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1.The Policeman and the Citizen
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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 Citizen said:...
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2.The Highwayman and the Traveller
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A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: Your money or your life! My good friend, said the Traveller, according ...
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3.The Justice and His Accuser
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AN eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of Patagascar was accused of having obtained his appointment by fraud. You wander, he said to the Accuser; it ...
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4.Congress and the People
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SUCCESSIVE Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. Why do you weep? inquired an Angel who had per...
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5.A Ship and a Man
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SEEING a ship sailing by upon the sea of politics, an Ambitious Person started in hot pursuit along the strand; but the people's eyes being fixed upon...
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6.The Massacre
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SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to...
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7.A Fatal Disorder
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A DYING Man who had been shot was requested by officers of the law to make a statement, and be quick about it. You were assaulted without provocation,...
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8.The Ancient Order
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HARDLY had that ancient order, the Sultans of Exceeding Splendour, been completely founded by the Grand Flashing Inaccessible, when a question arose a...
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9.A Talisman
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HAVING been summoned to serve as a juror, a Prominent Citizen sent a physician's certificate stating that he was afflicted with softening of the brain...
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10.The Ingenious Blackmailer
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AN Inventor went to a King and was granted an audience, when the following conversation ensued: INVENTOR. - May it please your Majesty, I have invente...