You've heard of exploding cigars, but here's how they work.  From Kladderadatsch, 1935.

From The Harvard Lampoon, 1886.

"Infested by grotesque imps," from London Magazine, 1903.

"The sweet morning bell."  From The Harvard Lampoon, 1885.

"'No matter who I am,' said the imp, 'I am laughing at your ungrateful and absurd behaviour."  From The Magic Mirror by William Gilbert and illustrated by John Menzies, 1907.

"Do you recognize any of your friends here?"  From The Harvard Lampoon, 1902.

From Jugend, 1896.  Previously, we noted three other weightless pianos: this one that flies above an audience, this one that rises above its player, and this one that lifts its player along with it.  Then there was the weighty piano with the weightless player.

From Mocca, 1929.

"With their burning feet they danced all over the rice fields."  From Pearson's, 1898.

Here's some overindulgence from Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1883.