Truthful

"General Grant was," says Gener Boraoo Porter iu McCluro's Magazin "withuut exception tho most bsoluteíy truthfnl man I everenconnteredin public or private life. He was uot only trnthfnl himself, bnt he had a horror of uutrnth in othors. " An anecdote illnstrates this trait. Oue day while sittiug iu Iris bedroom in the White House, wbere he had retired to write a message to cougress, a card was brought; in by a servan t. An offleer ou duty at the time, seeiug that the president did uot want to be disturbed, remarked to the servant, "Say the president is uot in. " General Graat overheard the remark, tnrned aronnrt sudrl-nly in his chalr and cried out to tti int: "Teil him uo sui . ,ng] I don't lie niyself, ud I don't want any, one to lie for nio!"