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Apropos of George's Birthday.

Mrs. Washington, the mother of George,
was going to make soap. George and his
father arranged a large cask with some straw
in the bottom of it, and on top of the straw
they put some ashes and then leached them.
Mrs. Washington got her soap grease all ready
and in a short time the house was filled with
that beautiful odor which betokens the process
of soap-boiling. With all her skill she could
not make the soap come. On investigation it
was discovered that some of the ashes used
were from the wood of the cherry-tree which
George had cut down and no lye could be
produced even from them. This shows the
power of truthfulness. Cambridge, (Mass.)
Tribune.