A Government official wears on his chest the portrait of the
Governor's wife; he feeds a turkey on nuts and makes her a present of
it.

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One should be mentally clear, morally pure, and physically tidy.

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It was said of a certain lady that she had a cat's factory; her lover
tortured the cats by treading on their tails.

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An officer and his wife went to the baths together, and both were
bathed by the orderly, whom they evidently did not consider a man.

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"And now he appeared with all his decorations."

"And what decorations has he got?"

"He has a bronze medal for the census of 1897."

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A government clerk gave his son a thrashing because he had only
obtained five marks in all his subjects at school. It seemed to him