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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.???TWELVE PACES.
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FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHOP.TTALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
The Forest and the Rainfall???Grapes???Ensilage for
Cows???Gardening for Invalids-Sulphur for
Stock-Ashes-Dlroetlona for a Tobacco
Crop-Farm Notea in General.
Numkrouh refreshing showers are reported
from almost every locality within the past
week. Recent developments ip the lino of
progressive farming in Georgia are very grati
fying. What is known as the stock law is be
coming widely popular, and there is a dispo
sition on the part of some of our most pros
perous farmers to go largely into the business
of raising fine blooded live stock. Old??? fogy
farming in Georgia is rapidly becoming a
thing of the post.
Thic Forest and the Rainfall.???Colonel
B. Roberts) in a recent paper read before the
society of engineers at Pittsburg, Pa., on the
subject of rainfall and destruction of the for
ests, said:
???Another question. Has human agency any
thing to do with the increase of the rainfall, or
if the rainfall be the same, lias the clearing of
forests, the draining of swamps and tho tillago
of the soil, by expediting the discharge of the
rain into brooks and creeks, brought to the
rivers more water than nature intended there
to pass during given intervals????
The speaker then quoted largely from for
eign and domestic river records to prove that
the destruction of the forests has no effect what
ever in decreasing the rainfall, but rather
tends to increase it. Ho exhibited diagrams
and tables to prove his position,
???On the whole it can bo confidently affirmed
that the records of many vears on five of the
most important rivers of Europe indicate that
there is no evidence to support the theory that
floods are increasing in height or frequency,
and ns to whether the destruction of forests
causes a less annual low water or mean annual
discharge, is an open question.???
lie then discussed the Ohio river flood* at
some length. ???It will lie observed from tho
records,??? he said,.???that the flood of 1SS4
only four Inches higher than that of 1832,
fifty-two vears previous. Between the years
185*1 and 1807 inclusive (omitting two years
of which???records were not known, to exist,)
there were eight floods ranching twenty-liv
feet or over, five of which were over the thirty
foot mark. The mean high water for the six
teen vears was 24.7 feet. During the second
period, from 1808 to 1884, inclusive, there were
but four floods reaching as high as twenty-five
feet, and not until thd recent great flood did
the river rise to thirty feet or over. The high
water mean for the period is 23.0 feet. But
there seems to mo to he nothing in these
records on which to establish any theory,
cither for increase in the height of floods, or for
less low water discharge due to the destruction
of forests, or to any other cause.???
In conclusion he says: ???The great flood of
188-1 on the Ohio stands on the record ns the
highest known to hnvo occurred at the usual
period of the year, the early spring, when the
ground is almost invariably soaked with water
from previous rain and snow. Even if the
entire Ohio valley had been a forest, undrnin-
cd and abounding with swamps, the snows and
rains which produced this flood would have
fallen upon water soaked leaves ami mnrshes
mtablo to hold more, and, therefore, not to he
accounted restraining reservoirs. A heavy
mantle of snow on tho ground will in tills Inti-
tude thaw the enrtli under it, and gradually
melt down. If,{additionally to this, the snow
is exposed to tho sunlight and unobstructed
winds, it will melt awny in luivnnco of that in
tlio deep recesses of a forest. Snow will ac
cumulate all winter in such sheltered places,
increasing in depth and apt, with tho first
general thaw, which respects neither field nor
forest, to produce freshets In tho brooks, i
have observed in tho Cumberland valley of
this state, where forest and cleared land# al
ternately checker the country, that the fields
arc frequently hare of snow at the time of the
annual spring Hoods of the creeks. .
???Moreover, if it bo said that roadside ditches
ami other artificial drains expedite the drain
age of the country to the river, wo must con
clude that tho velocity of the river current
itself will he thereby increased also. There is
unite a difference in tho velocity of streams,
particularly near the head waters, dependent
upon the tune of their rising to a given high
stage, the descending but advancing slope
from the west being steeper when the rise is
sudden. The records of this particular (Rods
at several points show that the river was
moderately high when the Hood began, hence
the wave come slowly. Rains wore doily and
universal for nbont two weeks altogether in tho
upper part of the valley, and continued a week
alter the {danger was over at Pittsburg, hut
not too late to augment the Hood atCinoisnati,
where, unfortunately, tho river is scarcely any
Wider than it isnt Pittsburgh,488 miles further
up. The area covered by tho preceding great
snow was universal, and it may never occur
ngoin that the same region will he so snow-
covered, mid this followed by a combined thaw
aud protracted rainy season. There must be
n concurrence of these things before the Hood
of 1HH4 in the Ohio valley will he duplicated.
???Tile popular opinion no doubt will long bo
that the destruction of forests increases tho
height of floods, hut I am persuaded it is not a
I named the oniv diaeases of the grape to be pose to my horses ami cows once a week in n
I remedied ' me*# of meal ; also to large awmc; to lambs
I recommend, then, the putting of grape- and pigs less, grading according to
vines on nil the walls of all the farm buildings age. For poultry once a week I mix sulphur
on the south and east sides, and the west and with their pudding, at the rate of a neaping
northwest and northeast corners may lie used tableapoonful ot the former to a gallon ot the
where the houses are fully oxpoaed to the sun latter. This keeps them free from lice, unless
all day long, should tho trellis be attempted, they are much exposed to those parasites oil
it should be not over seven feet high, with two their roosts or otherwise. Sulphur Inmodi rate
or three wires, with good lateral room, accord- doses and not given too often is noalthIU! ami
in- to the Vigor of the vine and the fertility of n guard against various diseases and vermin,
tho soil. These posts should then be covered I A simple method of burning it is on a sup
with plank at least twelve inches or more of card-board, or extra atmit patier, a foot long
w j,j e> 1 I and two or three inches wide. Scatter sulphur
The vine in rich soils should he manured, if, on one end of this, light the paper, and then
at all, with leaf mould, ashes, bones, leathj jj j * ** ?? jj|
' * ' ,,n ,,rM "the
SAMUEL J. TILDEN
( Iu his succeeding visit In April last
the same determination lmd been expressed. 1
Hendricks thought there was little dodlit that the
old ticket would have been unanimously nomiun-
PROVIDENCE,
And Doelares Ills Publlo Life Forever Closed-Ho
Feels that His Fears Would not Admit or the
Vigorous Work Neooasary, end Positive
ly Deolinos tho Use of Hts Name.
belief founded on c??tnbli??hcd fact*.???
Gturns. Grape* for the market munt he
somewhat near the groat oitio* of conaumption.
To make wine profitably they must ho in con-,
aidcrablo quantity and fair quality. I shall
sneak ??f the vine then a* an amateur grower
oniv, nnd iu my own region. The vine on
stakes is not a surecss. I have given it full
trial by deep and shallow plowing, and by not
prowing lit all. The reason is that our rich
soils require more branches and leaves in pro
portion to the root for the maturing of the fruit
than that system allow*. This may be bet
tered bv tile trellis and wire training. Rut the
wall, nnd the wall only*, bn* been ever a suc
cess with me.
Here are the mildew of the leave* nnd the
fruit-rot. The mildew cover* the leaves wjtli
a whitish mold???a fungus, no doubt???nnd with
the rot. the grape*, when in the utmost vigor,
about .Jttlv, turn dork nnd tall off. The mil
dew and the rot, I think, are not causes or de-
cav, but the result of normal disturbance of
the vital forces. Thus, when decay ha* set in,
mould and rot ensue, to follow the great law
of nature in the quick disintegration of the
clement* of animal* nnd plants.
Indigestion, then, is the real cause of mildew
mid rot. The Kuropean system of close prun
ing in a chalky or other poor soil is very well,
where the roots are tint feebly fed and ex
panded. but here, such system, where the soil
t* deep and rich, and the. atmosphere filled
with moisture, such system deprive* the sap of
the elaboration hv which it is fitted for assimi
lation. Consequently, on the stake* the rot is
worst, on the trelli- less, and on the wall thero
is none at all. On the wall, in thirty years, I
have not seen the mildew but once on my vines,
and the rot never. In the first place the roots,
though well imbedded, are not highly ma
nured and not cultivated,save to hove thegraa*
ahaved off in the spring or fail in a very lim-
ilcd surface: ther the vine is well spread on
the wall, getting air and heat, and the heat of
the inn's rays, absorbed by the wall in the
slay, i* radiated slowly by nighr, and the evap
oration of the sap is [lerpotual, whilst on the
trellis and slake it cease* to a great extent at
night. The rot, as I said, generally take*
place here in the hot. foggy, or dewy nights of
iulv, when the vine is most vigorous, ami it
ia worse when there is a heavy crop of grai>es.
Hence grapes do best in a dry soil and cli
mate- and hence, covering the trellis with
broad plant has a good effect by preventing
tor. much rain and dew; and even iu fcnglam'
nd such others as slowly decay, and are not
ton stimulating.
The culture, after a deep bedding is once se
cured, should he entirely superficial, nnd tho
roots as little as possible disturbed.???lion. C.
M. Clay, Whitehall, Ky.
E.vsikaok ron Cows.???Professor Arnold says
that cows fed upon ensilage do not do ns well
ns when fed on clover, wheat bran, oil cakes,
etc. Both in milk production ami fat produc
tion we must get rid of the too prevalent idea
tiuil UC IIIUSl KCHI't ??l IIS ?????? ..--I??? ??? ????????????I ??? , .. *
that there is hut one object to accomplish???the , applied in tho hill or drill at planting, or
production of the most of either, a* the ease dropped by hand near amt u|ioii the plant*
may be, wholly regardless of everything else.
The health ami vigor of our cows is the first
tiling to be sought. In a sense everything else
is secondary. More properly speaking, thnt is
the basis of successful milk production. We
mny force our cows to give a grent deal more
milk.for the time being . by feeding a one
sided food, perhaps 1 hut it cannot last, and i
may lose both milk and cow. Heavy milkers
are peculiarly liable, too, to some of tho most
fatal diseases to which cows are liable. Mer
cedes, tile champion butter cow of the world
died recently from milk fever, just the disc
that such cows are particularly susceptible to.
Ami if we increase this natural susceptibility
by stnrving one part of the system we place
our cow right in the very jaws of death and
hold her there.
A milch cow should have an netiv
tinii. There cannot too much blood pass
through the udder. This cannot he secured
unless the system 1* vigorous. It cannot he sc
cured without exercise. A few days ago w
saw it stated by n gentleman at a dairymen 1
convention that a cow did not need exercise
that all she had to do was to keep still, eat anil
give milk. Wc can hardly conceive how any
body with common experience could make
such a mistake. Health is utterly out of the
question without some exercise. It is not un
common to find the lack of exercise to lie the
cause of disease among cattle. This is espe
cially true of hulls, which do not ns a rule
have enough exercise. Whenever an atiimnl
is deprived of exercise wo may look out for
trouble sooner or inter. Professor Arnold in 1
recent speech said with reference to the circu
Intion thnt the best authorities agreed that tin
fat was immediately carried to tile blood ves
sels and assumed the shape of cells, and from
these again passed into tlio milk duets and
inummary glands, tho latter beingflV'oiuposed
of nn immense number of cavities or cells.
These are surrounded by blood vessels, from
which the protcine of tile milk exudes nnd is
absorbed into tlio interior of tlio colls through
small tubes. There were tile fut giobulos found
In cream. These cells were analogous to ren
net cells. Wo were, however, left in tho dark
with regard to the development j hut tho glob
ules in the blood was tile only rational theory,
as the decomposition tisik place in the- udder
and where the separation was made.???Western
Rural.
GAitiiKMxn for InvAMDS.???What an invalid
wants is fresh air, witli n motive for taking it.
Nothing supplies this better than light garden
ing. A lady who was given over by her phy
sicinns, nnd'not expected to live out the sum
mer, was still able to walk about, and, as a re
creation, thought sho would try cultivating a
few tomatoes; they would bo of uso to others, if
not to herself. Hilo took n grent interest in the
growth of the plants. Tlio first tiling in the
morning ahe-would look after them, and give
them a little culture with her light garden
tools. Borne sho trained fancifully over a lat
tice to such a height it was a curiosity to all
who saw them. The frost lowered andset,iind
set, nnd still slio lived on, and in tiino alio saw
tho red appear on the full grown fruit, and ato
them witli n relish ahe hod never known be
fore. Her health lmd so improved by full that
sho did not need n physician. No doubt tho
fresh air lind dono much for her, lint the
till employment had probably dono as lunch
more.
The Farm nnd Garden says: ???It was a max
ini witli with old-time physicians, ???The second
best remedy ia the best if the patient likes it
better.??? It is worth u good deni to have o pa
tient like his medicines. Possibly _ a measure
of the success of our homoiopntliic brethren
may ho due to tills principle. Interest nn in
valid in gardening, nnd see that lie practices
it with discretion, not exposing himself m
rough or unfavorable weather, and if the fresh
air euro can resell his ease ho will ho a well
mail. Walking 'for the snko of a walk,??? needs
a very charming, entertaining companion to
make it effective. A row ot small fruits, a
grapevine or two, and perhaps a garden bed,
wilt often make life take on another look;
when it is also a matter of profit, if only alight,
it sooms to double tlio interest. A man who
was advised by his doctor to work in his gar
den for his health tried it one summer, hut
withJittie interest in it. Tho next year lie
was directed to try it for a share of the profits,
and found it far more beneficial.???
Succk.svuk Crops orPmiamv.???Where labor
is too costly, says the Co-Operative Poultry
Post, or where, ns in a large family, no account
is made of,the labor of children, it is possible
to obtain a largo income from n comparatively
small flock of fowls. This is accomplished by
raising successive crops of chickens during
the season. The first crop should bo out of the
shell by February 1st, and the last installment
by Julie 1st. We arc siieaking now of raising
chicken* for market. The first hatched will
be roaily for market by May 1st, and tho last
by Thanksgiving. The old fowls should be
disposed of in July, or as soon ns their services
as layers and mothers can be disjiensed with.
The successive broods should ho disposed of
just os soon as they will command a fair price.
The earliest will be iu marketable condition
in from eight to twelve week*. They can
never he more profitably* disposed of than at
that age, for as they increase in sixoprie???
eliiie, and so the extra food besti
actually thrown away.
By this method of promptly disposing of the
chick* a* they mature, the premises do not
become overstocked and the soil of the run*
foul, as is the case when large Hocks are kept
throughout the season to tie sold at the holi-
Joys. By selling oil??? the oM stock in July the
greatest possible profit is obtained from them.
After this date they lay hut few eggs, begin to
moult in the fall, and perhaps loy not a single
egg before winter. The extra pound or two
of flesh thev put on doc* not pay for their
keep. By 'killing oil* all surplus stock by
Thanksgiving the yard* are cleared and on-
???ortunity is given to feed and care well for the
ew that are to be kept over for next sea*ou???*
breeding. The extra care these few receive
will induce early layipg and broodiness in the
spring, and these two jndnts are essential to
success. We have only outlined a method that
is follow &d by many in the eastern state* who
have been successful in making money ^ by
[??????I on them
raising eggs nnd poultry for the food market.
The plan will have to 1m* nullified according
to locality and other circumstance*.
Sulphur foe Stock.???An English corres
pondent puts about two ounce* of sulphurous
acid into a quart bottle of water, and give* a
tablespoonful of this dilution three time* per
duy to cattle *ufl'ering with foot and mouth
disease. In addition to this, he burn* a little
Kulphur three time* a day in the stable in
which the animal i* kept. He moistens the
feet also with the above solution with a sponge.
One must be careful not to u*e sulphuric for
sulphurous acid, as tin* former would be hurt
ful in this cane instead of curative. Burniug
sulphur in the stable* of healthy cattle once
or twice a week, he think*, would ward off
{ disease.
move it nlwut the cattle in the stable.. Be very
careful to set nothing on fire when doing this.
In order to guard from fire, if litter i* in th<
stable it should he removed previous to Tight
ing the sulphured paper. A safer way, how
ever, would be to put somo paper in a hollow
dish or pan with a handle to it, to take hold of
and move about.???T. B. in New YorkTribuuc,
Arum.???Major L. C. Bryan, says tlio crops
most benefited by unleached ashes, besides
gras* and all fruit crops, are |>otatoes, root
crop* and corn, and to these crops it may be
tii??ppcd by l.??.... - - r ??? ??? - j.
soon after they conic up. There is same danger
of injury to the seed unless the the distribu
tion 1* very even, hence the surface applica
tion i* usually preferred. Ashes work down
in the soil. ???Rains wash down their most val
uable canstituehta, and ou their way they net
favorably upon the soil and como in contact
with the roots of tho plants. They should,
therefore, always be applied upon
surface of the soil. .
With leached o*hes the ease i* different
The most soluble part# have already been
washed out. Thev still contain, however a
notable and very variable quantity of potash,
which soon make* it* presence known, and ft*
leached indie* are usually applied much more
liberally than unleached, the re*non*o of cron*
is prompt and satisfactory. They may be
economically used for the *nuic crops. H|??on
grusH thev are spread ns a topdressing as even
ly as possible at tho rate of 50 to 100 bushel*
to the acre???less upon light soil* than upon
honvv. Unlencliea B??he* are applied to gras*
and clover in about halt* the above quantities,
namely 25 or 30 bushel* per acre upon sandy
or light, loamy lands, and 50 bushel)
upon heavier soils.
Directions for a Tobacco Croc.???In the firtt
place the ground should be broken early,
and about four inches deep. When that
is done wait ten or twelve days nnd then plow
it again and repeat until the time come* to get
tlie ground ready for setting tho plnnts, then
harrow and plow again and harrow a.second
time. Now lay oil four feet one way and tho
other way two nnd onc-half or three feet* If
the land is level enough roll the ground, pack
ing so it will not dry out quickly. When a
season come* you con set out your plants
without any trouble. Then ns soon as it leaves
skolp it round with a hoe. Just ns this is done
take a small one-horse plow and plow ns dose
as possible without loosening tho plant, l???low
three or four times and boo twice; tho last tune
it should bo primed and filled up, then, if it
ha* done well, it is ready for topping. Tobacco
should be wormed from the time it gets ns big
as a plate until it is cut. Take it to tho house
(if large), six or eight plants to a four-foot
stick, ami hang up in open house. This keeps
the dew and the rain oil* of it, nnd it does bet
ter never to get wet.
What Forrest Got fob Treading on O???Con
or???s Tok.??????Tho true story??? of how tho late
Charles O'Conor came to act as counsel iu tho
Forrest divorce case is told by tho Syracuse
Herald* MrJ. Forrest???s friends at first tried to
engage him, hut he refused positively to have
anything to do with the case. But they had
spread noroad reports of their intention to on -
gago him, hoping thus to frighten Mr. Forrest,
and Forrest had liearll and beliovod them. A
few hours after his final refusal to ho Mrs. For
rest???* counsel, Mr. O???Conor took his sent in a
horse car, to go home. A moment later For
rest entered. His eye fell upon O???Conor and
flashed liro. Believing the lawyer to bo his
wife???* counsel, ho strode up to him, and In the
presence of the assembled passengers, deliber
ately trod on hi* toes. Mr. O???Conor rose, ??mit-
ted tho car, nnd returned to hi* olliee. Then
ho wrote a brief note to Mrs. F???orrest, accept
ing her ease without a retainer; ami a more re
morseless warfare wa* never >vnged by counsel
upon an adversary???s client than that which
Mr, 0???Conor,opened against tho grent actor
the next day.
Bee Bests.???There ore quite n number of in
serts that cause trouble to tho lawful occupants
of the hive. Among these arc wasps, hornets,
spiders, wood lice nnd ants. Professor A. J.
Cook, of the Michigan agricultural college,
uiggest* in Rural New Yorker, ???placing nieces
if fresh meat, greased paper, etc., in the hives
iu hopes to attract the peats, which when
mussed on these decoys could easily be killed.
If thought best, the traps could be screened by
placing them in u box of fine wire gauze ho
that tho bees could not reach them, in such
screens lie recommends placing pasteboard
snienred with a thin coat of thick syrup, to sec
if the mites had a sugar tooth to lure them to
destruction. On such a sticky surface it would
be well to sprinkle flour, sugar, etc. ???If?? he
says, ???wo can find in this manner some sub-
Mtnucc that will attract these little destroyer*
aiid call them off tho bees the battle is won.
F???arm Note*.
.??? .. good plan to pinch oil???the Inter blooms
of the tomuto plant, as this will hasten the ma
turity of tho fruit already set and Increase in
*ize.
Barloy, rye, alsike and lucerne grains nnd
grasses, potatoes, |>cn* and other vegetables
have all germinated this spring without irri
gation iu tho vicinity of F???ruita, Pol.
The prospects of tho wheat crops arc not a*
;imkI ns a month ago. A larger area was In
ured by tho winter freezing than was general
ly supposed. A full average crop, however, is
expected.
Carbolic soap, liberally applied two or three
times, nt interval* of ns many days, will, it is
claimed, entirely destroy lice on hog*. It is
also a good plan to mix a little sulphur with
their feed at the some time.
The ordinary marker make* too deep a fur
row for corn, especially when the planting is
early end the ground cold. If n cold rain
comes on after planting, this corn, put *o far
below the surface, will rot, or at best make
only a sickly growth.
It is very rare that a hen???s time is worth too
much to t??e spent in brooding nnd rearing
family. Thi* is more nearly an automatic
method of rearing chicken* than any which
art enn devise. It will, nt least, run itself
with less help than any other.
Cows that are watered from stagnant pond*
or from wells in the barnyard will^ give milk
more or less tainted, and from which it is im
possible to make the best butter. Ho large a
???art of milk is water that the drink of the cow
* ot quite as much importance as her food.
Because seed potatoes arc cheap itxloes not
follow that it is best to use more seed. Home
varieties have so many eyes that even with
potatoes cut in small piece* there will bo too
manv stalk* in the hill. From two strong
stalk* there will he more merchantable tubers
than from a heavier seeding.
Colorado is destined to receive within it*
border* more people this year who coma to
farm, than any previou* year in her history,
gwedc* and Danes for Ban Luis Park*, Ger
mans for Montrose and Mesa Counties are lead
ing in New York nearly every week. The
first will engage in grain growing, the latter
in vine culture.
No Maine In Ills.
Brooklyn Eagle.
I hear that Blaine will get some of the Irish
vote. How I* that, Paddy????
He???ll not get raoin. Pd nlver vote for a man
that wlnt back on a Mulligan.???
???Are you a republican or a democrat'; ???
New York, June II.???The following pnjier
from Samuel J. Tihlen ha* been given the As
sociated Press:
New York. June 10,1884.???To Daniel Maifnlug,
Chairman of the Democratic state Committee of
New York: In my letter of June 18th. 1880, ad
dressed to the delegate* from the state of New
York to the democratic national convention,
said:
???Having now borne faithfully my fu
*lmre of labor and care hi t!
public service, and wearing the marks
of it* burdens, I desire nothing so much a* an hon
orable discharge. I wish to lay down the honors
and toil* of even qiiHsl party leadership, nnd to
seek tho repose of private life. In renouncing
renominntion for the presidency, I do so with i
doubt In my miud a* to the vote of New York, or
the United State*. I believe tlmt it is a renuncia
tion of nn election to the presidency. To those
who think my renominntion and election
lndi??pcn.??ublc to any effectual vindication of the
right of the people to elect their ruler, violated
In my person, I have accorded as long a reserve
of my decision as possible, but I cannot overcome
my repugnance to enter Into a
now engagement which involve* four years
of ceaseless toll. The dignity of the president???s
office is above a merely personal ambition, but It
create* in me no illusion. Its value I* a* a great
power for good to tho country. I said four years
ago in accepting the nomination: ???Knowing
do therefore,from fresh experience,the great dii
cnee between gliding through an official routine
nnd working out a reform of systems mid policies,
it 1* Impossible for me to contemplate what needs
to be done In the federal admluistnitioii without
nn anxious sense of the difficulties of the under
taking. If summoned by the suffrage* of my
countrymen to nttempt this work. 1 shall endeavor
with God's help to be the official instrument of
their will.??? Such ii work of renovation, after
many year* of misrule, such a reform of system*
and policies to which I would cheerfully have
where the walk???are built expressly for grapes, I j h* Te long been in the habit of giving a! -Tin an Oirishman, an* the Mulligans is me
they are generally covered with a projecting f tablespoonful of sulphur for this par- nuneraa! cnaens on me faytber???s side.'
coping. A* phylloxera is unknown here, I have
sacrificed all that remained to me???health ami
life???is now, I fear beyond my strength.???
iif. adheres to iiis purpose.
My purpose to withdraw from further public
service, nnd the ground* of it, were at tlmt time
well known to you and others, and when at Cln-
cinnnti, though respecting my wishes yourself,
you communicate*! me nn appeal from ninny val-
ucd friend* to relinquish that pur|*??se,
I reiterated my determ iuntlop
conditionally. In the four
which have since elapsed, nothing 1ms occurred to
weaken, but every tiling to strengthen the consid
eration* which induced my withdrawal from pub
lic life. To all who have nddressed me on the
subject, my intention lias been frankly commuul
rated. Several of my most confidential friend*'
under the sanction of their own names, have pub
licly stated my determination to be irreversible
That I have occasion now to consider the question
Is au event for which I have no rcspbiiHibility
The apiieiil made to nie by the democratic
masses, with nppnrent unanimity, to serve them
once more, is entitled to the most deferential con
sideration, mid would Inspire a disposition to do
anything desired of me, if it were consistent with
my judgment of duty. I belldvo there is no Instrii
mentality iu human society so (totcntUl iu its in
flucncc of mankind for good or evil, as the govern
mental maehiucry for administering justice and
for making and executing laws. Not nil the elec
mosyimry institutions or private benevolence to
which philuutruphlsts may devote their llv
fruitful In benefits as the rescue and preserva
tion of this machinery from the perversions
tlmt make It the instrument of conspiracy, fraud
and crime, against the mod sacred rights ami In
tcrcsts of tho people. For fifty years, as a private
citizen, never contemplating an official career, I
have devoted nt least us much thought and effort
to the duty influencing a right action of tho gov
crtimental Institutions of my country, as to all
other objects. I have never accepted official service
except for a brief i>crlod forasiiecinl purjioNe, nnd
only when tho occasion seemed to require*
from me tho sacrifice of private
preference* to the public welfare, I undertook tlio
state administration of New York, because It was
supposed that In that way only could the exccu
live power bo nrralgncd*on tho side of reform* to
which, a prlvato citizen, I had given three years
of my life.
HE TREATS OP 1876.
I accepted the nomination for tlio presidency in
1870 because of the general conviction that my
candidacy would best present the Issue of reform,
which the democratic majority of tliepeoplede-
Mired to have worked out in the federal govern
ment os It had been Iu thnt of the state of New
York. I believed that I had *treugth enough then
to rcwriiitc tlio administration of the government
of tho United States, and nt the close of tuy term,
to hand over the great trust to a successor faithful
to the same policy. Though anxious to seek the
repose of private life, I, nevertheless, actod upon
the Idea that every power I* a trust, and Involves
a duty. In reply to the address of the 1*011111111100
communicating my nomination, I depleted the
difficulties of the undertaking, and likened my
feeling and engaging In It to those of a soldier
entering battle, but I did not with
hold the entire consecration of my powers to the
public service. Twenty years of continuous
iiatioual administration, under the demoralising
Influence of iiiteriicclue war and of bud finance,
have Infected the whole government system of the
United Htotes with cancerous growths of false
construction* and corrupt practices. Powerful
classes have acquired i??ecuniary interest* in nfllrlnl
abuses, and the moral stniidanl* of the peopfi?
have been Impaired. To redress these evil* 1* a
work of great difficulty and labor, nnd cannot I**
accomplished without tlio most energetic, and
difficult and personal action on the (sirt of tlio
chief executive of the republic.
THE FINAL ANSWER.
The canvass and administration which It I* de
sired that I should undertake, would embrace a
period of nearly five years, nor can I admit any
Illusion as to their burdens. Three years of ex
perienco in an endeavor to reform the 'municipal
government of the city of New York, nnd two
years of experience in renovating the administra
tion of the state of New York, have made me fa
miliar with the requirement* of such a work. At
the present time the considerations which, in
duced my action Iu 18have become imperative.
I ought not to assume a tusk which I have not the
physical strength to carry through
to reform. The amendment of
the federal government to realize my own
Ideal, and to.fulfill the Just expectation* of the
people would, indeed, warrant us they could alone
compcmutte, the sacrifices which the undertaking
would Involve, but In my condition of advancing
year* and declining strength, I feel no
ajwurancc of my ability to accomplish
these object* I am, therefore, constrained to say
definitely that I cannot now assume the labor* of
an administration, or of a canvass, undervaluing
in no way* that the' bo*t gift of heaven I* the oeca-
??ion and power sometime* bestowed upon a mere
Individual to communicate an Impulse for good.
Grateful beyond all wool* to my fellow country
men, who would assign such a beneficent function
10 me, I am conubled by the riffivetioii that neither
the democratic party, nor the republic, for whose
future that party U the best guarantee,
is now or ever can be dependent upon (
any one man for their successful progress in the
path of noble destiny. Having given to tlieJr
welfare whatever of health and strength I possess
ed, or could borrow from the future, and haring
reached the term of my capacity for such labor* a*
their welfare now demands, I but submit to the
will of God in declaring my public career forever
hamuel J. Tilpkx.
hrndp.dk* interviewed.
iNDiANArous, June II.???Hon. Thomas A. Hen
dricks, In an Interview concerning Tllden???s letter
of declination, said the news was not a surprise to
bim, for when he visited Tllden In Angust last,
that gentleman very firmly announced bis
! Intention to remain permanently out of politics.
ted at the Chicago convention if it lmd not liceu for
the declination to-day. The demand for it umong '
the democracy was almost universal. Personally
he felt no disappointment. He didn't want the
office of vice-presidout eight years ago, and didn't
want it now. If the old ticket htul
remained in the field, he should have considered
hi* election to that place a great honor conferred
by the people and a rebuke to wlmt they consider
a great wrong. It would have prevented the seat
ing of Hayes in 1870 from^ecoraing a precedent for
future election*.
CLEVELAND FOR PRESIDENT.
Tho llufiTnln Delegate* for Him???The Cali
fornia Democrats.
Buffalo, N. Y??? June II.???A close canvass
of the city delegate* elected Inst night to the
democratic stato convention, show them to be
uiianimou* for Cleveland, notwithstanding the
report* to the contrary. Tho only contention
or dispute was a* to one of the delegate* to bo
chosen to represent this congressional district
nt the democratic national convention, one
section of the delegates preferring Hon. Dr.
Lockwood, the other Htnte Senator Titus, with
Titus in the lend.
Jackson, Juno II.???Tho democratic state
convention met at noon to-day, H. M. Street
presiding. After appointing a committee on
resolution* the convention took a recess until
3 o???clock. The delegates were iireseut from all
but four counties. On reassembling the con
volition proceeded to select delegate* 1
Chicago for the state nt lnrg<
The following gentlemen wei
selected: General E. K. Waltham, Hon. C. F
Hooker, Dr. W. L. Kernie and Colonel It. O.
Reynolds. Alternates at large were also se
lected, and delegates and alternates from tlio
various districts. The committee on resolu
lions submitted following:
Resolved, Tlmt it is the sense of tills convention
thnt none are more worthy of nomination for pres
ident and vice president than 8. J. Tllden mid
Tho*. A. Hendricks. .
The resolutions were adopted.
Stockton, Cain., June II.???Tho democratic
state convention rcnRMci'ubled at nine o???clock
this morning. The first district elected ns
delegates'to tlio national convention Dennis
Hponeer nnd II. C. Wilson. The second dis
trict, J. W. Beekenridge and Niles Henrle*.
The fourth district, Edward Hinitli nnd Bryan
Collins. The fifth district, Mnwrico Schmidt
and Lawrence Archer. All are pledged to
Tilden and opposed to Field. The sixth dis
trict, L. J. Hose and A. B. Butler, pledged to
Tilden and Thurman. A resolution instruct
ing them not iu any case to vote for Field was
lost. F???or congressmen were nominated, first
district, Borday Henley; second district, J. A.
Btuhl 5 sixth district, It. F. Delvillo. In the
fifth dintrict there is no nomination yet.
Galveston, June 11.???A special to tho New..
from Fort worth savs: The democratic state
convention to elect delegate* to tho {rational
convention, and to select presidential electors
convened to-day in thin city. General ('Ini-
Isirne. in calling tho convention to order, said,
touching tho issue* of the day: ???Tariff for
revenue only i* the democratic slogan. Men
are secondary i*stie?? ??? Thi* sentiment wn*
greeted with vociferous applause, ami shouts
of ???Tilden.??? After temporary organization
hud been effected, the convention took a recess,
POLITICS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Colonel MeMnstor Hanning Home Available
Ticket* through HI* Mind.
.inratA, 8. C., Juno 11.???Thi* morning
met Colonel F. W. MeMnster on Main street
nnd asked him to name tho strongest men
the democratic party can nominate ns op|i
neat* of Blnitio nnd Lognu. ???I think o
ntrongcRt candidates,??? replied lie, ???will be
Cleveland, Tilden or Bayard. Party
shackles,??? continued lie. ???hang
loosely on many good republicans a
the north, who, under tho lend of grent think
er* like Huninor nnd Wells, are ready to tako
liny reformer, provided lie in 11 good man. But
the prejudice* of these men and tho army vet
eran* must not bo aroused by anything bear
ing u southern complexion. Hence, Bayard
and Carlisle, I regret to say, must be climiun
tod from the ticket.???
Well, what about the greatest roformor of
them all???the lender of leader*???? I asked.
have,??? was the reply, ???profound resiwet for
Mr. Tilden, for he i* the greatest financier mid
reformer of the ago; but the republicans who
voted against him in 1870 will be loath to
acknowledge their fraud. But, ns between
Tilden and Cleveland, tho democratic conven
tion should consult tho preference of tho dele-
(ntes from New York, for tlio vote of New York
?? essential to our sneee**.??? Colonel McMaster.
who ha* ulwovs been nn ardent advocate of
the ???sage of Gromerey,??? opine* that ho will,
if nominated, sweep tlio country ns effectually
a* ho did in 187??. Colonel MeMnster is one
of the most prominent candidates for congre
from thi* district. Ho i* wise, conservative
mid influential. He would make nil excellent
congressman.
A Wealthy Tramp.
Rule IJekNklllet I* one of Atlanta???s most worth
less vagrants. He goes around whining and beg
ging for a dime, when if work I* offered him ho I*
too busy to attend to It. 1
A few day* ago he approached Mr. Wliangup and
asked for the *mall sum of live cent*.
'Oh, by tho way, Rufc,??? said Whangup, ???Pvg
got some work for you to do, n fence to repair,
Wlint'll you take the Job for? About two days
work.??? *
'Ten dollars,??? promptly answered Rufo.
Ten dollars!??? gasped Whangup. ???The idea:
why there???s no mutcriul for you to furnish.???
???I know that,???smiled Itufe, ???but you must re
member the time I'll put on it. My time I* money
to me."
Then you *hould quit lagging.???
Why???? asked Rufc.
'Because, if time I* money to you you ought to
be pretty flush, iu you???ve got so much of It to
upend iu barrooms.???
PILLS
oiBiiti nrf???WH??????
TORPID BOWELS,
OISORDEREO LIVER,
and MALARIA.
From these eources nrlau Uitvo-fourthaot
the itl.uase. of the human race. There
???ymtil uu Imltaito their exut.noo: Lou at
Appetite, Jlowrl. cu.tl.r, Mick Hc.it.
aelio, rullnrec niter .atliisr, ar.r.lon lu
exertion of body or mi till, laudation
of food, Iriltaljlllty of temper, too
??? ptrlta, \ foaling of Iinrlng mgl.itriJ
???oro. ditty, IMxiloexe, I'latt.rlnK at the
Heart, Hot. ha'ore clia eye., highly col
ored t;r!u., lU.WTIPtTIOirr and do
main thouae orareraoUytimt acta directly
on ILnl.fver. Aaa<Jrer rn odlclno TUlT-n
Pfl.MtbaTono equal. Their action on the
Kidneys and Skin taalao nromn.; removing
all Impurities through theae tlirco ?????? scar-
engera or lha aytt.na,??? producing appe-
tthvuMnd digestion, regular stools, a clear
Imtnd a vigorous body. TVWH PlIAJf
cause no nnueea or griping nor interfere
with dully work and are a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
nn TEEM MKE A M.W it AH.
?????? I bare bad Dyspepsia, with Constipa
tion,two years,and barn tried ten different
Kinds of pills, and TITT'B are the flrst
that bava done me any good. They bare
cleaned mo out nloely. My np;ietlte 1>
splendid, food digests readily, and I now
have natural pa*.extra. | Joel like a new
man.- wj>. EDWAIIDS, Palmyra, O.
8oldererywhere,35e. OIBr..4l Ifnnrnygt???b'.7.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
Gray Hair or WniSKEKS changed ln-
auntlr toaGLoasr Black by a single ap
plication of this Dtp.. Hold by Druggist*
or *ent by express on rece ipt of $!???
Office, 44 Murray Street, New York.
(UTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE.
CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000
???Wo do hereby certify thnt wo supervise the. ar-
rangemeuts for all the Monthly nnd HemPAnnual
Drawings of The Louisiana8tutc Littery Company,
and iu person munage and control tho Drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted with
honesty, fatnieM and good faith toward nil jmrtiea,
mid we authorize the Company to use. thi* czrtMF-
rate, with far-simile* of our signatures attached
ou its advertisements.???
COMMISSIONERS.
Unprecedented Attractions !
Over Hall a Million Distributed.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY.
Incorporated iu 1868 for 25 years by the Legisla
ture for FMutttC'.otml and Charitable purposc.s-with
a capital of one million dollnra-to which a reserve
fund of over live hundred and fifty thousand dol
lar* ha* since Iteed added.
ily nn overwhelming |topuinr voto it* franchise
was made n part of the prtxMit State Constitution,
adopted December 2d. A. D. 1870.
Its Grand Nlngle Number Drawing* will
tAke place monthly. It never Miile* or postpones.
Look at the following DDtrilmtion:
lOtlth Grand Monthly
ANDTHE
Extraordinary Semi - Annual
Drawing,
In tlio Acndemy of Music, New Orleans
Tuesday, June 17,1884.
Under tho personal supervision nnd management of
Gen. G. T. 1!KAUllKGUAKI), of Ln., iutd
ticn. .IUHAL A. EARLY, of Virginia.
Capital Prize, $150,000,
NOTICE???Ticket* are Ten Dollar* only. Ifalvet
Five Dollar*. Fifth* Two Dollars. Tenth*
One Dollar.
Lurr of rRizwi.
1 Capital Prize of ??S150,000 9150,000
1 Grand Prize of 5O.0U0 50,000
1 Grand Prize of 20,000 20,000
2 Large Prizes of
4 Large Prizes of
20 Prizes of
200
GOO
1,000
10,000. 20,000
6,000 20,000
1,000 20,000
600. 26,000
aoo 3o t ooo
200. 40,000
100 GO,000
60 60,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZE*.
100 Approximation Prize* of 200 920,000
100 ??? ??? 100 10,000.
100 ??? ??? 75 7,600
2,270 Prises amounting to 8522,600
Application for rates to club* should be mode
?????? t of the company in New Orleans,
oriimtlon r rite clearly, giving full
P. O. Money Orders payable and
address Registered letter* to
NKW ORLEANS NATIONAL HANK,
New Orleans, La.
Pnntnl Note* and ordinary letters by mall or
cxpress(nll sums of five dollar* and upwards by
express at our expense) to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
Or, M. A. DAUIIIN,
7U7 Seventh Street, Washington, D. C.
Louisiana State Lottery.
DAVE C. JOHNSON,
COVINGTON, KY.
A Single Fact
IS WORTH A SHIP-LOAD OF
ARGUMENT.
CAItTMtiril.Ut, Ga.
Till* will certify tlmt two member# of my lmmc-
???llutofRinlly, RflerliRVlngRul^retlfor m#ny yenm
Irani meniitrURl IrrcKiilurlty, nnd linvlng bceii
treated without bcnellt by vnrlntui medical dnctoni,
nt length cmn|??lotoly cured by unu bnttlo nf
Ur. J. Uradlluld'n Female Regulator. It# effect on
.licit eiuea la truly wonderful, anil well may thu
remedy be called "Woman', float Friend."
Yount reapnctlully,
JAMES W. DTRANGE.
KNT1IIK AND AIISOMJTK KlfCCKKS.
Major John C. Wbllncr, of Atlanta, well and
favorably known all over tho United Htntea iu a
General In.umnco Agent, my.: ???I tired thU rente
dy before tho war on u large plantation In a great
number of uuea, al way. with nlwolute utioonw.???
Dr. J. Davl., of Mllltown, Ala., write.; ???Hava
luted Iltudfleld'. Regulator cxten.lrely In my prac
tice with entire .ticeere. HU U not a .peel fie, It I.,
In my opinion, tho beat known remedy for tho dbl
ue. fur wlileh II1. recommended."
A lady nl Itonli'am, Texa>, write; "I havo been
ti.liig your Female Regulator for reventl week.amt
with great benefit. My erne laof long .landing, and
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modlelno I could hear of, but the Regulator I. thu
only one that boa ever altered my dUtraalng suf
fering,."
Nota.I'MIA, Ala.
Dr. J. Dradflcld???. Female Regulator ha. been
thorou fitly t itled by me In a great variety of ea?? .,
and I am fully convinced that It la unrivaled for
bat claiu of dUeaic. which ft claim, to cure.
J. O'. IIUH8, M.D.
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mailed free to applicant..
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Cumberland Island.
???8ea Able" House with new and Improved ac
commodations, will be opened forguol* April 20,
1881. KI ??????glint surf bathing, fishing, bnuting, etc.
Term* I.MW per day, 810.00 per week. Special rati *
to fatnilie*. Daily communication with Bruns
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Excursion rate* by K. T.. Va. & Ga. and Bruns
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apply to W. II. BUNK LEY, Proprietor,
i???umlHTlnnd Island. Ga.
DR. BETT S
It MEDICAL DISPENSARY
Rl V/cal Uth SI., Cincinnati,0.
i??i??> sit Ian* of tbl* Dtapenaafy fcav* secured a
world-wide n*tiu**tlon lor speedily curing Ky hilts.
Uonorrbva, Otod. Urtetort, IJrw. Kidury and
Urinary l'n**ii>|M. Blood and ttkin Disease*.
YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MEN,
iioarasu'iVrl kX rromtha terrible enects of Nerv
ous and I*??iyr???-at LKtlUty, i.???-t Manhood, Youto-
fu lndaernimHta'slNMt.or KscrMofRnjr kind,
and wbo now D:.^a . '* nerves weaken*-.!, hoe las
civious dreams. uk. ifOCturaal embedon*, I* detail-
Uteri, etna deteri. weak, melancholy, i
eri.dnll, I*??? k v, and find* bis life it bi
* Ctttm Im u if a rf intent in rrn
o??n remedies i
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uale from fourm*-rilealr??H????ir??i,.r*ir
England. Franc*and Am-
ofQa.-Mlt.ni rnslid
MANHOOD RESTORED.
Vrswhlch ????*'"i
AlWSf. k .
yjtgvwi. a oVs'Jlsw *
_i.d la .sin
k .imp.* mssns of s*Lf.
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