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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MAHCH 11, 1884 - TWELVE PAGER.
FARMS AND FARMERS,
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
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FARM NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Orange connly, Notv York, I, now the
(rnteat onlqp producing region In tho world,
though Weatherefleld, Connecticut, ouco boasted
thet dlitlnctlon. The Cheiter meadow,, in the
???bore county. 1,0C0 sores, are devoted to onlott
growing;and In northern New Jertty SXVor^Macre.
are devoted to the time pungent tuber, producing
100,too to 200,000 bnaheli. Tho onion la a vor j use-
(aland wholoaome vegetable, exerting an excellent
effect on the dlgeative and peraplratorj ajateni, and
Its culture and tue ought to bo promoted. During
the civil war the price ol onions reached Id per
barrel and more, but o( lata jean it hat declined,
until at present fromll.25 to 11.75 la tho uiual.range
per barrel.
Or (lie 36,000,000 people in Japan, noarlj
Id,000,COO in 1890 were farmers, In almost equal
proportion o( both sexes. Since 1808 the people
own tho lands, pajlng the tax (or It to the govern,
menu Three-tenths of tho tilled lands are In tho
hands of small proprietors, who with their wivti
and children, do nearly all the farm work. Tho
plow In common use Is but a spade, with a narrow
blade about three feet long. There la a lino climate
and much fertile laud In Japan, and ai the govern
ment and people are favorable to "outside barbar
ians," and their methods, It la believed Immense
Improvements will be made in Japan agriculture
within the next decade.
Tho Chicago Tribune la ol opinion that the
prices ol fruit will never no low again In this coun
try. Tho faculties ol tranaportatlen are ao abund
ant and the foreign demand for evaporated (rult
ao co us tail tend Increasing that fruit growing In the
United States may bo considered established as a
paying ;buslneas "while grass grows and water
tuna??? Thus the production ol standard fruits Is
an increasing business, and not only seedsmen and
nurserymen are profiting from It, but those who
give moat attention to orchards, vineyards, bony
gardens, etc., And their interests rapidly on the in
crease, Our railroads carry fruits and other pro
ducts hundreds ol miles, and render postible the
cultivation ol flourishing orchards on hitherto
Isolated bills which wereabondened to tho wilder-
nest Dried fruit la wanted in moit foreign conn,
tries. Canned fruit is carried from our great sea
ports to ???the cuds ol the earth,??? and profitably
???old. Many ol the European peasants use our Jams
Instead of butter on their broad. Dehydrated or
evaporated fruit better than all other kinds, is ol
general acceptance wherever offered, and valutd
equally with the fresh products. Within tho last
ten years, tho amount ol raw fruit sent Into Eng
land from the Unttod States Is something astonish
ing. In 1871 there wore but 56,141 bushels, valued
at 140,601; but In 1882 them wore 1.063,076 received
in Great Britain from this country, worth 1387,100
or II,Ml,743 40. The outlook for tho American
fruit grower la moat favorable, and thoso ol tbs
rlilng generation wbo hare a fancy for tbe busi
ness may enter upon it with confidence. that their
enlightened efforts will be crowned with auccesa.
Rata are mulUplylng In Australia about aa fast as
rabbits. The climate Is favorable to their living
out of doors. They are beginning to bo very de
structive to crops. Tho field rats olten invade
houiesUadoorhappenitoboleftopen. SomeUmes
the members ol a family and visitors are obliged to
aim themMlvea and drive the rata out of tho
houso.
Another ostrich (arm has bean started In southern
California. It ta located near San Diego ana con.
tsloi two hundred acres. Itlsatoekcd with twenty
birds.
K Pennsylvania fanner writes: "On my farm of
120 acres wo kept, during 1883. abont 35 cows: tbs
number varied somewhat, a few more lo winter
than summer. From these SScowa wa made 8.133S
pounds of butter, which was .old for {3,(30.18, or
6112 for each oow. Three nr four of thorn were
World has an Interesting artlcal on
fowls. Itsays; Tho difference between an egg laid
by a p.nmp, healthy hen, fed with good, fresh food
dally, and an egg laid by a poorly-fed ben Is as
much as thedlffereoce between good beef and poor.
A low! led on garbles and weak slops, with very
little grain ol any kind, mar lay eggs, to be sure,
bnt whan those eggs are broken to be used for cake,
plea, ate., they will spread In a weak, watery way
over yoar dltb, or look a milky wblte, instead ol
having a rich, slightly yellow tinge. A ???rich egg"
retains itsshaps aa fares possible and yields to the.
beating ol the knlfo or spoon with more ruination
and gives you the conviction tbit yon are really
beating something thicker than watoror diluted
milk, gneeeaalnl poultry landers set thalr hen.
in the evening alter dark Instead ol by daylight.
They are much more apt to "stick." The lantern
la a very uieful thing in tho poultry koopar'a
hands There la much that can bo done about the
fowl house, and much that can be learned by lan
tern llgbt. Yon can frequently catch fowls to ex-
trmlna them for any dulrcd purpose when they
are on tbe roost, even II they are not very tame:
whereas In the dtytlmo It may bo bud to catch
them singly and to examine Into their condition
without causing tnem a great deal ol (right: and
(right, you know, la antagonUUc to thrill. To tho
amateur wa should lay. you will lave much time,
much vexation, and save the Uvea of many chick
ens. by having youraettlng bens arranged on some
systematic pun baton yon give them eggs for
batching. There ua many ways to bring this
abont. You must have a separate room, box or
coop for each setter, to which none ol the others
can have access. Laying bens must also be kept
away. Your niters, too, must hare a chance to
procure food and water when they choose to come
off for this purpose. Laying bens are not apt to
S KI In a row with a setter as another setter Is. Some-
Bin s two setters wilt quarrel and fight till tbe ago
are broken. Those who expect continually good
luck In early batching should not forget to furnlah
their breeding hens with green food. It Is not nec
essary that tho green stufi-rach as cabbage leaves,
chopped turnips, onions, lettuce, etc., which la
given them In trlnterand spring time???should be
waited or lansbed In the allowance. They should
have a little at a time, but a little every day.
nnre and ashes. I never put tho manure In with
corn: use It afterwards.
Mr. Argo said: I am disheartened trying to i
corn on upland. XneUevelu plowlngln tall. ]
ought to bo broken drop. Plant earn oa low
In May; plant In drill: use suble manure, I somo
limes bioadcaat the manure, and It doea) well that
e acre My rows were five feet wide.
George W. Webb, Jr.???1 used to think
something abont (arming. I do not think so now.
Plant com In rows five (eel apart, four foot In drill.
I do not want much bed to plant oo. 1 want new
surface. I plant on level. I want to strain all tho
water that runs on my laud. Peaa planted late do
Robert
bottom Und laid off eight feet, and ploughed with
a two horse plow, rows four foot spirt. Plant early
or late to escape bud worms, Intro bedded np
land and planted In inter (arrow, bat do not think
It a good plan. Plant as near level as yon can drill
upland.
William Blrhop said I am a co'lon man???omy
planted iK acres last year, made about 60 bushels
to acre. 1 ourn com stalks to save trouble; would
prelrr to lease them on ground If tbey were not in
tbe way.
Theau
the first
land; fertilising and eul
Decatur, Gloxnu.???Tbe Central farmer club met
here yesterday, no Meet discussed: "Cultivation
of Corn ??? Dr. T. T. Key opened the dlicuirion. He
???aid: Fortunately, I have good Und lo make com.
I suppose most of yon raise your com on upland. I
robed plenty com last year. It ought to do me two
yean. I usually plant my bottom on bed. I don???t
uae nr fertilizer on my com. One rear f used com
post-65 000 pounds. 1 paid on# dollar a load In
Atlanta lor the mannre. It tookma twenty days to
haul It, I don't think tt paid me. I never tried
commercial fertilizer on com except one year on a
???mall patch of track (arming. After breaxtng land
uis a double plow In cultivation. I commence
plantlogoom last ol March or Unto! April. You
must wait until middle ol May to escape
bud worms. Last rear wai a bad year
lar bud worms. I have some bottom
land that grows duo Corn. Tb?? earn are large and
full, hut the stalks are too weok tonold them up.
They are small and tall. I would like a fertilizer
for the land that would make the stalk larger and
**Tnomiz J. Jackson said my rule Is-to bed up
land and plant In water furrow. In bottom land
pUnt on ridge. Band, It la said, will prevent bud
worms. I have my com rows five feet apart, Com
four feet In drilL 1 used fertilizers on com ten
years ago. Msdk good italk-not much com. If 1
su going to are fertilizer I would put It ta drill
like cotton. 1 plough deep first ploughleg-ehalfow
after cultivation. . ??? .
Bon. W. F. Bond??? Shall use fer
tilizer on my bottom land com this
Tear. One of my neighbors nsedcompeat last yaar,
and only usedfhlzteen dollarsworth add. lie
ezpected tonso same ktadagsta this yaaraod
was offer!i:e to compete with any one who tued
cummercttimannre. not over twohnndred pounds
per acre. I will plant bottom land laloom and
fertilise every hill. I plant bottom land com In
March. I have good atand, vary little re-plantlng.
My experience la the earliest planted makes the
li-avi??.t com. I Hare my rows fire feet wide,
plant thick in drilL .
Ur. vs L. Jones said nitrogen or mannre mtdc
stalk. Thtbmkof wolmsmy now la against the
used ammonia ta the production of core. The
phosphate vires the bast result. On sons land pot
ash give ths beat rssulL Dr. Key???s etas Is an ax-
oepuonal one, making eer and not stalk.
Oa upland give yonr com rows plenty srldth. I
hill my bottom, use compost made ol stable ma-
WhatKvxby Fashed Should Do ??? Mr. Futmau'a
8 rest work will not have borne Its perfect fruit un-
1 every farmer lu the cotton country baa bla com
post heap, and every sere ol land find Itself more
fertile with each succeeding year.???Helms Times.
A Famous Jersey Fabu ???Prospect Hill
farm, al Franklin, New York, is noted for its
costly bulls, at the bead of which is Michael
Angelo, the son of Eurotas by her full
brother, Black Prince of Hanover. Hervico
from this bull is $500. Ho cost $12,500 when
he was only six weeks old. The
next bull is Bloke Fouls the fifth, who is tho
full and only brother to Stoke I???ozis the
third, which aired the most wonderful cow
on the globe, Marv Ann of SL Lambert's,
which made 720 pounds of batter in 248 eon
seculivo cays, Eurotas, the mother of Mi
chael Angelo, is valued at $40,000, and is now
about ten years old.
The next family to this in consideration is
the St. Heliar, and its representative in this
stable is King SL Hollar, who traces to old
SL Heliar, tbe parent <>f the stock, forty-live
different times, Another ball la this stable,
well known throughout tho country, is Yel
low lloy, by tho Duke of Darlington.
The stablo is full of cows which have been
sent to these bulls, and tbey pay from $100 to
$500 apiece, besides $1 a week for their keep.
There Is continual exportation of young calves
ftom this stable at prices that surprise a nov
ice,and the express companies ate doing a large
business in cattle alone. It is no uncom
mon thing for a cow to bo sent one thousand
miles in order to complete her connection
with some family strain. Those Jerseys are
noted for their incestuous strength. Where
there is any thing good In a family It im
proves by multiplying within the family.
I was interested In two things In this stable.
In tbe first plsco, the cream separator, which
is run by a steam engine, and revolves with
enormous rapidity, and tho cream flows out
of one spigot and tbe skimmed milk out of
another. Then I observed the apparatus for
cleaning cows, which are carefully washed
and brushed once or twice a day by means of
brushes operated by the engine. Tbe cow,
calf or ball Is brought forward and tied to a
wat, and from above these brushes are
irought to her body, any carefully raise every
hair. The cattlo liko it, but their tails have
to bo tied up in a bag, (or not long ago one of
the brushes lore out a tal I. The temperature
in the barn is kept at 50?? tbe year round.rr
ulated by the thermometer, and tbe barn
lighted with the Brush light on every floor,
and at midnight is as bright as day, A stor
age battory Is kept near the ongme for this
mrposo. The light used le the ordinary gas
iracket and small lamp,
The stalls for cows about to calve aro seven
or eight feot rquare, and completely Inclosed.
The young Jersey calf at one day old will
kick tiu his heels and behave aa if It had a fall
understanding of tbls world, Bo valuable aro
these cows that when they aro very old tbey
are made mothers to tbe last, and you can
see a few old cows whose ahouldert seem to
stand right out from tbelr bodies like bones,
"'AU???rospetfllaTil farm tho barn Is eighty-
eight feet in diameter. From tho cupola of
the barn, which gives tbe ventilation, de
scends a pole, around which is a winding
stair connecting the two floors. In the cen
ter of each floor is a large open space, and
the circle of cattle faces this in stalls, tbelr
heads all appearing above the stalls, and tho
troughs at their knees. Behind this row of
cattlo is an open corridor, also circular,
around which toe second greater circle of cat
tle stand at their stalls. , ,
There are thirty-two cattlo on the Inner
rows and forty-six on the rear rows. The en
gine has flfteen-liorse power. Tbe food given
tne animals Is boiled and mixed, partly
oats and partly ensilage, or leaves of
corn plucked when tho car is fall
of milk. The cattle like this food very
much,and it improves their butter.-The
Jersey cow can be relied upon to make one
pound of butter a day: many of them make
eixteen pounds a week, and some of their
pereormtocea are almost fabulous.
The cows and call are generally kept dry
where this Is possible, so that the calf can
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
THE DRIFT OF TUE PARTIES AND
OOSSIP OF PARTY LEADERS.
Talk on the Tariff???Presidential Gossip-
Politics and Politicians All
Over the Country.
No Room fob Doudt.???The renewal of the
Tilden agitation cornea in such shape that
there is no room for doubt. Mr. Tilden has
Anally composed all the elements in the par
ty in this state whloh were supposed to be
hoetile to him; he has evidently set tbe Sun
to rising in his favor; he has had frequen t
conferences with democratic leaden from
other states, nnd these gentlemen are return
ing home to spread the tidings that the sage
of Gramercy Is willing to serve his country.
Such a culmination of time and circumstan
ces, perhaps, never before conspired to call A
statesman from his retlremenL Recognising
all this Mr. Tilden has finally yielded to tbe
inevitable, and if the Chicago convention
pats his name on tbe ticket he will be found
ready to lead It to victory.
The first decided intimation of the new
state of a (Taira waa given in the interview of
General Clnnie, of California, which cannot
???ven better than in bis own words:
hen I got to New York I sent ray card
to Mr. Tilden, bnt he was ont. and so
get the fall nourishment; but it is exceed
ingly difficult in some cases to dry too Jersey
cow, aa the tenacity with which ehe makes
milk is tho great secret ot her value. She is
the most wonderful butter-making animal
known to man. Other kinds ot cattle rua to
beef, bnt tbe Jersey so assimilates her food
that the globules which might make beef
flow In her milk, and hence tbe extraordi
nary production of some of these cows, and
their high prices in a country where the
chemist has been at work with butter, and
has given ns various forms ot wagon-grease
and coal-tar instead of tbe Alderney Dro
it Is said In the Channel islands that the
original Jerseys came from Switzerland or
Russia, while others Insist that tbey were de
rived from the mixture of a cow and a deer.
For many generation!, indeed more than a
hundred yeare, it hae been forbidden
by law to bring any kind of cattle Into theta
islands, for fear that the breed might bo cor-
By the machinery need at Proepeot Hill it
takea thirty-five mlnutee only to eeparmte the
cream from the milk of forty*five cows. The
separator is e Swedleh patent In one hour
from the commencing of the milking the
cream is in tbe creamery and the skimmed
milk ta being fed to the cel vet. The Jersey
cows procreate every thirteen months; when
they are a year old they deeire to breed.*
Cases have been known where these cows
have become mother! at thirteen or fourteen
months, although It takes fully nine mentbe
for their offspring to be born. The bulls
frequently have eight services a day.
Mr. Sibley says that the keep of
hie cattle in the winter ta somewhere between
twenty and thirty cent! a day, but that for a
portion of the year tbey do not cost above
eight cents a day. There ere about thirteen
men employed on the herd farm, and the
cost of running it ta about $17,000a year. The
closer these cattle are In-bred, the more but
ter tbey prodnce;and it does not pay to fatten
them for beef while they con
tinue to make batter. They as-
???imitate their food better than any
cattle. Individual calves from this herd have
been told for from $1,000 to $2,500. In the
Channel islands they kill the bulls when they
are a year old, end hence the veiy beet balls
have been slain before their excellence ta dis
covered; whereat in this country the fine
balls ere kept to old tge.???Getb, In Cincinnati
Enquirer. ???
I,"oswalt, Ohio, March 9 ???Ovanfiset, cattily
treaaarer ol Huro* county, disappeared lest Hafnr-
day. Bla cash account la short from 630.000 to 367.-
00*. Bis headmun are good for the ameunL It la
thought that he la In Canada.
around .
I went out. When I got back I found a note
saying that Mr. Tilden was waiting to see me.
I went right around there, and found that
after waiting an hour ho had gone out for a
drive. Just alter I arrived be returned, and
I watched him get out of the
carriage. I expected to see, from what
I had heard, a decrepit, wenk old man.
But I didn???L He was straight in figure, with
tbe face that everybody knows, white hair,
and a walk that was as quick as could be ex
pected in a man seventy years old. He
crossed tbe sidewalk, went up the steps and
flung np bis arm for hie valet, wbo ran to
him and removed his overcoat, His secretary
lo'ilhim I was waiting, and hentonceentered
and shook me cordially by tbe hand. ???Mr.
Ciunie," he said, ???I am very glad to see you.
I had beard of you and knew you were com
ing.???
5 ???Now, Mr. Tilden,??? said I, ???where I come
from we are alt Tilden and Hendricks men,
and nine out of every ten democrats I have
met ia the states I have visited thiuk tbe
same. Now, I would like to ask and they
would like to know whether you will be a
candidate before the next convention????
??????Well, Mr. Ciunie, to reform the country
after twenty-five years of republican misrule
would be a herculean task, and I should pre
fer to pass tho remainder of my days in retire
ment and qnieL???
???Now, you know that answer didn??? satltfy
me," continued tbe general, ???(or I wanted to
kuow precis sly how he tboughL There were
English, and Hears! nnd others out here who
wanted to know also. You see, my idea ta that
tbe democrats won???t stand ranch show this
year unless they put up the old ticket, for
there are lois of people svho believe Tilden
and Hendricks were olected. So I said:
'Well, Mr. Tilden, supposing the people
want you, will you take the nomination?'
??????(Veil, Mr. Ciunie, I don't know. I
wouldn't like to disappoint the people as to
my ability in this connection, and I should
want the people to be sure and mako no mis-
take.???
???Bnt, Mr. Tilden, supposing the national
democratic convention should uk yon to
serve, would yon?" ,
???Well, Mr. Ciunie, I should prefer to re
main in quiet Bui if the democratlo party
or the people called upon me, I should be
because St. lamia allied itself to an
early date and the sense of the
committee favored a late dote. 1 don???t know
that we called the convention late enough.??????
???Did tho members of the committeo'talk
much of candidates????
"I heard very little said on the subject. I
don't think it was our business to discuss
such questions and so far as I know no man???s
boom was promoted by the transactions of
the committee.???
???Is there anything In tho
talk that the defeat of SL Lonts was an un
favorable event to the old ticket????
"Nothing whatever. That ta one of the
idlest of the many idle rumors In connection
wttli the proceedings of the committee.???
"Is tho feeling of the committee hopeful?"
???Very. The party may not be exactly in
as good shape os it was six months
ago, hut a healthy Deling pervades it,
and I am quite confident that ws can win
this time with any degree of prudence to di
rect ua. The representatives of the commit
tee generally think ao and wo go info the
campaign with more enthsiaam than we have
had since tbe war.???
"Who tayour favorite candidate?"???
???I have no pet ambition in that line. We
have several men who can lead ua to victory
and I am for any of them.???
A Bit or Political History.???Senator-elect
Blackburn, at a dinner party last week, gave
an interesting secret chapter of political his
tory in Washington daring tbe first days of
March, 1877, This story he had from the lips
of General Garfield himself. The incident
wa3 related in the prescnco of
himself, Alexander H. Stephens,
and a number of other prominent bouse
members at a convivial meeting where the
eventful winter of 187(1 and 1877 was being
discussed. The conversation turned upon
the imminent danger the country was in dur
ing the closing days of February and the first
of March before the struggle was finally de
cided and Hayes counted in. Itwaa agreed
by all that if It has not been for the great self-
control of the members of both parties and
tbe real patriotism of the democrats a civil
war would certainly have broken ouL General
Garfield here came in with a strain of Ills"
compliment for the democrats. He saL
that perhaps none of them really knew how
great the danger was, and added that he
thought be was the means of suppressing t
resolution of folly upon the part of his re'
publican brethren, which, if carried out,
would hare certainly resulted in a bloody
outbreak.
"Now," said General Garfield, ???os we are
talking among ourselves as gentlemen and
not aa politicians, I have no hesitation in
giving you tbe proof what I have just as
serted.???
Instantly there was the moat profound nl
tention, Garfield said, after a moment???s
pause to light a fresh cigar, that there was a
panlo among the republican leaders upon
the day preceding the final counting
In of Ilsys by the house. It was
believed by hem at the time that the filibus
ters would bo abio to defeat tbe count, and
leave tho country, upon Mtrch 4th, without
an executive. Late on that day Garfield was
summoned to an important conference
of the republican leaders. He did
not say who were present or
where it was held, bnt from what followed tt
was clear that President Grant and bis cabi
net and the general of tbe army were at the
meeting. Garfield arrived late, and the con
ference had juat concluded its work. Upon
his asking what was the object ot tne confer
ence ana what had been done he waa told
that those present believed that the filllbas-
ters in tbe house bad the power
to defeat tho count unless ex-
,. traordinary means wero employed
willing to aid them to the fall extent of my It had been agreed npon, therefore, to march
power?????? GOO men from tho arsenal to the capitol al
It will be remembered that tho Now York
Sun almost as atronnously as Mr. Watteraon.
persisted In the declaration that under no
circumstance would Mr. Tilden consent to
ro-enter politics. Ho first gave official utter
ance to tho row familiar phrase: ???Mr, Til
den will under now circumstances be a
candidate.??? Now, however, no announces a
much more startling suggestion???namely,
that ???nothing is more probable
democratic
natu Mr.
his . reply
than that tne
convention will uoral
Tilden and wait for
before proceeding any
further.???
???Who was right about Tilden, you or those
wbo instated he meant to have the nominal
tlon?"
"I was right and they were wrong."
???How ta Be?"
"He ta very well for him, I believe, thongh
I have noteeen him for eotne time,"
There is no doubt that bla nomination
would please thousands of democrats. Do
you oppose it, and, if so, why?"
???No; I do not oppose iL I have never op
sosed it. I have said that he would not take
t, but it ta surprising how the people in ait
parts of tbe country are insisting upon the
old ticket. This feeling has been much
strengthened by tbe rumpus about tbe
tariff. Everybody feels that if Mr. Tilden
could be nominated, the tarlfl business would
be pushed by snob a nomination into tbe ob
scurity proper to theoretical abstractions. As
the esse now stands, nothing seems to be
more probable than that the democratic con
vention will nominate Mr. Tilden and wait
for hie reply before proceeding any further."
???The battle-gronnd will bain New York,
and aa New York goes so the election will
It being made that certain lust me Great
Elected of 1870 was a verity in the race, the
J ueitlon naturally came np, Can be carry
ew York? Thera would be no need of tak
ing this question were tt not for John Kelly,
who most not be forgotten as an important
factor in New York state politics. When teen,
was remarked to Mr. Kelly:
???Tammany ball withes. It seems, Mr.
Kelly, to have ??? New York man nominated
for president by the national democratic
convention," laid the reporter.
???Yes,??? replied Mr. Kelly, ???we think New
York will be the battle ground In the coming
great contest This state will decide the elec
tion, That is as plain as the nose on one's
face. This being admitted a New York man
should bead onr national ticket. We can
make a Belter fight for a Naw York man
than we could for a candidate from another
state.???
???Yon toy Tammany bell has no candi
date r 1
???No; Tammany bell does not care wbo ta
nominated It will support the ticket. The
organization, however, thinks thet success
will be assured by tha nomination of a presi
dential candidate wbo halta from this State;
Tammany hall does not care who the man
may be???Tilden, Hewitt. Flower, or anybody
else.???
Tna Ornaa Side.???The indications point
to James G. Blaine, of Maine. This mag
netic statesman occupies e *ptace in tbe
national heart such as bnt few men have
held before him. In a recent canvass of re
publican opinion in Nebraska, a represents-
Ive western statee, In which three hundred
republicans were written to, tbelr snswen
indicated tbit Nebraska ta for Blaine, If he is
e candidate. Other delegatee would be unin-
structed, except for Lincoln for vice presi-
denL The canvese resulted for Blaine, 107;
Logan, U9; Arthur, 51; Edmunds, 18; Conk-
ling, 15; Lincoln, 12; General Sherman, 10;
Harrison, 6; Grant, 4.
A Talk with Ml. Basrrs.???Mr. George T.
Barnes has been tbe representatiTeof Georgia
on the national democratic committee since
1876. He has represented the state at large
in every national convention since tha war ex
cept thet which indorsed Greeley
Baltimore. Few men ere bet-
potted in polltlce than he.
He taid to me, after coming down from the
Arlington the other night: ???We bare had
a sort of love feasL I never taw a meeting
K ss off more harmoniously or leave a health-
- impression.???
???Wb there any zpecial significance in the
???allf???
???No. It wu portly a business matter.
Chicago was chosen over SL Louis
tbreo o???clock tho next morning, and station
them in tho basement of the houso ready to
he marched up into tho house lobby upon
the floor of congress when the house met.
Tho filibusters were then to be notified by an
order from General Grant llmt persistent fili
bustering in the bice of tbe situation would
be treated ns an act ot rebellion. Tbe ob
jecting members would have boen arrested
and carried onL Garfield denounced. this
resolution, and opposed it to tho oxtent of Ills
ability, saying that such an act would arouse
the country to a pitch of madness and that
blood would flow in the streets of every city.
His objections were not listened to nntil he
said that if this resolution wu persisted in be
should go to the telegraph oilier
the whole thing to the public.
Bla tit a Anx*D???The Erie, 1???a., Dispatch
has made a careful canvass through Its cor
respondents of 400 counties of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Tbe result shows that Arthur as a probablo
candidate for the presidency is overshadowed
by Blaine and others. The figures snow that
Blaine is the first choice in 151 conntlea,
Logan in GO, Edmunds In' 33. General fiber-
man In 32, Arthur In 20, John Sherman in
13, Postmaster General Gresham in 8, Harri
son in 7, Lincoln In 5, Fester and Collom
each In 2. Wssbburne, Miller and Evarla
each in 1, the nominee In 22, any man in 18
no choice in 18. For second choica Blaine
has 72, Edmonds G2, Arthur 41, Lonn 35,
General fiberman 33 and to on down. Blaine
Is first choice in everyone of tha five states
excajtlUinoto, in which atate Logan beads
West Vieoiisia.???A special to the Press
from Wheeling ttys that at a mealing
of the state democratic executive committee
of West Virginia to-day, a call wu made for
tbe state convention for April 0, and that the
sentiment for tbe old ticket wu overwhelm
ing. That state will undoubtedly instruct for
Tilden.
Tua Old Ticket all toe Talk.???Go where
you will, talk with whom you pleue,
and you will always bear tha demo
crats declaring that justice, party fidelity and
common gralitnde demand that tbs people
of the United fltatea have an opportunity to
set their condemnation on the monstrous
fraud of 1870-7. No other man in the Uni
ted States ta so near tbe heart, ao strong in
tbs conscience of the democracy,
u Samuel J. Tilden. With him
in ths advance, the party would
be aura ot victory. Tbs tarifi question
and tbe appertaining jugglery would
fail to play a part. Petty party strife wouid
sink out of sight. Tbe flimsy stories about
Danville atrocities and Copiah county out-
Duld be laughed at by all parties.
democrats may u well understand
now u at any other time that if the urns
elements that made Carllils speaker control
in tbe national democratic convention, the
democratic banner may u well be folded and
laid away in a cedar box. If the Carlisle con
tingent is to control, the democratic leaders
can nave themselves much unnecessary wear
and tear by shaking hands with sac Ota,
and gracefully and respectfully retiring
from what would otherwise be tha
closest and most exciting presidential cam
paign tbe conntry has ever seen. Is there a
democrat so blind that ha does not ua that
with a free trade candidate for tbe presidency
the loss ot New York, New Jersey, Connecti
cut, Ohio and Indiana must inevitably fol
tow? Is there a democrat ao atnpid that ha
cannot ace that with New York, Naw Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana???leaving Ohio in
tha doubtful list, thongh the democrats bare
carried It in two stats elections successively???
victory most come to the democratic ticket?
CauroaatA???a Voix.???An Informal vote of
the republican state central committee of
California shows It to stand: Blaine, 27;
Washburn, 3; Conkllng, 2; Arthur, 4.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Yoc can almost hear Ben Batter's silence.
The governor of North Carolina grants no
pardons.
As long as Germany has Bismarck it do??fl
not need the Americas bog.
Ths New York Boo thinks that Tilden
and Hendricks will b?? sprung oa the Chicago cot
ventiou,
Tub moat of the public speakers are talk
lng for revenue only.
General William Cumback, of Indiana,
flfurea it out that Mr. Edmunds will be the next
president.
IndianaroLis gets the national greenback
convention. Somehow greenbacks naturally grav-
itate to Indiana In election times.
Nevada and California were democratic In
1880, rndlana and Connecticut in 1878, Now Jersey
In 1884, 1868,1876 and 1880, snd New York In 1868
and 1876.
Sixty-four counties in Texas did not vote
at the last presidential olcctlon. Many of them
have rlnce been organized, and will be heard from
this year.
Thr Iowa 8 tote Register (dem.) Is confident
that a prohibition hill wltl pass the senate of that
state, although It may not be the same as ths
passed by the honse.
Rrfrbhbrtativb.Holman thinks the demo
crats will nomlnato the old ticket if Mr. Tilden 1
health will permit of his running, and that with
that ticket tho parly would triumph.
In 1880 both conventions met in June, the
republican on the 2d and the democratic on the 22d.
This year the republicans will come together on
June 8d and tbo democrats on July 8th.
Pbopbssor Foster, M. P. for Kings Co., N
B??? and fourtoon fellow M. P.'s and senators of the
Cauadlan parliament are In favor of prohibition,
and will bring tho question before the house this
aefiton.
It Is very common in China for au official
who thinks he has offended "the powers that be'* to
beg that bis head may be cut off. Now. If somo
American politicians could bo dlspofcd of in the
same manner, what a boom business would havo.
???Boston Globe.
The Michigan legislature has enacted that
no certificate shall bo granted any person to teach
In the schools of Michigan who shall not pass sat
isfactory examination alter Hep Umber 1, 1881, In
physiology and hygiene, with par"???* *
to the effecta of alcoholic drinks,
narcotics upon the human system.
Mr. Crittbndbn, the governor of Mtaouri
celled upon Mr. Tilden during a recent visit to
New York, lie tells a St. Louis reporter that "Mr
Tilden keeps two secretaries bmy all the time and
is not In tho helpless condition represented by tho
newspapers; that his step Is as firm and hla mind
as clear aud as quick as ever."
Iowa has /our democrats iu tbe present oon
gresalonal delegation, and sovoral of tho republican
members were elected In 1882 by small majorities.
Tho facts have awakened an early interest In tho
canvass In the districts. The campaign promises
lobe a sharp one, tho democrats endeivoilug to
??? - *- ^~ ibll
Lottery Salta Qsaahrd.
Louisville, Ky., March 6.???The Indictments
against J. J. Douglass, manager of the Henry
connty lottery, were quashed In the United States
court today by Judge Barr. Donglasi was charged
with having sent lottory matter through tbo ;mall
In violation of the pTSial laws.
The Indictments were worded pre
cisely like those upon which the lottery men
were convicted In a Chicago court. Judge Barr
P'ated that
whether the lottery .
eald that congress could
nullable,
uTbu* n
moral character of a lotttery,
although It could regulate the postal laws,
He said that the Indlotments did not allege that
dlctmeuta qua??hcd. After tho decision waanra-
defed.DougiavxiMHiftiin ???isuit against thejMMtoffloe
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DK. KINO. In compiling his dispensatory, hat
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