Encouraging A Youth

Congressman McClellan of New York. who is remarkably youthful in his appearance, is said by the Washington Times to be in the habit of telling the iollowing story against himself : About two weeks after my first appearance in the house I left my hotel late. I had uot had time to read the papers, and picking up a dozen or more, I placed taem under my arm and boarded a car. I left it at the entrance to the capítol grounds, and was hastening to"ward the building, when an elderly man, who it was evident hailed from the rural districts, accosted me. "Air you a-goin' to the capitol . he asked. "Yes," I replied. "So'm I," he said. "That is a privilege every man In this country may enjoy," I answered. "Yes, I guess that's what we fit fer," said my new acquaintance, and then he added, "What air you in such a hurry for?" "I want to get rid oL these papers," I answered in a reckless way, pointing to the bundie beneath my arm. "Hum, young man!" eaid the man, as gravely as an undertaker, "why don't you remember you're a man now, and stop sellin' newspapers, behave yourself and be elected to congress, and become a great man, like Dan'l Webster?"