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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
Care OF Harness.

1T is very bad policy, for all but the
stable Ammonia is very injurious to
leather, especially when it contains a
large amount of grease; hence, gears
winch are allowed to remain in the sable
are always more or less injured by the
ammonia which constantly sIises from the
manure; but this injury is in proportion
To the amount of cleanliness which is OBJ
served in the stable OF all kinds those
in which horses or sheep are kept are
most injurious, becaIse OF the volatile na
ture OF manure. Ii COW stables are kept
clean, The injury to gears kept in them
will be but slight. The best plan is to
have small dry room on purpose; such
a room can, with a few boards and nails,
soon be made, and the saving in the har-
ness will soon repay the trouble. To
clean and oil a harness the best plan is TO
separate the harness into the smallest pos
sible pieces wash each piece well in Cas-
tile soap and water until cleaned of all
outside grease and dirt; the pieces then
to be laid on board or table, meats foot
or tanners oil applied with brush, gen
orally using from half pint to "a pint OF
oil 20 pair OF heavy farm harness; to
clean carriage harness, only the dirty parts
should be washed and creased as before
Ii you wish to give the gears "a black ap-
pearance at the expense of Clean hands, a
small portion Of lampblack Esay be mixed
with the oil before applying it to the
| leather Irish Farmers Gazette.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

on some plantations, machines for drying
by hot air have been introduced. After
few DAYS in the sun, the kernels become
dry and crispy; they are then thrown into
a circular trough, and large wooden rollers,
shod with iron, crush the shell, and liberate
the two beans which each shell contains.
The bean has still another coating-its skin
which is the hardest of all to remove,
but, through long-continued attrition with
the iron shod rollers, this, also, is mostly
removed, and then the tanning mill cleans
the bean by blowing away the loosened
skin and broken shells.
But the most expensive part of the
process is now to come. Before long ia
tl; sit the natives, young and old, chat
| tering, laughing, and singing as they
work, and on these tables are poured the
beans as they come from the fannirg-mill
| Each Indian holds basket In his or her
! lap, and with both hands rapidly picks
out, separately, every perfect bean, till
there remains on the table nothing but
broken ard imperfect coffee, of no value
The hands are paid, at this work. 50 much
per quintal, Of leo pounds, and saillfI
pickers make good wages. 1t takes 66(
ponds Of the fruit, as it comes from the
tree, to produce 100 pounds of clean
marketable coffee-and yet, it pays
Orerland Monthly.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

in consistency, and when cool it is better
than pudding made with eggs, as there
is no watery whey. Essence of lemon or
raisins are an improvement.-Ameri
A9riculturist
THINNING OF FRUITS urging the
necessity of thinning crops of fruits, Mar
shall P. Wilder, in an article in the Jour-
nal of Horticulture says one of two farm
ers near Boston always thins his fruits
the other neglects this. The first sells his
Baldwin apples at 81 80 per barrel, the
latter receives less than So so. He thinks
the danger, when there is large crop of
the young fruit, is in not thinning enough
rather than in over doing
To gid silver silk thread, gold or sill
yer leaf is rubbed on stone like paint
honey being the best substance to mois
ten lt-until reduced to fine powder.
The silk thread is sosked or boiled in
solution of chloride of zinc, and, after be-
ing washed, it is boiled in water with
which the gold or silver powder has been
mixed. When washed and dried, it will
be found coated with fine layer of gold
or silver, which may even be polished in
the usual manner. This method has been
patented in England Exchange.
L l.
putty in Jumps the size of a hens egg, add
a small portion of linseed oil, ard water
sufficient to cover the putty; boil this in
an iron vessel for about ten minutes, and
stir it when hot. The oil will mix with
the putty Then pour the water off and
it will be like fresh made For removing
hard putty from window-sash, take a
square piece of iron, make the same red
hoi, and run it along the putty till it gets
soft. The putty will peel off without in
juring the wood work. Concentrated lye
made of lime and alkoli, will affect the
wood and make it rot quicker.
SOMETHING ABOUT MILK PALS -Milk
pals grow yellow by standing, and always
before being used in the spring should bt
secured with clean water aud clean sand
When used, they should be always scald
ed at least once day in boiling water
and then wiped with cloth wrung out o
hot waite as dry as possible. There
should be one cloth used alone for thi
purpose. They should be laid on the
side, and not bottom up, to dry; and every
thing that could possibly give them tn
least faint, or semblance Of anything no
perfectly clean, should be most CAREFUL,
kept from them.-HelrM and Home.
WHEN SHOULD Pics BE WEANED p
Eight weeks old is the best age. Sever
will DO They should become accustome
to food such as is ordinarily given to bog
; before weaving, and then there will be Ii
need of any loss in growth by the loss c
the mothers milk. II they are st all il
clined to scOur, enc of the best prevent
ives is an occasional days feed OF Who'll
corn, or few kernels with their othe
, food each day. They should have all the
will eat, and even il the farmer is undo
, the necessity Of buying corn to keep theI
along Til his own harvest is ready in tt
fall, the growth will generally pay
least fifty per cent. over and above Il
cost Hearth and Home.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

THE manner of cuItivating the coffee
plant varies bnt little in the several Cen
trail American States, and short sketch
OF how their iavOrite beverage is produced
may be interesting to all good coffee drink
ers.
The coffee beans are first planted in hot
beds, from which, IL a few months, they
spront, and shoot up FIVE or SIX inches high.
when they are removed singly aud taken
to the fields which have been prepared To
receive them. There the young sprouts
are planted anew, In lows, with q space of
from four to six feet between each plant
For two years they need no mora care, ex-
cept an occs sional plowing out Of the
weeds which spring up around them. The
thru year the plant is from three to four
feet high, and c0mmencs to bear, produc
ing about pound of coffee fruit Each
year ADDS to the size aud productiveness
OF the tree, till it reaches about ten feet in
height, after which it gives a product of
from 20 to 80 pounds of green fruit.
The coffee fruit resembles in shape, size.
and color plump cranberry, and grows
clinging closely to the small lateral
branches OF the tree; so that the hand can
at once strip off the 80 or more berries a
branch may bear. On some plantations,
the trees are dwarfed, for the double pur.
pose of increasing the fruitage and faciii-
tating the picking.
The time of picking the crop varies, ac-
cording to the locality, but ranges from
December to March. When the fruit il
ripe, all hands are employed-men, wo-
men, and children-and as fast as picked
the berries are sent to the mills. which
arranged something like corn-s shelters, re-
move the PUPPY coverings-Ieaying the
Kernels. which are Immediately spread out
In the sun to dry. At this time the skies
are watched carefully, and in case of rain,
Tue Kernels afe rapidly gathered under
snener, as rain upon them while drying
~o"a cause an irrepsrable injury and,
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
4 Narrow Escape.

A TELEGRAPH operator furnishes the
J,urnd Of the Telegraph with the follow
ing.
Some time during the early portion of
the war, the writer of this VS. IN charge
of the telegra office at LynchbuTg Va :,
and the following incident took place:
There Was TO nave been an execution at
Knoxville, Tenn, of q person who had
been tried and convict d (by mi i.ary
trbuna) of bridge burning. The extcd-
ton WAS to have taken place st O'Clock
p. M
The daughter of the condemned man
telegraphed at an early hour in the morn
ing TO President Davis, at Richmond, Va,
begging of him a pardon for her only
support, her father. This message " as
received by me from Biz ID + Norris
(nOw the Manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Office at Macon, Ca at about
niue or half-past nine O'clock q. m. | at
once forwarded it TO Richmond, and
awaited with some degree of anxiety for
the Presidents reply, hoping that the
prayers OF the petitioner might be grant
ed at about twelve o'clock Ri. allied
By, saying, Here it is; read it through D."
/ copied it and went over to the Western
instrument to call Kd.; called once or
twice, and believe Kd. answered me, buE
before could tell him what good news
h ri for that poor woman, or before |
could send the message, some one of the
numerOGs little offices between Lynch
burg, Va, and Knoxville, Tenn, put On
their ground wire and most eifectually
cut me OFT Here comes the trying time
Here / was with the pardon OF u human
lie in my hands, and was unable to
forward 1t To its proper destination, owing
to that horrible practice some operators
have of resorting to their ground wire
To enable them to get possession oil
the line. This practice is still in vogue,
believe, over that same line, though # the
operators on that portion Of the iine hat
been placed IN the unfortunate AMI trying
p 81 on that wa3 in, they would never
resort ID 1t. You must r. collect that the
execution was TO have taken place at two
O'Clock. The operator at Dublin Depot
Va, was the person who obtained pos
session of the line on that occasion. Ht
cut me off at IL O'Clock, and did not re
move his ground WIRE until fifteen o
twenty minutes Of two O'Clock. the fata
hour
at once called Knoxville, and goot
fortune smiled upon he. He answered
The paFdoning message was sent, an
though at first the operator at Knoxviil
sald ne was afraid il was too late, as TN
officers OF the law, with the culprir, Ia,
lett the jail some time before the receipt O
the telegram, tor the place Of execution
am happy to say he or his messenee
were Just ii tbe nick OF time to save tn
life OF the condemned.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

IT is a common FAY ing that man is dis
tinguished from brutes by the noble gift
of speech, but in this we are assuming al
together too much. We call all animals
dumb and imply certain pity in the
word; but 10 some native language of
their own they may be calling us likewise
poor dumb creatures, and COMMUNICATING
our inability to frame their speech. The
sounds they utter, which are unintelligi-
bic to us, and which we are content to
describe as growing, csckling, neighing,
Inewing, chipping, barking, may each be
the articulated words of unwritten dia-
lects, In which every species finds ex-
preston for it's thoughts and desires Who
ever heard flock of ducks quacking to-
gether as they waddled along in single
file toward pond, and was not convinc
ed that they were holding sweet and ear
nest converse by the way? Who can list
en- to quarrel between martins and
sieged and airy dOmicile, and believe that
all their vociferous chatter is meaningless
to them? 1t is plainly evident that they
ar calling each other feathered rascals
and villains, and dealing out tire ats al d
Objurgations in epithets that no hearer
can mistake. The deep voiced frogs that
croak through all the country side under
the starlight and dews may be gurgiing
tender serenades, in their cold blooded
fashion, to lady-loves beneath the waves,
although AristophaDes failed to trans
late them into his rough Greek. When
we come upon solemn company of crow s
that have settled on the tall tree of a lone
ly wood, we stop to listen to their boarse
notes, in full faith that they carry much
meaning in such sepulchral tones, and
that they have halted there to discuss
their prospects and determine upon some
plan Tor the next campaign. For aueht
we know they may be repeating the sub
stance of that fine old English ballad
which tells how three of their race sat
upon treee, debating where they should
dine, and that one described how, in a
lonesome glen, a noble knight lay freshly
slain, and then summoned them to the
banquet on his bonny blue cen, and his
white breast-bone, adding that the golden
down on his young chin would do to wrap
their young ones in. AT any rate, they
have, do ib.less, their orators and dema-
gogues, who are verscd in all tricks OF
stump speaking, and who sway at will the
less gifted of their kind. But until they
shall invent writing for themselves, and
an alphabet, and furnish us with skilled
Interpreter, we shall have to call their elo
quence and their small talk the verest
jargon, and find pleasure only in the sweet
warbling OF merrier birds; since music and
laughter, in which these joyous little souls
delight, are the only utterances that DOS
sess universal and unvarying speech
Boston Journal.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
An Old Fal'acy Exploded.

Thirty or forty years ago, i: was the fashion to
administer powerful purgatives as spring medi-
cines." Terrific doses Of salts and senna calomel
and jalap, gaubsr salts were given to all the
members of family, whether sick or well. by way
of preparing them for the warm westher in pros
pect. This pernicous custom is nearly obsolete,
but there come old Bourbons of private life,
Incapable alike of forgetting anything or learning
anything. who Distinctly cling TO it still. Moth
ing conld be more perniciOus, more utterly I'M
philosophical than such an onslaught on the vgor
and elasticity of the system. III order to enable
the physical structures to resist the erervating
effects of spring Gamps and summer heats, it
shOnd be toned aud reinforced. not relaxed and
weakened. The beet medicine agent for this pur-
poee is Hosteters Stomach Bitsrs. Its effect ~ IN
tone the stomach and liver. gently relieve the
bowels from instructions. brace the nerves, i'm
prove the quality of the blood stimulate the appe
tile ard cheer the spirits. In This improved con
dition the organization IL capable of resisting nm
hesl;hy influences, which would PROSTATE an en-
feeble sy stem. vigorous digestion IL absoutei ~
essential to aalth and there is danger OF the
stomach falterng falling in its important Office
| if this genial vegetable elixir il taken regularly
sto machc None OF the tonic tinciuTes oil
extracts will supply the place oil the Bitters, FOR
the simple reason that they operate astringents
only. In fact in ordinary practice, five or six
prescriptions would be required TO rroduce. sepe
| rately. the beneficial results which are effected
simnl' aneousiy and tremendously, by this single
| specific.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
FARM AMI HOUSEHOLD
Saving of Wood.

Nor by getting this stove or that but
by managing the stove you have. First
secure damper, if you have not that
necessary appendage; any blacksmith
will make you one for about fifty cents.
Next, see that you have dry wood. a
stove is not intended as an evaporator,
enly as far as it has to do with pots and
kettles. Let the sun do this for you, or
better the dry air OF your woodshed The
man who cares little for his wood, will be
pretty sure 10 be needless about his stove;
but the wife and children should not be
made TO suffer and to them we address
ourselves in this case. See that your
men get dry wood; urge them to do it in
time; surely some good can be wrought
in this way.
If you are to purchase a stove, we ad-
| wise You TO get one size larger than you
intended; as it is the large stoves that
save, not consume, the wood, as is usually
supposed A small stove has larger
draught than q large one. This draft
ventilstes the room (thus cooling) and
draws the cold III, up and through the
pipe, thus forming draught OF compare
lively cool air in and cut of the stove
The only advantage the stove gets from
the fire is by radiation. This radiation g
large stove will have as we'll rs a small
one, and as more iron is heated, so NOR
heat is thrown into the room Besides
there is less draught, and hence more
heated air in the stove; but the greater
amount Of heated iron is what Goes the
business.
Another thing: we are too saving" IL
the feeding Of our fire. A little wood re
quires cons ant fleeing, with little heat
tue fire Is liable to go out, and the air o
the room is in constant state of motion
This is healthy room for healthy per
son, but bad for an invalid.
The true way is: secure large stove
have it air tight, so that the draught re
spends to your hand. Build q good fire
needed; let burn till there are sufficien
Goals to support a few large sticks. 4
bed Of Goals in the morning precludes this
Put on those sticks, with a few smal
pieces; let it burn for awhile, with not To-
strong a draught, then close. This wi
stop all currents in the r,Om-in the stow
and you will have the air in your stow
: thoroughly heated, and your iron wi
soon show the effect by quietly heatin
your room. 1t will do much more; it WI
save your wood, for it will contine thai
bOr) the heat for your purpose, instead {
carrying it out OF the chimney. 70
thus have comfort, economy, less care
three points which together make stron
argument.
1t is the draucht that is the destructio
of our wood. Not only that-we get L
, benefit from it, save only our labor for OF
pains, while our comfort is invaded. I'll
f damper then, dry wood, large fire, a lars
stove, and you will have comfort al
economy Tile Household.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
A FEW drops of glycerine added to a
pint OF any writing fluid changes it at
once into copying ink.

A FEW drops of glycerine added to a
pint OF any writing fluid changes it at
once into copying ink.
JOHNNY CAKE.-Take good fresh but
termilk and SOFA sufficient 10 neuiralize
the acid. Stir IN enough meal taud only
enough) to make Uery thin batter, and
if sweetened johnny cake is preferred
add little sugar.
Il CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
he6san fed SOW from August 20 to De.
cember |, with coarse rye bran. slightly
moistened with cold water. she was very
poor and was estimated to weigh l00
pounds; when killed she cave a dressed
weight OF 296 pounds.
70 cure sleeplessness are reouired. /
A good clean bed; 2. Sufficient exercise
to produce weariness, and pleasant occu.
patton 3. Good air and not too warm 81
room; 4. Freedom from too much care
g. A clean stomach; 6. A clear con
science z. Avoidance of stimulants and
narcotics
The Prairie Fdfmer in an article on
Prizes at Fairs, suggests that premium
be offered FOR plans for saving the pro
duce of the farm and for making the
farmers home pleasant and comfortable
1t further says it should be the aim &c
offer prizes for things that will encour
age research and investigation, bring fortf
new facts, and reward patient Industry
HORTIcULTUBE IN COMMON Schools
The country Gentleman says the cultur.
of flowers, the planting OF ornamental
trees, with brief instructions as to theil
growth, might be introduced into ever,
school rs recreative study-if the teach
ers have the taste and knowledge neces
sary. Il gives an instarc. where n teach
or, ON lis own motion, interested his pu
pills in the culture OF ornamental plants
with the happiest results.
AN EXCELLgNr RlcE PUDDING
quarts oil milk, one e ~ each OF rice ane
sugar, teaspoonful Of sails. Wash IN,
rice and add ii to the milk cold and bake
The secret OF having Is nice consists in III
being taken out of the oven before thu
milk is AL dried away. Itshould be creamy
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

COLDS AND CoUGns-SudGen changes
of climate are sources of Pulmonary and
bronchial affections. Experience having
proved that simple remdeies act speedily
when taken 10 he early stage of disease,
take at once " Bro,on's Bronchial TrOcies,"
let the Cold, Cough, or Irritation of the
Throat be ever so slight, as by this pre-
caution :: more serious attack may he
warded off.
Owing to the good reputation and pop
ularity of the Troches, many soorthies, and
chscp limitations are offered aobich are good
for nothing b. sure to OBTAIN the true
{" Ry0soa's Bronchial 7TOches." Sold every
where.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

THE excess Of males over females i'm the
different countries of the world has recent
ly been the subject of investigation. in
the United States, in 1850, in q total white
population of 19.553,O6S, there was an
excess of 499,726 in total free colored
population of ABA ,449, there was an excess
of 1901 females over males; and in a
total slave population of 1924, 3la, there
was an excess OF 755 males In 1850. in a
total white population of 1908 ,3l4 there
was an excess of 735, 544 males; in a free
colored population of 497, 9y6, there was
an excess Of 10 800 females; ard in n slave
population Of 953, 760, al excess of II 400
males. In New York city, at present, it is
asserted that there are 11,G00 more males
than females, while there are 1872 900 more
females of manageable age than males
of that class. In Great Britain, on the
other hand, there is an excess of 100000
females over males; and in France,
Austria, Spain, Italy, aud Prussia, with a
population Of 13S,0D,000, there are 1,G74,
900 more females than males.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19
The Babcock Fire Extinguisher.


F. W. Farwen. Secret -rv
DEAR SIR: On Thursday of last week,
about noon, my house took fire between the
joist under the kitchen stove When discov-
cred, the room was filed with smoke and no
fire TO be seen. Holes were Immediately bored
through the floor, and the nozzle of Bah
cock EXtinguisher (of which / have two was
slipped in, the stream turned on and the fire
Immediately eXtinguShed, which, in my
opinion, could not have been done with wa
ter. l regard the Babcock as an invaluable
protection. 1t ought to be in every dwelling.
Very truly yours,
Z
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

ways undergoing decomposition, whereby
the silica, lime, phosphoric acid, potash,
ETC., of the insoluble fragments of rock,
become soluble in water and accessible to
the plant. Water charged with carbonlc
acid and oxygen is the chiefagent in these
chemical changes. The more extensive
and rapid circulation of water in the soil,
the more matters will be rendered soluble
in given time, and other things being
equal the less will the soil be dependent
on the manures to keep up its fertility
Hoao Crops Feed.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-19

GoDEYs LADY's Book The embellish-
ments in the June number of GoGey consist of the
following: Waiting at the Ferry" a steel plat.
a six figure coiored fashion plate; handsome de-
sign for Patchwork; The Unexpected Letter; an
extension sheet containing thirtythrce designs OF
dresses, bonnets, etc.; Il plate of headdresses
hats, etc; Bed Pocket; Wase-Paper Basket
Watch Stand; Paper Flowers; Initial Medallion
Hand Mirror: La6y's Companion in shape Of
| Parasol; Embroidered Scissor Sheath, etc. Also
an Ornamental Cottage. The literary contents are
all good. L. A. Cooley, Philadelphia 81 90 pc