"Who is it?" asked the mother before going into the parlor.

"I don't know, mamma, but I think it's God."

HOW HE KNEW

In a New York court, counsel for the defense, in a case of assault, was questioning a witness for the prosecution. "Now, you say you saw the quarrel between the two men?"

"Yes," replied the man, who happened to be a carpenter.

"How far away from them were you?"

"Just four yards, two feet, three and one-half inches."

"What do you mean?" shouted the attorney. "You don't mean to say that you can measure distance that accurately with your eye?"

"No," said the carpenter, quietly; "but I knew some fool would ask me, so I measured it."

WORSE YET