ird, unhappy TED,
To fade and sink, and keep his bed,
And finally go off his head?--
That Foot-ball!

My fourth and fifth, poor JOHN and JIM,
What made the sight of one so dim?
What made the other lack a limb?
That Foot-ball!

Then FRANK, my sixth, who cannot touch
The ground unaided by a crutch,
Alas! of what had he too much?
That Foot-ball!

The seventh ends the mournful line,
Poor STEPHEN with his fractured spine.
A debt owe these good sons of mine,
That Foot-ball!

And as we pass the street-boys cry,
"Look at them cripples!" I but sigh,
"You're right, my friends. But would you fly
A lot like ours; uh, do not try
That Foot-ball!"

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OUR ADVERTISERS.

SEASONABLE AND OTHER.

SCARIFICO is a non-emollient, detergent, case-hardening, and scouring
soap polish.

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SCARIFICO will instantly give the finest complexion the consistency of
hardened wash-leather.

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SCARIFICO, used recklessly and freely, will rapidly flay the reigning
beauty.

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SCARIFICO, if applied as a head-wash, entirely removes all the hair.

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SCARIFICO should be tried on the young infant with caution.

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SCARIFICO, though regarded as an adjunct to the toilette-table, will
be found more useful in removing the rust from old fire-irons.

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SCARIFICO, if used inadvertently in the ordinary course as toilette
soap, will frequently remove the entire skin of the face on one
application.

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SCARIFICO will be found useful in the weekly bath of the rhinoceros.

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SCARIFICO.--Dr. BLINKORN, M.R.S.V.P., writes:--"I have analysed a
sample of 'Scarifico' sent me, and I find it a hap-hazard compound, in
which suspended fats, brick-dust, fuller's earth, road-sweepings, and
the bi-phosphates of soda are indiscriminately mixed. I cannot say
whether it would be found a 'comfortable and cleansing preparation for
the infant's skin,' as claimed by the proprietors, but should be more
inclined to recommend it as an 'efficient mud-remover from cart-wheels
and cleaning of ships' foul bottoms,' to its cap