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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.???TWELVE PACES. 11 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. 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