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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- TUESDAY. MARCH 18. 1884- TWELVE PAGES. 11 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-