A NEGRO in a boat, gathering driftwood, saw a sleeping Alligator, and, thinking it was a log, fell to estimating the number of shingles it would make ...
AFTER a great expenditure of life and treasure a Daring Explorer had succeeded in reaching the North Pole, when he was approached by a Native Galeut w...
DURING the Civil War a Patriot was passing through the State of Maryland with a pass from the President to join Grant's army and see the fighting....
Two Footpads sat at their grog in a roadside resort, comparing the evening's adventures. "I stood up the Chief of Police," said the Firs...
A BIG Nation having a quarrel with a Little Nation, resolved to terrify its antagonist by a grand naval demonstration in the latter's principal po...
Two Frogs in the belly of a snake were considering their altered circumstances. "This is pretty hard luck," said one. "Don't jump t...
AN Insurance Agent was trying to induce a Hard Man to Deal With to take out a policy on his house. After listening to him for an hour, while he painte...
THE Chief of the Weather Bureau having predicted a fine day, a Thrifty Person hastened to lay in a large stock of umbrellas, which he exposed for sale...
A DELEGATION at Washington went to a New President, and said: "Your Excellency, we are unable to agree upon a Favourite Son to represent us in yo...
A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: "Let me propose your name for membership in the Imperial Order of Ab...