Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-09-09

ton of limestone in 1894 was only 5000.
600 below the value of silver mined aud
that the ccg crop was much more valuable
Il is not an infrequent thing to fluid To
chicks TO ! hen.
Who would have thought il Charles
Town has now practically Republican pa
paper.-Adr0cafe.
Nobody but the editor Of the Advocate,
and a penny for his thought would be an ex
fravagance not warranted evenintlush times
Referring 20 THE FREE Press the editor
of the Advocate saws "the seuiIity Of old age
struck YOU whack' What il senility OF
Old age The expression reminds Us OF
what our late venerable cook would say
sometimes: These o,d-timey people lives
a long time.
senator Elkius is being criticized for ri-
ding in his car. In this free country of ours
We think mlu is entitled TO the very best
of everything he wants aud eau pay for
GOV. MacCorSle has "a private car, aud uses
it when it suits him to dose. Expenditures
by the rich are helpful 90 the poor.
DID, :, ,,.,,or. li,,lo fin, T. s.snr.
ing much in charging that YOU editor FREE
Pres coulro' your o"" vote '''.1'''
However 'nat may oe' mere are ,'o ''"
celled checks In bank as evidence that our
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come ls,dsr-if Sampson should appear
on earth again aud find ihe Phi''s.mes trou.
olesome.
Iuasmuch as our ueighbor OF THE FREE
PRESS cauno, make choice between Bryan
snd NeHluiey' 80 as 10 '1I -, l"s u, ~
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As,be Ao,o,,ts bs.. mn. PM, nm 81 fac it
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Judge Lucas BRYAN ana 9e"''' e''o'1I ,
has more lung power tudn Nr. NJ u. II.
Wilson. ,he Palmer ami Buckaer elector.-
Both. however. are gifted with q high order
of poetic gepiu. Suppo.s they discus, the
noi;,icsI i..ne. ,br,u,b ,be prs.. I'm rhyme
a,4 .br.ho, .,d -;r. n, tbo C,rr, borsa
and Dnbric ham. m the nrosv follows and
,bs,o.. M ob;s,,;,, IN friend Cb,,li,e the
Nr.V;,lev ami Hob,r. elsc,or t,t.ng mart
in ,be pni,ns discussion fri, +. no, q
had thing I'm song
IL Is 'ePo''e' 10 US '"'' WI '".D7' Va
MASON o. ~ ''e cruz ''sl''1''''u meet
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pocNe'-hel'o"' people, we "'''u oi' 'ueh
be not troubled They are about as likely
20 be ostrich-erred AS to be seriously dam.
s,,sJ t,, ,l,. c.,-,ci.,, of Mr. Mao, Ar
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yer men, as rule, have not mad the degree
Of ID. PA conferred upon them
The Democratic and fopuust Executive
Committees Of West Virginia had q pro-
lonred conference AT Parker.burr last,
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lug OF ISSUES l.. Is '"'u 'uc democrats were
willing 10 c0ucede the Fopu'isIs TWO electors
for Watson, and the Attoruey-GeueraIship
Of the State,-the consideration being the
withdrawal of the Populist guberuatorial
candidate and the Populist endorsement of
the Democratic State ticket Mr. Ralph
snyder Populi-t candidate for Governor,
withdrew, aud Mr.. Fitzgerald was substitu-