THE AM E!R I C A'N .
IN AnSHNCR.
tit twUnUf, in fmt
Mint yM cimM rviil uu Ui t
Atvl now tlira but m mAf t
UbrMn I mi nl ntt l thin not
All U !! innta, ynt nit Ik dmol
Tin rlrr flu, tun llownn bloom,
Tin ntnin plotr lhili Uio Uai Ullng
liloom,
An.l iitui call aloud thy tmnin,
Piuw utrnppT M'M look Into tlilni
Ami rnnRnr Hp UiKlr wi-lenin dpmiki
A tnnicnr' kin i im thy iln'ik;
Hut mm cm bit to Un m mlnul
Kor, north or south, or fnxt or went,
I'onuj uttirm or mintilii, wnl or won,
A triiflr liiwt tlmu'lt iuvr know
limit Unit wlilcu Irmnlili'd In thin l.rom.t.1
Hatm-diiy Kvonlnif 1'odt.
John Ui'nry Hrltfif had boon born
nml timnuht iin In tho country, and
thmijfh bo IihiI npnt Homo your in Hid
city ho tilainmd ho una never um m
ii.nl v w.iituul f ioiii thn country.
Thouuli b" had not doon it bill of bean
planted In Tom-toon yonrn yet bo (1I1
not coiiho to toll bin frlnnd nbout bin
knowledge of farm In if, mid bow, when
ho wild on tho form, hid father unod lo
rnldo c-rojm tbo envy of Unit country
whin for mile around. Onoo In a
whllrt Mr. Ib-liw would gat a notion
Into 111 bend that bo wanted dome of
tbo old-tlnui country fain, and thon bin
llttlfl wife wan put to her wit' cud to
prcpnmbiun and nti'lntf bean or btw:oi
and hominy hi hucIi a mannor m to
remind Mr, Urltftfd of hi lotitf priMt
country boyhood. J lor effort mot with
indifferent huccom, for though Mi
lli'ltftfd can cook iiflcrthOHamu foi-inula
that Mi'. Ib'IglfM' mother iidnd, dho can
not (five him tbo iippotlto of ft hii-wl
man, or conjuro up thn conditions
under which Mr. Ib-lutr nl,,,l t Ndldh
oouiitry fate.
On a dny thin prtnif Mr. Urltr diid
Auttv foirmniljorod how ho UHod to
mlldli bollod unwind, and from that
moment bin ono aim in llfo wad to do.
vour noino onoo mom, Mr. lb-l(r-d'
aunt wad dlopplnff at hid houdn for a
few day wlu-n thn fovop ntpuek Mm
and nIio wad coiidulfnd n to thn proper
liwrrnillnnt.B Hlill kllldd of llOrbd. Mplfl.
ach, pulno and curly dock with hoot
top and mum am leave.
Ai curly dock and rmiHtiird Joiivnd
wore not to ho procured In open mar
kot, a munll boy wad commlddlonod to
Invndo tho country and proeuro a uf
l)clnnt quantity of thonu hvi-bd,
'l'h hoy diiccccdcd in hid foreign
nilwdlon, and It donirmd ad though
Jlrltftfd witnirolnr to onjoy a mcnl of
old-tlina bollod trrcend oncomom lie
Jnvitod an old bachelor chum to tako
dlunor with him, and thn wild chum
roadlly accoiitod tbo invitation, not ho
much on nccount of tbo dlnnnr of
hnrbd, nd bariumo of a ffntla and himh
ful piidlon that bo cnloHalticd for
llrlgtfd' maidm mint. Tbo jmildnn
limit wd nware of ilia tender wititi
nmnld of her UMphow'ii frh-nd, and
knowing that old miylrttfi "Ui fiadlont
wiiy to reach a man'H heart Id through
hlnntomftch," had noiidldorahh truth
in it, Nho detrmlnod that tbo boiled
gmm dhoiibt ho a duccend. Mrd,
IMug imiially dupnrlntonded tbo cul
inary department, but to rnako miro
that'tbw cookftpy wadtfolriK on In prop
Arithnpo tbo aunt invaded tbo kitchen.
"Now Mr. lii'lggdalwiiyd Id dparlns?
vt Malt find forcibly afrnld of poppor,"
rnudod tbo aunt. "I think i'll put
liitio miipii of hoth In to bo miro that
thoro'n cnouifh. And I'm nfrald nbo
did not put In ftiiouli dock, There d
nollilnjf llko phnly of dock In boiled
grefliid."
kn in wnt morn nalt and poppor,
wild anothnr handful of dock, Tho
mint had haroly retired from tho klleh
on when Ibo mUtrcxd of tbo hoiido en
nml lonkod Iniollio Hoothlritf not
itt nioi'i. flip thn llfo of mo rmneiuber
mhi,thnr f tint In mi It and nciumr or
pot, John alwuyn way that J novor
cnou Ult iiHVitfln m lo lo mun of
it I'll pul in mono nnjttii.V, ami I it
K llHlf HHiii dni h wouKi urn oo any
iiit no. An iihir ihrt of null nml
popper went h 'o the HIHntf ciildi'un.
Miuy Aim. won wild Hie at mm ini"
mi. I n!n, In of Hint klll bt'll. look 1
over thn field a Utile hilci' ami decided
that ltd h-r iiiMro often fm aot to
pi'tiHiii whtitfbo wild cooltliitf, tbnt It
would bo n ifood tbin to put a llttlo
extin M'tidolilntX Into Urn Ki-eetin. Hhrt
tlbl no. And hi Mm know tlo. k wad
id dbo put In nt imm bunch,
Mr, and Mid. Ilrlmr. with nuiil.v find
tho Invited iftm ifiithered ii round tho
fcntlvo boiu-d, npni-klliitf with c.it ghmd
and K'UttoWnit ,vHb nllver.
"Ah, It milked mo yoimff nituln,
wild Itrlk'IfH. when tbo pottnito wild
lignum In. "to Htnell llm uavory odor
of bl led ifi'ei'iid unco mom I Jmpo
you prepiircd ph-nty, my dear, Mi
lirlj,'Kd reiilled Unit nbo Ihoujtbt nho
had pi-epiu-ed a hulllcbuit ipmntlty, or,
to bo inoi-e truthful, iiiinty had pro-
Itlll'iul till. Ml.
Ad Aunty bad prepared tin tu, the
,n,,,-i tnii,ioiii'il to iiiit'liikn of them.
'J'horo wild a Kiiilln nml iook oi iieiin,ni.
.. . . .
iintlt .1 pat Ion on hid rnco ad aid iijin
iiinwii.il m'MM ii, tonoi'oiid portion, but
tho dinllo vauldhod liiwliuiter nnd a
ImmIj of MHtmiUlilhelit not unililxed
wiiii fi.i"i.iii. look lU oliico, When lio
realledtho llnvor of bid inoiitliful hid
II m.I IiiuhiImo WIM lo Miilt, but ho Clll'l'll
mi It, and chewed manfully, with
wenvliitf Jaw, llko a cow wiin a worn
i,i I,,. i. oiiil. In tho inoiifillfno Mr.
U-iw' aunt hud taken a mouthful of
tho u-i-coiid. When Urn tiidto of tho
in,, m iiiu'iiiiio iioiiamnl. kIio bariily hup
prcddwl aMcreaiii, and In bur Juidto to
gtt tint dnlnty out of her month, tbo
jfi-coiiH bocarno laiiirled up in nor cud'
4 nil- it iiiil ii fiuii.li. nml nil went out to
itiiher, Ilrlwd wild m oiitfned with
l,j ,,u.i nnllcllilllliltlN t lilt ho did not
tmtico imylhliitf nmld at the other dido
of tho fiililo.
. (nil vou." luiromarkod, "tho ob
timo country rovndor id bewt, nftop
nil, Now thld and no put Homo in
Mi. "Hull! oh! oh! Modedl
What Id tbldP It'd poldonl" and bid
nycn Blartoil and bo tff'ow red in tbo
faco, ad bo Hplt mid rputtorod.
"Why, wluit'd the mutter, my dearP"
nuked Mi HrlKU In alarm.
..'i-witililol tciiulilo!" ho ronred, con
i i rrt i Imp lo milt. "What id thld bcllldh
dtiiff that you bavo madoP" Tho
giWAU no longer able lo contain him-
ddlf, gnggm, ami in poruon uopnneu
from him, wlillo hid couniouiinoo iw
Ul I tin ill . nun Ui 1 1 ko whlteneMd.
"Wu'ro tioUoned, "continued Jirltrttd,
"domi for a doctor, (let an omotloi
quick, nomohody."
,.T A, .n't il, I, ,1 uih iiiwwl nn eh, rim
tlis," diiid tho jti.i, m.i,l)n- a holt U.i
lm lilnl'.
I'op it, few minuted confilnlotl of tllff
rankodt kind held nwny, but finding
(I, ni, fliov cont niii'd o I Iv. t, ho ncaro
fchntid immewhat, nml Mph. Jlrltf
and tbo aunt cop feoil to tholpdoadon
liitf tho pottage,
n tint u liiil.'1 mild Iti'lui'ii fimkc it dO
hlUerP It id more bluer than tho
modi politmint (fi'lef condefirtoij,
Flmilly todi'itlotho mutter, dorno of
tho Ingredient Unit had not been uod
worn bnoiight in.
"What'd thldj did you tmo any of
Unit?" nuked lirltftfd, holding tip noma
leaved,
"Why yod," replied Mph, UrItfH,
"wo iided plonty of that, That'
dock."
"Ye., It'd dock," mild Ilrlwi, "but
it' burdock, and not curly dock, and
burdock Id tho bltlereNi weed that
(trow on tho faco of tho oarth. If you
two women, born and raided in tho
country, luivo o fur forottoit yrmr
brlniliitf up that you can't toll curly
dock from burdock, it Idii't dafs to
tnmt yon to cook gmn."
And Mr. Urld' chum, with a Urn
dor piiNMou for tho mint, thought ho,
too," and tho mint will never iinin try
o reach a mnri'd licnit through hlB
utomm'h.-Kdwin Jlalph (-'olllnd, in
TnxH KlfUnitH.
now tu WAirrn.
11m h(1II Cttri InhliillM lhnh
llml 1 illiiihf'.
A liti.1,iniilor wild bndtv rruxlioit, ft
fiiilniuhl ngo. In New York, by th
foil of A ni'iitTotiHtiir WhllH lio wndni,
wmU on ft 1 nil biilldlntf, wiyn tbo
Ari.,uiiint. IIU followd tdckoil btiil OP
nnd lioro It I in, Wood I mt ft ml Umity, to -a
dhndy pot to wait fop Uto nmnuinucn.
IVoplo woro tiouiM" proBirtuou oy um
i, .mi i. nit nvnr Um cllv. ami tbo itiuhti
Inm-iid bud boon on tloi run all dny.
After about half an houp of dimpoimo,
a doctor, who wad pudding, wad eiillnit
over. I In kimll flown py mo iiuin, umi,
hid onwhoiMn dido, ami oxamlimd III
fractured dkull. Tlnm ho dbook hl
iioml nml nk oil. Mofttvi "Had ho any
frlondd umoiitf youP" "Nono of in
knowM him, dir." mini inn loreumn, j
"Well, if any of you can firnt any in
formation from him about bin poopla,
yuu'd butter do ho at ouco. Nothing
ran niivo liim, Jt'i only a qundtlon of
ft few hour." Hrnndy wiw proourod
and Honmoit lo rovivo nun, ana nn.
ntionoil hi nvod and looked around,
but to all nuoNtloiid a to hid nitiuo, lild
. . ii i j i I . ill I
homo, hid parcnid, in who, iiidcono
rcn otc, ho (tavo no atidwiir. "Wll,
old nuiri," Hitld tho foreman at bint,
tondorly, "wo can't do notbliiK at all
for you, Um doctor nayd, though you
know wo would ir wo coma, inn uny
Id wctiPlnir on and our jon miidi on nn
lnhi.il. Tim amhulanoo will noon bo
hero, do you won't tako it hrd if w
Inavo you now, will youP" Tbo liod
carrlcr looked up id Mm nlowly and
wpokn with a (front omin: "i vo gm n
.11,. ,tif" .)octor MIIVI ho," "How
doonP" "Ileforo diindown, my boy."
"No holp fop Itr "JNO." "vvnii,
ufll.lt n lorni- dlih. "VOU no on with
yixip work and I'll go on with my
dylnV add ho turnod hli hoad-hut
It Ih oyoH and waited.
'I llf llOdOIIOM of fllllll VtMU9,
Tho pncondcloiid rudnnodd of Htupiil
iw.i'imm In one of tho modt annoylnif of
nodal voxatlorid, and yet It Id a thlntf
which muwt bo ondurcd a part of tbo
dlddptlno of llfo.
A limy WHO nau mm nor mmno inm
ovi-r In tbo modt went awblon wan
iidked by ovory intlmato frloml who
called to exhibit it from top to bottom,
A nho wild ono of tbo pordond who
havo numeroud Jntlirutto frlendd iio
II I hid tho oliico of oxhlbitop pretty
often, and of coin-do oach dear friend
to whom dim dhowod tho hoiido wont
nway and mado Intlmato friend com
mentd upon il. Ono day a lady who
wiiM ruif if itiM Inner clrclo of intlmato
frlendd called and beforo inavinif adknd
to bo taken over tho noudo, j nonod
i,.hj kiitufui inir iiiout ami after all
had been nemi led tho wny back to th
I ilLI'Ifll.
"Hut you havo not dhoweil mo all
tho (jhambei-d," tho (fumit nald.
"Yed, you havo deen them all," wa
it,,. t..,(.i v.
"No,'1 tbo caller Indldtod," "tboro Id
...H'liiinlv one which I havo not doori.
"J bavo dhown you all thoobauibwrii
iiini'o n I'd " the hotenn aridworod,
i.U'olL" thn other dald. "I do pot
uiMlerdtand it, Mph. Hmlth," naming
tho hodlodd' mont Intlmato friend, "mpj
rno tbnt thoro wa on cbarnbcp that
hud tho mot vullfap papep on it that
who ovor daw, and I wan tod Ut hoo
Unit,"
To which tho hoted could only ro
ply Unit wbatovw thuro wan Jiad bn
dhown, and that tbo cal lor might do.
cldo for hoi-dolf what cbambitp Mr.
Kinlth had mount, Hotn ('ourloP.
in 170 bK'tn tho wiip known nn
"Qunen Annn' Whp." In tbl war
Knifland fouifbt aplnt Spain M w""
ad Franco. Mouth Carolinawa Involvod
in a war with tho Spaniard and In
dian of Florida, whllo tbo northern
nolonle woro Htri)0fi;llPf agalndt ('nn.
ada, Tho (fovernor of Mouth (!pollna
mado uccodful Inrondd upon tbo Flop.
Idii Indian, but bo could not capture
MU Atitfin'Uno, I'nit Hoyal, in Nov.
Hcottn. wd it!lii liikeit front Uo
I h itch In I lit, hut Um fttloiuptd tondo
lo hike (JukIh'H hoi-i! ouco iimro a fitt!
urn. Tho wiip chloiiy notnhlo fop
the hon ililo i'liHlitubtd of Um ('Htliida
iiulliin on mmm of Um noi-Umrn frmi
flop, llcertleld. Ill wi'dtepii Miwacbil'
dotl, wiih ietrojt'd In ITOl, mid moro
tluiii a huiulri'd of lid pnuplo curried
Into ciiptlvlty, Tho war liwlnd about
nlevcit Jiuu-d, A It-only wad tmnln In
171:1, nml thorn wm a loipf poaco bit
twoen Friineo nnd Kpifland.
A 1 lo n Juil
Tho toad llhh of America iidiially
hnuntd tho creviced of pock, wliern it
lay It p(rwd; lint thel-n I now on view
In llio Aipiarliim of tho Uultod Minted
FImIi (!ominldnl.m at WaHblnton nn
oi'dlunry Jii(f, In which mm of themi
curloiid fldh hrid mado ltd liomn, Tbo
JiiK wad plcknd tii from tho In Mom of
I J mat Harbor, Wood' l's'J, Man,,
with a malo toad Huh limldo nnd a
quantity of npawa adherlnj to thi
wntld. Tond -flub havo aldo been found
at homo in old hootd, pieced of drain-
tllo and PottomloH poor noiiied. in
Um Aquarium at WiwhliiKton tboro
aro Htorn battlo for tbo freehold of
thodo tonomcntd, but tho fldh In
poNModdlon Id guunrally ablo to liohl It
HIiKPiiiMii'a Mr niKtlmliln tlrnMit
Wrltor win? bavo biidlod theumitlve
plcklntf up amtcdoted and Incident of
tho llfo of Mlmi-man appear to havo
wholly ovm-lookud tho utory of bid po
markablo dream, 'i bo Mt, loul Ho
publican ba had tho account in a
dcrap-book for upward of twenty yoam,
It I a follow;
Ono nl(fht tho koiioi-iiI took pefugo in
an old farm imiido and had fnllnu Into
ndoop Hlonp wiieu ho wad vlltol by il
modt oxclllii(f droam, Jlo furiolod thai
tho hoiido In which ho dlopt wa HUP
roundod by a hand of gmvWm, who
had dug- a bolo oonoath tho room in
which bo lay, filled it with powder aril
touchod It olf, Tho nxplodlofi that fol
lowed wad lorplhlo, and tho (funeral
thought bo Haw Mmnolf flylnif through
tho alp in HoetloiiM. Tbo hoc,k of tbl
torrlhlooKiierlonco cauded Mm to jump
Ut tbo mlddlo of tho (loop, Hadtily
drosdlng:, ho loft tho Imlldlnjf. Ho had
not (form fap Into tho niifht wbon a rod
Blaro dliot up from tho farm hoiido,
followed by a torrlhlit ouplodlon, Tiio ,
bulldlmf wm wrecked, but tho dream
had aved tho llfo of tho (freat (fonoral.
I'd run n I f ndfOMi4ftH't
Tbo fond mother will HomtimoH
poup hoi'dolf out imrodopyodly upon
hep child. Mho withhold riotMnjf in
hop powop that will oontributo to hi
gratlncatlori, No nacrlflco I too
tfreatfop hop to undorgo orbl sako,
'1 hi dfslf-abneiitlon l In ltoif lovely
and Hdmlrablo', yet, If it and tboro, it
cannot but provo an Injury to tbo vory
ono for wbwo ak dho would lay
down bop llfo, Witf all Imp nffortd,
ono Important part of hi oduentloii
bft beep mtjflootod. Ho bad pot been
tralnnd in bnnovolenoo, Hi (onep.
Odlty ha not boon cultivated, III
power of Holf-rodlralot and Holfacri
flo havs not ben dovolopcd. Hoi
acciidtorned to rwioivn ovorythfnif and
kIvo nothlntf to bo mlfildtimd unto
and not to mlnldlop, Union ho po
donned a very par and iifiiiduai (diami
lop, bo will ifpow up dellldh, onaetlnif,
and unjfraiful, 'J'horo ba pot been
too much kindriOdd, but too llttlo Iri;
UdlitfWfioo,
A tiOOt Mflt HlllOW Wllllll.
Ono Hootlon of tho (mat hlntorlcal
oolloctlon at I''iiddon i lltorallya mu
disiim of lioot and hoed, bolnjf, It I
bollovod, iinoqualed In tho world ad a
repository for tho foot wen P f cel
brltlod. Among tbo tblntfd of Inten d!
dhown aro a pnlr of dhood worn by
Martin Luthr at tho Plot of Worm,
and tbo lollot slipper of tho if peat
Maria Thema, Jrtadcnlod cado urn
liown tbo boot worn by Nnpoloon t
tin baftlo Of Hrcddcn, and tho Jin-It
bootj of l'tr thi (irnnU
