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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30
Entered at the Postofiice at Stanton,
Va, Is second class man MISTER.
Friday, December 49, 1910


The Omnibus Claims Bill which
passed the Senate on the beth instant,
Is Of much interest to Virginians, in
that IL provides for number Of Vir-
xinis church as well IS some individ-
nal claims. About hundred Of these
church claims, aggregating one hum
dred thousand dollars, represent bills
introduced by Senator Martin which
later on he had referred to the Court OF
CLAIMS, and now the final, step is &C
eomplished, 80 far as the. Senate has
to do with them, in that payment is
provided for in the bill which has just
passed the Senate. :
The total Of the Virginia claims car
ried in the bill churches, fraternal or
CARNATIONS, individuals, and over
time claims) amounts to $164. 1856.
The bill now goes over to the House
for IL action, and it is hoped that It
will be passed by that body, thereby
insuring the early payment Of the re-
!, specttve amounts to the various
claimants throughout the state. The
aesivity and energy displayed by Sen
stor Martin in the prosecution Of these
elaims-covering q period of eight
years-has long been recognized by thu
citizens of Virginia, and that his eft
forts In this direction are appreciated
by his constituency is MISTER o
common consent.
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TO ABOLISH FIREWORKS
Movement Started for Quiet Observ'
ance Of Christmas in Future

With view to abolishipg the EFF
Of Christmas fireworks IN Ssauntos
in future years, citizsns have started
q movement which . will aoon 30
brought to the attention Of the council,
it is said. Year after year sentiment
has grown more strongly against tEis
method Of celebration, until 1t last
there has CO ne 70 Do general desire:
that an and be put to it. ss
Last year the council granted the
usual privilege wish the understanding
that 1t was the last time it would be
given. This was done in order that
the merchants might dispose Of the
stocks of fireworks they had already
provided, also that tn ey might be
warned in fnll tina not to lay in
sto ks for this year. However, when
tn, council net in regular Decembe1
session, It developed that the merch'
ants had forgotten the understanding,
and were once more petitioning foa
the privilege ON the same old ground.
Not Wishing t. offend the merchant, moi
60 cause them loss, the council had
recourse to the usual procedure, thu
ordinance forbidding the uss Of py
rotechnics was suspended. and goot
resolutions Of yeai previous wen
for naught.
Those in favor Of q peaceful. obser
vance of Christmas claim that b,
acting now, the council can proven
q repetition OF this same sort Of thing
next year. What the movement vii
amount to remains to be seen.
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den upon the poor man because IT
taxes his butter ten cents per pound"
ID not founded upon fact. lIl
ram RAY ROW rmr cLEaxs

- sFe,-f-l ~ - 49, Z
The action Of President Taft III add
ing half an hour to the working day
Of the clerks in the departments q
Washington has caused more COM
ment and criticism than most OF the
bigger and really important things
that he has done. Newspapers gener.
ally have commented ON it, and In
most Of these comments there mas
been an unkind ding at the clerks, for
instance like this, from the Richmond
News-Leadef:
usIt sounds cruel when it is stated
that the president has arbitrarily add.
ed half an hour to the working day OF
the department. clerks IN Wasnln9-
TOM Where the cruelty comes IN,
however. il thatthe president, II aP-
pears, means that they shall resiiy
work half an hour . day."
No one believes that the majority OF
the department employees are over
worked, but at the same time, most OF
them earn all the. government pays
them, and more, if the ambition dead
ening character Of their duties is taken
into consideration. stOnce . clerk,
always = clerk, is saying in Wash
ington, and for this, the killing dull
ness of their work is Responsible
Few of them have = chance to rise and
if they accomplish but little in day
the system under which they work il
more responsible than they. There II
but little in it to stimulate q man or
woman, nothing to arouse ambition
few chances for promotion to be WOE
by real merit or industry. Is 1t any
wonder that after. q little while tn
clerk settles down to his routine, con
| tent that his days task be done will
the least effort, satisfied to go on day
after day In the same rut? He doe
the work set before him, and as NJ
more is expected Of him, he does NJ
more. That is the fault Of the sys
tenn. Let us be fair to him, and just
he does not deserve the filings and tn
sneers that have been showered ;upol
him from one end of the land TO tn
other. He would do better If he ha
half . chance.
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Wants to Help Someone

For thirty years ]. F. Boyer, of Fer
tile, No., needed help and couldn't get
1t. That's why he wants to help some
one now. Suffering so long himself he
feels for all distress from Backache,
Nervousness, Loss of Appetite, LASH
tude and Kidney disorders. He shows
that Electric Bitters work wonders for
such troubles. give bottles" he
writes, sswholly cured me and now 1
am we'll and hearty" It's also posi-
lively guaranteed for Liver Trouble,
Dyspepsia, Blood Disorders, Female
Complaints and Malaria. Try them
SOC at B. F. Hughes, Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

a. the tombs Of the Kings tn
Egyptian government. S|
There is the Chaldean.s the mex plds1
est, but it is gone. The Assyf fan
gone. The Phmnician-gone. The
Medean, Persian-gone. Greece living
shout 964 years, giving to the world its
matchless Language. sculpturing, phil
osophy, architecture, culture, only q
beautiful memory, 2 tantalizing
dream.
The Roman government liEpa 1920
years and then passed Into the
oblivion Of its predecessors. None Of
the existing governments Off Europe
have survived longer than the Ronans
with possibly two exceptions; How
long they will yet live is an uncertain
thing. Now in the light Of history
does not the statement concerning the
government OF Christ seem almost ifa-
possible? Cesar arose from spatrf-
clan family to the head of Romess but
he could not perpetuate it. Nap6leon
arose and made government for HIM
self, frightening all Eurcpe;'s but
Napoleon and his government died.
What will the Babe in BethBehemss
manger do? Alexander the Great con-
ouered the world and gave itsH new
| language, but the Babe of Bethlehem
will conquer it by kindness and teach
| it the language of love. =,
English history tells how one of the
subjects of William III saved the
King from death when suffering from
smallpox. The physicians said moth
ing would bring the eruption out ex.
cept contact with another human
body. Bentinck, poor page, clasped
the King in his arms and saved biz
life, but he contracted the disease, lost
an eye, and his good looks.
! Evangelical history revetses TIN
scene. Our King beheld q world suffer
ing with worse disease than any
human flesh is heir to-sin. Some ONT
must save us by taking sin upon. him
self. The King came and threw boil
His arms about the old sin-sick world
while it stabbed His side, split Hi
blood, marred His beauty and brok'
| His heart-but He saved the world
To Him has been given all power IL
Heaven and on earth, and q nam
that is above every name, for whicl
reason the time will come when: OF
this earth it will be true that
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
4 Doth his successive journeys run
His Kingdom stretch from shore. t
shore, =
Till moons shall wax and wane n
Il more. .<-,s,-
Thus shall be. fulfilled the words
ssof the increase of His. government
, there shall be no end" ~
, And This is why we have Christina
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sinking Money.

vale there is NO perfect safety
for .heeeof property in this world.
tAC.ueae4s6s adopted by the Bank Of
DnuaaaA IT, protest against the. dsD1s-
da1ienss Of robbers exhibit almost the
Il hniaAa ingenuity.
it o1ter dsers are now so finely
balanced Tat . clerk BY pressing .
hlioi ukisr biz desk, can close them
NECESSITY. AID tAsy cannot be opened
a6aln epcsSt ~ : special mechanism.
The bullion department Of this
great Bsit{1h baaking institution Is
nieatly sulhsrssd in several feet Of
wttsr ~ IL actieu Of machinery. In
.csns q the London banks the bull
NJ dlp6rtmen4s are connected with
- 4anA0sr's slsspiAs rooms. end
q s6tySnee cannot b effected with
CT stollni or an alarm near thia
ptjpen.s heAA.
II, II tAs Bank Of England. . ~
hinsst oAos1 during the day or might
s6oul take even one from = pile o.
1.Seo soyersigns the whole pile would
trkiantly sink and pool Of water
i'll place, besides letting every per
son In the establishment know OF tn
theft.-tarper's weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

Avis, Va, Dec. %. Death 10 sd
under any circumstances but when it
claims young man in the prime Of
life It is sad In the extreme. Such 10
the death Of Irwin B. Keiser. who was
q young man Of energy perseverance
and good business qualities l~sS "a
He leaves his aged father and moth.
er, Geo. and Susan Keiser Of Avis,
Va; two brothers, Mr.. Henry Keiser,
of Messy Greek and Mr.. John Keiser
Of Elkton; one sister, Mrs.. Loula
Swlsher Of Avis, Va.
The funeral services will take place
Thursday ut the Gfeenvills Baptist
church and will be conducted BY Rev.
Brooke.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

New Watsr System Tor NJ. Jaelssen
: Woodstock Va. Dec. 28. - The
town of::Mount.. jackson, Va, twelve
miles south Of this place. has just
completely an: up.to-date water sand
sewer::system. The town with . na-
tural drainage was adapted to 90 easy
disposal Fof ). is sewage. When the
water system was voted on favorably
last summer, some Of the cisiseua
apitsted = sewer system along3with
the gravity water system. Acting
upon this . committee secured the
necessary money to purchase the pipe.
This pipe was laid in the same trench
With the water line, and the entire
work was completed ut . cost OF Z
little more. than y 8l2. 900. ssKneissy
Bros, of this place, had charge Of the
work. Mr.. II. A. Kneisley. Of the firm,
supervising it. A reservoir OF CO.,
600 gallons has been built in Mas
sanutten, Mountain, several larg'
springs furnishing the water. A
pressure Of 10 pounds has been de
veloped.
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We hope, for the sake of his nerves,
that Senator Hepburn will, during the
Christmas holidays, retire to some vast
solitude where there will be no possi-
bility that the unregenerate grandson
of some Confederate soldier will fire q
popcracker or pop . cap.-Richmond
News Leader.
Lvnchburg voted back the saloons
Friday by . majority Of IS, after being
''dry" for two years. The saloon peo-
pie will see in this result an evidence
that prohibition is losing ground, while
the Anti-Saloon forces will zee in it
another argument in favor of state
wide prohibition.-Gate City Herald.
Senator Lodge is now willing to re-
wise the tariff q schedule at time.
But, he did not discover that he was
willing until Massachusetts, had elect
ed . democratic governor and the
country had elected q democratic
House OF Repressntatives.-New York
W orld.
Throw in some Christmas spirit
with your material gifts. It's the
spirit, after oil, that's the thing
Milwaukee Journal.
Washington will not gain much
international fame by the decision Of
the Supreme Court Of the United
States that wives cannot collect dam
ages from their husbands for assault
and battery in the District of Column
bia. BY forbidding voting and en-
couraging wife beating the National
Capital has done its full share toward
lowering the tone Of municipal citi-
neutrality-suspicious. Bulletin.
Vanity is Q bad trait, but every one
should have enough of it to keep his
teeth and finger nails clean.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Weak and ill-squipped and inefic-
lent rs it undoubtedly is, the weakes
thing about the whole United States
army is its Chief of Staff.-Norfolk
Virginian- Pilot.
Unless q billion is appropriated to
fight japan, Hobson and McLachlin
might take to the storm cellar.-Nor-
folk Landmark.
By the time Postmaster General
Hitchcock has issued . few more
fraud orders the mails will be almost
safe enough to travel by.-Baltimore
News.
The best that Senator Lorimer can
say is they didn't prove it-Norfolk
Landmark.
Colonel Roosevelt rises to remark
that henceforth he will associate in
politics only with ardent reformers.
This is the heaviest blow yet to the
cause Of the ''ardent ref0fmers Nor
folk Virginian- Pilot.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30
. Alcohol LoS1isnia,ss,

Alcohol now comes In sotid form,
IN Jumps like gelatine. and with its
aid tTsveliag alcohol lamps can be
s&1ely uscd-for making tea and so
sdfth-On traiAs and in steamship
ckhins
heretofore It was difficult for the
traveller to carry IN alcohol lamp, ~
IL liquid alcohol was apt to spill and
to TAXA fire. But now tAe lamp IL
Ailed by simply dropping = losenss Of
soliAihed aieoAol int it. and with it,
h6lp . cup OF tea can be made In .
sleepiag car berth - safely a. In .
kftihea.-KaAsas CITY 90.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30
A. Handy Device.

A hired housekeeper denied tiny
v at the top Of the wire carpet beater
and used 1t to slip under picture wires
to lift them from the wall. 1t was
also used to replace them with. The
heaviest pictures could be lifted down
Ia this manner. Such device Is handy
for women who are in danger when
climbing up and down step LADDERS
during house cleaning season.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

Civilization hes to thank the French
R6Toiution and the subsequent wars
tor massuline emancipation from the
viz. It was partly the scarcity Of
f6ur and the war tax on hair pow
der that, b1nishsd the powdered wig,
hat partly also the leveling influence
of Jas6bintsm. II do not know the
present esAssa&ien BY sight" wrote
Walpole in 1874, ce0eaAiains that the
young men "iA xholr dirty shirts and
shaggy hair have leyeled nobility a.
much . the nobility In France have
-ChicAgo News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

tightin6 . losing fight. The demand
fog the election of Senators by the peo-
pie. Themselves has grown to be well
nigh irresistible, and, before many
years we shall have = Senate that will
be truly representative, one that win
represent and be responsible to the
people and not one largely represents
tive Of special privilege and response
BILE to the sinister influences that have
long menaced the nation.
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Rsce suicide - an saditioa to
othar problems in the PHILIPPINES
Ma far OF In the distant future sc-
cording to the birth statistics com
piled IN, he lAst Quarterly report
OF the Bureau Of Health.
Manila takes q position in birth
rate fsr II advance of other coun-
triea Of the world with an average
OF As batths . 1.ooo Of population
Il intssnationa, satisfies Of birth.
rAte 1anoary wieh an average Of 4O.s
load the civilised world. Austris
witn a.. aaA Germany with Sc are
n1xt-ki6ila Times.
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IRIS GETTING LIVELY IN JERSEY

By mixing in the Senatorial fight
up in Jersey, Governor-Elect Wood
row Wilson has certainly stirred things
up. Former Senator Smith, one of
the little group of democrats whom
Cleveland denounced as guilty of party
perfidy and dishonor, is out in state
ment in which he charges that the Gov
ernor-elect is afflicted with ''exagger-
ated ego" and also says he is I'M
truthful.
"Dr. Wilson," he asserts, 'presents
to the public the baser side of his char
acter in conclusion which offends
good judgment and good taste. He
asserts that am pledged to special
interests"
Mr.. Smiths career is pretty good
indication that Dr.. wilson's charge is
true. And when the record of the two
men is compared there Is little doubt
as to whom the people will trust. DR..
Wilson has, throughout-his career, been
as open as the day, and he is fighting
this fight, not only for the democracy
of New Jersey, but for the good Of the
party throughout the United States.
The country has placed great oppor-
tunity with the democracy and the
party is being Watched to see what use
it makes of it. If men such as Smith
are placed in position of high honor it
sill create feeling of disgust where
now exists hope and trust, and will
materially injure the prospects of The
party for another great victory in 1912.
The Baltimore Sun, in thoughtful
editorial discussing the New jersey
situation has this to say:
1.-THE case of Wilson vs.. Smith is one
that at this juncture of democratic his
tory has peculiar Significance. Tht
sizzling attack of the Senator upon thu
Governors honesty and intelligence
and Democracy is merely horse play
The country realizes that this is M
personal issue, and it is watching thu
fight with great interest because it is Z
fair sample of what the progressiv,
Democracy will have to face elsewhere
Governor Wilson is fighting Smith be
cause they stand for two antagonist,
principles. The one spells Democracy
the other, privilege. It is the old orde
agains: the new-the everlasting figh
of man versus the machine. G0verno
Wilson realizes this. He can afford t.
ignore the personal attacks with which
Mr. Smith tries 10 obfuscate the issu
in order to give the entire country al
example of what effective champion
ship for the cause of the people means
TX X X x X X 49,;
ssThis is the first signal contest be
; tween the old elements in the Demo
cratic party and the new. Ex-Sena
tor Smith pleads for the Constitution
1t is to laugh. He believes in tariff
revision, but he would consider tn
vast industrial interests and the wei
fare of our wage earners.' He woul,
! take mo course that would oppres
business or.distress our great army q
!, workers, II we mistake not, Govern
!. Tor w ilson has been saying the sam
thing. So has the platform OF the Re
: publican party. The same word
i from different mouths shave differen
meanings. Unfortunately Congres
sional Records talk, and we fame.
Smith on Tariff Reform will be a
entertaining subject for the Governo
, when he gets going"
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vlgor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys, IF the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

This is a hard winter in more ways
than one-the government Jack Frost
Is nipping the fingers and toes Of
various mail order frauds.-Philadel.
phia Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30
The Fotrataia Head Of Life J.
Is TIE Stomach =

J
impaired stomach 1nd who does not
that his blood has become
vesk Impoverished body improperly and
Enthusiastically nourshed
Dr. PxERCES GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
he DPoae0teD the flow Of
di6esffve jwices, tD6S&ffe nakes
aeslu,iEafion perfect. lsH11orase0 tic liver
n q u bJooanRd1eFs
FesterstlHo aGeNl e6t4. 1akss mes
body aefive IN MAD az eeox n SHeeeAsee
This Discovery pure dyseis American medical
absolutely I'll 1fformt dut All IL
- reoa:hp with seesee
dsrs In ell The schools ct
subsdtute for thi neproy
They
by 70 right in nehborhood
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30

about Swamp-RoOt, Hons ofsv,npR est
including many of the thousands Of testi-
monia1 letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Ringhamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address,
Biughamton, N. Y. on every bottle.
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Smith is endeav0flng py means Of =
hocus pocus game to push MARITIME
aside and get the Senatorship. himself.
And this is one of the very things
that has stirred up the sentiment in
favor of the popular election Of Sena-
tors. There are many men now in the
Senate who could never have gotten
there had the people an opportunity
to pass upon them. Take .Lorimer,
for instance, does anyone suppose. the
people of Illinois would have elected
him? Take Smith, whom Governor
Elect Wilson Of New jersey is fight
ing. Had he been an avowed candi-
date in the primaries last fall, it is al
most certain that the Legislature
would have gone Republican. even
though it would have meant the rer
turn of Kean; in New York, neither
Daniel Cohalan nor w. F.. Sheehan,
the Tammany aspirants for .lepew.s
place could be elected by popular vote;
in Massachusetts Lodge conld no more
have been elected than an elephant
could fly, yet he has the machine, the
protected industries and the power Of
special privilege with him, and unless
Governor Elect Foss makes 1t too hot
for him, will probably be returned.
Other states are threatened with soma
tors whom the people would not elect
to positions rs cog catchers. All the
power that men such as these can
bring to bear, will be exerted to keep
to the present system, but they u
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W,uaa y III 4 Men ,rs Iads Iksnlls
b nohy lld Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind.
diacQuraRes and lessons ambition: beauty,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-30
MIR. LEWIS DOING WELL
Staunton Man in West Virginia Hos
pital Six Times Under knife

pital Six Times Under Knife
Following = second operation. John
A. Lewis, Of Stauntou ID doing -
we'll a. could be expected 1t tho hospi.
tai in Huntington w. VI. where he
was taken immediately after his A.
rival in that city. Despite the terri-
BILE ordeal through which he hes passed
it 10 believed that he will ;ually
recover. During his life time, HI.
Lewis has six times been under the
surgeons knife, four operations hav-
ing been performed ON him BY Nary
physicians while he was enlisted -
U. 9. Marine, and the other two
since his arrival in Huntington,
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child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, dependu upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble IS due to diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to q
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men ere made inisef-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
SWamp.R0Ot is soon realized. It is sold
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by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have q sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
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