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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

but where he has done 50, more than one
scandal has vexed the public. Where he
has left the selection of officers to his
sobordinates they have been in the main
judiciously made.
We will not speak now of the umfortu
nate selection of some of his Cabinet-Mr.
Borie has retired to private life, whence he
ought never to have been drawn; but the
people vet look for an order restoring To
our ships the names under which they be
came famous; nor do they cease to wonder
that the President whose public history is
connected with the late war, should have
permitted a whimsical Secretary to humble
the navy by substituting senseless names
taken from foreign naval register, fol
those which had acquired fame and Il place
in history by great achievements.
The truth seems to be, that, as the Presi
dent began by refusing to take any advice
he too quickly ended by taking bad adj
vice and it is our duty, who have, evel
since the first battle he won, been hi:
steadfast supporters, to tell him that i'll the
particulars in which we have found faul
with him he has gravely weakened him
self in the esteem and confidence of The
public
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
Building Hay-MOws.

On small farms, where the horse fork is
not used, much hard labor may be saved
by building up Onehalf of the hay-mo at
a time. For instance, with the first hay
drawn, fill either the right or left-hand
end of the bay, up as far as the big beam,
then rake down the side, and while this
part is settling, fill the other half The
two parts being filled at different times,
will not settle alike, and of course will not
unite, SO there will be no use for a hay
knife in winter. The principal benefit OF
this plan is derived by lessening the hard
labor while unloading. One-half of the
NOW being lower than the other, the tor
of the load may be thrown on the highest
part, and the balance below, which saves
pitching from the rack over the big beam
After trying this mode of moving away
hay, it will not be abandoned
There is still another advantage; the
greatest heat caused by fermentation i,
always in the centre of the NOW, and the
seam here gives escape to the generated
gases
There is very generally neglect among
farmers to properly prepare the bottom o
their bays for hay to keep well. In mos
cases the hay is allowed to lie upon th,
ground, or at best, to rest upon few
poles or rails laid on the earth. The hes
construction we ever used was to put il
| logs fifteen inches through, across the bay
| once in eight or ten feet, and upon thcs
spread rails or poles, leaving a space be
| tween them of about two inches. Thi
gives free circulation below the NOW, an,
not pound is injured if it remains Their
| for years.-OhiO Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
How to Make Spruce Beer.

AS THE season is at hand when pleasant
summer drinks, free from alcoholic in
f1uence, are frequently brewed by the
housewife, or the well brought up
daughters, who ought to be taught little
of everything in the way of household
duties-we append the following receipts,
which are claimed to be excellent:
1. Take three gallons of water of blood
warmth, three half pints of mOlasses, a
tablespoonful of essence of spruce, and
the like quantity of ginger; mix well to-
gether with a gill of yeast let stand over
night, and bottle in the morning. 1t will
be in good condition to drink In twenty
four hours. 1t is "a palatable, wholesome
beverage.
2. Those who prefer mead have only to
substitute honey for the molasses named
above, and for one-third the ginger use all
spice. Half the quantity of yeast will be
sufficient, and the bottling should occur
the second day instead of the next NOR
ming. 1t will be fit to drink in four days
after being bottled, and will keep for many
weeks. A small quantity of alcohol is
formed during the fermentation, and this
prevents the acetOuS fermentation so
common to spruce beer The essence of
spruce is of course left out in the making
of mead. The alcohol formed from the
fermentation of honey resembles that found
in metheglin, while the alcohol formed from
the fermentation of molasses is rum Those
who imagine that they can make either
spruce beer or mead without entirely
forming any alcohol are mistaken; but il
is present in SO light IL proportion as not
to be sensible To the most delicate tenn
perance nerves
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

The announcement of the appro; ching
recognition, by the Imperial family of
Austria, of the marriage of Duke Louis, of
Bavaria, with the beautiful Mile Mcndel,
the actress, of Augsburg, has given IA
new aim to the theatrical ambition of the
ladies of the Paris board The visit about
to be made by the Empress Elizabeth to
the beautiful castle of Lake Stahnberg
where the newly married couple reside,
has become the talk of every foyer daftistes
in Europe. They say in the c0uttsses here
that her Austrian Majesty was the pro
moter of the marriage, the story connected
with her brothers love and courtship be-
ing romantic enough to excite the strong
est interest in her kind and womanly
heart, and making it fOrgetful of all dis
tinctiOn OF rank where an equal share of
love and delicacy had been displayed by
both the lovers. Mile. Mendel, who had
preserved her reputation unSullied amid
all the perils and temptations of "A theatrical
life, is considered as the most lovely wO-
man in Germany, her beauty being of the
true German type, of the peculiar fairness
beheld in no other country-golden hair
in soft silky masses, without the smallest
tinge fauburn-purc gold-unburnished !;
complexion delicate as the inner petals
OF the Bengal rose-pale pink, scarcely
ever seen in nature and almost impossible
to produce by artificial means; lips of
the deepest carnatiOn; teeth small
and exquisitely white and eye
brows of the darkest brown with eyes of
the deepest blue All this made such an
impression on the heart of Duke Louis,
that from the moment he first beheld her
at the Munich Theatre he vowed himself
To tha of IL n Il,,t
Mendel was valiant i'm defense of her repu-
tation, and aware of the responsibility in
CURED by the possession of great talent,
she resisted every overture, even that Of
marriage, on the part of the Duke, well
knowing that it was out of his power To
contract any alliance of the kind, as much
was expected of him by his family Al
that time Mile Mendell was i'm the habit of
wearing velvet collar with clasp 0rna-
mented by single pearl of great value,
which had been presented To her by the
King OF Saxony, and i'm order to quell all
hope OF success in the bosom of her royal
admlrcr, she declared to him one day that
she had made IL VOW to- bestow her heart
and hand ON him alone who could match
this single pearl with as many others as
would make necklace The declaration
was made laughingly, for the fair creature
knew well enough the Duke, living fully
up to his income, which was but mediocre
for his rank, could never accomplish this
Herculean task, and she laughed more mer-
rily still when she beheld the discOnsoatc
expression of his countenance at the an
nouncement she had made But soon after
ward she heard that the Duke had sold his
horses and broken up his establishment
gone to live in the strictest retirement i'm
small cottage belonging to his brothers
park.
That very night, when about to place
the velvet band upon her neck, she found
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
The World Grows Wiser.

The human stomach has been shamefully perse-
cuted organ. There was time when for every dere-
LECTION of duty it was punished with huge doses of
the most disgusting and nauseous drugs. In vain
il rejected them and literally returned them upon
the hands of those who administered them. They
were forced upon ii again and again. until it,
solvent power was thoroughly drenched out of it.
The world Is wiser now than IL was in that drastic
era, when furious purgatiOn and mercurial saliva
ton were what Artemus Ward would have called
the main holt of the faculty, in of dyspep-
sia and liver complaint.
The great modern remedy for indigestion and bill.
iousness is H0STETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
a preparation which has the merit of combining
palatable flavor with such tonic, aperient and anti
bilious properties were never heretofore united
in any medicine.
1t has been discovered. at last. that sick people
are not like the tabled Titans, who found prostra
tion refreshing that, when knocked down. they
rose from the earth twice vigorous as before
When an invalid il Frustrated by powerful depicting
drugs. he is apt to stay Frustrated and the debi
taed, being of the fact, prefer the building
up, to the knocking dorm system of treatment.
HOSTETTERS BITTERS meets the require
ments of the rational medical philosophy which at
present prevails. 1t Is perfectly pure vegetable
remedy. embracing the three important properties
of preventive, a tonic and an Alternative. Ii forti-
es the body against disease invigoratcs and vi
tazes the torpid stomach and liver and effects IA
most salutary change in the entire system, when in
a morbid condition.
In summer, when the enfeebling temperature
renders the human organization particularly sus-
ceptible to unwholesome atmospheric influences
the Bltters should be taken as protection against
endemic dlsease
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

The usual crop after potatoes is weeds
which have ample time to mature their
seeds before frost comes, and to make
trouble for many years afterwards. Few
farmers estimate the amount of damage
done to their lands by this untimely seed
ing. We have seen land stocked with
charl0ck, Canada thistleS, and other weeds,
that the cost of all hoed crops upon it was
fully doubled. Their presence depreciates
the value of the oats and barley, and even
of grass No grain or grass seed fit to be
sold can be raised upon it, and even the
manure made from the feeding of such
crops is less valuable by reason of the foul
| seeds Yet many farmers press right on,
stocking their lands with weeds, as if they
| were most valuable crop. The potatoes
| are dug and marketed in July, or early
August and the ground lies waste for the
rest of the season. If crops are not
| wanted the opportunity should be I'M
| proved to destroy weeds. Plow the land
| as soon as the potatoes are off. After
| ten days go over it with a harrow. This
| will destroy "A second crop Of weeds. In
ten days more 90 over it with brush
harrow, which will destroy third crop.
In two weeks, follow with a harrow, and
SO on, until the frost comes in November
A second crop may be taken from the po-
tato ground If not in good heart, SOW
good superphosphate or Peruvian guano,
at the rate of 300 lbs. to the acre, on the
| old rows. Go over the rows once with a
cultivatOr. Sow turnip seed sparingly
upon the fresh soil, and put them in with
a light one-hOrse harrow or bush When
the turnips are up, cultivate between the
rows and keep these spaces free from
weeds. The turnips will soon shade the
ground, and prevent the growth of weeds
in the rows. There are frequently three
months or more between the early potato
harvest and the closing of the ground,
and in this time a fine crop of white tur-
nips may be grown ut a cost of less than
six cents a bushel. They are excellent
for young cattle, and will assist materially
in making beef and mutton Sometimes
the potatoes come off early enough for
buckwheat or the winter grains. If ma
nure is judiciOusly used, two crops in a
season may be taken from the soil
| An,ericdR .iqricultuTiM
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

ply more of the wants of willow workers
than any other one" Willow withes are
very useful in the garden, nursery, or
pleasure ground, as they supply an abund-
ance of ties for fastening vines or trellises,
tall-growing flowers to stakes, and also
serve for bands for the nurserymen. The
clear stems of two or three year old will
lows furnish poles for beans, ETC., and when
split make hoops for vessels of various
kinds. The Golden Osier, (Sdlir cteltind)
is very ornamental, even when entirely de-
nuded of foliage. 1t is also useful, for its
young shoots make good ties, and its me-
dunn sized branches and twigs furnish pea
brush, thing that is not always at hand
in some gardens.
Willows will grow in great variety OF
soils, especially if moist, but not profitably
in any unsuited to their habits. Drained
swamps afford fine sites for willow planta
tons. A deep, rich bottom of sandy loan
that is occasionally overlooked, is very
suitable for their growth. Any amount
of overlooking, not in the growing
season, does no damage, but increases the
fertility. Richness of soil is important
| great depth Indispensable and easy culture
desirable and prOfitable.-W Western Rural.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
The Currant Worm.

AT the horticultural exhibition in
Rochester, recently, several gentleman
stated that the currant worm would not
disturb bushes under which coal ashes
were literally sprinkled. In confirmation
of this correspondent of the Express of
that city says: THAT to prevent the cur
rant slug on currant bushes persons have
only to mulch thoroughly all the ground
under the bushes with anthracite coal
ashes. This should be done late i'm the
autumn or early i'm the spring of the year,
before the bushes leave out, as the worm
that feeds on the leaves, after its growth,
drobS off and goes into the earth imme-
diately under the bushes. The grub, when
it comes up To change into fly, cannot
make its way through this coarse, sharp,
gritty ash heap, and perishes there. Thus
far my bushes are unmolested by fly or
slugs this year, while last year they were
almost entirely stripped of their leaves
by slugs. An easy and cheap remedy
surely "
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
Exercise for Girls.

EXERCISE is, no more than food thing
to be taken and profited by "a et drmis.
The child compelled every day to swallow
breakfast and dinner composed of OBJ
jects disgusting to it. would never be ex-
pected by any person to thrive thereon.
But it is often assumed that the same girl
will obtain all the benefit of exercise if
obliged solemnly to walk up and down
terrace for SO many hours, or to use the
dumb bells and perform calisthenic eXer-
cises in her dull school ROOM Real exer-
else, especially in youth, must be joyous
exercise, spontaneously taken, not as
medicine, but with the eagerness of natural
appetite. ROmping games in childhood
Puss in the Corner, Blind Mans Buff, and
all the delightful variations on Prisoners
Base, French and English, Petits Pdcquets,
and BattledOre-and all with screenings
permitted dd libitun are for indoors. Out
of doors Come Hunt the Hare, and Hide
and Seek, and hoop, and ball, and cricket,
and kite-f1ying, and above all, that blessed
thing, Playing in the Hay" Are these
all " dreadfully unlady-like," and calculated
for the production of tom-boys Never
believe word of it! The most high-bred
of women have been the most free and ioy-
Gus of children. Then come little later
or almost as soon, the two great exercises
of ladies, whereby more health and vigol
can be gained by ladies' than i'm any Other
way, namely, gardening and riding. Oh
fathers of daughters who will by-and-b,
| ask you to spend thousands in paying
their milliners' bills, taking them to fash
ionablc resorts, and giving them rich set
Elements: will you not spare few tens o
hundreds, to give them the scrap O
garden, or the rough pony which will Sc
cure for them health and bloom and wear
of strength and life which all your thou
sands can not buy few years hence. O
all the penny-wise pound-foolisl poIicie
in the world is that which grudges tn
girl of fourteen her pony or her half roo
of ground, and lavishes on her, four year
afterward, silks and jewels, and ali tn
costly appurtenances of fashionable lif'
How is it that Harriet Hosmer has b,
come the woman of whom America is S
proud, England so fondg Because he
father taught her to ride and shoot befor
Gibson taught her to model "Slecpin
Fawns;" because she possesses physic;
strength, energy, and joyous animal spirit
such as win every prize, and charm ever
heart.-Putnams Mdgdzine for august.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
DISCRIMINATING House Flies.

"A VERMoNTER gives to the Farmers
Institute his method of destroying these
pests by means of kind of net secured
in doorway. He says; Il am enabled
by means of IA net made of proper mate
rial and suitable size, attached slightly to
a door passage in a horizontal position, to
entrap all the flies in the house i'm few
minutes, and scald or destroy them.
find that flies can be driven out of a room
through doorway with facility, and a net
attached to the passageway receives all the
flies, | care not how numerous, that are
driven from the room. The net being
light, with open meshes, they will light on
the same and stay there till you drive all
the flies in the room into the net then
quickly remove the net from the doorway,
inclosing the mouth in your hand shake
it, and the llies will quickly be gathered
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
Usefulness Of willows.

FARMERS should have patch of osier
willows growing near the homestead, as
they are exceedingly useful for many pur-
poses Baskets of various sizes are needed
in the house, barn yard and field, and when
there is plenty of material they can he
made within doors in winter when farm
work is not pressing. he Stiir ciminalis,
or basket-willow, Is best suited for this
purpose. Ofthe Purple willow. Sdlir put
pureo, it has been said that "if there were
but one osier in existence, this would sup.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

at the rear end of the net, just like
swarm of bees, and then destroy them by
dipping the bunch of flies in hot water or
soap suds. A few applications of the net
make the flies very few in number in and
about your house BY using our contriv-
ance once or twice week, in any dwell
ing, during fly time, will give peace and
quietude that such as detest flies and YER
min as l do will fully appreciate"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
'EMPUs FUGIT-It's fly-time

EMPUS Il UGII-ll ; llN lllllt.
THE floating population-Sailors
a HAND-To-HAN af1air-Marriage
THE oldest cup on record-the hic-cup.
How TO prepare apples-Peel before
stewing
AN ungrammatical doctor suggests that
" Patients is a virtue"
ANY thing to please the child, as the
nurse said when she let the baby crawl
out OF the third story window.
A CLERGYMAN who performed mar
riage ceremony in church is said to have
read the hymn for the choir, beginning
with the words: Mistaken souls, who
dream of Heaven"
MOLECULAR motion can travel with
equal and even greater velocity than
light, and it is shown by the rapidity with
which electricity traverses a metal wire
where each particle of metal is undoubt
edly affected.
LITTLE Thomas Jefferson, having eluded
the vigilance of nurse and escaped from
the nursery with bib and check glossy
with treacle, ensconced himself snugly in
a dark nook of the parlor to await the in
evitable ring at the door which should
announce the arrival of Augustus George.
When Arabella had tluttered down, and,
the first tender greetings being over, the
twain had arranged themselves for a cosy
l-tete, little Thomas crept from his
den, and, confronting the pair with hands
thrust resOlutely into the recesses of his
pockets, said sulkily Now, Arabella,
suppose you want me to go to bed, but
won't stir Il step until you give me big
slice of the fruit-cake you made this
morning"
ST. ALBANs is the butter mart of Yer
mont, and really regulates the price of
butter throughout the country. Once
n week the farmers from all the sur
rounding towns come in with their two
horse teams and market wagons with the
last weeks Cummings, in ashen tubs.
The wide streets are then alive. Over
four hundred wagons are gathered round
the square, and the farmers, with their
wives and daughters, are busy enough
bargaining off the products of their dali
ries, or making purchases at the stores.
The farmers are shrewd. They under
stand their business, are wealthy and in
telligent Nearly II million dollars per
annum is received by the farmers in the
eight or nine towns which send their
produce to st. Adams for butter and
cheese DEMONSTRATING.
A CITIZEN of Bennington, VT, recently
found in an old newspaper an affidavit
made by Captain Jonas Galusha, of that
place, in 1907 and 1903. Referring to the
battle of Bennington, in 1777, he testi-
fed: 81 was ordered with the entire com
pany under my command by Colonel
Moses Robinson, TO march to said battle
ground, and marched in obedience to said
order ut the head of my company. l
recollect at the time of the Bennington
battle, soldier came up to Colonel Ma
than Stone, and said: Il have no gun
what shall | dog Stone replied, Stand
by me few minutes and you shall have
one The man Obcyed, and in II short
time Stone drew up and fired at Hes
sian; as the IIessian fell, Stone said to his
comrade, Run and get your gum and
the man Obeyed."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

The chief Inspector of Russian rail
ways has just published an account of the
state of the traffic on the railways of the
Empire for the last two years. lie states
that the traffic of 1863 was carried over
66l miles Of the Governmental lines and
3,61l miles of private lines-the last hav-
ing been traversed by 7,743,53S passengers
in 1867, and 1888, 300 in 1863 The amount
of the goods forwarded by the private lines
i'm 1867 was 16,050,00 cwt, against lob,
100000 cwt. in 1868. The gross receipts
of all the private lines are about f5, 423,
800 OBJ 1899, 400 roubles) for 1867, and about
e6,666,522 (46,6G5,742 roubles) for 1868
showing an increase of 81, 237, 713. This
increase would probably he far greater il
all the main lines leading TO Moscow and
St Petersburg were provided with double
rails The lines of Moscow-Riazan and
Moscow-Kourak are furnished only with
single rails, 50 that the accumulation ni
goods ut different stations il enormous
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
Mr.. Richardson tells of n CaIiforni,

MIR. Richardson tells of a California
woman to whom he showed a twenty five
cent note of our postal currency, speci-
mems of which are rare in that hard money
region. She turned it over and over with
keen curiosity. :" 1t seems very strange
to me that this should be money" she said;
4" it don't look like money" "What does
it look like" "Well," hesitatingly, and
with the utmost sincerity, "it-looks-
like label for an oyster can
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
Greatest Discovery Of the Age |!
RK. 3. 'EEAsk'S
Magnetic Ointment /!

This remarkable interesting remedy is
posed the concentrated juices Of the most
pOwrrful and the most soothing Plants and Roots IN
nature Chemically com lined and ins0lated IN well
sealed glass bottles nd charged powerful Bat
terry Thus possessing addition Its superior med
cal virtues. strong MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC proper
ties profoundly penetrating, and enBently quoting
and soothing. 1t relieves Pain and Inflammation al
(when frequently applied relaxing tie strained
muscles and nerves givin~ lie and vitality by its
life giving qualities 10 PsralyZed paris and Chronic or
long standing Complaints and Weayresses. allaying
Nervous pain. (Neuralgis) rtation. and Removing
Obstru ctioIs ike charm Indeed a' who have used
II, speak il a truly wonderful medicine and
TEEN ii by FAR superior any and ali otter external
remedies in use. II applied In season it IN uaisllns
remedy the sroua Dipthcria Sore Ihroat. Imam
nation of the Lungs. Bowels. Liver, Kidneys and
other Organs, Rheumatism. Spinal irritation. Ague
the Breast and ~ all times Nervous Headache,
Neur gis, sore kycs, Ear Ache, Tooth Ache Ague 10
the Face, Pimplcs and kruptons OF all kinds. Fies,
Bruised Screamed Limbs. Turns. Frozen parts.
.:hilhlais indo and long Standing Sores Wounds,
&C. &c Il viii also the Hair 20 the Bald Head,
and prevents the Hair rom falling