"That," said the defendant, "is why I struck him."

"Let the prisoner be discharged," said the Judge; "a man who has no
enemies has no friends. The courts are not for such."



The Alderman and the Raccoon



"I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a
Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden.

"Yes," replied the Raccoon, "and I hear quite a number of tales on
your ring."

The Alderman, being of a sensitive, retiring disposition, shrank
from further comparison, and, strolling to another part of the
garden, stole the camel.



The Flying-Machine



AN Ingenious Man who had built a flying-machine invited a great
concourse of people to see it go up. At the appointed moment,