ALSO BUT NOT LIKEWISE A colored school-teacher was a witness in a case before a Southern Court. In giving his evidence he used the word "also" and "likewise" many times. In cross-examining the witness the attorney for the defense said, "I notice you use the words 'also' and 'likewise' quite frequently in your evidence. So you know what these words mean and the difference between them?" The colored school-teacher said, "Yes, sah, I think I do." The attorney asked that he explain to the Court and the witness answered, "Well, it's this a way; Judge Green am a lawyer, you is a lawyer 'also,' but not 'likewise.'"-C. F. Curry, Member Congress, California. OUT-ROTHING ROTH Before the Civil War a prominent lawyer in this State owned a negro by the name of Zeb, and it was said of Zeb that he had such a remarkable memory that, should the courthouse burn down, the titles to nearly all the property in the county could be established by his recollection. The lawyer used him in lieu of a stenographer, of which there were none in those days, relying upon Zeb's memory of the testimony of witnesses, etc., instead of stenographic notes or other writings. One day the Devil appeared to the lawyer and told him that he had come to take Zeb to hell. Lawyer-like, our barrister offered to argue with the Devil and finally submitted to him the proposition that, if he, the Devil, would subject old Zeb to any memory test which he could not stand, he would be perfectly willing for the Devil to take him; otherwise, he was to leave him alone. Of course, Zeb did not hear the conversation between the lawyer and the Devil. A few days afterward Zeb was plowing in his master's cotton field, when right out of the ground in front of him popped the Devil. Zeb turned loose the plow handles and with popping eyes looked at Mr. Devil, and the Devil said, "Do you like eggs?" and Zeb answered, "Yes." And the Devil disappeared. Ten years later. The Civil War had been fought in the meantime; old Zeb had been made free, and his master had presented him with a forty-acre farm down in one corner of the plantation. One day Zeb was hoeing in his potato patch, when, from behind a plum thicket, out stepped the Devil. Zeb eyed the Devil and the Devil eyed Zeb, and the Devil said, "How?" and Zeb answered, "Fried." The devil disappeared and old Zeb lived to a ripe old age, retaining his memory to the last.-James S. Parrish. NO DELAY A darky was asked what he would do if he received a letter from the Ku Klux ordering him to leave town. "Sho', boss, I'd finish readin' that thar letter on de train."— Roy G. Streeter. ACTIVITY BUT NO PROGRESS A lady in a Southern state inquired of her colored maid whether she had seen the merry-go-round which was reported to have been erected in an open square of the town. "Yes, ma'am," replied the maid. "Dat lazy husband of mine wuz ridin' on dem wooden horses all yestidday afternoon. I wuz thar when he got off last night and I sez to him, 'Look heah, Jim, yer been ridin' all day and yer spent a dollah, now whar yer been ?" After spending much time and money it is desirable that we "get somewhere."-Rev. Ernest M. Stires. ORIGINAL SIN I recall the story of a colored man in my native state who was haled before a court on a charge of mayhem. At the same time the victim of his atrocious assault was presented before the jury's eyes as Exhibit A for the case of the prosecution. Now, the unfortunate man's face was but little more than a |