Not In the House. Reprcsontatlvo MacCurtney ot tho Massachusetts legislature tells the story of nn assoclato who, on bolng oloctcd to tho general court of tho atato for tho first time, wns very" greatly great-ly Impressed with tho dignity ot his ofttco. One night ho wns sleeping soundly when his wife- heard, or ' thought sho heard, a noise. Sho tried to arouse her spouso and found it far from easy. Giving him a hard shako, sho whispered: "John, Joh.1, wnko up! Thero aro thieves in tho house." "No, no, Maria, you aro mistaken," ho answered; "thoro may bo onf or two In tho senate, but thero aro nono In the house." Now York Times.