bad. Then, secondly, it
came, like the word "accident," to get a bad sense attached to it, and
it was used for a "poisonous drug," from which is derived its third and
last sense, an "enchanted potion," or "enchantment." In the New
Testament the word is translated "sorcery," not "drugs." See Rev. xxii.
15.

DAFFODIL.--Pampas grass may be cleaned by putting it into a large vessel
of clean cold water, when after some time all the dust and dirt will
come out, and it may be lightly shaken till dry. It may also be bleached
with chloride of lime.

SUNBEAM.--Do not on any account do so dangerous a thing as to put
paraffin oil on your hair. Besides, the very bad smell of the oil would
be most offensive to others if not to yourself.

DELIA T. (Lausanne).--From your writing we conclude that you are very
young. If so, your verses give some promise of better ones when older.

JACKDAY.--It is suitable for every day. You write very well. There is no
"e" in truly.

LITTLE EMILY.--See "Girls' Christian Names," pages 39, 134, 235, 381,
vol. iv.

OCKLAWAKA.--Certainly, it is quite improper to walk about alone with a
man to whom you are not engaged. We know of no cure suitable for all
alike for sea-sickness. Lie down on deck, drink water before being sick,
and beware of starving. At the same time, do not select pork nor a suet
dumpling just at first. In cases of very severe sickness, swallowing
small scraps of ice before and after a spoonful of _consomme_ or jelly
is desirable, and an icebag should be applied to the spine.

A TRING GIRL should consult a doctor about the moles if very
unornamental.

LADY JANE GREY.--The "seven whistlers" are curlew, or herringspear
birds, thought to be storm-bringers when heard overhead at sea. You will
find a story in Buckland's "Curiosities of Natural History" about them.

ANNIE SPIKE should write to the Religious Tract Society, 56,
Paternoster-row, E.C., for the tracts she needs. The lines are not
poetry--nothing but badly-rhymed prose.

HARTY.--Wills can be inspected at Somerset House, in the Strand, W.C.

UNE PETITE FLEUR.--No one could interfere with you in keeping a private
school, so far as we know.

JAMIE'S DARLING.--We thank you warmly for your kind letter, and wish you
much happiness in your new life and position.

NO STONE UNTURNED must send her tale to a publisher; but we do not think
she will get much--probably nothing; but, on the contrary, will have to
pay, for a first attem