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CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW .JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1867. ■ — — — T ^

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business cards. • a ' CAKDI i : TUK JL WITH, Corns, tsioara of Dseds, V OHoa lacUoi St., <-ppi»M#^h# Centre Houa-, ! ■ ~ HENRY SIMli. M»TSBn^j!k*,0r"f IUt*nuc fnr C*'A . ' CapiWay County**^'* Ut" ! J AUCTION BtHDIENS. ■ ri'HK uiul»rel(tir>lwauM respectful!) mtartali'i ' 1 Mrad*aa4 the poklki, (iTsI Ur i. . reeuUl i UHMd AWttaB.fr, sad is ready now to mitred , i tarn. " "* "**■ * _ CEakUKW? SMITH* " \ C»| e Islsud, N. J. I I 8. If. UREV, JTTOtSir-AT-LAtr, JMX7J.N, SOLICITOR, I I CX AMIS £11 IS IMIASCKRV, Kiun »tbb*t, wooer Faosr, CkasKji, N. J., ■tl Adjoining First NaHaoal Bank. A (CTIOSEEH'NIOTiicE. i 1'HK uuXeratfaed having t.krn oat Dora— >• ' , A .a Auctioneer, rrerectfully guvs notice to j , Ms frter-ds sad ^tke rul'Ilf|it'»t tir Is prepared , Ms*»eu!ity" at abort notlA sod on nwl'" j ' tanu. WILLIAM CHAMBER". I JML ■,!«««. t» COM Spring, It. I. ; R. B. SffAB. REAL ESTATE A GENT. SURVEYOR | : CONVEYANCER. Offlee, Ccr. PERK V fc NOUTH Streets, I J««-T Cap. Islsnd. N. X. \ JESSE M. SMITH, REAL ESTATE AGENT. ; Hm RBO.nl hi. offir. from the corner ot Wut- - lngton and Jaekaen stmU, to JACKSON STREET, Op,, oil, lAc Gmtre limit. j >w.wMfi °T' " J ; AUCTION' BUSINESS. btsataess anywhers in Cap. May County, at as ' reasonable r.t» a. any other jwrsoo, and soliclD ; your patronage. jkiue M. SMITH, ' Capa laland. S.J i, Omoa, Jaakaan St., oj.po.ltr the Centra hour, j *"*"* | ( CONVEYANCING, PECOS. BONDS, MORTGAGE*, and olhfr In- ! , ■ trur.ii nt. of wrltlug legally drawn, wilt. , j and Dapoaltioaa Ukao by HINHV >wt!.\, Matter im I*. a. fry 0«a#at Waataott'a BnardlBK Houaa.Towtiaainl . Islet. Cap. May count j, S.J. fimmtiUtim*. •_ . , NOT ICS T© THE PUBLIC, ~ ON all propertta l.fl with the Sulwenbrr for j ^ (taw — tha^lollowtna tat., will I. t+»r*rd, Cv I rata of >H per e»nl on thr amount at Sales; Iron, ■rota t»» thouaand at thr inir of V |»r cant, and I thr sum of Dvr jor cenl on all pftnart) Irft to I Raat. JkO-SEM. SMITH, Baal biat, Arret, Cdtea Jaakaan SL, ojipoalla c.atR riutwr, I 1 Jaraaj. j ^ a. aTBATro. waaa. n. r. iLuarnot.. 1 ' "STILL AT IT." WARE & BLDRKDGE, ! J Contractors and Builders, CATK ISLAND, N. J. auglA-1 i 8ttof.~Ch.it nut Alloy, Mar Manaion Strr.t. ] CRAN E ' S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY . , No. US ARCH SUMt, PHILADELPHIA. Photographs Irom c.'rto do Ylalto to Uf. Slif I 1 Plain, ut Color, or India Ink. Alan, the New Imparts! Cart. Six# and Phi. to- . ■lata tares. Fraiasa of variooa patterns, fcc. hr ; Work don. with prumwtnra.. Satl.ltcti.ii . tPmk '"M©"— ""S ' \ """'J I . MONK* ! J {'■ npwill toko may wish to horroytr jaad an) j wwto' VoTSn^bg taakSt1 /tfflealhm m*hls' j j £?Si; 1 g»— a* k a WaKRWag sfigMMswa Vtan tt to ra- I , ffiF , Atiornoy at Law, JalS.tt-tf Capa May Court House, N.J. j NOTICE. " . ' JESSE M. SMITH, of Caj# lalaad, N. J., Malm ; to tnlorm hla Mtmila and the whol. paoplaal susssssi ysisTa'sart: ii^£irs33£ti.rs:?^r, ■£.£ i oao. w. aatrtu, jom aoiira, daps Island. Phlladalphu. BOUSE A SIGN PAINTING, O LAZING, GRATNINC. CALCIMINIftC, CHINA GLOSSING, OCU.DINO aM PAPER HANGING, ^stoeeia."-- . Taur paUoaac> is nspMtfully aollattad. aa« iW SSSITB k MORROW Skats A Las- A T. Bnasa HtA EWnuasi JOHN 8. LEE 8 CO.. •pOM81HI»CNAJa>LZBT» NATAL STORES, TL."© Mtath WBARVE0, hamw ARCH WL, PaiLaokiAaia. MIXING akd imETWnfK, OARS.OAKCM, PircE TAR. ROAM. PAINTS, OILS, BLOOM, SANTAS*, k ^ROCSRIBN * PROVISIONS, "*^ ** * *" ^xSuTsticI h*CQS"r<

new advertisements. NOTICE Of REGINTHY, BKII. i MON ANU ELECTION. V OTICK la hrrrbv «lvni that th# uudrrtl*n#d, ... „N Iriaprclora ol Kariatry and of Uncltona for I th. Hwtloa Dlat.ret Shown as th« I CITY OP CAPE ISLAND, in the count. olCnj* May. have d..i*nxt»d ' THE CITY HALL, j said plar., aa thr plar# for r^Ial.rlnj thr I name of th. H*al votrra of au.lt dlstri.-t, and ■ ! for boldlnc tha polla at the .naulny election.- ! s 1 ASd tndy inrthrr yl.r noflor that thr). aa aucl. , , l iMpaaurra, W1U att^ay k» plao. aho.e daaxn.«trd ( j liih day «f Uflntwr, from » clock In Iht : 1 I mornlt-s until 7 o'clock to Uia avrmiy, forth, j punoM of rrslat.rltx tha name. .J nwal tolera, : ■ utdmaUtu a llat or all poraoaa qualified and .n- | J I tltlad to tn.f al Ihf rn.uloj: flretl n. . I .Metier la alao gltta that th. aabt laapceton , Will mart at tha same Umr ana place, on i j uatn'V rV/ tof 'rS'tmrpoM "or nrrtaloj! cet- ! nctina, and >uMUaetli« Irom and eoaaptrtluy inch Her later. ^ 1 I Notice ta alio f Iren that an aire tl on wUI br . rhrldut the same placet... . TUESDAY, N | ! the fith day of November, lWt.hrtwe.nlhe hour* ' ; of 7o'«loelt^A^M^andat^ua»t. foragtate SrnaU^. | , ! UWMCW ufuDUulrC10" ' ; ' ' 1 THOMAS Bf HCGHPK, WII.1.IAM dSHDOIfEft, henry hand, In.je.tora of Bnlilry and Flectlona. ■ - ; NOTICE OK UEGINTRV. RLIIi SION AND ELECTION. ' I VOn« la hrrrby siren that the unJrralenrd , 1 11 ln«t.rrn.ra of B.Kiatiy and Election for thr | ■ EUction* Dtatilrt known aa the -Middle Town- : , «hlp." in thr County of Cape May. hare .teals- • nated the School Houu. at tap. May Court Houa. j I aa the plac. tOM.^titerim^tbr uaiuraut thr Ireal - to.tl.-r that hm-j ait aurh ln»i««Mora w ill .if at | ' the place above deaXnated, ua . . and WKltNEADA V, the 1Mb and lath" , from a oVIock in tha mnrnin* untUT o'clock In the etrnitut. lor thr purpoarof r.-rlatrr.ut thr • ot Itwal \ otrra, and ntaklns a llat of all . pctaoaa qualified and antlthd to role ut the en- . *UNotU«*U alao Slvrn, that the said Inapectnra • Will meet at the same time ami place, on IHURSDAY. THE Slal DAY OP OCTOBER, and rontlau- in aeuton until ► o'. lock P. M. for nurpoM of rrrlalns. eorrrrlliie. nnd aub- ' tn.ri.nr fn.m and aomjdrtitir aurh li«ir.»!t\.-Nuti-.r u alao al.eu, that an slretlon w ill b. at lha aamv plarr < n THE fith DAY OP NOVEMBER, l««7, ^ be I worn the lK.ura.ol 7 o'clock A. M. aud auuart. General Aeaemldy, a Nhar.tt, three Coroners, and i tl.no luapeetora of Beylatiy and J lection lor Mid- . • N. B.-No persona name wlU he added to tb. tbla year thai was not ra llat Ar«r Ulu ' Iraa br appear >n J era, u befolu fhe Board oD th< i day of their mietlns. TH'#. DtiVOLASS, Jr.. | toaprrtoraof l.NUCR HEWITT, } Rral.tr> j WILLIAM H1LDRKTH, ) aad EWetlon. noticY. ok begistbt. nui i- . HON AND ELECTION. | NOTICE ta herrb) ylsrn that the undar.l>:r.r,l Inaprrtora of RacPtry and Etantloiia lor tbr I Election I.ialrtrt known a a thr TttM'NSHIP <1F DENNIS. 1 ; In the County of Cape May, ha.r .irtimnlrd tht , ; Acad.my in the tulaer of DanntatiM, aa-fhr ' J.larr fill reetati rlry the numra of M«W«1 to- I I t, ra of curt, dlitrlrl. and for bMdlnf tha polla ut ( | ^Andttey n'rinraltl*. no tiro Utat they, aa aurh . j will all ay h.^.lar. aboy. draxuata. 1 I th. lath day of October, Iron.' 9 o'clock In tbr mot nine until 7 o'clock tn the rvralnj. fur th. > Notice la alao Ktran 11. .: the aadd Inspector) ' will mart at the same lime and placr, on . . THURSDAY, the llat day of (law, bar. and rcntlnue la Maalon unUI s P. M- lor tbe pur|>oa«^oJjrorDla0. cor- ( held al the name P^"kJJ)AY the fith day uf J oeetnb- r, WS7, hotwren tlw • hour, ol 7 o'alocK A. M. and finuwt tor a Mat- • Senator, a member ol lb. Aaaembly.a Sheriff. 1 1 three Corwnera, and thrare Inspector* of Prkl.lt> , and Etecticaa for Ihlw District. JttaBPH GOFP, I JOHN GAMUT. 1HUSIAS LCD LAM. I Inaprctoraof Raglatry aod Elertlona. , ' NOTICE OK RECIRTR*. REVII RION AND ELECTION. XT OTICK la hereby clean that the uade.tlrnrd, I IN In*jwetora ol llests'ry and KIMMona lor th. I Election Dtatttrt known aa lha . LOWER TOWNSHIP. I In the Cmrty of Cope May , bate dnlsfiated th- , i Academy ta tha TlUege of Cold Sprtnc. aa the j Plata for rental art u* the rataea of th. Ir*al »■- I i STiSS , | An.', they fnrtber ct»e a otic that they, aa I XuaJTra*""*' W> "* *' >b* "* * "* " TOESDAT. thr I fith day of Ociotier. from • o'rlack In the i tnurnlnf until 7 o'dook. In Iheereumr. lor lb- ! j.urpma of rewatartu* the uamra of I. jfal voter., , and ma kins a llat oTail parsons qualllEnl and cr- , 1 tilled to rwe at the faeuln* r lection I Notloe Is alao yt-en thai the said laapectort , 1 will meet at the aame tla.e and placr. on THURSDAY I the Slat day of OctuUr, and continue In aroalon . until » P. M., for Ibr putpuee of revlalns, aotj ree tin*, aod euhatraelln* Irom and cumpleUt--i ""vntlrr la ales filran that aa rlertloa wUI be . , held at the aatar P'»*f12^AT ; th. fith day ol Novrtnier, list, letwees tbr i l.auraof T o'clock and .uawt, for a State Seaa- ! tor. a member ot th. A.aruibly, a Sheriff, thrrr lanam, aad throe luapeetora of Rrwlatry and klMtms for thla Dlrtnct. LEMUEL LEANING, N T. ELDRr IMJE, A D. EDMUNDS, I neper for- ot Keeiatry and Elerclr-.., Lower Townahtp, Oetotw t I an. N©T!CE »r BECIITIIT, REVIIIM AND ELECTION. I V OTICK la baertty etreo that the untlenlvni it od, luapeetora of Bryiatry aad c ( r.le. tt..r.r for tha election dlalrU t known aa the Tpper Tovrnahlp m the county of cape Mar, hare drataMtad and appointed the Hotel of Jraatna., • R. Nauwaty, at Tuckatwe. aa the place fur rralterlns t'.e nan ot thr I. rat ».drta ri aurh .Htrttt. aud toe holdtu the oollr at thr rnaulnc election, aad they further rive nolle, thut the j , aa .itch I nape, tore will alt at the placet abort TUESDAY k WEDNESDAY, tha ISth k 14th DAYS OT OCTOBER, from • o'clock la the morula* until Y attach In the evenin*. for the put-oar of rrutatena* tbc > name# of M*al trout a aad maklnt a Hat of an aula* "rati* L " t^Ntfirtfli^almilr'i Da' tM tail lnapeetora THUkaDa Y, Stat DAY OP OCTOBER, aud aautluue ta aereloa until i o'uloek P. M . tor . riF»iSTwssa!ffs Tiottae ta hurahy ttrea that aa .Wtlon MU he fanld at Ore asms \btm on the Pirrn day op November, tan, ! CHAMPION CORSON, .. . Nate. SLyM^rO.WNTT. 'A A I C I BfiirS jl II u I'tumli.a ta'taamu -" nC h ©i IMI. .

She i'ott's (Coturt. untrue. , \ uv wii.wo» witthLOiir. | I -Twaa a JarST, bleak nl*htTanSTh wtotr) "tad - shook the lattice and bo .jjbl hy the yatr ; a j their way throu*h Heaven's estate j The brambles creaked on the window-pane, • All earth arentad folded In doom, nlsbt *a!r. ran* a doleful strain, | ttaddenlos the (loom, aa a voire from the tomb, ^ j Wufully aiihcA an any.l brUe— cbtboe ! Ua- ! About her arhlnff, tear-ltt eyes; . 1 ! A aifibt, thousht f. tar the *oda alove, t-7~ - t ; A Been, for the court# of patadlar t She bent bar head o'er the trundle bed, I And f aird at her babe there alerplns i j Hot teara aullused the InfaulA brow, ' I And she waked the ahlld with bet wratpln* ■ Then a racking thought ahot the wotnaa thiough, ( Aa aha shrieked aloud— fjBTJttnd— Utrtac*! ^ The fire burned low on the cottage grate, i j for thr coal In the bunker war ttutir ; ( I There shiver in* •he aat-ntglreted. unloved, I While th. faltblra. one rtld tarrird on. j In wl.rd-llke lone thr clock t.llwl ona f tb.nlch.on tn. mantle-care, jt I puor wife wept for her happltma (on e, ; . And sighed tor a home In lh. holy place. ! ah. luv.d throne whom her heart first knew. • I And she wept with regret— t'lrrurt! Utrrncr! "Ah I cherub babe I" aobbed the gentle wife. > 1 "Let ua go to the raults of the grave, 1 "Earth has no joy#, and fhe awectnrea of life, "Haiti billowed away on a falthlcaa ware. "I.tat.h, aerapb of goodness ami truth ! I "Glre herd. I beseech, to my midnight prayer. , "On my kneea, lloly Father. f»r dcllv'rancc I "1'rom thr panga of the earth to the Courts of • the True!" I Manauarc Hotrts, SeptJSth. tf. UlisttUaucons. A I'ily (o Have an Entpfy Neat. A few week* upo * geDtletnati war , obliged to go to * distant doVot, at an ' hour uben tbere was no con»eyanrr ( tbilbar. So, ahltookji *ory weary, and not stronc, ba iu obliged to (et oat or walk of two or three miles. After be f gout a little way, be was overtaken ; a til lie boy iu a carriage. Tbo fine , i. oratt wai at once reined in, and hir owner said witb a anuie, "1 |irotume air you *rt> gniitg but b abort way.; but this lilllo fellow iutialr on my asking you to rids witb , i told him 1 bad no doubt you wort gmug lo Ibe bit! fitbliou ; but ba (aid ; •Tbo grntlemar. it a stranger, fslber ; it is easy lo uvk him. jt always stein . lo me fiurb a plly lo rida witb no empty seat!' " Now, that ride wblch co«t tbo geotlo- ! i man oeilbor money, umo nor trouble wareal bleasiog to • weary mioifiter ol Cbriat ; nad bu told him so when hi- , thanked Lim and lbs dour boy who prompted (he kind civility. " It is a way ba baa, aud alway> bad, j air," replied ibe father, "l-'rom lbs era- ' die, be could never enjoy what bu cauld ' out tbaro with olbera. If ba baa any new gift or pluarnro, bio Qrtt tbeugbl n for tbofio leu fkTored. It is a -ray be got from hi* Blather." It was truly a baantiful "way" that boy had ; and it should be a warning to all boye. aod boys' Mothers too. who bear af him. itemrmber this, yoa who base boract al yonr control to use at conYaaiencr or pleasure: "It i» a pity to bare an empty aaal." Remember ll mothers, when training yonr boygtor li*es of nMfalneu. The little things of to-day will grow into great things of yoara to como. Tbo boy who it evlfiab with bfe-roja and bit comforts will be so with bia money aad bia rympalbira when a man ; for the heart grows border rather than eoftsr by the kigbl of time. A carriage is aot the only place where it "i» a 'pity to base an empty eeat." it^ , is a pity lo have one in the cbnrch or Sunday School ; aad tbere woald be a lata number eo. If all tha boys bad Ibe spirit •f the little fellow of whom we ba?" just wiittea. Hay witb him "it is eo easy ■ to attt' and then go amuagtba boye yoa know aad argv ibem to fill an empty teat- ' Yon cam do more is Ibis way than yonr minister or loacber can. Let every seal [ ie tbo bouse of Uod and is Ssndey acbooj ■ hare a voice for yoa that shall tend you i out in tbo highways aad hedges to com- ' pel leas favored children ta como la ; and 1 in so doing, yoa yotrielvos will receive a Messing. Tbo noble boy who insisted ' oo offering a ride to a stranger, thereby ; made a new friend wbo will never forget . him, and wbo amy return ibe kindness a . boadred-fold in ways be little dreams ol sow ; wad trailer tbaa this he pleated God r wbo coMDHsads as to be carefst to eater1 late strangers, end re auk da as that many in doing to hare eotarUiaed angels anawarot. Xabobbt abd tag Cncbcbh.— The Greenfield eharch, ia the Pnabyfery of ck it beet ha, Ohio, buetag oaspeaded a membee fee jetting the Maoeeie order, eo appssl was lakes to the Piwebytwry ; tfih body by a vol* of fifteen to too. oastalaod the appeal aed metered tb* party a appeekllgfo tbeoewmwai.a of tbeabarch. * A reeatatlaa was aim adopted, that tba , Preehytety, ta a. doing, did MM wiebio a ajtpewaa approbation of tba ardor al Maeoee, m Bag' other secret eocraly

| Br AcTHoaiT»vr~>v I Prorrrdiuis of City CttvniCil. Karr I si-aSH, Sept. 2, '67. A stated mrctiag of the cenncii was bef3 r ptibr Y^ayor'a offic# this evening. ' & Present, Mayer Magonagle, Recorder and connciltacn Cake, \V. S : b Scbellrnger, Joseph Scbellitger. War. a and Wtltlaam*. , d The mionlrs of the last meeting -w.ro j « read and approved. f Th* following petition woe presented : 1 "To tb. Mayor and City Council of tbu i r City of Cap* Island " Tbc undorsigned, residents, freehold- | ( era, ciliaaaa of Cape Island, respectfully petition yonr honorable body to open and * not Corgie street, as a public street n of said city, from its present terminus at f b or near Queen street, by continuing tb. f. same to Madison street, believing the ; y lo be p needful improvement, nut | I. only by opening op valuable building Iota', b but one that is demanded lor tb. aecom- j Iiiiodation'of tbo cititvas of Cape Island, \ * aud yonr petitiooeri will over pray, Ac. | Cape Island ijept. 2*1867, ' i c William Bennett, Washington J. Dnf- j( fee, R. R. Thompson, W. W. Ware. Joa. j m j Ware,- James Learning, Jr., Humphrey c ] Henry Hand, George Hildretb, -| j Joa. Hand, R. S. Ludlaot. | j, Mr. W. 8. Bcbelliagnr moved that tbo (l petition be granted and commissioners 1( appointed, 1 rr Wbicb was agreed te. j p The Mayorappoiuted John West, Jere- ,, miab Scbellengor, W. W. Ware, Jos. 8. . c l.eacb and Jps. Q. Williams coaimis- j siooertr » ! c Recorder Hughes moved that $37.50 „ be refunded to George W. Downs on lb» license of the Metropolitan Hotel, Which was nQt agreed to. , Mr. W. 8. Sphellenger moved that the o sum of $25 be refnroied to Downs on the ; -Metropolitan Hotel license, _ j. Wbicb was agreed to. {l \ Several billa were presented, read, and ( | ordered paid. (l Mr. Hogbes moved that the day and f j night policemen be disebargeff, ( Which was agreed to. | i Mr. Hughes moved that two nighl •[ ...watchmen be elected nt $2 per nigb*. ! Mr.JnaepbSchelleogermoTedloameud ( J hy striking ont $2 and inserting $1.50, j Which amendment was defeated, and j the regular motion was agreed to. ( Mr. W, 8. • Sehellinger moved thatj u rooncit proceed to tke eltetion of too ; watchmen, I Which was tgreed to, and - j Eoocb Hand, Hear I St-vens, J. We». p 1 1-y CoraJBT Smith Cbareh, and William . j Kdnards were plaeefi in nauiinatiun. ^ A ballot being bad, aad Henry Stevens .j received n najnrny o! all the f | votes cast, was declaled elected. I g > Several other balloii being bau without , an elvctien, Mr. Hnghvs moffed that the seleclinn ^ i of tba second watchnan bs submitted to ! | the commiltoe on Lisense and Police, ' j ! Which was agreed to. • ( Mr. WJUiam* morcd that the bill of o | Hand, Ware A Co., njected al last meet- ^ ing. be now acaeplvd and ordered paid, ( Which was agreed lo. Oo motion rooncil jdjouened. Jctru B. nc(ia*e, dig Clerk. r r Cap* Island, Sept 9, '67. • Council met at tba call of tke Mayor. , | Present, Mayor Magonagle, Recorder j f Hughes, Alderman Kennedy, councilman j j i Joseph Scbelleager, W. 8. Scbrllefiger, | I War* aod Williams. > The reading of tbemiante* of last meet- I ' ing was dispensed with. I The Mayor stated that the object of the | , meeliag was to elect one member of^tb* , Heard of Commissioners of Appeal. i , Lemuel Swain was nominated and aaanl- l moosly elected. < , Alderman Kennedy stated that the eg- I I, tension of Corgie street wonld damage r bis property at tb* corner of Corgie aad < i (jure Streets to the emonnt of one banj dred dollars. , Mr. Joseph Sehelleager moved that i j tb* snm of on* hundred dollars be award- i I ed tn Dr. Kennedy for soch damage. I Which wr.s not agreed to. i Mr. Ware moved that Mr. Williams, j chairman or tb* Commute on Protection I of Proporly aod Improvement be instruct- ( i ed to replace tke brokro faateuiogv on lb* { . windows, ( i Which was agreed lo. i Mr. Bnghet moved thst an order to ( I tbo emooot of five dollars be drawn in ( j fsvor of George Young ior license paid j i ia 1866, , v Wbicb wa» agreed to. | i Alderman Kennedy moved that the | 1 Committee on Finance b* instructed to | . ascertain th* probable prospect of raising ' ( t from five to eigbt tkeasaad dollars oo t . city bonds, aad report to council at oeit meeting. Which was agreed lo, aad ' Coaacil atjjearaed. / Jan. B. H doer*. CStg CUrk. — A MUwaakie^raior declared ia a . rseeat speech that there was 100 law rta- . deals ia tbkt city wku fcada' l brkiaaatcugh f te trw»d»* a wheel-barrow. — A hailstorm passed ora Raediea eo a the 25 ik. Tb* IiUmissi were as Urge s as bee's egge, bet seme meeeered etgbt - isekee ie eireemfsfaece aad weighed three

Facts and Fancies. — A new printing press bas been in- 1 vrntrd at Norwalk. Ct., that, will print .( j 60,000 papers an boor. — The military strength of Pmssia and ' allies in North^Grtmsny coatists, in j all of 28,000 officers, and 1.101,241 sol- " '■ Uf these. 11,950 officers, 497,373 i ^ i soldiers, end batteries amfinniiog to 1,284 , ^ are at present- in active service, j ! others are oe garrison dsty or in the j " j reserves. — A yonng Scotchman namrd Hugh:, [Crawford Polio's, who arrived in Now ' ^ i York about two years slncc_, end shortly i ' afterwards enlisted in tbe Fifth United 1 8 tales cavalry as a private soldier, has, * ' the death of bis lather in Scotland, ; / ■ fallen heir to a baronetcy and £5.000 » ' 1 year. Through the intercession of tbe ' ) late Sir Frrdenck Brace, Gen. Grant ' : discharged Pollok from ibe fiervice. J ^ I For some . months the baronet had been j I acting as farrier of his regiment. j ( svontankoca Combustion.— An official j , circular from tbe ordnance office at WashI well authenticated case of aponluneout ' j conibu»lioo nt \\ ntuvliet ArVenal, N. Y. j „ conitiuvtion res ulleJ friu^lhe spread- c of eswdult, instead of sand, as am,, , 'ordered, on same liuseed oil which bad:, j leaked from a barrel. Tb» sawdust thus | mixed witb oil ignited spontaneously in a : twelve boors im a cellar where it bad been , placed in a box. The temporal ui©of Ibe ' , cellar was 36 degrees; indicating that a „ low temperature will cause spontaneous f couibosliou in a mixture of linseed oil j and sawdust. c Kwrisw or Antiruitv. — Tbe following < figures will give the young readers of bis- : t i aa idea of tbe extent in eqnare unli t 1 t [ of tbe great empires of antiquity : ' ■ j Kinpire of Cytas the Ureal, 323.000 ; [ | Kmpire of tbe Peraians under Durins, sun f I of II ystaapes, 1,523,000; Kmpire of the ' i : Greeks under Alexander, 96I.uii0; Km- I ! pi re of tbe Kgyplians under the sucr.ee- i sors of Ptolemy Lagjis, 1,061,000; Km- : t '823.000; Roman Empire noder | Trajan, 1,600,000. i ( | It will be seen that tbe largest of these, j j the Roman Kmpire, was about equal to1 , , before It v?aa reduced 'by th« ' i I loss of Texas, New Mexico, and Up|- ' , : California, or twice as large as tbe Mexico , J of to-day. < 20,000 Louses in Chicago^, and 35.00U in ; i New York. London ha. 330,0(0 boost s i { end 3,660,000 people. Ua p'ljiulaticn | 'is 17 times as great as Chicaga, and 1 times larger than New York.— I Tbere ore in London 3,000 miles of paved i streets, along which at niglit blaze 360,Dtk) ! gas lumps wbicb uto 13,000,000 of cubic 1 : feet of gas every nighl. I'brimgb thai* i streets run 5,500 cabs, wbiclt carry yen *i at six miles an hoar for sixpence a mill ; | 1,500 omnibuses, in which yon cau rine ! fur abeut one peuay n mile for long die- ' Unces, and Ibroe penes a mile for sborttr : ones. It is a curious fact thai while Loni baa only 17 limes a7 many peoplo n» Chicago, it has nearly 20 limes as many dwelling". A Good Svobv. — A soldier of tbe Wefit. (' daring tbu late war, being, off doty, wls engaged by a landlord to dig a patch of i J potatoes, on condition that he should bo I furnished with a bottle of whisky lo begin witb. Tbe landlord accordingly took > I to the field, showed him the patch, ' I and leil bim a fall bottle of bis favorite ; About aa boar afterward tbe ' went lo are bow tbe son of Mars progressed in bit business of farming. He found bim holding to an old stump, onable lo stand withnnt ll, his bottle lying empty at bis f**t, and n* potatoes dug. Bsiog qait* exasperated' th* landexclaimed "Uatfo ! ion scoundrel I Is this the yon dig potatoes for ma?" "11a!" says tha soldier, lapping bis tongue, staggering half round, squinting and hiccoughing, "If yen want yonr podug, fetch 'em on — for I'll be banged if I'm going to run round tba'lot after 'em." Telocity per Hour. Tb* speed of our ocean itsaaHs in croaaing the Atlantic rarely exceeds 11 miles per bear ; the spaed of river steamers ia from 16 to 24 milaa per hoar ; of a race horse, from 20 to 30; 6f a bird, 50 60 ; af a high wind, 20, and of a hurricane, 80 miles ; of sonnd, 804 ; of mechanical fore* ia air, 750 -, of tbe earth around th* »an, 68,000; of light, *s demonstrated Foaeaolta apparatus, 690, 000, 000 miles, aod yet this iaconeeivntde speed is little | more than half th* velocity of static *lecj tricity, which latter Whcatatoo* l as I shown to b* 1.040.000,000 mile* an boar. If th* earth war* • cam. on ball, shot at tb* sao from ita present distance, and with tb* velocity It bow travels, aad if, aimaltaa*OM with tb* explosion, a telegram was rent to th* solar inhabitants, . ta* *t*etrieity wonld paiatb* tntrrvenini.spwc* of M. 000, 000 mil** aad tb* mroaag# b* received ia fiv* miaatas; lb* earth I would b* svm coming toward# them after , th* la^a of eight adnata* j th* tafia...i last* woald bava aroily two Maths to i , prepare fa * th* AmA. which w^ he | , received •»** tea years b*f*ra tb*y beard • tb* rxptoviaa. I

Jgvicultut.il I ii uli ii i it I Notes for October Cuo*rful October, wilh all ber goi- j . c-oaa beauty, is "ilh na once again. The . ! -earing forests are arrayed in then ! turaual dress of scarlet, violet, pink and ' crimson ; the sparkling dew-drops are j ' changed into small hour chrystaD glitter- | j ing ia the morning sunburn- ; and th- ' ■ b ile verelable kiaji'lfm feels the chilling breath of approtMsiag winter, as 1 1. - , ^ tiuirers. brigbflFlIsint* aninmnal dcalli. ' I /Aa August was the month or eoldrn I grlun.so Octuber is tbe month of luscious 1 . pvsts are ripe, (.'boic# graprs ■ , ri|o( apples weigh down the braurhi" ; nnd the husbandman rejoices nmid tbe overflowing abundance wbirb crowns Ibe ' of tbe year. | The prudent manager, wbo has no met.- ' ! tbaa one cow. one horse, one pig and leu I sheep, will tnake preparations for winter in October, long before cold nights and , ! are comparatively light, so that during '< ' | cold and pelting storm, they need protee- • I lion, quite as nmch as they do io thr winWe have in mind thrifty farmers, who | ere accustomed to go to the field, at 9 or ' 10 ..'cluck at night, when storm- ore rag- ■ mat ; and glr them tbe benefit of coir- ' quarter* till morning. Horse* that are tbin in tl»sh and of ten- ; I CQBtract serious cold daring a stormy | nigbl ; and a lew cold nights will olleu '■ render them eo "tbirk-wioded," that io | | a few years, they become quite "beavoy." j ' Horses will fill ituhnsetvcs, where there is ' I pustnre. in two hours ; and tbeb.jf , fnr belter lor Ibeui, and tor the pastures ; j vast deal ol injury to the growing grate. stormy Aentber, wui find tbat, by gmog ' ibem Ibem the advantage of a dry and ' roughly TvDlilated, tbat it will Uol be ^ oilbcult to Diaintain a full flow *1 rail : miik. douug this mouth, whereas, if eucb j uud (-billing wr.il, it will be utterly im ; peseibie to prevent a great shrinkage in ! j the proper time to aliend to sncb » j"b. without delay. A fen hundred, fket ol . and Uiere than one qaurl ol milk, j ; l'«r "»>■ doling the entire louuerifcg sen- I whereof wo affirm. ' ' Many farmers — nnd some ministers si'ti i lawyers alio, wbo keep o'.ly cue cow— | j seeta to tbiok that a cow u( a horse inu-i, . ! of necessiiy, Ion* one or two houdrod 1 I pounds of flesh fiuriag fivery foddering teasou, aod lieu regain It, unring the I ' giaxiug period. Dut Lutbing is mure a<- ! aord. Resides lhl», look al lha gleet loss i sustained in the accessary flesb ol auiuais | i oy snch a practice. j These sBggeSUOtiS, we trust, will etim- , alsta every aoibmous laro.er, garden.-. . ; | mechanic, lawyer, ooclor, and poor wid. ow also, lo abaudou, at once, lOu nowise 1 policy ol keeping cows poor, or oi keepiug ! poor cows. It ia tUe moat expvnsivu way j that cau be adapted, for any ou* to keep j a cow or a borae peor. Aud the true way J to avoid such aa erruueuus practice is, iu j cumaieuce la October, befats the dumb brutes lose ibeir Bvsb. if a cow br kept in a# good flesh uurihg tbe eollrq ledOer- . tug season, aa ah* was when tbe loll sup ply of grass failed, it will require less ex- 1 pans* to keep ber lo leed, tbaa If she were allowed to grew poor. When grass begins to fail, and tbe . qainuty of milk oimluisbas, in Uctobe-, Uen is the time to cooimeoe* 'feeding a ' quart or two of meal daily. The old rule ' la lo 1st cows gel poor, aud iheo begin lo feed them meal. A good Beigbbor once rebuked another ! severely, lor "leasing" ao mucn with h.a cows aad horses id aolnmo, because, he said, it was just "like throwing sway so a. or!, feed; lb* ooimsit dm Bet -wwoc ; meal!" Rut look al the coolrafit. in lb* spring lew of his sheep had sireoglh to rear tfavir iambs; while his neighbor's were strong aad healthy aod bod large plamp lamb., one of wloca woald omw*igh two of bis al shearing tim*. 'Aud while lb* letter wax actually required (o I to ink* two paila to bold lha milk of a single cow, ao two-caw* of th* other wonld j yield enough milk to fill one pail. The e are fact*. la aaay localities, the lore part of Oe- 1 : lobar will b* lh# best period lo pal in lh# ' trod tar a crop of wtolar wheat. Rot, U j ; th* groud b« at ail iaciuro to b* wet, l [ j aith#( tro« apnags, ar baa firod water j I I there wiU b* taoro rortatoly of a ciop, i; [ ' j » later gran, ra aot sowod aad the soil i< ' prepared thoroaghlj lot a crop of «p»io* > ! wheat- D tha g rowed b* not rich, it will |be tally to aturw.pt to ran* whrot. A

: large burdi'B of straw can b* prodnced on , alinnit any soil where there is ait ouoc* | of vegetable mound. But, ia order In get ; a fail* crop of grain, there most be grainj producing material mingled with the soil. | ('' arre slraw manure will not make wheat. , Hut a (bin dressing pf bog-pen fertilisers, • i manure from animals wbicb feed, on ! grain, or on meat, or on meal and *il cake, ! and other substances tbat are rich in niand pbespbatic material, will make manure tbat will produce wheat. — •| Hen manure and droppings of doves, will produce more wheat than moat of th* | Peruvian guano, pound lor pound, esp*. l cially if ibe latter cannot be obtained j without being adulterated. Autumn plowiog, when the ground it heavy, should nut be neglected during j Ibis month. If surface-water he apt to ! stand in any pari* of the field, let tba ! ground be plowed in narrow leads, aod ! the middle furrows cleared oat wilh a ebu- ; .el or hoe. When water is allowed to -land »u any kind of soil, it destroys, in a great measure, tbe life of the land, aa the line particles become drowned, clammy end eopgy. and tb*y (low li gel ber like .-mortar, so thut there is no liveliness iu it when plowed or spaded. Plants cannot . flourish in a dead soil any more than animal life can Ira sustained iu a healthful c edition, when Ibe uir is impnre and j heavily cbaigvd with uox.oo" tlHuvia. Let growing fowls be well fed before cold weather comet oil. A hundred pounds of poultry IS more valuable than the sains quantity ol beel or mutton. If a person l.ave one bundled gallinaceous (owls, ilia ' easy, by a little extra feediug.to increase the weight of oue a single pound. When chickens are growing thriftily, by a little judicious mui.ageu.vul, a hundred or tbem i uiay have their aggregate weight increased one hundred pounds with lest feed than »ould 6e consumed iu one hundred pounds . j pork. Making no oientioo ol the coinwbo would nol prater one hundred pounds of nice chickens, or duck, or torkeys, to Ibe same quantity of porK. '--Let it be liurno in iiiiao that the most economical way to (alien lowls ol any kind It togriod i heir g.ain, Cook it, uutl make * kind of ■elves. They Dvier ovrr-e*t. Rcrape of u.rsl should he teuueed as bee »* small pen* before fowls swallow suc'i feed. It is poor economy to feed whole gram , l" soy thing except to young animals huving alJsrp leetk. And even tbcu it will 1 pay lo grind any kind ot grain balore ; locoing. Ruling tnis mouth the remaining flower humus, or vegetable mound, fig this r -asoa.'WhrO the laud It heavy, a ..heral ' dressing ol oiould Horn the wood*, or ■lamp, should be spread oil flower beds, ' wud mingled with the so.L Outober ia the bust time lo attend to such branches ' S 01 s-wereras.-N-mnn*-Gallier tuga. Kvert \fartner who expects to prosp«r tjuies prploundly tbe suoject of mao> , urea, l'iyuis niuvl bate laud. ■f Rt common cnuseol it la admitted that a I ujriculiure vwuiofliea every other porsoit . ' ol lite, aud the subject 01 lerttlixera eua denies agriculture. IVvrtu from corn husks is successfully i mode iu Austria, *uu it is said lo produco * , lue but'Sl llssuu and the slrongeel hardw ale paper, es Well a* all lh* laietveoiog . gioues. The cost ul losking ll, compared 0 .lib the quality, is also loss tbaa Irum ■: ; any other ma.eiisl 'known. •' Tax best food for laltrbibg poultry it V : sweet Irceh oa'.uieal Ol barley meal, mixed > j with tcaldiog milk or water. Cooped " j Iqwle should b» supplied with freeb lood B | three times a oaj— nsucly, at daybreak, 1 j or aa soon alter as possible, al mid-day, " j aud ag.iu at ruoslin, lime ; as much as ibey cau est should he given lo rfae fowl* " ou eecb occasion, but uu mora than can * be devoured by ibe avxl Ofeoi. Katino.— Eat alow, eat in aa uoexcitad slat* ot miuii, e*t less lood at a meal. — ' i I aero tore* rules are mora importaut than people ar* aware. Rscause they are common, u oo raaaou why we should not repeat thrm bar*. Lkt they are new to mauy who never realize their lorce. I fata is temperance in a quarter where it is uiOL-h needed. Got food 1* th* grand eepporl uf oar life, aud we cenuot Ira loo ^^jaralul of the cooaeqaebcaa. „ ilow to (in It leu.# — A merchant bad „ ja*l aa well expect lo gel neb by closing , uis doors aod keeping nis good* cuocealed Irom public view, a* to hope lo _ secreed ta baviOeM without advertising, & wb.le big coiemporartv* erd coutiaaaily j exhibiting lb*u stocks to the pwotw gaa*, i- and lavitiag calls Irom purchasers. It is j rjulti Balnral tar lb* sul> scribe rs ol o«wsr papers te bt> from those who *d<M1tro iu them, aa H ta lor children lo tallow - svldiero- when OB parade. Th* «iaipl* * ; fact of arotag c*n*ni gooda pabi»hed, tl , week attar week, ba* a* irrvdatiSk attraction tUat. witi iBBiso M*#U upon th* ', 1 to U* v#ry.at*r» et -b.v* tile arksr a**!* 'l : ana b**l one# seppii.J. Kvwry SNftMt ll ol e*Mea seu-e k.aewa it ta b. a*; and 5)W* many of thqsttail to r.rert to to. v.ry ■oetsod to m*h* XoAMjrkieo ta osod lit