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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Deficiency Bills.

The way appropriations are managed
in Washington is wOr ny ofremembrance.
An estimate is nae of the amount that
will be necessary &c un q certain depart
ment As it is desired to make great
show Of economy and retrenchment, the
sum is usually put ut figure much below
what will be actually expended. This is
the intention, SO That when the apprOpIia-
ton bills are presented, they will show a
smaller sum than in the previous year was
expended, if possible. Sometimes it is
difficult to do this, and yet have money
enough to supply the spectators on the
treasury. This was the point to which
Mr.. Dawes called attention, and showed
that the proposed bills called for sum
greater by nearly $J0,0J0,00O, than was
expended by JChnsOn's administration.
The appropriation bills made a bad show
ing. and preparations and schemes are
now going on to cut them down so they
will show better. There is little doubt.
that this viii be done, and then we shall
hear again how economical the Radicals
are.
But there il another kind of bills-a
kind of supplement, or addsnda to the APP
preparation bills. These are the bills by
which the sums needed above those pro-
vlded for In the appropriation bills are
obtained, and are called the deficiency
bills, because they make up the deicien
cles left by the desire to make an econOm-
ical showing. in the appropriation bills.
Congress has lately been engaged in ma
nipulating the deficiency bills. In the
present instance the deficiency bill counts
its millions.
The bill now before the House origi-
mated III the House, was passed and sent to
the Senate. That body amended it in
several particulars, but chief among the
additions was an increase of apprOpria-
tons Of 81 10000. This rather aston
ished the members of the House, they
holding that they knew Of all the places
where money was needed, but here the
Senate had got the start of them, and had
found out where that sum could be used
to further the interests of the loyal party,
and the House concurred ia most Of the
appfOpristiOns-Peorja, H., Democrat.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Work Over the Manure.

One of the most important things to be
attended to, in the month of April and in
early May, is the preparation of the ma
nure that has been made in the winter for
the coming planting season.
Many farmers have improved the win
ter days in hauling it out and placing it
in large heaps on or near the field where
it is to be used. These heaps should be
dug over, perhaps three times, or so
many as will perfectly fit the manure to
impart all the fluids and gases to the roots
of the plants when needed, without loss.
If it has been allowed to overhead in the
heap, or if there is lack of complete in
corporation of the solid with the strawy
portions, there is loss, which is both
costly and needless.
The temperature should never be al
lowed to get higher than fifty degrees.
The heaps should be examined every day,
and if, by the smoke arising from the top,
or by testing it with a rake-stale or sharp
stick, thrust IN from the top, it is found
TO be wasting by evaporation of gases,
that are inva.uable, il should be at once
dug over, and the process should be re-
poeted till the fermentation is but slight,
ard the mass one even conglomerate, and
then when it is applied to the roots of
the plant, the effect will be large and
lasting. UsQrth and Home
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28

The good qualities of dried beef, as an
article of food for the family, are not fully
appreciated. In point of excellence, it is
one of the incest articles, when properly
prepared, that we have in our store room.
IL is one of the most economical articles
of food quite small quantity of dried
beef, shaved very fine, and cooked with a
nice gravy, will serve for meat for family
at very small expense. Then it is SO con-
venient to have; always ready always
acceptable. To people who live conven-
lent to market, it is not of so much impor-
lance; but TO us, who live at distance
from towns, dried beef is one of the neccs
sary articles in our bill of fare We fire.
quently entertain guests at our table who
never have seen dried beef served other
than as relish for bread and butter
shaved and eaten without cooking There
are several methods of cooking it. Some
prefer 1t cooked with IA gravy of water,
seasoned with butter, thickened with
Hour, and, perhaps, eggs broken in while
cooking. Others cook it with crumbs of
sausage, frying the sausage first, then adj
ding the beef with water and thickening
with flour. 1t is also very good cooked
with little sweet milk and sweet cream,
the gravy being thickcDed with flour
allow it to boil once; that is all the cook
ing it requires. A dish of dried beef,
properly cooked, served with toast, baked
potatoes, and boiled eggs, is very nice
provision for breakfast or a dinner pre-
pared i'm haste. We prefer to cure our
own beet, as that bought is apt to be too
salt. L find that if too salt, it can be
remedied by soaking after cutting and be-
fore cooking, and adding a little white
sugar while cooking, To restore the sweet
ness lost by soaking Sugar cured beef is
much nicer than that cured with salt
alone. L put mine into n sweet brine,
such as is used for pork hams.--American
AgricMturiG.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28

NEURALGIA.-Some time since we pub.
lished, at the request of a friend, a receipt
to cure neuralgia. Half drachm of sal
ammonia, in an ounce of camphor water,
to be taken teaspoonful at a dose, and
the dose repeated several times, at inter-
walls OF five minutes. if the pain be not re-
lieved at once. Half dozen different
persons have since tried the receipt, and
in every case an immediate cure was eff
tected. In one, the sufferer, a lady, had
been affected for more than week, and
her physician was unable to alleviate her
sufferings, when a solution of sal-ammo-
mia in camphor water relieved her in few
minutes.-AHa Californian.
FooD for the stomach is watched by the
sentinels of sight, taste, smell, and touch.
Food for the lungs is unguarded We
take what we can get. The chest ex-
pands, and air, good or bad, flows in, and
does its work upon the centres OF vitality.
Many people only know it to be bad when
they gasp. Food for the lungs completes
the process by which food for the stomach
becomes blood. We all feel this need of
aeratiOn after hearty meal The most
luxurious feasts without this precious gift
of air to complete digestion, are mockery
The rights of oxidation being denied us
we are miserable, though every other i'm
aginable good thing be provided for our
entertainment Food for the stomach is
often taken in excess; food for the lungs
cannot be. Those in most perfect health
feel the need of the most bountiful supply.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Horse Gears.

THERE is a great deal in gearinga horse
or mule so as to enable the animal to work
easy, and use certain amount OF power
with comparatively small animal force.
much depends on long or short leverage.
The draft may be too high or too low !;
the one will draw too heavy on the top Of
the neck, the other will choke the animal
The collar may be too large or too small
either of which will cause sore shoulders
r tender mOuthcd horse should have q
large smooth bit, and not be reined up too
tight, or the mouth will become so sore as
to loose its sensitiveness to a gentle draw
OF the rein. Every part of the harness
should be rs complete fit IS dandy's
coat, touching everything and pinching
nowhere.
The harness should be kept clean and
SOFT There are several preparations made
and sold for this purpose, but the misfor-
tune is, they arc too little used. The
money paid fer, and the labor spent in
using, is not spent in vain When the
harness gets wet as it sometimes will, by
being caught out in the rain, straighten
it out to dry before it is hung up or it will
curl out of shape. 1t should be put
through course of greasing and handling
before using again. Examine the face of
the collar every time it is used before put
ting On--see that it is clean and smooth.
Stock Journal
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
Washing Sheep.

1T is a question upon which all do not
agree, whether it is best to wash wool or
put 1t into market uuwashed. We believe
IN the West and Northwest the predomi-
mating opinion is in favor of washing
The strongest argument in support of
this conclusion is the cost of transporting
the additional weight to market-for
whether the farmer ships his clip to
commission house, or sells it at home. the
cost OF freight is counted against him.
The best remedy for this will be found in
encouraging the manufacturers to erect
their factories in wool growing localities.
Then freights upon both wool and cloth
will be saved. Another help to the con-
clusion to wash wool has been found In
the arbitrary rule or practice of the ma
Jority OF buyers. They will pay more for
washed wool, even though it has run long
enough after washing to become nearly
as heavy as before. With those who feel
IL is their interest to wash, the question
is, how can we do it best, all things con-
sidered?
Where the necessary facilities can be
had, we recommend swimming, as saving
much labor TO both men and sheen. and
doing the work quicker and better than
by any other method. A running stream
should be selected, and point found
where the bottom and banks are not
muddy. Sheep should be put across as
many as three times, with an interval of
about half an hour of sunshine between
crossings. If in clean water and deep
enough to keep clear, sheep can be washed
no more thoroughly in any of the modes
common among flock masters. We have
known three men to wash a thousand
sheep in this manner in two hours after
getting to the water-and do it well. too.
Very little preparatory work is necessary,
as most well-trained flocks can be put
across stream without trouble, at almost
any point Western Rural.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Helm for the Miserable.

No wonder that the face of the dyspeptic has
dragged, worn, hopeless expression that is pliiul
to see No wonder that the miserable martyr to
indigestion is irctiul, irritable. and unsocial.
Whoever can bear the pangs of this tormenting
complaint checriully and with an unrufled temper.
is little short of a saint. But why should human
fortitude continue to be thus severely tried, when
an absolute specific for the disease is always at
hand Everywhere within the limits of civiliza-
tion in this hemisphere Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers is obanablc, and the history OF the first case
of dyspepsia in which II has been administered IN
vain. has yet to he written. The sickness OF the
stomach, the sense of weakness and stupor, the
feeling of emptiness and hollowness before eating
and of oppression afterwards, the Hutering Of the
pulse. the intense nervous irritation, the morbid
indisposition cXcTtion, the WEAKNESS OF life, and
indifference to all its pleasures, which are among
the symptoms OF the disease In its chronic form,
ire RAPIDLY amelioratcd by the tonic operation of
this palatable vegetable restorative. which seems
TO rcnovate and quicken all the dormant forces of
the system, and rouse the mind Aom the apathy
and gloom inscparablc from arrangement oil the
cases n few weeks suffice to complete the cure
hut when the disease is complicated, as 1t often -
with torpidity of the liver, severe constipation
impurity of the blood, and sluggish circulation,
longer time may be required. ferseyere, how
ever and the result is certain. An encouraging
improvement will be perceptble from day to
day. and the convalescent, knowing ana leeiing
that he or she Is ON the high road to health, VIII
await ha hennv issue with comparative patience.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Never PIOW Wet Soil.

WE have often urged the attention of
the farmers to this subject as one of great
importance. ANY traveller among our
farming districts can see large tracts of
land that have been plowed when wet and
unfit to be worked, by observing large,
heavy clods of earth, which, in the hot
season, become like heated brick, burn
ing all the roots of grain or other product
rear to it. Besides this evil, no seed can
vegetate and grow well upon soil thus cul-
tivated, nor can that soil give back as
much nutrition as if plowed when in right
condition, and upon warm and sunny
day, when light and warmth car penetrate
into the soil, and thus greatly benefit it.
We are confident that farmers lose from
ten to forty per cent. of their crop by in
attention to this matter. By little care
at the proper time to plOw, by examining
the soil and selecting good sunny days,
the soil will send up It's voice i'll halo of
dewdrOp clouds that will wreathe the
plowmal with It's approval Of his good
sense.
AS with farms, SO with orchards, vine
yards, and gardens. No soil should be
worked when wet and soggy. If the soil
continues wet long, drain it well, and soon
it will be in worn ing order; but never at
tempt to plow, spade, or work it unless in
good condition. California Farmer.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28

The Chicago Tribune, in mourning over
the r ,dical defeat in Connecticut, gives
its readers gIimpses of great truth.
After bitter fling at the faction IN the
Senate which delayed the admission OF
Texas and Georgia, and so lost Governor
Jewell the negro vote which he might have
had. the Tribune proceeds to remark very
sensibly and philosophically, that it is
matter of much more interest to know
sswhat has become of our white voters"
and that "after putting together the Fund
ing bill, the project for keeping Georgia
out of the Union, and the Domingo sell,
ii is not difficult TO account for the defec-
ton of enough votes in Connecticut to
turn the scale" In other words, the 1rab-
une gays the blame of the disaster upon
three of the most prominent features In
the recent policy of the Administration
an Administration, too, which that jour
nal Zealously supports. The Funding
bill, although ostensitly the invention OF
Senator Sherman, is known to have origi-
mated with Secretary Boutwell,, and it is to
be presumed has the sanction OF MAORI
ty of the Cabinet as we'll as the Presi-
dent Excepting Georgia out OF the
Union" has the support of q large
proportion of Radical Senators, in
GLIDING such shining lights as Revels,
Brownlow, Sumner and Drake, and al
most as much strength in the House.
1.-THE Domingo sell"-irreverent express
sion lis The favorite child of President
Grant himself, who has urged it from the
beginning withan enthusiastic pertinaclty
which will take no denial. These, then,
are the three sins which the Tribune
thinks have drawn heavens vengeance
upon the heads of the Radical party IN Con-
necticut. They are not merely accidental
transgressioHs, brief lapses from the path
of strict virtue liable to occur N the best
regulated families, but they are the legitl
mate results of certain code of princi-
pies which Radicalism has approved and
is now engaged in carrying out.
Having assisted materially in the plant
ing and cultivation of the tree, we insist
that it is bad taste on the part of our con-
temporary to complain of the fruits there
of.--Mss0uri Republican.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
SOLDIERS BOUNTY.

We publish, says the Chicago Tribune, good
news for the Soldiers. The recent Decision Of the
Supreme Court of the Cnited States applies 10 all
men who enlisted for thTee years, between May 4,
1861, and July %, 1861, and were foacrably
discharged. Many Of these brave men
were discharged for disease, and have never had
Bounty. All who were hopOrably discharged have
only TO forward their Discharges, which viii be
turned with the Bounty.
We announce, with pleasure, to all TO whom this
Bounty is due, some thirty or more Western regi-
ments, that Col. j. w. BoYDEN, OF "a La Sale
street, Chicago, hos been authorized by the Gov
eminent, and is ready to prepare all necessary pa
pers Colonel Il. is well known III the West, as the
First Agent appointed, after the war commenced,
to pay Pensioners at Chicago. Al interested in
this Bounty will do well to preserve this notice
aud without delay, call, send their Discharges
through the Pest Onice, TO our friend Colonel
BoyGCn.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
The Importance OF Trees.

If the theory of denudation is correct,
of which there seems to be little doubt,
and if the plains OF Northern India are
really becoming bare, of which there is
considerable evidence, the evil, unless
checked, may go very far We have no
wish to speak absolutely upon subject
which requires much more inquiry, but
there certainly exists q strong antecedent
probability that the stripping of a country
is most injurious to its prosperity, and
may, under certain circumstances, prove
absolutely fatal; may, to speak broadly,
change it into a useless desert, to be re-
vived, if at all, only by costly works for
artificial irrigation. 1t is nearly certain
that the desolation of Numidia, once a
granary, now desert, is due TO the willful
destruction Of the trees by the barbarians;
that the Baby lonian plain has been des
olated by the same cause, and that the
Punjab was, when we conquered il, rapid
ly becoming q desert The trees had been
cut by successive devastators, Runjeet
Singh himself being among the worst, IN
Ii, the kingdom was as bare as hand, AID
Lord Lawrence was compelled to under
take planting as political duty. The
desolatlon of Judea, once so thoroughly
cultivated, is in al probability due TO the
same cause; and the Arabs, Of all the
ancient races the one which best keeps its
traditions, so dread it that, Cor ID centu-
Iics to spare the trees has been the one
international law Of the tribes, and the
relation Of MahOmmcd conduct in twice
breaking that law is always accompanied
with an excuse The French begin to
attribute the increasing sterility of their
southern provinces TO the same cause,
which is felt, though in less degree, in
Lombardy, and, above all, in Spain, where
the Times is accurately informed. rapid
and systematic feeling is destroying all
chance of future for agriculture. No
industry can stand up against certainty
of " drought" ia the tropical sense, that
is, of total loss of crops once in every
three years; AMI as the progress goes on,
the proportion will become much greater
than that - IOn0OD .CDScffff0r
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Doing Out PardOnS.

It is considerably over five years since
the Southern armies surrendered, and
Congress is still doing out pardons In
separate bills to the few, instead OF grant
ing general amnesty, as it might do, Or as
the President might do, If he would, TO
the many. What is done at all is done
grudgingly, and with a special display OF
malice towards those who, in mistaken
hour, took up arms against the govern
ment. Even after putting ballot and
musket into the hands of every male
negro above twenty-One, over 2j0,OUO
white men-thousands of them three or
four-score years old-are not permitted to
vote, even for constable, or a rOad-mas-
ter. Where is that sense of manly
generosity which ought 10 rise above
party and scOrn injustice, which usually
governs men Of real patriotism and true
refinement Of character? Men who pray
Heaven daily to pardon their own sins
and crimes, are not willing to 10 for a
white man what they have done for the
negro. Wendell Phillips appeared here
last week, and last night at Boston, ex-
hOrting the negro with all his heated elo-
quence never to forget the old master, or
those who opposed the mingling of races
in the government Of great Republic.
And all this in the name Of Almighty
God"
We can forgive Phillips, for hatred,
malice and uncharitableness is his second
nature-but for statesmen, Christians, and
American citizens, who look to the future,
add for all who pray God for mercy, to
persist In these animOsitieS, is almost be-
yond human comprehension. Even the
negroes Of the South, left to their own I'M
biased good nature, would grant amnesty
to the whites amongst them-but Con-
gress doles out its pardons score by score,
and one by one, as a miser doles out his
ducats. Ii ever power and despotism were
made to appear contemplate, it is when,
more than i've years after peace and COM
plete surrender, we see the two-fold injus-
tice of not only discriminating against
ones own blood and race, but rejoicing in
the punishment which power can inflict.
The negroes are everywhere ijubilant over
freedom, while quarter OF million of
white people remain practically enslaved.
We yet expect to see even this bad Con
gress shamed by decent people into pass
ing General Amnesty act.-NeU YORK
Kapress, AprI -.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
The Louisiana Congressional Election.

THREE or four days ago, the Times pre-
sented the facts relating TO the contested
election cases in Congress from Louisiana,
shown that the Democrats carried each
of the five Congressional Districts in the
State by majorities ranging from eight to
twelve THOUSAND.
The Republican party was in possession
Of the State government, and had control
of the registration and conduct of the
elections 1t was, therefore, cut off from
the pretence that the elections were not
lawfully conducted.
Such being the case, the defeated candi-
dates alleged that the negroes were in
Inundated, and thus kept from the polls
This allegation, unsupported by proof,
was sufficient warrant for Republican
Congress to deny seats to the members
lawfully chosen, and holding certificates
of election.
This same question of intimidation Of
voters was brought up when the Elec-
tOral vote of the State was counted by
the two houses for Seymour and Blair
The majority in Congress could then gain
nothing by gross and palpabe injustice
in dealing with the election The result
would not have been affected by an hon.
est count When it comes, however, to
the admission of members, party inter
ests require the rejection of the men en-
titled to seats, and party interests over
rule law, and decency, and right, and
official oaths- Chicago Tines, april %.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
Insect Destroying Association.

ASSOCIATIONS of this kind are being
started in New Jersey, with view to
the more successful cultivation of apples,
pears, peaches, etc The object is to adopt
a plan which will work to clear orchards
of injurious insects of every kind. IL is
held that if every fruit-grower will adopt
some established means to rid his orchards
of these insects, and sedulOusly and hon
estly attend to it, the culture Of fruit will
be made a certainty and the profitableness
Oft will satisfy the reasonable demands
of every one. 1t is farther held that all
farmers and cultivators of fruit will be
forced to come into the measure on the
principle of self interest; that is, they
must either destroy the insects or fail of
success ,-GTmoat0Un Telegraph.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28

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