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A TURBULENT Person was brought before a Judge to be tried for an assault with intent to commit murder, and it was proved that he had been variously ob...

A POLITICIAN seeing a fat Turkey which he wanted for dinner, baited a hook with a grain of corn and dragged it before the fowl at the end of a long an...

A DISTINGUISHED Advocate of Republican Institutions was seen pickling his shins in the ocean. "Why don't you come out on dry land?" said...

THE Trainer of a Pugilist consulted a Physician regarding the champion's diet. "Beef-steaks are too tender," said the Physician; "h...

A BEAUTIFUL Old Man, meeting a Sunday-school Pupil, laid his hand tenderly upon the lad's head, saying: "Listen, my son, to the words of the ...

A MAN died leaving a large estate and many sorrowful relations who claimed it. After some years, when all but one had had judgment given against them,...

SEVERAL Political Entities were dividing the spoils. "I will take the management of the prisons," said a Decent Respect for Public Opinion, ...

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...

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...

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...