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Man and wife,

Bound for life,

Making home a den of strife-
Because they each would have their way,
And o'er their "other half" hold sway.

-W. H. H. A young man who does not belong to the rifle corps.-FANNY.

Breaking off an engagement on the eve of marriage.-GERALDINE,

The tumultuous whirlwind, which suddenly uproots our pet spring blossoms.-MRS. S.

An old dowager in a round hat o' feathers.ALINE, TOPAZ AND PEARL.

Beyond all bounds.-ETHOL.

A spoiled child not getting his own way. PRUDENCE.

A runaway knock.-LEONATUS.

The conduct of Henry the Eighth to his queens.-CATIE.

The boisterous mirth of inebriety.-J. C. L.
A egotist describing the great I.--ALPHA.
A gentleman's opinion of crinoline.-ROSALIE.
Betty's Sunday toilette.-NELLIE.

A mither turnin' a deaf ear tow her infant's cries.-ELSPIE.

A moral deadness to the law which commands us to "love one another."-J. T.

Passion broke loose from the reins of reason.LILY H.

The companion of madness.-J. S. The propensity our early budding youths have for the "weed."-ROLANDO.

Mounting our charger Passion, and laying the reins on his neck.

The extent of fashion.-STEPHANIE.

A bachelor's opinion of crinoline.-C. N. $-o.

PENSIVE.

A maiden's thoughts when her lover has been unusually long absent.-CATIE.

The soft rustling breeze that moves the leaves on a summer's eve.-J. C. L.

A man in a "brown study."-ALPHA.

The appearance of a young lady's parents a few days before her marriage.-ROSALIE. Sterne's Maria.-NELLIE.

The night of thought, but not without its stars.-W. Y. S.

A bee which extracts the sweets of the flowers

of melancholy, without their bitters.-PINK.

Monk contemplating at once the ruins and renewed glory of his home.-J. T.

A modest flower which opens out at the sweet setting o' the sun.-ELSPIE.

A soldier's loving wife during the absence of her husband on active service in a foreign land.— IAGO.

Nature's child listening to Nature's voice.— LILY H.

The note of the turtle dove.-R. M. S. The maiden in her bridal dress.-ROSEMARY and A. H.

A feeling often occasioned by romance.-NINA. The figure of Patience on a monument. --AMELIA.

The thoughts of an exile on taking the last look of his native country.-J. S.

I'm leaving thee in scrrow.-J. G.

Poor Narcissus at the water-side.- ROLANDO, What the words for Definition have the effect of making us.-H. A. G.

Twin sisters of reverie.-ESTELLE.
The num's retrospect.-

Old age dreaming.-D M. R.
Childhood.-CLEOPATRA.

A lady hit by Cupid.-J. R.

The soul of the prayerful.-LIZZIE M-Y. A young lady meditating whether she will accept a proposal.-WILL-O'-THE-WISP.

Looking back with moisten'd eye,
For the hours we've let slip by,

For moments now cast
With the mighty Past,
Breathing a long and mournful sigh.

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95.

My first is a foreign vehicle we meet

At times-though uncommon, I own-in the street;

A carriage by no means adapted for ease,
Though constructed, no doubt, some odd person
to please.

My second's a high and intelligent name,
Exalted to glory, or humbled to shame;
Ennobling a cottage if rightly inclined,
But disgracing a throne if to vices resigned.
Unite these together and they will produce
A creature familiar to hard work from use;
Those who'll study their wants and behave to
And as such I trust they'll be able to find,

them kind.

96.

G. M. F. G.

My first is contained in earth, water, and air,
In every meal it forms part of the fare;
My second's a river in a southern clime;
My third you will see six times in this rhyme;
In my fourth you may to the market ride,
Should you in the country chance to reside;
My fifth may be found in the Yare and the Tyne,
But not in the Thames, Elbe, Weser, or Rhine.
To my whole may you rarely have need to apply,
With which wish for the present, I bid you good-
bye.
DAMON.

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(On pp. 308, 309.)

77.-HISTORICAL ENIGMA.

a. Augustus. b. Pompey. c. Regulus. d. Incitatus. e. Lucretia-April.

78.-Pin-cushion. 79.-Her-ring. 80.-Battledore and shuttlecock. 81.-Pianoforte. 82Shipston. 83.-Earth-worm.

84.-ENIGMATICAL LIST OF TOWNS IN
ENGLAND.

a. Flint. b. Appleby. c. Milton. d. Ireby. e. Leek. f. Yarmouth. g. Faversham. h. Ryc. i. Ilchester. j. Evershot. k. Newport. I. Deal-Family Friend.

85.-Gaunt-aunt. 86.-Waist-coat.

87.-ACROSTIC CONUNDRUM-TWO PRECIOUS STONES.

a. To P. b. O mbr E. c. P anace A. d. A da R. e. Z ea L-Topaz-Pearl.

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Take a piece of cardboard of the same shape and proportions as the diagram, and cut it into three pieces, and with them form a square.

ELECTRICITY FROM A BLACK CAT.

To receive the electrical shock from a cat, place the left hand under the throat, with the middle finger or the thumb slightly pressing the bones of the animal's shoulder; then, on gently passing the right hand along the back, sensible electric shocks will be felt in the left hand. Very distinct discharges may be obtained, too, by touching the tips of the ears after applying friction to the back of the cat. It will be hardly necessary to hint how requisite it is that a good understanding should exist between the experimenter and the cat.

THE MULTIPLIED MONEY.

Take a large drinking-glass, of a conical form that is, small at bottom and wide at top, and having put into it a shilling, let it be half filled with water; then place a plate upon the top of the glass, and turn it quickly over, that the water may not get out; a piece of silver as large as half-acrown will immediately appear on the plate, and somewhat higher up, another piece of the size of a shilling.

THE EDITOR TO HIS FRIENDS. ADDRESS:-9, BELL SQ., FINSBURY, LONDON. WB herewith complete another Volume, and we are sure our friends will forgive us when we ask for their good services in inviting those with whom they have friendship and influence to unite with them in subscribing to our new Volume, commencing with the next Number. We shall endeavour to repay the obligation, by introducing inte our Magazine every possible variety of new, useful, and entertaining matter.

FIRST CLASS.

Juanita. Bertha S.-Lizzie E. R.-Q. Y. O. Z. -Aline.-Catie.-W. Garbutt, jun.-Marie and Elise.-Jane Ann.-Alpha.-Estelle (your letter afforded us much pleasure; the "Conglomerations" you have sent, merit an encouragement).Nellie.-Lily H. (we thank you for the trouble you have taken in our new exercise).-Rosemary (we trust you enjoyed them);-Daisy.-R. D. H,Amelia (if you have not had one, you are much entitled to a Certificate).-Mary Ann.-Agnese.Rolando. Prudence. Ebenezer (invite your friend to commence his subscription to our Magazine next month, which begins a new volume). H. A. J.-Estelle.-Little Giggie.-D. M. R.Blanche.-W. H. H. (you take great trouble for us, and exercise some patience on our short comings.)-Fanny.-Marguerite.-M. A. and S.-Topaz and Pearl (we sincerely congratulate yon on your academical success). Lucinda B. (your poems are not overlooked.

SECOND CLASS.

52. R. A.-INTRODUCTION OF CARPETS.Carpets were known in Italy much earlier than in England; in this country, indeed, they were not adapted to the habits of the people in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; and we find that even the presence-chamber of that queen was, according to Hentzner, strewed with hay, by which he meant rushes. The custom was not confined to England, but prevailed even in Italy after carpets had been first introduced. The use of rushes for covering floors is alluded to frequently by Shakspeare: in Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 4, the following lines occur:

"Let wantons, light of heart, Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels." And Grumio asks, in the Taming of the Shrew Act 4, Scene 1

"Are the rushes strewed?”

53. A. B. R.-PRONUNCIATION OF THE ASPIRATE. The improper pronunciation of words commencing with h, and of words beginning with an unaspirated vowel, arises commonly from the manner in which the definite article is enunciated. As the prolonged sound of e before a vowel gives the consonate power of y, the habit of prolonging the sound of the e in the leads to the pronunciation of the words, "the horse," "the house," as if spelt "the yorse," "the youse." To correct this habit the pupil should not only learn how to aspirate his aitches in the words standing alone, but also with the article. Till the difficulty is thoroughly got over, the before a word beginning with the aspirate should be pronounced thuh, (the Ethol.-J C. L.-Henry.-Eliza.-Winnie.- vowel sound being that which is heard in bird, Rosina.-Thomasina.-Albert (it was very kind of heard, &c) On the other hand, the improper you to address us from so distant a clime; this aspiration of words arises often from pronouncing the article carelessly. While practising sentences alone shows your attachment to our Magazine).– in which emphatic words beginning with a vowel J. Greenfield. Narissa. Emily A. C-th.Agnes (there is no doubt you thought yourself occur, this improper aspiration is especially to be right, or we are sure you would not have assumed guarded against. According to standard authorisuch a position).-Cowper.-Omega.-C. N. S-s. ties, the h in the following words, and their deJacob. - Nickleby.-Lizzie M-y.-Wilhelm.rivatives, is silent-heir, herb, honest, honour, Dickens seems to think the h in humble should be hospital, hostler, hour, humble, humour. sounded, and recent custom appears in favour of sounding the aspirate in hospital. Hostler is often spelled without the aitch, and humour is pronounced as if written yewmour.

Topaz and Pearl.-Captain J. R.-Ruthenpharl (not for Pastime but for the Solutions.)-Geraldine (we shall always be happy to hear from you.Cleopatra (every stanza of your poem is defective in rythm and metre; but it is promising).

QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

51. W. C. B.-LEEKS ON ST. DAVID'S DAY.The date of the adoption of the leek as the national emblem of Wales, is placed by tradition as far back as March, 640; but none of the Welsh bards allude to it, and the antiquity of the custom of wearing leeks on St. David's Day may be fairly disputed. In the Harleian MS., No. 1977, written by a Welshman of the time of James I., there is a passage which appears to show that the leek was assumed upon or immediately after the battle of Bosworth Field, by the body-guard of Henry VII., who had many Welshmen (his countrymen) about him. The Tudor colours were green and white, and were, therefore, well represented by the leek. There is a difficulty, however, about this explanation, since, according to the Hortus Kewensis, the leek is a native of Switzerland, and was not introduced till about 1562.

Mr.

54. R. W. W.-INDIGO.-Indigo is obtained from an Asiatic and American plant, which is bruised and fermented in vats of water. During the process, a blue powder is deposited, which is collected and dried so as to form the cubical cakes in which it occurs in commerce. Indigo is quite insoluble in water; when heated it yields a purple vapour, which condenses in the form of deep blue acicular crystals. When it is exposed to the action of certain deoxidizing agents, it becomes soluble in alkaline solutions, losing its blue colour, and forming a green solution, from which it is precipitated white by the acids; but it becomes blue on exposure to air. This white indigo has been termed indigogene, and indigo appears to be its oxide. When indigo is dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid it forms a deep-blue liquid, known to the dyers under the name of Saxon blue. Bengal is the great mart for this drug.

55. K. G. G.-ACTUARY.-The title of actuary might be properly held to mean any registrar of

any public body, but it is generally applied to the managers of joint-stock companies, having boards of directors; but most commonly to the officers in connexion with insurance offices: hence the term has come to stand generally for a person skilled in the doctrine of life annuities and insurances, and who is in the habit of giving opinions upon cases of annuities, reversions, &c. An actuary is regarded as the scientific adviser of the board which gives him his office, in all matters of calculation. The name has a legal character given to it by the Friendly Societies Act, and the amendments of that act. The registrar of the Lower House of Convocation is called the actuary. The word is derived from the Roman "actuarius,' of which the first and common meaning was "a short-hand writer." In Germany, an actuary (actuar) is the officer who is attached to a judicial functionary, and is responsible for the correct recording of public proceedings, &c.

56. J. W.-FLANNEL.-Flannel should be worn in summer and winter during the day, but should be taken off at night. In summer it allows the perspiration to pass off without condensing upon the skin, and prevents the evil effects of the rapid changes of temperature to which we are liable in our changeable climate when out of

doors. In winter as a non-conductor of heat it is a protection against cold. At night the flannel jacket or jersey should be exposed to a free current of air, and allowed thoroughly to dry: it should never be put in a heap of clothes by the bed-side. Flannel is usually only worn over the chest and abdomen.

57. L. M.-HARP STRINGS.-Catgut strings of all kinds contract when exposed to a damp atmosphere, and hence break in wet weather. Upon this fact is founded the construction of the common weather-house with two figures; but the movement of the figures is not a certain indication of the approach of rain, but only of the hygrometric state of the air. Catgut strings will be strongly contracted in a crowded room, where the air is loaded with perspiration, and hence we find that the fiddle-strings of the performers in a well-filled room are more liable to break than under ordinary circumstances. We have heard ladies say-"Why did they not tune their violins before they came in ?" referring to the performers on the stringed instruments in an orchestra; but unless the instruments had at the time of tuning been exposed to the atmosphere in which the performance was to take place, all harmony would soon be destroyed.

We cannot bring another Volume to its close, without returning our warmest thanks to those friends who have so ably contributed to it. Let them be assured that, although their names are withheld, they are doing the "state some service," by labouring for the pleasures and improvement of home, and adding to the general stock of human happiness. In all the departments of this Volume we have had unusual support; but more particularly in its domestic features. This at once shows the deep importance Domestic Economy is held in, and that, after all

"To know

That which before us lies in daily life,

Is the prime wisdom."

We are assured that these labours of our friends are not undertaken to gratify any literary ambition, but for the sake of doing good. And we would warn those who take the pen in hand for other purposes, that they will be held accountable for the effects produced by their works. Well would it be for authors and readers, if the former engraved these words upon the holiest tablet of their hearts, written by an Eastern man of letters:-"There is no writer that shall not perish; but what his hand has written, shall endure. Write, therefore, nothing but what will please thee when thou shall see it on the Day of Resurrection."

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