Dick. "Yes, papa; but you said the less we quarrel about the better."
ISAAC NEWTON AND HIS SERVANT.
A good story is told of Isaac Newton. It seems that one day, feeling chilly, he ordered his servant to build a good roaring fire in the grate, and when his orders had been obeyed be drew his chair up and enjoyed the cheerful warmth. In a short while he dropped into deep thought, and became unmindful of the heat of the fire until it grew so intense that he was compelled to notice it. He rang the bell violently for the servant, and when he came, ordered him to move the grate. The servant scratched his head in puzzled silence, and Newton, becoming thoroughly exasperated with the heat and the servant's disobedience, shouted, "Will you move that grate?"
The servant jumped this way and that in terror, and finally coming to his senses, said, "Would it not be better, sir, for you to move your chair?"
"Well! well! well!" said Newton. "Upon my word, I never thought of that."
Teacher. "George, what excuse have you for being late?"
George. "Only a far-fetched one."
Teacher. "What do you mean?"