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436 CLINTON AVENUE,
BRoOKLYN, n. y, Feb. IL, 1898.


Hon. Giui G. Noble:
Dear Sr--I wish might accept the invita-
tiOn to be present at the formation OF the
State lea. .uc in Vermont, but am unable to
do so.
| have the deepest interest in its success. for
the influence of the Vermont republicans
goes ia beyond the borders OF its own State.
Ihc Vermont republicans are like her sol
ders, in the front ranks; il is not too early to
organize in every town, TO see to It, that eN cry
young republican who has not yet cast
presidential vote, is enrolled, so that when the
first gun ls fired in the state election in Sop
tcmhcr the report will tell all republicans in
the doubtful states to stand trm like YER
mont, tor the party mas yielded nothing in
principle or lost any IN numbers.
No one wi accuse Vermont republicans Of
dOdgiug an issue for cXpcdiCnCc. Their Leg
isHtlOu in this past tcstltes to the fact that the
republican party is the party Of temperance,
and IS sufficient TOR ali legislation to prOhibi-
tiOn.
Al the last presidential election the repub-
lican vote in Brooklyn alone was reduced by
Il greater number than the whole democratic
piurallty in the State by those who naturally
! with IL. while on the contrary the democratic
| mP jDTUy IN any one OF five of the wick dcst
wards in the CITY, whore there are the
| greatest number Of saloons, tn most intcm-
| pcrance and crime, was greater than the
! democratic plurality in the whole sta e.
! We want 10 do all that can be done toward
! prohibition, ana we want the help ui the so
! called pGOhibitiOnlstS in the republican party
| as the best means to that end. am sure the
! Vermont league will have something 10 say
/ let it be Of no uncertain meaning.
| congratulate you on the enthusiasm with
| which the good wurk OF restoring tbs govern
| mcut of the nation to the party which saved
/ it, is begun III the Green MOuDtWu state.
Respectfully yours,
BOBERr }. kGMBALT~
\TIy NORk Fph t4
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W ASH SUTTON, u : . lNb. ~, 1908
My Dear Sir--YOhr invitation 10 the cuuvon-
tiOn OF the republican cubs at Montpelier on
the 18TH inst, was duly received, but II Will
be impossible Tor me to he present | am
glad to see that our friends in Vermont resent
being kicked by those new "drest IN little
brief authority" and are showing some en-
thusiasm IN the preliminary work of the COM
ing presidential campaign. 1t appears to me
that the time Is very lnoppOrtunc TO force
down, by free trade messages and measures.
our working men to the European standard
of wages, or 10 strike tout blow at the pros
peuty OF cur agricultural and manufacturing
interests. and have : me taith thHt the ali
wOoln republicans will tins year terminate
the rule of the combination OF Southern
leaders and Northern ''mugwump" followers,
and turn out what seems to be "shoddy' ad-
ministratiOn. IL j. gratifying to perceive that
the party OF Lincoln, Grant and Garfield, hay
ing distinctiVely American principles, Is like
ly TO have the patriotic and of n cohsIderab e
number of our democratic friends
Thanking you for your kind invitation am
very truly yours, JUSTIN s. MORRILL,.
Hon. Guy c. Noble, EX. Com. VT. Nat
league. ST. Albans, VI.
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equality Of rights. for free ballot and fair
count everywhere under the flag, for uni
vcrsal cGucation, for the i'm partial adminIs-
tratiOn ut law, for good ord and good NOR
ais, for Il sound currency and for the protec-
tiOn Of \ american industry against every form
of foreign invasion or interference.
win cordial good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
j. W. STEWART.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,, u. s.,
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House OF REPRESENTATIVES, u. s.,
WAsHINGTON, Feb. y, 1888.

Dear Mr. Noble
Yours received-I wish could accept your
cordnl invitation TO the republican c0nven-
possible lor me to get away. / beg to send
my heartiest good wishes in the clear faith
the republican principles, as they have pre-
served and advanced the republic, are the
surcst foundation Tor its continued progress
in the lines of freedom, equality of right the
development of aterial interests aud good
government. Sincerely yours,
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WEEKLY FREE PRESS
one dollar a year.
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LETTERS OF REGEET.

Letters Of regret at inability to attend
the convention We're received from Sena-
tor Morrill, Hon. w. p. Frye Hon. j. d.
Long, Hon. y. w. Beerd, Congressman
Stewart and Grout, gen. Stewart l..
w oodford, Gen. j. G. Mccullough, Hon.
w. c. Dunton and others. some of the
letters follow
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Addison county-The republican clubs
of BridpOrt, BRISTOL Ferrisburgh, Han
cock, Middlebury, the f.. j. Ormsbee club
of Orwell, Shoreham, Nergennes, Wey-
bridge
Bennington county-The republican
clubs OF Arlington. Bennington, Man
chester.
of Lyndon, Hardwick, the John a. Logan
club Of -. Johnsb Try, the Young Mem
Luke =. Poland club of ST. Johns bury.
Chlttenden cOuuty-rhe [. >. Grant
club of Burlington and the republican
clubs of Charlotte, Essex, Jericho, Milton,
Richmond, Underhill, Westford, Hunt
ington, Williston, Shelburn and Colches-
ter.
Essex county-The republican clubs of
Bloomfield, Brighton and Lunenburgh.
Franklin county-The republican clubs
of Enosburgh, Rchford, Sheldon, Swan
ton and the Young Mems Republic an
club OF. st. Adams.
Grand Isle county-The republican club
of Alburgh.
Lamoille county-The republican clubs
of Hyde Parke, Morristown, Stowe ana
Cambridge.
Orange county-The republican clubs of
Bradford, Chelsea, Braintree and Ran
dolph.
Orleans county-The republican clubs
of Barton and Newport.
Rutland county-Tne Arthur clubs Of
Brandon, John A. Logan club of Castle
ton, Thadeus Stevens club of Far Haven,
the Blaine club of Mount Holly, the Nor
rill club of Rutland and the republican
club of Wallugford.
Washington c0unty-rhe republican
clubs Of Barre, Montpelier, Northtield,
ROXbuIy, Walts1ield, Fayston, Waterbu-
ry.
Windham county-The republican clubs
of Brattleboro and Rockingham, and the
lOung Mems club OF Brattleboro.
Windsor couuty-The republican clubs
of Bethel, Chester, Hartford, Ilartland,
Norwich Pomfret. Rochester, Sharon,
springfield, Stockbri1ge, Windsor, the
Collamer club of W WoOdstock and the 10
ganciub Of Ludlow.
Hon. c. g. Benedict moved that the tenn
porary organization be made the perma-
nent organic with the addition of an
assistant secretary, and it was so voted.
NJ. j. Harrington of Orwell was elected
assistant secretary.
Col. COlburu of Manchester moved that
the chair appoint committee of one from
each county to nominate Il list of officers
and present constitution for the state
league, and it was so voted. The chair
appointed the committee as follows:
COMMITTEE ON STATE ORGANIZATION.
Bennington county-M. S. Colburn OF
Manchester,
Addison county-George Hammond OF
Middlebury.
Chittenden county-G. &. Benedict of
Burlington.
Caledonia county-W S. Boynton of st.
Johnsbury.
Essex county-S. d. HoDson of Brgh-
ton.
Franklin county-W. C. Smith of StAl-
bans.
Grand Isle county,. p. Ladd of Al
burgh.
Lamoille county-H. c. Fisk of Morris
vile.
Orange county-Roswell Farnham of
Bradford.
Orleans county-C. l.. Erwin of New
pOrt.
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Bates of st. Johnsbury. W. +. Burnap of Bur-
lington, Il. NJ. Mansur of Brighton, c. j. Iio-
gan of sheldon, II. l.. SoWles of Alburgh, ID.
j. Stafford of MorristOwn, j. ID. Dcnnlson OF
Randolph. +. f. Alfred OF Newport, II. l..
Clark of Castlcton, w. \. Jones OF Waitsiield;
l.. :. Hayes Of Bellows Falls, w. w. Stickncy
of Ludlow.
The report of the committee was adopt
ed, the clubs being called in turn and each
voting, without a single dissenting vote.
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Rutland county-Albert Clarke of Rut-
land.
Washington county-P. p. Pitkin of
Montpelier.
Windham county--G. II. Babbitt of
Bellows Falls.
Windsor county-I1ugh Henry of Ches-
ter.
l.. O. Greene moved that a committee
on resolutions to consist of one from each
county be appointed by the chair and it
was so voted. The chair appointed the
following
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success of the republican party in the ma
tional contest in November. Applause.
Col George W. Hooker was then made
temporary president of the convention,
and w. H. Lewis of Nergennes and Col.
Albert Clarke of Rutland were appointed
a committee to conduct him to the chair.
His appearance was greeted with cheers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
Betrothrals in Bulgaria.

Often the Bulgarian peasant maid
en- undergoes heightened tribulations
of hope deferred and unkind disap-
pointments, between her betrothal
and marriage. If her lover is poor
and unable to accumulate the stipu-
lated price set upon her head, and
which must be paid before she can
become a bride, the wedding is some
times postponed for years. Some
times the parent of the prospective
bride is considerable father, and in
case the whole amount cannot be
raised, accepts "a portion, and gives
the young couple time to pay the bal
lance by their united exertions. But
quite as often the "cruel parent" will
harken to no such compromise, and
no such loose, unbusineSslike settle
ment, and until their "ship comes in"
the daughter has to hoe and reap in
her fathers fields. Always after the
bethrothal, however, which is a pub
lie ceremony gone through with amid
much wine drinking and feasting,
the young couple are allowed to bill
and coo within the limits of Oriental
propriety, and if the fates presume to
use them too harshly they sometimes
accomplish happiness by an elope-
ment. In that case there come the
usual tears and forgiveness upon the
runaway couples return, and usually
some sort of n compromise between
no payment at all to the exacting
father and the sum stipulated at the
betrOthal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
A Letter Envelope Gum Greatly
Needed.

In consequence of the decline OF the
supply of gum arabic, the Post Office
department has been obliged to ADAM
don its use of this excellent material
as a sealer for letter envelopes. In
lieu of gum arabic filthy and. foul
tasting compound has been SUBSTITUTE
ed, which is disgrace to the depart
ment and a nuisance to all who have
occasion to seal a government envel-
ope. Any one who closes a letter in
the ordinary manner finds the lips
soiled and a villainous taste left in
the mouth.
1t is to be hoped the ingenuity of
chemists will be able Ito purify the
substances now used, or produce a
new gum that shall be free from the
objections mentioned. Such an in
vention or discovery ought to prove
highly profitable toiits author,.for it
is greatly needed by the public.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
THE CHINESE ALMANAC.
Its Great Mission Is to Give Information
of a Prophetic Nature.

Its Great Mission Is to Give Information
of a Prophetic Nature.
The great value which the Chinese
attach 10 their almanac is shown in
many ways. Recently tho Chinese
residents at Lhassa, in Tibet, inn
plored the Emperor to cause arrange
ments to be made which would enable
them to receive their copies of the
almanacs ut the earliest possible date
in each year. A writer in u recent is
sue of the Chinese Recorder says that
the most important book to the
Chinese is the almanac. Its space is
far too important to be occupied with
the matter which fills Western al
manac. 1t contains astronomical in
formation which is useful but its great
mission is 10 give full and accurate in
formation for selecting lucky places
for performing all the acts, great and
small of everyday life. "And as
every act of life, however trivial. de-
ponds for its success on the time in
which, and the direction q. G., the
point of the compass) toward which it
is done. it is of the utmost Importance
that every one should have correct in'
formation available at all times to en-
able him to so order his life rs to avoid
bad luck and calamity, and secure
good luck and prosperity. Conse-
quently, the almanac is perhaps the
most universally circulated book in
China" The writer speaks of it as q
terrible yoke of bondage. 1t is issued
by the government and the sale of all
almanacs but the authorized one is
prohibited. Quite recently new Chi
nese Minister to Germany refused to
sail for his post on day which the al
manac declared to be unlucky, and the
departure of the German mail steamer
was consequently deferred at the re-
quest of the German Minister to Pekin.
st. James Gazette.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
Paris Trade in Violets.

The enormous trade which is being
done in viOlets in Paris this year is
reported to be due to discovery re-
Gently made by well known author.
He has got sight of the recipe used
by the Empress Josephine as a means
for rendering her beautiful forever"
and to which she owed that marvel
Gus tint which was the wonder and
despair of the French ladies at the
time. The wife Of Napoleon used to
have boiling milk poured over a ba-
sinful of violet flowers, and with this
decoction she bathed face and neck
every morning. No sooner was this
old secret brought to light than the
Partisan ladies began to order great
basketfuls ofviolets left at their doors
daily, and this homemade cosmetic
is reported to be in daily use this sea-
son by thousands.-The Argonaut.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
Two Dozen Compressed Facts.

A square mile contains GAO acres.
A barrel of rice weighs 800 pounds.
The average human life is 81
years.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
A barrel of flour weighs 196pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 2OOpounds.
A span is 10B inches.
A hand (horse measure) is 4
inches.
Watches were first constructed in
1476.
A storm moves Sc miles per hour.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The value of ton of silver is $751;
7O4.S4.
A hurricane moves so miles per
hour.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Modern needles first came into use
in 1915. i.H
Coaches were first built in England
in 1863.
The first horse railway was built in
1862.
One million dollars of gold coin
weighs 1856 pounds avoirdupois.
One million dollars of silver coin
weighs IS, 97O.9 pounds avoirdupois.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe in 1916.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
Albert Duer gave the world a
prophecy of future wood engraving
in 1927.
Measure two hundred feet on each
side and you will have square acre
within an inch.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
oLYMPlAN SPORTS.
Foot Racing the Earliest and Most Pop-
ular of Public Amusements.

Foot Racing the Earliest and Most Pop
ular of Public Amusements.
The number OF The different kinds
of games. including those for boys.
amounted eventually TO no less than
fourteen. AT Olympia the foot race.
or stadium-lhe race in which Corm.
bus was the first victor at the institu-
ton of the festival by King Iphitus-
appears TO have been the earliest, and
for some years TO have continued to
be the only contest From it and
from its victor was derived the Greek
computation of time, in qundrionnial
periods called Olympads. and Omar
velous TO say) it continued to
form the basis of the National
Calendar till A. d. 1894 the six.
teenth year of the Roman Emperor
Theodosius, that is for nearly ono
thousand two hundred years; and dur
ing all that length of time not only
were the games regularly kept up,
but the successful competitor contin-
ued TO give his name to the quadrien-
NAL. Moreover, the foot race sup
piled to Greece not only the measure
of time, but the measure of space.
The course called stadium was equal
to the eighth of II mile, and all dis
tances among the Crooks were meas
used by stadia, as they are now meas
mad hu VILLAS Duf 20 tl,n foot nam NJ
Olympia was the earliest of the sports
and in one respect ut least was attend
ed with the greatest fame, there can
be little doubt that the chariot race
was, upon the whole, the most at
tractive and the most exciting. and,
on some occasions, exciting to
very painful degree. For
instance. we learn from the
Fifth Pythian Ode, written in honor Of
the chariot victory Of Arcesilaus, King
of Cyrene in Africa, that not fewer
than forty chariots engaged in the
contest came 10 grief. 1t appears
also, from the same and other odes
that the owner of the equipage, who
was very rarely his own charioteer
carried eff much of the glory of sue
cess, though his sole merit consisted,
like the merit of our mobiles and lairds
upon the turf, in bearing all the ex-
penses connected with the race, in the
encouragement which he gave 10 the
sport, and in the honor which by his
victory he won for his city or native
land. No builder of chariot is men,
toned by Pindar; no jockey; one sue
cessful horse. and only one named
Pherenicus (Ol. j. and Pyth. iii)-
National ReUieU.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
The Right to Naturalization.

Bradstreet's.
Two decisions have lately been
rendered upon applications for
naturalization which are likely to
attract attention. One of these
decisions was rendered by Judge
Daniels, of the New Y ork Supreme
Court. Upon close examination of
an applicant for naturalization before
him, and the usual witnesses, the fact
was brought out that the applicant
was in the habit of becoming intoX-
icated at no great recurring intervals
of time, and while in that condition
of abusing his wife and family, and
that he had on several occasions been
arrested and punished therefor.
Judge Daniels refused the application
for naturalization on the ground that
the applicant was not proved to have
behaved as a man of good moral
character, well disposed to the good
order and happiness of the United
States, as required by the United
States Revised Statutes. He said ::
"This privilege of citizenship has
been provided us II reward for good
behavior and demonstrated attach
ment to the principles of free govern
ment. The design of the law is, in
great part, certainly to induce and
secure the cooperation Of all the
persons residing in the United States
in supporting the laws and Constitu-
ton of the country. But this fidelity
to its interests and progress is not to
be expected from and will not be
supplied by disorderly and dissipated
persons. Reliance cannot be placed
upon them for the support of the
principles of free government or the
enforcement of good order or the laws
enacted to secure and promote it.
They cannot, therefore, be held to be
persons who have behaved themselves
as persons of good moral character,l
and without that they are no
permitted by the statutes to become
citizens of the United States"
In another case, which came up in
the Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas, the applicant, Hungarian,
when asked to take the oath OF
allegiance declared that he did not
believe in deity Of any kind, and
that he neither swore nor affirmed
His application was refused. Both
these decisions seem to manifest a
tendency on the part of the courts tC
scrutinize more closely the qualifica.
tions of foreigners for naturalization
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
A Cultivated Memory.

"Do you-do you keep-ah! do you
keep p" he said to the hardware
man.
What is it?"
"Why, it's one of these things that
sets in frame"
"a sievePn
"No, no! 1t turns with handle"
"Oh, coffee-mill."
mo. They sharpen axes on it,"
"Ah! A grindstone."
Eyes, that's it,"
Please step downstairs. l have a
large variety"
But l don't want any. want a
knob for the ice chest door. | was
afraid I'd forget the name, and my
wife told me to think of grindstone. 1t
was cute in her, wasn't it. Just one
knob-good-b bye. "-DetrOH Free Press.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
Electrical Alarm Clock.

An electrical attachment has been
devised which may be applied to an
ordinary clock for awakening sleep
er at any given time. II takes tho
place of the ordinary alarm clock.
which needs to be wound up the night
before it is used. This electrical clock
can be set to any given five minutes of
each hour, and the bell will begin to
ring at that time, and will ring until
tho switch is turned to cut off the
electric current.
There will be no need of winding an
alarm where this device is employed.
and it is only necessary on going to
bed to turn the switch, thus allowing
the circuit to be completed at the time
the bell is to ring. 1t Is stated that
the clock and battery are made in a
compact form, the cell of the battery
being enclosed in the clock case. max
ing a neat and ornamental piece OF
mechanism. Boston BHdGet.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
SOUTHERN STANDARD MEANWHILE. TENNESSEE.
TAKE,ER SLOW.

Whenever we go about toilin',
An seekin' ter gain ez we go,
Remember this maxim an heed it;
Jest take Ter slow.
No matter what wages yer gittin'-
That makes no great difference we know,
Jest keep yerself moyin', an Study,
An take er slow.
Pve seen things done in jiffy--
But not half completed tho
Ter follow the ways of perfection,
Jest take Ter slow,
The word wasn't made in a minnit,
Ner ennything else here, trow,
Fer deed, old Dame Natur' is allus
Takin' 'er slow.
Yer patience will stand all the frmer,
When burdens ar let down below,
Can anger an sin is avoided)
Takin' Ter slow.
Ef We want to be sure for Eden
From this worl' of pain an OF woe
Remember yer'll git thar, by allus
Takin' Ter slow. I
Arthur n. Johnson.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
An Experience.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June q, '88.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen.-In 1884 a friend of
mine contracted IA terrible case Of
blood poison, and at once sought the
advice of the best physicians. After
a four months trial, with a feeling
of greatest dependency, he left
Chattanooga for Hot Springs, where
he remained three months. The
treatement there did not seem to do
him any good, and with crushed
spirit and with death in its worst
form staring him in the face, he came
home. He saw an advertisement of
your medicine. AS his friend l
supplied him with the first few
bottles. / was astonished at the
result. After the third bottle the
sores all disappeared, and his recovery
was rapid. In three months he was
hard at work, and there has been no
return of the disease. / withhold his
name from the public, but will send
it in confidence to any who write for
it. / give this certificate cheerfully.
ID. B. DAVENPORT.
10 and Is 9th st.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
q Atlanta Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20
Looking for Something Choice.

Emmy good butter?" inquired an cid
lady of the grocer.
There's never any flies on our bit
ter, madam"
Then the old lady, whose knowledge
of English is limited, said:
"Well, if flies won't eat it, faint
good enough for me-" and she went
across the way where only the choice
brands are sold.-New York Sun.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20

Positively the best remedy ever
discovered for all diseases of man and
beast that can be reached by external
medical application, is Rangum Root
Liniment One trial will convince
Manufactured only by Rangum Roo
Medicine Co., Nashville Tenn. 90
centsper bottle. For sale by W. II.
Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20

THAT HACKING COUGH can he
quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guar-
antee It. Sold by W. II. Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20

CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured, by Shloh's Catarrh Rene.
dy. Price 80 cents. Nasal Injector free, at
W. II. Fleming's,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-20

SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption
Core is sold by us on guarantee. 1t cures
Consumption. W. H. Fleming.