DOUBTFUL PRAISE
During the Civil War an old negro was overheard praying. "Oh, Lord," he said, "bress the Union soldiers! Bress General Grant! Oh, Lord, he is coming down here to save us. Oh, bress General Grant! He has a white face, but he's got a black heart."
BRITISH PERSPICACITY
Charles Francis Adams was escorting an English friend about Boston. They were viewing the different objects of attraction and came finally to Bunker Hill. They stood looking at the splendid monument, when Mr. Adams remarked:
"This is the place, sir, where Warren fell."
"Ah!" replied the Englishman, evidently not very familiar with American history. "Was he seriously hurt by his fall?"
Mr. Adams looked at his friend. "Hurt!" said he, "he was killed, sir."
"Ah! indeed!" the Englishman replied, still eying the monument and commencing to compute its height in his own mind. "Well, I should think he might have been--falling so far."
A FUNNY DOG
Mildred is a bright little girl of six. The other day she was with her mother in the park when she saw a dog whose species was entirely new to her.