5. What lock must be looked for out of doors and on the ground?

6. What lock is in a double sense a staple article?

7. What lock is one of a set of four? 8. What lock can be opened without a key? 9. What lock often caused an explosion, and is now itself "exploded"?

10. What lock is generally lost in the decline of life? CARACTACUS.

145.-CLASSICAL REBUS.

a. A king of Lydia who ate his own wife.

b. The Erythræan Sibyl.

a tent, talent.-86. a. When he has a beam in his eye; b. When he's an aching side (Akenside). -87. Mermaid.-88. Wardrobe.-89. Lamp-post. -90. Postman.-91. Handsome.-92. Agate.-93. Oleander.-94. Leamington.-95. Outshine.-96. Banjo.-97. Workmanship.-98. Jackanapes.99. SeniC, AglaiA, LanceT, IpswicH, SablE, BeheaD, Usurpe R, RussiA, YawL-Salisbury Cathedral.-100. Glass, lass, ass, as, s.-101. Notable. 102. a. Redruth; b. Oakhand.-103. a Maggie Symington; b. Mignonette; c. Rosalie; d. Lucinda B.; e. Caractacus; f. Gipsy; g. Katrine; h. Daisy H.; i. Emma Butterworth; j. Ivanhoe; k, Terra Cotta; 1. Anna Grey; m. Stantonville; n. Blanche

Athens.

d. The residence of the Centaurs.

e. The goddess of Weeding.

f. The mistress of Hercules.

9. The priest of Hercules.

The initials will form the name of a daughter of Niobe slain by Apollo and Diana for boasting. GEO. MATTHEWSON.

HISTORICAL MENTAL SCENE.
146.

A royal hunt is taking place near Paris during the beautiful but capricious month of April. See how richly the nobles are dressed. Look at their jewels gleaming in the sun, and observe the gay trappings of their steeds. They seem to laugh at the possibility of gloom and rain. Who is it rides among them, eclipsing all by his superior height, commanding looks, and witha! so mean an attire? Evidently he is the chief of the party, for it is he they obey at the slightest glance. The horn sounds, and away they course o'er hill and plain; but, ah! what is it stops their sport, changing their merriment into discontent? Look at the blackness of the heavens, the lightning flashes; the thunder rolls, the rain falls pitilessly on the jewelled silken mantles and gay plumes. They turn to their commander, and implore him to return; but he, dressed in thick robes of fur, laughs alike at their distress and the inclemency of the weather.

HEARTSEASE.

ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c.

(On pp. 249-252.)

65. Rising, ising, isin-66. Smithfield.-67. A flag. 68. Hereafter -69. Islington.-70. Cornet. -71. A gold ring.-72. Lammas.-73. Wonder.

r. Adeline A.-10. a. Holywell; b. Conway; c. Holyhead.-105. Witless.-106. Unanswered.107. Unanswered.

POETICAL ANSWER TO No. 67.
WHEN looking upwards to the sky,
And downward to what's passing by,
I see, as here and there I roam,
Flags of all kinds, from silk to stone;
All vessels, too, wherev'r they be,
Bear flags of nationality;

From "Union Jacks" to stripes and stars,
Each tells the name its country bears;
The sailor's pride, as brave to the last
He, sinking, nails it to the mast;
On Alma, too, where our army stood,
'Twas smeared and bespattered over with blood;
Flags, too, on gala days, you know,
Make in the public streets a show;
Beneath your feet the flagstones lie,
Keeping the path more firm and dry;
Flagstones the graves of loved ones guard-
We weep as we gaze on those tablets hard;
They form a seat where old age can view
The sunset's bright or fading glow.
Along the banks where the river gushes
Flags mingle with the tall green rushes;
There Moses in faith by his mother laid
His infant cradle amongst them had.
Flags float aloft from the castle walls,
They decorate ancestral halls;
Bishops and priests bless them ere they go
O'er the battle-field to meet the foe.
Then let us hope that there may stand
Unfurl'd in every Christian land,
Waving on high o'er earth and sea,
The highly-prized flag of liberty.

IMOGINE.

CLASS AWARDS.

ADDRESS: 23, MIDDLE STREET, CLOTH FAIR, WEST SMITHFIELD, E.C.

FIRST CLASS.

KATE SYDNAS.-Your "Family Friend' Quadrille" is so pretty and so appropriate that we gladly find room for it, although it occupies more space than we usually give to musical compositions. For ourself and Council accept a warm tribute of thanks.

MAGGIE SYMINGTON. To your questions we would readily reply seriatim, but we hardly know whether, if we did, we should not be telling you what ought to be kept secret. However, just by way of reward for all your good behaviour, we may say you are right in your suggestion, and successful in your guess. For the rest--.

ZANONI.-Yes! No! Of course! To understand these words, you must recollect your own letter. Our old friend writes:-"I was especially glad to read this month's Friend,' as many of our old colleagues who have been absent are there. Caractacus, Ruthenpharl, Daisy, Illa, and others are represented, but one is conspicuous by his absence.' Where is Max? I trust he is not prevented by illness from favouring us with his characteristic contributions."

We fear Max is lazy, but he sends an apology. Wellington said that a man who was good at apologies was seldom good at much else. But then smart sayings are not always true ones.

ST. CLAIR, ALEXANDER ERSKINE, TRIP, IVAN

HOE, GILBERT ASHTON.

KATRINE.-We are always glad to hear from

you.

CAILER HERRIN' cannot be rude, but must always be graceful and ladylike,- (but our album does not contain her carte).-She wishes to send to a fellow Councillor greeting:-"Caller Herrin' bega leave to sympathise with Gipsy in her sorrows -and touching the other matter, no apology was needed. The denizen of the ocean is but too happy to give pleasure to the 'Gipsy Queen,' or any of her tribe; and, moreover, feels herself highly honoured by such unlooked-for favour and appreciation."

GEORGE MATTHEWSON.-Your continued loyalty to the "Friend," is very gratifying to the conductor.

IMOGINE. We have pleasure in promoting you to the first class. "Amy Mackrose" shall ap

pear.

EDWARD W. H.-Your contributions to the "Friend" are valued alike by the President and the Councillors.

TERRA COTTA.-An oversight. Thanks for your good wishes.

NELLA.-Welcome back to the Council. Believe that the President and the members sympathise with your sorrows and rejoice with your joys. "Cousin Winifred" is very prettily told, and shall appear in our next.

GIPSY.-No.

CARACTACUS.-The error is your own. Councillors will please make the correction in Rebus 100, and for head read tail.

Why the italics?

Parse the first two lines of grammar. Try again. this stanza, and you will find them defective in

BUSK.-We would rather not intrude our own name into the "Friend" too frequently; and for that, and other reasons, we beg to be allowed to light our editorial pipe with the "Critical Tournament."

HEATHERBELL.-We must not reveal secrets; but you are not far wrong. There is such a thingas you know-as changing a nom de plume. We agree with you; and as to the cartes, we can offer no explanation. Write to the Councillors through us. We admire the song very much. Answers must always accompany riddles, &c.

BELLA. We give you a separate line of kindly welcome.

STANTONVILLE.-Very successful. The Definition Prize will be continued or not, as the Councillors determine. The question is one we have very much at heart, and to which we are always happy to render what aid we can.

A DE YOUNGE.-We shall be happy to assist your design as far as we can; but we fear to give you too much encouragement.

LUCINDA B.-The Councillors thank you for many delightful and touching poems. Pray continue to enliven our pages.

JUSTITIA.-Accept our thanks and best wishes. We do not altogether disagree with you in your estimate of the anagrams. A good anagram should not only contain the letters of the name transposed, but should possess something of the character of an epigram. Those to which you refer are merely transpositions.

CHARLIE F., GORGONIA, MAX, and RUTHENPHARL are always welcome to the Council. But why, Ruthenpharl, come with a doleful countenance?

ILLA.-Your reasons are very satisfactory. When did you find us ungenerous?

DAISY H.-The reply to Illa will equally apply to you. Welcome.

CHAS. NEWBOLD.-We advance you a step.

HATTIE, AMELIA, LITTLE GIGGIE, CECILIA, MARIA, MAY B., CONSTANCE DANA (whose writing has not improved), and EUPHROSYNE, are welcome as the flowers.

M. A. Oxon. Our corrector of the press declares -and we think with justice-that the errors in your pretty little poem, the "White Jessamine," are due to the handwriting of the original MS. Poor printers! authors write in a cramped, unintelligible hand, and then complain of them if they fail to make out every letter. In your particular instance, however, the sense is not perverted.

RUTH.-Always welcome. DAPHNE, CAROLUS, FORGET-ME-NOT, CAROLINE.-We promise our subcribers much pleasure from your contributions to the Council, and we at once place you in the Second Class.

THIRD CLASS.

MIZPEH, A. BROWN, TAPLIN, SAM, OLD BOY, METEOR, STUDENT.

HEARTSEASE.-Welcome to the Council. Your "Historical Mental Picture" is too easy of solution;

otherwise it is well written. We shall always be glad to hear from you; but you must try again before you succeed to your wish.

VETCHEN.-We never laugh at the efforts of sin cere tyros. We are always happy to give a word of encouragement; we say to you, Persevere !

NOTROG LEUMAS.-Welcome to the Council.

DE LA SAUX.-Your verses on the "Tenth of March" are very creditable, but not up to publication mark.

CISTUS (welcome); ELIZABETH A. B. C., ZEUS (certainly, with pleasure); ADELE.

YOUNG SILURIAN writes: "I find that the Riddles Nos. 73 and 93, inserted in your last issue, have already appeared, almost verbatim, in page 148, vol. ii., and page 92, vol. i., respectively, of the F. F. for the year 1850. Would Trip and

Justitia please explain the coincidence?"

ADELA will find that another Councillor in the

First Class has the same nom de plume. The later comer will, therefore, kindly take some more dis tinctive name.

AUGUSTINE, who is welcome, also makes mention of the non-originality of Pastime 93. "Thoughts are Work" under consideration.

J. J. GORTON-An omission. DIONYSIUS, BLACK DWARF.-Persevere.

OUR LETTER-BOX.

103. THE HAIR.-Perfect cleanliness is indispensable for the preservation of the health, beauty, and colour of the hair, as well as its duration; this is attained by frequently washing it in tepid soft water, using those soaps which have the smallest Portion of alkali in their composition, as this substance renders the hair too dry, and by depriving it of its moist colouring matter, impairs at once its strength and beauty. After washing, the hair should be immediately and thoroughly dried: and when the towel has ceased to imbibe moisture, brushed constantly in the sun or before the fire until its lightness and elasticity are fully restored; and in dressing it, a little marrow pomatum, bears' grease, or fragrant oil should be used. Rowland's Macassar Oil is the best lubricant with which we are acquainted. The belief that washing the head induces catarrh, or headache, or injures the hair, is erroneous; as the application of water to the skin is the most natural and effectual method of cleansing it, and of keeping open the pores through which the perspiration must pass, in order to ensure its healthy condition: besides, scales naturally form around the roots of the hair of the most cleanly person; and these can be only completely detached by the use of soap. The constant and persevering use of the brush is a great means of beautifying the hair, rendering it glossy and elastic, and encouraging a disposition to curl. The brush produces further advantages, in propelling and calling into action the contents of the nume rous vessels and pores which are interspersed over the whole surface of the head, and furnish vigour and nourishment to the hair; five minutes, at least, every morning and evening, should be devoted to this purpose. If these rules be abided by, there will be no scurf in the hair.-The only true mode of managing the hair is to dress it in a style consistent with the character of the face. Young ladies ought never to wear many flowers in their hair, or many leaves, whatever be the fashion. If a bud, it should just peep out now and then, while her ringlets to some pleasant whisper; if a fullthe lovely wearer, with a light laugh, sweetly waves blown rose, let it-as ye hope to be happily married-be a white one; white for the hair, a "blush" for the blossom.

104. How To HOLD A SICK PERSON.-Never grasp him, or support any part of the body with the tips of your fingers, but with the whole breadth of your hand laid smoothly on the skin. If you use the finger-ends for holding any weight, they will press and dig into the patient's flesh, causing him great discomfort, particularly if the part be at all inflamed; but if your whole hand, with the fingers a little spread out, divide the weight over its surface, no discomfort, or as little as possible, is pro

duced.-BARWELL.

105. ECONOMICAL PUDDING.-Take two tablespoonsful of rice, put it into a small saucepan with

as much water as the rice will absorb. When boiled enough add a pinch of salt; then set it by the fire until the rice is quite soft and dry. Throw it up in a dish, add two ounces of butter, four tablespoonsful of tapioca, a pint and a half of milk, sugar to the taste, a little grated nutmeg, and two eggs beaten up. Let it all be well stirred together, and baked an hour.-A. M. W.

106. POMATUM FOR THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR. -Melt together four ounces each of beef marrow and oil of mace, and having strained through a fine sieve, stir in (previously dissolved in half an ounce of tincture of tolu) two drachms of balsam of tolu, and one drachm each of oil of cloves, and the same of camphor. A piece the size of a pea only to be well rubbed in night and morning.-ELIZA.

107. SHARPENING EDGE TOOLS.-We translate the following from a German scientific journal:"It has long been known that the simplest method of sharpening a razor is to put it for half an hour in water to which has been added one-twentieth of its weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid, then Eghtly wipe it off, and after a few hours set it on a hone. The acid here supplies the place of a whetstone, by corroding the whole surface uniformly, so that nothing further than a smooth polish is necessary. The process never injures good blades, while badly hardened ones are frequently improved by it, although the cause of such improvement remains unexplained."

108. SULPHUR AND MILDEW.-Sulphur is one of the most powerful of known agents in destroying mildew. It is to gardeners what vaccine is to surgeons. In borticulture, it has been used for many years without imparting a bad flavour to fruit or other vegetable products, though it is now asserted that the application of sulphur to the hop p'ant proves jurious to beer.

109. ROMAN AND ENGLISH ROADS.-The Ap pan Way, which was the wonder of ancient Rome, would eat but a poor figure as contrasted with one of our commonest streets. This ancient consular way was but fifteen feet wide in the main, and was filled in with blocks of all shapes and sizes, jointed together and planed only on the surface; the length of its devious course, from north to south of Italy, was under 300 miles. The paved streets of Lendon number over 5000, and exceed 2000 miles 1 length.

well stir it, and put it by till next day, und then stir it about well with a piece of stick; and let it stand for another day, and it will be quite fit for use, if the bees-wax has been shred fine. Keep the stick in the bottle to take a little out with when you want to use it; as you must use only a very little at a time. It must on no account be melted over the fire, as it is so inflammable it would burst into a flame, and set fire to the house.

112. EGGS-To choose eggs, the safest way is to hold them to the light, forming a focus with your hand. Should the shell be covered with small dark spots, they are doubtful, and should be broken separately in a cup. If, however, in looking at them, you see no transparency in the shells, you may be sure they are only fit to be thrown away. The most certain way is to look at them by the light of a candle. If quite fresh, there are no spots upon the shells, and they have a brilliant yellow tint. New-laid eggs should not be used until they have been laid about eight or ten hours: for the part which constitutes the white is not properly set before that time, and does not obtain its delicate flavour. Three minutes are quite sufficient to boil a full-sized egg; but if below the average size, two minutes and a half will suffice. Never boil eggs for salads, sauces, or any other purpose, more than ten minutes; and, when done, place them in a basin of cold water for five minutes to cool. Nothing is more indigestible than an egg boiled too hard.

113. TO PRESERVE EGGS.-Take eggs fresh from the nest, place them in a tub, or pan, and pour boiling water over them; let them remain in it five seconds, take them out, and when perfectly dry, pack them in boxes of bran; they will keep for months, and be perfectly fresh. They must all be perfectly fresh at first, for one stale egg will spoil a whole box.

bake a quartern loaf. The buttermilk should be kept till it is quite acid; but it must never be in the slightest degree rancid, or otherwise bad. All unfermented bread, it must be repeated, should be placed in the oven directly it is made, or it will be heavy.-J. B.

111. BEES-WAX. - The proper way to make beeswax and turpentine for mahogany furniture which is not French polished, is to shred half an ounce of bees-wax very thin and fine, and put it into such a thing as a clean blacking bottle, with a gill or quarter of a pint of spirits of turpentine;

the animal spirits, keeps up the insensible perspiration, and does not leave behind it any of those febrile symptoms which follow wine, beer, and similar drinks. When the brain and nervous system are disposed to sthenic excitement, or in other terms to inflammatory action, such as follow the use of spirituous and vinous drinks, intense study, and continued anxiety, green tea will be found to act as a salutary remedy; but in such cases as evince diminished excitement, sleeplessness and disturbance will follow the use of it. It has been observed, that persons who use tea are not liable to calculous affections; the fact may be, that those who do not drink tea, take other things which tend to produce those diseases. Green tea is the only beverage for the nurse, who has the care of a patient during the night.