A CHIEF of Police who had seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so any more on pain of dismissal. "Don't...
THE King of Madagao, being engaged in a dispute with the King of Bornegascar, wrote him as follows: "Before proceeding further in this matter I d...
HAVING obtained an audience of the King an Ingenious Patriot pulled a paper from his pocket, saying: "May it please your Majesty, I have here a f...
A BLOTTED Escutcheon, rising to a question of privilege, said: "Mr. Speaker, I wish to hurl back an allegation and explain that the spots upon me...
A MAN lying at the point of death called his wife to his bedside and said: "I am about to leave you forever; give me, therefore, one last proof o...
A MORAL Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one. “Down, you base thing!“ thundered the Moral Principle, “and let me pass...
THE PURCHASER of a black servant was persuaded that the color ofhis skin arose from dirt contracted through the neglect of hisformer masters. On bring...
A young Man had been caught in a daring act of theft and hadbeen condemned to be executed for it. He expressed his desire tosee his Mother, and to spe...
A WAYFARING MAN, traveling in the desert, met a woman standingalone and terribly dejected. He inquired of her, "Who art thou?""My name ...
One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work whenhe saw something black lying on the snow. When he came closer hesaw it was a Serpent to a...