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?I ?!??? ?FBAR*1|*>T -1 * ?; 11 " 1 '?????? ? ?? f- . :? . / ? ?OLLARS A YEAR. 4 sen, *'?> ...??.?v.'. VOL. 5 CAMDEK " ? ^ ? , TllE "PEOPLE'S PAPER. ?. C., IKPTUBKH It, !???. 444 ' iii Bf BBABD. Proprietors* T < ' -5*T' | OwrMpM4?Bla. All ooAhAImUmi for tbli paper aboald Im mo kimPmM by tbt mim of the author, not neoe* uirtijr f?r publication, but m m ?rWeuce of good filth on the part of the writer. Write onljr oa on* iM?otth*pfr*r. He psrtlc?>l?r?7?ar?rulln jtrtn/r Maitn Mid date* to bm tU Uttm plain and dU IjJMk Paper* AudCfenUlu town THE M>$T CHILD. He had looked for him All day? *11 night It wu dawn again, and he must go home without him? without his little child? hit treasure? his most precious thing on earth. He must go home and tell his mother that the bor was not found. He would never be found now ; the man felt sure of that. All his life be bad dreaded this? all the little life of that baby boy. ' He had been like a man who wandered amongst thieves with a diamond in his possession In fall sight of all eyos. It seemed to him that some one must rob him of It, All the old stories of gypsies who stole chil dren had troubled him sorely, and his heart had ached over the pltifal tale of the liit. chimney -sweeper who, more than a huLlred years ago, while plying his trade, came down the chimney of the uursery from which he had been stolen when a tinier fellow still, and recognizing It and his mother, was restored to love and home at last. ? Often In the night had the thought so overoome him, that he bad btolen from his bed in the darkness to feel the little head of his sleeping boy on the pillow of his . crib. Even fits wife, the child's mother, who had loved him so, would have laughed at his fhncles. So he kept them to JiiniBulf. Only o?c<: ? oneo ho wua boy ; and the mother oomlug home, had ps been angry and grlevedTihd .th'onhe told her : > % \ tow** I did*?*' namo and U"- That And hUo had Pftiil : "People have children enough of their i own. Children are only valuable td| their parents. Yon are ho romantlc-ij looiUh." / , ^ Now' ' TnrTSollrfh \5? ""Was realized. Iiost or stolen, the boy waa gone, and that tattoo mark was the only thing that oomforted him. Alive or dead, they should know him ? now, or after long years, for those marks were in delible, ana no one else would mark hlB foot with that tiny W and the tinier cross thjvt followec^ J; _ _ Alive or aeaa ! . uouui the boy be dead ? He oast up his hands In bis agony and uttered a cry that rang through the sleep ing street. People turned in their beds and said to themselves that there was a fight somewhere, or that some drunkon man was making night hideous. Some early risen ended their sleep then and there, for dawn was already breaking ; but no one know why the man orled out, or who he was, or where he went, save the solitary policeman, who gave him a grave salute as he passed. Neither asked the other, "Have you found the chili' ?" ? They knew the question was useless. . But at home, where the lights had burned all night, the mother, who paced to and flro, asked it, though Blie knew the answer would l>e "No." "You have not searched everywhere," she said. "You have forgotton some place? some one's house wire re he may be ?me. Go out again?go. I will go also. ou told me you would brtngkkn back, or i would not have been lelfc^at home. GoP* The -man turned on his very thresh . "I thought he might to here," he Mid i "and I wanted to tell you? the tattoo mark, we shall to sure? ,r Then he fell forward on hie faeo. For twenty-four hours he had not tasted food I but only his fetntndss told htm that he was hungry. Then the mother remombered that she was also a wife. Hie wretched ixronle and drank? stones and sea-water, for aught they knew; but they needed strength. For days they looked for their ehlld in every direction, The river was dragged, the hospital^ even the prison, TC&3**. m.11 means In adver tising. They posted notloea of their loss on the walls, All In vain. After others knew that they followed a fbrlorn hope, they still pursued It as earn estly as ever. And so the weeks rolled by i tho months fkded ; the . years fol lowed. Theirs was a hard case. If Death had taken the boy It would have been for easier to bear j but they did not believe him dead, and where was heT In whose hands t Had he mourned for them and for ? homet Had he been Ill-used? beaten t Thoy knew nothing, and the suspense wore their lives away, It was an old story to others Very soon ; It was always terribly new to them. At any moment It seemed to theifti that the door might open and their child entyr, and the patter of lit tle feet upon the stones set their hearts beating wildly. This when ten years had paseed, and the child of four would have been a child no longer, but a youth tailor, doubtless, than his mother. No other children came to theso people, and they were very miserable. Tho man seemed crushed? he had neither ambition nor energy. The woman went atout her dally toirin a dull, llstlesa manner. Their hair grew gray and their brows wrinkled very early. Friends wer6 pit I to I ; hut gnei ooep no* invue ? n rawer repow. At last they neemed to ate ml alohe In the worm } did ecqualntenoee and rela tires wore gone, or had forgotten them. ? They made no ne* on en. Poor, lonely. a?d, they oluBgt? i*ch other, end ahftred each other's sorrows <u)d trials. There wm no Joy to share. The* .child would St here been eighteen years old -^a*, if be llted? when whet In celled e piece of good ?? luok happened to them. A far away rela tire died and left them a little fortune. . He had not taken much notice of them during hta llfy but he had given them a ''' " thought on his death-bed. They were comparatively rich. When they knew It. the same thought came to each once. The woman ntterejlit first. "Martin," said she, "perhaps we can find our boy, alter all. . When once we Jtare the money we will advertise him over the length' and breadth of the land. He may not remember, but the blessed mark you put upon his foot, that he will know of. He will come to us? I feel sure of It? at last, Martin, at tat." i "Yes, it may be so. Agnus," the man said. Mlt may be so ; the time lias been long, the days woful, but we may be 1 \ after all th^t has gone. Agnes, I believe it will be b#" The&kiased each other, and made ready fbr the journey which they needs must take to enter upou their inheritance. And they traveled together over the. road with ? ",t grew brighter for this small ' hope in their heaTts. Through' iciu selves undisputed owners of a pretty house and money enough to live on In comfort, they began to feel sure that their boy would yet snare it with them. The flretevenlng in the new house was almost happy. "Agnes, we must put this cash away in a bank to-morrow, ' ' said the husband, counting ove^a roll of notes. "It Is not safe to keep It here, and we must be care ful ; we have that to do which must make us economical." | "Yei Martin," said his wife, as she rhold the light for him and he locked tho small, old-ltohloned safe. "You see, when the boy comes to us, we will want to do all we can fbr him, and home must be a pretty place. We can live on almost nothing until he does come." | ln t,ie dark, their heads close together on the pillow, the elderly oouple talked on, dreaming like chil dren. '< "Martin," said Agnes, when he does come, our poor boy f perhaps he will be rough and not weljT-mannered ; he has not ha<T us to teach him ; we must be very lenient." "Yes, yes," said' Martin ; "but the boy will Improve. He will Improve. Young as he is, ho can go to college yet." "Away from usT" said tho mother. "No, no, he shall come home every day," Bald the fkther. "Wilt he be tall, I wonder t We are usually tall, but your people are shorter." ::" "Something may have happened to hurt Jits looks," said the mother ; but we would only love him better for it if it Is so. However he comes, we will be so good, so good to him. He win oome, will ho not, Martin 1 he could not be dead*, after all?" "No, no, I feel sure that he will oome. I've known all the while he was not , dead/' said Martin. ??I'll advertise all *?ver the U.n ited States ? all over Europe. If thAt falls, hven In India, in some waj crock. to break In, "said d hpr foco In ttio pillows. They I 'itiA lonely house on a lonely iey had soverar thousand dol laro In their possession. Martin was not a powerful man, and though he had a pistol, there might betwo or three against one, and thon there was little hopo for him. v" He arose and took his weapon in his hands, and felt about in the dark for matches. And Agnes heard a creaking of the flooring a: d the sound of mufllod footfltepts, and also sprung to the floor. "They are at the safe below I" cried Martin. 'Agnes the money ? the money lor our boy I Oli ! if my life is. lost for Ita sake, I cannot lose that f I cannot? I can not I ' "Martin I Martin 1 stay ? do not go. What can you do ? one man alone?" screamed Agnes. But he >as gone. 8he was alone in the darkntiip. it was all over in a mo ment. Theta were shots, oaths? a fall ? silence. Hhe crept down stairs, trem bling so that she could scarcely stand. Leaning against the safe was her husband, blood upon his sleeve, on the floor lay a man in a crape pnask, stiffening in death. "Martin I" sobbed the woman. 'Mar kiu i a "I have klllod him I" crlod the man. | "Fatten the door? put up the great bar. Had I not forgotten that, they could not have entered. Oh, it U terrible, but I oould'not lose every chance of my boy. They flted at me, I at them. I wounded both. This one Is dying. I am a little hurfc-?not much? and the money ia safe? untouched. Oh, to think I should have killed a man I J7V "Martin, he may not be dead, '* said the woman. "He is young. I nopo he Is not dead. Perhaps he has a mother some where. Lot me bind your hand. Then we will try to restore him. Dear Mar tin, even If It Is so, who can blame you? Poor, poor boy I" She bound up tho grazo on her hus band's hand. Then they lifted the young man's body to the so ft rug, and undid the mask. A fhoe was revealed,, young, handsome, /tnd pallid as marble. "Oh. It IS torrlblo I" said the wife. "No older tnan our poor boy. Oh, Martin, he Is dead. I fear, I will loosen his nocktie. You take off his shoes and rub his feet. Oh, morning Is so fhr away I This Is such a lonely place. Martin, whatlsltt" She stared at her husband In horror. His feoe waa as the fece of death. He sat ghastly and terrible to look upon, holding In his hand one of the feet thai he had undressed. j "i/war* ne mia wnoiy. "jjeaai nnw I shot hhn / / "Martin 1? shrieked the wife. She laid the (load man's head down on the rug and crept up to her husband. "dod will for give you," aho said ; and then her eyee, dilating, Hied themselves upon Jthe point at which hor huiiband stared. ? It was the ft?ot of the young burglar. The loft shoe waa off? the stocking also. The high white Instep was uncovered, and on It she saw a llulo tattooed W with a tiny orose bestde It It was her son who lay tnore. "Mnrtin 1" she screamed again, "Mar tin, remember what I told you. He'had not us to teach him what was tight ? re member? remember. ' ' llut Martin only moane<l. "lie Is dead, and I killed him I" He (bit blindly tor nls pistol. "Forgive me, Agnee, fbr 1 cannot live,'* he said; but at that momont the woman, with her hand upon the breaat of the prostrate man. screamed out : "His heart beats, Martin? he lives I" The next day a Strange story flew about the nelght>orhoo<l. The child thoee two Strang people had loet yeirs ago, had re turned to them. That very night bur g1ats had entered the house and wtmnded Mm. Hie life was In danger. The doc tor had been there alt the morning, but the mother had no fears. It Is neter too late for repentance, and the love of those poor parents was very strong. Strange a* the beginning was, the end waa peace, and the household, so ? rangely reunited, waa a happy one at last. ONLY JONES. Tlie officers of Her Majesty's Twenty fourth hihI Eighty fourth Infkntry were sitting round their mew-table In Castlq* town, the capital of the Isle of Man, one evening more than thirty years ago?that is, all of them except one ; but then that one was only Jones. Nobody minded Jones ; even his peculiarities had begun to be an old subject for " chaffing, " and, indeed, he had paid such small attention to their chaffing that they had come to find it little pleasure, and after some weeks of discomfort, Lieutenant Jones had been allowed to choose his own pleas ures without much interference. These were not extravagant ? a favorite book, a long walk in all Kinds of weather, and a sail When the weather was favorable. He Would not drink?* he said it hurt his health : he would not shoot? he' said it hurt his feelings; he would not gamble ? he said it hurt his oonscienco i ana he did h6t care tp flirt or visit the belles of the capital ? he said It hurt his affections Once Captain de Reucy lispfngly won dered II it was possible to v hurt his honor," and Jones calmly answered thut " It was not possible for Captain de Reuxy to do so." Indeed, Jones constantly violated all these gentlemen's Ideas of proper behavior, but for some reason or other no one brought him to account for It. It was easier to shrug their shouldora and call him "queer," or say "it was only Jones," or even to quietly assert his cowardice. One evening Colonel Underwood was discussing a hunting party for the next 'day. Jones walked into the room an was immediately accosted : "Something new, Lieutenant. I find there are plenty of hares on the Island and and we mean to give puss a run to-mor row. I have heard thtt you are a good rider. Will you Join ub t" "You must excuse me, Colonel ; such a thing is neither in my way of duty nor my pleasure." "You forget the honor the Colonel does you Jones, said young Ensign Powell. " I thank the Colonel for his courtesy, but I can see no good reason for accepting It. I am sure my horse will not approve of it ; and I am sure the hare will not like it ; and I am not a good rider , therefore, I should not enjoy it." u You need uot be afraid," said the Colonel, rather snoeringly ; the country la quite open, and these low Maux walls are esslly taken." \ " Excuse me, Colonol, I'm afraid. If I should be hurt it would cause my mother and sisters very great alarm and anxiety. I am very much afraid of doing this." What WM to be done with a ?<* n so obtuse regarding, ^conventionalities, and who boldly asserted his prfh cowardice T The Colonel turned a\pfy. half oohtemp tuously, and Enflys^owell took Jones. duties toe aaw miite^UBWlfllfl1 Cf 'ifion going rapidly toward tho great shelving Scarlet Rock, a mile beyond the town. He stopped and old sailor and naked : "Is anything wrong*" " A little steamer, sir, off Calf of Man ; she is driving this way ; an, inteet, 1 tear she will be on ta rocks afore ta-nigbt." Jones stood atlll a moment, and then followed the crowd" as fast as the storm would let him. When he Joined them they were gathered on the summit of a huge cliff watching the doomed craft. She was now within sight, and it was evident that her seamen had lost all con trol of her% Bhe must ere long be flung by the waves upon the Jagged and fright ful rocks toward which she was driving. In the lull of tho wind, not only the booming of the minute-gun, but also the shouts of tho Imperiled crew, could Ik heard. " What can be done ?" said Jones to ar old man whose face betrayed the strongest emotion. "Nothing, sir, I am afraid. If she't manage to rount ta rocks, she would hav< gone to pieces on ta sand, and there are plenty of men who would have risked their life to save life. But how are we to reach them from this height?" " How far are we above water ? "This rook goes down like a wall forty fkthonH sir." "What depth of water at the foot V ' . "Thirty foot or more." "(Jood. Have you plenty of light, long rope?" " Much as you want sir j but let me tell you, sir, you cau't llvo ten minutes down there I ta first wave will Ihrow you on ta rocks and dash you to pieces. Plenty of us would put you down, sir, but you can't swim If you get down." " Do you know, old man, what surf swimming 1st I have dlvod through the surf atNukuheva." "God bless you, sir. I thought no white man ooula do that same." While this conversation was going on Jones was divesting hlmsolf of all super* fluous clothing and cutting out the sleeves of his heavy pea-jacket with his pocket knife. This done, he passed some light, strong rope through them. The meh watched him with enger Interest, and see ing their inquisitive look, he said : ?'Tho thick sleeves will prevent tho 1 rope from cutting my body, you see." "Ay, ay, sir ; I see now what you are 1 doing." Aivni nrou, jl u? v c wiiij uho iot|uvni ; i Give mo plenty of rojte as fost as I draw on you. When I get on Iwwrd ? you know how to make a cradle, I supposo." "Ay. ay, sir, but how aro you going to reach the water T" " I am going to plunge down. I have dived from the main yard of the Ajax be fore this. It was a high leap. " He passed* a double coil of the rope around his waist, examined it thoroughly to see that there was plenty to start with, and saying, "Now friends, stand out of the way and let me havo a clear start," raised his bare head one moment toward heaven, and. taking a short run, leaped as from the spring board of a plungo bnth. flucli an anxious crowd as followed that leapt Great numbers, In spite of that dangerous wind, lay flat on their breasts and watched him. He struck the water at least twenty five ftwt beyond the cliff, and disappeared In Its dark, foamy depths, When he rose to the surface he saw lust before him a gigantic wave, but he had time to breathe, and l>efore It reached him dtved below Its centre. It brokn In passionate fory upon the rocks, but .Tones rose for beyond It. A mighty cheer from the men on shore reaches! him, and now he began In good earnest to put his Pacific experiences into praotloe. Drawing continually on the men fot mot* mi*' which they paid out With deafening cheers? he met wave after wave in the same manner, dlvtng under them like an otteir and getting nearer to the wreck with every wave, really advancing, however, more below the water thsr above it. jred the 1 Side about [truth, \an he id he was her [hat he utt the wn she ig with to her m, and I fairer irage to he uusy tbout it*' et I She "h f , evening, and fkult. But J one* Wt* the girl ho had saved. To toll lie was nearer In love with her bod ever been with an v, woman, . wished, In calm blood, to see if i as beautiful as his fanoy had painl| during those few ivwi had held her high above the wave She was exceedingly lovely;] fresh, innocent girl he had km would be. He watched her daucl hiB brother officers, or talking! father, or leaning on Braddon'a every time he saw her she lookc and sweeter. Yet he had not ask for an introduction, and in ball-room no one seemed to thlalA of him. He kept his post against the conservatory door quite undisturbed for some tlri o. Pros ently he saw 'Squire BraddonT beauty on ills arm approaching I dm., he passed, the 'Squire remember* c1 not been to dinner, and Btopped few oourteous words, and intnx It companion. "Miss Oonyers ? Lieutenant J' >ues. But no sooner did Miss Con yers hear Lieutenant Jones* voice than Abe gave a Joyfhl ory, and, clapping her ) bunds to gether, said : "I have found. him I Papal papal 1 liavo found him I" Never was there such an it iterruptlon | to a ball. The company gatfr 'red in ex cited groups ; and papa knew t he lieuten ant's voice, and the oaptaln Id now and poor Jones, unwilling enoUf h, had to acknowledge the deed and be made a hero of, ' . > It was wonderful, after [this night, what a change took place in Jones' quiet [with the As |d he had to say a I need his nod to have walk*, they ;d ended at month Miss n Jones be to get pretty tned to take ways. His hooks ana boat see lost their charms, and for his were ail in one direction, a Braddon Hall. In about a Oonyers went away, and ttu > gan to hunt the postman, and little letters which always se a great deal of answering. Before the end of tho ^ri invitation to Conyer*' to and a fUrlough being grant off in great glee for Kent, returned to the KlghtV month's fUrlough was indoftJ ned ; in ftWit, he sold on*, upon a diplomatic career wide* the fcaro of Sir Thomas Oonyers. . i Eighteen months aftor th>' wreck Colo nel Underwood read aloud a description of the marrlago of Thongs Jones, of Milford Haven, to Mary, only child and ,.e Ul. WkitMMa CMnVAM nf i ??.r> ' he hoA an l a month, he Marted fonee never irth. Tho tely length ami entered yers Cattle, Kerit, and a jWragraph ix>iow slated that tho Honorable /Thomas Jones, with lit* bride, had gone on to Vienna on diplomatic service of great Importance. ''Just his luck," sain lv/welh "Jutt his Pluck," saM Underwood ; "and for my part, when I v.om?> across any of those fellows who arc Afraid of hurting their mothers and sisters, And not ashfcmed to lay ao, I bhall treat hip -ae a herd Jnst waiting for his opportunity. Here Is to the Honorable Thomas ;Jonee and his loroly bride I We are to India, gentlomen, noxt month, pnd I am eorry the KlKhty-fourth lias V*t Lieutenant Jones <, I have no doubt * haterer that lie woukt storm a fort a4' brarwly m he boarded a wreck." ARCHERY CLUB8 IN THE UNITED STATES Within a very short time, compara tively, the Americans bave taken up the old English sport of archery, which at ono time was so p?oulUr a feature of English sport and practice as to make the names of Robin Hood and Little John, the noted! foresters of a by gone age, ana Maid Marian famous In , history. Since the spoft was Introduced . here It has so grown if favor, especially , among ladles^ who hife a timid horror , of touching any explcjrf ve weapon, that , it has almost drive# out the former i popular game of cvquet. Archery clubs are sprlnglngfup in all parts of i the United fttatea wfch such rapidity, that the Im porters o {[English bows ana .raia^uL importers of tows _ ?ad indicate the tnethods by t the hits lure to be reckoned when vuv arrow, strikes the straw stu fifed tar gel, the position* which avchers should assume while engaged in, the Bport. how the bow ia to be bandied, and many other interesting facts 'which could not be embraced within the short space of a newspaper article ? New York Commercial Advertiser. CATARINA CORNARO'S ABDICATION. The Queen sat unshaken and erect upon her tottering throne, and turned a deaf ear to all' the insinuations of the Senate. The kingdom was her own, the people her subjects, and bo long as one heart remained loyal to her she would flud strength to Bhield it against the craft of her mother-state. The Senate, finding that this soft tool of theirs had hardened to toughest steel in the stormy years of her reign, had recourse to open negotiation. They sent the Queen's brother, Giorgio Oor naro, to the island to demund. of her. in the name of the republic, to yield up her kingdom. To this pvoposakthe Queen proudly replied that she was as tonished beyond mbasure at the charge the reverend Senators brought against her for having allowed the sceptro to slip from her hands: that she had l>een too long accustomed to the splendor of a court to live ftt ease in the simple state of a private gentlewoman; that her strength had already been tried, and was able to meet whatever new misfortune migfet overtake her ; that she had nevor known much of happi ness, for her husband had dlod very early, and the sweetnoss of motherhood had been hers but a Uttle space; her relations had been murdered before her eyes; the revolts of her vassals, the. in irlgues of her court, had familiarized tor with danger in all its forms. She lemanded of tier brother, the State's AttttMUfttlor. how he could have so little regard for the honor of their name as to ask of her a deed, that would blacken It in the eyes of all posterity. She had resolved never to remarry, and thus at her death the crown of Cyprus would revert to the Hepublio. until then .the noble Senators might wait. This answer, with all its defiant strength and queenly dignity, flung at the feet of the Venetian Senators, filled them with the surprise that one might feel who should watch a gazelle at his gambols, ana returning in tho morn ing And it transfbrmedlnto a tigroHs. The Senate replied to the Quo on in an indignant strain. Oatarlna asked for time to deliberate, and loud and angry were the discussions between herself and her brothor. He was tho only member of het family for whom she felt any affection, and the Senate had remembered this when it chose him for Its ambassador. The covert tnen aoe, the lurking insult of the Senate's Erotest, showed Oatarlna what she had > expect from those tender nurture? of her youth. Tho threat of force which crouched behind the courtly phrases revealed the dread Venetian tribunal in all its hldeousness. Hut re sistance meant ruin and desolation to her people. If the Senate withdrew its support, the barbarian hordes would msh down upon helpless Cyprus and tear it limb from limb. If she threw down the gauntlet to the Venetians, their tleet would in a mopaent surround the island and take It by storm. Kvery outlet was closed, every avenue of es i capo walled up by the crafty Senate. It was only the sacrlflco of her own pride that was demanded, and she was a widow without child, A few short years and all would be over, and should she make other wives widows and other mothers childless by fighting for her crown? The woman's heart was stronger within her than the sovereign's pride. She avoided all direct mention of tho Venetian coercion. "Too well I see how fleeting were the shows of happi ness with which Fortune sought to tempt me in my first youth, for I have received nothing at her hands but grief aud disappointment. Thus I renounce the pomps and ambitious of the world as I renounce my kingdom. Never again will happiness enter my life. I see too clearly the. (uncertainty and the (Utility of earthly circumstance, (give my thoughts and my soul to God, Im ploring Him to grant me; His grace in return for the sacrifice Qf^py klng ; The news of the queen's abdication and return to her native land spread throughout; Cyprus. The people fol lowed her in procession to Famagosta with shouts of clamorous applause and demonstrations of regret. The people loved her deeply ana truly, for thoy knew her U> Vmj a Cypriote at heart through her love for the deud kiug. In Famagosta tho Venetian geueral offered her the despatches .from the Senate. But she answered that she was disposed to obey the State blindly, only praying It to havq at heart the happiness or her kingdom, for, although' her body was about to leave it, her soul would remain. A council wax held, in which theOueen made a formal rcuunclation of her rights, the island magistrates took the oath of allegiance to the republic, and after a solemn mass the standard of St. Mark was consigned by the queen to , the Venetian geuerat, who caused it to ' he reared aloft in the market-place of Jibe city. A few months later (A. D. 1849) the qu?en took hor departure. * Crowds followed hur to the shore others held up their children that theNmight look upon the last of the sovej^iftus of Cyprus.' The old proud line of Lusig nan had been swept from the earth, i and the storm-ridden island which had "held its own for so many years was now but a vassal of the arrogant republic. ? Harper's Magvtine for September. A LUNATIC'S FREAK. A UTICA YOUTH DIGS HIS GRAVE AND 'SLEEPS IK IT. The,Utlc& In a recent issue, aays: % V - ? A^ery romantic told sftd case has come under ' the observation of a re potter of the If eraW. of whioh a former Jgell-knowi young'lJtican is the hero. Daring thewar one of the members of lm6nta*wenfc away from Utica, r beliindhim jm Irish girl whom ' iftf they.. 'K*w ing in the regular army .and this youi man so perfected himself in his studi that he easily commanded a position teacher in some of the neighbor i/g country lowns. * s N ow all tMI young man's habits a?e changed. Shortly after th9 death tf his betrothed fie became addicted to drinking. During tho winter months lie controlled his appotite so that ho could retain his position as teacher, but hid employers noticed that at all tunes he appeared sad and melancholy. When the school whs dismissed for the sum mer vacation he returned to Utica, but would not remain at the home of his friends. He drank steadily, keeping inehi tinted the majority of the tinle, but disturbed 110 one. This has been his career for four or live years. This summer his case lias taken a new turn. No one could discover wheTe he slept at night or obtained his meals in the daytime. The untidy con dition of his clothing led some of his friends to l>elieve that he found rest in a barn or out of doors. Recently, it has been discovered that he has dug a grave in a pecluded spot in Silver Spring Glen. The other day parties wander ing in the glen heard singing, and, upon quietly investigating, found the young man sitting by the side of the grave upon a rude box, apparently in difteient to a)l surroundings. Hymns >yere sung, and prayers were said at tentively, accompanied by sobs and tears. A second visit to the place when tho young man was absent disclosed the fact that the box used as a seat was of matched boards and constructed in the form of a rude coflln, just largo enough to receive the l>ody of the young man. It was lowered into the pit, or grave, and covered with grass or underbrush. The young man now makes this spot his retreat the greater portion of his time. 1'oople pass and repass him at frequent intorvals, but he pays no at tention to them. The death of his be trothed has robbed him of his brain, and he finds no happiness except in soli tude. Suicido or dangerous insanity will proltably follow. HOW TO MAKE A MICROPHONE. The JSnylUh Mechanic girt* the fol lowing simple Instructions lor making a microphone: "Go to a toy ehon, and buy a child's toy tamborine. Take a thin piece of white pine wood, say 2 Inches by 1} inches. With a pair of scissors out a piece of thin sheet copper about half an inch broad and two inches long. Keep one end broad, cut the other by taking off the corners to a blunt point, drill a hole toward the broad end large enough to take a small brass screw; at the other end another hole, but only large enough to receive the end of a Hmali copper wlro. * Place this piece of copper thus shaped in a hand vice, and turn up to a right angle tho pointed end to the height of halt' an Inch. Now tako anothor piece of cop per p1at6 the same breadth, a little | short of an inch In length, turn one end up in the same way. Itoro a hole In this to take a brass screw, tret' a pleco of carbon, file it to one inoh Ions, half Inch broad, two-eighths deep; drill hole in it for screw. Now place this piece of carbon across the large piece of cop Kr plate and screw it firmly on to the ard, passing, of coursc. through tho plate. Take the othet piece of copper and screw it to the board at the other end. Two very small blocks of wood may now be cut, Into which tlx binding screws. With cdaguline fix these one at each edge of the tamlwrlne, and theu by tho same process fix the board In the centre, with its two ends towards the binding screws. When thoroughly firm, bring a thin copper wire, twisted Into a hollx. through the hole In the upright, and twisted firm to that hole. Bring tl e other end round the end of the binding screw, and screw It well down upon it. You have thus con nection with the carbon plate. Take a n* fr. I 0,1 3 small file Md cut k hide ih the centre of the upright at the other end of tho board? Just deep ehouah to awry apiece viMWUIg UV l\J TT I 1U itiiira wiwi WW m#" tat ico betwoou the two'Mpper plates on the board being about tyktfah inch. You have only now to cut a piece of stout bra?s wire, Which', falling into the nick, shall by another hick in itself so balance, that one-end, filed ta knife edge, shall lust touch the edge or the carbon. This is a long ntory to tell of what, when seen, 1b very simple. As to tho effect, although J. have purchased sotue micro phones from well-known makers, and round them very good, for a large field, for tiy walking, etc., tho tamljoriue I fihd by fur tho best. If the tamborlno wm supported on four pieces pf oak 1 think ^t would hnprovo it." ' . f m w ? ? > r^v/> ^ THE RUSSIAN SOUMEB. .. Tho llulltan soldier has the splendid valor of his nationality; ho Is no brag gart, but does his fighting as a matter' of course, and as part of the day's work when he la bidden to do it As for the Russian private,, I regard . him as the UneBt material for a soldier that thai soldier-producing world, so far as I am acquainted with it, alTords. He is an extraordinary wolght-carrylnjf march er, tramping on mile after mile with a good heart, with singular freedom from reliance on sustenance, and with a good stomnch for immediate lighting at the end of the longest foodless march, lie never grumbles; matters must have come to a brtd pass, indeed, when he lets loose his tongue in adverse com ment on his superiors. Inured to pri vation from his childhood, he is a hard man to starve, and will live oa rations', or chance instalments of rations, at which the British barrackroom cur would turn up his" nose. His sincere piety, according to his narrow lights, nlB whole-hearted devotion to the Czar which is ingrained into his mental s^s torn, not the result of a process of rea soning^ and hi* constitutional courage, Combine to bring it about that he ?aoes tho casualties of the battle-field with Willing, prompt and long-sustained bra very. Ho needs to be led, however; not so much because ot' the Aoral en couragement which a gallant leader lm-> parts, but because his reasoning facul ties, for lack of education, being comT 1 parativelv dormant, he' What to do . when an t % " emergency; perception SSiwever, lo. and we saw him witl> sok? ?? Plevna, on the 80th of July, standing UP to ho killed fa plteously noble-stub bornness of ignorance, rather than re-, treat without the orders, which there* were none to give. - The Turkish sob* dier 1b his master in the intuitive per ception of fighting necessities. Th^ former in a born soldier, the latter a^ brave peasant drilled into a soldier. If the Turk udvancing llnds himself ox posed to a Hank attack, he ueeds no of tlcer to order him to change his front; he grasps the situation for himself, and Ctiis is what the Russian soldier has neither the intuitive soldierhood nor ac quired intelligence to do. ? The Nine teenth i Century. A STORY OF VICTOR EMMANUEL. His Majesty, one day, hunting in the neighborhood of Home, shot at a hare it the very moment whoa a stout clti ic?n, out oujoying the pleasures of the uhase, discharged his piece at tho name object. The king claimed that ho had killed the hare, and the citizen, igno rant of tho person of his rival, declarod in very impolite terms that ho himself was tho successful marksman. The result was p, regular trial of strength for possession of the gaino- ? a tussle wldch resulted In favor of tho king, who walked off with his prize, while thg citizen poured upon him a perfect flood of sucn abuse as only an Italian of a certain sort has at command. At the city gate tho king ordered the com mandant of tho guard to follow the | angry citizen and report his name and resmence. After a few hours the ofllcor was ablo to say that the unknown hunter was an honest cabinet-maker of the Porta del Popodo} when the king sent one of his carriages to fetch him to the palaco. Naturally the man was terribly anxious as well as full of won der why he should be wanted at the palace, and he watt not much rolieved when ho recognized in tho kino; tho man whom he had abused. "Master Salvlna," said His Majesty, and at the sound of his own name from royal lips, the man trembled In every norvo ? "Master Salvlni, I have sent for you because I have found shot different from mine in the hare; we both hit tho boast. Come, wo will eat the hare to gether," and thoroupon the door of tho dining-room was oi>ened, whore, be tween two platos with appurtenances, smoked the haro properly roosted. HOW THEY DIE IN BULGARIA. When the head of a Unitarian family perceives that lie In alxmt to die, ho Honda for the j>riost and begins to bar gain with hitn alxmt tho cost of his Amoral. The moment ho dies all tlio pots, pans, and kettles In tho house are turned upside down to prevent his soul taking refuge in any one of them, and great care in taken to prevent either man or animal ? esi>eeially a cat or dog ? from stepping across his body, as otherwise, in the opinion of his family, ho would turn into a vampire and be a continual nuisance to them and to their neighbors The Ixxly in burled with out any coffin, in a shallow grave, and left there for three years, during which time many offerings of food and wine are placed upon it. At the end of the third year the lx>nos of the dead man aro dug up and carefully washed, put Into a linen bag, laid before the altar In tho village church, and, after re ceiving the blessing of the priest, are hulled for good. ? Some men are lx>rn great. A trea sury clerk wan murmuring sof.lv in his sleep the other night, "Kate I Kate I'* His wife, whose name is Susanna, smm Woke him up by a cross-examination Which would astonish tho safe-bur ' glars. "Oh. nevermind, Husnn,'* he mildly exclaimed, "'Twasn't a woman. It was only tho Hyndicato I was talk , ing about." i | krieties. ? Tlie agitation of tta beginning of trutlu ' ?The main difference bi maigniticant uud grout, isj tfcr? ton crop uftod only "tva"^'PViV"'i '<i 8,959,000 Mies used Slsetyhere. lislt manufacturers explain the relw fulling off by the increase of capital elsewhere, and tiie ability of other na-^ tlojig.^to cope with thorn in power or orgltfnRatlon, and add that the race wlll^to the frugal, the industrious and >fc?iuring. ? Tiik Okown Jenvklh ok Prance. ? According to an inventory taken by Louis X Vul., tlio Crown Jewels nuui l Hired more than (14,000, weighed lB,7.r>l carats, and were valued at 20,000,200 francs. Besides the Regent and the Sancy stones, of which everybody knows the history, there is an imperial sword valued at 240,700 francs; an or der of the Holy Ghost in brilliants, worth 380,000 francs; one of the Legion of Honor, costing 45,000 francs- a set,^^ of i>earls, 1,105,000 francs; anouhwr 'ola^T brilliants and sapphires, 1 HO, 000 franos. $?51 The crown, which contains the liegent 7#<jj and 53Q0otner precious stones, is valued at 14,702,000 francs. fjEKB ? Dr. Farquharson says: "As long&ia:? as a brain-worker is able to sleep well, to eat well, and to take a fair proj>or-^;;i<?? tion of outdoor exercise, it may safely bo saiil that it is not necessary to iin- $fa |K>se any special limits on the actual numl>er of hours which he devotes Ids laliors. Hut, when what Is gener ally known as worry steps in to comj plicate matters, when cares conn with family arrangements, or those numerous personal details wi we can seldom escape, intervene, o when the daily occupation of life is Jn itself a fertile source of iinxiety, then we find one or two of these thruo safe guards broken down." In tiik Sitnsiiink. ? Thqre is a sort of "goodness" which is brought out by the sunshinoof prosperity. I'eopljs.wjjfo are satisfied with their surrounding^ and themselves, are apt to be good humored and gracious to their compan ions. Good fortune makes them cheer ful and contented, so they advocate cheerfulness and contentment an chief duties. The pleasures and the luxuries of life await theni on every side, fetid " they wonder vaguely what makes some tteoplo so unthankful or so glootnyljt* They enjoy their own charitios and V generosities, forgetting that neither nave cost thorn an effort. They are bright and happy atul amiable ofteu from shoor force of circumstances. ^ 1 ? (Jun ior pigeons are now practicing over tho Baltimore and Oldr Kail road. Tho Company have Imught a lot arc experimenting with them. VI were llrst tried initween the it Honso and tlie Auditor's office at Ci den Station, and flew direct in time. Since then they have boen-t on longer flights. Yestorday morning a carrier was let k>oso at the ftbbftt House, in Washington, by the con i dnctor who took it from Baltimore..: After making a few circuit* the bird started in tho dlroctlon of Baltimore. It did not arrive, however, and suppoflod must iiave boon shot on Wiiy. A few days liefore the samo1 was wot, loose at Biadonsburg atidi^ reached Camden Station safely in abotit 1 an hour, incuse of Interruption trti travol I Kd. ween hore and Washington^ and t cutting down of telegrttpfH wires, say, f<?r instance, In theevehii another sus|?ension of traffic sucH'i occurred a yoar ago, carrier I'L accustomed to Hying to Camden tlon would bo very good agent* j communication and could carry cj despatches very easily. The chance of ftieir falling in in case as that of yesterday. Homebody shoot the carrier, and the plf the message would alike be M lUiltimor* vtm^rioan, m