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VOL. x. CAPE ISLAND. (AI'i: MAY CPU NT V. NEW JERSEY, TiUIiSDAY.^irXE 30. ISti t. NO. a. t ■ '■ 1 " -- -'i ■— ! . KJtl- . , I,..

irlrct ^octii). APART. At iu are tossing ship" : On shore ark dreaming shells, • > And l be Mailing beer Is. tbe loving lips, lilouonn and bridal bell*. A t are arc sail* agleam ; On shore are longing eye#. _ And tba fair l.oritnn'- haunting dr :nm Of alii}* l bat nil tba skie*. At Ma are m»m that rUa Like Fpecten Iroat the deep ■; On abort; are thn glio-l* of drowning crier Thug crom (lie ware* qf »lee.". At ara are wrerk* avtrand ; On nhore am .India that mono. . Old ancliura buried in-barit-u'ratnl, Mca-tnist and dream* alilm. * < tPUJtlAY I'l KI.M M IIOOLS. From the Keport of tha Male Superintendent of Publii School*. we uiaka the, following extracts, "which ara of geoerel iotareat to the |*opl« of Gape May. The I amount of money taiaed in tbo .Statu fqr the support of education is large. and must • V lia^fratifying to every ona inU***i*d in tin* cause. The lleiqs sr» slated'iu folios* : . By tbo State for the support tif the Normal School. $10,000 00 By tbo Mate, foot lie aupport of tha Faruutn Preparatory School, 1,200 00 By tba State, for tha anpport of politic rclioul". 80.000 00 4% Raited by lax for the suport of schools, 403,100 VI Raited by tax for thwliuililiojr. repairing, and furnishing school bout.-- 41, MB 47 Received Troiu other w.n*».. bl.lul 92 SOI7fl60 10 | ! might add that liy cnmpaij.g the sen." reported to nin hy nineteen tow».liips. with ' 'he upente* which Aid loan. hips man hafyTneurred in ordar to bav« maintained ! their school*. aa claimed to hare lieendone by them, 1 find that at least $22,329 00 ought to ba addad to tha above sum, which * would nubi diii.ini.1 .1.^

Mrvunt for thar supfc " ■' i«t y«. | • IMUHE-iig-t;. 4i v v • ApR> M this cnonty is .b* .-»w. . twenty. " The rem expended j for their maintenance is somewhat greater I than that reported on a former occasion. 1 and this K perlmps. all that wsa required. , to meet the additional rxjnnrc incurred hy increasing tha saturirx nf-<gma!r !ra'l.«tf, : It will be observed that in thia county. ■ teaehereare much more liberally paid th.n in many other*; nnd 1 know from peison.il acquaintance with them that they rank favorably with the teacher* of any other sec. ' lion of the State. Without a single eicrp. ; 'ion. tbey bare been carefully examined hy i olficera fully cnmpelent to the task. and. of roarse, they are all aluly licensed. There : ii no district in tbo county in which there., is not a school ; but the districts arrhlrg*. I * nud for the convenience of inhabitants several other reboots >iui}144ier*uhlisbrd and maintained. 1 regn^ttTsay thai in two of kbe town.bips proper atleotiuu has not bteu paid to heaping up school •registers. I cxrx istaxo. In referroce to the public schools In the City of Cape Island. 1 hare hul little to . say. except what is included in statistic* herewith enclosed."" Tha interest manifested in common ! school education is anything but Battering. j Our poopla profess any auiount of interest ' in education, while their wotks giro the de- ' nial tp their words. ^_vWith a number, oren at this age ik im- j <p"jjK>etBeet. tWlt- is an ej/poeitioa to fsee - ' schools. The lumber. 1 am happy to say. it greatly io tha minority, but so consider- 1 able baa boan that opposition, and so groat j has bean the general apathy In reference to education, that last year tba City Council i (upon ■ hum devolves the raising and up- ! preprinting of ail niouiraj raised r.o free! •cbool money. And jti previous occasions . only ah amoont sufficiaot to sscure the Stain ' money was raisod, aud un one or mora oc- ■ cations, to my certain knowledge, even the vote by wb ich that amount was appropri- 1 ated, was rescinded, after too apportionmentof State money Such wsa ib« state of edecation during I the uow we had no free school money, that j it wcmld seem tba opposition above noted j ought to baee been cured ; bat such Was j not the WW the opposition stilt remains,. deslilale of schools for a lop? time, for During the present year, we have undertaken to adopt the "part pay and part free" system, which also meets with a formidable minority opposition ; and it ia worthy of! remark, that many of those opposed to the j latter, are among tbono opposed'to the for- j mar. which rerun at strange a. true Wa need better scheol-koaiw accommi- ' elation*. We here a building belonging to I hbo city, which, if propatly tilted np, would j ■»w Vta, » . p-~[— I, "I. I - -

For this we |my rent, a* it belongs to the cilj^ no! to tlie school. , ,w — I shucfrl remark that; while We bare but one school. w^oirtplny tt^oieacbers, a male and a. P-muie. rocslantly while our scboo! is open. Yours, - , .1. 8. LEACH. Tuwo Snjieriutrudru!. j The schools of Oonnli township, taken I as a whole, hare made some improvemeni j during the past year. We hare hot « n» i school (district No. 6) that hot continued i its session* during the year, (doe allowance ' , being made for vacations,) stid that has | "Djj been accomplished by tho raising of 1 of private funds. Much more might be sc. ; cemplitbed for the Ceasu of education, it V: some means could b« adopted bj* which all i our public school* -could' he kept op-o duj ring the entire year, und 1 can ttiuk of no ^ | better method than an act by the Lcgislaj lure, compelling tba dilTerant townships ot e ! the "State, in raise by tax a sufficient r amount of funds for that purpose. Uer- ' t ; tainly no friend or civil and nf^gioua liberty would wish to cast his vote against * • nch.n measure. With the advantage* d-. < fTivatl from the Normal Kchooi and goafi I) ; salarir*. «e can always secure the servicer 1 : of the best teacbcra for our public schools. I ! The building* in which our public ' 1 schools are bald (with one or, two exeep- ■ u . tions,) r.ra most miserable relic* of gene- - lations that hare long since Been sleeping • 1 in their graves ; much batter adapted to < tlie sheltering of the inferior creation, than • i for the purpose now appropriated, fan i _> you suggest auy plan hy which our people t • can be induced to believe nnd understand. < ' - that it is the interest of their offspring and i " j humanity to abolish ilia use at one# 'and i ! • foreVer. of those delepidatrd, cheerless, 1 • oumforllrsl shanties, iu which they |dace ' : tliei'r tender offr^ring, and in which they < could scarcely he imlueud to stall one of ' ' their cattle 7 They are really a blading. ' 1 , withering; mildew npnn the canse of edncu- j ; IUC i*UW III CUIICU- !

■ | tlon, and it ia really a horning shnme. that • i children should be compelled to spend their ■ [ youthful days ia thtm. As a general thing, th# books nved in bur . - schools are or the best selection. In ilis- ' 1 : trict No. 5, the books are all selected and ! furnished by the trustees at wholesale ■ | prices ■ this avoids a want of uniformity in ' | book* ufvd in the school. JKSSK 11. DJYKRTY. | Town Superintendent. . j tif icc6rllttti'cii'*KIf II Bty thily, I herewith | j present to you such statistics as yon re- , ; 'inert, relating to the schools of this town i ship. 1 burn wide these statistics as jwrI feci a* cirtnmsltnces would admit, and much i i better than I ar.tici|qited when 1 commenced I the duties of my oOicj. vol a single regis- j \ r ler was kept in mij^echotd, axrept my own, | a ml in some CBSes not even a li*t of names 1 | of scholars coold be found. Now there - |are register* of at tendance, it some sort; J to he found in all onr school", with but one ! exception, and I hope soon to he able to t - 'TP'? p"c'' "f onr schools with a good, | ' substantial register, »o that this great ne- ( cresity shall exist no longer. 1 am liajvpy to report to yon the tnqpt | gratifying fact, that the intereal among the ; people of this lowutbip in the great cunre of education, ii decidedly and rapidly in- j ' • ; creasing ; but still our schools are in waot ^ " J of almost everything, and my experirnc* as " > a tearher in tins township, and visits to the " ; schools, have convinced me that -the most ' 1 pressing want ia a foil aepply of good , ' j books and upparatna for leaching. I have . I' | be«n laboring constantly to supply this 11 great need. Last winteia 1 succeeded in v ! obtaining- for ooe of our schools nearly every need d article"? and this winter I aOi i ® | extending my efforts to all the schools in '' j th# township. - p i The condition of oar school-hoases is c j and! her important matter. We hat# many 0 | dall, dingy rooms, with no proper mesn* of • ventilation nod badly beat d, with most ' | miserably arranged seats and dejks. no j proper *|iace tor classes, or blacjifoiard exlercises"; some so ntterlxpnciimfortabie and . k> totally inappropriate Incite porpo&ea for ^ hicb they are asm', that it i* most surprii sing that any in elligant parents, with comI fortabl* homes, would permit tbair child- ^ i reo to stay in such places. All these mat- : , | ! lorn are t» ginning to receive much atteclion, and the Irienda of cdacation are 1 1 awakening io earnest to to tho impurlanco ' of improving our schools. • JOHN W. LYOETT. * Town Superintendent. j, — • jq crrwn. 1 1 i Koclooed you have the statistics of the t t ' pahlic schools in Upper township. Cape r. > ! May eoaaly. Tb» schools are generally is - ; well attended, having competent teachers, | - ! and there seema to be an increased interest | t ■ ; kit generally by the inhabitaou. We bare | t > | county examiner* in this cownty, who at ) 1 i tend to their duty faithfollj, and the child- i ] s ] ren are deriving more benefit from th* j t - | working of the Mho^Jaw them formerly, j.

• lers |>er scholar for free school pari osM. JOHN JONKS, Tbwn 8cpvrinUfident. [ MUBI+ The following report of the condition of j the public schools in Middle township, Cape ' May county, is respectfully submitted : •! The. number of scholar* for the present ' year is seven hundred and sixty-aavrn. In , mnst of the districts the schools are entirely < free : in two .districts ninety eent* a "cholar . a quarter are assessed ou such parents as I choose to pay it. No. 1 bus been kept opeo six month* ; , No. 2 has U-vn kept opeu tWelre months ; ' No. 3, twelve mnutlis ; No. -4, nine months; : I No. 5. six luootb*; No. C. six months; No. . ' 7. six months. Tiie amountjir -money received from snr- : plus revenoe. -$123 63 ; from the Stale, £252 93; amount raised by tax. $1,534; in Hi. £1,910 ,,M.- Tlii« amount isexpe ruled io paring teachv*. in purchasing fuel, and ' in payii-g such other incidentnl expense* as the necessities of the schools require. — There is an Increasing interest in onr public • school*, nnd they are oonducted with much : order and decorum. .V 1 he past year has seen an nnu*nal nom- ! ; her of changes among onr teachers, and 1 i : received reports from oily two : most | of the others being new teachers, having - no rejinrt* to make. During the pa*t year that dreadful disease, -diptberia. has made fearful ravage* among our children, irv some instances causing a *o* pension of schools for same weeks. During tho winter e.nd spring months, the ; of ou* railroad mido such claims. . the bono and sinew of onr country, ibal most of our largo boy* wore taken from school to work on the road. F. I.KAMING. Town Superintendent." ~ An abstract from the retnrn* of the poblie sehuol* of the several townsbipa in (.'ape county : ! r z-Z. x , !: : I ' -I I ■ ' -t - I C- — I Wbole uuaile-i of illelrtcU ia luui.siilp or ell] . ., .1.1 c, I -Numt-er of puWlr^hnoii fcidre or ' ; I township. ■ j" c-! r. ii 77 I Kumln-r »f rtiuAen hlsits the ■ ag—of nve and etahteea yenn.. j j; - ,"X 1 Whoteaumherof rMMmtwhol>°atr ; ; 3 -1 = ii -J. I ' . attsvatol scnort. : 5 £r jc 2 ^ Aaiount of saouey ratsnl by tax for . c. lOO-l the support of «•!»»!.. isssggl 1 •£ ■- — ©IV ' e u u c o Amount of tuoary nrt lr«I from the i.sssgsl i - .«« j ! cueou Amounf tl iwWT MvM from \ I g g 7? g g I _ - j "'""' "WUW- i j I . "" ~ }t ' grggS To,(U atimiat mgjd sad srpraprijfssis : • .i.i.i am | Number of le.vhrri. f TRK STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. t Wo have received from Prof. Hart, the ] ; Principal of tho State Normal .School, a | • ; most valualile'circular, cxplauatoi^- of the ' j ! operations of the Kchooi. and iliaairwling ; its benefit* to individual: and the State. | are informed by it that the school wa* ( established ill 1855. and that more than COO , ; of both sexes have been onder its r j instractioo. 95 per cent, of whom hsve de. ; . voted themselves to tbo profession of leach- j in*.— and that yet, from all parts of the , ; the call for Normal traioiul teacher* . „ is urgent, and from some quarters coin- , ; plaints are frequent bemuse such teachers : , : cannot be secured*, thus showing the nerd , ; of greater exertions on the part of the i ( friend* of odnratiqn. to fill the vecayies in ( the school with those suitable fur teachers. ; j Tho condition* of adn\ission are simply, ; 1 : 1st — applicants must he at least ]G years ] i of ag», and of good nmral chhrnctcr. > 2d — ' , thry oust be in. sound health , and able to i sustain a good examination in orthography, , reading, arithmetic, geography and Knzlirh | grammar. 3d— thry mutt pledge them- t | srl^es to teach ia the I'ublic fwhoids of tbr , , Mate for nt least two yrar*. 4tb — tbay ( i must eater and rAiain for a fall term, on- j t i let* excused by tha Board. Jj Each county ia entitled to fill throe limes' ( otacy seats in the Kchooi a^d baa rep- [ ) rr-entslivrs In the Legislatnl^^al'.hough , ; vacancies may be filled from other canities. ' [ ; There is uo charge for tuition except for , those who do oat talc* the pledge to become • < teachers. Term time occupies ail the yea i ' i ; except a week at the Chriilmai holidaya . | and the vacation months of Jniy and An- , > j gost. Citizens aud itraogofo ara invited to j i visit the school at any boor doriog term : i | lime, without oeremooy. i ; From an accompanying appeal by tbo j | w# qoote th# following, which j i j ought to have a powerful influence ia every ; ( i school district in the State ; . , j " That which at this time is most par- < : ticularly desired of tho friend* of the Nor- ' i

, inal school, is that they will look arouod them in their several neighborhoods, and - ; see if there is not aome young |>erson of ' their ucquaiutance. either teaching or pre- ; psrinc to leach, who woold not be beue- j '-! filed by a course in tba Normal school.— : ! '• By a little patient inquiring io hnnting up "I *uch- Jiereoti*, and- by calling their ntteo- ' ; lion to the Aibjecl amkpUying the circnlar , 1 ; of the school in their hemis, with a few i f ' words of connyel, and ;>erha|Ni by other cor i op- ration, you may do them and the com- ' : tuunity a most important service. Yeu 1 may put them in the way of doubling the I , value of tbeir talents, both to themselves - end to the community, all the rest of tbeir There are, io almost every neighborhood. '•young pcryum of line natural nliltitiuf, who ■ j have tiie liesfre to (pihllfy tiinmseltes a> . teacher-, hul who have not the mean* oi : support while pursuing their "ladies.- It ! I | would he a truly benevolent and patriotic I { work to help each persons. Nor need it i be in the form of charity. Half a .dozen i ■ j iitierul uiiiiited rilixeus might furnish tiie , ■ means as an advuece, to be returned by ' i the recipient alter having entered upon his I or bet profession. i -'J By suniu exercise of forethought, and ^ i i liberality in thir matter by thoughtful per- i : sons in different part* of tha Siqtc. the , • - number of skilled teachers in the comrou- i uity might in a few years be greatly multi- i plied, aud so the general education of the i - community be materially improreiL i There is one thing that will more rapidly i I multiply even tho material wealth of Nvw ! dersey, than .the general diffusion of iulel- 1 . ,j ligehcb by tho improvement or her common i , schools, and nothing will raise th«(churac. ■ : ler of tbe schools bat an improvement of I the teachers. There can hardly be a que*, i tion that the placing of *a really skilled ; teacher in every school in the common- i | wealth, would of itself alone give such an i impulse to every kind of skilled .industry, i ! as would in a single generation couple their • j material products anil the wealth of the ! Mate, besides the genera! elbvation which j > , it would giVc to the moral and social con- [ dit ions oft ha inhabitants." - i - BY AimiOlllTY. LAWS OF NKw'jKRKKY. |l An ift to ascerfain'the rights of the Stale ; and of tho-Kfparian owoer* in the lunds l^ing under tbe waters of ihe Bay of New J ] York and elsew hare in the Slate. .1 | Whereas, it is represented to^he Legisla- ' tore of the Stale that grants of rights to ! i ) occupy land nnder the wa'or of tbe Bay of New York and tbo Hudson River, and ; ! elsewhere within the State, have lie en ' t ma-re and are liable to he made without j ! sufficient information of the righta of the ; j State, and Of the riparian owners iu the I Sam- : therefore, with the view of obtain- t ing the proper ipformatinn to enable the 1-egislature to protect the rights of the State — 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and tiuneral Assembly of the Stale of New Jersey, ' That a Heard of Commisrioner* be ap|>oint. < ed to be nominated by tho tSovrrnov'ond confirmed by the Senate, to consist Of six * rilixen* of ibis State, who shall have pow. I . er. and whose dhty it shall he to canse the iiecoavarv surveys and examinations to be 1 made hy competent surveyors, of the lands 1 : lying nnder the waters of the Bay of New : ' ; and of the Hndson River, and of the . adjacent thereto, the Kill Yon Kull. ' I Newark Bay. Arthur's Kill, tlie lUritan ; nnd the land*, lying nnder th4 "water 1 of tbe Delaware River, opposite to the j County of Philadelphia, the right to re- ! claim which has out been granted hy the | ■ Stat.-, aud to obluio oil needful informs- 1 : tion from other sources, in order to ascerthe present rights o.f the Slain iti the - 1 • same, and the value of raid rights; aim ; to Six and establish an exterior line id' J ; the said. Bay* and River", beyond which ' * pier, wharf, bulkhead, erection or per- 1 ! mail* at obstruction of any kioll si. all lie I permitted to Ut- .«*dr,"lo report to tho next c ' oo v. before tho first day of t next tbe result of tbe informsi tion thus obtained, and tbe value of tbe , toid rights, together with the evidence : which "the sam^is founded; and se- : t cood, that they aball recommend to the i r iA-gislaiure auch plans and provision*, (of ; } tlw improvement; use, renling or leasing s of thn said land* under water, as Ibay shall c deem necessary for and moat conducive to , tbe interest or tbe State, and to have pre-_E»nrd-and submit with tbeir report, maps ' j of said land, exhibiting the exterior line. 1 fixed and established by them in said bays 1 and rivers, and tbe line* of the existing 1 ; piers, wharves, and bulkheads, and also ' | showing any grants or lands "under the • waters of said bay* and fiver* Ifhlcb bare not' boen occupied, and also .the original ' shore line a* far as the same can be ascvr- ' . taioed, accompanied with sach field note*, measurements and elncMntions as thry shall deem nrcrpcary for a fall exposition t andenuandiog on the snbjoct. 2. And be it enacted, That nntil scch 1 ; report ia made, no farther grant. Irate or 1 j sale of any of raid lands shall be made, and j the said Commissioners may apply ,o tho r j Chancellor for an order to restrain and stay t | ail proceeding*, erection* and obstruction*. *

i l until i lie further diretUnn ol the LegislaI' lure ; and ir any permanent erection in, ir, ' ( obstruction of tbe said water* within- the *uid>xterior line to'be fixed or established ! by them, be commenced or continned after 1 *uch order, the saiit Chancellor may cause' the said order to he enforced, und disobedience thereof to be punished hy the j Court of C'hancVry. in tbe nam* manner. i and to tho same extent, as in cases of injunction issued out of said Court ; and any permanent erection or obstruction made contrary to any melt ordor, may be removi <-d and shared hy the order of the Chancelj lor; provided, howuvrr. that the aaid.t'ommissinnqr* or the Chancellor ehJK wait , interfere with any rights already granted, which have been. .or may be grunted ot th> present session of the 1 legislature. 3 Aud he it enacted. That the said . Commissioner* shall tuke and fits in the : office qfSXhe Secretary of State on oath ; well, truly aud faithfotly to perform tho j ; duties of their appointment before entering ! upon said dottes ; nnd th>-y stmil not !«•, ■ or become interested directtv or indirectly, in any water rights, or rights to occupy ■ lands under water in the said buys or rivers. ' no/ in ary real estate that can in any way ^ be benefited or Mice tod hy the establishment of such exleriiVF; lll.es." or hy any 1 , measure* that they mny recommend, und : njion. proof being made to the (iovcri^r of terested. and upon a hearing of n part y so : charged, lie limy be removed from ofiics by j | tbo Governor. 4. ..lid be it enacted.' TKit uuv varan- ; ] clcs in the Board of tfummiraioorrs, caused i l>y removo1. resignation, refusal to serve or j - : otherwise, ahull be filled by aj^miitment i by the Governor, of o ciiir.ru ot this Mate I 5.- And be ilenarled. That the said.t'ommiraioner* may appoint surveyors, agent* : aud others, necessary 'for the discharge or ' dntie*. and they and their aceuts may : entef upon any land for the purpose of sar- • i frying or oblviuing any information on the j subject of their appointment. - i (5. And be it ennrted, That each Com- , ! missionur shall receive five dollar* for every ! day actually employed by.hiin in the duties . of said appointment, and hi* actual travelj ing cxpt uses when u&s. ni "from hii re»i- • | dei.ee, j , 7. And he it enacted. That the said Com- r jnissionet* shall give public notice of the : 4 time and place of their first moating by adi rrrtisemem published for ten day* in each I of tbe paper* printed in the 'counties in , , ■ which the Commissioners shall mnke their i investigation, and all rubsequenl meetings . ! of the commiMion shall bo ( y^bhcly ad- ; i journed to some particular timn-and place. ' i 1 8.* And be it enactor). That this act *hnl! ; ; be deemed a pnblic act und shall lukueffrcl , immediately. [ , Approved April It, 16C4. t iliTi*. M rs. Dabster is a woman of impertuyable J coolness, aud places an appreciating value ' . dollars. ! ( A few days since, the note that Mr. Dab- ; iter endorsed for Rush ft Coil, met with n ; The information drove Mr. I>. to dis- < | traction, lie lost his appetite, silk band, j aud trfinper. In this state of mind 1 he returgeil home. " Mrr, .Dabster, my lore. I am a reined j m.n." j. " .lust what I expected, my1 dear, when j j heard yon had end reed that note." i , "I sjioll go crazy ;~Vny a botcher'* knife ! , and cut my throat." | ' A* 'you please, my love, hot perform ; ; tlie act in the yard." ' . | | "Why! Not afraid of blood. I suppose, , you T" "Not ov all, my dear. T.ul entting one's , " jugular In the parlor cno W not do other- , wise tbsn injure the carpel." Tho business-like manner in which Mrs. , Dabster viewed throat colling, acted a* a ; ' ciunler-irritani npon Mr. D. Ho related , : do the act. und said be would livt on , i " jost out of fpite." , j — A little boy writhing nnder the tor- j I of an ague, was told by his mother to ( I ri*e op and take a powder which she had j prepared for him. " Powder powder !". A said he, raising oo one elbow and putting oc a imile, " mother, I aio't a gun.'" * IIS.l , — The W ipconsin ' Fanner rays it wfll | inure your life for a sixpence against a ret- . tlesnake bite, if yoo will siir in rait with the ; yolk of a good egg, nntil it is thick enough . to spread a plaster, and apply it to tho j wound. — Scolding never did anybody good. It ( burts'tb# child ; it hurts tbe parents ; ii'is , evil, and only evil, everywhere nod always, j — Kindness make* snnthioe wherever it ^ it finds iu way into the hidden!, chamber of the heart and brings forth > ^ in gold ; harshness, on the coo- ^ trarv, shuts them op forevsr. — ■ — | ' — Prentice rays the perpetual cry of th* , i rebels about their confidence shows that | they hav'ot got any. Only lost things are j 1 cried through the streets. j i

IpntltUutl ' iraov 6F LIHF.. ^ / — .ft Finil. "3v breaks up the si!?!, and fdrwAt . combiiutioet that the plants can r'-iwler . soluble. Kecnp.-i. It fixes" part of the nitrogen «f \ , the »tmor; -nTi-, forming nitric acid, -flora \ . it making nUMtw of lime. Third. Nitric acid contains the same ck"ential elcmer i* a* axmonii. and is enpabto of being converted ii\^#t or the plant. Fourth. Usefol directly tq« coifain extent for tbo nonrisxtnani oi rite plant. Fifth. Ilis particularly usefol vti gravelly ' , soil*, and on clayey soils devoid of lime. Kixth. l.ime and Itarn-ynrdniaoorgsbauM i not 1m mixed in the barn-yard i, as ntai-li as the liine causes too sudden' decompositmit, mid consequent loss of ammonia which is 'driven off by the lime to bo racolved by , the air. ( ARK OF KHKKP. Afler settled warm weather wlten tlio water is warm nnd cold storms of wiad and rain are no longer to be feared, bot wot before, tho careful flock master makes preparation" for washing and shearing lii* (fuck. Sheep well cared for ami coming thVouch tba winter in good heart, will hear shearing quite early, and a determiffed stand taken hv slier p owners not to anbmit to a drdoc- ! tion of one-third on good clean unwashed soul", will bring manufacturers, and speculators too. to lair terms. There is a great .leal in putting up wool well to attract the eye of tint buyer: llu expect* the farmer i to roll bu fleeces so that only the best part will be seen, not] trnstf lii* own acotciicss of sight, smell and handling to discover "and. dirty taps, dung, etc.; snd boyere will generally do it too. and then rarewell any iiojto for a high price for that lot of wool. » Whoever sjieurs many fleeces, should have a strong fleece pros*. This conaista of n strong box about four feet long and twelve inches wide, inside measure. Tho width may be decreased aomt times to advantage if the fleeces run small, by putting hi a false sido of inch bjpr.i oo oao side or •■Hoth.- One end of the boxis movabia, the j other fixed, and both consist of three perprndicalar pieces, strongly braced on the outside, and set a quarter of aa Inch apart., The movable end is upon a foot piece to which the braces are attached, and which . slides under cleats upon each side. Thia end is moved np toward the otbor by means of a strap which lies npon the bottom j of the box. passing oodsr the stationary ' end. and round a stroug akle or drum, which i" turned by a crenck. It is drawn by another strap, tha crank being toroed tbe | other* way. I'he fleeces are folded iu tbe u«uul way—laid outside up, the sides folded | in. edge* to meet iu tliq middle; tho ends | folded iu to meet in tbo middle ; then tbo I tips and scraps of wool arc laid io and tho j floeca is folded agaiu lengthwise. Strings pieced iu the press, lyiog in the slots io i in the endr. The fiuece it then laid carefully in and pressed into a square man^afiH tied. The use of cotton twine in lieing, ^ hurts the sale, for sbreds of cotton mingled with, tbe wool may damage the color of some , fabrics. V - 1 Some lambs onght to run with tbe Sock | for two or three weeks at least after shear- | ing. Tho ticks will all or almost all leave i tlie old sheep and go apon the iamb*. Thro ! tbe lambs shoold be dipped in a strong decoction of tobacco, soakiog every part if the fleece. Randall recommend* the English practice of nsing arsenic water. " 3 of White Arsenic pulverized ore dissolved ia 6 gallons of Iroiljng water, and It) gallon* of cold wstor are added. " The fleeces of- 1 be lambs ore wrung out as dry as possible after dipping, while they lie opuw a dripping board, which is made of slats together and supported above a tight inclined table which aliuws tbe liquid to flow back into the dipping box. A flock tbtu with comparative ease 1« cleared of licks. Precisely the fame operation is a cure for scab, but more through reubiag or the liquid into the affected pari* is desirable. -TO KKKF FLIES FROM WORKING CATTLE. D. II. Sherwood. Fairfield Co., Conn., , communicates to; tha. American Agricultuiist hi* plan for rapgjling flies from cattle when at wosk. Tafip a piece of scantlinir 3x4 inches and a few inches longer than the yoke. Through this bore four boies to correspond with tbo bow bolai in !)* yoke. Have bows long enough to extend firo inches above tho yoke. After the oxen are yoked, put this piece on the top of the yoke, letting the bows come through the holes. Bora several, small hole* io tha sides of the above piece, and fa. ten in | brush loD^ea^ngh u, t|,# os,a-t fijp, ! Tbo brngll should lie of some tough wood with the lea res on. Wheo it is worn out j'put in more. Koine nse blanket* for their cattle while workiog, but it makes them unnecessarily warm, and costs something at present price*. Tbe motion of the oxen «hil« walking will karp the brash waving about snjaghtq keep she lie* aeay.