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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.