profession, being conjoined with the art of surgery.
In France, the barber-surgeons were separated from the hair-dressers,
and incorporated as a distinct body in the reign of Louis the
Fourteenth. In England, barbers first received incorporation from Edward
the Fourth in 1461. In the reign of Henry the Eighth they were united
with the Company of Surgeons, it being enacted that the barbers should
confine themselves to the minor operations of blood-letting and drawing
teeth. In 1745, barbers and surgeons were separated in England into
distinct corporations. The barber's sign consisted in ancient times, as
now, of a striped pole, from which a basin was formerly suspended. The
fillet round the pole indicated the ribbon used for bandaging the arm in
bleeding and the basin the vessel to receive the blood.

* * * * *

F. HAYNES.--Many thanks for your kindness and trouble in copying the
poem. You have done it very neatly. It is, however, much too long to be
printed in YOUNG PEOPLE.

* * * * *

W. ATKINSON.--A water-mark is any device stamped in the substance of a
sheet of paper while it is in a damp or pulpy condition. The practice
dates back to the early part of the sixteenth century, and came into
vogue soon after the invention of printing. The mark is produced by
pressure as the paper passes over a wire-gauze net, or under a roller,
in its progress from the vat, the raised lines of the design making the
paper thinner at the points of contact.

* * * * *

LOUIE B.--We shall soon begin the publication of "The Story of the
American Navy," by Benson J. Lossing.

* * * * *

B. H. SMITH.--Your idea of our "Wiggle" is entirely original, and very
good. We are very sorry it arrived too late to be engraved among other
answers.

* * * * *

PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

HIDDEN CITIES.

[Two cities are hidden in each sentence.]

1. I oft have looked at royal apparel, but a regal vest on the Prince
was the finest I have seen. 2. If you went with a carriage, how did you
make that rent on your dress? 3. The mob I led so well I made keep in
very good order. 4. I know I am not wanted, but I came, for I am a
constable. 5. Is a lemon good with salt on it?

F. B.

* * * * *

No. 2.

ENIGMA.

My first is in mist, but not