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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-15
THE WASHINGTON APPOINTMENT.

Much excitement exists In Republican
party local circles here over the probable
appointments to the three or four we'll
paying local offices Of Washington directly
in the Presidents gin. 1t Is thought that
these appointments will he made In the
course Of week, know not the ground
Of this Impression, and am skeptIcal about
j, as the President seems 10 be lndisposed
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-15
Wood and Coal.

Attention.
mhl3cO2w THOS. j. GAIT.
COAL AND WOOD.
For sale at the lowest market rates the cole
AND BAILJTi Mons COMPANY CoALG
Also, HICKORY, OAK AND PINE WOOD,
Sawed aud Split to suy Length aud Size, or In the
Stick. delivered to any part Of the sity At short
notice, v. l.. SHERRY,
Once, 49, Penusylyania avenue.
bet. Third and Four n half streets.
Yard sud MIL. Pour'aud'a'halfs st. and Canal.
L.R PER CORD. 9H
,DO WOOD! WOOD WOOD JpO
Prime pine, bright and full length. delivered free
Of extra charge. Yard on second street, between
D aud streets Orders eau be left at the follow
James ii. Stone. Druggist. corner Seventh aud L
streets. $500 =.
York avenue.
Jas. Redfern, Grocer, Nineteenth street and Penn.
sylyAnia avenue.
fels-lm.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
To Make Apple Butter.

SELECT two bushels of sweet apples
and two bushels Of sour apples, and peel,
core and quarter them Take barrel of
good sweet apple cider, and boil it in
copper Kettle until all the impurities have
risen to the surface. After this is done,
and the impurities SKINNED off, take out
two thirds of the cider. Then put in the
apples, and as the quantity bOils down
put in the rest OF the cider. After putting
n the apples the butter must be stirred
without interruption until it is taken off.
1t will take about five hours boiling after
the apples are put into the cider 1t should
lie boiled until the whole mass becomes
smooth and of the same consistency, and
Of a dark brown color. Spice with ground
cloves and cinnamon, to taste The but
tex can then be taken off and put into yes
sells for usc Eartllen crooks are best for
this purpose Tie the vessels over with
heavy paper and set them away in dry
place. The butter will keep Il year if
wanted.
Peach butter is made much in the same
way Sometimes the peaches are not
peeled, though the butter is better if the
peelings are taken off. 1t does not require
so much boiling to make peach butter, and
as soon as the peaches are thoroughly
boiled up and the butter is thick enough it
can be taken of. Cover the vessels with
paper mOistened with whisky This will
keep the butter from moulding ON top
Fttrn ,j0urn0l
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Impure Drinking Water.

1T Is said that a mans palate is like
policeman, Stationed at the door OF his
stomach to prevent the entrance of i'm
proper company. To certain extent this
Is true, but our safety requires that the aid
of the reason be called in to exercise a
wiser discrimination than our tasting
faculty can do. Many articles, more or
less injurious, are either of Agreeable taste,
or are tastelcss. For instance, ills not I'M
likely that CHOLERA, typhoid fever, and
epidemic diarrhea, are propagatcd by
means of fresa and swcet-tasting drinking
water, more than in any other way. 1t is
not positively proven, but it is undoubtedly
true, that the presence in the water of
wells and springs of matter emanating
from the excrement of persons sick with
the above diseases, and perhaps some
others, is sure means of disseminating
them. 1t is also generally believed among
those who have paid the most attention to
the subject, that any eXcrementltlOus mat
ter in drinking water is not only highly
injurious, but is often cause OF the out
break of diseases. There is good reason
TO suppose that these diseases are also com
inundated dy a contamination OF the at
mosphere Especially Of sleeping-rOOms),
but the weight of authority seems to at
drinking water than to pure air. Asan
instance in point, we refer to the fact tina
in the summer of 1854 "A sudden and most
violent outbreak Of cholera PREACHING a
mortality Of 13i in single dav. within a
circle of about 200 yards radius), which
occurred in London, was distinctly traced
to a well in the center of the fatal area
that received the leakage of a house drain
through which the excavations of q
cholera patient passed Immediately before
the outbreak of the PestiIence. The water
OF this well Gas is often the case with water
containing organic impuiitiesl was pecu
1iarly fresh and palatable. On the re
moval Of the handle ofstlie pump by order
of the vestry of the parish, the disease
rapidly diminished. 1t seems perfectly
clear, in this instance, that the cholera
poison contained in the excavations of q
single invalid was distributed by means oil
this well throughout the whole district
dealing death on every hand.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Watering HOrScS.

HORSES should never be kept so long
without water that they will drink largely
when they get it. Give it to them often,
aud they will never injurc themselves with
it. Nothing is more common than to
hitch team to the plow, and make them
work half a day without drop. What
man would submit to such treatments If
the plOw is started at seven in the morn
ing, water should be given again before
ten; and again in the afternoon by four
o'clock. Even if half an hour is thus con-
sumed, more work will be done in day
The objection that horses on the road
should not he % loaded with water" is not
valid. 4 horse weighing 1,2OO pounds
will not be much encuMbered additionally
by 90 pounds of water, while the disten-
sion will give him additional strength.
Every farmer knows that when he him
self undertakes to lift large log or heavy
stone, he can do more by first initiating
himself with air, and not unfrcquently he
loses a button or two from his pantalOOns
in the operation. Some degree of imitation
by water viii add to a horses strength in Il
similar manner In driving horse on the
road at a natural gait OF nine or ten miles
an hour, have frequently bad occasion to
observe that he was laboring with perspira-
ton until let him drink freely, when he
ceased TO sweat and evidently Travelled
more freely. Don't be afraid to give your
horses water the danger is in making
thol.a abstain too long-in which case. care
is needed.-COuntly GeHHemdn.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
The Fever and Ague Season.

When the leaves begin 10 change. rcmittent and
intermittent fevers make their appearance From
the surface OF the earth, bathed nightly i'm heavy
dews. from marshes and swamps. surcharged with
moisture. from the dying foliage of the woods
from fostering pools and sluggish streams. the sun
OF September evolves clouds of miasmatic yapOr
per1ous TO health and life. The body. deprived
by the burning temperature of July and August of
much OF Its vgor and elasticity. is not in proper
plight 10 resist malaria and hence all diseases that
are produced by depraved condition OF the
atmosphere are particularly prevalent in the Fall
There Is no reason why the health of thousands
of people should be thus sacrificed prepara-
tory course of HOSTETTERS STOMACH BIT
TIERS is certain protection against the epidemics
and endemics which Autumn brings in its train.
Let all jewellers in unhealthy localities liable to
such vlsitatiOns, give heed to the warning and ad-
vice conveyed in this advertisement. and they may
bid defiance to the foul exhalations which are now
rising, night and day. from the soil around them
No farmhouse in the land should be without this
invaluable exharant and inyigorant at any pei iod
OF the year, but especially in the Fall. 1t is not
safe TO go forth into the chill misty atmosphere o
September morning or evening with the stomach
unfortiied by tonic, and of all the TONES
which medical chemistry has yet given to the world.
HOSTETTER'S BTTTERS are admitted TO be the
purest, the most wholesome, and the most bene-
fcial
Let all who desire TO escape the bilious attacks
bowel complaints and malarious feverS take the
BITTERS at least twice a day throughout the pres
ent season. 1t is a wholesome it Is infallible
Look to the trademark, "HOSTETTERS STOM
ACH BIT'TERS." engraved on the label and EN-
bossed on the bottle, and their revenue stamp
covering the cork, cOuntertets and imitation:
abound.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Western Patents.

THE following Western patents were
granted by the Commissioner of Patents
for the week ending Sept. IA, 1869, as
reported by Farwell, Ellsworth &
Co, solicitors of patents and cOunselOrs
in patent cases, 1872 Lake street, Chicago,
H.:
FOR ILLINOIS.
Corn Marker-Joseph Bearden. Bath
Saw Clamp Il. Blackstone, Warren.
Cultivator-W. A. Dryden Monmouth.
MASKING Mach;ne-L G. Field, Galesburg.
Napor Burner-Edward Savage, Chicago.
Hay Rakcr and LOADER. X. Isdell, Wyanet
Street Scrapcr-J. X. Thompson, Chicago.
Flute-O. J. G.. Wardrum, Chicago.
Nelocipede-G. HOberland, Pontiac.
Axle Bolt. Il. Hendricks, Clayton
Planter and Cultvator-A. j. Misenkimer, Oska-
Washing Machnc-Orin skeel. winslow.
Hobby Horsc-L. Anderson. Chicago.
Stove Pipe Shelf-Bagey II Mason, Elgin.
seRake-Jesse Hudson Charleston.
Clothes Line Uolder-John Robins, Ccniralia.
IOWA.
Sled Runner-William n. Berkly, Cedar Rapids.
Tumbing Rod Cleaner-F. Heeuermann, Daven-
port.
Chuin-Wildesin & Peek, st. Charles.
Hay LOADER. G.. SchOrn. Iowa City.
Cutivator-E. p. Lynch. Davenport
Hand Corn Planter-W :. Pelham, kirkyille.
INDIANA.
Head Rest-Willey Kenyon, Charlottesville.
Clod Fender-L. III. Sheelcr Charlottesville
Harvester-Brackbush Il Mcrrifield. Indianapolis.
NeOcipede-C. NJ Tyler. indianapolis
Rotary Clod Fender-L. NJ. Doddridge, Mount
Pleasant.
Machine Filing Saws--F NJ. Huston, Orange.
Gate-Wm. Leonard, Orleans.
Knitting Machine-J NJ Cune, Auburn
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Something to be Done.

ANNUALLY there are thousands of dol
lars lost in this country by neglect of val
liable farm implements, and although this
truth is apparent on reflection, and al
though year after year the bills of me-
chanics for repairs are paid, still the mex
cusable fault is committed Now this neg
ligence is not only expensive, but it indi
Gates imprOvidence, lack of neatness and
Incidence. A little care at the right time,
and little time given to the performance
of the duty of caring for the implements
will secure their safety, their protection
from decay and their being found when
ever needed. Now these considerations
are important to the careful farmer who
regards time as money. In the COM
mencement of harvest there is enough
necessary work to demand the time and
the attention of every one on the place
yet on many farms the unavoidable hurry
and labor is increased by the discovery
that the machinery is all rusty and unser-
viceable. Just when they can be least
spared hand must be sent off in hot haste
with the reaper to the blacksmith shop,
where he has to wait until the same work
is executed for dozen other farmers who
have been guilty of the same neglect. 1t
may be and often does happen that par
ticular casting is required to supply the
place of one rendered useless by hard usage,
and then trip to town must be made, and
it is fortunate if the needed part can be
found nearer than Cincinnati With this
haste, vexatiOn and trouble, of course bad
feeling is engendered and employers and
labOrers are angry and i'll inclined to labor
vigorously. In time the grass, wheat, rye
and oats are cut, but is the lesson enforced
by the trouble and expense of a few weeks
before remembered? One would think
that repetition of such annoyances
would certainly be avoided, but no ! the old
careless, slip-shod habit is strong and the
machines are permitted to stand right out
in the fields where they were used last,
where they will be rusted and covered
with dirt. How easy it will be to draw it
to the shed, where it will be secure, and
then bring there the plows, axes, hoes,
rakes and every other implement on the
farm. They will always be there when
you need them in hurry, if you replace
them when your work is through. Count
ing the lost time in hunting the tools, and
the money expended in repairs by careless
farmers in the course of one year, and the
aggregate would astonish even the most
indifferent. These suggestions are timely
now, and attention to the machinery will
save trouble and money next year. Look
over all your tools and machines and if
there Is nut or bolt out of order, put it
right, for every farmer should have neces-
sary tools and know how to use them.
Clean away the dirt from every part and
the gummy oil from the journals; ex-
anime the screws and give coat of paint
or oil to the woodwork. Do all these
little jobs carefully now and you will not
have your tempers spoiled and your
pockets depleted by trips to the black
smiths shop in the busy time next season.
TURNER'S Home JournM
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Still "SpOOniag" Ben. Butler.

Ben. BUTLER at private house in Bos
ton, at tea, was recently asked quite inno-
Gently by the landlady, his host, who had
handed him CUP of molten China :
F." General, have you spOOny" To which,
a guilty conscience being his accuser, But
Ter frantically enjoincd; mo, mann;
havE't any OF your spoons and if you
doubt me, I'm ready to be searchedr A
similar scene happened in Buffers own
house, at his big Washington party, last
winter Ben Butler bore off Hon. Mr..
EldridSe, of Wisconsin, and some other
Democrats, Congressmen and correspon-
dents, to the supper table, called for and
got terrapin for all, but without the need
full conveyancers of il 10 the mouth,
iwhereupon he scared darkey waiter
white as the plate he was washing by hal
lOOing, Spoons, You scoundrel (; arn't
there enough in my house to serve the
guests WITH" This was too much even
for the composure of his conservative
guests. They took up, the cry, and
spoons was the shout for tive minutes.
IL was sometime before the hiatus could
be filled by an original remark about, the
weather, and there was more laughing
than terrapin bolted on that particular oc-
casion. -Ercha,tge. ar
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23

THE N. Y. Sun expatiates upon the
scandal of Cabinet Ministers like Mr.. Sec
rotary Robson going about on a pleasure
excursion in a national vessel and at
heavy cost to the treasury. The excuse
that he is paying an official visit to the
nayyyards," the Notifications" etc, the
editor says, viii not do, as 1--WE quote)-
Nothing can justify "a private officer
for spending the public money about his
own pleasures. If Congress, out of great
admiration for the ioyial Robson, had
voted him the money TO fit out the ITALIA
pOosa, and had also empowered him to
keep her for his private yacht at the ex-
pcnse of the taxpayers, he would then
have had legal right to withdraw her
from the public service, and go about with
her on the pretext Of visiting forts and
navy yards. But without such legislation,
II Is just as great a wrong to take II ma
tIOnal vessel for Mr.. R0bcS0n'S private
amusement as it would be for Mr. Robe
son 20 administer chlOroform to Gen spin
ner and the other guardians of the Treas
ury, and to rob it of as many thousands
or as many millions as he might desire.
III 1t was necessary or proper that he
should examine navy yards and forts, very
well; let him take the ordinary means of
conveyance to get there but let him not
defy the law and plumber the people under
the pretensc of performing an official
duty.r
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23

sale. In the fourth story are the entry
and packing roolns, and the fifth is used
for surplus goods, duplicates and storage
The main floor has six front windows of
plate glass fourteen feet high. Massive
and elegant stairways lead, by easy steps,
from the main floor to the upper stories
and nothing seems wanting to promote
the convenience and comfort of their Gus
toners. The whole store is fitted up in
the most elegant STYLE and it is, in fact,
the largest and most commOdiOus MILL
merry establishment in the world. The
firm import their silks, ribbons, velvets,
laces and French flowers, and their sales
extend over the Northwest and to the
Pacific, reaching million dollars year.
ID. b. Fisk 81 Co, being tie leading
millinery house in the Northwest, dealers
in millinery and ladies' furnishing goods
can secure To themselves the combined
advantages Of comfort, courtesy, honor
able dealing and very low prices, by
making their purchases OF the above
named firm.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
A Mammoth Millinery House.

Quite a sensation has just been created
in Chicago by the imposing show rooms
of ID. B. Fisk & Co, the Oldest and largest
millinery house in the West This firm,
now in their sixteenth year, have recently
enlarged their premises by addition of the
main floor of Nos. 90 and IS Lake street,
and now occupy the entire double build
ing, fifty feet wide by one hundred and
sixty-five feet deep, five stories and base
ment, making nearly an acre and
quarter of room. The fittings up cost
about goo, 900, and are nowhere surpassed
in elegance. Among the novelties is a
ladies' parlor, with Mushroom, and all the
toilet accessories. The business offices
are finished in black walnut, ebony and
French plate glass f'o
The curious are informed that the base
ment contains fuel, heating apparatus, &c
The first floor, silks, ribbons, French
flowers and feathers. The second, hats, bon
nets, straw, goods, fancy goods, ladies' fur.
nishing hosiery, gloves, white goods, dress
and cloak trimmings. The third floor is
the pattern bonnet department, where a
.arge number of skiilful women ale en-
ployed in manufacturing pattern bonnets
from imported patterns, In the rear is the
receiving room where all goods are re-
.ceived and examined to make it certain
that no imperfect goods are offered for
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23
Averaging Expenses.

IT is very seldom that any business can
be counted upon as sure to yield large
and constant income. There are many
chances and casualties in trade and bust
ness which cannot be foreseen. He is a
fortunate man indeed, whatever his call
ing, who does not find himself, sooner or
later, going "out Of fashion" The new
conner, or more dashing, ingenious, or willy
competitor, will sometimes distance an old
public flvOrite. Or n successful man may
be spoiled by success, or over confidence
in his reputation. For these and many
other reasons, it should be the effort of
every man to become Independent of his
business. We mean that he should place
a part, however small, of his earnings in
some description of investment, which
shall be secured from the chances which
affect his regular calling. To do this, he
should tax, not his business means, but his
personal vanity, and be content to creep
as the phrase goes, before he attempts to
walk and to walk before he essays to run.
There is many man who looks back on
the careless expenditure of past years with
regret, but who might now be assisted by
the interest OF his prosperous acquisition,
if he had but funded, instead of spending
his money for temporary qualification.
yyorkingmen, while in the prime of their
strength and manhood, and in the receipt
of liberal wages, might secure themselves
not only against the distant day of old age,
but also againSt much of the Inconvenience
of dull times, of sickness, or of forced in.
activity from any other cause Whoever
will make firm rule, and abide by 1t al
ways, to live within his income is on the
safe road TO competence, if not to wealth
A CELEBRATED begging letter imposter,
who has for some time imposed upon the
French nobility, under the name of La
Marquise de, Ia Lalle, has been convicted
ment in Paris.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23


A GRAND AND MERITED SUCCESS =
We learn that so great has become the
demand for DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy of
late, that instead of grinding and prepar-
ing the ingredients which enter into its
composition, in common druggists
mortar, the proprietor has had to resort to
large set of French Bur Mill Stones,
which are run by water power. When it is
considered that it is but a short time since
the remedy was discovered and put on sale,
this may truly be said to entirely eclipse the
success which has met the remedies of
Aver, James, Moffat, Townsend, and the
whole fraternity of proprietary medicine
vendors. Where there is such success,
there must be some merit 1t is for sale in
almost every drug store in the land, and is
also sold largely and sent through the mail
at sixty cents per package.-BgfdtO
Eceaing Post.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-23

weather for transplanting. We have set
out strawberry plants in August, and the
next season they produceda moderate crop;
but such instances are exceptional, ard
not cOmmOn.-Hedrh and Home.
TAKING UP PLANTs.-Fromt the fifteenth
of September to the first of October is the
proper time to do this Care must be had
to take up as large ball of roots as pos
slble, and after being potted the plants
should be well watered, and placed in
frame under sash, and partially shaded,
1t beng necessary to provide a rather
warm, moist atmosphere for them, and to
defend them against the cool nights and
dry atmosphere usual at this time of year.
The frame should be moderately aired by
lowering the sash six or eight inches at
the top in the middle of the day, and if
the plants are soft wooded, such as Zonale
geraniums, they may be pruned in some
what; but Begonias, BOuvardias, Carna-
tions, etc, should be left unpruned When
the plants have made fresh roots, which
will be in from ten to fourteen days, they
may be removed to the greenhouse or par
lOr.-Heqrth md Home.
How TO MAKE CoFFEE-The Ame,i-
can Builder says First, sOlemnly deter
mine in your mind never to allow an
ounce of ground coffee to enter the door
of the kitchen. If no one about the
premises understands the art of roasting
coffee, then buy it ready roasted, and try
and find dealer who has not soaked all
the essential juices from the coffee before
putting it into his oven. If the roasted
berry is about twice as large as when
green, depend upon it, the scalawag
Great Humbug Tea and Coffee company
have defrauded you. Get an earthen pot,
you cannot make good coffee or tea in a
tin vessel-and put the ground coffee in a
clean white flannel bag, and be sure to put
enough in, and drop the bag into the pot.
Pour on boiling water, and let it steep, do
not boil it. The coffee will steep in TWEEN
ty minutes. Never break an egg into
coffee, and never fill up with water the
second time. Pour on, in the beginning,
the amount of water needed An ordina-
ry teacupful of ground coffee is sufficient
for three persons. Use Java, Mocha, or
Java and Rio mixed Follow this receipt
and you will never complain of poor
coffee.