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THE HOME, FAliM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPEDIA, 



VII. CAUTI 



1. Prevent unnecessary crowding of persons round the body; especially 

 if in an apartment. 



'2. Avoid rough usage, and do not allow the body to remain on the back 

 unless the tongue is secured. 



3. Under no circumstances hold the body up by the feet. 



4. On no account place the body in a warm bath, unless under medical 

 direction, and even then it should only be employed as a momentary ex- 

 citant. 



Ccinimhums. 



1. Where was Humboldt going when he 



was thirty-nine years old ? 



2. Which is the most ancient of the 



trees ? 



3. Which are the most seasonable 



clothes ? 



4. Why are lawyers and doctors safe peo- 



ple by whom to take example ? 



5. What injury did the Lavinia of Thom- 



son's " Seasons " do to young Pale- 

 mon 1 



6. Why are wooden ships (as compared 



with ironclads) of the female sex ? 



7. At what time of life may a man be 



said to belong to the vegetable king- 

 dom ? 



8. Which are the lightest men Scotch- 



men, Irishmen, or Englishmen ? 



9. Which are the two hottest letters of 



tiie alphabet ? 



10. Why is cutting off an elephant's head 



widely different from cutting off any 

 other head 1 



11. Who is the man who carries every- 



thing before him ? 



12. Which are the two kings that reign in 



America ? 



13. When may a man's pocket be empty 



and yet have something in it ? 



14. Why is a clock the most modest piece 



of furniture ? 



15. Why is U the gayest letter in the al- 



phabet ? 



16. Why are corn and potatoes like Chi- 



nese idols ? 

 37. Which is the merriest sauce 1 



18. Why is a cat going up three pairs of 



stairs like a high hill ? 



19. Why is a lead-pencil like a perverse 



child ? 



20. Why is a horse like the letter O 1 



21. Why are penmakers inciters to wrong- 



doing ? 



22. Why should we never sleep in a rail- 



way carriage 1 



23. When is a boat like a heap of snow ? 



24. What 'bus has found room for the 



greatest number of people '? 



25. Who is the first little boy mentioned 



by a slang word in the History of 

 England ? 



26. Why is Macassar oil like a chief of the 



Fenians ? 



27. Why is a nabob like a beggar ? 



28. What sort of day would be good for 



running for a cup ? 



29. What is the difference between a 



spendthrift and a feather bed ? 



30. Is there any bird that can sing the 



" Lays of Ancient Rome ? " 



31. What have you to expect at a hotel I 



32. What comes after cheese 1 



