Adam and Eve, whether they had navels? Apprentice, whether loses his gentility? Angels, why painted in petticoats? Adam and Eve, where had they needles? Ark, what became of it after the flood? Babel Tower, &c. what was the height of it? Bugs, why bite one more than another? Born with Cawls, what signifies it? Brothers born two in one, had they two souls? Balaam a Moabite, how could he understand his Ass? Clergy's Wives and Children, why unhappy? Females, if went a courting more marriages than now? Hairs, an equal number on any two men's head? Husband, whether lawful to pray for one? Kings of England, can they cure the evil? Lion, whether it won't prey upon a virgin? Mermen and Mermaids, have they reason? Marriage of a young man and an old woman wholesome? Marry, which best a good temper or a shrew? Negroes, shall they rise so at the last day? Phœnix, why but one? Peter and Paul, did they use notes? Queen of Sheba, had she a child by Solomon? Queen of Sheba, if now alive, whither she? Salamander, whether it lives in the fire? Swoon, where is the soul then? Wife, whether she may beat her husband? Women, if mere machines? Women, whether not bantered into a belief of being angels? Women, whether they have souls? Women, when bad, why worse than men? Here is a volume of Almanacs—poor Richard's Almanacs, published by Dr. Franklin for so many years, and enriched with his moral and economical maxims. Many of the prefaces are amusing, and I shall give you three or four. Here is that to the Almanac for 1744. “_Courteous Reader_—This is the twelfth year that I have in this way labored for the benefit—of whom?—of the public, if you'll be so good natured as to believe it; if not, e'en take the naked truth—'twas for the benefit of my own dear self—not forgetting in the meantime our gracious consort and dutchess, the peaceful, quiet, silent lady Bridget. But whether my labors have been of any service to the publick or not, the publick I acknowledge has been of service to me. I have lived comfortably by its benevolent encouragement, and I hope I shall always bear a grateful sense of its continued favor.