ver eaten? A
pack of cards.

What fashionable game do frogs play at--besides leap-frog? Croaky
(croquet).

What question is that to which you positively must answer yes? What
does y-e-s spell?

What would a pig do if he wished to build himself a habitation? Tie a
knot in his tail, and call it a pig's-tie (pig's sty).

If the before-mentioned porker wished to demolish the pig's sty he
had built, what quotation would he make? "I could a tail (tale)
unfold."

What is that which is white, black, and red all over, which shows
some people to be green, and makes others look black and blue? A
newspaper.

Why is a newspaper like an army? Because it has leaders, columns, and
reviews.

What part of a lady's face in January is like a celebrated fur?
Chin-chilly (chinchilla).

Why are suicides invariably successful people in the world? Because
they always manage to accomplish their own ends.

Where is the cheapest place to buy poultry? At the State Bath House,
where you can get a duck for a dime.

Why are the "blue devils" like muffins? Because they are both fancy
bred (bread).

What makes more noise than a pig in a sty? Two pigs.

When would a farmer have the best opportunity for overlooking his
pigs? When he has a sty in his eye.

What is lengthened by being cut at both ends? A ditch.

Why does a nobleman's title sometimes become extinct? Because, though
the king can make a man appear (a peer), he can't make him apparent
(a parent).

What gives a cold, cures a cold, and pays the doctor? A draft.

What is the worst kind of fare for a man to live on? Warfare.

Of what color are the winds and waves in a storm? The winds blew
(blue) and the waters rose.

How does a ray of light get through a prism? It hews (hues) its way.

What would a bear want if he should get into a dry-goods store?
Muslin (muzzling).

When does English butter become Irish butter? When it is made into
little _Pats_.

Which is the most ancient of trees? The elder tree.

Which are the most seasonable clothes? Pepper and salt.

Why are lawyers and doctors safe people by whom to take example?
Because they practice their professions.

Why is a fiddle like a man who gives money to make up a quarrel?
Because it is for a-tone-ment.

Why is a good pun like a good cat? Because it requires pause (paws).

Why is a Jew's harp like a good dinner? Because it makes a man's
mouth water.

Why is there a bad audience at the playhouse when the pi