnish their share
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Happy thought for today. Life-s
cup is full and running over with
many folks; but there is a mighty
sight of difference in the dregs.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

When an automobile runs into and
catapults wagon with women and
children in it down 19-foot embank-
ment, it is safe to conclude the driver
was drunk.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Since Aviator Beaumont made $780,
900 in a few days, it Is not surprising
that the women are ambitious to learn
to fly.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

There is a report that freight rates
to the Pacific coast have been cut
80 1-3 per cent: but it is only notice.
able in the papers
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

More than half the imports last year
were on the free list. and exceeded in
value the dutiable articles by about
$27, 000,0 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Lillian Russell advises us to think
young thoughts; but most men sense
the danger of being too fresh.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

The big crop of cotton in the south
has knocked the price down about SIS
a bale, according to last reports.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

The president may not think it nee
essary to reprimand DIR. Wiley because
Secretary Wilson advised him to.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

1t would be sad. indeed, should King
Georges administration be ushered in
with a war with Germany
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The jackpot has stirred up the whole
state of Illinois, but no one has been
able to find it yet.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

When all is said and done. says the
Ottawa Citizen, reciprocity is nothing
but colossal experiment.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

expect that all of US are finnicky
because we are naturally very narrow
We get together in little eongenial fell
lowships and get on better than we
could do in the mass. We are all thin
ner skinned than we like to admit: and
we find 1T easier to get along with cir
culating ideas than with the ejrculat-
ing men who are the authors of Them
We can talk glibly enough about the
hood Of God; but we are not broad
enough to live it. fey that would call
for tolerance and patience ,and about
every virtue known to- man; and we
know that we are not equal to tit
would be taxing. and who wishes to
be bothersomely taxed TO bring about
the mellenium? Lots of us think we
do, but we don't. We all of us like
= few friends who size up to our ideas
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

In general, it is true that we receive
in this world about the kind of treat
ment that we give The attitude We
take toward other men is about that
which they will finally take toward US.
Harshness begets harshness and gen
tieness is repaid in kind.
The world will not present smiling
front to the man who is habitually
cross and irritable. When you voted
that social gathering stiff and dull
affair it is probably true that you We're
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THROWING BooMERANGs.

The boomerang is a wooden weapon
used by some of the tribes of Australia.
1t can be hurled with terrible effect
both in warfare and in the chase. It's
popularity is its power OF describing
remarkable curves while in flight. In
the hand of a skilful thrower who
gives it a quick rotarysmotion it may
be made to turn in the air and to
come back to the spot from which it
started. 1t is possible thus for a man
to be struck by the return blow of a
missile which he has thrown himself.
The bushnen of Australia are not
the only throwers of boomerangs. All
of us are hurting them every day and
they have a way of coming back at
US. The whole quality of a mans
dealing with his, fellows is a boomer
ang, when you think of the matter a
hit
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
MoNrAUK STEAMBOAT co.

Str "Wyandotte' leaves New LONDON
for Greenport, Shelter Island and SAG
Harbor weekdays, 10 a. M. 4.l0 p. m.
Leaves Sag Harbor returning. week
days. a. M, 1890 p m. lyid
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
Bridges is right whan she cheerily

Bridges is right WHEN she cheerily
sings:
Give to the world the best you have,
And the pest will come back to you.
Give love, and love to your life Will
flow,
A strength in your. utmost need;
Have faith. ana a score of hearts will
show
Their faith IN your word and deed.
Give truth, and your gifts will be paid
in kind,
And honor will honor meet;
And a smile that is sweet will surely
find
A smile that is just as sweet.
THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
Culture Will Out.

Culture Will Out.
A young man confined in a Penn
sylvania Jail proved his refinement by
using a spoon to pick his cell lock and
escape. Well-bred persons never for
get their table manners Some men
would have used knife had they
been situated as the Pennsylvania
prisoner was.--New York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

Noddins of Photographer.
Pardon the suggestion. but is not
Mr.. Wolgast the most remunerative
small Ad now attracting the notice of
the public Chicago Tribune.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29

If we want to prove the truth of the
words, let us watch q few cases of
SANDER and see how it fares at last
with the one who has spread the evil
story.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

people laugh, the bigger monkey he
Necomes.
Never feel that you are always
right. No man or woman has ever ap-
preached so near the great white sep
ulcher of a risen Christ. He was al
ways right, and He alone.
Some day this writer will give a fair
description of a colossal intellectual
failure in these columns. For the
present let this suffice:
One capable of committing to mem
ory everything he reads; a real liter
airy gluton, who swallows curriculums
from colleges like a hog eats punches
of parsley; tsarts out in the game OF
life with all the beauty of aesthetic
grandeur as a chart to guide him; un-
used to knocks and jars of the world,
he becomes sour and crabid. Reared
among artistocratic Negro buffers, bar
bers, cooks and janitors, he feels him
self just a little better than any OF
his race He may have first discoy-
cred in some New England janitor's S
flat, some unsung barber's cottage,
some buffers quarters, or some sco1
coon humble home But, no matter,
we have him. Too good to wo"k ard
to knowing to see the beauty in It, be
breaches against it, and against those
that do work or advocate it. He has
rothing, wants nothing, would not
know what to do with it if he had it,
won't acquire, can't acquire, wouldnt :
keep it if he could.
We are rapidly climbing into the Y.
" C. A. period of race development,
The spiritual man need the stimulus
the church cannot give. and the physi-
cal man needs the gymnasium au1 the
social man needs the harmony Of all
the Christian influences to act as Il
lCver and to make him safe indi'
sidual Here, under the shadow us all
the beneficent gifts of eternal life the
individual may grow unhampered by
creeds, and become charged with lli"
reflected opinions of a grand galaxy
Of mental and moral philosophers
whose self is lost in the great wotlI oi
human uplift. The slogan of 1911 Is
the V. NJ. C. A.
And it, tongue, and aid it pen;
Aid il. hearts of honest men:
And cur interest must not slacken
Till the world has routed sin.
The Free nan.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04
TRUE REFORMERS DEBT.

The total Indebtedness of the
Grand Fountain, United Order OF
True Reformers, at the present
time is S171,O29.Ol. OF this
amount S14S,000 is due on death
claims. The Savings Bank has ac-
credited assets of two hundred
thousand dollars, but it is admit
ted that but little if anything will
be realized for the Order from this
scurse. All of the buildings be
long to the bank. The True Re
formers Hotel on Sixth and Baker
Streets. is the only property of the
Grand Fountain that has not been
mortgaged The Grand Fountain
owns only two pieces of property
in its own right-the hall at 604
North Second Street, and there is
a mortgage of over $4,000 on that
and the True Reformers' Hotel.
The strange part is that the True
Reformers' Hotel building, which
is now being leased to Mr.. j. p,
johnson, caught fire last Wednes
day afternon and was damaged to
the amount of about $4,000 -
Planet.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04
BY DR.. M. A. Majors.


THE NEGRO doctor has arrived. Ev-
erywhere throughout this great nation
he is proving that he can solve all
the problems upon which is based the
great science of the healing art. 1t
takes hard study to pass through the
curriculum established by the white
races best teachers, but in every
school where Negroes are admitted
they pass examinations with the same
ease and facility of those whose faith
ers were doctors Their practice is
not always confined to their race by
a jugful Take it from the writer
who has watched the problems for
more than twenty-five years.
AS a practitioner of medicine the
dogmatic prestige of his presence in
the two thousand cities of America
has forced the white doctors out OF
their slumbering browse, and caused
them to take postgraduate courses
for self protection. Frequently the
leading surgeon of city is man Oh
Negro blood.
The field of medicine is an inviting
one. 1t is a beautiful science. 1t can
he demonstrated, and its mathematical
solutions bristle with the insulation oil
the keenest intellect, when it is re-
membered that the exact dosage OF
many of the elements oil thereapeu-
tics is compulsory, or else the unuer-
talxer may have to make the next call
Reasoning from whatever point OF
view you wish, the fact is not to be
iuggled only by the very sober rms
art of relieving the sick and curing
disease is possibly more far-reachins
than any of the learned professions
for bv If more people are benefited
than by either law or theology.
The Negro in medicine is one or
the strongest arguments against
drudgery and mentality, either OF
which is slavery in some form. lt
gives the Negro his freedom in many
resnects. which he could not claim
were he an artisan, engineer or me
chanic. not to say common laporef'
while it must not be overlooked that
II is to the common laborer that he
can point with pride, for from hlm
is the chief source of his support.
The uppish Negro whose brains are
cracking open with the spirit and the
learning of the talented tenth" as DR..
Washington calls them, are too pusy
fighting the white race with one hand
and giving them their hard-earned
dollars with the other, to think for
moment of patronizing the Negr"
physicians. Next to the common Ia
borer S the farmer, then the me-
chanic. and lastly the teachers and
preachers, who are not considered
very highly educated. 1t appears that
the higher the Negro ascends IN the
scale of learning the more unit hc
becomes in matters of race patronage
This is all wrong. Race ldeais
must not languish. We must return
to the noble principles OF self help
wherein are found the lessons en-
phasized by the white civilization
The Negro physician in spite Oh the
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

The jury cannot go to a restau-
rant for its meals, for the white
restaurants will not serve Negroes,
and the jury cannot be separated.
The case is that of Earl McFar-
lane, former policeman, charged
with the murder of Deputy Police
Chief Will Murphy of Houston
last April The case came to Gal
weston on IA change of venue, and
there are $50 witnesses from all
parts of Texas.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

Vicksburg, Miss, Feb, 22.-
Miss Pearl Morris has been award
ed verdict of $1,000 damages
against the Alabama and Vicks-
burg Railroad Company, which
permitted colored bishops to ride
in the same sleeping car with her,
Her suit has been one of the most
novel on record. She claimed
damages in the sum of $4,000.
The company's defense was that
the bishops had come here from
Washington, riding in a sleeper.
and that they were entitled to the
same accommodations on the re-
turn, hence the sale of the berths
to them. Miss Morris took the
same Pullman out of Niokshurg.
The case was appealed to the Miss
issippi Supreme Court, and if the
lower courts judgment should be
affirmed the railroad will carry the
case to the United States Supreme
Court in order to establish a pre-
cedent on which the railroads may
figure as to carry colored passen-
gers in the same sleeping car with
whites.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

Galveston, Feb. 16.-For the
first time in the history of Texas IL
jury, of which half are Negroes, is
trying white man for his life.
The six Negroes and white men
must eat and sleep together for
perhaps ten days or two weeks.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

During the past few weeks 500
substantial colored people of
Burke, Jenkins and the adjoining
counties sold their holdings and
left for the West. There is a SER
lous cause for this. Georgia can
not afford. to lose this class of citi-
zens, it matters not now humble
they may be. But the exodus will
continue until they are assured
better treatment in the rural dis
tricts and are accorded full justice
in the courts.-Savannah Tribune.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

Washington. Feb. 2S.-Presi-
dent Taft today nominated Will
lam H. Lewis Of Boston, Negro,
to be an assistant attorney general
of the department of justice. This
is the first time that a Negro has
been named for such a prominent
position in the department. Lewis
who is at present an assistant Uni
ted States attorney at Boston, is
one of the best known Negro law.
yers in the United States. He
will succeed John q. Thompson,
who resigned recently. The place
pays $5,000a year.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04
DR.. MAJORS
MELANGE.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE NEGRO PHYSICIANS. RACE
PAPERS ONE OF THE STRONGEST FORCES OF
RACIAL PROGRESS. NEGRO SHOULD
STOP WINNING.

opposition found in his race, is max
ing rapid progress wherever he hangs
out his shingle, and pays strict atten-
ton to his practice. AS evidence of
his progress take note of the hospitals
and sanitariums throughout the land
where he is performing all kinds o.
surgical operations successfully, CO
working with the Negro. trained
nurses who have multiplied in late
years to meet the long felt emergen-
cies.
1t is true some people operated oil
die; well, the chances were against
them, which necessitated the opera
ton in too many cases long delayed
AS evidence that white people do not
all get well under the care of the
white physician, note the large GEM
eteries everywhere, wherein they
bury only white people.
The mission of the Negro doctor
does not end in the mere discharge
of his duty at the bedside, or in the
operating room. His obligation to
his race is manifold. He is to teach
them correct sanitary habits, instruct
them in dietetics, and lend his in
fluence in having enacted statutory
laws that rebound to the bettermenL
of the whole people. Nor here should
it end; he must help the minister, the
teacher and those who employ him to
arrive at the fundamental truths ap-
pertaining to good health and sound
mind in a healthy body.
Occupying position of prominence
he is naturally regarded as an author
ity on many things. He is to be an
example of decency and culture before
the youths who regard him as a rep
resentative of a learned profession
The Negro doctor has become fact,
who is so base or ignorant that he
may parley with the fact of his hav-
ing arrived?
The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04

THE NEGRO NEWSPAPER has be-
come in later years one of the strong
est forces of racial progress. For in
it the Negro may see himself as in d
looking glass. People look in mirrors
to see how well they DIX. 1t is an
evidence of race culture that they lin
ger at the looking glass. 1t is one of
the staunchest evidences of ou: prog
ress that we read our newspapers ev-
cry week to see ourselves, our prog
ress in all lines, and to know what we
are doing here and there. Optimism
is born of hope, pessimism is the un-
ripeneo fruit of despair. That the Ne
gro is hopeful and has a healthy con-
ception of a bright oncom:ng future is
obvious. 1t is conceded that more than
a million of Negroes are reading each
week newspapers and magazines pub
lished by members of the race. Thus
it can be seen that new ideas are TAX
ing firm and deep hold on us, that will
count very forcibly in the not distant
future.
The Negro newspaper is publishing
a greater variety of news than few
years ago. Every shade of opinion
all public questions is be-