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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
20 Keep the Cream.

STONE jars are sweeter for cream, in
our estimation, than tin ones. When the
first Swimming of cream is deposited, add
one teaspOOnful of salt and one heaping
teaspooniul CT saltpeter. At every fresh
skimming, mix the W hole contents Of the
jar thoroughly, taking care that no par
ticles shall collect around the edges. A
clean cloth should be used every morning
to wipe the inside perfectly dry down 10
the cream
Half of the cream is spoiled before it
is made into butter by ncglecting this
precaution. The saltpeter prevents any
tendency to mold or bitterness. We con-
suited the highest chemical authority in
the State as to its properties, and were
assured that a teaspoOniul in six quarts Of
cream could not be in the least degree in
judicIous. IL makes no difference in the
taste Of the buttcrmilk, which is used for
many culinary purposes and drank by
several members of the family, but 1t does
improve the sweetness and purity OF the
butter. Small stone jars are preferable
to large ones. They can be kept in the
ice-house when filled, and if one skim
ming filled jar, we should think il better
20 use a small one.
When the jar is cleaned, a tablespoonful
of saleratus Is added to the warm suds,
and sweetens it perfectly. A cheesy smell
about milk utensils is utterly fatal to
sweet buttcr.-1meFican AgricUltaTfSt.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
Z Dcii'ed American.

4 CORRESPONDENT writing from Can.
ton, says that Ward, the American fill
buster, who went to China and entered
the service of the Emperor, aiding in sup
pressing the rebellion, has been deilied
The people accept al the gods that may
be Gecrccd, and now that an American
has been thus favored, they will have still
more confidence in orr country and coun-
trymen. The correspondent says:
Ward was Of great service to the En-
peror in putting down the rebellion. His
success was wonderful to the Chinese,
and a. the time when he was accidentally
shot by his own men, they looked upon
him IS the greatest General that had ex-
listed for two thousand years.
=" AT his OWN request, his coffin was left
at Ming Pc, according to Chinese CUSTOM
above ground and uncovered. Nine
months after 0SG3) Tie Emperor ordered
the bgdy to be removed TO Sung Kong,
aud deposited In the court yard of the
Temple of ConfuciUs. Within the temple
was set up tablet bearing his name az
the Cap.Or ofSung * Ong and many other
cities.
"The Emperor has seen fit to go fur
theT, and, in recent edict, has placed
him among the major gods Of China, com
handing shIines to be built and worship
to be paid TO the memory of this Ameri-
can.
THE people are worshipping him along
with the most ancient and powerful del
ties of their religion as great deliverer
from war and famine-as powerful god
IN the form of a man. I'm every house
hold, school and temple, his name will be
thus COMMUNICATED. The remembrance
of millions of people secures his immor-
tality."
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
The Life Sustaining Principle.

The vital and'the muscular systems are entirely
distinct from each other. A man may have the
Drawn Of Hercules, but II he is deficient In vital
energy he will not wear well, or last long or
be az healthy and happy while he does last, as the
man OF ordinary, or even slender build, who pos
sesses a larger share of this animating principle
One of the greatest recommendations o. that pure
vegetable invigorant Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
is that it increases the vital force of the system
No medicine can double the volume OF mans
muscle, or th'cken and vulcanize his thews and
sinews; but Hostetters Bitters has an effect much
more important. Its use promotes constitutional
vigor. 1t reinforces the life-power, of which bone
and sinew and muscle are merely the instruments,
holding the same relation TO 1t that machinery
does to steam. Let the slight and apparently fra
gie take heart. they msy have more stamina,
though far less physical strength. than the broad
shouldered athletes they regard with envy. To
restore TO sustain, to increase this stamnal prin-
ciple which, when in full supply is the source of
health and the best guarantee Of longevity is a
special property Of the famous restorative 1t lie
not only specific for DYSPEPSIA, biliousness, inter-
mttent fevers, constipation. &C., and preventive
Of ell diseases OF a malarious character, but the
best OF all medicines for strengthening the consti-
tuition and awakening the powers of nature from
whatever cause they may have become lethargic.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
movement.
4 story OF the Late Yuba Dam,

As long ago as the days when McCarty
edited paper in the city of Paducah, the
principal hotel in that city was in charge
OF rubicund landlord named Owen
Grimes. Among the distinguished guests
OF the est. Francis" and also one of the
distinguished staff of McCariy, was Jabez
Johnson, popularity known as "Yuba
Dam" In those early days steamboats,
did not tarry long az the landing, and it
frequently happened that visitors at the
hotel were so hurried in their departure
that they were unable to properly arrange
their business before leaving. Most of
his visitors being planters from the South,
were well known To Owen Grimes, and
had the freedom of his house. One of
these, a Mr. Houston, had on one occasion
been called TO passing boat without Civ
ing him time to settle his hotel bill. Some
weeks later Mr.. Huston was again in
paducah, md called at the "St. Francis
To liq1iGate his former Indebtedness.
Yuba Dam was seated alone behind the
oiiice counter.
q want Owen Crimes" aaid Mr..
Huston.
3" am OWN Grimes" answered Yuba.
am strangely mistaken" replied
Huston; ~ have seen Mr.. Grimes, and he
Is a shorter man than you, and has red
face"
Il have quit drinking" answered Yuba.
"Well, SIR" said Huston, Il left here in
4 hurry, owing bill. Ii you are Owen
Grimes you can tell me what il is."
Certainly said Yuba, 81 remember it.
II is just twenty dollars"
That's an enormous bill"
Nevertheless il is Owen Grimes BILL"
Mir. Huston paid it, and Yuba gave him
receipt He afterward mentioned the
circumstance TO some of his friends, and
was told that he had been deceived. Flu
rious, he returned to the st. Francis, and
approaching Johnson, said:
you are a scoundrel, sir. You tod me
you were the proprietor Of this hotel"
"No, didn't"
You did, sir, you said you were Owen
Grimes"
well, so / am. | an OWN Grimes q
bill for q months board, c2d pr: obliged
to yoi for the money to pay it,"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
A Viiia,u0us Radical Scheme.

PROOFS come pouring in from ali sides
in confirmation Of the assumption that the
Radical party has not yet given up its
idea OF controlling the elections Of the
Southern States, and thus maintaining
the supremacy of their political or, anlza-
ton, so that it will not be the minority,
but the majority, That will be unrepre
sented il. the National Government The
immediate object of the Radical move
ment in this direction is the fall election.
Fearing, with reason, that the bad faith
and Obstinacy Of the last Congress has so
Disguised the people of the North that
they will repudiate the men and heparty
who are responsible for the continued OPP
preston OF exoTbitant Ia XatiOn, and the
extravagant subsidies granted 10 private
interests, the leaders of the Radical party
have resolved TO make up, if possible, this
difference from the South, and retain
their Congressional majority by force.
But 1T will also be the purpose of the Rad
ical party To- extend this forced supremacy
to the next Presidential election, and so
devote four years more to individual and
sectional interests at the sacrifice of na-
tional prosperity.
The enforcement Of martial law in
North Carolina was the first bold step
toward the end in view, aud received the
uncomprornising Endorsement OF the Radi-
cal President There was scarcely a
shadow of excuse for the overthrow of
civil government in North Carolina in
deed, there is the best evidence that It was
premeditated plan, conspiracy be-
tween the Radical government at Wash
ington and the Radical government of the
State, to precipitate resistance among the
people. The condition of instruction
once declared, hardened adventureer
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
Evergreens Irregularly In the Orchard.

IT is many years since ! wrote advising
all Orchardists whose lands were in eX
posed bleak situations, and especially TO
the planter of orchards upon the prairies,
that the most perfect protection, and the
greatest security toward a permanent,
healthy orchard, would be to plant here and
there, irregularly and unfortunately,
among the apple, pear or other fruit trees,
more or less of Norway Spruce, White
Pine, Scotch pine, ard other evergreens.
have almost yearly repeated, line upon
line thereupon, but not until 1867, L
think, was any special note made, or at
tention called to the point by the editors
of horticultural journals. a few lines |
then wrote to the Ho1ttcuiturist went the
rounds, and from that To the present l
have been glad to see here and there
voice, or rather pen, break out in favor
of the plaza plan that have no doubt,
if it could be once carried out, would re-
suit ten-fOld more benefcislly To the
orchard than the stiff yet popular one of
a belt or screen around, aud as each tree
has an influence over only certain dis
lance, the smeliorating influence of the
evergreens would be evenly and regularly
distributed all through the orchard, in
stead OF mere wind break, protecting
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
USEFUL AND SUGNE tive.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
ftemon, formerly of England, thinks that
cheap labor alone cansot explain the large
profits of English farmers, and says they
can only be accounted for by the great
amount of live stock kept and fed, thus
producing great quantity of plant food,
producing IN turn, heavy crops.
A RED lead manufacturer of France has
discovered that the use of milk at their
meals, which he has made obligatory on
his workmen TO the extent of one litre
(about quartz daily, preserves those EN-
pioyed IN lead works tree from any symp-
toms of lead disease. He vOuches for
the truth ard correctness of this COM
municatiOn
The Meeker County (Minn) Mecs has
heard of new enemy to the potato-bug.
A neighbor noticed that almost all the po-
tatO bugs in his garden had disappeared,
and short time after, he killed a large
striped snake with his hoe, and found that
1t was full of the Larvae of the potato bug.
1t had about cleared out the garden He
says he will kill no more Of those snakes.
THE Country Gentleman, in answer to
an inquiry, says that orchard grass may
be sOwn at the end of summer or early in
autumn, provided the season happens TO
be quite otherwise, and more gen
orally, early in spring-at least one bush
el per acre; two, better. 1t will grow in
quite thin or open woods, if the surface
can previously be made quite mellow by
narrowing.
L. j. BUsBY, Of Lancaster, Ohio, writes
to the Ohio Farmer that he has given soft
soap to his pigs at the rate Of q table
spoonful To a pig-for the hog cholera,
with very satisfactory results. On the sec
ond day an examination of their drop
pings showed stringy substances, which
he thinks were the skins of worms He
put soft soap into the swill for his other
hogs and 1t improved their appearance.
AS proof of the statement that strych
nine and choral are mutually an,agonistic
III their properties, a writer in the Lon
don Pharmaceutical Journal reports that a
dog of his accidentally took some meat
with strychnine on il, and he did not
know it until the dog began to show the
spasms characteristic of strychnine pois.
oning. When the dog was apparently
dying, IT occurred to him TO try choral.
About two-thirds of dram were admin
istereu, ana The cure was very speedy.
ORANGE MARMALADE.-Cut the orange
In quarters, turn out the pulp, and put
the peel in water for twenty four hours.
Change the water several times turn the
pulp from the skin, and pick out all the
pips; squeeze all the juice you can; boil
the peel until tender turn it out and let
IT drain, then cut il crossways, very thin !;
and to every pound of fruit put two
pounds OF sugar, and to every pound of
sugar put quarter of pint of water.
Let the syrup boil, and skim it then put
the fruit in, and boil very slowly Tor one
hour and a hslf.-S Piesse
To DESTROY WILLOws.-A correspond-
ent of the Carolina Farmer says: Farm
ers who have willow trees on their mead
ows acknowledge them great pest To
destroy them, any time in May or June,
cut loose the bark about five or six feet
from the ground with drawing knife or
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
,nly breadth of say one hundred feet.

only a breadth of say one hundred feet.
l have repeatedly witnessed the beneficial
influence of contiguous evergreen in
the bloom and fruiting of pears, apples
and peaches, and now write from hav-
ing again witnessed the effect of their
protective, soothing character in relation
to plot of dwarf pears.
1t is Us eless 10 dilate or make words on
this subject, for not man who knows an
evergreen has a doubt of their influence,
benefcially, in toning down cold winds ;
the only point is to break our people from
the idea that their orchards should be in
methodical regular lines, and composed
only of a certain class of trees. Once we
can get them to see that Nature in her
own works protects her tenderest plants,
by placing contiguous some hardy grower
as screen once we can get them to
know that so far al their culture of fruit
has been upon too artificial a system, fol-
lowing out for extensive orchards the
lines OF rule laid down by gardeners of
town lots; once we can get them TO be-
lieve that in profitable fruit growing, in
order to be successful it is as requisite to
care for, watch, associate, feed and prune
their trees, as it is to rear children and
make them worthy citizens, we shall have
more general and uniform profitable re-
suits, and less annual complaints of eli
mate, frost, etc.--F. e. Elliot, IN Rortieag-
tiTist
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
sharp Ratchet. Then strip the bark down

enarp n6tcnet. linen 6trlp the DARK DOWN
to the ground in strips of two or three
inches broad, leaving them fast to the tree
at or near the surface of the ground. Let
the trees remain thus till the latter part
of the summer or early in the fall, when
they may be cut down. Some of the trees
will die previous to cutting, others will
remain green throughout the summer.
But whether alive or dead when cut, you
will rarely if ever see stalk from the old
stock.
A MAN in Wheeling recently drank;free-
ly of ice water at dinner, and was soon
after seized with cramp and died. Several
other instances are announced of death
from the same cause. The habit Of gulp-
ing down large quantities Of ice-water is
one Of the most pernicious into which
the heated season leads men. If they
escape death, they are sure to injure the
stomach and shock the system to q danger
Gus degree But the chief danger is in
sudden and rapid drinking. Large guam
titles Of ice water msy be taken if the
drinking is done gradually. The safe
way would be to take sip at time.
There is positive and serious danger to
the most robust person in rapidly drink
ing more than half tumbler full of ice
water, or very cold water DR.. Hall tells
of robust soldier who reached a spring
on the mountain side when he was fla
tigued and his blood was heated, and who
drank only small quantity of water, but
gulped it down suddenly. He died in n
few minutes afterwards
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
Change.

If any one were to write a treatise on
the laws Of life, and include change
amongst them, he would very likely be
laughed at. Yet how much do we owe to
i'll A sick person, after every effort of
medicine and kind attention fails, is or
dered to travel, and be gets cured. So
also OF plants. We may grow them on
the same soil, year after year, and they
fail to produce crop, though we are as
careful as possible to return to the soil the
elements supposed to be taken away.
We know what chemists tell us. They
say that though we do not know it, there
is still something lost which we have not
altogether restored. But the practical
farmer, though he cannot contrOvert this,
hardly believes it, as there are so many
things which scarcely come out right
under the explanation. For instance, he
grows certain variety Of potato year
after year until it fails to produce the
same crop it oDce did. He sends few
hundreds of miles for new seed Of the
same 0GTiety, and it will at once, and with
out adding to the soil, produce as good
crops a. ever. We have heard agricultur.
lists deny the possibility of this; but we
think most practical farmers know that
this is really the case. Yet surely the
same V~rlety OF potato requires only
the self same elements. There has been
no other difference but the change.
50 also in the matter of manure PeO-
pie sometimes find benefit from phosphates,
or guano, or some other commercial fertil-
izer. But in few years it turns out to
be no better than brickdust but any 9th
er kind OF manure will have wonderful
effect. We knew friend once who used
&c raise enormous crops in his vegetable
garden, which was annually MANFRED
! from his horse stable. 1t failed at last
Even weeds seemed to despse it. He
changed from horse to COW manure, and
| again wonderful crops rewarded him.
Chemically there was not much difference
in the msnure. The change was more
than all
It is well to remember this as a general
| principle. Nature loves change. There
is a seeming contradiction, for we speak
of the certainty of natures laws. But
those who know her best, know that she
has laws which seem contradictory. The
same elements that make fire, largely
make water, which is the enemy Of fire
and some of her most harmless clements
will often unite TO make the deadliest
poisons. at any rate, constant as she
generally is, we know she sometimes likes
Il chang -f0rney'S Press.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
he Forests.

The report of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture calls attention to the
rapid destruction of our American for
ests. Il is estimated that from 1850 to
1850 fifty millions Of acres of new land
were brought under cultivation, of which
two fitths were timbered land. The in
creasing demand for sawed lumber is a
warning that measures should he taken
not only to preserve portion of the for
ests in all parts Of the country, but also
to renew them by planting. At our pres
cnt rate of increase of population, there
viii be needed, in twenty years, as much
as 5000 000,G00 worth of sawed lumber
annually, and it is vital question where
all this lumber is TO be obtained 1t is
quite time to begin the practice Of econo-
my in the consumption of our forests.
They cannot be replaced in two or three
centuries, if at all, and their more careful
preservation should now be attended to.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
How the Farm RS Suffer from Radical
Iegisla lion.

THE price Of wheat on the 18Th Of July
in Liverpool was for No 9 red western, .
shillings per 100 pounds, which. at the
rate of gold that day ia per cent? IS ex-
acfly equivalent to 90 4615 currency.
On the 22d Of July the price IN liver
pool for the same whest was los. 81. per
Ice pounds, or, at the rate of gold on that
day GO per cent?, equivalent to 50 J112
currency, or a rise of 40 cents.
Let the following table therefore, ex-
plain strange anomaly.
RED WESTERN WHEAT PER 100 POUNDS.
July -. July ~. Rise.
In liverpool (reduced to cur
rency) -.................. 90 ASH 81 975l 49c
In New York. ............... 2l3 z53 2Vc
The question, therefore, is very peril
nent: Who gains the other 30 cents The
Europeans truly pay rs 70 cents in cur
rency more TO day for leo pounds Of
wheat than they Gid on the 18th, while
the farmer does rot get much more than
twO-ffths of it.
The explanation IS as deplorable as il is
humiliating, which the following table
may explain
FRIGHT FOR WHEAT PER SIXTY POUNDS.
July -. July 22
To Liverpool, by steam. 6.d. : I'd. 12d.
To Liverpool, by sailing sh ps. sd. 1870.
Thus it will be seen that the odd %
cents currency more per hundred POUNDS
Of wheat is swallowed up by the extra
freight, which has doubled. II IS lament
able to state that the English alone have
now steam shipping IL our ports that our
poor and crazy commercial navy, consist
lnes # ol1 wooden hulks, is ignored and
neglected that the sudden withdrawal OF
10000 tons Of German steam shipping
per week 10 Europe has, IN the absence Of
American or other steam shipping, de
liVered our grain shipping over complete
IL into the hands OF the English. Now,
two things are perfectly clear: If at this
moment the United States had, as they
are entitled to have, and have iGr five
years yearned to have, 2 large steam feet,
freights would not have risen in seven or
eight days 100 per cent; and the farmers,
instead of only getting two fifths adgan-
tage OF the rise in grain in Europe would
have reaped the full benefit.
Secondly, instead of the English earn
| ing some 100000 in freight, which
they will do before the frost sets in, our
own people would have at least shared in
the profits instead of looking on. And
now comes the sequence, which is as dis
| graceful as it is oppressive. The farmers
cannot get by three fifths The full advance
IL the value for their wheat, because their
own country has no shipping to compete
with the English. Their own country
men have no steam fleet, because govern
ment refuses to allow them to buy foreign
ships, and they are unable to build them
| at home They are unable to build iron
ships at home because Mcssrs. MOTrell, Of
Pennsylvania, Griswold, and others, have
large iron works, and levy a tax of from
60 70 20 per cent. on iron, and the mate
rial that goes into snip building. And the
loss, disgrace and oppre ssiOn serve our
people right, because they have not yet
risen TO hurl the oPpressOgs from power,
and place those in their stead who will do
| q free neOnle iustice.-Nl.r York HolII
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
Importance Of Airing b. de.

The desire of an energetic housekeeper
to have her work completed at an early
hour in the morning causes her to leave one
of the most important items of neatness
undone. The most effectual purifying of
bed and bed clothes can not take place if
no time is allowed for the free circulation
of pure air to remove all human impuri-
ties which have collected during the hours
of slumber. At least two or three hours
should be allowed for the complete re-
moval of atoms of insensible perspiration
which are absorbed by the bed. Every
day this airing could be done, and oc-
casionally bedding constantly used should
be carried into the open air, and when
practicable left exposed to the sun and
wind for half day.
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TIE census recently taken in Hungary
shows q population of 1920 23S.

EvERy SATURDAy.-Chapter seventeen
OF " The Mystery of Edwin brood" is given in
No - double-page illustration, in the shape
of a supplement, OF the late State Ball at Bucking-
ham Palace, six fupage engraving, and like
ness of Alfonso, son of tho Queen of Spain, and
heir apparent to tho crown, comprise the excel
lent pictorial display in this number. FIELDS,
OsaooD = Co, Boston. e. 90 per annum.