For what reason ought a Frenchman who speaks imperfect English and an Englishman who is equally unacquainted with French never to converse together? To prevent their using bad language.
Why is Ireland likely to become rich? Because the capital is always Dublin (doubling).
What two letters make a county in Massachusetts? S X (Essex).
Why is the wick of a candle like Athens? It is in the midst of grease (Greece).
Why is China a desirable country for a man to select a wife in? Because he can make up his mind from pickin' to choose Ann (Pekin to Chusan).
What is the difference between the North and South Pole? All the difference in the world.
What part of Spain does your cat, sleeping by herself on the hearth-rug, resemble? Cat-alone-here (Catalonia).
Why is Westminster Abbey like a hearth? Because the ashes of the great (grate) lie there.
Why are corn and potatoes like Chinese idols? Because they have ears which cannot hear, and eyes which cannot see.
Which one of the Seven Wonders of the World are railway engines like? The coal-horses of roads (Colossus of Rhodes).