The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-07

at this time. o''Ss
"I hope to have another statement
to make on Monday" NR. Asquith
said.
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WITH THE EDITORS (
There is a fight as is a nght now
on between members of the Republs-
can party. and the limelight will be
diverted from the Democrats, at least
for few days.-Greensboro News.
We are so used to that constant
! that we wouldn't be able to sleep II
It were suddenly to cease.-Louisville
Herald
Inserting the toe OF her boot be-
meath Turkeys coattails Italy grabbed
up what the Ottoman dropped and
finds her territory greatly ENLARGED
South Bend (Ind.) News.
Nine. Bernhard is to do twelve
weeks vaudeville In America at ST.
600 a week. She ought to be able to
get through the week without strik-
ing the cashier for advances--Coium-
bia Record.
A hole In a mans sock shows either
that he Is single or that the honey
moon Is over.--Newe and Courier.
1t never seemed to us that tho
man of the hour" was an apt term
until Mexico got a-going. It's literal
down there A hero does not last
over an hour-sometimee not over
forty MISUNDERSTANDING Banner.
We've got to have Roosevelt, -
says a Republican congressman. So
we must have rain and muddy roads
and mosquitoes and book agents and
other pests. but what's the use OF
yelling II from the housetops7 Let's
keep our skeletons locked up.-Allen-
town Democrat.
On a Mexican one-track road the
engine had such loud whistle that
IL exhausted all the steam and stopped
the train. which was captured by in
surrectos. Woody Wilson's campaign
managers please take notice.-Wash-
ington Post.
Why not send the colonel down TO
visit Colombian II was his quarrel.
anyway. Hasn't he said. 'I took Pan
anna ?"-Huntingto Advertiser.
A Kansas man says English SPELL
ing can be defended on no other
ground than custom" All right, de-
fend IL on that ground. then.-Omaha
Bee.
The testimony OF Mr.. Bryan before
the money trust investigation com
mittee is going TO be interesting read
ing for outsiders.-Commerc APP
peal.
1t might not be a bad thing TO an
foll L.
they would make good trust busters.
Petersburg Index-AppeaL
Hon. William Jennings Bryan. pop
ularly known as the peerless Nebras-
kan. has been recently rechristened
the disappearless Nebraskan.-Dan-
Vile Register.
General Ainsworth was like the
black nanny In the Southern home
after freedom set In. He could not
take orders from those whom he re-
they did rank him in name.-Newport
News Times-Herald.
The president of the Valley Turn
pike Company says: THE company
is straIning every resource to improve
the road" This may be SO. but we
up here can't quite stand the strain.
I-Staunton Dispatch.
There is one enabling act' that Vir-
ginia sorely needs and that's an act
that will enable the people to elect a
real Legislature.-Staunto Leader
There Is never any hurry call for
first aid to the injured when the back
bone OF winter is broken--Norfolk
Ledger-Dispatch.
Many a favorite son who departs
for Baltimore in June with high hopes
and optimistic vision will return q
week later transformed into a prodi-
gal son. For many are called. but only
one will be chosen.-Roanoke News.
An oculist is credited with saying
that alcohol Injuries the eyesight, but
we have a reprehensible acquaintance
who insists that Ii not infreQuently
doubles the power of his vision.-Nor-
folk Virginian-Pilot-
The king of Denmark is reported I'll
at Copenhagen. And he probably gets
iller every time he thinks OF how
Doc Cook took him in.-Bristol Her
| ald-Courier.
The present Legislature appears to
be determined to keep up its reputa-
| ton as a do-nothing body. 1t was be-
lieved when the Legislature assembled
/ that one OF its most important pieces
| OF work would be the primary bin
| which II was expected to pass 1t is
| probable that no law on this subject
| Will be enacted. The Byrd bill, which
| the House passed with more or less i'm
| portant notifications, has been emas-
| culated by the Senate committee TO
| killed. What is behind the outrageous
4 attitude of the Virginia Senate In re-
| fusing. to enact an honest aw?-Index-
| Appeal.
| Among practical politicians, Il is a
j familiar maxim that the candidate