On the Not-Altogether-Credible Habits of the Ostrich.


An ostrich, who was closely pursued by a hunter, suddenly thrust his head
deep down into the sand.

"Ah! ah!" exulted the hunter, "I have the silly thing at last." He advanced
to place a rope around the bird's legs; but the ostrich, who had accurately
timed his arrival, landed a kick in the pit of his stomach that sent him
into the hereafter like a bullet through a fog-bank.


IMMORAL:

"Umph," said the ostrich as he surveyed his victim, "because a man looks
sad at the opening of a jack-pot, it doesn't necessarily follow that he's
only got ace-high."

[Illustration: On the Not-Altogether-Credible Habits of the Ostrich.]




The Idol and the Ass.


An ass felt it his duty to destroy superstition, so he went up to the brass