The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-11

it took the history out of the course
but retained it for reference. 1t
whole thing and done it for princi-
pies sake.
had the sympathy of a great many
people whose sympathy is a valuable
asset to any institution and is diff
The more We see OF the character
Of the book the more We feel ashamed
that there is white man North or
hberately write such infamous stun
about any section Of our common coun-
try.-Staunton Leader.
The understanding is that it will
cost something like eleven thousand
dollars TO hOld the senatorial primary
this year in Virginia, and that each
OF the four candidates Will be assess
ed about three thousand dollars each.
Fortunately they all seem to be able
to afford the luxury.
But this is a small part of the eX-
pcnSe. certainly the smaller part, as
IT costs money 20 travel about and
maintain a campaign bureau. TO say
nothing of advertising bills which we
SupITSe viii amount to something
Staurton Leader.
With a Chicago judge deciding that
women have right TO search the
pockets OF their spouses while they
sleep. and a RHODE Island judge decid-
ing that man has right 10 slap his
wife for this offense, the outlook for
domestic tranquility is decidedly squat
ly.-Salem Timos-Rcgister.
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a scientist afiirms that hard cider
has worse toxic effects than WniSkcN. !
And what is toxic anyhow?-Farm-
Vile Herald.
The Baltimore sun declares with
p2rdOnable pride that you don't see
American prisoners plucking out their
glass eyes and throwing them at the
Judge" Yes, but we've seen lots Of
heroes OF American novels who had
piercing eyes cast them upon q beau
tiful woman lin the dim distance" We
can throw eyes with the best Canon
list that ever happened.-Charlotte
Vile Progress.
4 Baltimore man is said TO have
taken out a license to marry the wrong
girl. Many another man does that
hut he does not discover the fact un-
iii too late.-Bris-ol Herald-Courier.
How will this do as a definition of
standpatism: Stand still and pat your
nVn pocket ?"-Clinch Valley News.
THAT election scandal in Illinois
reads like il might have occurred in a
certain Virginia district says The
Richmond Journal. OF course the
Norfolk newspapers Will jump to the
conclusion that the Ninth District is
meant. That's human noture.-Bristol
Herald.
The South Boston News has received
such a vast sum of free adVertis 's
here of late that Congress is goiu g.
to enact an emergency income l+N|
law for the express purpose of ma.
ing the editor fork over. The better
plan would he for J. Taylor Ellysou
to tax this John Jacob Astorbilt of
she South Boston News sum sufh-
cient to dcfraY the expenses of the
senatorial primary.-Wise County
News.
No more euecuve extlnguisher Of
war flames than the Taft brand OF c'.d
water is now on the market. 1t does
not even leave smOke.-Staust' 20
Dispatch.
Down in New Orleans they are ha.-
ing a dispute as TO whether poker is
gambling. The last same We sat in
it was highway robbery.
News Press.
In Worcester. Mess. 81 'aa. went in
sane because he wanted q brunette
wife, and a matrimonial gency sent
him blondes instead. More than one
man has been made crazy by blondes.
Newport News Press.
ated on the umpire.-Norfolk ledger
Dispatch.
Slowly but surely that smile is being
transformed from the coal mans feat
-Ires 10, those of the ice man.-Bristol
1Ierald.
I JUSTICE John Crutchfeld. of Rich
mond. must have enjoyed intensely
the opportunity that came to him the
other day to soak for $50 a we'll
dressed street masher. 1T X NOT often
the JUSTICE is so fayores8.- Most wo-
men who are -ogled, spoken to- fol-
lowed or otherwise annOye6~By ami
mails Of that kind lack the spunk to
call a policeman and have an arrest.
made, although no other job in the
line of his business delights the aver
age cop so much or is undertaken
with such pleased alacrity.-
/ Times.
Captain Jennings &. Wise, of Rich
mond, who is himself an experienced
soldier and a most capable man, has
returned from the Texas maneuVers.
/ lie says that the army in Texas could
not move if il wanted to. because il
/ lacks wagons, supplies and officers.
This is an unpleasant, though useful.
commentary upon our complete un-
preparedness for war. We hope DR..
Wood, commanding general by the
grace of Roosevelt, viii sit up and
take notice. He has a fine opportu-
nifty for demonstrating that a medical
education fits a man for commanding
an army. If this is true. we should
shut up West Point and educate our
officers at the medical school. Or
perhaps we might turn our officers
into doctors and our doctors into Of
ficers.-Fred ericksburg Star.
And now West Virginia wants the
Federal Government to settle that lit
tie debt with Virginia. If West Vir-
ginia is trying to make itself ridicu-
lOus, il is succeeding fairly we'll
Bristol Herald-Courier.
A New York m1lliner having
brought out a Hetty Green hat an