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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25

A meeting of the executive COM
mittee appointed by the surviving
members of s'Baylor's Light Horse"
Company B, 18th Va. Cavalry, was
held on Saturday last, and a plan of
permanent organization discussed, to
be submitted for adoption at the next
reunion of the company, which is ap-
pointed to be held in the vicinity of
Charles Town on Saturday, August
p, 1896. Further notice will be
sent to the members when the ar
rangements are perfected. Inde-
pendent Fire Company, No. 1,
through Capt. j. c. Holmes, has
kindly offered the use of it's Hall, but
it is hoped the weather will favor an
open air gathering and picnic occa-
sion for members, their families and
friends. The Executive Committee
appointed at the last reunion is CON-
posed of Messrs. Thos. D. Ransom,
Milton Rouss, B. G. Washington,
Wm. G. Frazier and 1. H. Strider.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25

BIcYoLEs.-Beall & Coleman have
them to suit in every way. Teach
ing to ride, and repairing promptly.
done.
Intending to move from Charles
Town, 1 will from now until March
Is make suits to order at spot cost.
j. f. REININGER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25
Feb. IS. 1896.
Charles Town Real Es-
tate Agency.
A. G. WYNK0OP,

Real Estate Agent,
ATToRNEY-AT-LAw and NOTARY PUBLIC
Offices in Real Estate Exchange Building, OPP
posite Carter House,
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DIR. Toml1nson7s
DENTAL OFFICE,

CORNER OF CHARLES AND LIBERTY sreRE~s
CHARLESTOWN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25
Fire, Life and Accident INSURANCE.

Below are a few of the properties now on
my books for sale. l am having n good many
Inquiries for farms. II you W Int TO sell your
property call to see me, or write about prop
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25

GEO. II. Flag, P. NJ.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25

LOCht.
Call at Mrs. c. F. Thomas, for a
fuII line of Art Embroidery silks and
linens; Art Fila Floss at DO cents a
dozen.
Corn wanted at s1.5o per Dbl. in
exchange for boots, shoes, dry goods,
lotions. aueensware and groceries
at Pentz's.
Write to the Charles Town Real
Estate Agency, A. G. Wynkoop
AGENT, Box 2O7, if you want a dwell
ing OF farm.
Earhshaw & Dooley have a big lot
of stoves of many kinds-for coal,
wood, gas. oil, and for cooking and
heating purposes.
Corporal Joseph 81. yesterday,
.Jr.. was on Saturday night elected
Second Lieutenant of Co. /, 1st In
fantry, vice j. E. Pyne, resigned.
In Pentz's dry goods, notion and
shoe store will be found an elegant
fnll new stock, nicely displayed, and
well worthy of an early inspection.
Tinwarc at reduced prices, coffee
mills only 25c. each, 3 packages
large sized rolled oats Poe, gelatlne
only 1Oc. per package, at 5. H.
Lands.
The Virginia Paper Mills OF
Messrs. Eystcr & Sons, at Halltown,
damaged by the late wind storm
we're started up again last week
and are now running on ful time'
, 1896-10-19

This day died Mir Sam. Pepys, .
very worthy, Industrious and curious
person. mono in England exceeding him
in knowledge of the Navy. in which he
had passed through all the more consid-
cradle ofncea. Clerk of the Acts and Sec
Rotary Il the Admiralty. all which he
performed with great integrity. When
King James went ont Of England. he
laid down biz ofBse and would serve no
more. but withdrawing himself from all
public a6aires he liv'd 1t Chaplain
with his partner Mr.. Hewer, formerly
his clerk, In u very noble house and
sweet plsce. where he snjoy'd the fruite
OF his labors In create prosperity. He
was universally BELOVED, hospitable,
generous. learned in many things,
skill'd In music, . vary create cherisher
Of learned men, Of whom he had the
conversation.
His library and collection Of other
curiosities 9 Of tho most consider.
able, the models Of ships especially.
Besides what he publiah'd Of an Ac-
count OF the Navy. ~ he found and left
1t, he had for divers yeares under his
hand the History Of tho Navy, or Ma
valia, a he called IT. but how far sd-
vanc'd. and what will follow Of his, is
left, l suppose. to his sisters son, Mr..
jackson. q young gentleman whom Mr..
Pepys had educated In all sorts Of USE
full learning. sending him to travel
abroad. from whence he return'd with
extraordinary accomplishments and
worthy to be heir. NJ. Pepys had been
for mere fnrfv $780,
, 1896-10-19
Highest Of all in Leavening weE-Lat u.AGovt Report
R@h!!:.!! f sa@asSz
PURE

Because that wa supposed to be the
commercial ratio of the two metals
based upon their value In the markets
Oh the world.
Concluding, Mr.. Gurley said:
False prophets have arisen in our
midst, and from their greed for office
they listen to the voice Of temptation
and seek to lead the people from the
paths Of rectitude and honor. Our peo-
pie are not to be fooled simply because
we have a counmon monetary unit with
other civilized nations of the earth. As
, 1896-10-19

Tho Villa do Medici, which the
French nation has owned for many
years in the Eternal City. isa beautiful
building, standing in the middle of q
garden filled with statuary and fine old
trees, commanding u view Of the ia
nous old city and fitted up with superb
furniture, tapestries and pictures, the
remains Of the former greatness Of the
powerful Medici family. Here each year
are sent four young Frenchmen-a
painter. q sculptor, an architect and a
carver Of precious stones. These lads are
chosen by a competition held at the
school Of fine arts in Paris every spring.
The examinations arc very searching,
and the suocesaful candidates are greatly
cnvied, for. having won their honors,
they are housed, fed and provided with
= studio and an ample sum Of money to
pay their expenses for four years, all
By the French government
, 1896-10-19
BRYAN'S ONLY HOPE.
FORGERY AND MISREPRESENTA.
TON ALL THAT IS
LEFT.
His Waning Campaign to Be Finished
With Lies Made of Whole Cloth
The PRESLEY Letter Is a Fabrica-
ton Of the Most Malicious Char
acter-Other Fakes Will Follow.

Chicago, ILL.,. Oct. ia Wig.
orous and inscriptions campaign O
Misrepresentation and villiication ha,
been entered upon by the Bryan man.
ayers. Silver as the issue has beer
dropped. All efforts are being conoen.
trated towards the arraying Of EN-.
ployes against employers. Almost daily
until the close of the campaign sen.
sations are to be sprung, all bearing
upon the labor question. These sensa.
tons are to grow in boldness with the
approach Of election day. The lates,
reached the republican national head.
quarters from Denver today, 1t is in the
form OF a letter written by Samuel T
Presley. an alleged gold advocate Of
Boston. to Geo. A. Patrick of Pueblo
After an %insinuating statement about
"a Mckinley corruption fund" the writ.
er states that Chairman Hanna is au.
thority for the statement that after Nc.
Kinley's election the standing army
will be increased to $50. 900 men, and
that force will be used to prevent
strikes and riots; that labor is to be
regulated by the regular army.
Mr.. Hanna does not know of such
person as Presley, and says the state.
ment is a lie, out OF whole cloth, that
he not only never made such a state
ment or intfmation that could be dis.
torted into such a statement, but such
an idea never entered his mind. All
statements in the letter are false. ma
licious and vicious in the extreme. II
10 to be circulated in circular form
throughout the country.
The PRESLEY letter is but a sample
Of the many vicious falsehoods tina,
have been issued from the Bryan head
quarters. 1t Is learned a number of these
things have been prepared and are to
be sprung from day to day and that
many OF them are to be illustrated on
posters for dead walls and that these
illustrations are now in the hands Of
photographers. The first report of this
character was that Mr.. Hanna had q
mortgage OF Sis, 900 on Mr.. Mckinley
growing out Of a security debt several
years ago. which security was liqui-
dated by popular subscription and with
which Mr.. Hanna has had nothing to
do. more than several hundred other
public spirited citizens who contribute
ed to the fund. Mr.. Hanna has no fnan-
cIal claim against Major Mckinley.
There are NO notes in existence and
" were on account Of the extin-
guishment Of this obligation which
was paid by voluntary subscriptions.
The notes became the property of and
e destroyed by the persons through
out the country who contributed to the
fund.
The next malicious fabrication circu-
lated BY the Bryan managers was the
Grip Of Gold" article alleged TO have
been copied from the London Financial
News but which has been repeatedly
declared by that paper to be a forgery.
The next n was the Forsythe Wall
street letter to r. G. Bell OF Fort
Wayne. Ind. which was also eepudiat-
ed.
Then followed the charge that en-
ployers were coercing employees, which
was also denounced by employees them
selves to be without foundation. The
, 1896-10-19

PRESIDENT Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Co.
75 years, and has been president of
the Sabina Bank 20 year,. He gladly
testifies to the merit of Hoods Sarsa
parilla, and what he says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs. 1t makes purr, rich,
red blood, and from this comes nerve,
ment !, bodily and digestive strength.
I am glad to say that Hoods sarsapa-
rilla IL = very goc.l medicine, especially
% q blood purifier. It has done me good
many times. For several years ! suffered
greatly with pains Of
, 1896-10-19


tain silver at a parity with all othe
money.
line market value of gold is mucl
more than the market value of silver
Everybody admits, that even under fret
coinage, one ounce of gold would eQua
in value more than so ounces Of silver
So we say the market ratio is about 81
to l. The legal ratio proposed by the
advocates OF free coinage is l6 to !
That Is. they propose to pass a law pro
viding that l6 ounces of silver shall bt
eqaul in value to one ounce of gold
right in face Of the admitted fact tina;
in the markets of the world one unce
OF gold is worth more than 80 times as
much as an n of silver!
Mr.. Bryan contends that by opening
the minis of the United States to the
free coinage OF silver, the price of sill
yer bullio- would rise to $1.29 an ounce,
and that the silver dollar will be
brought to a parity: but this same gen
tleman tells us that the gold dollars is
a 2OO-cent dollar, existing solely for the
benefit of the plutocrats and money
sharks, and yet he says that under the
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
the silver dollar will be brought up to
the same plain, given the same purchas-
inc rnWar and pStohlfshnl pnnn an
eqaulity with that child Of Ignorance
and avarice-the 2OO-cent dollar!
tLaughter.)
AS have said before, he tells you
that low prices, particularly with refer
ence 70 farm products, are due to the
decentralization of silver, which made
the gold dollar worth twice as much as
1t ought to be. He says that has made
the gold dollar the rich mans dollar.
and that under the free coinage Of sill
yer we will get a poor mans dollar; and
that where wheat is worth SO cents
now. 1t will be worth a dollar because
the silver dollar will be made a good.
l00-cent dollar.
Now there is somewhat of a mixture.
They have got a 5O-cent dollar OF sill
yer, and a 2OO-cent gold dollar. and they
want to get them at a parity. They are
short on silver, and long on gold. Now
how are they going to do it? 1t took
a Chicago man to solve the difficulty.
Mr.. Harvey, the author OF Coin" says
that under the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver, the price Of silver bullion
will advance enough to make the silver
dollar a good honest, ~100-cent, poor
mans dollar, and then we will take
some Of the metal out Of the gold dol
'lar-just enough to bring it down to
a hundreds cents. and in that way we
-ill get them at a parity. That reminds
NE of the story Of the man who had
two boys. They were twins-bright,
active curly-headed little fellows. One
Of them had flaxen hair, and the hair OF
the other hung down in golden ringlets.
The father was very proud Of them and
1t was his ambition that they sho"ld
go through life together. side by side.
equal in every respect. When they were
about eight years of age. n of them
, 1896-10-19
ANOTHER RANCHMAN HEART
FROM.

Douglas Budget: Among the nomi.
nee Of the democratic county conven.
ton is Mr.. Thomas Bell, a prominen,
ranchman living In the vicinity O.
Lusk. Mr.. Bell ven to town the othe,
day end dropping into Collins store
was congratulated by that gentleman
on his nomination.
Nomination." queries Bell, 'what
do you mean"
why don't you know that you are
a candidate for Office on the demo,
cratic ticket?" replied Collins.
Hadn't heard OF it? What am ]
running for?"
You're a candidate for the legfsla.
ture."
Legislature, HI" calculated Tom
who Is always emphatic in what he has
to say. why. man. I'm for Mckinley
first. last and all the time, and don't
you forget it. I'm a democrat. but moi
this year"
Collins fell over against a showcase
in a dead faint. Naturally an attempt
was made by the Bryan boosters to
get Mr.. Bells name of the ticket. hui
the date from withdrawing therefrom
had passed and he is still a candidate
although against his will. 1t is per
haps needless to add that he will moi
make a canvass, and that he is still q
staunch exponent of Mckinley.
, 1896-10-19

To CU08A OoL0 IN ONE DAY
Take Laxattvs Bromo Quinins Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If 1t
fails to ours. ~.
, 1896-10-19
peat the experience of Garfield with
the Morey letter, this is their only
hope.
IN THEIR OWN HANDS.


Recently, in addressing a number of
democratic workingmen Of Maryland,
Secretary Carlisle used the following
language:
III there is any laboring man in the
Unftel States who really believes the
money he receives for his toll is too
good. that 1t will buy too much food
and clothing for himself and family,
or pay rent for a better house than he
should have. then 1t is his duty to vote
for free and unlimited coinage at the
ratio of 16 to /. If there Is any laboring
man who has saved money out of his
earnings and has deposited it in a saw
fngs bank or a building and loan asso-
citation, ~ a lie insurance policy for
the protection of his family, and he de-
sires to have the proceeds of that in
vestment returned to him in dollars
worth half IS much as those which he
paid, he also should vote for free COIN
age Of silver at 16 to /; but on the 9TH
er hand, every man in the United
States whether he works for wages or
not, who desires Il preserve what he
has accumulated, or what he may here
after accumulate, ought to vote against
silver at 16 to 1. and for the mainten-
ance Of a sound and stable currency;
while every man whose wage compen-
satiOn Is fixed Is deeply interested in
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29
4 & 6 Free Street.
oct23 div
CITY OF PORTLAND.
TO the Electors of the City of
POrtl0nd:

NOTICE is hereby given that the board of
IN registration of voters of said CITY, will
be IN open session at Room Number Eleven
Q1), City Building, upon each of the nine
secular days prior to the National Election.
to be held on Tuesday after the first Mon
day, (the Third day Of November next:1 be-
ing October 20 to October 20 inclusive from
nine in the forenoon to one o'clock in the
afternoon, from o'clock in the after
noon and from seven till nine in tbe
evening, excepting on the last day. Of said
session after five o'clock in the afternoon.
to receive evidence touching the uuaIifica
ton of voters in said city, and to revise and
correct the voting lists. There will also ne
sessions on October 80, 81, and November >
to enable the board to verify the correctness
of said lists and for closing up the records
of said sessions.
During said time said board will rev;sa
and correct the voting lists land the warl,ens
of said city shall be governed by said re
vised and corrected list. and no name shall
be added to or stricken from said list on saill
day of election, and no person shall vote at
any election whose name is not on said
lists, but the boald of registration viii hs in
session on the day of election for the 70 cor III
rection of errors that may have ocourrad
during said revision.
AUGUSTUS F.sGERRISH, \ Ro.ra oe
MONROE BLANCHARD, ! ReDistra+inn ~,
MICHAEL G. M'CANN, ~ ~ Vatai,
fortana, Oo'oooA - io'o. oct13dtd
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Purltana Patients
yTheyTake
Puritana.
WHY THEY GET WELL.

The proof does it.
That is why people begin to take
Puritana.
People find that their neighbors
have tried it.
Their friends have tried it.
Men and women in every walk of
life have tried it.
A man suffers.
Perhaps he has suffered for years
He has tried many things.
They have all failed.
He reads Puritana testimonial.
He reads another.
He sees new ones wherever he
looks.
Some of the writers are in his own
town.
Some in his own business.
Some he can see.
Some he can write to.
Some have been cured of his own
ailment.
Some of other ailments.
All are grateful.
All are glad to tell suffering people
how Puritana gave them relief.
They are approachab1e folks, and
their voluntary testimonials count.
Some live in town.
Some in the country.
Some hold Office.
Some vote.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29
Condensed Testimony.

Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufac.
turer's Agent. Columbus, Ohio. certifiss
that DIR. Kings New Discovery has no
equal rs Cough remedy. J. d. Brown
Prop, st. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne. Ind.
testities that he was cured of Conub
of two years standing, caused by la
Grippe, by DR.. Kings New Discovery. r
T. Merrill, Baldwinsville. Mass, saws
that he has used and recommended it and
never knew it to fail and would rathar
have it than any doctor, because 1t ALWAYS
cures.
Mrs Hemming. 222 e. 25th St. Chi.
cago, always keeps it at hand and has
no fear Of Group, because it instantly re-
lieves. Free Trials Bottles at H. + s.
Goold's Drug Store, 577 Congress St. IN.
der Congress Square Hotel
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29

In a Bryan procession at Sioux Falls,
s. D., the other day, banner bore this
inscription: "The day will come when
bankers will be hung in New York and
Boston like horse thieves in Texas. /"
That such banner as this could be dis
played without vigorous protest from
many Bryan and Sewall men, seems con-
elusive proof that the party there must
be made up Of people who never yet
found themselves in majority in o
community possessed of average common
sense. That banner is a sign of Republi-
can success in South Dakota.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29
A SUCCESSFUL TOUR.
Mr.. Thomas in South Dakota-Great In
terest Especially Among the Swedes-
Many Converts Made.

The stumping tour of Hon. W. W.
Thomas, Jr., in South Dakota has been
attended with excellent results. He has
spoken chiefly to the Swedish and Nor
wegian far mers, ana frequently in the
Swedish language. His meetings have
been full to overfowing, and have
awakened great enthusiasm. At nearly
every meeting converts have come for
watd, foresworn free silver, pledged
themselves to vote.for Mckinley, and
shaken hands with Mr.. Thomas on this
pledge AT the city of Webster in Day
County, some twenty converts declared
themselves. This means gain of forty
in the Republican majority. One con-
vert, Norwegian, drove over the prairie
some twenty miles the next morning
TO Norwegian settlement, and brought
in thirty OF his free silver countrymen to
hear Mr.. Thomas speak the next even
ing at Rristol town lying thirteen
miles west of Webster.
Mr.. Thomas concluded his two weeks
of speaking in South Dakota with an
address to a large audience in the court
house at Vermiilion on last Friday even
ing, October 23d. Here he received many
kilograms from various sections of Dako.
ia urging him to remain in the State for
the last week Of the campa ign. Two of
these kilograms were as follows:
Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. %, 1896.
Hon. W. W. Thomas, Jr.
thousand citizens of Aberdeen beg
90, Ii -
campaign, and to give them and one
thousand more an address in our mag
nlficent Graf n Palace.
G. j. MCLEOD,
Republican State Committee.
Yankton, S. D., Oct. 23, 1896.
Hon. W. W. Thonasa, Jr.
Ihe Repu blican National Committee
writes me. in response to my request,
that you may remain in South Dakota
for tho balance Of the campaign if you
will consent. The National Committee
state Committee, request you will. Will
give you cream OF appointments next
week including Aberdeen. Kindly wire
your acoeptanos.
j D. ELLIOTT,
Chairman Republican State Committee
OF South Dakota
In response to these earnest requests
Mr.. Thomas has consented to devote the
last week of the campaign to South Da-
kota. He was to speak at Sioux Falls,
the largest city in the State, on Monday.
Oct. 26. and in the Grain Palace at
Aberdeen on Wednesday, October 2s.
South Dakota is now considered safe
foc Mckinley, but bitter fight is being
waped by the Populists and Silvor,tos 70
gain control of the legis lature. This
legislature will elect a United States
Senator to succeed Kyle, Populist and
Silverite, and SO close is the United
States Senate that this single Senator
from South Dakota may have the cagting
vots in that body. after March 4th next.
ana thus determine the policy of the
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29
This is the last day for the registration

This is the last day for the registration
of voters in Portland. While Maine is a
sure state for the Republican party, no
voter should neglect his duty. 1t will
not be enough to simply elect Mckinley
and Hobart next Tuesday. The majority
must be go great, especially in the popu-
lar vote, as to serve as a terrible warn
ing to agitators of the same class as
Bryan in the future. To bring about
this great popular showing vote in
Maine is of exactly as much effect as
vote anywhere else.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-29

In another column is printed an adj
dress of the Portland Wheel Club to the
peopls of Maine. The whe elmen are to
ask the Legislature this winter to esta b.
lish Road Commission, the expenses
of which they would have betrayed out
of the money received from taxing bioy-
cles. This PROPOSE tion is both fair and
sensible. The establishment of the com
mission win commit the State only to
the investigation Of tits highways and
the means of improving them. From
such AN investigation will result infor-
nation upon which the people may act or
not, as they may choose. We believe
that ultimately, if such commission