AN INFALLIBLE RECEIPT.
As Louis XIV. was, one severe frosty day, traveling from Versailles to Paris, he met a young man, very lightly clothed, tripping along in as much apparent comfort as if it had been in the midst of summer. He called him,—"How is it," said the king, "that, dressed as you are, you seem to feel no inconvenience from the cold, while, notwithstanding my warm apparel, I cannot keep from shivering?" "Sire," replied the pedestrian, "if your majesty will follow my example, I engage that you will be the warmest monarch of Europe." "How so?" asked the king. "Your majesty need only, like me, carry all your wardrobe on your back."
AN APT SCHOLAR.
"George, what does C A T spell?"
"Don't know, Sir."
"What does your mother keep to catch mice?"
"Trap, Sir."
"No, no, what animal is very fond of milk?"
"A baby, Sir."
"You dunce, what was it scratched your sister's face?"