"My nails, Sir."
"I am out of all patience! There, do you see that animal on the fence?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Do you know its name?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Then tell me what C A T spells."
"Kitten, Sir."
PROPENSITIES.
The American General Lee, being one day at dinner where there were some Scotch officers, took occasion to say, that when he had got a glass too much, he had an unfortunate propensity to abuse the Scotch, and therefore should such a thing happen, he hoped they would excuse him. "By all means," said one of the Caledonians, "we have all our failings, especially when in liquor. I have myself, when inebriated, a very disagreeable propensity, if I hear any person abusing my country, to take the first thing I can lay hold of, and knock that man down. I hope therefore the company will excuse me if anything of the kind should happen." General Lee did not that afternoon indulge his propensity.