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Special Notice.

Special Notice.
The Lumbermen's Association of the
city o. Memphis is dissolved by mutual
consent; therefore, all persons desirous
of obtaining any material in u line
are respectfully invited to favor US with
a call before applying elsewhere. We
can and will make it to their interest to
do so, as we have a large and well
selected stock Of thoroughly seasoned
lumber on hand, as well as doors, sash,
blinds and all other manufactured goods
in our line, which we will sell as low as
any other firm.
CUBBIEs, GUM 4 CoovER,
No. l6l, l63 and l65 Washington
street, Memphis, Tenn. IA
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WASHINGTON March l6.-For Tennes-
see, rising barometer, northwest to south
west winds, colder, clearing weather,
with occasional snow.
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ELECTION.
Election Notice.

OPFfcR PHnEIx INSURANCE. Co.,
March 10. 1875,
ANELECTION FOR SEVEN DIRECTORS
n TO serve the ensuing year will be held a.
the Office Of the Company on Monday, the I'd
day Of this month. from 10 al to 2 pm.
By order Of the Board.
s. r. CLARKE, Sec'y. 9-19
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THE latest newspapers and periodicals
can always be found at Billy Lieben's
news stand. 1854 Main street. His as
sortment embraces all the leading pub
LEGATIONS in the United States.
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Ohann nendInr.

eNKw styles spring hats cheaper than
ever at Cohen's. II
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a IS HAT for 81 at Cohen's, 2s7 Main
street. II
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News for he miIILons.

Mansford has three thousand copies Of
old magazines, such as Harper's Elec-
tic, Scribner, etc, which will be sold at
ten cents a copy.
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Mansford has 300 old novels which he
is Offering cheap; 1000 old magazines at
ten cents, to close out.
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B, BIsoUQuETs and cut flowers at craig's
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The subscription prize OF the
PUBLIC LEDGER is es per aunum
for Daily, and 81 per annum Tor
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.
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A Paris correspondent OF the Hartford
Times writes, in speaking of an art gal
Iery: There was d picture there the
other day Of medium size by Gerome,
painted in this wisei He had a vacation,
aud agreed with Got, the best actor in
high comedy at the Theater lie Francois,
that they would start from whatsoever
railroad station the driver of the cab
CHANGED to take them, andltravel in what
soeyer direction the train CHANGED to be
going. After awhile they found them
selves detained in a dull old town under
Russian authority, from want Of pass
ports, and while waiting for these, Ge-
rome amused himself with painting q
company OF Russian soldiers, who, by
command Of the Emperor, were com
PEELED to amuse themselves at just such
an hour every day by practicing vocal
and instrumental music to keep them
eontented. Here they were all drawn
out in o semi-circle, dressed in long gray
flannel ~overcoats to the heels, which
looked like comfortable Siberian night
gowns, and footing away on their various
instruments, or twisting their faces into
horrible commissions while singing patri-
ot.c songs to autocratic order"
The Milwaukee News suggests He
giyeih his beloved sleep as a text for
prosy ministers.
A young man has sued his barber for
cutting of his mustache. The barber
says he didn't see it,
Miss Lavinia Goodell, of GAINESVILLE, is
celebrated as the only Notaryess Pub
licesa in Wisconsin"
Mr.. Darwin will doubtless be panied TO
learn that the Sheriff at Kersaw, South
Carolina, has levied on a monkey to sat
isfy a debt.
Japanese law requires that when Q
person cuts down a tree he shall at once
plant another in its place. In this way
the supply of wood is kept up.
A Cairo man warns people not to trus
his wife, and she retorts by saying tina
he'll go without clothes all summer be
fore she'll take in washing to rig him on
again
a colored preacher down South tool
for his text the words: Though ate
my skin worms destroy this body, yet il
my flesh shall / see God" which he d
yided into three parts, as follows: "Firsi
skin worms; second, what they done
third, what the man saw after be wa
eaten up"
In the Austrian Alps the weather thi
winter has been most severe, and th
houses in some Of the villages are burie
in snow to the roofs. Large numbers {
birds, channels, ETC., have died froI
starvation. The ice on the Danube
Hungary is very thick and wagons al
D able to cross the river.
' lie Tourist, an Italian paper, contain
! an advertisement as follows: August
+ P~assaglia, sculptor, author Of The iii
=, coin Monument, recently i%nauguraied
America, invites his friends and u
public generally to an exhibition Of h
g colossal bust Of President Lincoln.
r Larkin G. Meade, jr., claimed TO be Il
! author of the Lincoln Monument
Springfield, ILL.,. but it looks as il Il
! charge against him is true, viz; emplo
o ing Italian artists at so much a day, al
J then selling their work as his own.
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Burn COke.-sold by coal deal
ers and the Gas Company. 10
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The LEDGER job Office is in constant
receipt from the foundries Of new type,
embracing all the latest and best styles.
1851
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DISSOLUTION
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

NOllOEs
UHE PARTNERSHIP HERET0FQRR EA-
isting between the undersigned, under
the hrm names Of Risk X johnson in the
stove and tinware business. and johnson,
Risk x Co., in the foundry business, Is this
day dissolved By mutual consent. Il. +. Risk
assumes the payment Of all liabilities OF each
and both Of said firms, and Is alone author
lied 10 collect the debts due said hrm,
+. II. RISK. .
MEMPHIS. February !. 1875.
-
Referring 10 the above, l wish 10 inform my
friends and patrons Of the old firm, and the
public generally. that / will continue both
branches Of the business as heretofore. under
the firm name Of X. y. Risk X Co.. aas
Thankful for past fayors, l hope by clQqe at
tention and fair dealing. to merit not only a
continuance Of the patronage extended 10 the
late firm, but the patronage Of the general
public. Respectfully. Il, +. RISK,
l46-l6
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Tbs LEDGER job Office is n Of the
most extensive in the South and capa.
Bile of executing any class of job work.
1871
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The Broadway silk dress hat Sc al
Cohen's. Il
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WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
LEA &
OELEBRATED
Worcestershire Sauce.

w Oro0steTsh1ys0 Sauce
Sold Wholesale and for Expectation by the
ProprietOrs. LEA and PERKINS, Worcester.
Ensland; and Retail by Dealers in Sauces gen.
orally throughout the World.
Ask for Lea a. Perrins' Sauce.
At the nREAKFAsT TABLEit imparts
the most exquisite relish and zest to Hot or
Cold Meat, Fowl, Fish, Broiled Kidney. etc.
Attic DINNER TABLE, in Soup, with
Fish, Hot Joints. Game. and in all Grayies,
II gives a delightful fayer.
At the LUNCHEON AND SUPPER
TABLES IL is deemed indispensable by those
familiar with its sstimablo qualities.
From he Ne,o York Times.
There is n o relish in the world which IL so
universally liked as Lea + Psfrins' amous
worcestershire Sauce.
.IUL
JOHN DUNCAE'S SONS,
NEW YOMk.
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About the Use or Soap.

WITHOUT giving any recipes for making
soap, | wish to tell all the hard-worked
farmers wives how much labor they may
save by not using such vast quantities of
this article. For nearly five years | have
used soap only for washing clothes. In
all that time | have not used one pound
of soap for washing dishes and other
kitchen purposes. My family has ranged
from three to twenty-five. | have used
cistern water, limestone water as hard
as possible and hard water composed of
other ingredients besides lime, and | find
with all these my plan works equally
well. 1t is this: Have your water quite
hot and add very little milk to it. This
sOftehs the water, gives the dishes fine
gloss and preserves the hands; it removes
the grease, even that from beef, and vet
no grease is ever found floating on the
water, as when soap is used. The stone
vessels / always set on the stove with a
little water in them when the victuals
are taken from them; thus they are hot
when | am ready to wash them and the
grease is easily removed
Just try my plan, you who toll day af-
ter day every spring TO make that barrel
of soap, anc let us hear how it succeeds
with you. like the great barrel of soap
on washing day, but am glad to be able
to dispense with its aid on all other oc-
casions. 4 find that my tinware keeps
bright longer when cleansed in this way
than by using soap or by securing. The
habit so many of US have acquired of
securing tins is wasteful policy; the
present style of tinware will not bear it.
The tin is soon scrubbed away and a
vessel that is fit for nothing left on our
hands, but, if washed in the way l have
described, the tin is preserved and is al
ways bright and clean" Aunt Lou in
american Farm Journal.
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Buy Small Trees.

The average American is in great
hurry TO realize on his investments. If
he orders few garden seeds in January
he is anxious 10 have them set imlaedi-
ately; and if he forwards six cents for a
copy of scme paper which contains a
story of which he has read or heard he
does not forget to request the publisher
to send it g by return mail Patience
which takes the form of quiet waiting
is q virtue of which he seems to be
wholly ignorant. He cannot wait the
progress of events, but must constantly
hurry and fret in order to make nature
move little faster than her wonied
pace. .. -..s.-.,s-., ..a4
This tendency crops out very plainly
when he purchases trees He finds them
described in the catalogue as second
class, y" medium, p" first-class" and " eX-
tra-n The difference in these classes is
principally, if not wholly, in the size and
height of the trees. The larger the tree
The higher the PRICE but the farmer
don't care. ANYTHING about that" He
wants good trees or none," and gives
his orders for those of extra size and
which are four or five years old In doing
this he thinks he is acting wisely, but the
nurseryman knows better, and the farm
er viii find before long that, with equal
care, the small trees Will grow faster
and IF fruit uee) come into bearing
condition sooner than the large ones.
nbalf a dozen years the tree that was
small when planted will be larger and
finer than the other. The reason for this
is obvious. The larger the tree the larger
the roots which it has, and the larger The
roots the less fibers there will be upon
them. A tree that has plenty of fbrous
roots will grow readily if proper care is
used in transplanting; but 10 amount of
skill can coax tree to live and flourish
which is destitute of these little fibers.
The roots of large trees are all more or
less mutilated in the process of taking
up, while the small trees sustain little
injury from this source. Dealers in trees
assert that experienced men buy small
thrifty trees, while those who are Just
starting are anxious for the largest ones
to be had. Those who are to set trees
the coming season will do well to learn
from the experience of those who, at
considerable loss TO themselves, have
demonstrated that small trees are the
ones to buy-N. Il. Homestead.
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Patching Chickens.

lT is hopeless TO attempt 10 fatien
chickens while they are at liberty They
must be put up in proper coop, and
TINS, Ike most other appurienances, need
not be expe nsive. To fatten Twelve
lewis coop may be three iest long,
eighteen inches high and eighteen inches
deep, made entirely OF bars. No part
solil-neitker top, sides nor bottom,
Discretion must De used, accounting to
the Size OF chickens put up. They do
notw any room; indeed, the closer
they are the better, provided they can
all stand up at the same time. Care
must be taken To put up such as have
been accustomed to be together, or they
will fight. If one is quarreisome it is
better TO remove it at once, as, like other
bad examples, it soon finds imitators
Diseased chickens should never be put
up.
The food should be ground oats, and
may either be put up in trough or on a
HAT board running along the front Of the
coop. 1t may be mixed with water and
milk-the latter is thesbetter. 1t should
be we'll soaked, forming {. pulp as loose
as can, be, provided it does not run off
the board. They must be well fed three
or four times dav, the first time as soon
after daybreak as may be possible or
convenient, and then at intervals OF four
hours Each meal should be as much as
they can eat up clean, and no more.
When they have done feeding, the board
should be wiped and some gravel spread.
It causes them 70 feed and thrive.
After q Fortnight OF tiIis'treatn1Cnt you
vail have good, fat fosiss IL. however,
tAere are but i've or siSsto bes fatled,
they must not have as much. room as
though there were q d0zen. Noting Is
easier than 10 aliew them the proper
space, as it is only necessary to have two
Aor three pieces OF wood to pass between
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Potato Planting.

As PLANTING time approaches the ques-
ton again recurs whether large or small,
whole or cut potatoes should be used for
seed. The old-fashioned practice was to
drop medium or large sized whole pO-
tato in each hill. This, however, was in
times when few were grown for market
and the business was not managed so
closely as it is at present. Then also it
was considered very important that none
but the largest potatoes should be used
for seed. This is still urged by many,
but | think without sufficient reason. 1t
is certain that the largest potato-growers
now plant cut seed and use much smaller
quantities than formerly. They learned
to divide seed by growing Early Rose
and other high-priced varieties when seed
was scarce, and finding they got large
crops with little seed they have continued
the practice. 1t is also an important
saving in planting fifteen to twenty acres
to use small potatoes rather than large
for seed. AS good a crop of Early Rose
as have known in field culture-fully
200 bushels per acre-was grown by
planting two to three eyes in place in
hills three feet apart. The ground was
rich, and every eye made a vigorous
growth; the vines very nearly covering
the ground. Peerless planted in the same
way yielded 800 bushels per acre and the
vines completely covered the ground. |
did not test the policy of planting whole
potatoes; but the crop need not have
been any better than it was.
The only disadvantage il cutting seed
potatoes is in dry seasons, where the
eyes are cut out with very little potato
attached, the eye may dry up instead of
growing. The remedy for this is to press
each piece firmly in the ground with the
foot as it is dropped. Then cover about
four inches with loose earth and every
piece will grow. If wet, cold weather
follows planting, freshly-cut potatoes
may rot in the ground. 70 prevent this,
cut the seed week before planting
and roll in plaster (gypsum) to keep from
drying too much. The plaster will adj
here 20 the moist surfaces, which will
harden slightly, and the GYPSUM in con-
tact with the potato will benefit the
growth of the crop more than if used in
any other way.
Cut potatoes are often burned or
scorched In the sun if dropped too long
before being covered. Three or four
hours exposure in Cloudless MAY or
June day is sufficient to destroy the crop.
Probably the sun and wind evaporate so
much moisture from the cut potato that
not enough is left to furnish moisture to
start the eyes. This is matter of some
Importance where potatoes are planted
in large quantities and covered by horse
power. Some farmers in my neighbor-
hood have lost one to three acres by ieav-
ing potatoes uncovered too long, and
their experience may be valuable to
others.-COantTy GentLeman
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-ould be taken without stint and withou,

would be taken without stint and without
mercy.
Improper feeding and neglect are not
so speedy, but they are as sure as pesti-
lence in wasting the lives of our dumb
friends.
+ Overlooking beasts of burden; over
driving willing animals; torturing those
unwilling to be overloaded or over
driven; beating those whose, physical
condition is unequal to the task imposed
upon them-these are as fatal as the
knife or the bullet of the marauder and
far more cruel, since they permit pro
longed and Oft repeated suffering.
If humanity does not suggest pre-
Kentiye measures and demand punish
ment for violation of law, mercenary
motives may be adducsd. 1t is believed
that the increased value of animals pro-
tected from wanton injury will far
more than repay the cost of their pro
lection.
The measures thus far adopted have
met with the most hearty approval of all
right-thinking men and women.
J. The mere fact of an organization for
the enforcement of the law against cruel
ty to animals win prevent in large meas
ure the thoughtless cruelty now prac-
ticed, and an occasional fine for fragrant
violation of law will secure kind treat
ment of our dumb friends. Their mute
appeals ought not to need the enforce
ment of law, but that such need exists
everywhere cannot be denied
One of the directors of the Illinois HUI
name Society-not an officer-has with
in the past few months, while in pursuit
Of his regular business, attended to
more than hundred cases requiring only
reproof for correction. His connection
with the society has given weight to his
reproof- 81
Effectual work demands organization.
Concert of action alone will secure the
correction of willful offenders and di-
minish the vast amount of thoughtless-
ness on the part of those not willfully
cruel
The Illinois Humane Society will be
glad to forward such publications as may
aid in the formation of State or local
societies, and it invites correspondence
upon this most important subject.
Without waiting for organization or of
fetal action, each man Or woman may find
occasion TO speak to heartless men or to
needless boys, and thus save the faithful
horse and feathered songster from cruel
treatment
Let the friends of kind treatment of
animals take the matter in hand at once,
and the blessings promised the merciful
Will be their rich reward. -- "a
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The small pin-head checks of black
and white known as shepherds plaid are
the compromise settled upon by ladies
OF quiet tastes who object to plaids.
These are bought in thick looking tvilled
wool, which is, however, of light quality
and used for basques and long round
over-skirts, with plain black sleeves and
lower skirt. Some entire suits are made
OF this fabric, trimmed with heavy
bands of black gros grain. The summer
silks oil this checked pattern are being
used IN the SAME way and make mex
pensiye dresses, as the checked silk can
be bought for 81 a yard or even less, and
the sleeves and lower skirt of any black
silk dress already in hand will answer
The bandsomest suits of this kind
have black velvet sleeves and velvet
skirt, and will be worn at the watering,
places even in midsummer Girlish
dresses of black and white plaid silks
are enllvcned by bows and sashes of
light blue damask ribbon.
Pieated waists return to favor with the
light material used Tor spring and sum
mer. Instead of being formed entirely
OF pleats, even under the arms, il is the
fashion now to have but three, or at
most four, plcats in each back and front,
turned toward tAe middle and meeting
there; this leaves the seam ON the
shoulders and the part of the waist be-
meath The arms plain ard less bunglc-
some than when plcatcd as formerly. A
drawing string is added in the back, to be
concealed by the belt; the pleaGs extend
to the end of the basque part, which is
now quite long. These waists are being
made of silk, wool, grenadine, linen and
pcrcale; sometimes they are parts of
costumes, sometimes they are designed
to wear with various skirts One msde
of gray silk of light quality, lined with
thinner white silk, has narrow black
thread lace laid down each plcat; this
viii Ice worn in the house with black,
gray, blue or brown dresses. The pleats
should not extend beyond the neck of
The dress, as it is difficult to make them
meet on the shoulders
Ladies who object to fully-shirred
sleeves for street suits have pretty
roundncss given 10 the sleeve by making
1t long and drawing it up slightly by a
threadln each seam The modistc adj
Justs the sleeve to the arm by this thread,
fastens it, and by this simple means a
very good effect is obtained.
The most stylish designs for the back
of basques have two side bodies, with
one long side-form seam extending up TO
the shoulder, and the other going into
the armhole. Small knife-pleatings SET
on below the waist finish the back of the
basque. Sleeves are almost tight, and
have several small knife-pIeatings turned
toward the hand.-Halper's Boar
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the bars and form partition. This may
also serve when fowls are up at differ
ent degrees of fairness. This requires
attention, or fowls will not keep fat and
healthy As soon as the fowl is suf-
fciently fatted il must be killed; other
wise it Will not get fatter, but win lose
flesh. If fowls are intended for the mar
ket of course they are or may be fstted
at once; but if for home consumption it
is better to pat them up at such inter
walls as win suit the time when they will
be required for the table. s.sEf
When the time arrives for killing,
whether they are meant for market or
otherwise, they should be tasted without
food or water for twelve or fifteen hours
This enables them TO keep forso time
after being killed, even in hot weather
Journal of Chemistry
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A. Hotel Puff.


A correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
gutrer writes the following eulogy of a
certain hotel at Atlanta, Ga: . It's the
largest hotel, | presume. in the world.
Many people who 90 up in the sky parlors
TO repose never come down, but 90 right
on through to heaven without change of
elevators. and those who have written
back say they could smell the hair oil on
the hair oflhe clerks all the way up. The
halls are so long and winding that many
of the walters get lost while going after n
pitcher of water, and are never heard Of
until their remains are found years after.
/ went in there one morning and ordered
breakfast. 4 small colored boy took my
order, and il was so far out 10 the kitchen
that he was grown aud gray -headcd when
he-got back. 1t is a very large house
hotel Many travellers going South and
returning by this city order their meals in
advance, and frequently when they get
back they have to lay over a week to make
connections The hotel is a very large
one, and everything about il is very large,
from the feet of the clerks, the mouths of
The walters, up to the bills. 1t is provided
with all modern convenience. hot and
cold water, bay windows, idiots, dirty
sheets-everythipg to make the traveller
happy, inclading an undertaker's cstab-
iislment for the accommodation Of such
boarders as starve to death while waiting
for the walters tits a very large hotel,
and everybody stops there just once"