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Tree Planting.

Under the act of Congress offering 100
acres of land to any person who would
plant 40 acres of them to trees and Guilt
vate them for eight years, about LOO
persons had taken up 10000 acres of
land in Minnesota, up to January. This
was an encouraging effort, considering
the brief space of time elapsing after the
amendment of the act. BY the effort
of the state and private and associate
effort, it is estimated that 20,000,0 900
trees are now growing in Minnesota, be-
sides those planted under the congress
ional act. A report on the subject says
that the cost of planting AMI of Guilt
walton is marvelously small, in many
cases not exceeding from two to five cents
tree. We suspect that tree-culture
will prove the best farming for
some of our WORKOUT New England
farms The advocates of a system of
forestry in this country will find their
model and warning in Prussia, where the
government already owns third of the
woodlands, and proposes to prohibit
private owners from clearing off their
own soil, except so far as they will re-
plant with young trees. Friedenhal, the
minister of agriculture, claims that
while Russia has 81 per cent. of her soil
under wood, and Austria 80, Prussia has
only 23l. Stringent as the proposed
legislation is, it stands some chances OF
adoption. The artificial culture oil
trees, by the way, is coming more and
more in vogue in California, and the
demand for young trees to set out this
spring is very largc.-SprinGfeid Re.
,)ubLc1n
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Patting A Leopard.

Again the prOverb must be repeated,
Experience keeps a dear school, but
fools will learn in no other" Never
stroke any animal merely because he has
sleek skin,-and similar rule applies
to all other nice-looking" dangers.
The New York Herald points the caution
with this story:
The accidents that have frequently
happened fail to impress some people
with the fact that leOpards and their kind
have claws, and seldom fail to use them.
1t was not long ago that the papers an
of a young man at-the Central Park me-
nagerie, while petting the lion against
the advice of one of the keepers. Yester-
day another incident occurred similar,
except that the animal that inflicted the
injury was black Java leopard instead
of a lion.
At Barnum's Hippodrome, and near
the entrance, stands the cage that holds
the performing animals, consisting of a
lion and lioness, Brazilian tiger, Il
spotted leopard, and the black Java
leopard mentioned above. The collec-
ton is fine one, and greatly admired
by those who attend the place.
Yesterday afternoon young man
who had been watching the man who
takes care of the animals, seeing him
pat the black leopard, concluded he
would do the same.
Waiting until the keeper had turned
away, he crept under the iron bar, and
thrust his hand into the cage. 1t came
out, however, quicker than it went in,
and in the most deplorable condition,
being nearly torn off by the claws of the
infuriate brute.
This, however, did not satisfy the
animal. She began to storm up and
down the cage, and terribly excited the
rest of the animals that were confined
with her. Finally in one of her dcsper-
ate efforts, she revercd some of the wire
lacings that are put against the bars to
cOnfine her more securely and in the
next moment she stood free in the prone
made.
Her long, black, little body, gliding
around with as little noise as serpent
would make, was soon noticed by the
other animals, and then the roaring com.
menced. Dan and Pomp, the two great
African lions, opened first their bass
voices, and were soon followed in concert
by the howl of the hycna, and the bel.
lowing of the sacred bull and the water
buffalo.
Every animal in the place, it seemed
took part in the concert; and finally d
part was also taken by the keeper of the
leopard. She, however, did not seem sc
tractable as usual, and showed fight, and
might have made it rather disagreeablt
for the keeper had not an unexpected APP
pearance been put in at that moment by
Master Jack, the bull terrier dog, whose
countenance is familiar to all who visi
the hippodrome.
The dog at once made a dash for the
leopard, and seized him by the throat
and though the struggle was fearful
one, Jack managed to retain his hold un
til the animal was secured. The keeper
was cut about the hands in the struggle
but not badly injured, and it is lucky
thing, perhaps that no performance wal
going on at the time.
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Death Less Fearful than His Father.


A paper published in Oswego tells the
following story: Last Thursday boy
who lives in the extreme western portion
of the city, spent nearly all the after
noon and evening out in the snow, play
ing with a neighbOring boy-rOlling in
the snow banks, etc.-with the careless
ness and disregard of clothes common to
high-lifed boys. They played till after
dark, and when this lad came to 60 to
his home his clothes were nearly soaked
through. He had been severely pun
ished few days previous for coming
home in that condition, and was told il
he ever came home in that shape again,
he would be whipped within an inch OF
his life. He knew that his father would
be rs good as his word, and as he con.
sidered the matter over, he made up his
mind that he would stay out until the
folks had gone to bed, and then crawl
into neighbours woOd.house and stay
through the night, and he carried out
his plan. Some time during the night
the owner of the house was awakened by
noise sounding something like groans
he listened and again heard the sound
which seemed to come from the wood
shed, but which he thought was probably
stray dog. The noise continuing, ht
finally got up, partly dressed himself
took light, and on going into the sheC
discovered the boy crouched in one cor
ner, partly covered with some old rag
of carpeting, or something of that sort
and insensible with cold. He carried
him into the house, sent for his family
and after several hours of incessant labo
the boy revived. Upon being inquired
of why he went into the wood-shed, III
said it was because he was afraid to e
home. That family must be ruled will
a sc we're rod.
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to the neighboring town, each carrying
on her head heavy basket of fruit, to
sell for money enough to buy the family
dinner. Bridget murmured and fretted
all the way, but Walburga only joked and
laughed. At last Bridget got out OF
patience, and said, vexedly, "HOw can
you go on laughing so? Your basket is
as heavy as mine, and you are not
one bit stronger. l don't understand
itw
|. ooh |" said Walburga, "it is easy
enough to understand. l have certain
little plant that put on the top of my
load, and it makes it so light hardly feel
it. Why dent you do so, too p
"Indeedp said Bridget, " it must be a
very precious little plant! l wish l
could tighten my load with it'll Where
does it grow9 Tell me. What do you
call it?"
"It grows" replied Walburga, "wher-
ever you plant it and gives it chance to
take root, and there's no knowing the
relief it gives Its name is patience"
HIS COOP DEED.-"W Well, my son."
said a Detroit father to his eight year old
son the other night, "what have you done
to-day that may be set down as a good
deed p
"Gave poor boy five CENTS" replied
the hopeful.
"Ah, ha that was charity, and charity
is always right. He was an orphan boy,
was hep
"I didn't stop to ask" replied the boy /;
az gave him the money for licking boy
who spit in my dinner basket"
"WHAT did your mother say, my little
man? Did you give her my card p asked
an inexperienced young gentleman of a
little boy, whose mother had given him
an invitation to call upon her, and whose
street-door was accordingly opened to
his untimely summons by the boy. Yes,
sir" says the boy, quite innocently, "and
mother said if you were not fool, you
wouldn't come on Monday mornin', a
time when everybody was washin'! y At
this .juncture, mamma, with sweet smile
of welcome, made her appearance at the
end of the hall, when, to her surprise,
Mr.. Hubbard, the visitor, bolted. "What
in the world does that man mean?" in
quired ma. 81 dunno" replied the boy (;
"guess he's forgot suthin' !"
A WICKED boy, upon whose shoulders
his mother was expressing her resent
mcnt with both slippers felt too proud to
cry, and kept up his courage by repeat
ing to himself, 1.-TWO soles that beat as
one"
A LITTLE girl on the train was asked
what motive was taking her to the city.
az believe they call it the locomotive, f"
said the little innocent.
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Useful Information.


The best method of removing old wall
paper, to prepare for new, is to moisten
the paper with water for short time,
when it can be taken of without diff
Guilty.
ACCORDING to DIR. Paris, cabbages con-
tain an essential oil, which is apt to pro-
duce bad effects; and ne recommends
that they should be boiled in two sue
cessive waters till they are soft and di-
gestible.
For deafening a floor, instead of fill
ing from the lining of the deafening up
level with the joist, it is best to leave an
air space above the deafening, for two
reasons; it will both deafen better and
be less liable to cause a dry rot in the
floor plank.
GILT frames may be cleaned by simply
washing them with small sponge wet
with hot spirits of wine or oil of tur-
pentine, not too wet, but sufficiently to
take off the dirt and fly marks. They
should not be afterward wiped, but left
to dry of themselves.
A METHOD has been discovered for
making more than the usual quantity OF
tea from any given quantity of the leaf.
The whole secret consists in steaming
the leaf before sleeping. By this pro-
cess fourteen pints of good quality may
be brewed from one ounce of tea.
A FEW drops of any kind of perfumed
oil will secure books and manuscripts
from the deteriorating effects of mould
and damp. The species of leather SO ex-
tensively used by book-binders owes its
powers of withstanding the effects ofthese
destructive agents to the tar of the birch
tree-betula alba. The preserving OF
books written on papyrus and parch-
ment, by means of perfumed, oils, was
known to the ancents. The Romans
made use for this purpose the oil Of vel
low sandalwood.
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AMERICAN WoMEN.-It is a melan-
choly fact, that American women have de-
generated in point ofhealth and physique,
until they have become literally race
of invalids. How sad it is to look around
us and compare the frail and efeminate
looking lady of to-day with the hale,
hearty and buxom ladies of days gone
by. TO all such the late discovery of
DIR. WALKER, of California, which is
known as VINEGAR BrTTERs, is a price
less boon indeed. For this class of dis
eases it is certain and safe, and any lady,
old or young, can take it with entire con-
fidence in the result, and thus avoid
what to thousands is stumbling block
never overcome, VIA consultatiOn with
a family physician. IT'S true there may
be cases of years standing, that will
necessitate more powerful treatment, but
in nine cases out of ten this remedy will
reach the disease, and after little time
effect cure. The number of ladies
cured by it are numbered by thousands,
and are scattered through every State in
the Union. 26
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, Household Helps.

CooKIEs.-Two cups of butter, two
and half of sugar, four eggs, half tea
spoonful Of saleratus, caraway seed, flour
enough to roll, made very thin.
CREAM CooKIEs.--Two eggs, two cups
of sugar, half a cup of butter, half cup
of sour cream, one teaspoon of saleratus,
caraway seed, two teaspoons of cream of
tartar, Hour enough to roll.
HARD GINGERBREAD.--Two cups OF
molasscs, one of buttermilk, eight table
spoons Of melted lard or butter, four tea
spoons Of saleratus, six Of ginger, little
salt, -four enough to roll, not very hard.
CINNAMON CAKEs.-One cup of sugar,
one of molasses, one of butter, one table.
spoon of ginger, one of cinnamon, one
Of saleratus, dissolved in half cup Of
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Patching BOYS Clothes.

A motherly woman writing in the
Christian Monitor declares that she fully
agrees with any thoughtful woman who
spares the boys the humiliation of wear
ing great round or triangular patches,
when her own skill and a generous supply
of pieces make the reseated pants look al
most as well as new ones. May they hold
her in grateful remembrance, long after
they shall have outlived the era Of torn
trousers. She suggests that when pants
need repairing over the knee, it is good
way to rip the seam each side of the worn
part, cut il out, and insert a new piece,
pressing it nicely before closing the side
scam again. Neither boy or man need
be ashamed to wear garments neatly
patched, il it is necessary, and every girl
should be taught that mending well isan
essential party of domestic economy.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS.


Grandma.
She Is lying fast asleep,
In her Sunday cap and gown;
Bells are tolling loud and deep
In the town.
Sunny field and sunny wood
Are so quiet and so fair,
Thai the bells seem almost rude,
Echoing there.
Overhead Is naught but blue:
All so still that Jem and
Wonder II tits Sunday, too,
In the sky.
Circled near us, hushed and bowed,
Hearing prayer, the neighbors stand.
Jem and / creep through the crowd,
Hand In hand
And we hear the pastor say,
With raised eyes and earnest lace,
Death, like sunshine, floods our ways
With Gods grace"
Grandma does not hear or stir,
Only lies there with a smile;
Nothing seems to trouble her
For the while.
Her gray hair Is smoothed away
Underneath her caps stsrched band,
And she holdsa white bouquet
In her hand.
After song and prayer are done,
She Is shut from warmth and light,
Carried forth, through shade and sun,
Out OF sight.
Jem and would follow her,
But the pastor, tenderly
Lifts us, while the bells yet stir,
To his knee
Comforts us with words of cheer:
Little ones, you must not cry;
You can go 10 her from here,
II you try"
And Jem whispers very low,
AS the pastor turns away,
"Did he say that we nights go
Any day?
Well,-- see the road they took
Heaven Is pretty near, know;
Get your hat from of the hook,
And wen co."
Miss III X. Hudson
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IMPORTANT INVENTION. ---"In less than ten
years there will not be metal truss i'm use, y
was the prediction Of one of our most eminent
physicians on examining the Elastic Truss OF
the Elastic Truss Co., 6S3 Broadway, N. Y
The extensive adoption of these unequaled
instruments, which certainly cure rupture
without torture, will make them the only trus
SEES used in much less than ten years. We adj
wise all sufferers to send to the above company
for descriptive circulars, rs these trusses are
sent to all parts of the country by mail. Com
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"WALI, STRANGER" said back.
woodsman TO man whom the landlord
of the hotel both were stopping mt had
detailed to sleep with him, "walI,
stranger, I've no objection to you sleep,
pears to me the bed is rather narrow for
you to sleep comfortable considering how
| dream. You see, I'm an old trapper,
and generally dream of shootin' and
scalpin' Injuns. Where stopped night
before last they charged me five dollars
extra, cause / happened TO white up
the headboard in the night. But you
can come, stranger, If you like; / feel
kinder peaceable now" The stranger
sloped.
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BURNETT's FLORAL HAND Book. See Adr't

ALIENS LUNG BAISAM causes the lungs
to throw off the matter that is collected over
the air-cells, and makes the patient breathe
more freely and puriies the blood, gives
strength to the body and tone to the digestive
organs, and heals the irritated parts and give
life and health to the system. Asthma is
soon relieved by its use.
For sale by dealers in Family Medicines
generally.
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FROM experiments in planting large
and small seed potatoes, rs noted by a
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
the gain in favor of large potatoes does
not appear to be sufficient to pay for the
seed when high, but the gain in favor of
choice selected, large and smooth, shows
that it will pay to use such.
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ETAGERE CABINET ORGANs.-The eta
gcre, as the French call that elegant ar
ticlc of furniture, furnished with num-
Der of small shelves, designed for various
small ornamental articles, has become a
necessity in every fashionable drawing
room. The Mason q Hamlin Organ Co.
are now manufacturing combination of
the etdgcre and cabinet organ, very rich
and beautiful, which they furnish for the
price of an organ without the etdgere.
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GREAT BRITAIN raises annually $780,.
600, 600 worth of potatoes. The crop is
thus very important one, hence the
unremitting efforts to discover remedies
for the potato malady.
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PERSONS requiring purgativcs or pills
should be careful what they buy. Some pills
not only cause gripping pains, but leave the
bowels in torpid, costive state. Parsons
Purgotirc Pills will relieve the bowels and
cleanse the blood without injury to the sys-
tam
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A FORTUNE easily made. No capital re-
quircd. For particulars address Lehman &
CO., Laramie City, Wyoming.
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PERSONS requiring purgatives or pills
should be careful what they buy. Some pills
not only cause gripping pains, but leave the
bowels in torpid, cOstive state. Parsons
Pwgdtice Pills will relieve the bowels and
cleanse the blood without injury to the sys-
tenn.
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A sTATIsTIcIAN estimates that court
ships average three tons of coal each.
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H51zT4z THE LLAsTIC TRUSS
k4 EI, ASTIC now superseding all
Truss. sS ssSysh se' Ss tho "sG ipaS,
NHG.xySHgk@4 ing physicians, urgeons,
4&eNS$f N$K6D druggists, army and navy
NB12sJ y hospitals, gymnasiums,
~ ~ Tho success and uni-
have given, MS we'll as tho great number of radica
they la,2 effected has demo stote the fact that
rupture can bc surely cured without suffering
f%gqy. often caused ~ the severe 'P pr"s.
FOR as GG IN OnS
th will hold the rupture securely all positions in
cal cures When ali others fail. ite"n be worm With
ease and comfort when spring truss can be used.
dent can dispace II. These Instruments have tho
ungnoi!aed opprordl the most eminent practitioners
From the numerous testimonials in our possession
we,arpen the following: .,..,o.
dom from inconyenencc with which the instrument
possesses in high degree Al req sites and quail
hesens 1%ed fr her sss nS
the relief aud cure Sf H tsTTnI,iSSocuANMp.
"Esncalh onser Of he Port q New YORK, Sur
geon-in chief OF New York State Hospital, etc.
Gro. V. uorsr. NJ. H. sup't Elastic Truss Co.
Dear Sr:-Aitcr .uhcring for thirty years, In my
Tra.s pToeursbic this V country and IN EnreSc
Two years nge, applied your Elastic Truss and since
tnht limo nave comfort ana eutihfaC-
ton, and been taught tho truth, tina. the Elastic
Truss Is the only in rnment that should he used for
n 81 fSs sfs %R1s
adjusted many hundreds Of Trusses land for he last
twenty months yours exclusively, gratefully de-
clare TO bc my deliberate opinion, that yorr Elastic
TrH Is the only one entitled TO the condence OF tho
public that clasticty H. the only power ut all ada nj
cd To the requirements of Truss or supporter, and
Gn convinced that pour Elastic Truss actually cures
large proportion OF all cases 10 which IL Is applied.
not only among children, hut in numerous cases
within my own knowledge Of patients from 30 to IS
II. BuRNHAM, ND,
Prof OF Anatomy and Surgery NY. T.. Mcdl College.
Beware &c cheap aud worthless imitation Elastic
Trusses, which some parties advertise aud SELL fraud
ulcniy representing that they manu:ac tured by
the Elastic Truss Co.
These Tru,ses are sent by mail 90 all parts OF the
county. Satisfaction guaranteed in ELI cases. De-
fore purchasng any other. write for Descriptive Cir
cHlar Orcc) TO tho
ELASTIC TRUSS CO.,
0ss Brosdwsy, New York.
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FIsK's New York Grand Opera House
is to be soon transformed into fashiona-
BILE hotel.
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BURNErT's FLORAL HAND Book. See Adr't.
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You need NOT g0 20 FLORIDA to cure youi
cough. Take TUFTS Elk pectorant and enjoy the com
forts OF home. This il rood advice.
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water, -four enough to roll; to be rolled
very thin, and cut in round cakes.
CUP CAKE.-Five cups of sifted flour,
two and half cups of white sugar, six
eggs, one cup of butter, one of sour
cream, one teaspoon of soda, nutmeg.
If sweet milk is used instead of sour
cream, put in two teaspoons of cream OF
tartar.
TAKING CARE OF BooTs.-One who
has experience is convinced that a coat
of gum copal varnish applied to the soles
of boots and shoes, and repeated as il
dries, until the pores are filed and the
surface shines like polished mahogany
will make the soles waterproof and also
cause them to last three times as long as
ordinary soles.
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ADVERTISERS


who desire reach country readers do 50 in the
best and cheapest manner by using or more sec
tons Of THE GRHAr NEwsPAPER AUXILIARY LIsrs,
Apply to ~ y. PRATT. ~ jackson ST., Chicago.
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ToNsTANT EMPLoYMESr.-At home, Male or Fee
male, $50 week warranted. No capital required.
Particulars and valuable samples sent free, Address
with &c. return stamp, q. Ross. Wiliamsbursh, MY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-13
1MPHIS, PENN: THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1s. l875.

the additional syllable begins with cor.
sonant, as heat, heating, heaten; differ,
differing, differed, difference, different;
prefer, preference; benefit, benefited,
bene6ting; bigoi, bigoted.
When u" Is affixed to words ending
in ", the 'l' is not considered doubled,
as in coolly, really, gravelly, royalty.
Words ending in "c' accept of tx"
before termination beginning with "e, {"
u" or ~" as frolic, frolicked, frolick-
ing collie, colicky.
Words ending in double letter pre-
serve it double after prefix or before a
termination beginning with different
letter, as oppress, oppressive; still, still
ness; assess, assessment.
Nouns ending in 20" preceded BY a
vowel accept Of IS" in the plural, as
cameo, canoes; studio, studios; ratio,
trio, embroglio, oratorio also nouns end
ing in ~ preceded by a vowel accept
of g" in the plural, as money, moneys;
attorney, attorneys; turkey, turkeys; but
in nouns where the ~" is not preceded
by vowel, the plural is formed by
changing " into ies" as whisky,
whiskies; lady, ladies; holy, holies
Nouns ending in 20" preceded by con-
sonsnt usually accept Of "es" in the
plural, as echo, echoes; embargo, embar-
goes; fresco, frescoes negro, negroes; !;
potato, potatoes; hero, heroes; but
this rule is not inAexible, notable ex-
ceptions being, albino, slbinos; domino,
dominos; piano, pianos; lasso, solo, me-
mento, mosquito, quarto, proviso, por-
tico, and some twenty other words, while
about fifty conform to the rule Itwould
be we'll to observe the rule without an
exception as regards words ending in
70" OF the Examinations "eive" and
ieve, and of the derivatives of each,
the former are found after &C. and the
latter after other letters, as conceive,
conceit, receive, receipt; relieve, relief,
thieve, thievish SPELLER.