Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-10

need. --Pittsburg Dispatch.
Not since the pot called the kettle
black has such an illuminating sight
been seen as that of certain Senators
pronouncing their colleague from
Illinois hema.1-Baltimoze Even
Ing. Sup.
War was once dangerous; nowadays
the fear of war 10 expensive. If ap.
preparations continue to increase, it
may soon become SO expensive as to
make the cost of fear so high as to
repress it.-Richmond Journal.
Having instituted good, stiff libel
suit, the Standard Oil practically serves
notice on the muck-rakers that it has
reformed Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
Though at banquets and love-feasts
we are told that sectionalism is dead,
it is difficult to explain otherwise the
selection of san Francisco as the site
for the Panama Exposition.-Rich-
mond Journal.
The Sugar Trusts suit alleging that
it was robbed by its former control
gives another jolt to the theory of
special honor under special clrcum
stances. News.
"There is something dead in Den
mark" observes Senator JEFF Davis.
Thereby expurgating Shakespeare in
manner we should never have looked
for from this particular student
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Delaware man claims to have q
plum tree that yields an average of 500
plums week during the season.
Many politician would like q graft
from it.-Memphis Commercial-Ap-
peal.
When that dynamite exploded in
Gotham everybody rushed first thing
to Morgan's office. as if he were the
only thing that could make a noise
like that in the city.-Baltimore Sun.
Speaker Cannon is not inclined to
look with favor on reciprocity with
Canada. His rule is not to support
any changes in the tariff until he real
ICES that his party is going to make
them with or without his help.-New
York World.
The chortle of the Philadelphia
papers over the political corruption in
Adams, O., and .Vermiloin, ILL.,, coun-
ties can be readily understood and is
even little pardonable.- Richmond
News Leader.
Mr.. Rockefeller protests because his
taxes have increased 500 per cent. in
twelve years; the people, because his
fortune has done much the same
thing.-Baltimore Evening Sun.
The same principles seem to be fol-
lowed by the Wall Street gamblers
who are caught violating the law and
those who use the festive dice. They
are willing to pay fines but balk at
the steel lined cell. This hint to law
makers who want to have laws obeyed
is sufficient.-Portsmouth Star.
In view of the prevailing prices, DR..
Woods Hutchinson should reverse his
opinion and make it read: ga beet
steak every day on the table of the work.
ingman will do more to empty our
savings banks and fill our jails and
poorhouses than any amount Of uplift
and exhortation can counteract. -
Baltimore Evening Sun.
1t does not matter SO much whether
they are sending us pure champagne
or limitations from France, as most
persons in this country who buy the
fizzy stuff judge it solely by the price
anyway.--Chicago News.
That only one-third of the people Of
Adams county have been indicted
gives the Ohio county ground for hop
ing it will escape the fate of Seldom
and Gomorrah.-Richmond Journal.
Senator EIihu Roots protest against
Lorimer's election is the voice of one
crying in the Wilderness
Ledger Dispatch.