SUCCESSIVE Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. "Why do you weep?" inquired an Angel...
AN eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of Patagascar was accused of having obtained his appointment by fraud. "You wander," he said to the ...
A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: "Your money or your life!" "My good friend," said t...
A POLICEMAN, finding a man that had fallen in a fit, said, "This man is drunk," and began beating him on the head with his club. A passing C...
AN Ambitious Writer, distinguished for the condition of his linen, was travelling the high road to fame, when he met a Tramp. "What is the matter...
Two Politicians were exchanging ideas regarding the rewards for public service. "The reward which I most desire," said the First Politician,...
A TRAVELLER arriving at the capitol of the nation saw a vast plain outside the wall, filled with struggling and shouting men. While he looked upon the...
A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick. "Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as well as he could, &q...
A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatte...
A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full speed, and stopped it. "Turn ...