"Webster, why don't you bow? There go some of your constituents."
Quick as a flash Webster took off his hat, and, bowing gravely, replied:
"Yes, Senator, we are sending them down South to teach school."
A RESPONSIVE CHORD
A woman of Madison County, New York, was in Washington during the second term of President Cleveland and with her husband took occasion to go to see the chief executive at one of the large public receptions. All was new and grand to the couple, but the sight of the endless line of handshakers elicited the genuine sympathy of the old woman for the First Lady of the Land. No doubt, this feeling was considerably stimulated by her own weariness from long standing in line, which had about exhausted her strength as well as her patience. When finally she did reach the president and his wife, she exclaimed:
"Mrs. Cleveland, be you very tired?"
With quick adaptability and very gentle earnestness, Mrs. Cleveland replied:
"Yes, I be."
HE WAS RAISED
A year ago a manufacturer hired a boy. For months, there was nothing noticeable about him except that he never took his eyes off the machine he was running. A few weeks ago, the manufacturer looked up from his work to see the boy standing beside his desk.