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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20
The Living Machine.

lnjure the main spring of watch and every pos
tion of the works becomes disordered. The hu-
man stomach Is to the human system what that elias
tic piece OF metal is to chronomefer. 1t infu-
ences the action of the OF her organs and controls,
to certain extent, the whole living machine. The
comparison may be carried further; for the weak
ness or other impsrfectons of the main spring is
Indicated on the face Of the timepece, so also is
the weakness or other disorder Of the stomach be-
trayed by the face OF the invalid. The complexion
is sallow or faded, the eyes deficient in lusre
and intelligence, and there is worn, anxious ex-
preston in the whole countenance which tel as
plainly as written words coHld do. that the great
nOurishing organ whose Office IL is to minister TO
the wants OF the body and to sustain and renew all
its parts. is not performing its duty. Ii requires
Pnovating and regulating. and to accomplish this
end Hostetters stomach Bttere may be truly said
10 be the one hing needfA The broken main
spring OF watch may be replaced by q new one.
but the stomach can only he repaired and strength
vegetable restorative which FOR eighteen ycars
has been waging successful contest with dyspepsis
in all climates As a specific fer indigestion il
stands alone. When the resources Of the pharma
cop9ia have beer exhausted, without, a. best, do
ing more thar mitigating the complaint cours,
/ OF this wholesome and palatsble yet powerful
stoLdachic effects perfect and permanent care
In all cascs of dyspepsia the liver is more OF les
dsordered. and upon this important gland, as wei
- upon the stomach and bowels, the Blttcrs &C
with singular distirctness, regulating and rclnvlg
Grating every secretiTs and sssimilstiDg organ Of
which bodily and mental health depend.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20
Coffee Making.

Java coffee has large, full yellow
berry, while that of Rio is smaller, and of
a greenish tinge The difference in es-
sential properties is derived from the diff
ference in climate, that of Java permit
ting the bean to ripen more perfectly than
1t is left to do in Brazil, where it is raised
chiefly by unskilled slave labor The best
coffee for farmers Is made by mixing the
tw0-Java aiiOrding the most fragrance,
and Rio the most stimulus and protection
against chilliness and damps. Very much
depends upon the parching of coffee. This
should be done slowly at first to expel all
the moisture, and rapidly at last, stir
ring it constantly so that it will be uni
formly Drowned, and not burned in the
least. When it has an oily appearance,
and is of light brown color, it should be
removed at once from the fire and put
into close vessel
We have tried great many ways of
making coffee and a great many different
coffee pots; but for family use we have
never found anything better than good
block tin pot, and the white of an egg to
clear the beverage. We grind two
table spoonfuls to person, put it in
the pot, add the white of an egg
and sufficient cold water TO moisten
the whole, stir it together and let It warm
on the stove, then pour on boiling water
and let il boil two or three minutes only,
unless those who drink it have been ex-
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20
Good Health.

WHAT an absorbing subject is health |
What numbers are in pursuit Of it What
multitudes are reckless in regard 20 it! OF
what vast Importance is it What is life
worth without it What earthly posses
sion compares in value to it. Good
health what bliss to possess it,
Friends meet each other in the street.
Good morning. How are your How's
your health" Or, "You are looking
finely. Your health is good, l see" An
other says: al met our old friend Twad-
dies yesterday. Jolly dog He looks as
healthy as buck" Still another
see Swecdlepipes is going fast he is look
ing quite used up. His health is very
poor. He complains bitterly, and says
he would give all he's worth if he could
only feel well once more His days are
full of misery and his nights are full of
pain"
How people fuss about their health !
How they fidgetl How they dose them
selves! What an array of empty bottles
(once fulD are upon their shelves and in
their closets. Cough Syrups, Bitters,
Elxirs, Pectorals, Bourbon, Rye, Sarsa-
parilla, Medical Discovery, Plantation,
Hostetter, Sonoma, Schnapps, and a thou
sand and one others. "Take me and I'll
do you good"
How wretched is the feeling neither
sick nor well. Nothing in particular, and
yet everything in general How pity
such.
Many devOur Medical Books-Qllus-
trated) published for general circulation.
every man his own Doctor" What
nOnsensel Just as well every man his
own cobbler, minister, butcher, tailor
anything and verything-including milk
and ice man-cOal, switch, and swil man.
COW, what pain that was" cries out a
morbid sufferer. To his book he flies =
studies the symptoms OF his case-expects
death before morning-and wonders
when he awakes, that he is still alive. He
dreamed that he had crossed the river
Styx, and supposed himself dweller in
the land OF spirits. He looks about his
room before he rises from the bed. His
eyes wander from floor to ceiling. Again
his gaze rests upon his books and bottles
He knows now where he is With q
groan he plants his feet upon the floor
totters to his glass, and runs out his
tongue.
Throw away your nostrums, and give
your money to some poor family sadly in
need, perhaps of bread. Such an act will
be sensible, and very safe remedy to
take. Try it. 1t promotes healthful and
quiet rest and sleep
Many persons are low in health and
spirits, and they conclude they are never
to feel well again. Z" shall never be my
self again never-no, neverp O yes
you will. Remember, foryour encourage
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

ment, that the natural tendency of the
body is to health. Just as it is the nature
of seed to grow when planted in The
ground, or tree to strike its roots deep
into the earth, and flourish, causing the
sap to flow, reaching every fibre. Don't
despond, thus wasting the sap of life.
Laughter is good physic. If you can.
not laugh fright out" why then, smile.
By degrees you may be able to smile
aloud. You will soon feel better, depend
upon it. am not an M. D.-that honor
is not mine. l respect the profession.
They are a noble class of men. Still, l
have the impression that sick people can
help themselves as much and more than
doctors and their physics Help yourself,
man All this is advice Gratis"
Do some little thing. If you cannot
remove mountain, lift pebble.
1 have suffered much in my day. l
know what suffering is. I am now in
perfect health.
This is my prescription, viz.
Be careful (but not overmuch)-live
regular sleep as much as possible; keep
quiet; avoid injurious excitement; cult
| vate kind feelings; be moderate in all
things; avoid unnecessary business cares
be content with little; think how well of
you are, after all. "Know thyself." The
meaning Of this last expression is, avoid
everything which consciously affects your
health
| To the reader in health, I would say
| Be thankful for this inestimable boon be-
slowed upon you by the great Benefactor
and hold it fast
To the sick would say, Cheer upI-
Geo. B. Watson, in Good Health.
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posed to cold and damp, or are anticipat-
ing such exposure. In that case itshould
remain over the fire fifteen or twenty
minutes, long enough to extract some of
the bitter principle which is of the nature
of quinine in its effects on the system.
Coffee grounds should never be al
lowed to stand in tin, but should be
poured out and the pot carefully cleansed
as soon as it is used, else the flavor of the
next beverage made in it will be impaired.
Soft water is very much preferable to
hard for making good coffee, as the
mineral salts in the latter often combine
unpleasantly with the constituents of
coffee, and give it an acrid taste There
is no good reason why our tables should
so frequently be disgraced with muddy,
bitter, riley coffee, when '::tle care and
little skill can furnish beverage aro-
matte, celebrating and de' ghtful.-Ner
York Tribune.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

THE quantity of water which will be
imbibed by horses varies even more than
that of their solid food, yet ignorant
grooms are too apt to give all alike. The
most. strenuOus advocate for the continu-
Gus supply would doubtless make an ex-
ception at those times when horses are
just about as severely galloped, rs in
hunting or racing; and on the other
hand, almost all grooms who know their
business allow their charge to fill them
selves at night, and also give them lib
eral allowance when they have done their
work and are dressed and cooled down af
ter it. / have found in my own stable, in
measuring the actual quantity of water
drunk by the horses, that even among
those which are doing the Same amount of
work and eating similar food in quantity
and quality, the water will vary from two
buckets a day to nearly five. If salt is
given, it will produce considerable thirst
at first, but after time this effect ceases,
and | have not found 1t in the long run
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20
Buying Land.

THE exercise of sound judgment is re-
quired to purchase land most advantage
ously, and too many young persons, when
they set out to buy farm, fail to look be-
yond their wishes in the matter, to consid-
er the various conditions that should con-
troll ones decision. 1t often happens that
man who has money enough to purchase
a well-improved farm of an hundred acres
in settled, prosperous region, will buy a
tract of six or seven hundred acres of wild
land, remote from cities and facilities for
reaching market, because he INDUCES the
belief that his energy and skill will make
his wilderness blossom like the rose" and
produce large and remunerative crops.
Then, too it is pleasing to ones vanity to
be considered the owner of such an ex-
tensive estate. A short time, year at
least, suf1ices to dispel such fancies He
had to build dwelling or rebuild the one
he found on his place to make it habitable !;
then, having devoted all his money to
paying for the land, he is unable to stock
his farm or procure necessary implements
and cOnveniences, and he finds that it is
utterly impossible to work satisfactorily
or profitably, or conduct the usual farm
operations; then, saddest disappointment
of all, he realizes that, with tireless ener-
gy, unwavering perseverance, the highest
degree of skill and practical knowledge,
and the use of powerful fertilizers, it will
take years to render his large estate remu-
nerative. When this unpleasant but una
voidable conviction is forced on his mind,
he is ready to acknowledge that it would
have been far wiser if he had taken fewer
acres of fertile land, with desirable inn
prOvements, and the additional advantages
of good roads, access to markets, churches,
schools, and agreeable society.
1t is much easier to maintain the i'm
provements on farm, and keep up the
quality of stock, than to bring wild land
into productive condition and supply it
with superior stock of approved varieties.
The primary object in farming is to make
money, and this cannot be done unless the
different branches are Systematically anu
economically cOnducted; the work must
be promptly and thoroughly performed,
and nothing must escape the notice of the
intelligent mind that supervises and di-
reefs the management of affairs. A large
farm, like an immense army, requires for
its successful management the highest de-
gree of tact, consummate skill, untiring
industry and vigilance, and a full cOmpre
hension of all the available resources and
surrounding circumstances.
In his report of 1869, the Commissioner
of Agriculture says: 1.-THE greed for the
acquisition of land is serious bar to pro-
gress in farm Improvement The aim of
the pioneer has been, not to become a
good farmer, but holder of broad acres
to grow more wheat, to buy more land.
The result is a sparse settlement, poor
roads, straw stables, few farm implements,
and slow advance in prices of real estate
after the first sudden rise i'm values 1t is
a dangerous fallacy that non productive
farm lands are profitable. - Farmers
| journal.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20
The Use Of Eyes.

A YOUNG friend OF ours, about to com
mence nautical career, was requested to
call upon an "old salt" just previous to
the sailing of the vessel in which the
young aspirant was about to make his
frst trip to Hong Kong, in order to re-
ceive some useful advice. The call was
accordingly made, and the somewhat la
comic advice received, keep your mouth
shut and eyes OPEN" This advice fol
lowed, in its true meaning, is valuable to
those who dwell on land as well as those
who go down to the sea In ships.
The eyes are, perhaps, the avenues
through which more information, in re-
gard to external things, is gained than
any other of the organs Of special sense /;
but very little observation will convince
a careful student of human nature that
most people are, to a certain extent,
blind
The horse dealer sees well, when he ex-
amines horse. All the points of the
animal, good, bad, or Indifferent, come
under review. An incipient SPAWN, or
splint does not escape his questioning
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

glance. He sees WELL because he is in
terested to see. But this same sharp in
spector OF horses drives by trees, stones,
brooks-walks about through myriad
beauties without more than perceiving the
outlines of objects, and
with eyes that hardly serve at most
To guard their master 'gainst post"
And he is by no means an isolated case of
this kind of blindness. 1t may be found
in all professions and trades-not even
the journalist being an exception, though
the full use of eyes is, to him, it would
seem, if not an absolute necessity, at least
something essential to highest success.
This want of power to see originates in
the want of proper discipline Men are
born, if not totally blind. like puppies,
yet, with eyes that, like all the other or
gans and faculties, need to be perfected
by education. But the blindness of which
we speak is mental blindness. "Men have
eyes but they see not" They pass through
this world of life and beauty with eyes
turned inward The marvellous panOra-
ma of nature passes before them without
more than careless and Indifferent glance,
now and then, and its details of beauty
and grandeur are all unnoticed. The les
sons of wisdom they might gain by simp-
IL looking and rejecting, are lost through
neglect The eyes will see if the mind
commands them.
We presume large proportion OF our
readers may convict themselves OF this
| mental blindness, by the simple expert
ment of looking closely at all the natural
| objects presented to their notice during a
single hour of their existence. Whatever
these objects may be-stones, chips OF
metal or wood, leaves, roots, insects, bark
or what Motive venture to say, nine out
| of ten may see something in each they
never saw before, if they will look with
mind as well as eye.
| Herein lies the main difference between
the man with full-stored mind. and tn,
man of little knowledge. knowledge o
natural things is mainly obtained by see
ing. Humboldt was Humboldt principally
through judicious use of his eyes. On
of the best habits young man can cult
vatc is that of minute observation. Men
things, events, should be scrutinized, no
allowed 70 fit by without atteLtiOn.
Thi. habit will make man of small
natural ability match for the careless Ob
server possessing far greater talent, and
makes the man of fine talents great l
made Bacon, Newton, Franklin, Cuviel
Linnaus, Humboldt, Faraday, Tyndal
Rumford, Helmholtz, and Huxley, grea
lights of science and Watt, Stephenson
Arkwright, and others, the great mechan
les whose labors have eliminated in on
present high civilization. many capacity
whether in art, literature, or science, to b
great, one must learn to see.-lSclentit
| 17r9ric1n
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make much difference Green food will
also make less alteration in the desire for
water than might be expected, which
may be accounted for by the fact that it
increases the secretions of urine and per-
spiration, and also acts gently on the
bowels so that, though more fluid is
taken into the system with the green
food, yet a proportionably large quantity
passes off. 1t is, however, necessary to
be cautious in the allowance of water to
horses which have just begun to eat grass,
for if given in the usual quantity on the
stomach full of green food, it will very
probably bring on an attack of collie. AS
rule, no horse should go to any moder-
ately fast work with more than half a
bucket of water in him, and that should
have been swallowed at least an hour
" iSt0nehenQe" on the Horse.
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BRy.Sr's CHICAGO BUSINESS TRAINING

SCHooL-Our advice to any young man,
that can spare the time and money, is to
go to Brydnt's Chicago Business Training
School, where the best facilities in the
country are to be found. 1t is just as
cheap to go to Headquarters as to go
to a second rate institution. Send for
paper describing this model institution
the High School" to Commercial Col
leges. The proprietor of this Institution
is the publisher Of the Chicago Courier,
the best commercial paper in the West,
send for specimen copy. Address
H. B. BRYANT, Chicago, III.
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"a SLIGHT CoLp," CoUGHs.-Few are
aware of the importance of checking
cough or SLIGHT COLD in its first stage
that which in the beginning would yield
to a mild remedy, if neglected, often at
tacks the lungs. Browns Bronchial
Troches" give sure and almost immediate
relief 1.-THE Troches' have pr0red their
efficacy by test Of many years, and have
received testimonials from eminent men
who have used them.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

SAN FRANCISCO has population of
110,250; in July, 1868, it was 1850; by
the Federal census of 1860 it was sc, S35.
OF the number estimated this year $500
white males over twenty-one have their
names recorded in the directory white
females over eighteen are estimated at
34.300; other whites, male and female,
$4,000; Chinese, 5000; cOlored, 1850, and
floating population, $500.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

THE marine disasters on the lakes last
year foot up damage to 1914 vessels,
against ,164 the year before. The dis
asters reported in November number 403
involving damage to property of upward
of $4,000, 900, probably the highest figures
ever reached in any one month since the
navigation on the lake began. The loss
of lite during the season was considerably
less than in 1868.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-20

CHIIB1sArNs OR FROST BITEs-Use DR.. s. A;
WEAvER's CEHATE according to directions, and
they are cured. IL cures them by snbduing the in
hsmmation, and brings the parts to their healthy
action Ii will also cure all diseases or eruptions
of the skin: and as mothers friend it is ever
true and win Immediately cure every case of SORE
NIPFfEa in ahort order.
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In Burgundy the wolves suffer So much
in summer from thirst. owing to the
scarcity of water in the forests, that they
rush to the vineyards and take their fill of
grapes. The juice ferments in their stom-
achs, they reel about like human beings,
and fall into powerful iron traps set for
them.
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derful, any other man, has discovered remedy tiay
cures Consumption. when the lungs are half con ume
In short. viii all diseases whether OF mind. h0dr
estate. make live forever. and leave death In
play tor want OF work. and Is designed 70 make - ND
suhlunary sphere blissfu paradise, 20 which HeaNe
itself shall be hut side show ron have heard enouc
OF that kind OF humhuggery. and We do not Wondcy
that have by this time become Disguised with Ia
But when tell you that DIR Sa-c's Catarrh keT cod
eri glSHfrelU the trOrq or fifQrTh. Dna
assert that which thousands TESTIFY to- Try
you will be convinced will pay 500 REV AID for
case OF Catsrrh that cannot cure
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THE WESTERN MoNTHLY.-The Janu-
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THE BEST AND ORIGINAL TONIC OF IRON
Phosphorus and Cslissys, known Ferro Phosphsted
Elixir of Carsaya Bark. The iron restores color to
the blood, the phosphorus waste of the
tissue. and the calssys gives natural heslthfu tone
to the digestive thereby curing dyspepsia
various FORMS wskefuness general debility, depression
of spirits also. the best preventive against fever and
ague. One pint contains the virtues one ounce of
csisaya, and one teaspoonful, Gain OF iron and
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