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Congress and the People
2023-12-05SUCCESSIVE Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. "Why do you weep?" inquired an Angel...
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The Justice and His Accuser
2023-12-05AN eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of Patagascar was accused of having obtained his appointment by fraud. "You wander," he said to the ...
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The Highwayman and the Traveller
2023-12-05A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: "Your money or your life!" "My good friend," said t...
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The Policeman and the Citizen
2023-12-05A 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 C...
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The Writer and the Tramps
2023-12-05AN Ambitious Writer, distinguished for the condition of his linen, was travelling the high road to fame, when he met a Tramp. "What is the matter...
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Two Politicians
2023-12-05Two Politicians were exchanging ideas regarding the rewards for public service. "The reward which I most desire," said the First Politician,...
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The Fugitive Office
2023-12-05A TRAVELLER arriving at the capitol of the nation saw a vast plain outside the wall, filled with struggling and shouting men. While he looked upon the...
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The Tyrant Frog
2023-12-05A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick. "Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as well as he could, &q...
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The Eligible Son-in-Law
2023-12-05A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatte...
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The Statesman and the Horse
2023-12-05A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full speed, and stopped it. "Turn ...