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AN Indian who had been driven out of a fertile valley by a White 



Settler; said:







〃Now that you have robbed me of my land; there is nothing for me to 



do but issue invitations to a war…dance。〃







〃I don't so much mind your dancing;〃 said the White Settler; 



putting a fresh cartridge into his rifle; 〃but if you attempt to 



make me dance you will become a good Indian lamented by all who 



didn't know you。  How did YOU get this land; anyhow?〃







The Indian's claim was compromised for a plug hat and a tin horn。















The Hare and the Tortoise















OF two Writers one was brilliant but indolent; the other though 



dull; industrious。  They set out for the goal of fame with equal 



opportunities。  Before they died the brilliant one was detected in 



seventy languages as the author of but two or three books of 



fiction and poetry; while the other was honoured in the Bureau of 



Statistics of his native land as the compiler of sixteen volumes of 



tabulated information relating to the domestic hog。















The Milkmaid and Her Bucket















A SENATOR fell to musing as follows: 〃With the money which I shall 



get for my vote in favour of the bill to subsidise cat…ranches; I 



can buy a kit of burglar's tools and open a bank。  The profit of 



that enterprise will enable me to obtain a long; low; black 



schooner; raise a death's…head flag and engage in commerce on the 



high seas。  From my gains in that business I can pay for the 



Presidency; which at 50;000 a year will give me in four years … 〃 



but it took him so long to make the calculation that the bill to 



subsidise cat…ranches passed without his vote; and he was compelled 



to return to his constituents an honest man; tormented with a clean 



conscience。















King Log and King Stork















THE People being dissatisfied with a Democratic Legislature; which 



stole no more than they had; elected a Republican one; which not 



only stole all they had but exacted a promissory note for the 



balance due; secured by a mortgage upon their hope of death。















The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion















A FOOLISH Fellow who had been told that he was a great man believed 



it; and got himself appointed a Commissioner to the Interasylum 



Exposition of Preserved Idiots。  At the first meeting of the Board 



he was mistaken for one of the exhibits; and the janitor was 



ordered to remove him to his appropriate glass case。







〃Alas!〃 he exclaimed as he was carried out; 〃why was I not content 



to remain where the cut of my forehead is so common as to be known 



as the Pacific Slope?〃















The Monkey and the Nuts















A CERTAIN City desiring to purchase a site for a public Deformatory 



procured an appropriation from the Government of the country。  



Deeming this insufficient for purchase of the site and payment of 



reasonable commissions to themselves; the men in charge of the 



matter asked for a larger sum; which was readily given。  Believing 



that the fountain could not be dipped dry; they applied for still 



more and more yet。  Wearied at last by their importunities; the 



Government said it would be damned if it gave anything。  So it gave 



nothing and was damned all the harder。















The Boys and the Frogs















SOME editors of newspapers were engaged in diffusing general 



intelligence and elevating the moral sentiment of the public。  They 



had been doing this for some time; when an Eminent Statesman stuck 



his head out of the pool of politics; and; speaking for the members 



of his profession; said:







〃My friends; I beg you will desist。  I know you make a great deal 



of money by this kind of thing; but consider the damage you inflict 



upon the business of others!〃



















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