Cape jjBaji Wcca# H'we.

VOL. XII.

CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. ISM. ^

^ 'NO. 590. v.. •••■ .

®hr fart's Corner. HEART'* EASE. \ Oh! ItuTHur. dost thou lie within tbsl , I flower! J . flow shell I dr. w thee thrnec ! so much 1 need The huHofl •>' 'hln» envhrtevd power, f To veil the put, ud.bld I ho tlms flood apood. I gather It — It wither. Bp bro..', The hurl-tewe din, when It te laid o» mlar. Would better fare thsu thre. upon that ahrlneTeke from me thlafla (ooe bp", oh I chsugr the Put, he new the loet, reetore Be the deeeped, Brlhf but the d.pa whoee tide hu ebbed ao fart. Glee (arm aflale to the faatutlr ahade. Mp hope 'hat aerer (row to euJataT, My peuth hu periahrd In It, ralodeelro. My fond hBbltloe, stashed • re It could be Aflflht UT( ■ Mtheoaaplrtiifl wut Infl Ire ■ Brief then anew, end eet bo oue a(alo la 'he deiaeloa of llfe-e la'auep, I wu aot happp, but I kaew not then Till then tkfaace are and power*, dlilae deeeend. Lore, kladona, Jop and hope to flld Bp dap la rata the emblem lee.ee toward me bend, - T>, l^V. heart-aware. I. tooNr....,, ^iiSffUaiwons. AST EXCITI »G SCE.\E. It waa in Iba month of February, 1854, • bright moonlight night, and intensely eold, whan tba brig I commanded lay at anchor, jut oatiida of Bandy llook. Wa had a hard lima of it, b> atiag ahoat elaTto days off Ihia caul, and Iba flnoa aod alaat railing for moat of the lime.— Forward, tba ruael »ea thickly covered with ioa, and it wu bard work to ksndli bar, as the riggiag aod flails were stiff, and yielded only wl.an tbe atrenglh of tbr men wu azerled to tba ntmoat. Wkei wa at leaglb made tba port all balds were j won oat had etbaasled, we conld not ! . hart held eat two days lunger without | rwifwf. "A bitter cold aigbt. Mr. Larkin." ) : wid to my mate, u I tarried on deck It j Tba worthy down-oaeter boltuned hie | real mora lightly around him, looked ti| j ta tba mooa aod bit hia red nose, be fori ha replied : "ll'a a whistler. Captain, as n used It 1 •ay on tha Kennebec. N'othmg lieei combrtable oat of tba blankets such e 1 aigbt u this." ' The tide is ranting oat swift end ' strong. It will be well lo keep a sharp . lookout fbr floating ice, Mr. Larkin," • Aye, aye, sir," responded tbe male aad I went below. Two boars alter I wu aroused from a sound sleep by the eigiluot officer. "Exeat# me (or disturbing jsu, Cap taio," said be, aa ba detected an espre,etoa of eelatiou on my fact ; "but I wish you would turo out and coma up at toon an possible." "Why, '-what's the matter, Mr. Larkin? ' "Why, air, 1 bare been Watching a sake of lev that tsiepi by a little aitlancr. a f»w mo menu ago ; I saw anmetbing black i , npofl it— something that I thought meet!. Tba moan wu oader a ctaad, and I eoald not aaa distinctly ; iPii saful (or any lir. iag craatora to ba oot to hi this cold aigbt apoa that cake of ice." Wa warn on deck before aitbar spake another word. Tba matt pointed wlth.no I difficulty to tba emka of ice floating to tee- j ward, aad ita white glittering surface was : brokan by a spot ; mora 1 could oot make oat. "Gat am tba glut, Mr. Larkin, the < naoun wilt ba aal of tho cloud directly, am.' I baa wa ran aaa distinctly." IXept my ays oa iba raaadiag meat nf ioa, while tba mooa wu atowly working through a bank of Moods. Tba male stood by with tha glass. When tha fall light fall apoa tbe water, with a brilliancy only kaowa to aortbam latitude*. I pal the giaas to a>y eye. One glance wu enough. "Forward, tier- I" I shouted at tbe top or my votea, aod with oat bound I reached | tha main hatch, aad beg o to clear tbe ahip's yawl. Mr. Larkin bad received tha glass from j my hand, aad took a look for himself. "My God J" ho aaid in a whisper, as he j Ml to work to bid ma la getting that boot I —"there era two little children on ftai cake of Km!" Two maw answered the call, aad walked Unity aft. la ae incredible short space of time wo Waaebvd tbe cutis r iotowhich Mr. Larkin nad myself jampM. followed rigged tbe tiller, aad tbe mgk* flat bueidv me ia tbe stern shuts. "He yen tea that cake of ice. w tb | something pieced apoo it, laflt P I cried; j ■ pot mo alaagaida of that aod 1 will gtee ; each ef yas a I ettle ef ram Uwiight aad £Loff." *** Tba man beat to Lbair oar*, bat lb* j strokaa «rs .nees, and feeble. The, had bun eood op by the preceding dnty ! or tho hsat fortnight. aad though they did j thai' tha 'tide. Tto. — . \ZT. : aad Me- u, who WU aaferieg u he taw tho little wo gained, ariad oat ta tba me:. | "Fall, Wdb-l'U dubi. tb. t eptaia . •tsSSsStit

williag th* men were lo obey, bat the j strength of tba strong arms wu gone.— „ Tba yonager (clluw wuhrd at twice, in recoeering himself, and when ha gate ont ,, the other wu gune. L. sprang and seised the deserted oer. 11 "Lie down in the bottom of the boat," a , said to tbe men. • Captain, we mutt row oortelvu." | I took tke second man's plare — larkin ' ! bad stripped to hit Guernsey sbirt ; u.hr r ' pulled tke stroke oar, I waited for the i( signal stroke. It came, gently, bot firm, and Iba next moment we were polling a 'nag, steady alroke, gradually increasing 10 to rapidity, until the wood seemed to amoke In tbe ear-locks We eech kepi tlma by Ike long, deep breathing of the ether. Hoeb a pall ! We bent forward aatil oar knees toached oor facet, and r then throwing all oar strength into the backward movement, until svvty inch gained. At eaery stride* tbu boa: shot ahead like an arrow discharged from a bow. * Wa worked at the oara for fifteen J- minutes — it teemed ao many hours to me. Tbe sweet rolled off in great drops, dad I was enveloped in steam generated from - my own body. "Are we almost to it, Larkia ?" I gasped. a "Almost. Captain— don't give it up. for the love of deer ones at home, don't give up. Captain." i, The tear* flashed ta the blades turned j ap lo tbe mooal ght, the tori who plied ,1 tbem were husbands end fathers ; tbr strength which nerved them at Ibis moil meot. wu more than human. Suddenly a Mr. Larkia sprang from tba boat with hi* - heavy heel on the ice. I started, and. d calling ta the uivn ta make the boat feat i j on tha ice, followed him. r, | We ran to the datk spot on the centre r j ef the mas*, and fonnd two lillle boys— ■ j tbe bead of the smaller tie. tied in tin a boaom of tbe larger. Both were fell ! I asleep : Tbe lethargy which would bavi I j been fatal bnt for the timely leerne, hoc , : overcome Ihera. Mr. Larkia grasped out | of tbe tuds, rat off one of his shoos, ton i off bis jackvt, and ibrn loofening hia out - I awrmenlato the skin, he pfer.d Ik. rhill- ' ' child to contact with bis wurm body, careI j folly wrapping it'over with his great coat I > ; which he procured from the boat. I dill j ■ be same with the other child, when wa j returned to tha boat, and the men, par • ; lially recovered, palled slowly bark. • Th* children, e* we |*am»d when w. subsequently had the delignt of rettorinr j 1 them to their parents, were playing on tin- i • j ice, ami bed ventured on the cake which ' ; bad got jammed In tha heed in the river, j ten nitles above New York. A movement in tbe tide set tbe ire in motion, and j i the liltl* fellows were borne away on thai 1 , cold night, aad most inevitably have per- i isbed bat fur Mr. Larkin'e spying then, i • aa ih»y were sweeping out to seu. "How do yon feel ?" I sold lo tha mat, 1 next morning after the adventure. "A little stiff in the erms. Captain," the noble frilow replied, ahila big- tears ■ of grateful happiness gashed from his eyes; . "a little stiff in the arms. Captain, bui i ; eery easy bete," and he laid his hand j . upon bit heart. My quaint, brat* down I : euter ! He who fe.hes the sea into fery, and lata Ioom tbe lempget, will care fui [ I thbe ! The (term may rage without, bnt I ia thy boeom peace and sunshine alii ai. I ways abide. Iloiv lo l>c AgrrcBblc Itt a , rrinting Offirr. Reader if you want lo make yourself | • i very agreeable to a printing office step j i into tbe sanctum and look over the ex- J ! i 1 changes. If tba editor is writing or proof j 1 ! reading take a seal along side of him aad tell bim haw yoo started in business, i ^ about your dog, yeur horse, your wife aod , i bwby aod all yoo can remember aboet i soar school day sports, etc. Should one ' . of the aoapositor* or tbe " Devil," step | , np and a«k for copy, or if the proof i« > , read, or if either is done, yea should, by ' , all mean*, uk what lha article ia aboat i ' i and Insist on seeing it. ( ] After thai aotertalaiBg lha editor, step . | into tke composing room and uk each i : ooe of tbe bands u maay qasstiooa ss ■ | may be agreeable to yourself. Then be- j , I gia to whistle. All priateti are fond of ; , | whittling. Then interrogate the foreman ! , i and retail tha latest newt to bim. If you i I don't be will feel alighted if ho ia a tree , man. B-fere leaving the office yon akoaM ; i lake hold of tha hand press— give it a , i pall aad let it fly hack, jasl to eee how i1 ! t | works; and don't forget to examine every- , thing ia tbe shape of matter oa the stone, , I evvo if yen should knuck some of it ioto ' | ■ pi— that will only pat tb* printer tn a fair ! i teal. Whan you leave th* office be save j , I lo promts* another visit by lo-ra#rrow | sad our word for it, yoa will aot be for- : ( , j got tea by tbe printer fvr a long w ile. i niubwliral Ingenuity. | Oaa l'arrot , a Freechmua, baa ia waled i , ■ i threw terribly dutroctive eaginw— thv , ' ! first, a three- Barreled sir-gun firiag ooe , tkwwaaad ballets a miaut*. the bailout , I ' dropping from a hopper without ialermts. , > siea into thw gna ; the secoad ia aiarilar, 1 1 bat moestej cn wheels ; sad the third is . r a Steam looomothe. discharging two J : peered .eight of prejwtiUe per secaad. aad capable of killing owt hundred and ire tmMtyArer hseo. if bwl aa* ass wa* i I

The MtlpwiMk. "All hande on deck ! take in sail !" was i tbe hoarse shoot of the mat* down th* t companion way. and I tumbled at of my I hammock, rubbed open my eyes, and bur. rind oa' deck. The aky was cloedlere, clear and blue. Tke ocean *as "smooth r as a sea of glakd." " What is op. Mr. N— •" said I. He i paint*. 1 towards the west, without a word. ■ ■ Alitllecload.no iarg r than tbe hand. ■ was swiftly movie* ap th* horizon. 1 . had been iu the tropical latitudes long i eunagb to nndrrslend what it meent. j ; I ens second male of the ship, and j , though bnt a mere boy bad.becomp an. I expert helmsman, and to lime* of dancer ^ • invariably took my elation at tbe h«lm. ! i lie. ilia the seaman who was on duty j I there. W Hark nets came down upon the otcan a* j i though a mantle bad been thrown over it. ; i in twenty miaules ell was as datk as the i i darkest oighl, and the healing winds j i threw tbe foent high over th* deck, and * dashed the wsvi-s upnn ns with stunninp I force. All >.VI bad been furled. The I i sailors and officers were holding oo, or . were lashed to the apsis und rigging. | | Nothing was said, fur no voice could bi- j heard above tbe storm that raged around i I 1 pet my lips to tbe ear of the brims { man, and shouted : "Bill did yoa ever tee | such a storm as this, before ?" I "Aye, eye, my boy, many a time. I : was once shipwrecked off tbis coast, was i drifted ashore on a plank, and should have be. n eaten hy canniblea had it not been j . for a brother." "Brother I" shouted I. I - "Yes; s brother. Just as they were i about to roast m», 1 saw a venerable old 1 chief approaching, and without for a mo- j ment thinking what I did. I gsv* n^m the ' ; sign that Masons give when danger is j . nigh. II * looked nl me in wonder, and on . my repeatiog it, be raehrd up to me, took j . j me in his arms and claimed tne as hi' | brother , My mind had not then received lb* ! i Light of Kternal Truth ; bnt since .that 4_jay [ h»re wond* red althc almoin super- - hum in comff'-teness of that *yst*m i f • brotherly love wbieh ha. endured since j the' days of King Solomon's Temple, and ' been ever true to its Ureal Teacher, even : in heathen lend*. There, among thewcr- • hippera rf idols, and the davourtrs of i ' lii-man fl*sb — there, where all was darkn*»s siper*ti<lon and Iflnoraner— the Light | of h'ernal Knowledge shone thrnagh the ' cloud* and left ita warm radiance upon the j human healt. j A" .Mutch factory, j A match (arloty in U e.tern New York ! i. noted for tbe rbtlnos machieety used I* tke reanafectare.' Seven hundred and i twenty tbocsgnd frrt of pin* of Iba beet quality are o«*d annually for the matchc. • t.d 4l!0,P00 feat of . bal^aood for cases. The sulphur used annually for tbe malebi-. is 4IMI barrels, and the pbsM-phnioua is 9,tdO |Kiunds. Tha niaiblbi* ngi night sod day, and 300 hands are employed ta the works. Five baudred pounds of paper per day are used tcsgfhk* th* light, small boxes lor bidding tba matches end fonr | tons of pasteboard per aeek for the largo ! boxes. Sixty six pounds of floor per day are u«ed for paste ; sad lb* penny stamp* : required by government on the boxes ' amount to tha enag little Sam of 81,140 per day. I There are four machines in a«e for cotline, flipping, and driiv*ring the matches. ' Tbe two inch pin* plank is saaed up th* length of the match, which is 2J inches. | go into the machine for catting, ! where at every.atroke 12 match- • are cat, 1 and by the succeeding stroke pnsbed into ! elate arranged m a doable citato 250 feat long, which curies them to tbe sulphur ! vat, aad tbancv to tba pbasphoroas vat. | and thus across Ike room aad back, rvlar'aiog.lkem at a point jail to Trait of the ; cutting machine, and where they are dej livered ia tbrir natural order, and ara ; gathered ap by a boy in troys and seal to j tbe packing room. Thus 1,000 gross or | 144,000 small boxes of matches ara made I per day. Tbe machines for making tb* , small tbio paper boxes and their covers 1 ! u* quite aa wondarfally aad iageaioasly oontriVrd a* those that in ska the matches. A lung coil or paper, as wid* si tb* box , j is long, revolve* oo a wheel, oa* end be I ing ia the machine. H first passes through ■ rollers, where the printing is done, and 1 ; thence to the puHeboxwar-wWreTKehide* - end ends ere only payted ; frem theccatu j th* folding apparatak,— ekgre the ends are ! nicely folded and tba wbala'box is pasted ' i logalber aad drops into a baskst. A aim- ! ' ilar machine is at work at the covers, aod | thus 144,000 boxes per day are matto- | : — Sir Curtis Miraadwr L*mpaoa. ere- 1 ; aUd a baronet ia Kegtaad for his services ! to the Atlantic Telegraph entvrpris* ia a : native of Vermont. Hia euiy life was 1 J passed ia tb* bvntiag and flskiag grounds of C-aad. had tba Hudson's Bey territoHw waa married ia Yarmoat, aad ia • Waal ta Engl sad, where be became £ ; peresaaeati) settled, taking tba aatb of allnguace .a 1HB, and engaging ia tba ' H adorn . Bey far trade. — ,Th« pb:to*oph>cai Bjsadfwa says , tba tOij tki.gs sheet K; iritaaimaa , i tbalbaaaa are Ware aaa tba areds— ■ |j

The liicc of the Ark. > lnftdela have objected to tbe six* of tbe • ark ; tbey have asserted that it i* qnila ,• absurd to sappnse that ever there coald be a vessel constructed large eaqpgh ta ^ , i hold all tha creature* which mail have i i been placed in it, with sufficient fond; it I may bo fur six. or twelve months— water | > | fur tbe fisb. corn for tbe fuor-footed ani- 1 . i mais. seed fur tbe birds, end so. Now ae . ' will taka lb* dimensions of th* ark from I : th* records of Moses, aed calculate Ihsni I i on the lowest possible seel . Vhere are | two definitions given tn a cnbil ; one that 1 1 | is eighteen incite*, or a foot aod a half; , i und tEe othar that n twenty inches. We r I will Uk* th* lower. Mo-es states that i I tb* ark was three haadred cubits long ; ' ■ this would make it foo* hcodred aad fifty ; • feet long, or about the length of St. Fanl'a Y j Cathedral, LomW-n Tt-» breadth, be • . | s'ated it to he fifty cubit- . wa then have . I it seventy-five feel iu breadth. II* states'-! , I it to be thirty cubits btgh ; so that, wa* ] forty-live feel high, in other words, it i j was as long a* at. Paul's Cathedral, nearly | . ] as broad, aod half as high. The tonomge , ! of the ark. according to tke campatalioa of modern carpenters, mutt bate been ' . j thirty-two thousand too<. The lergest ! I j Knglish ship, of a site altogether nntma- ! i ginubl* lo thosa abo have never sevo it, j is twenty-five hundred tons burthen; so . ' that the ark must have been equal lose*- < ! »nt*eu first-rate ships of war ; aod. il I j armed au such ships are, it would have , | contained beyond eighteen thousand men, . | and provisions for them eighteen months. , | Buffon bus asserted, tlyit all four-fuotad animals may be reduced to two haadred j and fifty pairs, and tbe birds lo a smaller | , number. On calculating, therefore, w* : I I shall find that the ark would hold more : < than five times tb* necessary aombvr of , | creatures, and more than five times the | required quantity of food to utaintaio tbem ' , j twelve months. ' Telegraph Eac Simile*. Mr. Field has brought out to tkiscour4 I try a number of very interesting spscit ] mens of tit* sy-leut of telegraphing now I th operation between Paris and Lyons. and Paris und Bordeaux, hy which exact ] copies of the message are produced at | J either extremity ef the lines, solely by . i mechanical means. Tb* tnesssft is writ* i ten oc prepared paper covered wttb t lead of th* eh-ctrir fluid Tb* writing, or ' drawing, in ink furnished tor the purpose i chaoges the points touched hy it la tbe opposite s leclriral character The pea- j | d ulum is stinging at each *nd of tke cir- 1 | cutt in uni»«n. Its upper end is divided i [ into points, say. Itka a fin* tooth comb, j ; The message being passed ever these a I one end. sends a current to correspond I with the writing or lia»a, and produces ao^, exact copy of the original from th* pr »f pared paper held tn th* vibrating pesda lum io the distent city. Thus a fee simile > of writing end signature i* furnished with- > out any skill of the operator. A drawing ; of tb* ITkenets of a thief er absconding clerk is reproduced with minute faithful- i nefls. Patterns of machinery, patterns for j nvs*. or in ao aoknbsre ii-egae, era copied with at little trouble as tba simplest let- , lers of a familiar alphabet. Some notices i of this bsve been giveo ia foreigo journals bnt no msr* verb*! description can cont I vey a fall idssa of tbe woaderfal process. The II ii m it it Eye. * I The langaage of ihe eye is very hard to cuoatrrfeit.— Yoa can lead tbe eyes of your companion wbilt you talk, whether your argument bits him, tbeagb hit tongue mil not confess it. Tbsra is a look by which n man chows ha is goiag to say a good thing, and a look wfcea ba has said , it. Yam and forgotten are all Iba fiae offices hf hospitality if there bs no holiday m th* eyre. How many future invi tat inns are avowed by lha eyr, though dis embled by th* lip*. A qui cornea away from a company ; be ha* beam ao important remark, bat if in sympathy with tha society be it cogaiaant of each a stream of life as has been flowing to him through lb* eye.

There are ryee which give no mora admit. ; sieo into tbem than blaeberries ; others ere liquid aod deep wells that men might fell ialo ; aad other* are oppreeaiv* aod devouring, and tahe too maeb notice. — There are aahlag end asserting vyas, syat fall of faith— soma of good aad soma of siaister omen. Two Eewne in a tburcb. A a Knglish joaraal Teaches for lb* ^trnth of tbe following ; "A few 8abj baths ago, while a minuter aaa conduilI ing public worship ia on* of tb* West Maiolaad churches, tba service waa irttr- ; rupted by tho ealranee of a goose. Tho pealm bad jast been given oet, aad the congregation wet* begianiag to sing, when the circamataac* attracted tha att* a l ion of the precentor, mo to far for got himself that he loet thelaae. Daring th* lilaoc* which coav*qs**Uy intervcttod the Bioitler whitpared te oa* of tb* oflte* bearer* to pat oatth* goaoie.— The o Sea bearer being igmraal.ef tb* •I proedfle* of oimmjM* aaiBti of tb* specie*. tbeagbt il waa the pnewteor that wa* referred to. ahd laid boll at htm with th* wteatio* of •aaaatiag IMtltlwUou*. which be wwald hav* daae. asroorreaf oadeat adds, bad tha prec**te|oa« mad. a — }

The Crosby Opera House Art i ' Aaaoriation. i j ~ I fFroui the t'hlcvgu Tlmeu.) , j The success of this— tbe most «tuptni j flout Art enterprise of the nineteenth ecu' ; | wry— is alrvady*en arcuinplisbed fact.— - | The. atturarc* of Mr. Crosby to that effect, . I af the wealths »sd ialiueoHal Committee , I appointed to superintend the drawing, anil , i ih» personal guarantee uf Kautnel M , i Niokereon, Ktq. (a gcu'leman whose *u- > | doubted integrity is bucked by anlimited : ! pecnaiary mean.), hat appeared in a fur , nt«r issue of this paper. The tsle of car- • ; | end folly juttflfed tho. far the eapects- | ■ lions of the most sanpsinu ; but e large ' i • i, umber still remain to the hand; of agent* , ' trema shortness oftitne <»« originally lim- , i"-| ited) precluding th* p"**ibiliiy of their ! i ] sale before lb* date of drawing. : Ope obstacle, which ba* terioaeiy ru- | - j tibility ol fernishicg engiuaingt as fust n | i i required. YHboagb th* presses of the | i I Association litre been united night and j . j ply. After duly considering tbi*. Mr. | i Crosby bat coueluded — io justice to lb* > • i interests he represent), and in deference j I to the wish uf the public, which (so far a* ■ I I can be ascertained) i* almost universal — < - i to delay for a shwit-'liiMe Ihe cloisng uf j th* sabscri|ilioti book', so esjo extend i the area of membership ni aidcly as po«- ! in adopting Ibis coarse, th* Actuary r ' has couulled the members of the t'om- - mittee oa drawing and others, wbo agree • j with tbe mauugemeal that a short exten- ! f . sion of litne * ill amply suffice, at the pre. ! i i sent rapid rot* of sale, to dispose of the ■ • remaining certificates. The names of the i Committee are e sufficient guarantee of j the soundness end disinterestedness of! 'J i.C. Ksaou, Su|ierlnt*od't American trapses* I I V. Muss, Muna k Seat! Elevator. J. A. t:n.i«, lies sc. . .o.l Nsunnal Bank ' To thee* names will b* added delegates , | from.other cities. ' : The integriiy of all connected *iib tie i ' maoagrtueat ol this colossal enterprise i» i ■ I too firmly established lo admit of a ma- ^ ' 1 meat's doubt or cavil. The boner atul.ro. , | putation of some of tha wealthiest etpitali itlt and influential, business men io the j ' j country are identified "ith its ultimate ; ^-triumph aod complete success. For res. ; ' sons a^crva- stated, these gentlenirn not I ooly cordially approve, but advisa this I ' | temporary delay, confident that such s ' policy will equally inure to the benefit of I th* public sod th* i*ter*«ts of the Astoj. rutin*. No one who c*n form aaepprox- j | imate idea of tbe eoormout scope end nug- | involving at il hat from the moment uf ! itt organisation (barely three mouths ago) ; j ihe establishment of hundreds uf loct| 1 ' agencies io nearly every cily, town und htmlel of the Stales aod Territories, the . employment of an immense clerical forceT the printing of Iboutande of superb ru- ' graving*, and 'he immense details included ender the general head of correspondence! j i advertising, telegraphing, expressing, 4 c' 1 . —will hesifat* to admit or concur in the ; propriety of tbis rtep, W* can assure oor readers that every pledge given or promitetnade wiltbe faithfully carried oot, in strict accordance with ) , itt original spirit. Ae elegant descriptive Catalngoe, giv. ; , Ing a complete list of Prises, has jast been issned by th* Association, giving foil par- : , tieolare, Ac., which tbey send to any address on application to tbe principal office, #25 Broadway, Nt^York, or 28 0,.*ra House, Chicago. > «rtv* Ad-re rtlssmeet hssded "A Fr-rtuns for ' on.

; Tbe Maeegsmeul would announce that j tha time limited for the Closing of the . Books bet beeo found lo short to complete . , an undertaking of euch magnitude, f Tb# sale# have been eery large— sufficient to inters tbe satire leceett of lbs enterprise. Had it been possible, withie tbe short lime allowed, to have furnished i tha Kngreeingt at fe*t aa tbey have been required, there it not tbe least duabt that . every certificate would now have been dis* . posed of, There ba* b**a a general desire, bow. i ever, to receive tba Kagreviaga at tke j I time of subscription, and lb* difficulty, heretofore of felly complying with this oa sir* hue materially retarded tb* progress . of the sale. A portico of the certificates eonte- j , qoeotiy remain unsold. Tb* Commute*. ' : agree with tbe maaagvmssl that the becks ■boald not bo closed, when • short exteetioo of tb* UflM, at tbe preooel rapid rate or sale*, weald taffies to dispose of th* remtiaieg certificates. Tb* edeeerip ties hook* will, therefor*. . | , he coatiaavd ope* fer a short time loeger The day for th* award of Premiums will : mm he iiissasil. ; y. H. I'inr, Aetaery. ]l

The Ocean Yaclit I luce. The followiog particular* have b"n obtained respecting th* Ocunn Y'acht Uncij to come off in December fer a purse of $'-10,000. Tbe match was made at a dinner giveo by the owner of tb* Henrietta | to some ef the leading yechtmen of tb- . New York Yacht Club, when tbe ques- ; ' i lion of tbu epeed of various yachts being ' ; under discussion. Mr. Osgood, owner c-t 1 ' the Widgeon, offered to name a yecht t •> j • j sail against t he Ye»ta in tbe Spring fer' ' ! 85,000, twenty miles to sea and litcl . ' ' Tbis wager being accepted, Mr. Osguml j i Mr. W. H. Mc V ick. r. V-.q., Command, r | • i of the Squadron. Tbis led t-i forth'* I ' , wigers. mid- eventually to the ticking ui- [ ' a purse of 690,000. to whirh all preset I ■ ; contributed, to U tailed fer oo the ' i iicd Taesdoy in December, by th> Hem • | etla, tbe Vesta, and tb* Flertwint, fro:- ' f SYndy Hook to tbe Isle of Wight. Com j | moiiore McVicksr aill art asjpdg-. Ii-u< - i ing here for Kngland in lime to receit- j ' ia said tbal tome efforts will he made to ! ' secure a (roverotneot steamer.fer the nt > | ' of the Commodore, *itb other members I • ! of the club. The slakes ere deposited I - j with i.. W. Jerome, Ktq. SqtTUN. ' j —The man *ho teals th* drum for the j j I "March of Time." hu» gone to play on j j ! the "Horn ol Plenty." j -Young lover, should remember that ! ■ be most fiercely burning fin- handsale f those kindled at the altar. — \\ hy should you be justified in pick, i , j ing tbe pockets of t vender in engraving-? : Because he has pict-ures. » hoi* than ninuy a perron who Tauntingly : fj — To atore oor memories with a seme1 I ' of injnriet. it to fill the chest wilb rusty , t ' iron which wot made lor refined gold. —"Madame, "said avery peine traveler ; to a trtty old landlady, "il I sea pioper ! ' to help my sell to this milk, it there at y j j impropriety id it?., "1 don't know what you m-ss , hut i> l thing natty io that milk. I'll give you io understand you've ttiock the wrung house! There sio'l a fi-st bair in ft. for -a I soon as Marlhy Ann told me th* cat w is ' drowned in the milk. 1 went right straight , ) sorrow to men, and iu war to nations. *! '— Mis. Melleo. of Derlingtoo. Dmhs-n i ! I county, Canada West, h.t eloped il. •* ! , ! timet aitb on* man. tier husband lot- | ■ loaed up and caught her twice, bnt tic > . j concluded at last that the uu't »--ith i , ! chasing sny longer II it preity evid-nl I , | that that Melfen ten . e csa't-elope. f | — An impatient Welthmac railed • ' bi* wife: "Come, come, isn't b>*akf.-.< j . i aad to-morrow aill be tbe third day ! - . i This It equal to tba call or lb* sUru-g ) o'clock wilb,( "Com*. Biirtget, get n . ! I I Here, 'tit .Monday mornine, to-motroa- 1. I ! Tuesday, the next day's Wednesday — toll , ] the week's gone aod nothing done yd." I I 1 —Fremont hat five men and a wheel- [ | barrow at work on tb* Boutb Branch . I railroad in Missouri. An exchange 'ate, I -. liu will put it through if it ruins the wheel- ! barrow. 1 I —A lady's absence was apologized fe; I at a party, !ha other night, by a 'friend, who said th* was detained bv an intense ' ing little i; ci'dent — "weighing jast ma* 1 1 pounds and a half." | — There is a shop kept hy *n n!d maid ' In Southampton, England, in the wind--* i ! of which appears the words in Iarg' fei- i ' j lers : "No reesonblr offer refused." . i — "Dare are," said a sable dretor^fld. j dressing bis brethren, "two rndds trh ,u- ' I world. De oa* am a broad end narrow i . ; roed, tbat leads to perdition, and de oilci I ; era a narrow and broad road dst Lads to ' sore destruction." "II dot am the ct.e." said a sabfe-besr , er, "dia callid iodieidoal take* to tbe , ^wood." A BcacrircL K itt**. —Tba Burlingtop . (WU) Democrat relates tha fnliowins very prooebla story : "While on* ef oar business men wu taking n qniet walk, last Sunday, near tb* fair grounds, ho dltc-iv -red a beast, ful striped black kiilen in hi path. He at once endeavored to made itt acquaintance; and had torceeded in gqt. ting bold of it. when ha saddenly changed hit mind and rame t* the runrlasii n h< ; wouldn't . The kitten west hi* trey end ! the cilixen started for home. Kvery uei I he pasted held hit aotr, aad men, w-uwen ! end children flrd from him as though b' | had tb* cbolrrm. Oa Monday aanroing | there waa a 'new. mad# grave' near his . residence, in which was deposited a son -('sore clotbJs.' W* anderutaad thai : ba eayt be has no farther ewrioeity about kilteat." —Why is • letter like • fl ck ol sheep T Because ih-y ara peaurd aad : folded. | — Why were lb* Egyptians good j , SOWS T Aaa— Bitaaw tbey ) aid grtat | , j mjteft to rtte-T bub biii). ^ I 1 ;

. aciik I LTNUU CALVES BROLC.HT CP BvH AND. j Club msk" a -peclslily ol resrlog calve«. , und. bus read aftuper before that anocia■lon d'Scriliing bis expetieoc*. He lis* , dropped en lire feim of a neighbor, and ! | with only four covt of bis own, railed 50 . calves in 1 1*04. 5J in l«65, and. ia 1866, hy mi.maaegemrnt. llejak" the calves i ; Irom ubnu" the first of March when tea dip* old, paying 30 shillings each for . j They have fer the first three or foor , .ley. two or three queue of milk et a ih'al ; thei; gradaaily some food ia Iba ^ . -!iip« ol (nd |. adds I, and, l.y degrees. . Oilcake with greel is the secret of eicceix , l-w-o lieif oilcake, tbe best 1 c.a buy. ] Take n Iarg? backet, capable of holding • ! Six gallons ; put into it |'.q galloM of t j scaldirg water ; then add .even poondsof > i linieed c»k». finely grnund.' ahich is oh- • j tained t-y collecting the dust falls through • [ the screen of the crusher, snj passing 1 through one of Turner s Mills. Kt(r the J oilcake anil water well together, and add cri-flf tcs. The hay lea it made by pouring scald. , in* Muter in (lie morning ,-n good .sheet , tiey, in • tub. the tea ttaudiagworered till night, und having 7 lbs. of meal (wheat, ' ; full he fete use. The same hay w.ll bear ' a second infusion during iba -night, fer ! next morning. Two quarts |fer bead, ' Wilb an equal tsmoant of cold water, is enough fur a feed. The old plan of letting ilieni suck through the cowman's fingers r , is preferred, nun as sou* a* they can vat, placed within reach ; vetches at soon as t ready, and mangolds, uf which a sapply r should always be stored if pruclicabte.— iba calve, live in a good well-ventilated , house, are kept very clean and quiul, spp. t ; plied aith fivsh wutwr daily, suit ilia ■>- r n«.« fpja^Ut removed. 1 HOW TO M^K IIES'.S i.A Y. H w# reflect, lor * moinrpt, we cunnol i fail to see bow fallacious it th lo thick t that bant w.ll lay ao egg every day with- , j out having a boant.lal .apply of enitebi. , , j material tor making egg.. Egg. are a). , | most par* albwaew. Think, far smosu-m. I bow many pound' ol grass murt b-> aurked | ever- by mastication and di'gestlan-ia , | order to exited -eaongti fur oue singlo « egg. J,. B. lop,. .writes to tb* Mati. fined, the; require a vaurly of loud.— I j '"r,n •"■I1' ,h® c"°l' i b<". , ali»n allowed Ibetr l-berly, where I, .wis ■in .irettary fur " ■ can guucraliy flndsufii- , i- 1 , i -p-a-i ' i 1 nl uiufri i t lime lur their f stence', e\ -aid filte.i : si, a sqiuH 'narntwr will thrive better. M„« i-.n-p should ba ^ light, dry and well ventilated. • ; AG Ii IP L" I.Tt: ,R A L IMPiiOVKMENT ! Tic Wurling -Farmtr says on ihi. >ul>- ( i jucl : "Improvement of mmta of culture meant simply that the leudsbsll beamier. • i drained, if wet ; plnwd deep, suhaoilml, «ud cultivated thoroogbly, ja as tn keep ih" weeds down, the surface ol the ground . ou'tsntly stirred and np.,o to tbe ingresa j ! -if the air and dews. The atmosphere fe : s itorehot.se ni moisture, carbon, «mmoi tije.and mher vitsl ulrmentt uf the crops* * j hut il cannot pet elrelu a baked, closely 1 packed »oii, in on'n to prodace Ihosw 1 | Chances in ire. chemical condition, wilb1 at which ihe anndi-rlttl procet'et of »j,danl gfow-.h «re imptweinle;-- hut II tfi* I orftice und sabsoil are loosened b f deep -aitreut'oii *-i«l ilislurte.il frcquenily dur- ' ! "t 'he res. V'flcla'ion, the fllr cirorganic rnii-liiu ate of crept. Is X-di-d in pro er quantities to prodarn Vte ' "gbt conditian* f ir tbe frp# epproj-ris^jon"" of | lant food. ■ THE CROPS. Tbe following Information concerning > the crops io several sections of the country be. ja«t teen received at th* Agrical? 'oral Bureau, Itepermrctof the Interior : I —A despatch fr-m Btowesvill*. llasinn . County. N. stat-s that tPe corn crop i iu that Statu will avera** well, and the cotten crop is as goo I as u-ual. Tbe inI 'ciligeofl* received r.uni In - o Is lo the effect ikai ih- whesl ciop is lite best over of tbe corn. Tb* »u sr cane. U-iW'ver. has been seri, u.lj damag'd by lb* frost, ind tbe potato crop ja smell. Polutov.fl , sr* selling at forty c*ai* per bo'bel.— . lo-ltrrs from FdnitU'lla. Nebraska, stalo that the frost bo* injared lb* rum to x ] ureal extent. in "tin# localities the heavy reins have retarded the rip-niug o! tha corn and prmiarrd en oT-rgrotrth. The high wiud. that l.-liuaed lbr»e''raiu) j have materially mid- 1 to lb* dsmt) t : caaaed by tb* rams. Tb# crop of wheat j aad oats, however, it staled to bo mute jW"T-