日期：2007-12-24 A CONVENTION of female writers, which for two days had been stuffing Woman's couch with goose-quills and hailing the down of a new era, adjourned with unabated enthusiasm, shouting, Place aux dames! And Echo wearily replied, Oh, damn.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-24 A YOUNG Ostrich came to its Mother, groaning with pain and with its wings tightly crossed upon its stomach. What have you been eating? the Mother asked, with solicitude. Nothing but a keg of Nails, was the reply. What! exclaimed the Mother; a whole... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-24 MY friend, said a distinguished officer of the Salvation Army, to a Most Wicked Sinner, I was once a drunkard, a thief, an assassin. The Divine Grace has made me what I am. The Most Wicked Sinner looked at him from head to foot. Henceforth, he said,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-24 A SILKEN-EARED Spaniel, who traced his descent from King Charles the Second of England, chanced to look into a mirror which was leaning against the wainscoting of a room on the ground floor of his mistress's house. Seeing his reflection, he supposed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-24 A FARMER, an Artisan, and a Labourer went to the King of their country and complained that they were compelled to support a large standing army of mere consumers, who did nothing for their keep. Very well, said the King, my subjects' wishes are the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 THE Dog, as created, had a rigid tail, but after some centuries of a cheerless existence, unappreciated by Man, who made him work for his living, he implored the Creator to endow him with a wag. This being done he was able to dissemble his resentmen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 A STATESMAN who attended a meeting of a Chamber of Commerce rose to speak, but was objected to on the ground that he had nothing to do with commerce. Mr. Chairman, said an Aged Member, rising, I conceive that the objection is not well taken; the gen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 HEARING that the Legislature had adjourned, the people of an Assembly District held a mass-meeting to devise a suitable punishment for their representative. By one speaker it was proposed that he be disembowelled, by another that he be made to run t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 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 door opened and the Judge of the Court entered. Well, said he, I am going to decide your case to-day.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 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 Ox said: My good friend, please make fast to me, and let nature take her course. So the Politi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 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, said the Boss, parting with a pair of tears. I came to Canada solely because of its political attractions; its Gov... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 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 of the Capitol. Thereupon the Constituents held an indignation meeting and passed a resolution of ta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 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 before a Magistrate. Why do you appeal to the law? said the Magistrate - You who go in for the abolition... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-20 HAVING arisen from the tomb, a Woman presented herself at the gate of Heaven, and knocked with a trembling hand. Madam, said Saint Peter, rising and approaching the wicket, whence do you come? From San Francisco, replied the Woman, with embarrassmen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 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 their midst a tower, at the foot of which something with wheels smoked and panted like an exhausted hor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 A SPORTSMAN who had wounded a Squirrel, which was making desperate efforts to drag itself away, ran after it with a stick, exclaiming: Poor thing! I will put it out of its misery. At that moment the Squirrels stopped from exhaustion, and looking up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 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 close of the game the six Republican members were bankrupt and the single Democrat had all the money. O... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 A CANDIDATE canvassing his district met a Nurse wheeling a Baby in a carriage, and, stooping, imprinted a kiss upon the Baby's clammy muzzle. Rising, he saw a Man, who laughed. Why do you laugh? asked the Candidate. Because, replied the Man, the Bab... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 AN American Statesman who had twisted the tail of the British Lion until his arms ached was at last rewarded by a sharp, rasping sound. I knew your fortitude would give out after a while, said the American Statesman, delighted; your agony attests my... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-12 A POLITICAL Preferment, labelled with its price, was canvassing the State to find a purchaser. One day it offered itself to a Truly Good Man, who, after examining the label and finding the price was exactly twice as great as he was willing to pay, s... 阅读全文>>