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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
The Best Way to Store Manure.

FARMERS are often perplexed as to the
best means for storing their winter made
manure. AS an almost universal rule they
seem to have fixed upon the side of the
barn where there is the greatest drip from
the caves. This practice is so evidently
wastetul one that more careful men adopt
various devices to avoid the excessive
teaching of more than an ordinary rain
fall. They pile their manure in large
heaps in the field, put it under sheds, de-
post it in cellars, and distribute it in small
heaps on the land where it is to be used
during the next season.
The practice of carting manure directly
to the field where it is to be used is becom-
ing more and more common, and spreading
it broadcast, TO be plOwed under or har-
rOwed in the spring.
The efforts of agricultural chemists and
agricultural writers during the first fifteen
or twenty years of the existence Of the
science of agricultural chemistry, were
devoted chiefly to an en6eavor to discour-
ace this latter practice. They insisted
that the loss by evaporation was so great
that the farmer could hope for only 1.-THE
OF the benefit to be derived from more
careful use of his fertilizers. During the
past ten years, however, agricultural
writers have had their ewes opened to the
fact that this opinion with regard to loss
by evaporation was probably wrong.
The very careful experiments made by
DR.. Voelcker at the Royal Agricultural
College at Cirencester in England, prove
clearly that the very best place in which
manure can be put. both TO prevent
loss and to insure the even distribution
of its soluble and fertilizing parts among
| the particles of the soil, is on the surface
of the field where it is to be used, spread
as evenly as possible, and without regard
to loss by evaporation. it being fact that
there are very few volatile substances de-
veloped in the decomposition of manure,
| except when it is thrown together in such
masses that its decay is attended with the
evolution of sensible heat. OF course, it
would be folly to apply manure in this
wav on lands which slope so rapidly as to
suffer seriously from surface washngs, or
on fields so situated that they receive sur
face wash from other lands lying above
and adjacent to them. The best receptacle
for manure, until it can be hauled out ar d
spread as recommended, is cellar directly
under the animals the next best, a we'll
covered shed behind them; the next, q
well built heap so situated as to receive no
water except the actual rain fall upon it
Almost the worst of all is a barn-yard
where the manure is being constantly
turned over and disturbed by the tread of
cattle, exposing freshly decomposed parts
to loss by evaporation; and the very
worst of all is under the drip of a barn
roof. especially where there is conven-
iently arranged gutter to carry into the
highway, or on to a neighbours field, or
even upon one place on our own fields,
the brown liquor which contains the most
valuable constituents of the heap.-Ameri
| can AgricMturiSt
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04

the capitalists of the country. Our reve-
nue. laws and the financial policies of the
party in power are framed for the benefit
of wealthy and powerful classes, through
the oppression of poor men and men with
but small amount of capital. The finan-
cial legislation of the country is con-
trolled by few classes, among which are
stock gamblers, bondholders, bankers,
manufacturers and those most mischiev-
Gus and dangerous pests swarming in our
national and State capitals, ring pOliti-
clans.
The rich become richer. because they
fashion our laws. Our legislators profess
a great desire to tighten the burdens of
the poor, but all laws relating to revenue
are dictated by capitalists. What men IN
the country are most earnestly at work in
attempting to fasten upon the nation the
policy of contraction advocated by Com
missioner Wells? Are they not the bond
holders and the bankers of New England?
They are afflicted in contemplating the
march of poverty, but its tread increases
their wealth. The money out of which
the poor are swindled by class legislation
goes into the Golfers Of men who devise
such legislation.
The bOndholders are paid yearly $780,
UUV,OUU III SOiu. lntl pay ho saACo, ga
cept an income tax, which, in comparison
with their receipts, is too insignificant to
mention. Who do pay the $3.50 900
I in gold? All of the men who buy any
article whatsoever upon which a duty is
laid. If the clothing bought by a labor
/ ing man for himself and family has cost
him $500 the past year, $500 OF that sum
has been paid toward the $4,000, 900 in
gold which the bondholders receive. Mr.
Wells says that, for every dollar the Treas
ury gets from custom duties, the people Of
the country are taxed two dollars. Thus
it is seen that to get the $4,000 5000 costs
/ $500, 600, 600, and this sum is mainly paid
by poor men and men with but small cap
ital. Here is one of the processes by
which the rich are made richer and the
poor are made poorer
And now comes Republican newspa
per, second in ability, prominence, and in
fluence to none in the country, saying
1--WE don't know of any proposition by
which this state of affairs may be rene
died" The statement is not true. 1t:
author knows that the Democratic press
has proposed, times without number, &c
partly reduce our customs duties, and tal
the bOndholdcrs This would remove one
Of the inequalities il legislation which
give the rich man an advantage over TIT
poor man.
Tax the bondholders abolish the Ma
tional Bank circulation; wipe out tn,
swindling tariff laws; pay the nationa
debt in currency, as was the bargain; GU
down Government expenditures; educate
a generation to regard as infamous leeis
tor who will enter ring or be controlled
by one; have done with the infamy o
class legislation tax capital; relieve Ia
boring men from taxstion-and the ricl
will not become richer by the operation
of laws which make poor men the slaves
of capitalists. Chicago Times
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04

THE sight of new barn eighty feet
long by fifty in width, built in the most
substantial manner and with all the ap
plisnces for handling and storing crops
easily, and for making manure on large
scale, is an indication of that faith which
is so often wanting upon the farm. There
is a man who believes in improved hus.
bandry, and is willing to invest ten thou.
sand dollars, or full half of his capital in
a barn. He has no doubt that he can so
manage his farm and barn as to get back
the interest on all the money invested in
it. In his view the barn is worth more to
him than the same amount of money in
vested in bank stock or in Government
bonds. This kind of faith is still the ex-
ception among farmers. Very few live
up to tie light they have, and are willing
to invest their money when they have
every reason to believe it will pay well.
They know very well the efficiency of
well-made yard manures, and feel the
need of more of them every year. Yet
they hesitate about putting cellar under
the barn, or building sheds and novels
around the yard, for the purpose of shell
tering the manure, and the men while
they are at work upon the compost beaps
in stormy weather They have muck aud
peat enough to learn its great value, and
yet they hesitate about using labor enough
to keep large stock always on hand.
Few intelligent men doubt the great waste
of feeling cattle at the stack in the win.
ter, and yet they do not provide the neces-
sary barn room or sheds to protect the
animals and save the soiling OF the fodder.
They follow the old wasteful methods
mainly, because custonl has usda them
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
Elie Course Of Things Since the Re.
publican Party Came In fOwPr-A
View from Republican Stand Point.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
conservative Republican, JAN %.
"The Springfield Republican insists
that, before the Senate of the United
States admits Mr. FentOn to his seat, 1t
shall investigate the charges against him
Of having obtained it by corrupt means"
The Senate of the United States will do
nothing of the kind, for the simple reason
that there is no longer any political NOR
atty, and public virtue is so demOralized
that the greatest rascal is recognized in
financial and political circles as the smart
fellow and the Statesman-Fiska and Fenton
par mobile frdtrum. Twenty years ago the
Senator charged with venality C tainted
with corruption could have held no position
in the Senate of the United States ,andwOuld
have been ignored in Washington society.
Not so now. The Senator or Congress
man who buys his way TO place ard pow
CT by money and duplicity, takes rank
with the first men and in the best society
at the capital. Thirty years ago Kemble
and Bishop were expelled from the Sen
ate of this State for being concerned in
legislative movement to affect tie stock
of the Harlem railroad Less than fifteen
years ago q member of Congress was ex-
PEELED from that body on the mere
suspicion that he was connected
with some corrupt transaction. But Row
wonderfully affairs have changed! Pub
lie sentiment has become dissolute, shame
less, hardened, corrupt, profigate, and
depraved. Men are charged at every ses-
sion of our Legislature as corrupt, with
being bought and sold like pigs, poultry
and other groceries. BraZen-faced scoun-
drels stand out in the lobbies of the Leg
islature, and sell their votes as openly IS
the razor strOp man in Nassau street sells
his wares. A few may cry shame but
the great body is tainted and corrupt, and
venality is the rule and not the exception
The Speaker Of the Assembly, who has
passed for an honest and well-meanine
man, becomes the tool in the hands oi
these shameless cOrruptienists, and ap
can exact toll and carry on their trade tC
the best advantage. In view of all these
things, it cannot be expected that the
United States Senate will investigate the
charges made against the Senator elect
Had the Tammany ring carried the Legis
lature, and elected United States Sena
tor with the blistering and damning record
that Reuben e. Fenton will bring to hi
seat in that body, the Tribune and all thu
little Republican echoes throughout tn,
State would have howled shame, shame
disgraceful, wicked corruption" Blu
they are silent now. Fenton is an injured
innocent in their eyes, With this state o
things prevailing everywhere, what hop
is there to see honest men in high places
The times are sadly out of Joint
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
What ar, You Taking!

Probably two-thirds ofihe adult population OF
the United States indulge. more or less, IN oaf-
room siimuants. Hot alcoholic beverages are
habitually imbibed by thousands 81 peopie IN ne
cohOic material ofall these drinks Is more or e-s
p0iS0aouS, and is rendered all the more uc'e1e-
rious in consequence OF being taken dr1'Dt.
Avoid these dangerous eXcitants. Shnn- q Ou
would shun the desdliest drug, all tdC6rn s,w.s-
L7ttS. They paraiyze the digestion contest n
liver. disturb the natural action Of the kidneys,
lrrltate the bowels, shattcr tLe nerves, ana IN
pair the reason.
The operation of HOSTETTEB-S STOMACH
BITlERS Is Numerically opposite 10 this. iney
spur no organ intO unnatural activity: bnt fhey
tone and regulate all If the digestion l. feeble.
they awaken the dormant energies of the stomach,
and promote the work of assimilation. ii the
the kidneys fail to perform their fun ions proper
". they are regulated without being jrritatsd- IL
the bowels are cOnsiipated, the perisSaltc :cuoh
is moderately increased. and the DISCHARGES
become natural and regular. IL the nerves are
trcmulOus they are strengthened. II the mlnu
is Secluded, the BITTERS tend to Gisl'erse the
gloom.
These are tie effects of the great vEenTAEIE
TONIC AND CORRECTIVE which for twenty y. ar
has been staple medicine in this country .. u
Inc demand Tor HIGH steadily increases in all rtN
OF the Western Hemisphere.
1t IS not offered a je5tF0ge. but as q me1icsaf
nor viii iteyer BE- used to satisfy craving for a.
coholic stimulants. because it. effect to cfeck
not 10 cfeGte, false appetite for eXcitGntS. The
champions of temperance viii do well 10 mark
this popularity. and to recommend il rs the only
sale preparation containing alcohol, that can be
! g-sa eT me9lclnal paIPoses;
1fL PERTIS EyIENTS recetsed TOR nis ON
hundred O,her Western f0Fs7S az ne i0'ces lis
rates, By H. HELLoGG. ApgibiIy f,.5!is.e.-,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
To Clean Sable, Ermine, Mink, elc.

In order to have the skin, free for treat
ment, the first thing to be done is TO I'M
pick and take out ali silk lining, wadding,
etc, that may have been used in making
up the muff or tippet Then take one
gallon of water, halt pound of white or
best notified soap, and handful of bran
Cut up the soap and boil it in the water
until it is dissolved; then let it cool till
nearly lukewarm, and mix in the bran.
With this fluid almost any kind of fur
may be cleaned a honeycomb sponge is
the best material to use in applying the
fluid, the object being to cleanse the fur
without wetting the skin more than can
be avoided. Having cleaned the fur with
this fluid, still warm, it must next be
thoroughly rinsed with clean water, well
blued in the usual way. The same sponge
will do for this purpose as was used in the
first instance. After this treatment the
fur must be dried as quickly as possible,
but not before fire, unless at some dis
lance from it, shaking the skin repeatedly
while it is drying, TO prevent the hair
from mating together. Ii the skin has
become wetted by the operation, and dries
hard, 1t must be rubbed soft before 1t is
made up. Finally, the fur will require
good deal of brushing to bring the hair
once more to follow the grain OF the skin.
Another and more simple way OF partial
ly cleaning fur is merely to brush 1t. using
dry pipeclay ON the brush. This method,
however, is better suited to keep fur clean
when it is so, than to renovate it when
much soied. Exchange.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
The New Hampshire Democracy.

The resolutions of the recent New
Hampshire Democratic State convention
very briefly and plainly state what are
now the issues Of the greatest Importance
between the parties. We append the first
one:
Resolyo3. That the Democratic party of New
Hampshire. in convention assembled, declare
their adhesion TO certain principles by them nltn
ertO maintained, and which. in victory or deIeat,
they viii never surrender: First-The paramount
and binding authority of the CONSTITUTION ofci
all departments of government and all states oi
the Union to the extent of the powers therein
granted. SecOnd-The exemption oil every otaIe
from any interference or cOntroI not UleaIiy wa
ranted by the Constitution. Third-Ihe right OF
every State to an equal participation in the gov
ernment as guaranteed by the Constitution.
FOurth-The separation and proper independence
of the Executives. legislative and Judicial depart
ments as provided by the Constitution. tltn-
No privileged classes and no privileged capltal.
Sixth-An honest and economical administering
of the Government for the good of the people,
and not in the interest OF monoponsts ana
thieves, and plunderers of the public treasury
and the national domain
There is not n Democrat in the country
who viii Mt indorse every word OF the
above, and majority of the voters in the
Republican party viii approve the entire
resolution. This, not because it IL general,
COMMONPLACE, and sus ,eptible OF a half
dozen different constructions, but because
it declares what the daily management OF
the Government shows to be essential to
the safety and preservation of the Union
under the Constitution. The Democrats
were beaten last fall y preiudices which
are daily dying out, and by money. The
principle of the party we're not con-
demned by majority of the voters in the
Northern States. No Republican news,
paper. with any brains about i, will butt
against single statement IN 5he resolu
ton. Wherefore let Democrats be as
sured they are right, and are gaining
strength every day.-Efch1nge.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
The Rich and the Poor.

1.-THE reason why we do not give some
practical proposition whereby the rich
may be prevented from becoming richer
and the poor poorer, is because we don't
know of any," says the New York Times.
Mr.. Wells, Special Commissioner of
Revenue, thinks the way to increase the
wealth of the poor and deprive certain
classes of capitalists of the advantage they
now have over men and woman depend
ent upon labor for support, is to contract
the currency; and in this he is sustained
by most of the Republican newspapers
demanding speedy return to specie pay
ments. He acknowledges the fact, and
deplores its existence, that the rich are
becoming richer and the poor poorer, and
suggests remedy. Whether il be the
right one will, perhaps, appear from one
or two considerations. To contract the
currency would make money more difficult
to obtain. In a stringent money market,
| rich man has a greater advantage over a
poor man than in an easy money market
Mr.. Wells remedy, like most of the
remedies proposed by leading men in the
party In power, for the benefit of the poor,
would result in an aggravation of the evil
II is akin to that protection of American
industry" which the manufacturers of
New England extend to the laborers of
the country through the operations of our
tariff laws. Recent Investigations in the
conduct of Eastern manufacturing estab.
lishments show that no class of laborers in
the country suffer more from poverty and
the tyranny of task-masters than the men
and women working in the New England
mills
If the rich became richer by the returns
of various kinds of business which added
to the wealth of the country, and to in
crease which the poor are not taxed, there
would be no cause for complaint. The
evil Is, that tho laboring men Of the
country arc tgaaa 10 add ~ the store of
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04

decided that the disease was undoubtedly
caused by the smut on the corn with
which the cattle had been fed. He pre-
scribed purgatives for the cure Of the liv
ing, and thought with proper and timely
care there would be little difficulty in saw
ing the lives Of cattle which are attacked.
His prescription is a pound of Epson
salts, an ounce of alOes or five ounces OF
sulphur, and two ounces Of ginger, the
whole mixed in water and poured down
the throat of the sick animal.
To PREVENT GUNS FROM RUsTING.-
For the benefit of such of our readers as
pride themselves on the condition in
which they bring their guns into the field,
| offer the following recipe, given me by
a sportsman of no little experience, and
which I tried on his Recommendation and
found TO be perfectly satisfactory. 1t is
IS follows 20 OF. finest olive oil, y o.
spirits turpentine. This is to be rubbed
on the gun barrels with rag, and also
/ inside, leaving them with the oil on and
not rubbed Oft until wanted to be used.
This, during any damp weather, 1 am sure
! viii keep guns il frst-rate condition
| London Fiod.
TIE BEST BREED OF Cows.-In late
1 dIllCiC uiSCuIoiLS tltiS question:, tIC ACH
! England Fdrm6r remarks: 1.-THE CUES
ton, then, which is the best breed Of cows
like the question which is the best grape
must be answered by reference to lCca'
| considerations. There is no one breed OF
cattle, and no one grape, that is best
| throughout our widely extended country
| with its great diversity of soil and climate
That breed or plant IS best for any local.
| ty, that is best suited TO the soil or climate
or that can best resist the obstacles to its
! thrift and population. We will close with
| a single remark-never keep poor COW
of any breed, and especially, never at
! tempt to raise her progeny"
To CLEAN BRAss.-Rub the surface o.
| the metal with rotten stone and sweet oil
then rub off with piece of cotton flannel
| and polish with soft leather. 4 solution
| of Oxalic acid rubbed over furnished brass
! with Il cotton rag soon removes the tar
! nish, rendering the metal bright. Th,
| acid must be washed off with water and thu
| brass rubl ed with whitening in powder anC
| soft leather When acids are employed
for removing the oxide from brass, tn,
metal must be thoroughly washed after
wards, or it will tarnish i'll few minute
after being exposed to the air. A mixtur,
of muriatic acid and alum dissolved il
water imparts golden hue to brass arti
cles that are stepped in it for a few seconds
| -Ercldnge.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-04
Diamond Cutting.

THE art requires that the cutter should
have extraordinary skill for working the
stones, OF which the smallest often do not
reach the size of pin head-so small that
it takes hundreds Of them to weigh a
carat! Nothing equals in this respect the
skillfulness of the workers of Holland, and
one is quite confounded when one sees
stones of such small dimensions cut into
twenty-fOur faces, perfectly equal and
regular. This is not, however, the only
difficulty the diamond cutter has to sur
mount; it is the cleaner who has to make
choice of the form to be given to each par
ticular stone. 1t is he who must decide,
after minute examination, how each par
ticular diamond ought to be cut, whether
brilliant or a rose; he determines the
choice by an endeavOr to lose as little mat
ter as possible. But this is not all. 1t is
necessary that he should recognize at the
first glance in what way it is convenient
to attack the stone, which is not en- easy
matter, for if his measures have not been
well taken, it may perhaps occur that
twenty-three faces having been already
cut, the twenty fourth would require to be
cut on an imperfect part of the stone; and
so it is found impossible to continue
The cutters and pOlishers are often
thrown out by finding unexpected flaws
in the stones, as they proceed with their
work. The color, too, often changes; 50
that sometimes it is quite impossible to
tell how diamond may turn out; and, as
in the case of the KOh-inOOr, one portion
of the stone may sometimes prove To be a
great deal harder than another part; and
If, while cutting, the diamond be allowed
to remain too long on the schyff before
being taken off to cool, it might melt the
lead in which it is set, and SO, by changing
It's position, do very serious injury to the
stone. In cutting the Koh-i-noor, it was
necessary at times TO increase the revolu-
tions of the schyff to three thousand per
minute, in consequence of the extraor-
binary hardness of some portions of that
most valuable gen. Chambers Journal.