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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- TUESDAY. MARCH 18. 1884- TWELVE PAGES.
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FARMS AND FARMERS,
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOP'CS.
[We tolled short letter! Lorn practical farmer! on
pmc'lcal matter!. Wilt.ua brttfly your experi
ence on any rot tit about tbo farm. Your sugges
tlon may help a brother farmer.
We bare engsged a competent f grlcutturlat who
???will answer any Inquiries on farm matters.
Write plainly, give your full name and addreaa
and matfc ???Ag???l. Dept." on the corner of your
ward, or enyelope. Addreaa Th?? CoxaTni'Tion.l
M. P. C.. Midway. Oa.???Wbat Is the beet way ol
beeping aide meat tbrougb the summer;
Pickle your pork instead of making bacon of it.
The main reason why bacon becomes ruined in
warm weather la because it was orerbeated during
the smoking process. Improperly cured meat can*
not be kept street during the summer.
J. R. K??? Camming. Oa???Doesbermuda grass bear
seed? How can I manage to get a piece of land set
in bermuda grass?
In this country tt does not bear seed. Get some
of the turf, lay off furrows from two to three feet
apart, and drop in the pieces of turf like potatoes.
As the bermuda grows abundantly in Macon, Mil-
ledgerille and all orer middle Georgia, you will
hare no difficulty iu procuring a supply of turf.
When you onoc get the grass started it wilt spread.
In fact, you will not be able to get rid of tt.
I. B 8., Darlington, 8.0 : It oats are harrowed
at this season will It not be of great advantage?
Yes. Where there Is a good stand It is welt to bar
row them, as lste as March. It will make the
yield more abundant where the land is well ms.
nured.
Bottom-Land Farming is Georgia.???Au
gusta lies in n basin, with the Savannah river
Bowing through aud around it. Its great
manufactories of cottou have gtveu it an air
of thrift and prosperity that reminds one of
a northern city. The cars drive at a speed
that would astonish the ???white line??? Jehus,
and altogether Augusta Is one of the busiest
little towns that I have seen in the soutb.
But there is a feature of the surrounding
country, with its phenomenal crops of oats,
that impressed me with such wouderthatl
think it will interestour farming community
in Maryland to know what ???bottom-land
{arming" in this section is.
Three miles from this city I was shown a
farm of 130 acres owned end operated by
Messrs. Fleming and Lotlin, merchants ot
this city, who run the farm as a ??? side issue."
hand about here is known as ???first bottom???
which immediately borders the river and is
frequently overflowed: ???second bottom???
which is a perfectly level stretch varying
' from one-half mile to one and one-half miles
in width, aod which is only overflowed at
. the very high water. Tnese uplands seldom
overflow. Tue farm in question is on tbesec-
ond bottom. It is a black sandy loam, with
out stoneor pebble, with a heavy clay bottom.
The drainage is natural, insisted by ditches
cot around each field; and to make it clear
just wbat one gets out ot inch land I will
state exactly the farming operations in their
order, witn th" results, and if these results
appear incredible I beg to assure the reader
tbut in every case I have taken the lowest es-
tlraat-, not the highest. In October the
ground is "broken??? with what they term a
???screw pulverizer.??? It is a simple looking
affair with an immense screw, say three teet
in diameter and eight feet long. Itlooks easy
to pull, but in this light soil without any ab
straction and ns fl it as a table, it takes six
Georgia mules to pnll it. If the screw conld
only go in the direction it wss "screwing" it
might be easy, bat it docs not, and that???s
what breaks np the ground and why it is
called a "pulverizer." This is not all that
this machine does, (or, in addition, it sows
the seed (oats) and then covers them np. So
the onli operation with six mnleaandone man
will u t-farc pnd ut^eimbt .Dotes ??*'\ui??
grottff k day. ThcStrop planted is oata/and
the "r?.t rust-proof 1 is the general crop- Bat
the kind that has been plauted on this (arm,
and which has grown in such popularity, Is
known as ???Fleming???s special.??? It is entirely
rnst-proof, and was originated in some of the
neighboring bottom lands. Note the fact
that no fertilizer is used in this seeding. Tbe
cost ot this ???breaking??? and seeding per acre
is $L (or the labor and $2 SO (or the seed.
As a ???soiling crop,??? wbicb is simply some
thing fresh ana green (or cattle in the early
spring, these oate are cut twice??? first in Feb
ruary, when they will be eighteen inches
high, next in April, a second crop, when they
will be even hlgner; these crops are cpt (or
grren (odder, and find a ready sale in and
around the city???each crop will sell (or $10
per acre. Alter the second soiling crop is
taken the stumps shoot up, and in the latter
part of May to June 1 tbo crop ot oats is
ready to be harvested. Tbe yield laityear on
his larm.nnd tbe season wss accounted a poor
one, was 50 bushels to tho acre. (Mr. Sims in
an adjoining county did raise oa 40 acres
over 4,000 bushels.) And taking tho lowest
figures, them30 bushels (tor the oats aro so
tine in quality that they are rnoetly sold to
???nplano??? counties for seed) are worth $30.
As soon as the crop is harvested the raise
screw pulverizing maebine breaks np tbe
ground and aowa it broadcaat with cow-peas.
This crop matures daring August and Sep
tember, and is continuously cat with a mower,
yielding from oue to two tons per acre. Tais
Is tbe acknowledged finest food lor cattle;
atock can work on it and grow fat, while (or
dairy feeding purposes it is unequalled. The
value ot this product, tt sold In the market,
is $15 to $20 pi-r ton (as I write It is selling in
Augusta at $1 25 per 100 pounds), but those
who have nea cattle find it most advan
tageous to turn it into butter and milk as a
product, for more northern readers must bear
in mind tbat little or no grass grows in the
soutb, hence tbe price of butter, 50 cents in
tbe summer. Tbe effect ot this pea crop is
most beneficial, tor while it draws most ot
its substauce from the air, it keeps the
ground from porebing, and tbe accumulated
aod of fibrous roots is all tbe fertilizer that is
used. TbisBamefarm has been con louously
worked with tbe same routine of crops for
four successive years, and to-day it is in bet
ter condition than it ever was, while as a
matter of fact the crops have steadily in
creased in yield and quality. I say no fertili
ser is u>ed; I mean ou???side fertilizers. Tbe
straw tbat comss from the oats is put iu tbe
manure heap, and that dnea find ita way back
to the field iu the end. Now to sum up the
products and cost of these numerous crops:
raoDt-cr.
Per sere.
First crop of green oat fodder $10 00
Second crop of gn-ea oat fodder ??? 10 00
Crop ot oal, SO bushels ??? ??? SO 00
Pea crop. ??? ??? 15 to
purchase money bock In one year. Would it
wear out? No? experience abowa that it im
proves. Would tbe riverriae up in its majes
ty and drown out such usury ? No, the occs_
atonal overflows were blessings, they only en
rich. ???Well. wbat. tbvn, is the matter with
the beaU???? and I thought of a ??????perfectly
sout-d??? horse I bad once bought for $25
???Well. I do not know that anything is 1
matter, but you see what'a good for oats ..
not good for man, and we white folks dare
not bleep here, we must leave after sundown
and not come back too early in the morning,
and l saw curling from under the bush of th
distant mines a mUty coil, aud as it unwouad
itself against the setting sun it seemed *~
take on a tangible form and spell out ???
laria.??????O. A. G. in Baltimore Bay.
???Ma
Gross
MS 00
COST.
Per acre.
Breaklna ground and seeding labor. $ 1 on
Seed oils ??? - 2 30
Harvesting green oat I. dder crop at 30 cents
each croo???two crop,.
1 00
2 50
1 Ol
2 00
280
$???2 30
Barrelling oat arop
Breaking and aeedfug lor pea crop..???.....
Cow pea aeed _...
Harvesting cow paa crop ??? .
Nat -.152 30
Beingtomewhat familiar with the results
ot Maryland (arming, I could not but ex
press my anrprisa at such a ???bowing, nor
eonld I doubt tbe facta, tor Mr Fleming Is a
methodical man ot business, and hla (arm
books are kept exactly like hit mercantile
affairs, snd it was bis own modesty tbat kept
my estimates always down to tbe very lowest
limit. Tbe question naturally arises, wbat
can be the value of these lands! and it was
quite as much of aaurprisa for me te find out
how low in price they were as to listen to tbe
account of their phenomenal yield. A (arm
which was considered superior to the one I
have been describing was offered at $50 per
acre, and tbat within three miles of the city.
Hers was a stumbling block, a thing could be
bought for $50 that would certainly pay the
The No Fixe* Law.???I was tackled
by one of your ???No Fence
Law??? men yesterday, and I don???t know if he
didn't take me in. But I didn???t tell him so.
We were sitting by ourselves at first.
Mr. A says to me, ???Why is it you oppose
the No Fence Law????
???Because??? says I, ???it bars the poor to the
advantage of the commons for pasture.???
???They are eo closely fenced now that they
afford but little it any benefit.???
???Admit they donot; where is the saving by
your law???? . .... ,, .
???Farmers have learned of late years that a
little stock at one time well attended to pays
best. Now, it???s a small matter to fence against
his little well-fed stock compared to fencing
against all the stook in the neighborhood,and
some of them half starved. Then tbe owner
may bo careful in raising them(asyon know it
will pay him to be), and they will require
very little fence to turn them,or he may yoke
or herd, or soil them, any ot which is ohcaper
than fencing bis crops.???
???May he not yoke, or soil, or herd now as
Well???? . . L ???
"Yes, but he must fence all tbe same. He
has no choice about the fence. Notice now
the difference with that law. It ins stock are
few and quiet it wilt cost but tittle then.
Now, no matter how quiet they be, or few, lie
must fence against every bad cow in tbe
country. With the ???stock law.??? if ho has but
little timber or otherwise can???t afford high
fences, he may trade his bad stock and buy
or raise quieter. You see one may be gauged
by the otner-his fence by bis atock or even
lilsstock by his fence. But cau he do this
now? No, sir. If he was so unfortunate as to
lose his last horse and cow, he must keep up
his fence (the fencing must go on all the
estne.) Tnat looks a little unjust to the poor
man, don???t it???? . ???
???I know a man,??? continued be, "who owns
1090 acres (more or less) mostly limbered, all
fenced. Ho buys np every year, large lols of
cattle and hogs to fatten ana-sell. When tbo
commons are any good he turns them out;
when bars he turns back in his woods lols.
They have cleaned up your lands, but your
cow won???t get to smell of bis; and there is a
good deal of this in the country and increas-
'"as there was a crowd gathering and I
couldn???t think jnst then of anything I thought
fit to say, I had pressing business elsewhere.
Now, Mr. Editor, if mncbsttch talk as this
is allowed over the connty, I???U have lo go to
buying rations tor my old cow.???harming
World.
Fish Exterminators ???In the middle reser
voir at West Hartford, one of the reservoirs
which suppty the city with water were placed
several years ago, 13,000 young troutand 1,000
landlocked salmon. Mr. J. G. Lane contri
buted 5,000 trout and Mr. J. Holcomb as
many more. The Balmon, we believe, were
put fu by the fish commissioners. Occasion
ally some lucky fisherman has landed a nice
trout from this reservoir, but the catch was
not commensurate with the expectations, and
it wassurmised tbat the trout and salmon
families were becoming depopulated by some
agency besldo the hook and line. When tho
reservoir was drawn ofi'a discouraging state
of IhillLM was revealed to those who.had .Bar
vocaleit IrasU/iltty^f stocking the reser
voir with trout and salmon. Not a salmon
was found andonly about 100 trout could be
discovered. But there were twenty bushels
of shiners, the ails ot one???s fingers, and a few
carp weighing halt a pound, and also thirty
eels ot large size and no small ones to speak
ot. The eels, as tiny were killed and stretch
ed out upon tbe bank, side by side, were a
sight to look at. None of them were leas than
three feet in length and three inches in di
ameter, while tho largest was 45 inohea in
length and plump three and a half inches iu
diamete???r. Toe man who attempted to strangle
the large one with bis naked bands was sub
jected to a lively shaking up. and aa willing
to let out the job long before the lively eel
showed any signs ot yielding. Now the sup
position is that the eels had troutand salmon
diet until these fish werenearly exterminated,
and the few that escaped bad grown out of
(heir reach and were able to take care of
theiu-elvea. After tbe trout and salmon had
tickled tbe epicurean palateaot their enemies
till no "more could be gathered in for their
sacrifice, we are at liberty to gness that shiner
diet was not ignored by the greedy eel,
though their number would indicato that
they had not been seriously thinned out.
President Clark, ot the water board, put into
the big Farmington reservoir, last fall, about
100 German carp, and as nothing has been
seen of any ot them since, he is ot the opinion
that they may also have become rations to
some rapacious bigger fish But he may be
wrong, as this reservoir Is so large that 100
fish could easily keep out ot the way (or a
tew months. Mr. Clark proposes to get some
more of these ctrp and keep them by them
selves in some running stream until they be
come large enough to take csre of themselves,
and then put them in the reservoir and watch
results. The German carp grow to ha ot large
size, some weighing as high as seventy
pounds. They take on weight at the rate of
threo pounds a year. Auoiher thing: Ot
the trout caught in tbe reservoir after it bad
been drawn off the largest ones were not lit
to est, while the halt p randers were equal iu
flavor and taste to tbe nicest brook trout.
Tayiorsviue, Georgia ???The belled bossard
whose Ihgat over tbe western counties ot Georgia
has amused so much superstitious fe r among .the
Ignorant whites and b ack*, passed over a Held to
day where four men were plowing. One ot them,
a negro, quit work at once, and said the bird waa
warning UM people ??l another cyclone, iu which
hundreds of people would be kilted. The atory of
thla celebrated bird ia an Interesting oue. Neatly
two yean ago It waa a pet la the farm yard of a
farmer named freeman In Paulding county
O- e of hta children one day attached
anted bell to the bird'a foot, and the tinkling found
so acared it that It immediately ft*w away. The
drat night out It alighted on the roof of a negro
cabin Iu Heard county. One of the inmate* went
out totfcrruln the cauie of the bell rlujtitig. ana
Immediately the buzzard roae from Ita perch and
Mew away. The night waa clear and cold, and aa
tha inmates rushed nut and beheld tbe great blsnk
object, and heard the tinkling of the ball hun
dreds of feet up to air, a great Irar aelaed them and
they all took lo their knees, under tbe impression
that th* and of the world w*a approaching.
Ever aiuce tha bird haa pur
sued iu migration through the state
arousing tha lean of tha supertuifous, who regard
IU vUU aa an omen of evtt. The negroes, and many
whiles, too, alone the track ol tbe lata storm, lualat
that they heard the fateful bell about an (hour be
fore the terrible wrath of the wind had coma upon
them. In 1817 a buzzard waa similarly belled in
Putuam county, and up until 1830. when hU pret
ence waa lest reported In Greene county, ha waa
vouched tor aa basing visited points aa far west aa
Mertdlan.MMsalppi, and iu several northern coun
ties ol Tennuse*.
Cotton Cutrcaa.???The eouth Is being adriaed to
raise i,000 000 lata bales ot cotton, aod more wheat,
com and pork. This U not our idea; not exactly.
W* don???t want to sea the prat net
ot cotton cut down a tingle bale,
but w* do want to tea more farm producu raised
at home, thereby enriching and enabling ihesonth-
ern plantar to ba un ra independent In the market-
lag ol the great tuple, and enabling hla to adopt,
ure and Intent more aklitfu! and more economical
methodaof cotton collars, thereby Increasing the
yield ot ootron. By tbs new aratea w* could aod
would market more and better bale* ol fordo off
Irom fewer acre* than wa now do. It Is just as
certain as can be that American cotton U me beat
offered In th* markets ot tha world, but we moat
not stand still while oibenadeanc*. for It amouuu
to retrogression. Improve meihuds ot close culture
wilt hold th* trade and enrich th* planter, but
s'oven culture and purchasing home supplies
abroad will lea* ita* sort a* late. -Southern Trad*
Osama.
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
TIIE DRIFT OF THE PARTIES AND
UOIMIF OF PARTY LEADERS.
Talk on the Tariff-Presidential Gossip-
Politics and Politicians All
Over the Country.
A Univibral Call ???Among the almost
universal call for tbe nomination ot Mr. Til-
den by the democratic convention, there nre
o cisional lesser booms tor other candidates.
Toe leading statesmen whose hopes have
been chilled by the great New Yorker???s en
trance into the arena, find it hard todefer
their hopes four years longer. Senator Fair,
of Nevada, as much out ot pity as anything
else, has made htnuclf the champion of Mr.
Bayard. At a dinner parly given hero, hi i
gave the Bela ware statesman the place o.
honor, declaring ttiat he was tbe man to lent:
the democratic nosls on to victory. Mr. Fair
said that he (Fair) would spend $500,000 in
helping to elect him, if Bayard was nomi
nated, ???Good candidates come high" sold
Mr. Fair, "but we must have them."
Bana Talking Up Blaine.???Mr. Bana de
clares that regard for the truth obliges him
to say that at the present time James G.
Blaine leads all other candidates for the
republican nomination, No other repub
lican chieftan, says lie, has so large or so
devoted a following in all parts of tne coun
try. If tbe delegates to tbe national conven
tion were to be chosen to-morrow, and meet
at Chicago a week hence to make the nomi
nation, no rival candidate's strength would
equal Mr. Blaine's. Mr. Blaine's strength
is not a legacy from Garfield. Blaine was
one of the three foremost
publicans while Garfield was still
the back benches. Mr. Blaine went to a re
publican convention eight years ago with 201
votes behind him. He led into the conven
tion ot four years ago an army of 285 dele
gates. Kt-cent demonstrations in Pennsyl
vania, in Ohio, in Maine, and in other states,
all inspired by a master mind, and managed
with exqeediug adroitness to shape events to
ward a certain end, show tint be has not lost
his extraordinary nold upon the party. He
keeps the friends he makes. Tho story of Mr.
Blaine's disinclination for further political
effort is a fiction which gives opportunity for
many very pretty jokes. The canvass now ire
progress in his behalf is not a joke. Any es
timate of republican probabi itiea which aim Is
Mr. Blaine up between tbe covers ot history
ond puts him away upon the library shelf in
the year of grace 1884 is unworthy of a mo
ment's serious attention.
Hendricks's Views ???Governor Hendricks,
who is now abroad, but soon expected home,
has written a letter to a personal friend in
New Yurk, wbicb contains a brief outline ot
bis views on the political outlook, personally.
It seems from this that he baa abandoned un
idea of having ids own name considered by
tbo convention. His health, while better
since his trip to Europe, is by no means fully
restored.
He hopes the party in making its candidates
and platform will bear in mind that for
twenty years party shackles iu the country
have not been so loosely borne as now; that
the Heating and independent vote is three
times larger and three times more inde
pendent than before, Tbis would nat
urally be the case when the main isrnue ot
the coming canvass is not strictly partisan,
but doubly true when there seem to be act
ually no side issues tbat can strictly hold
the old party line Sectionalism is practi
cally placed on the shell, and the soutti can
no more be held down with bayonets, or ba
honeycombed with the machinery ot corrup
tion. Tais being the cue, the party that
wins will bs the one that frames tbat plat
form on tho great economic measures beforo
the country on qhich the great mass -of In
dependent voters can stand. The party that
assures this element will obtain the white
house iu spite of all the old lights and trans
parencies, aud bonfires and atump oratory of
tfis campaign, and he doubts wbetber this
fact has aufllclently Impressed itself on the
party leaders; but is convinced ot tbe much
greater power of tbe Independent vote at
J present than (or many years put, and be-
icvea it will increase Instead ot growing leu
during the formative period ol the conven
tion preliminaries ot the canvass.???
Guitkau Alone Guilty ???Charles H. Bead,
counsel (or the assassin Guiteau in tha latter
E art of the trial, wu seen in his oflice to-day.
[esild: ???Yu, I barereadin thenewapapera
the statement ot ex-l???oatmuter-Genoral James
before the committee in Wuhington, which
couveya the impression that tho star route
prosecutions were in some measure the cause
of tho shooting of 1???resldent Garfield. I am
therefore witling to have published tor tbo
lint time some conversations wbich occurred
between Guiteau and myself while 1 acted u
Ids attorney. Oa several occasions, when
alone with Guiteau, I asked him it be ha-t
any accomp.ice, or it any person knew that
he thought ot shooting the president. He
always answered ia tbe most emphatic man
ner; "no; no one but God and me knew any
thing about it." One day before be wu exe
cuted, when I stw him for the lul time, I
said to him: ???Guiteau, all hope ot saving you
is gone, and you must die to-morrow. Now, I
uk you again, bail you any accomplice ordid
any person beside you know anything about
your in'entiou to kill the president?' With
a wild light in bis eyu, which wu impossible
of simulation, he replied: 'No, no; no one
but God and me knew anything about it. As
I have often told you, that is tbe truth u I
expect to meet my God to morrow.
Tux Contested Case ???The unanimous re
report ot the committee on elections in favor
ot uoscating Luna and seating Manxanares,
ot New Mexico, ia the exposure ot frauds
which have long been practiced ia the co-
called elections in that territory. Manas-
narrs is one ot the wealthiest men in the
territory. He ia largely engaged In cattle
raising and mercantile enterprises ol various
kinds.
Tho first hint ol tbe approach ot spring is
indicated better by the Eogltsh sparrows
than by any other sign in Wuhington. Tney
swarm thicker and twitter louder and grow
more audacious on the streets as tbe winter
begins to break. They have swarmed so
thick here that they now seek fresh fields for
plunder, and are found u tar up tbe river u
Harper's ferry, ann u tar down ns Mount
Vernon. While everybody abuses the lillie
torments, it would be ester to atriks a man in
Wuhington than an Hnglisb sparrow.
One of tbe biggest slush mills ever set in
operation is the so-called U ijnton-Keifer in
vestigation. Outside of a dozen or ao relatives
aod friends ot tbe parties to tbe quarrel no
body cares whether Boynton or Keifer hu
lied. Still the committee ia continuing day
after day aud the people are tooting tbe blits
for a S???lty expense.
Sam Belforu. the Colorado headlight, uys
two men run tbe house of representatives.
One ia tbe speaker, who virtually maku and
contr -la the machinery ot tbe house and the
other ia Mr. Holman, of Indiana, who exer
cisca the veto power by hia constant object-
justice Miller, who delivered the opinion
ot the supreme court in the Geor
gia kuklux case prides hint self
more than any ot his associate* on tbe litera
ry style ot bis judicial opinions. He had
spent much care on this recent production,
aod tbe gusto with which he rolled it out
evinced the excellent opinion he entertained
ot iu His conclusion wu in tbs Datura o( a
fatherly lecture to the entire country,
touched with the briskness ot juvenile rhet
oric.
Tilden and Hu Fatesds.???Shortly after
the presidential election ot 1880 ft wu
charged by many democrats, and the charge
wu elaborated in a prominent democratic
ntsrtpaper ot tbe west, tbat tbe Hon.
Samuel J. Tilden, piqued at tbe failure
ot tbe democracy to force upon him a nomi-
tbe
nation wbich be bad formally aud volunta
rily declined, aecretly endeavored to effect
General Hancock's defeat, working particu
larly through his trusty friends in the ail-
important state of New York.
If any member of the national committee
wu weak enough to believe this charge, what
must have been his surprise, upon looking at
tlr* books placed before him, to find tbat
sums were subscribed and pstd u follows:
B? Samuel J. Tildeu. of Now York $51,303
By W. II, Birnum. ol Connecticut 40. (0
ByW.4 Gordon, ol Ohio 3,1X10
These gentlemen are all in political par
lance. ???-Tilden men,??? and yet they were
amuDg the most liberal contributors to the
fundraised to psy tbe legitimate expenses of
General Hancock's campaign. If Samuel J.
Tilden and bis friends desired the defeat of
General Hancock, they chose a most unusual
method of carrying their desires into etiect.
Impoktant Changes ???Several important
things, as yet unknown to the country, oc
curred at the recent meeting of the demo
cratic national committee iu tbis city. For
instance, the treuurer ot the committee re
ported every reasonable claim upon him ad
justed and paid in full, and $1,800 cub in
his bands. The books were there to show
every dollar of receipts and every dollar ot
the expenditures. There was nothing to
conceal, eitber as to where tbe money came
from or where it went to.
Talk on thkTarivp Bill.???Mr Morrison had
beea stek three days, and walked into tbe
bouse thla morning with his tariff bill, a
hopeless looking man. An analysis of the
bill ia already known, but there is apparent
iu Morrison's manner a sense of distrust
which mast be patbetio to his friends. His
presidential expectations must have been
burled long ago Indeed all one can bear
now in Wuhington is that such and such
mnn will have a good vote, provided Tilden
is not a candidate. Abram Hewitt is back
from Now York whining against tbe boom,
but Abram is a dead factor in tbe party,
Mr. Eaton said to me to-night: ???Of courso
Morrison's bill cannot pus. It ought uot to
pass. It is a stupid mstnod ot grappliug a
great question, ond n horizontal reduction
simply means a abiding down tbe republi
can ssriff." Tbis is tbe sentiment ot many ot
the democrats in the house and I am con
vinced there will be no tariff legislation this
session. Tbe Morrison bill will be beaten in
the house.
The Fbaud or 1870 ???A supposed southern
writer, who hu ncen stirred up by tho
publication ot IJ aekbnrn???s story of Grant's
plan to overawe tbe bouse ot representatives
with troops in the stormv times u( counting
in Ilayes, hu contributed to the Sunday
Herald hero wbat be calls un additional ciiep-
ter in the bayonet conspiracy. After reciting
tha Blackburn atory, the writer sajs: ???For
two weeks many democratic members ot the
house slept iu Baltimore every night rather
than take the chances ot being awakened by
nn officer with a (llo ot men and an order tor
tboir arrest Bomothing had to bo done,
The great mind ot Ben Hill, ol Georgia,
comprehended tbo danger nud wu equal to
It. lie called asecret meeting ot thirty eight
ot bts southern colleagues ut n prominent
hotel here to cousiilt upon wbat wm their
duty in tbit hour ot great danger to tbe re
public. Tito signs of the times wero ond-
nous.. In Iniliuua meetings were being held
to dteide wbat tho democrats wbo bail elect
ed their president should do. General
Steadman canto here from Toledo,
Ohio, and openly said bis people
did not mean to bo robbed ot the fruits of
the victory, and tbat there were 600 men lo
tiis k -towledge who wero ready with arms to
niu!t:teiq.tbeirrigbts. Hill's friends met.
None but s intheru men heard of the meeting.
It e taped those argus eyed watchers ot
event tne special correspondents. Tbe 38
decided to vote with the republicans to stop
filibustering. They believed tbe salvation of
tha country demanded it,and they rose to the
occuion. Not a whisper of wbat had been
done resohed other ears than theirs.
Next morning when tbo trouble commenced
in the house these thirty-eight began to vote
???No.' I will never forget the scene,
The republicans were pleued. Jerry Itusk,
then a member ol congress from Wisconsin,
afterward tbe governor ot his state, said:
When Ben Hill voted ???No," I always
voled "Yen " I am puzzled. I never found
myself voting with tue rebels before.'
Levy, of Louisiana, made a speech widch
opened the eyu of the house. Leading
republicans, men with national reputations
(or truth amt honesty, tied assured
the Louisiana delegation that Louisiana
should go from under tbe yoke, and General
M. 0. Butler, of Mouth Carolina,wbo wus bero
watching events (or Governor Hampton, tele
graphed tbe same tilings to bis friends in
Columbia. Tilden became alarmed. Hiscose
bad already been lost by Mr. Hewitt's
famous 'place at any price??? speecti, but Tilden
did not seem to know it. He sent his agents
all over tbe soutb, and at once from every
quarter there came letters sod telegrams to
me devoted tbirty-eigbt asking them what
they meant by thus betraying tbe party. In
some of tbe more rabid newspapers they
were denounced aa traitors, compared to
whom Judas Istariot was a saint and Bene
dict Arnold a patriot, but they neverewerved
aud in the face of tbe abuse, tbs entreaties,
jeers in many cases, ot tbeir opponents, in
???pita ot all tbis they voted ?????? they believed
tbeir du'y called on tnom to do until the
count waa ended. At tbat time tbe country
did not know, but now the people eee with
olearer eyes, and in the light ol put events
tbe men wbo stood in the breach agaluat
each a storm as but seldom cornu are justi
fied by their Mends and their country.???
ArkansailWantr Till Old Ticekt ???A tel
egram from Little Hock, Ark., saya that the
popular sentiment among tbe rank and file of
democracy tends strongly toward Samuel J
Tilden for president in 1884. In fact, ???the
old ticket," Tildeu and Hendricks, appears to
be generally demanded, and it ia claimed tbo
delegation to the national cuavendon will be
instructed for Tilden. About thirty day*
since McBonald seemed tha favorite and no
doubt of hla ability to carry the state delega
tion waa expressed, but recently tbe tide has
turned toward Tilden. Leading democrats
favor bis renomtnalion.
POLITICAL NOTES.
???Bon??? Ingeaaoll favors Lincoln tor presi
dent.
New Yoek, Ohio, and New Jersey republi
can conventions are all ca lad tor April 23,
Tue president has approved tbe act making
all public roods and bUhways pest routes.
Conoeimmah Belford is of tbe opinion
tnat Ur. Blaina will ba tbe republican nominu.
Coeobiuman Mills, ot Texas, bu a mane
???f gray hair, anC bu short gray mustache la twist
ed like a ploewhael on lire.
The republican state committee have de
cided to hold tha state convention at Utica, on
April 23.
The Missouri democratic papers are gen
erally tor the old HckaL They are dlvldad between
McDonald and Morrison f(t second choice.
Leave of absence wu granted, on Wednes
day, lo Ur. Candltr, ol tha bouse ot represents-
lives tor ten days, on account ol Important bust
ras.
Taa Bbode Island republicans will bold
tbalr stats convention at Providence, March 20.
Th* Otegon democrats will have a state conven
tion April 17.
PsesideetTavloe, of tbe Mormon cbnrcb,
raid the other day: ???When they come west to
wipe out polygamy they will Bad 100,000 muskets
pointing eastward.???
The Wheeling Intelligencer, a republican
paper, says that, on th* democratic side. West Vir
ginia Is Tildan's. It ba wants It, and that on the
republican side West Virginia Isn't committed to
anybody at present.
Consumption and Catarrh.
Many thousands fally beliere that they or their
friendiaro being hurried toward the gwe by that
terrible dlieaie Coniumption, and are being treated
for that diseaae, when they hare only CATARRH
In some of ita many types: the symptoms in many
farms of these diseases are quite similar and can
???i??llr be mistaken. Catarrh, unalarming in its
character and beginnings, neglected, derelops and
spreads, and in time poisons tbe vital organs, nntil
it dually Is no longer "ONLY CATARRH,** bat
some disease tbat gives but little hop* of health or
llfo. We do not claim to care consumption; bat
ere fully convinced from the results of our daily
practice tbat we can save and restore to health
many who now feel their case to be hopeless.
Dangor Signals: jBKSMtfJR
head that does not get better? Have you a hacking
c ugh? Is your throat afftcied? Are you troubled
with hoanenest? Rareness of the throat? Difficul
ty in breathing? Have you a pain in the head,
between and above the eyes? A refine of fullness
in the head? Aro thepasMgeiof the nose stopped
up? Is your breath foul? Have mu lost all sense of
smell? Aro troubled b* hawking? Spitting?Weak in-
Dryness or heat of the noae? I< Tour vo co harsh or rough?
_ . matter in tho na??al n*s??avo. wh*** ??? m'l*' ?????'*??"? Wnwn
from the nose or dropped behind the palate, or
hawked or snuffed backward to the throat? Ringing
or roarlug or other noises in the ears mnr?? or leas
Impairment of tho hearing? IF BO, YOU HAVE
CATARRH1
Some Bad Symptoms: Smio!i??SSm??
tlon of the elr hat is breathed passing over the
foul matter In the nasal pro sag* a poisons the lungs,
and from thence the blood. Tho morbid matter
that Is swallowed during sleep passes into tbe
stomach, enfeebles the digestion, vltaloa the secre
tions, and pollutes tho very fountains of life*. Tho
patient hr cornea feverish, occasionally there Is less
bttoyattajr of spirits, the anpettto Is often flcklo.
the head less olenr; It la difficult to keop the ener*
E lea up t? the old standard, and of'eu without
no wledgo why. he la conscious that hels not as
i all ??? *
well stall as boused to he.
We can Cure you:
and critically,and the whole trearmont compound
ed torn* et the wants of each individual. To this-
factalone much of oursttecess is due, and wo think
nn case Is incurable when our questions aro prop
erly answered. Fifteen years of constant practice
with thousand of patients all over the country have
enabled us to bring tho application o( our
perfeodon D<?? not trifle tlmn wUh some
& "oq'tyon**???
... reiffSdles to the highest point of
cheap ao caUod "Cure??? wblca at boat can
afford but temporary relief, while the roots of the
???Ho disease are left to strike deeper and deeper),
but be In earnest and be thorough or do nothing!
My Own Experience: Fffl&y*?!*
considered an lncnrablo disease. I had then suf
fered for eighteen years lu a manner ouly knowu to
thosowho have this disease in some of Us worst
forms. My prnfotxlnnal duties made exposure a
m cescitr. and I wss flrat attacked br a slight cold;
terribln headaches, which could not be cured, fol
lowed by deafness and ringing In the ears, soreness
of tbe throat, disgusting nasal discharges, weak
lnflsmod eyes hawking, raising of vile matter,
blat k and sometimes bloody mucus, coughing,
with great soreuesa of tho lungs. The liver and
???tomsch wero polluted with the maaa of diseased
matter running from tbe head, until djrspepda, in
digestion, and liver complaint made me a wreck
and???lncspscltatod mo for my profesala' al duties
aod cot fined mo to my bed. Compelled to real
my pastorate, and fooling that my ond was naai^
do*pera<lon 1 gave up the nbydclann and
pounded my CatarrhSrcciric, and wrougbf
myself a wonderful cure. Now, at th* age
eight, I am wholly restored, can speak
witn it iUw.$.> aiiiiiiv. i hai*. iu is>t?? wholo fourteen years, the slightest temra of the dter
key Physician wbo has examined ray Specific says itl* certain, and thorough, and Perfect.
The Experience of Others.
for Catarrh and ??? _ .
aud Lungs is not new and untrlod, but a noattlve
and certain remedy. We above all things doslre to
establish confidence lu our treatment, so that every
suff rer from Uatarr 1 * ??? 1-1 *' ??? -??? r -
ou the Lungs and
certain iu its uso.
HMI V 17ATD Wo dcom It only fair that
UllLi I r M I ??? v everyooo whowUnc8bhould
bavo tbo opportunity to aao rialn whothor wo aro
able to accomplish ah that wo claim, and for this
purpose we add a few of tbe many thousands of
unsolicited certificates which havo boon sent us by
E rateful patient*???almost any of whom will doubt-
*a respoud to any Inquiry by letter, If accompa
nied by atamp to pay postage, Paving bren cured
themselves they will be willing to let the afllloted
know whero they can find curtain relief. Wo have
thousands of tbeso certificates from all classes???
physicians, clergymen, lawyers,Judges, merchants
bankfra, business men. farmers, young women and
old, children and adults.
Mr. Z. Z. LEE, of Orangeville. Ht. Helena Par.
Lv ,wii'??a: 1 cannot speak too highly lu praise of
your valuable remedies, wbich act like a charm In
relieving tbe loathaomo dlscaso for which they art
recommended.
have been permanently oared of catarrh In tho
head by tho uso of your Catarrh H|Mtnlfln, 1 will
answer all letter addreosol to me In regard to this
subject. Yours with thanks, K POWELL,
Heath. Burke Co., N. C.
You may uso my name as a reference, as 1 have
been cured by your treatment. I shall be pleaacd
ny lo ???*
to answer any fnqulrica In n-Rard to vnnr remcdici.
UAItitY TEUB4DKM,,
Itock Dal. Mini. Uara.
Augnat 18, 1882.
Yon are at llb.rtr to u*. toy name, aa a reference
In faror ??f th. healing qualities n(,your remody.
It ba. not only cured my wlloof catarrh lu the
head and throat, hut haa cured hrrof dyipepila.
It 8. DUNKIN. Carrol, Ind.
Angus' g 1882.
You may uso my name, also that ol m?? nils; we
havo bo h boon cured by your treatment. W.
recomm.ud ynur i.medln to all we hear .saying
they have Gatarrmh. We can do It with pleasure
and couMlcutously, lor ws know of wnat we
,P ??? k L. W. BPAYD, Allegan. Michigan. .
I was thought to have had eocsump'lon, aud
idored many years with twbat waa really Catarrh,
-turn I procured your trcetm.nL 1 bava had no
' lUrn M Ks'uiUlHK JAMka, Crab Orchard. Ky.
When I received ynur treatment I could hardly
move about hut before I bad used it six weak. 1
could work all tha time, aud have bean attending
to mvbutlDes* ever at oca. ....
I .hall always r. commend your treatment In tho
llkl ItlllWrUlilt'OVSI, WUIfll/ ?? a us.'** ???
I received your mtdlolne aud used aa directed,
and ?? nowrejutc.ineeylft thDl
Hauler Bridge. Kafette L'ouuty, W. Va.
Ynur medicines ?? ere duly received, and effected
a perfect euro. Thanka for ynur prompt attention,
aud for tbe thorough cure of. nir husband. Ro-
pocifully, Mrs. A* L KORBLaND.
Centerville, Texas.
Ildogone of your cured patients, 1 r*comn>end
your treatment to all (find irounlod wl??h catarrh.
Respectfully. Mas. JOHN SULLIVAN.
15S Dorman street, Indlanapoll*, Ind.
I write to tell you that I am perfectly.cured of
ca arrh. o P WlhK, Magnolia. Ark.
I would pot take alarm forjrour Specific H U
could not bo replaced. J. P?? KOBKKTrt.
Chicago, 111.
Your treatment haa cured my daughter of cAtarrh
Induced by a severe attack of measles.
JOHN W RILEY. U 8 Exprere Agent. Troy, O.
My health Is fully restored; tho horrid and loath
some disease Is all gooe: mv lungs feel all right.
Mas. W. D. LINCOLN, York. Neb.
Your treatment did me great good. I havo not
lu; a day
Biddle UolvereUy, Ceirlotte. N C.
I am glad I* say that I found ynur madldna all
that can he claimed for it I are fully restored
J. U. HtorsiKO, Pottavllie. Pa.
I do not regret the money it c-mi to using your
??.d|clna. I can hearUly recommen^^uMre.^
Cl.rkshoro, Gloucester. Co, N. J.
I have used your Catarrh treatment, and am
cured. A thnusaud thanks to you for so sure a
remedy. FANmI! |, k ui!st, DyerSUl'oa. Tenn.
I am much pl.ued to say that I Dav. used tha
treatment faithfully, with tha happiest and Ik it re-
,UlU ??? JOnN A. PRATT, Goffs Falla, N. H.
Your treatment cured me; yourtnhalareara.x-
rellent Thiels the only radical core I hay. avar
round. E. H. MABTIN.
Pastor M. K. Church, WUllamuon, Pa.
T a OAKltKTTj
J T NASH,
G W BARBER,
B F McGINTY, g^ub Mills, JaspaCOOSUIIr, Ga.
MB9 B HITCHCOCK Hnnnl t '
ACBEGG, Connctl Blaffi, Iowa
A B GAGE. IlAven, Tama county, Iowa.
If ATT1K C FB08T.
ito. 186 8. Pryor street. Atlanta, Ga.
Lamartine, Colombia county, Ark.
Concord. Gadsden county, Flo.
Pl'iston, Kennebec connty, Matna.
BEV a W HEYDE, Annapolis. Md,
In tho mtsory I was In when I commenced using
yourmedtetno. J. C. MeINTIBE. Pulton, Mo.
I am so far recovered that I am able to attend
chuich; can walk hall a mils. Have a good appe
tite; am gaining all tbo time.
MKH, A. N. MUNGER, Detroit, Mich.
Now I am cured; head free; air passages all
open and breathing natural. A thousand thinks
COLLETT, Lima, O.
elm has proved s '
bonellt to sirs. Uarble, aa well aa myself,
hcurlllr recommend It to others.
It affords mu great pleasure to notify you that I
have, as I sincerely bellsva. entirely recovered from
that loathsome disease, catarrh, through your very
benoflolal treatment.
B. BENEDICT, Baltimore, Md.
1 received ynur Catarrh Hwclflosoioo Umesgo,
and used at directed. It acted Ilk. a charm. It
cured my cough, and atonped 'hat wheezing I had
Inmythroat JAMES W.BANDKKU.
Five Mile, Uaaon county, W. Va.
I am cured. Anothor formidable case at hut
yielded to your treatment
I am now entirely cu???red. - When???
threo months. I fell like a different woman. Too
murb cannot ba said In favor of jonrGatarrh treat-
ment It haaaaved my life
MBS. E O.MirCBELL, Paliburv. IU.
Mrs. Mitchell llvea near me, and haauaadyonr
trea-ment with perfect auoccu, and la now well and
hearty. Thla 1 am witness to
JOHN 0.8TEBB8, Falrbury. 111.
MR. J.C. Wll.uoru, ol Oxford, led., writes:
You canaay to whoever you Ilka that your Caurrh
medicine has dona mo wonders; It haa driven tbo
disease nut of mysyatem,
My wife continues lu the host of health, and has
no cough It la with great pleasure wa are ablo to
recommend ao woudtrlul a medicine as yoars has
proved to he to us.
J. U. BULLARD, Kprlnifleld, Mils
About on* year ego 1 ordered your llreucblal
treatment for my fatbnr Tha bi-mdu to him have
basin magical, aud far beyond our most saugtilna
expectations, as this has been tha only winter for
several years that ha haa not passed moat of th*
time In bed-all tha time la tha bouse. Yours
truly, 0.8. BHKttWOOD, Poitsmoulh. Va.
Batwean nine and taa yaarisgo, being a fllicied
with Caurrh I obtained you: coun* ot treatment
and after persisting In ita u>?? some months, wu
completely cured, and haa* had no return of tho
dlaeoa*. A. J. 8T1LL, Fattenburg, N. J.
More than a year ago 1 u-ed your CsttrrU rente-
edlea with almost untold b-n-ilt to myself. 1 prise
your remedies more than I can tall yon.
MBA K P. HOOKER, Defiance, O.
One ot lb* most terrible catetof Caurrli,we hare
had Innurprac-lce wuibst of W. 8, Band cl, ot
Willis, Mon gimery county, Tax. 11a says: ???Iu
tho spring of .877 ihodlscasaaMumed a now form;
my moutn and throat weresHsrked. ulcers wero
formed and soon the u!va wu all eaten away, and
large sores through the posterior snares. My con
dition wu uot only deplorable, hut apparcnlly
hopeless.??? After three momhi use of our treat
ment, hasaya: "I am entirely cared; all the hor
rible dlaease entirely removed."
This la to certify that I wua sufferer from null
ettarrb. I tried remedies of several physicians,
hut Instead ol getting bet???er, t gradually grew
worse 1 as your advertisement. I applied to
you at once and received your remedies, and com
menced tbeir n>e. At Drat I tboughtlt wu a hum
bug, but I followed your directions, and now 1 can
rejoice Innaylng I am well.
ROBERT Y. DANIEL. Genera, Ala.
Your wonderful remedy bu, hy clou applica
tion, cured a most stubborn caw. Yon aro at lib
erty lousemynsmeuareferenco Yours truly,
F. R. MILLER. Hmyrna. Teun.
I wu terribly sltlloied wltn nssat and bronchial
catarrh, ana concluded to give your treatments
teat In .short time It cored mo It Induced my k
brother to try it, aud be too wu cured.
R C. JOMBa, Bock River Falls, Wis.
Y. A. HKRRl'-K
Jackson, Jackson county, Mich.
JOHN BRAVO Gower,Clinton county.Mo,
A. RENFRO Coicshurg, Henry county. Mo.
T. R. WILLIAMS.
Lctkville, Rocktughsm connty. N. R.
G. O BALL oiena. Huron couu.y, O.
W^F. FA At Minerva, Stark county, O.
REV. F. C. WRIGHT.
Madison, Lake county, O.
8. B. EAKIN, 8r. Eugene, Lake county, O,
Mrv????n TDTrA'I'lfliWT Cbiuta???a Treatment for Catarrh andatl dla ^ases ol the Head.
IlUiuL. i JvEr/z 1 i>LC.tv 1 ??? Throat aul lungs cau betaken at horn- with p-trlect ease
and atfety hy the pallauL We ea pec tally desire to treat tbo-e wbo have tried other rcnedlea without
???ucc-at A full statement ot method of home treatment and cost will be teot on aopllcattun.
ADDRESS REV. T. P. CHILDS, TROY 0.
gay you i&vr thti iu Atlaata Constitution-