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  • The Return of the Representative
    12-05

    HEARING that the Legislature had adjourned, the people of an Assembly District held a mass-meeting to devise a suitable punishment for their represent...

  • The Judge and the Plaintiff
    12-05

    A MAN of Experience in Business was awaiting the judgment of the Court in an action for damages which he had brought against a railway company. The do...

  • An Inadequate Fee
    12-05

    AN Ox, unable to extricate himself from the mire into which he sank, was advised to make use of a Political Pull. When the Political Pull had arrived,...

  • The Expatriated Boss
    12-05

    A BOSS who had gone to Canada was taunted by a Citizen of Montreal with having fled to avoid prosecution. "You do me a grave injustice," sai...

  • The Honourable Member
    12-05

    A MEMBER of a Legislature, who had pledged himself to his Constituents not to steal, brought home at the end of the session a large part of the dome o...

  • The Catted Anarchist
    12-05

    AN Anarchist Orator who had been struck in the face with a Dead Cat by some Respector of Law to him unknown, had the Dead Cat arrested and taken befor...

  • At Heaven's Gate
    12-05

    HAVING arisen from the tomb, a Woman presented herself at the gate of Heaven, and knocked with a trembling hand. "Madam," said Saint Peter, ...

  • The Fogy and the Sheik
    12-05

    A FOGY who lived in a cave near a great caravan route returned to his home one day and saw, near by, a great concourse of men and animals, and in thei...

  • The Sportsman and the Squirrel
    12-05

    A SPORTSMAN who had wounded a Squirrel, which was making desperate efforts to drag itself away, ran after it with a stick, exclaiming: "Poor thin...

  • Six and One
    12-05

    THE Committee on Gerrymander worked late, drawing intricate lines on a map of the State, and being weary sought repose in a game of poker. At the clos...

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