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ZANONI.

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ZANONI.

ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c.

(On pp. 333-336.)

Tresses.

tar rat, art, tart.-116. Agincourt.-117. Sharpset. -118 An, an, as-Ananas (the pineapple).-119. Eye-sore.-120. Halt crown.-121. Electricity. 122. Den, ounce denounce.-123. Primroses.-124. a. PeaT; b. Oratorio; c. KitteN; d. Evening; e. Kye-grass-Poker, tongs.-125 Wall, law.-126. Charitable.-127. Passport. 128. a GibboN; b. Echo; c. OviD; d. RicheR; e. GarciA; f. Encamp-George Pardon -129. Headless. 130. But13). Coal 132. Nousense. 133. A penny. 134. Con est. - 135 Pianoforte. - 136. Catsup.-137. Nothing -138. It is of little use to be happy for a short time, if we thereby render ourelves miserable for a long one.-139. Each day has its own sorrow, but each day has its own strength; and as we draw near to the close of our journey the sorrow decreases and the strength increases.-140. 1 Turkey; 2. monkey; 3. latchkey; 4. jockey; 5 donkey; 6. lackey; 7. flunkey; 8. turnkey. 141 Line, mine, wine, dine.-142. 1. It ought to be put down; 2. The one is "let out," and the other "taken in "; 3. The first fails to keep his temper, the second fails to temper his keep; 4. In the one case we adjust, in the other we just acd; 5. Because it is made to strike; 6. Because he puts every day a check upon himself; 7. Because he who is often get ing "tight" must be very "loose";

108. Gang, nag.-109. Cleave, leave, veal, lave, 8. Because he is "put out" by being "taken in."-110. Inter(m)view.-111. Footstool.

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143. Squill, quill, U ill.-144. 1. Wedlock; 2. hemlock; 3. matloc; 4. Havelock; 5. hillock; 6. padlock; 7. fetlock; 8. hullock; 9. matchlock; 10. forelock-145. a. Cames; b. Herophila; c. Leos; d Othrrys; e. Runcina; f. Jardanus; g. StheusChloris. 146. Charlemagne reproving his courtiers

113. Friendship.-111. Popinjay.-115. Start, star, for their expensive dress.

ADDRESS: 23, MIDDLE STREET, CLOTH FAIR, change cartes with Blanche Alsington and Kate

HEARTSEASE, M. A. OXON, EUPHROSYNE, 163. REMEDY FOR SINKING SPRITS.-Take

JULIETTA, and 'ENRIETTA are welcome.

NIL ADMIRARI.-Welcome.

MAX. Your absence, without apology, obliges us to reduce you from the First to the Second Class. Take care we do not place you in the Third. to your lurels. Max.

Look

TC. RYE.-You are very successful in solving the enigmas, and nearly won the Prize. Persevere SAXON. You improve.

JOHN-Please write, and say if the essay on a dead anthor of the Johnsonian age is strictly original."

gum amoniac, one drachm; assafoetida, half a drachm; dissolved and mixed in six ounces of penny-royal water; add to this mix ure half an ounce of syrup of saffron, and take two spoonsful twice or thrice a day.

water.

164. FOOD FOR GEESE -Take turnips, and cut them in small pieces; put them into a rough of Six geese were lately put to feed, each weighing nine pounds lean; and in the course of three weeks' feeding as above, they weighed twenty pounds each: one being dressed, produced four pounds of oil.

165 GINGER BEER-Two gallons of ginger beer NANCY.-Thanks. We will read your contribu- may be made as foll ws:- Pu two gallons of cold

tion with care.

J. J. GORTON.-You improve.

will retain your place.

FAIRWEATHER.-Try again.

water into a pot upon the fire; add to it two ounces of good ginger bru sed and wo pounds of white or HATTIE. Again promoted. Persevere, and you half an hour. Then skim the liquor and pour it brown sugar. Boil, and continue boiling for about ino a jar with one sliced lemon and half an ounce of cream of tartar. When nearly cold, put in a teacupful of yea t to cause he liquor to work. The beer is now made; and after it has worked for two days, strain it and bottle it for use. Ti down the corks firmly. Ginger beer should alway be put into small bottles, for any portion that may be left in a bottle is dead and useless.

CECILIA and MARIA improve decidedly.
LISA. Your enthusiasm enchants us.
CAROLINE.We admit your plea cheerfully.
MAY BE is welcome in June.

FORGET ME-NOT cannot have read the "Friend" very carefully or she would have seen that we have extended the time for receiving answers to the enigmas. A plan we shall continue.

CISTUS. We are sorry the binder's error caused you inconvenience but trust it will not recur.

KALI REBE is thanked. His Shakespeare is well written, but it came too late for insertion.

THIRD CLASS.

HOPPIN, HATTIE, BLACK DWARF, OLD BOY.

juc, pour boiling water on a little of the peel, and 166. ORANGEADE OR LEMONADE-Squeeze the cover close: boil wa er and sugar o a thin syrup, and kim it. Whe all are cold, mix the juice, the infusion, and he syrup with as much more water as will make a rich sherbet; strain. Or, squeeze the juice, and strain it, and add water and capillaire.

167. LEMONADE. Another Method.-Take a quare of boiling water, and add to it five ounces of lump sugar, the yellow rind of a lemon rubbed off

F. PARDOR is welcomed to the Councillors; his with a bit of sugar and the juice of three lemous. cryptograph is clever. Try again.

FIREFLY will improve if she perseveres.

DE LA SAUX, SAM, HARRY C, and LOTTERY, are thanked. The first-named Councillor writes to inform Anna Grey that the author of "Linger Not Yet" is H. Grøy.

T. K. Y. is requested to adopt a nom de plume

instead of iniuals.

Stir all together and let it stand till cool. Two ounces of cream of tartar may be used instead of the lemons, water being poured upon it.

168 AROMATIO VINEGAR - Digest in wo pounds of ace ic acid one ounce each of the dried tops of rosemary and the dried leaves of sage, half an bruised clo es, for seven days; then express the ounce each of the dried flowers of lavender and of liquid, and fil er it through paper. Another aromatic vinegar, for sprinkling throgh apartments during the prevalence of fevers, or any conagious complaints, is made thus: Take of common vinegar any quantity, mix a sufficient quantity of powdered chalk with it to destroy the acidity, let it subside, and, pouring off the liquid dry the white powder in the sun, or by the fire. When perfectly dry, put it into a stone vessel, and pour upon it sulphuric acid, as long as white acid fumes continue to ascend.

169. REMEDY FOR COUGH.- Oxymel of quills, two ounces; syrup of poppies, one ounce; two teaspoon-ful thrice a day.

170. CRYSTALLISED CHIMNEY ORNAMENTS.-Selec a crooked twig of white or black thorn; wrap some loose wool or cotton round the branches, and tie it on with worsted Suspend this in a basin, or deep jar. Dissolve two pounds of alum in a quart of boiling rain water, and pour it over the twig. Allow it to stand twelve hours. Wire baskets may be covere in the same way.

i well up together, and lay it on the path of the thickness of an inch: then sift a litile fine gravel all over it, and heat it in before the asphalt >ets. This is a durable asphal. Ano her good asphalt may be made with one part mineral pitch, one part resin, seven parts chalk, and two parts coarse sand, and boil them together. and lay it on in a hot state, adding a little sif.ed gravel.

171. GERMAN POLISH FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. -- 177. ASPHALTS FOR GARDEN WALKS, &c.Break into small pieces a cake of while wax, and Take eigh een parts of mineral pitch, and eighteen put it into a tin or earthenware vessel pour over parts of resi and put them into an iron pot, and it as much oilf turpentine as will cover it; closely place it over a fire, keeping them boiling a short cover the vessel, and let it stand during twenty-time; hen add to it six y parts of coarse sand, mix four hours. During this interval the wax will have dissolved, and with the turpen ine form a pas e. With this, incorporate as much finely-powdered animal charcoal as will impart to the mixture an intensely black colour. When required for use, take out a little on the point of a knife, and with a brush rub it into the boots or shoes previously cleansed from dirt The essential oil of turpentine will evaporate, leaving the wax upon the leather, in the form of a fine rich varnish. Should the composition become too dry, it may at any time be moistened by the addition of a little oil of turpentine.

172. A PLEASANT DRINK. Boil three pints of water with an ounce and a half of tamarinds, three ounces of cranberries, and two ounces of stoned raisins, till nearly a third be consumed; strain it on a bit of lemon-peel, which remove in an hour, as it gives a bitter taste if left long.

173 BUNS.-Rub eight pounds of butter into a bushel of flour; then set a sponge with eigh quarts of warm milk, and six pints of good yeast if hick; if thinnish, you must use eight pints; let your sponge rise and become flat on the top; then put four quarts more of milk into your sponge, and break it a little together; mix ten pounds of good moist sugar, and four ounces of ground all-pice with the remainder of your flour, and wet up altogether with your sponge; let your dough prove about half-an hour, then put them on warm buttered tins; let them get about half proved, then cross them and wash them with milk; prove them well, bake them in a good heat; wash them again when they are done.

174. CURE FOR COUGHS.-A correspondent says that the tender shoots of Scotch fir, peeled and eaten fasting early in the morning, when the weather is dry, has performed many cures of pulmonary complaints among the Highlanders. (Doubtful.-ED.)

175. AGREEABLE DRINK.-Into a tumbler of fresh cold water pour a table spoonful of capillaire, and the same of good lemon juice Tamarinds, fresh or in jelly, make an excellent drink, with or without a little sugar, as agreeable.

176. ICING FOR RICH CAKES, &c. Put the whites of three or four eggs into a deep glazed pan, quite free from the least grease, and mix in gradually one pound of good loaf sugar that has been powdered and sifed through a lawn sieve, till it is as thick as good rich cream; then beat it up with a wooden spoon until it becomes thick; add the juice of a lemon strained, and beat it again all it hangs to the spoon; then with the spoon drop some on the top of the cake, and with a clean knife smooth it well over the top and sides about an eighth of an inch thick; then put it in a dry place, and it will be dry in a few hours. Ornanient it while wet, if it is required to be ornamented, by sticking figures of sugar or plaster on it, or candied peel, or angelica, and drop coloured sugar or millions, to faney, or when it is dry, ou may ornament it with pippin paste, gum paste; piping, or paint it.

178 AMERICAN BISCUITS-Rub half a pound of butter in o four pounds of flour, and a full pint of milk or water; well wet them up; break your dough well, and bake them in a hot oven.

179. ENGLISH STEW.-English stew is the name given o the following excellent preparation of Cut the meat in slices; pepper. salt, cold meat: and flour them, and lay them in a dish. Take a pickled cabbage, and spinkle hem over the meat. few pickles of any kind, or a small quantity of Then take a tea-cup half full of wa er; add to it a small quantity of the vinegar belonging to the pickles, a small quantity of ketchup, if approved of, and any gravy that may be set by for use. Stir altogether, and pour it over the meat. meat before the fire with a tin behind it. or put it in a Dutch oven, or in the oven of the kitchen range, as may be most convenient, for about half an hour before dinner-time. This is a cheap and simple way of dre-sing cold meat, which is well deserving of attention.

Set the

180. TO REMOVE A SCREW RUSTED IN THE WOOD.-Heat a poser in the fire red-hot, and put it on the top of the screw for a minute or two; then take the screw driver, and you will easily get it out, if you do it whilst it is warm.

In

181. LIME-WASH FOR WALLS, &C.-Take unslacked white lime, and dissolve it in a pail of cold water. This, of course, is whitewash. The more lime used the thicker it will he; but he consistency of cream is generally advisable. another vessel d solve some green vitriol in hot water. Add it, when dissolved, to the whitewash, and a buff colour is produced. The m re vitriol used, he darker it will be. Stir it well up, and use it in the same way as whitewash, having first carefully got off all the old dirt from the walls. Two or the coats are usually given. For a border, use more vitriol, to make it darker than the walls. This is cheap, does not rub off like ochre, and is pure and wholesome, b sides being disinfecting.

182. VARNISH FOR VIO INS, &c. - Take a gallon of rectified spirits of wine, twelve ounces of mastic, and a pint of turpentine varnish; put them all eep it in a very warm toge her in a tin can, and place, shaking it occasionally, till it is perfectly disso ved; then strain it, and it is fit for use. If you find it necessary, you may dilu e it with turpentine va nish. This varnish is also very useful for furniture, mahogany, or rosewood.

183. COLD CREAM -This is a simple and cooling ointment, exceedingly serviceable for rough or It is chapped hand-, or for keeping the skin soft. very easily made. Take half an ounce of white wax, and put it into a small basin, with two ounces of almond oil. Place the basin by the side of the