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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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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 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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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 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 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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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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A Ship and a Man
2023-12-05SEEING 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 ...
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The Massacre
2023-12-05SOME 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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A Fatal Disorder
2023-12-05A 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 provoc...