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

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,...

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 ...

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

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

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 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 FORESTRY Commissioner had just felled a giant tree when, seeing an honest man approaching, he dropped his axe and fled. The next day when he cautiou...

A HEAVY Operator overtaken by a Reverse of Fortune was bewailing his sudden fall from affluence to indigence. "Do not weep," said the Revers...

THE President of a great Corporation went into a dry-goods shop and saw a placard which read: "If You Don't See What You Want, Ask For It.&qu...