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Il am afraid, gentlemen" said Mi.
Pryme, looking very foolish, and
stammering, II am afraid that my
my-my ridiculous behavior yester-
day has caused you some e-some-
uneasiness-on my account"
No answer.
''The truth isl was excessively
anxious and nervous-and agitated-
very agitated indeed!
Every" from Mr.. Trent.
The little ford man colored up till
his round, shiny, bald head was as
scarlet as a love-apple.
'The truth is-after so many dis.
appointments-I did not like to men.
ton the thing-the afair-till it was
quite certain-till it was all over
for fear-for fear of being quizzed
The truth is-the truth is-"
"Take time, Mr.. Pryme," said the
Secretary.
."Why, then, sir,-the truth is-af:
ter fifteen Years-I'm a Father
happy Father, sir-a fine chopping
boy, gentlemen-and Mrs. P. is al
charming-that's to say, as well-a.
can be expected !"-Thomas Hood
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ALL ALoNE.-One day last week,
when a Detroiter knocked at the
door Of house on Division-st, to
make some inquiries, fat, mournful-
looking female put her head out and
said:
"No census here"
MADAM, T."
- "Hus band ran away six months
ago." she interrupted.
"But, madam"
zone child drowned in the river and
the other in the work-house," she
went on.
II don't care, l."
"Nor Ineither, and what more, I've
got six shirts to wash and can't have
you fooling around here"
And she shut the door on his toes.
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THE ERL.YING.
FROM ooETHR.

=
Who rides 70 late through the tempest wild, Z: !
A father holding his trembling child;
He safely folds the boy In his arm, s&s<' +~--.,
He holds him arm and he keeps him warm. mi
my son, Why Aidttthy face in fearf"s y, > i
~Sssst father dear, mot the Erl-king theref
The Erlking's form with his train and crovnr' !
'why, son, i Is but afog banks frown." se.
: "Thou beauteous child, come dwell With me,
Happy and merry III play with thee, = j
Flowers are blooming Of beauty untold,
My mother has many I robe ofgold" ~s11 $fS'
"oh father. dear father, and can'st thou not hea.
The Erliins's promise 70 kind and fair ,'' Il;
"Be quiet now, be at rest, my child, .,lts ~.
'Aons vithered leaves ts the tempest Wild"
my beauteous boy, Wit 80 With mel T.
. MY lovely daughters shall care for thee; -
Ny daughters their nightly reyels keep ,~e
And dancing will rock thee and sing thee "a
sleep." = a. Ia -. 4. "'.'
my father, my father, and do'st thou not 500
The Erl-king's daughters there over the lea p i
my son, my son, yes sse ON our way - -
The ancient willows, crambling and gray"
.. .,a.s.lE 81 y; ue.s. ~ = = .,..'
II love thee, thy form has enchanted my heart,
And art thou not willing I'll force thee to part" :
"Oh father, dear father, he's grssping my arm. !
The EIl-king has done me grisvous harmp
y In horror the ,tAthes sspeeds on through thsstoza
His arms enfolding the wailing form,
When home was reached in anguish and dread,
Pressed to his bosom, the child was dead. ~ ;.
;. -1tGnalated for THE JOURNAL BY G s,
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CHAPTER TX.

"And did Mr.. Pryme really drown
himself?' g, >.=s, a..
My dear Felicia, if Female Curios.
ity had always access, as you have, to
an authors sanctorum,-if she could
stand or sit, as you can, at his elbow
whilst composing his romances of real
or unreal life,-lf she might ask, as
you do, at the beginning or in the
middle of the plot, what is to be its
denoatement-
"Well, sir, what then ?"
Why, then, Messieurs Colburn
Saunders and Otley Bentley, Chur-
ton, and Newby,-not forgetting A.
K. Newman,-might retire for good
to their country boxes at Ponder
End, Leather-head, and BALKAN Hill,
for there would be no more novels in
three volumes. Nay, the authors
themselves, serious and comic, both or
neither, might retreat forever into the
Literary Almshouses, if there are
any such places,-for there would be
no more articles of sixteen pages
and "to be continued the maya.
zines. All would be over with us,
as with the Bourbons, could Female
Curiosity thus forsee, as Talleyrand
said, "Le commencement de Ia fn!'
"Well, buff your story, as you
say, is AN owre true tale,' then Mr..
Pryme must have been a real man.
an actual living human being,-and
it is positive cruelty to keep one in
suspense about his fate!" -:
Dearest the tale is undoubtedly
true, that there was such parsonage
as Mr.. Pryme,-.
"Was! Why then he did embezzle
the money, and he did throw himself
off Westminster Bridge? But had
he really an illegitimate family
And did Mr.. Phipps actually marry
the widow, according to his dream p
Patience !-and you shall hear.
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FROM THE. MICROSCOPE TO THE
WOODPnE.

Ihe other day Detroit father pur-
chased microscope for his son, a boy
Of ten, patted the lad on the shoulder,
and said to him:
eMy son, take this microscope, and
60 out and study the beauties of ma
ture." ri szz'f - 4a5s3.E--
The boy left all other amusements
for that, and he took such great in
terest and improved so. rapidly, that
at the tea table, to which several vis-
itors sat down with the family, he felt
that he. must make some remarks.
Turning to one of the ladies'. he in
quired: ,s~.z
"Did you ever look at cheese
through microseopeY
Il don't think I ever did," she
pleasantly replied.
"Well, you just ought to see the
things crawl" ..@.
"John! Johnw exclaimed the faith
er, shaking his head at the boy across
the table.
John subdued for minute or two,
and when his motherpassed the cheese
| around, everybody said, 'sThank you,
no." Pretty soon the young student,
desiring to mollify his father, asked:
"Father, did you ever look at
toad through microscope?'
II will talk with you after supper"
replied the parent, scowling at the
boy.
John was rather disappointed at
his failure to arouse enthusiasm, and
just as the Strawberries were being
passed around, he remarked:
"Wall, you just ought to look at a
strawberry once through the micro
scope! They look just like warts,
they do, and you think you see bugs
running"
"Jawn !" said his mother.
"Boy!" warned his father.
| "Well, they look wors'n flies
heads" protested the boy, who imag-
ined that they doubted his veracity,
"for flies ~
| Boy" said the father, making
a motion for John to leave the table.
| John left, and as soon as it was con-
venient for him to do SO, the father
escorted the lad to the wash room
in the basement, bounced him around,
and said:
"My son, gimme that microscope,
and you take the axe and 60 out and
study the beauties of that woodpile!" !"
| If that boy continues to feel the
way he does at present, he will be.
come bank robber instead of a nat
uralist.-Detron Free Press.
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eyes and uplifted hands,. besought
Providence, if 1t saw fit, to aMict him
with the utmost miserjes of sickness
and poverty, but to save hin, even
by stroke Of sudden death to save him,
ever becoming a defaulter!sau
This devotional act restored him in
some degree to tranquility; but with
night and sleep all his horrors return.
ed. The face Of Mr.. PrYme, no long
er florid, but pale as a plaster-cast,
was continually confronting him, now
staring at him through: transparent
waters, and now between iron massive
bars. Then the dismal portrait would
abruptly change to a full-length,
which was as suddenly surrounded by
a:cluster of children, boys and girls
of different ages, including one or two
ihnfants,-a il family he understood, by
the intuition Of dreams, to be illegiti.
mate, and that they were solemnly
consigned by the Suicide to his care
and maintenance. y Anon the white
figure vanished, and l. black one ap-
peared in its place, q female, with the
very outline, as if cut in paper, Of the
widowed Mrs Pryme, and whom by
some mysterious but imperative obi
cation he felt that he must espouse.
The next moment this: phantom was
swept away by mighty rush Of black
waters, like those in Martins grand
picture ofthe Deluge, and, on or be.
meath the dark" food again Aoated
the pale e&gy Of the Suicide entire
and apparently struggling for dear
life, nd'sometimes shattered, he knew
not how, and drifting about in passive
fragments. Then came a fresh rush
Of black waters, gradually shaping
itself into an immense whirlpool, with
the white corpse-like figure, but mag.
nifed to a colossal size, rapidly whirl.
ing in the centre of the vortex, whilst
obscure forms, black and white, O.
children, females, savages, and alas
not a few gigantic Demon shapes, re-
volved more slowly around it.
In short, the poor fellow neve,
passed so wretched night since ht
was born!
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hint Of the affair to a porter, who had
told it to another, and another, and
another, till the secret was as we'll
buzzed and blown as if it had been
con6ded to swarm Of blue-bottles.
In fact, the flight Of Mr.. Pryme waa
known throughout the several offices,
where, according to English custom,
the event became a subject for bet
ting, and a considerable sum was laid
out at 6 ITO 4, and afterwards at 2
to 2, against the temperance of the
cashier :. 1@@tt II T /. .s.''-!} .! = $
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: IAN extraordinary feat in mov-
ing buildingswas recently successfully
accomplished in New York. The five
story brick wall Of a livery stable
was found to be intruding eighteen
inches on the adjoining property. The
building was cut away from the wall.
and the wall successfully moved to its
proper position without injury and
reunited to the stable, from which
eighteen inches had been cut away.
The wall was FIVE stories in height,
and weighed 250 tons.
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Mrs. Jane G. swisshelm AYERS
that elecampane and fresh milk form
sure remedy for hydrophobia. Put
the elecampane root into the milk,
boil it and give it to the patient, fast
ing, pint at a time. Three doses at
intervals Of forty:eight hours, she
says, will effect cure.-N. Y. Sun.
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"A complaint is made in the st.
James, Magazine that instead of study
ing her own maritime interests, Eng
land has created five naval powers,
Germany, Turkey, Spain, Brazil, and
Peru, by permitting the construc-
tion, on the Thames and Clyde, Of
iron-clads superior to any in her navy
for these countries. 1t is urged that
the Lords Of the Admiralty should
take immediate steps to have the bua-
iness broken up.
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"A Norristown man has invented

"A Norristown man has invented
a shell which deserves the immediate
attention of Secretary Robson. ut
is filled with small shells, and when
it bursts among ten thousand soldiers,
these smaller shells are scattered in
all directions, and, bursting in turn,
send out still smaller shells, which
travel around recklessly, and by the
time the miniature shells, contained
in the third size, explode, the army is
nearly wiped out, and the few men
remaining want to 60 home"
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"A little boy wanted to bo

bis aunt's dog for a moment, and ask
ed her to let him have a piece of
string, so he could lead him. "What
are you going to do with him?" said
the good lady. The boy hesitated for
a moment, and then said, "Well, you
see, a boy round the corner bet me
his dog was a larger dog than yours." "
"Well," said the aunt, suppose it
turns out that his dog is the larger
one" "Then," said the nephew,
you'll lose your dog"
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With the exception Of two or
three thinlY-settled parishes, all the
census returns in Louisiana are in.
In New Orleans there are 144,721
whites and 81 ,647 negroes. In the
State the whites number 4o4, 1861, the
negroes, 45O,O29.s
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PURE BRED FOWLS.

We now have very large stock. Of
PURE BRED FOWLS Of the following
varieties, for sale: as<@.* =
Dark Brahmas. Light Brahmas, Buff
Cochins, Partridge Cochins, Brown Leg
horns White Leghorns, Silver Grey Dor.
kings and Houdans. /isssi 8. ~ s. {
Our fowls are all frst-class and we guar
antee satisfaction to all. Send stamp for
descriptive circular and price list.
Address "a. ISAAC CLYNDE,
~ *aug5 Marlboro, Stark county, Ohio
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..;.;- !. What comes after T?'' asked a
teacher Of small pupil who was
learning the alphabet. He received
the bewildering reply, "You do-to
8 ee Liza" - Mi:
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= REAL ESTATE AGENCY =
Cooper & HinchiIxood,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
FOR SALE.'

No. So. Corner lot, with history house.
p. Good we'll in Kitchen, good barn,
and good picket fence, with fruit
.'''. trees, &C., in yard. Good location.
is -. Will be sold cheap for cash, or ex-
changed for good land.
No. "a. Lots 4, and 6, in block 40, St.
- Cloud City. Good well and small
barn on premises. Good location.
Will be sold very cheap, and on
-~.-. terms to suit purchaser. -.ss
No. 55. A dwelling house in lower town,
opposite the Normal School.
Good barn, well, etc. Will be
.Fa25S:E sold very cheap and on easy terma.
No. 81. Two-story house, containing 1s
rooms. 24 lots, on which are fine
- % fruit and shade trees, good we'll,
- 49,. cistern and barn. Very desirable
neighborhood. Must Be sold.
No. 68. 100 acres land in Benton county
.z34s's good timber; 20 acres meadow on
4. nice little stream running
& through the place; 40 acres in
i crop; good log house and stable
.@ss , & good we'll and within half mile
Of school. house, store and saw
4 555*'~ : mill; will be ,sold very cheap
I. IL, gs.5 and on easy terms. ssYIr5> .s.:.@
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A MUTUAL MISUNDERSTAND

Two colored citizens Saturday had
a little trouble on the post office cor
ner.
"Sir, I stigmatize you as a false
hoodfer exclaimed the first.
"And you, sir, are cantering hip
elcrite r replied the second.
"Ah! talk away!" growled the
first, ':but my character is above dis
proach."
"And your influence don't detach
from my reputation one Iowa !"growl-
ed the other.
And thus they parted.-DetroH
Free Press.
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= CHAPTER VIII.
Poor Mr.. Phipps! il:

Poor Mr.. Phipps!
AS soon as the Office was closed he
walked home to his lodgings in West
minister, but at slower pace than
usual, and with a heavy heart, for
his mind was full of sorrow and mis-
giving at the too probable fate of the
unfortunate Defaulter. The figure Of
Mr.. Pryme followed him wherever he
went; it seemed to glance over his
shoulder in the looking:glass; and
when he went to wash his hands, the
pale drowned face of the cashier
shone up through the water, instead
Of the pattern at the bottom of the
basin. =: It.. IL, r.. =. ~,
For the first time since his clerk
ship he could not enjoy that favorite
meal, his tea. The black bitterness
in his thoughts overpowered the flavor
sof the green leaf; it turned the milk
and neutralized the sugar on his plate.
He took but one bite out of his crum-
pet, and then resigned it to the cat.
Supper was out of the question. His
mental agitation, acting on the nerves
Of the stomach, had brought on sick
headache, which indisposed him to
any kind of food. In the mean while
for the first strange time he became
intensely sensible that he was a bach
elor, and uncomfortably conscious of
his loneliness in the world. The COM
pany of a second person, another face,
only to look at, would have been an
infinite relief to him,-by diverting
his attention from the one dreadful
thought and the one horrible image
that, do what he would, kept rising
up before him. sometimes like a
miniature figure amid the: intricate
1 + D. !
veins Of the marble mantelpiece,-and
anon in the chiaro-oscuro of the fire.
To get rid of these haunting illusions,
he caught up a book. which happened
to be the second volume of Lambs
Letters, and stumbled on the follow
ing ominous passage
'"Who that stoedeth, kaosceth but he
may get taNf Your hands, as vet, /
am most soilling to believe, haze never
dev;ated into others property. You
th;'.k It impossible asat you could ever
commit so heinols az, ofcnse; but 50
thought Fa,satleroy once; so have thought
many besides HIM, .ulso at last have ez.
piated as he hath DONE" :. q =
The words read like 4 fatal proph.
ecy! He dropt the book in horror,
! and falling on his knees, with fearful
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THE TWO ORGAN-GRNDERs.

On Saturday, says the Detroit Free
Press, there was sitting in front of the
residence Of E. A. Brush, on Ran
dolph street, an organ-grinder who
had been blinded by fire. His face
bore dreadful traces of the calamity
which had deprived him of his eyes,
and there was a pitiful lack of nick
els in his box. Still, he hopefully
ground out his dismal tunes, nodding
now and then as he heard the chink
Of coin droppinginto his little "bank,"
and at each such sound spurring him.
self to fresh exertion. Poor fellow!
1t was his only way Of testifYing his
desire to give his patrons their mon
ey's worth, and one could not with
hold a sentiment of respect for his
honesty of purpose. Presently there
came that way another organ-g grinder.
He carried his instrument on his
back. He had only one leg, and
that was not a good one. But he
thanked fortune for "as good pair
Of eyes as ever did duty in a poor
devils head" As he came abreast
Of the blind organist he paused, un-
clung his own organ, and humping
his crutch down ON the sidewalk,
looked at him long in silence. Fin
ally he dived into his pockets, raked
up handful of pennies, Scent pieces,
and other small coins, and deposited
them in the blind brothers box.
Still, without word, he picked up his
scratched and battered old instrument,
resumed his crutch and stumped
away. The incident was witnessed
by several gentlemen, who, as if in
repentance of their own thoughtless
neglect of the poor wretch, looked at
each other an instant and then dou-
bled, quadrupled the gift of the man
with the crutch, filling the poor fel-
lows box with a harvest of shinplas.
ters, the like Of which in quantity
he had not received in many a day.
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CHAPTER K,

The morrow came, and the hour
but not the man. -.
I Messrs. Grimble, Phipps, and Trent
were assembled round the oAice-6re,
poor Phipps looking as white as a
sheet, for ten o'clock had struck, and
there was no Mr.. Pryme.
At five minutes past ten the Secre.
tary came in from his own room with
his golden repeater in his hand,-he
looked anxiously round the Office
and then in turn at each of the three
clerks. MIR. Phipps sighed, Mr.,
Trent shook his head, and Mr.. Grim.
BILE shrugged up his shoulders.
"N0t here yet?'' ..'
"Nor won't be-" muttered Mr..
Grimble. : ...>,.. ...-r
"What odds will you lay about it p
whispered the glddy Mr.. Trent.
''The ofice-clock is rather FAST
stammered out Mr.. Phipps. - -.
1T is exact by my time,' u
said the Secretary, and he held out
his watch for inspection, .,... ...'. ..
"He was always, punctual to a min.
ute" observed Mr.. Grimble. i:
"Always. I fear, gentlemen, We
must apply for war" ->.~>>s
The Secretary paused, for he heard
the sound of a foot at the door, which
hastily opened, and in walked Mr.
Pryme!!! ~s-'*~s j s., -s*~s -. :
An apparition could scarcely hav'
caused q greater 2 trepidation. Th,
Secretary hurriedly thrust his repeat
er into his breechespocket. Mi
Grimble retreated to his own desk, :
Mr.. Phipps stood stock-still, with hi
eyes and mouth wide open, whil
Mr.. Trent, though he was = loser 8,
J the event, burst into a loud laugh.