19. Why is the letter S like the furnace of a battery!
20. Why is a hired landau like no landau?
21. How can you add to 9 so as to make it 6?
22. What little children always have;
What married women never have;
What Paul had behind, and Luke before;
And Captain Luttrell had behind and before.
23. The Emperor of Russia banished one of his nobles, for misconduct, to where God himself could not have banished him; where could that have been?
Seek an hermit in his cell;
Ask him why he loves to dwell
Far from towns and cities fair?
He'll answer thee, "I live not there."
Ask the miser why his treasure
Cannot buy a social pleasure;
Why, when brooding o'er his store,
He pensive sighs and thirsts for more?
He'll answer thee, His shining hoard
Could never tempt me to his board."
Ask the king, who sits in state,
Why I dwell not at his gate?
Why he, who rules a mighty land,
My simple aid could ne'er command?
He'll answer, ""
Kings possess not power
To hold me subject for an hour."
Ask the ploughman, at his team,
Why he sings so blithe his theme?
Why, deprived of worldly wealth,
He seeks none other boon than health?
Ask him why, within his cot
He pines not o'er his humble lot?
Ask him why regretful sighs
Within his bosom never rise?
When he reflects his toil must give
The bread by which his children live?
He'll answer, "These ne'er pain his breast,
Because I am his constant guest."