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• 1.The Dog and the Physician
• A DOG that had seen a Physician attending the burial of a wealthy patient, said: When do you expect to dig it up? Why should I dig it up? the Physicia...
• 2.The Mine Owner and the Jackass
• WHILE the Owner of a Silver Mine was on his way to attend a convention of his species he was accosted by a Jackass, who said: By an unjust discriminat...
• 3.A Needful War
• THE people of Madagonia had an antipathy to the people of Novakatka and set upon some sailors of a Novakatkan vessel, killing two and wounding twelve....
• 4.An Unspeakable Imbecile
• A JUDGE said to a Convicted Assassin: Prisoner at the bar, have you anything to say why the death- sentence should not be passed upon you? Will what I...
• 5.The Taken Hand
• A SUCCESSFUL Man of Business, having occasion to write to a Thief, expressed a wish to see him and shake hands. No, replied the Thief, there are some ...
• 6.The Poet and the Editor
• MY dear sir, said the editor to the man, who had called to see about his poem, I regret to say that owing to an unfortunate altercation in this office...
• 7.The Optimist and the Cynic
• A MAN who had experienced the favours of fortune and was an Optimist, met a man who had experienced an optimist and was a Cynic. So the Cynic turned o...
• 8.The Basking Cyclone
• 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 ...
• 9.At the Pole
• 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...
• 10.Equipped for Service
• 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. Sto...