A MAN that owned a fine Dog, and by a careful selection of its mate had bred a number of animals but a little lower than the angels, fell in love with...
SOME White Christians engaged in driving Chinese Heathens out of an American town found a newspaper published in Peking in the Chinese tongue, and com...
A ROBBER who had plundered a Merchant of one thousand pieces of gold was taken before the Cadi, who asked him if he had anything to say why he should ...
A KANGAROO hopping awkwardly along with some bulky object concealed in her pouch met a Zebra, and desirous of keeping his attention upon himself, said...
A PHILOSOPHER seeing a Fool beating his Donkey, said: "Abstain, my son, abstain, I implore. Those who resort to violence shall suffer from violen...
DURING a shower of rain the Keeper of a Zoological garden observed a Man of Principle crouching beneath the belly of the ostrich, which had drawn itse...
A MAN was hanged by the neck until he was dead. "Whence do you come?" Saint Peter asked when the Man presented himself at the gate of Heaven...
A KIND-HEARTED Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease, heard a noise behind him, and turning sa...
TWO Blighted Beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon. "I wish you a merry Christmas,&...
A GOVERNOR visiting a State prison was implored by a Convict to pardon him. "What are you in for?" asked the Governor. "I held a high o...