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VOLUME VI.
MISCELLANY.
A MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT.
in u small but handsomely furnished i
sitting-room in a London hotel a young
lady was sitting in an easy diair, before
a blazing fire, one dreary November
afternoon. Her hat and cloak lay up"
on the table beside her, and from her
eager, impatient glances she turned to
ward the door at every sound of afoot
step on the stair-case outside, it
was evident that she expected a vis
itor.
At last the door opened, and a tall,
aristocratic-looking young man enter"
ed the room.
‘Harry, what a long time you have
been!' she exclaimed, springing up from
her seat. ‘What news have you
brought ? ’What does your father say
üboutour—our marriage V hesitating
with the shyness ot a - bride at the last
words.
‘Lead for yourself, Helen/ replied
her husband, handing her an open let"
ter, and standing opposite her, lean"
,n o against the marble mantle piece,
watching intently the expression
of her young face as she read—•
‘ln marrying as you have done, you
have acted in direct, deliberate oppO"
sition to my wishes. From this day
you are no longer my son, and I wash
my hands of you forever.
‘Harry, why did you not tell me of
this before ?’ exclaimed Helen as she
read the hard, cruel words looking up
through her tears into her husband’s
face.
‘My darling, what was there to tell?
llow could I know that my father
would act in this cold hearted manner?
I knew that they wished me to marry
the daughter of a nobleman living
near Maiston Hall, and so unite the
two estates ; but I had no idea lie
would cast me off for disobeying his
wishes. And even if Ih id known it,’
he added, fondly clasping his young
bride to his heart, and kissing away tin:
tears from her eyes, ‘I should not have
acted differently. My Helen is worth
fifty estates, and as long as she loves
me I shall never regret the loss of Mar
ston Ilall and its fair acres lint ny
love/ he continued, more seriously,
‘there is an end to your promised
shopping expedition into Bond street.
You shall have to do without diamonds,
now that your husband is a penniless
outcast, instead of heir to fifteen thou
sand a year/
'Hush, Harry !• Please don’t talk
like that./ she said, hurt at his bitter
tone. ‘You know that it was not of
the diamonds and dress I was think
ing. But what are you going to do,
Harry V she continued laying her hand
upon his arm, and looking up sadly in
Ins pale, sail face. 'You cannot work
lor a livi'-g/
‘And why not work for a living V
lie exclaimed, in a determined voice.
‘Because I happen to be the son of a
baionetj brought up and educated
without any idea or knowledge of bus
iness ? But I will work for my living
and show my little wife that I am not
quite unworthy of the trust and con"
fidcuce she reposed in me when she
placed this little hand in mine/ he
added, stooping to kiss the small white
hand that routed confidingly upon his
arm.
It was while pursuing his favoiite
study of oil paintings among the fa
mous galleries of Romo that Harry
Marstou woed and won Helen Tracy, a
governess in an English famly residing
in Ita y, ui and ; n orphan daughter of an
officer in the army. Before he had
known her a month, Harry, who had
been in love—or fancied himself in
love—with at least half a dozen differ"
ent young ladies in as many different
months, felt that he had at last met
his fate.
Delighted at the idea of being loved
for himself alone, he had not told her
of his real position, and it was not
until after the marriage ceremony that
Helen discovered she had married the
eldest son ot a baronet and the heir
to an estate producing fifteen thousand
a year*
It was not without some inward mis
givings that Harry wr to to his father
tellin g him ofhis marriage which was
ni re than realized by the result, as we
have seen by the letter from Sir Philip'
Marston, which awaited him at his
club on h : s return from England with
his bride.
But full of confidence in his ability
to maintain himself and his young wife
by his own exertions, and thinking
that surely his father would releut and
he reconciled to him after a short time,
Harry troubled himself very little
about his inheritance ; and, though
their ne w home, consisting of three
small pooily furnished rooms in aback
sticct, was very different from the
grand old mansion to which he had
hoped to take his bride, he set to work
cheerfully at his favorite art, and tried
to earn a living by painting pictures
and portraits.
But he found it was not so easy as
he thought.
It was all very well when lie was
heir to Marston Hall and studied paint
ng metely from love of art ; but pic
ture! dealers, who ill those days had
been all flattery and obsequ'ousness
toward the young heir, now that he
really want and to sell his pictures and
sketches, shook their heads and polite
ly but tii inly declined to purchase.
At last, one dreary afternoon, when
Harry was sitting in the little room
he called his studio, trying to devise
some new scheme to replenish hiss’en
der purse, the servant opened the door
and ushered a white-haired gentleman
into the room.
Placing a chair near the tiro for
him, Harry inquired his business.
‘You are a portrait painter, I
sir?' said the old gentleman look
ing at him through his gold specta
cles.
‘That is my profession, sir,’ replied
Harry, much delighted at the thought
of having found a commission at last.
‘Well, sir, 1 want you to pamt the
portrait of my daughter/
‘With pleasure, sir,’ said Harry ea
gerly. ‘When can the lady give me the
first sitting V
‘AI as ! sir, she is dead—dead to me
twenty years, and I killed her—broke
her heart with my harshness and cruel
ty !’ cxclamed the old man in excited,
trembling voice.
A strange thrill came over Harry,
as the idea that his mysterious visitor
must be an escaped lunatic crossed his
mind ; but mastering with an extra
effort, his emotion, the stranger con
tinued :
‘Pardon me, young sir. This is of no
interest to you. My daughter is dead
and I want yon paint her portrait from
my description, as I perfectly well re
mem tar her twenty years ago.
‘I will do my best, sir, but it will be
no easy task, and you must be prepar
ed for many disappointments/ said
Harry, when having given a long de
scription of the form and matures ol
liis long lost daughter, the man rose to
depart, ami for weeks he worked in
cessantly upon the mysterious por
trait of the dead girl, miking sketch
after sketch, each of which was
rejected by the remorse stricken father
unt 1 the work began to exercise a
strange kind of fascination over him,
and he sketched face after face, as if
I under the influence of a spell.
A last, one evening, wear’ed with a
fru this exertion he was fitting over
the fire watching his >vife, who sat op
posite busy upon some needlework,
when an idea suddenly flashed upon
him.
'Tall, fair, with golden hair and dark
blue eyes ! Why, Helen, it is the
very picture of yourself !' lie ex"
claimed, springing to ids feet, taking
bis wife*s face between his two hands,
and gazing intently into her eyes.
Without losing a moment he eat
down and commenced to sketch Hel
en’s face, and when his strange patron
called the next morning, Harry was so
busily engaged putting the finishing
touches to his portrait, he did not hear
him enter the room, and worked on for
some moments unconscious of hispr. s
ence, until, with a cry of ‘Helen, my
daughterP tho old man hurried him
aside and stood entranced over the
portrait.
Alter gazing for some minutes in
silence, broken only by his half-sup.
pressed cries of remorse, the old man
slowly turned around to Harry and
asked in an eager voice where he had
obtained the original of the picture.
‘lt is tiie portrait of my wife/ he
said.
‘Your wife, sir? Who was she?
Pardon me for asking the question/
ho added, ‘but. I have heard lately that
my poor Helen left an orphan daughter
and for the last six months I have been
vainly trying to find the child of my
lost daughter, so that by kindness and
devotion to 1113' grandchild I might, in
part at least, atone for my harshness
toward her mother/
Harry was beginning to tell him the
story of his meeting with Helen at
Home, and their subsequent marriage,
when the door opened, and IPs wife
entered the room.
Perceiving that her husband was en
gaged, she was about to retreat, when
the old gentleman stopped her, and
after looking earnestly into her face,
exclaimed, ‘Pardon me. madam—can
you tell me your mother’s maiden
name ?’
‘Helen Traherne/ replied Helen wo: -
deringly.
‘I knew it—l knew it \* exclaimed
the old man in an excited voice. At
last I have found the child of my poor
lost daughter/
Iti a few words Mr. Trehcrne ex
plained how he had cast off his only
child on account of her maniage with
a poor officer, and refused even to open
her letters when she wrote asking for
forgiveness.
'But thank Ilcavon !' said he, when
he had finished his sad story, ‘I can
atone in some measure for my harsh"
ness toward my Helen by taking her
Helen to my heart and making her my
daughter!'
It is needless to add that when Sir
Philip Marston heard that his son had
married the heiress of one of the finest
estates in the country, ho at once
wrote a letter of reconciliation to Har
ry and after all, Helen event ua'ly be
cune mistress of Marston Hall, in the
picture gallery of which no painting
is ipore valued and treasured than the
“Mysterious Portrait."
Tire Newspaper Business.
Many people think the newspaper
men are persitent duns, but let a far"
mer place himself in a simlar position
and see if he wouldn't do the same.
Suppose he raised one thousand bush
els of wheat, and his neighbor should
come and buy a bushel, and the price
was a small matter of two dollars Gi-
and the neighbor says, ‘I will
hand you the money in few days/ As
thefarmer did not like to’be small about
the matter, he says, ‘AH right/ and
the man leaves with the wheat.
Others come in the same way unld
the whole one thousand bushels are
trusted out to one thousand different
persons, and not one of the purchasers
concerns himself about it, (or it is a
small amount he owes the firmer, and
of course its payment wouldn't help
him any. He does not realize that
the farmer frittered away all his large
crop of wheat, and that its value is
due him in a thousand little driblets
and he is especially embarrased be
cause his d< btors treat is as a small
matter. But if they would pay prompt
ly, which they could do as well as not,
it would he a very large sum to the
farmer, and would enable him to car"
ry on his business without difficulty.
This comparison is too true of the dif
ficulties with which newspaper nen
have to contend.
Now, it you owe for your paper,
however small the amount, pay it im
mediately.
Over in Europe they have Swede
girl graduates.
EASTMAN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTORER 3, IS7S.
Make Home Attractive.
From the Chicago Ledger.
t hail with joy another “Home/’—
Mid let us all try to make it an hos
pitable one, that it may spread its ten
der embrace all over the land, from
north to south, from east to west, car
rying with it cheerful words to the
lonely homes, and encouragement to
the sad, weary hearts. Let it be so
delightful that it will lighten their
pathway and make their burdens easy
to bear. And will we not be doubly
repaid when we hear a silent “God
bless you“ drop from their lips ? Let
us not weary them with our petty
troubles and annoyances. “It is God's
will' that we should have them/’ so
let us bear them bravely without a
murmur.
Is it not more cheerful to ene cou"
fined to the sick-bed to read of beauti
ful things than murders and such wick
edness ? So let us write for the sick
something that will gladden their hearts
and make them happy. As we think
of the pocr yellow fever sufferers, docs
it not recall to cun- minds how selfish
and discontented we very often are ;
when we ought to be so thankful that
God has so far spared us such a. fate.
If our husbands do only earn half as
mneh as they did in former limes,
ought we not to be satisfied, and not
discourage them more with a “desire
to have anew dress because Mrs.
Grundy has one ?“ Let us have pa
tience arid forethought. Let us think
that they too need new things. Let
us try to cultivate a loving kind and
unselfish disposition, and remember
the rule : “Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you,“ and
then happiness will reign supreme.—-
Let us put faith and confidence in each
other, and not think every one we
meet ‘not fit associates for us.' We
shou’d always ju'lge others by ouK
s fives. We should feel very bad in
deed if people did not trust us. So
imagine the feelings then, of a servant
when she enters into a strange house
and finds that she is watched, and sus
pected of being capable of doing the
meanest thing. Wo know there are
some who require watching. But e m
nut there boa rule, so that “those"
who are ladies in every sense of the
word can have their “sensitive feel
ings" spared from such insults. Let
us all join hands and try to improve
the coming generation. We need not
go from home to do it, for improve"
meet begins at borne. If our husbands
delight in a cigar, help them to enjoy
it, instead of scolding them because
our curtains will get soiled. Is it worse
to have them soiled than to have our
husband spending his evenings at a
gambling bouse ; for, if home is not
pleasant, a man will find comf ri in
such places. Let us try to make home
and ourselves as attractive a.s possible
and if we see them discouraged or dis
appointed with their day's work it is
our place to read or sing to them that
they ma}- f orget th> ir troubles.
And great will be your reward.
Georgina.
A New Life-Preserver.
A few- years ago a shrewd hunter in
the western country set about disco\-
ering why the deer, an animal not es
pecially adapted by nature for lite in
the water, could swim longer and keep
afloat longer than any other quadru"
ped. The result of his investigation
was the discovery that the hair of the
deer differ from the capillary covering
of other animals in being remarkably
secular and extremely well adapted to
retain air. Experiments with deer
hair proved that it was wonderfully
buoyant A Yankee named Peck was
the first to utilize the discovery, and
after tak ng out the patent for the in
vention, he sold it to Col. M. A. BO -
son, of St. Louis, who, associated with
Mr. Thomas Knight, is applying the
material to practical use.
The “Deer II dr Manufacturing Com
pany' have their factory at 307 West
street, where they make various arti"
cles intendad to keep mankind from
drowning. Their life buoy, in use in ti e
U. S. Navy, weighs only two and a hall
pounds, but it will sustain the weight
of two men. Their life corset, weigh
ingonly a half pound, will support the
heaviest man, and their mattress, only
weighing eight pounds with two pil_
Pws weighing a pound and a quartet
each, will sustain the weight of five
persons. Die mattresses are supplied
with life lines at the sides, ind by unit
ing a number ot these, a little raft can
be provided in a few moments. All
these appliances are made of duck, well
packed with deer hair. The life-jacket
fastens without straps, and can be
worn under the coat without inconven
ience.—New York Times.
Facts Concerning 1 the Use of
Alcohol.
1. The healthy man, with a full anti
varied supply of foot], needs absolute
ly uo alcohol. Wine with food some
times assists digestion, blit the diges
tion which needs the aid is either en
feebled or over-burdened. The most
severe and continued labor cun be
carried on better without alcohol than
with it. This is ? in most cases, espe
cially true of mental labor.
2. In the few cases in which this is
not true, and where a small quantity
of alcohol suffices merely to restoi-o
the normal vigor without excitement,
the previous condition is probably one
ol somewhat impaired vitality, perhaps
more especially affecting the heart.
As an addition to a diet already suffi
cient, alcohol Is, to say the least, use
less in perfect health.
3. An occasional use of light wine
or beer is a luxury and not a necessity.
Experience shows that such a use can'
not be regarded as seriously detrimen
tal either to bodily or to mental vigor.
4. After a fatiguing day’s work, as
a relaxation and agreeable change, or
as a prelude and assistance to the di
gestion of more appropriate food, al
cohol may be looked upon as approach
ing more nearly to a true.stimulant or
restorative action, than under any oth
er circumstances in health. We thus
expect from it neither intoxication nor
reaction.
5. An habitual overdose of alcohol
leads to degeneration of important or
gans, and undermines the vital powers.
6. There may be more reasons for
total abstinence entirely distinct from
the physiological.
7. The introduction of the use of
light wine and beer, though not desir
able in a community already in a state
of ideal physical and moral perfection
is highly desirable as a subslitue for
strong liquor.— Dr. Ede.s.
How to Calculate Interest and
What It Will I>o.
The following mbs are so simple
and so true, according to all business
usages; that every banker, broker,
merchant or clerk, should post them
up for reference. There bring no such
thing as a fraction m it, there is scarce
ly any liability to error or mistake
By no other arithmetical process can
the desired information be obtained
by so few figures:
Six Per Cent.—Multiply any given
number of dollars by the number of
days of interest desired; separate the
right hand figure and divide by six;
the result is the true interest on such
sum for such number of days at six
per cent.
Eight Per Cent.—Multiply an y given
amount for tiie number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the in
terest for such sum for the time re
quired, at eight per cent.
Jen Per Cent.—Multiply the same
as above, and divide by thirty-six, and
the result will be the amount of inter
est at ten per cent.
What It Will Do. —It a mechanic
or clei k saves o.dy 2£ cents per day,
from the time he is twenty-one unt’l
lie is ti rec-score and ten, the ngorc
gate' with interest, will amount to
$2,900; and a daily savings of 271;
cents reaches the important sum of
$29,000. A sixpence saved daily will
provide a fund of s7,ooo—sufficient to
purchase a good farm. There are few
employees who cannot save daily, bv
abstaining from the use of cigars, tobae.
eo, liquors, etc., twice or ten times
the amount of the six cent piece. Ev
ery person should provide tor old age,
and the man in business who can lav
by a dollar a day will eventually find
himself possessed of over SIOO,OOO. —
American Grocer.
A Few Facts About tine Bible.
The Bible was translated into Old
English about 1370, by Wyck.ifie.
The New Testament was rendered b -
to modern English by Tyndale in 152.3,
and the Old Testament by Bishop
Coverdale in 1535. The verses were
nut numbered until the year 1650, in
an edition called the “Geneva Bible.*
King James I (1603-1625) ordered a
new English translation, which, how
ever, is but a thorough revision of the
former editions. This was published
in the year 1611, and lias been the on
ly and standard edition of the Holy
Scriptures in the English language
ever since.
—
A Ridgefield man has invented a
chair which can be adjusted to 8,000
different p isitions. It is designed for
a boy to sit in when having IPs bait
cut.
The Brave Southern Howards.
The following well-deserved compli
ment to the “Howard Association, w
from the New York Tribune, will find
a response in every Southern heart, and
especially in the west, where the fever
plague is raging just now, and where
the Howards are rendering such val
iant service to the suffering, aud also
sacrificing their own lives :
‘We want cur readers to stop just
for one moment and look at this matter.
These nurses have gone out ol the
pure air of their homes to the plague
stricken towns, to handle and tenderly
care for dead and dying men who are
utter strangers to them, need a higher
courage than any soldiers marching
into the thick of Battle. They gain
nothing, neither pay nor glory. Their
victories are not watched by a proud
country, for whose honor they gave
their lives. If they die, no weeping
nation will, year by year, hang laurels
on their graves. The Howard nurse
is only mentioned in the papers as
“ one of the twenty-five” arriving on
such a date, or “one of twenty*’ who
are dead. His name nobody knows.
If lie fulls, his friends only learn of it
because he fails to return. There is
no battle-cry or martial music to cheer
his soul in its last struggle with death;
in the future there is no roll-call of a
victorious army, with the proud an
swer to his name, “Died upon the field
of honor/’ He gives his lilo for some
poor plague-stricken wretch, probably
of less value to the world than himself,
in the poisoned air of a solitary cham
ber, where there is no otic but God
to know, lie is buried hastily in a
nameless grave, with shuddering and
fear, and quicklime is thrown upon the
body. The sacrifice he makes out of
pure iove to God and humanity, and
this sacrifice is now making, not by
one man, but by every one of the hun
dreds of nurses sent out by the How
ard Association. Every one of them
carries his life in hands as he goes.
Value of a Timely Word.
A great deal of harm is done through
forgetfulness. A little thoughtfulness
and care with respect to others would
often save them from a great deal of
suffering, and aid them in their work.
is discouraged in consequence
of the difficulties he meets with. An
encouraging word may be al l that is
necessary to revive his energies, and
to cause him to persevere. That word
was easily spoken. There aic those
who are perfectly willing to speak it,
but they do not think of it. They are
busy with their own work. The dis
couraged one sinks into deeper des
pondency, not through their heartless
ness, but their want of thoughtfulness.
A young man is exposed to tempta
tion. He is about to take a step from
which a little influence of the right
kind vviM save him, 7here are num
bers among bis acquaintances who
could exert that influence. But they
do not sec his danger, or are so busy
that the}' must leave him to the care
of his other friends. He takes the
step and it leads to his ruin. A lit tie
effort rightly put forth would have
saved him.
Homely Beatitudes.
Blessed are they that are blind; for
they shall not see ghosts.
Blessed are they that are deaf; for
they never need lend money, nor listen
to tedious stories.
Blessed are they that are afraid of
thunder; for they shalljiesitate about
getting married, and keep away from
political meetings.
Blessed are they that are lean; for
they have a chance to grow fat.
Blessed are they that are ignorant;
for they are happy in thinking they
know everything.
Blessed is he that is ugly in form
and features; for tiieg'rls sha’n’t m >-
lest him.
Blessed is she that would get mar
lied but ean*i; for the consolation of
the gospel are hers.
B essed are orphan children; fbr they
have no mothers to sp ink then..
Bless and are they that expect nothing;
for they shall not bo disappointed.
A stupid-looking old mule, hitched
to a milk wagon stood in a shed in
Cambridge the other day, eating oats
out ol a grain b >x. A bad boy stole
up and threw a handful of to pcdocs
in among the grain. The next mouth
ful the hungry beast took was followed
by an explosion that set him upon his
legs. His exit from the shed was so
sudden that nothing but a harness
buckle or two was left to tell the tale
of the dire calamity.
A marked change—a silver quarter
with a hole in it.
A postage stamp is just big enough
to borrow, but too small to pay back.
A country pap r advertises: 'Board
wanted for a man and wife with gas/
The butcher who sell ox-tails for
soup, and calves* heads for diuner, un
doubtedly makes both ends meat.
The most despotic government can
not so aDridge free speech as to pre
vent men from saying ‘it*s a nice day/
.Tosh Billings says: ‘Doant karry
aigs in your cotale pocket. Aigs ain’t
good ofier they’ve been sot on awhile/
No doubt the happiest pair of dogs
that ever lived were the two taken
aboard of Noal/s ark—for they had
but one pair of fleas between them.
An ngricultuial society offered a pre
mium for the best mode of irrigation,
which was printed ‘irritation’ by mis
t ike. A fanni r sent his wife to claim
the prize.
This is positively the latest: I would
I were a school murm and among tho
school maims band, with a small boy
stretched across my knee aud a ruler
in my hand.
An Indianapolis man gave his poor
starred horse two miserable nubbins
of corn and five or six blades of hay,
and remarked as he did so, ‘Thar, now,
eat till you bust/
The man who borrows his home pa
per instead of subscribing for it, is the
man who will try to crawl over tho
walls of Heaven instead of passing
through St. Peter's gate.
‘Benny,’ said his maiden aunt, ‘you
should eat the barley in your soup, or
you will never get a man/ Benny
looking up, naively inquired, 'ls that
what you eat it for, aunty?’
A tipsy fellow, who mistook a globo
lamp with letters on it for the queen
of night, exclaimed: ‘Well, I’ll be—
hie—blest, if somebody haii/t stuck
an advertisement on the—hie—moon/
A paper called tho Jeweler asserts
that brass earrings are unhealthy.—.
Whoever has been in tho habit of eat
ing brass ear-rings will do it hereafter
! with bis eyes open—and likowise his
mouth.
A Sunday school scholar, who being
told how God punished the Egyptians
by causing the first-born of each house
hold to be killed, rejoined with, ‘What
would God have done if there had
been twins?*
At a wedding recently, when tho
! clcigyraan asked tho lady, ‘Wilt thou
I have this man t) be thy wedded hus
band?’ she with a modesty which lent
her beauty and additional grace, rc
plied, ‘lf you please.’
Professor—Can you multiply to*
gather concrete numbers? (The class
are uncertain.) Professor What
| would be the product of five apples
multiplied by six potatoes? Freshman
(triumphantly) Hash!
A minister approached a mischiev
ous urchin about twelve and
laying his hand upon his shoulder, thus
| addressed him: ‘My son, I believe tho
devil has got hold of you/ ‘I believe
i bo has, too,* was the significant reply
of the urchin.
The time for a man to stand firmly
| by Job’s example is when he washes
; his face with home-made soap, and be
; gins to paw around over the chairs
witli his eyes shut, and inquiring for a
towel, and is told that the towel is iu
tiie drawer, but the keys are lost.
‘Ten dimes make one dollar,’ said
the schoolmaster; ‘ten dollars make
one—what.'* ‘They make one mighty
glad these times,’ replied the hoy; and
the teacher, who had not got his last
month’s salary y#, concluded the boy
was about right.
Those little brothers! will we never
hear the last of them! Qn the con*
summation of a recent marriage iu au
up-town family, a visitor unwisely ob
served to the youngster, ‘you’re a bro
ther-in law now, Tommy/ ‘Yes,* said
Tommy, puffing out his cheeks effen*
sively, ‘out mi says I will be an undo
by and by.*
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