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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Three archbishops and several
other Roman Catholic clergymen met
the other day in Chicago to work out
plans for a nationwide Catholic col.
onization movement. Archbishop Glen
non said of the meeting, Thousands
of Catholics of the Latin and Slavonic
nations come yearly to our shores
from the most civilized agricultural
regions of Europe. Our plan is to
have them go direct to agricultural
settlements instead of settling down
in congested and crowded Cities 1t
is a most wise and humanitarian
movement on the part of the Catholic
church and if successfully carried on
will save untold suffering among the
immigrants and innumerable lives. II
will also eventually result in develop
ing unused Sand and will make these
foreigners woo are trained to agricul
tural pursuits producers of food from
the beginning of their sojourn here
instead of wretched membranes on
society. If more religious and social
organizations would make definite eff
forts along this line it would save in
finite suffering and add to the world s
prosperity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

An eminent English doctor foretells
in doleful strain that the white mans
days are numbered just because he
is white. you cannot live in the
tropics" says this prophet Of evil, "be-
cause your thin white skin cannot
stand the direct rays Of the sun, is
easily penetrated by the heat and your
constitution broken down. So accord.
ing to this learned man the white
mans mission to teach what he has
learned in the ages he has been per-
mitted to travel this vale of tears, to
the yellow, brown and black races
who are able to live anywhere, and
who multiply so much faster than the
white skinned race that we are soon
to be crowded off the stage by them.
This is quite a well worked out the
DRY, yet there seem to be some weak
spots in the great mans argument.
One is, that there seems no impera.
tive need of the white race living in
the tropics in order to continue to ex-
list. They never have made their
homes in the tropical regions as a
race and are not likely to choose that
place of abode now. There is quite a
stretch of temperate zone in which
the white man has operated for some
generations and will probably con
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Few people think of Labrador as a
charming country. 1t has very few
summer tourists. But H. H. Prich-
ards impressions of Labrador seen
cry gathered while hunting big game,
are that Labrador possesses scenery
that would be hard to match else
where in the world. If some of our
wealthy globe trotters could only be
induced to look up some of the UNI
beaten paths in their own diversified
land it would tend to add to the
worlds knowledge of its out of the
way places, and place some of the
money now spent in European cities
where it is much more needed, on our
own American frontier.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Paris artists have pointed the finger
of scorn at modern male attire and
declare that no more statues OF men
in frock coats and trousers will be
erected. Classic robes, medieval
cloak, or knickerbockers and velvet
doublet, will be adopted as a complo.
mise Who introduced the frock coat
and trousers into polite society, any.
way? Are they not Paris institutions
Is Paris refusing recognition to the
creature of its own creation?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The report that the funds appropri-
ated for investigating the operations
Of different departments and corpora
tons, leads the thoughtful man to
question whether the mania for inves-
tigation which has possessed the
American people for some years past
has not about outlived its usefulness.
Nine different investigating commit.
tees, each with an appropriation of
$4,000, have been at work under the
direction of the democratic house.
They have unearthed some old scan
dals but their most valuable report so
far made is that all the departments
are conducting their affairs in an un.
businesslike way" 1t seems as though
$4,000 was a large sum to pay for
such indefinite information as this
about single department, Apparent
ly the work of the investigating com,
mittees will have TO be investigated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21
THE NEWSPAPERS AND CRIME.

DR.. Frances Fenton gets a doctor of
philosophy degree from Chicago uni
versity by paper condemning the
newspapers for printing crime news.
She finds that the more yellow news
papers print AZ percent of "anti-so-
cial' news, and the cleanest papers
print Is percent.
If she counted up the "anti-social'
news found in the bible,' including all
it tells about Solomons wives and so
on, she would find large proportion
of crime there. Anyone who tells the
truth about modern life must tell many
things that are harmful to the inter.
ests of society.
The effect of the publication of
crime news depends very much upon
the point of view of the man who
writes it. Some men secretly sympa.
thize with crime, and show an under.
tone of admiration for the criminals
smartness.
Other men see farther into the con.
sequences of crime, and think of the
suffering that is caused to the victims
Instead of eXpatiating on the clever.
ness of the thief, they picture the
meanness of the men who preys vul
ture-like on the reward of others in.
dustry, often causing suffering to the
innocent.
Criminals would like it very we'll tc
have a gag placed about the mouth OF
the press. Every copy circulated is a
sleuth hound on the trail of the fleeing
miscreant.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

and YOU feel a deep, joyous satisfac.
ton to think the Jobs done and that
YOU won't have to take time out again
for ever 50 long And almost before
you turn around two weeks are gone
and you're back in the BARRIERS chair,
with big pink.dotted robe pinned
around your neck and the clippers
playing ragtime up along the base of
your skull and with little tiny hairs
dropping down inside your shirt to
scratch you and modest you all day
long. And then you've got to live
through three or four days of hairs
turned under, right around the edges,
where the razor cut EN- too close and
they got to growing into your hide in.
stead of out of it, like any respectable
hairs ought to grow. Isn't it a troub
lous world, though?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The sailors life was once defined by
Samuel Johnson as perpetual impris.
onment with chance of being drown.
ed" While the lot of the sailor may
have improved somewhat since that
time, it is still isolated, monotonous.
dangerous and exacting, as the fact
that the average life of a sailor is only
twelve years after entering the SER
ors in New York are chronically un.
employed, owing to the decline in
American shipping, and an idle sailor
with little ready money falls an easy
victim to the agents of vice. A bill
has been before congress for eight
years, introduced by the International
Sailors union, providing for a stan
dard of protection for life and health
more nearly like that given by Euro,
pean countries. for twelve.hour day
for deck hands and eight hours for
tiremen, for a minimum of sixteen
square feet of deck space to each sea
man and some other needed reforms
There has been no sufficiently power
full friend of the sailors to push the
bill into prominence and create
enough interest to get it passed, al
though there is no question that the
work and treatment of sailors is far
more exacting and their compensation
is less than that of laborers in other
lines of work. They ought to be given
a square deal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The senate has lost all interest in
the opposition to the reciprocity bill.
When Senator Gronna made his long
speech against the measure he was
listened to by two senators and eleven
persons in the galleries. 1t is accepted
that the pact will be favorably acted
upon just as soon as the prepared
speeches of the opposition can be de.
livered to the empty chairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

One of Americas greatest surgeons
gives it as his opinion that fully so
percent of human ills are due to
lack of knowledge and the remainder
to a lack of sanitation. This eminent
physician seems to verify the old ad
age that an ounce of preventive is
worth pound of cure. knowledge
and sense against pills and the knife
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

American millionaires and automo-
bile enthusiasts have a dream of a
grand highway reaching across the
continent from Atlantic to Pacific,
such as the European countries offer
to automobile tourists. 1t would be
fine thing for many beside the tour
lists and is no greater undertaking
than many that have been success.
fully accomplished.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21
TAFT, BROWN AND WEIGH.

The Madison county republicans, at
their convention in Battle Creek Fri
day, took a positive stand upon mat.
tiers of live interest in politics at this
time, and the resolutions adopted are
so clear cut and so republican that
every member of the party can proud
ly endorse them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Nature has never yet been caught
mixing her brew. The raspberry and
the onion grow from the same soil,
are nourished by the same sun, wa
tered from the same cloud, yet they
taste not one whit alike. Dame Ma
ture is a clever chemist.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

European affairs are calm and
peaceful, very peaceful. England will
not fight, France will not fight, and
Germany need not fight. She gets what
she wants without fighting. If the time
should ever come when she fails to
get what she wants without fighting,
something will drop.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

A dowry tax to stop our rich girls
from marrying titled foreigners is
asked by Representative Kahn. 1t is
bad enough to lose these girls money
but it would be worse if to escape the
tax their dukes and earls should come
over here to live.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The Alabama republicans are still
quarreling, but if the administration
recognizes the inalenable right Of
every citizen to have an office, it can
probably build up the party, even in
that state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

President Taft was privileged to re-
view the largest parade of young peo-
pie which any president has probably
ever Witnessed, int Brooklyn recently.
About 10000 Sunday school scholars
moved through the city, which evil
IDENTIFY deserves its name Of The City
of Churches"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The prices of meat, butter and eggs
have come down somewhat, but veg
etables and fruits have gone up on the
other side of the scale. So the uti-
mate consumer is still in hard lines.
Fortunate is that man who has a gar
den patch and little small fruit in
connection.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The agitation to abolish the short
session of congress and to have con-
gress meet on the second Tuesday in
January each year, is along the right
line. The record shows that little or
nothing is ever done by congress in
the December session, and their com.
ing together is merely a waste of the
time of the congressman and the
money of the taxpayer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Japanese frogs are like the inhab-
itants of the Flowery empire, very
small, and as the Japanese have ac-
quired the taste for frog legs in Amer
lea, they are importing the large frogs
of Connecticut all that distance, with
the intent of breeding them for eat
ing purposes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Decline in the marriage rate is
sometimes attributed to the mental
superiority of women, but any youth
who walks up boldly to the ice cream
parlor can have anything in sight for
two months now.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Ethel Barrymore seeks divorce
after two years welded life. She
perhaps feels she made a record for
the theatrical profession in pressing
her husbands trousers and frying his
doughnuts for that period.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Considering the Wickersham and
Wiley charges, anyone who takes pub
lie office nowadays must be ready to
take turns at being judge, jury and
prisoner in the dock.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

State Auditor Silas r. Barton has
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for congress from
the Fifth district, succeeding George
w. Norris, who is to make the race
for the senate, it is said
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

We used to think tnat the big Their
mometer outside the drug store indi.
Gated interest in scientific meteor.
ology Now we suspect it is part
Of the scientific management of the
soda fountain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Ever set the alarm clock for a, M,
with the ayowed intention of getting
up and moving the lawn, and then, at
a. m. get up and look at the clock,
turn it off, and pile back into bed for
another hours snooze? 1t makes you
feel cowardly and weat.willed and
sncaking. but there's lot of enjoy
ment in yielding to the temptation, for
all that. We suppose that's about the
way they get to feel when they hit up
the pipe"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

And now Senator Root says he
never intended the amendment pro-
posed to the reciprocity bill by him
should pass. What would the astute
senator have done if it had been ia.
vorably acted upon by the senate?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The University of st. Thomas in
Manila celebrated the Booth anniver-
sary of it's establishment few weeks
ago. 1t was founded by the Domin-
lean friars in 1911 and has continued
to give instruction to those who
sought it ever since. 1t now has about
1900 students.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

If congress adjourns in July, how
can we keep the children quiet until
school begins, without the Congress
sional Record to amuse them?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Frank Hitchcock has been sitting on
the lid alone in Washington, but there
isn't much to do but go around the
departments once a day and see that
the clerks have not fallen over into
the waste basket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The passing of the reciprocity pact,
which is now assured, will not only
be forward step in trade relations
between the two countries, but also
bond of the assurance of peace be-
tween the two nations. 1t is the stone
which is destined to bring down two
birds
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

And the first thing you know you'll
run up against the same proposition
with the furnace. You'll fill it up and
shake it down and carry out the
ashes, and before you can turn around,
the job'll have to be done again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The senate agrees to vote on reci-
proCity, for no matter how much the
senators threaten delay, they always
finally get tired of reading the die
tionary over to each other.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

We see by the paper that they've
advanced steamship rates between
America and Europe, which we offer
as one reason for delaying our antici-
pated voyage for at least another sea-
son.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

There is big kick on the price of
ice in the big cities, but as the ice
man is in the business from pure phil.
anthropic love of humanity, he can
not be expected to sell any lower.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

tnuo. If the white race is shufncd
of the boards, it will be for some
grayer fault than the lack of pigment
in his skin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Gov, Mann of Virginia asked the
people to pray for rain. Whether the
Lord answers petitions of this kind is
a matter of theological debate, but
any fool knows that it is never any
use TO petition the legislature.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

And a fellow doesn't any more than
hand batch of slush for this column
to the linotype operator, than another
sun has set and risen and it's time to
grind again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

DR.. Wiley may be arbitrary, but he
has stopped the food makers from
turning the American people into a
poison squad" to use up job lots of
drug store leavings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The fruits of thrift are better for
national stability than the glories of
war. Germany serves as an illustrious
example of the truth of this statement
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The government is getting after
negligent bank directors. 1t is the
contention of the government that a
director should leave his visiting card
at his bank at least once a year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Many man who is considered good
enough to join in the cheering at a
political meeting and walk in a torch
light procession, is not considered
good enough for a place on the ticket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

When company calls at a house, the
mother hurries her little boy upstairs
to wash his face; but before he
reaches the parlor and the company,
his face is dirty again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

And it's the same way with the
shine on your shoes, and watering the
yearling trees and digging up the
weeds in front Of your house, and hoe
ing 'em out of the hedge, and spading
up around the rosebush, and busting
off the car and oiling it up and keep.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

II man is to run peanut stand
nawadays, he needs to consult a cor
poration lawyer to see what the gov
eminent will let him do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The tariff on false hair has been
increased Perhaps in year or so
we may be able to see the stage when
we patronze the theater.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Was there ever a man big" enough
to honestly admire his competitor?
And ! can't see any reason why man
should do it,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

When you owe man an old bill.
don't imagine that he keeps still about
1t and guards your secret. He talks
about it, and says you are dead beat
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

A Connecticut man eight feet tall
has just taken out naturalization pa.
pers. He will at once be recognized
AS an American citizen of the highest
type.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Watch yourself; in all reasonable
probability you don't know any more
than the law allows. and are liable to
get into serious trouble.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

A man was talking about an en-
ploye, and said: "All ask in a man
is little common sense" Well, that
Is asking a good deal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Your best opportunity TO buy homo
will be revealed 10 you IN a classified
ad-most lirely! The probability Is
strong oL' Oh to induce you to
watch"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

When a man gets notion" in his
head he nearly always works it to
death.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

1t just goes to show the constant
change that's going on in this world.
Nothing's permanent, Get your hair
cut today and rub your hand up
against the grain where it's clipped,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

1t is all right to do things for your
country, but first do things for your
home, your family, and yourself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

How the winners plead for Har
mony,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

And that reminds us, to telephone
the furnace man this minute.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

A man is severely criticised il he
does not provide liberal amount Of
life insurance for his loved ones but
a mans loved ones sometimes neglect
him without attracting much crit.
Cism.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

CThat is, providing you get that
crate fixed before next winter, and
the furnace is in working order.)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

If it's any consolation to Mars, we'd
like to remind him that he had an
aero escape.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Let the open air have its innirss
these fine days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

People are always complaining OF
annoyances they get pay for standing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

The best way is hard enough.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

If all the people in the world should
agree to sympathiZe with a man at a
certain hour, they couldn't cure his
headache.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Women don't kiss each other as
much as they used to. Nor do they
kiss the men more; they seem to be
learning to get along without it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

Tried the new shower at the Coun-
try club? It's the goods.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

A woman was "fussing" about the
men. IF you weren't present" said
man, Il could say a good deal about
women, too"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

ing water in the radiator, and every.
thing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

1t is rare married woman who
does not get an occasional anonymous
letter suggesting that she watch her
husband
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

An expression you frequently hear
men use; He agreed with me; !
talked with him awhile, and he said |
was right"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

THE HUsE PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21

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