yet made today,
Employed while others sleep,
What few would like to give away,
Nor any wish to keep.
A bed.

What is that which flies high, flies low, wears shoes, and has no
feet?
Dust.

What is that of which the common sort is best?
Sense.

What is that which we often return yet never borrow?
Thanks.

Name that bird which, if you do not, you must die?
Swallow.

What is that which you cannot hold for ten minutes although it is "as
light as a feather?"
Your breath.

What is that which never was seen, felt, nor heard, never was and
never will be, and yet has a name?
Nothing.

What is that which Adam never saw, never possessed, and yet gave two
to each of his children?
Parents.

What is that we wish for, and when we have obtained we never know we
have it?
Sleep.

When is it that a person ought not to keep his temper?
When it is a bad one.

What is yours, and is used by others more than yourself?
Your name.

Can a man's pocket be empty when he's got something in it?
Yes: when he's got a big hole in it.

What is better than presence of mind in a railway accident?
Absence of body.

Melbourne, Hotham, Collingwood, Prahran, Richmond, Emerald Hill,
and Cole's Book Arcade, all begins with an A.

Why is a penny like a black cat at Cole's Book Arcade?
Because it has a head and a tail.

[Illustration: Book Arcade and Crocodile failing to Jump Over Moon.]

Why is Cole's Book Arcade like a Crocodile?
Because it can't jump over the moon.

Why is Cole's Book Arcade like a learned man?
Because it is well stocked with literature.

What is that which goes every morning at eight o'clock from the Post
Office to Cole's Book Arcade, and every evening at six o'clock from
the Parliament House to Cole's Book Arcade, without moving?
Bourke Street.

How many sides are there to Cole's Book Arcade?
Four. 1st, the right side; 2nd, the left side; 3rd, the outside;
and 4th, the inside, where the 80,000 sorts of books are.

What are the oldest tops in the world?
Mountain tops.

Which is the oldest table in the world?
The multiplication table.

What kind of ship has two mates and no captain?
A courtship.

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

What is that which one can divide, but cannot see where it has been
divided?
Water.

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

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