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KERSHAM MANOR CHAPTF.R XUV. I.iltl.- Muriel wa* aleeping sweetly. Esther si.t down upon the bed in the dread recoil of fee iog which .omea after th* per- formance of difficult duty. Her heart achad and bnrned with paationaU pain. By tb* faint light of the half-cxtioguiah- ad lamp she noted a bottle on a high shelf left there by mistake. It was labeled " laudanum," ('ould she not drink ths poison, and lie down to sleep no more ? Bow *he restrained herself from touching it, to her dying day Kather will never know. But ahe did reetrain herself. For th* children's sake, for Sebastian's sake, she muat be patient and strong. After a time the heard familiar sound* in the house below. Sebastian was looking door*, pulling out th* gas. It was late or rather early ia the moruing ; he had taye>l downstairs alone an hour or more. It nviit have been three o'clock when be stumbled, like a blind man, up th* stairs to his room. The house at last was still. Rxhaoated at last, Kather lay down and lept a hula aa th* grey dawn came (teal- ing in. Then (h* roae, dreiaed herself, and packed a little "bag of needments" for im- mediate us*. She bent down to kias Muriel and caught a sleepy murmur of " Mother Rather," followed by the clasp of two warm arms round her ne.-k. These ahe put under the coverlet, anil stroked back the soft curl* that wera-*traying into th* little sleeper's ays*. In another moment Muriel wa* fast aaleep again. And this was the last fare well. Th* clock struck seven as Rather closed th* front door behind her, and knew that she might never open it again. Her object now wa* to see Mrs. Dryburgh ss early a* possible. Esther walked quick- ly. although she did not want to reach th-) houso just yet : It waa a quarter-past eight when abe knocked at Mrs. Uryhurgh'a door. She asked to see Mrs. Urybargh alone, ami in very few minutes her story had been told. There is no need to record Mr*. Dry burgh's sympathetic comments and suggestions. 8he proved herself aa true a friend aa Esther had expected her to be, and was ready to do anything and everything that oonld be deaired. "I shall not ask yon to do very mach," maid Kit her quietly. Mra. Dry burgh was crying profusely, but Ksther could not shed a trar ; her eyes looked .lull, sunken beniath heavy discol- ored lid*, and her lip* and cheek* were of parched purplish red, rather than pale. .Sorrow is not becoming to a woman of thirty. "1 am sorry to havs come so aarlv,' Hither went on, "but I wanted to aak you whether Rollo might spend the rest of ths dsy here. He must not go back to the house unprepared. Hi* father will perhaps come for him !>y-and-by." "Oh yes, dear, yes ; he shall stay a* long a* ever you like and Mun*l too." " I wanted to aik if you would go pres- ently and see them/' She could not mention Sebastian by name. "It she U il', Muriel would be bolter here, I am lorry to give you so much trouble" " Yin know very well, dear, that If I can be of any use I will. You poor dear girl Mrs. Dryburgh'i sympathy wae a little ppn-asive to Ksiher just then, but she Tied not to shrink from it. " If you would but find out what would be bait for them all. I aent for a nurse last night. And I can give you Nina's mot her a address, which she did not know. Mra. La Touohe is at Leamington. In siiuh a case a* tnia, I think that she ought to be with her daughter. You might perhaps luggeat that she should be telegraphed lor. "My dear Ksther. "said Mr*. Dryburgh, taddenly struck with the increasing weak- aeea of her voice, " have youeaUn anything this morning ? " She shook hsr head. She was beginning to And the task of apeak ing a little difliouli. " Then you muat not aay another word until you have had come coffee. And there go th* children ; I will tell Rollo to come back here to dinner. Hit still and rest till I coma back . " " Let me see him just once more," said Esther, turning eagerly to ths window, "Si. all I bring him to you?" No, better not. I will look at him as as goes oat" But her resolution wai of no avail. On hearing that ahe was there. Kollo rushed back to fling his arms round her and kia* her affectionately, aad ask why ahe had been crying, and whether father or Muriel were ill ? When Mrs. Dryburgh came back shs found that Katlier was sitting on the sofs, with her head half hidden in the cushion, :\nd her eye* covered with one hand. Her rirf was not violent ; *he was weeping ileiitly, a* if too much exhausted to re tiain her tears. Indeed, the tears were i\w ; she wiped them away, sat up, and wled to eut and drink what Mra. Dryburgh had brought by way of breakta*t. And then Mr. Dryburgh, mine 1 for onoe out of hi* peaceful morning sleep, came downstairs and talked with her, and, at her request, started olf for Sebastian's house, offering to do all that lay in his power toward smooth- ing his friend's path and keeping the matter quiet "Uh, that is impossible," Esther had aid, wilh a dreary little *mile. " r very body who knows us will havs bo under- stand. " "That will be hard on you all." " When she is better, I dare say that shs will want to go away," said Esther. Sh* spoke quit* quietly, but the dreary hope- lesanraaof her look and voice excited Mr. Drybcrgh'* deepest compassion. " Ana you what will you do? " ' 1 shall goaway loo I am going to day." "Where? The Drummond*!" " By-and-by, I am not going to them at noe." " We don't wish to b* inquisitive," Mr. Dryburgh said, after a moment's silence, "hut we should Ilk* to know where you think of guing. We may lie able to help en if you tell us." " I don't think any one can help me -iith. I will tell you where I think of tng If you will promise lo keep it a secret forafe-vdsys Ijdonotwant aoyui u ' i r "in the pause before and after th* word i'.-v knew tha*. ihe meaut Sebaatian Malel " to know where I ant. 1 sha'i go t . Si. Margaret's for a week. I wint to be per- fectly quiet. That i* all." " Hut why St Margaret's? It will be ao cold and dreary at the seaside," said Mr*. Dryburga, shivering at the suggestion. " And you don't know anybody there." " That ia just the reason, I suppose,'' said Mr. Drybnrgh, who wa* a man of i|inck perceptions. " It may not be a bad plan. It U not far away, and a little quiet will do you good. Don't stay ther* too long." Then he left the room, and Mr*. Drybiirgh followed, to ay a few word* to him while he put on hi* boot* and coat. " L>o you really think it a good plan Will?" "To go to St. Margaret's? Well, not bad for her. Poor soul !" " I never heard of suoh a thing out of a romance." " You see cases like It in the papers now and then. When it happen* to a friend of one's own it comes boms more to our buine*a and bosoms," said Mr. Drybnrgh, as he laced his boots industriously. " She looks very ill, don't you think ? " " .So would you look ill, if my flrst wife came home from America," said Mr. Dry- burgh, finding some relief in a momentary jocosity after th* strain of sympathy with th* pal* womar. in the next room. " You'd better look out, Nan, she may arrive by th* next train." " The children are mine, whether she arrives or not" said Mrs. Dryburgh. ,' H jw can you be (o frivolous, Will, when poor Kather is nearly breaking her heart so I close to u* ! " Somebody's heart breaks every day, I suppose," said Will, stamping on the 6oar to make his boot fit more easily be- fore h* turned into the hall for hi* coat. " I wish we could prevent il, but we can't, You'd belter do all you can for that poor soul. Nan." "Indeed I will. Oood-by, darling. She came up to kiss him before he went out a rare attention ou her part, for Mr. Drybnrgh had a true Scotch horror of frequent kiuea. " What ahould I do if I were in Esther's place?" she asked, half-laughing and half- crying. " No fear of that," said her husband stooping to kits her. " I think Malel mus have been a confounded fool to blunder i i-'ch an important matter. Spoiling woman life in thi* way? And it isn't *x actly nice for the first one, either. Whal'i the law about bigamy ? He's in rather a queer position, I fancy, (lood-by, Nan." Mrs. Dryhurgh went hack to her guest, with whom she bad a little more talk con- cerning the detail of her departure, aad arrangements for the future. In an hour'* time Mr. Dryburgh returned. There wai not much to tell. Mrs. La Touche had already been aent for. The nurse had arrived, and the doctor had paid a second viait. Nina wai confined to her room by what aeemed to be a bad feverish cold. Aa to Stbastian he did not look very well ; In fact, h* aeemed to b* a good deal upset I rms far Mr. Dryhurgh spoke in K<iher'a presence. What he said to his wife alone wai tin* : " Never saw a man so changed in my lite. He looks aged ; I could alinott believe lhathis hair had turned gray in a single night. He nearly broke down when he *poke of her. It's vsry plain which of the two he i* fond of I de- clare I'm a* sorry for ths fir*t wife as for the second." "Why didn't she stay in America?" exclaimed Mrs. Dryburgb, with truly feminineindignation. " 1 nave no patience wilh her ! When people are reported dead they should (lay so." " Poor Vlalet in an awkward position very awkward at any rat*. And th* little girl wai crying for Rather. You had batter go and fetch her away as soon as yon can, Nancy. It's a miserable stale of things." Ho miserable that Rither (to wham Mrs. Ilryliurgh incautiously repeated the conver- sation) could not bear to hear of it She said good-by to her host and hostess, cross- ed thelireea to the railway station, and managed to leave the town wi'.hout seeing any other of her acquaintances. St Margaret's was a town with a two- fold existence. For three or four months evi-ry summer it blossomed forth as a fash- ionable watering-place, and was crowded with visitors In thi* aspect Ksther knew it little and liksd it less Before June and after September the town waa left to a pla- cidity which savored of dullness to person* not enamored of a solitary life. But to some people the plane was never dull. It was picturesque with ths beauty of old age; I it was fuller of relio* of th* paat than of prr*miae for the future h'sther needed all the comfort that nature and belief could give, Hebastlan and his wife were gone; the children were gone; she was alone. She had charged the Dry burghs not to let her hiding-place be known, and they had carefully kept their word. And yet, nevertheless, Sebastian found her oat She had been for a stroll along the shore, and, returning in the subdued golden light of one ot those peaceful winter afternoons, ihe met him face to face. He was at the very gateway of th* house in which she lodged. He mutt hare inquired for her ihere. 'You I " she said breathlessly. "You!" He looked worn, harassed, haggard, but his eves mst her* vary steadily. " Yes," he answered. "I go to England to-morrow, and I thought that I would see you before I went." "I thought you had gone." "1 delayed our journey. I remembered something you had said if you were ever in trouble it was to this place that you would, come. I had a fancy that I should find you her*. "Why did you come? what use was it?' she said pil*ously, " Am I disturbing your peace?" he asked with a willful imile. " if it had been for my own comfort, Kather, I would not have come- -I would not hava been so selfish ; hut 1 was anxious about your I could not go away without a word. " I want nothing, shs said, looking etriaght before her and not at him. " I know ; I got your meuage'thrcught Mr. Dryburgh. Can we not talk somewhere quietly, for a minute or two ? " I am no going to distress yon. I want only to b* your friend, to show a friend's car* for your welfare. You can not b* afraid of me." Then she asked him to con* with her to th* house in whijb she lived. An>l quietly, Ilk* indifferent acquaintances, they went down the garden-walk together, and enter ed the little room wit.'i its window open lo the sea. where Kather had dreanW away so many ulent houra. She sat down in * chair near the windo for she felt lhat her liml* were trembling beneath her. 'What do you with to speak to b-; about ?" she said. "1 want to tell you lhat I can ootaubmit to be ignorant of the place in which you live, anj the work thaiynu are doing. Kven if we never see each o'.hiT again, theae things will never be in. Inherent to me. I am, at least, your friend. How could I bear to think that you were ill or in poverty, and that you would no 1 , let m* help you ? It moat not be.'" " I do not want heip," said Esther, find- ing it dithcult to speak. " Perhap* not just now. Mr. Dryburgh Id me what you were doing for hi.n. But Ihe day might come when you wauled what I could give. Kather. let m t have a friend'* privilege if ever you need he!p." Her eye* filled with tear* they filled rery readily juat now. " Not from you. From you," ahe aaid brokenly, " I could take nothing." " Don't ay so. Promise me, Esther, in >rder that I may be little leas unhappy than 1 am now that you will write to me if there is anything that I can do. " She raised her troubled eyes to Kis fa--*. "If ever I an. really in need. I will write," he said. "But that day will never come." " We do not know. W* never know hat may come. . . . You will always M able to hear of me at the Manor at Her- sham. The Squire is dead." "Ah. You will be master there now, then after all." "Yes. After all" "Nina will be glad." He made no answer. "And you," she said wiitfdlly surveying him. " You say you do not mean that IPOU are unhappy ? I wanted you to be iapuy, Sebastian." "\ea, dear. I know yon did. " U* took ier hand and held it unreaiating between ila own. "Thnr* i* not another woman so generoos as you are, in the world, be said with a quick, broken little sigh. "Esther," he said, with th* gentle intona- tion that she knew so well, "I wa* right to come. You 004(1 1 not to stay here. Promise me that you will go soon immediately to Philis Drumraond and stay with her. She wants you to come. Let me think of you with her. It will com- fort me a little to know that you are at least with friend* who lovs you and will care for you." "I meant to go to her before long," said Ksther submissively, "but St Margaret's ha* done m* goo 1 . 1 have almost forgotun sometimes what ha* happened ; and then 1 have been almost happy." "My poor Either. It has been very hard on you. "Yea," ahe said, meekly wiping away the ailent tears that f*!. down her pale cheeks, "it ha* been hard." "And for in* too But that is not what I cam* to say I told you I would not distress you or frif hten you : I only csme to beg you to go to your friends and not to leave me in ignoranue about you as if you were dead and I could never hear of yo.i again! I will say noUiiog more. I have been trying to do my duty, Ksther ; give me one look, one word before I go !" But before she coal i speak he had thrown his arm* about her, and kissed her passion- ately, yet despairingly, ai a man might kiss one whom death wa* about to part from him for ever. And then he left her ; and th* separation was bitterer to them both than that of dea'.h. (to HI roxrinrnn.) BSIEF AND INTERL3TINU- Russia now has 44 warships. The bituminous or soft coal output in th* United State* now aggragralea 100,000,000 tons annually. All the Jena of Jerusalem are to b united in ont congregation. Hitherto they lave been divided into three sections, a Spanish, a Herman, and a company of poor lews, supported by contributions from abroad. The longest reach of railway without a urve i* that of the new Argentine Pacific Railway from Hueno* Ayr** to th* foot of th* And**. For two hundred and eleven miles it is without a curve, and has no cut ting or embankment deeper than two or three feet '1 he most singular ship in the world is the Polyphemus, of the British Navy. It s simply a long steel tube, deeply buried n the water, the deck rising only four feet above the e*a. It carries no masts or sails, aad i* uaed at a ram and torpedo boat Sturgeon for their (lie are the weakest ol all fish; they are found in some parts weighing over a tnn, but are perfectly Helpless when attacked by a sword-fish the size of a herring Probably the biggest king in the world in point of size at any rate is the Sovereign of Hut aritai i, who recently entered a protest against the Kutish proctectorata over the Uilbertlilea He weight U'lit. lOIb. The Queen has a splendid collection o table-cloths, some of which are covered with interesting designs. One, for instance, represents the tie'd of Waterloo, with th* figure* of Wellington and Napoleon faith- fully portrayed. j The Japaneie liave many curious customs They begin a book at what we call the lait page, and ths end is where we liavt th* title page. Horses, when in their stalls, face the door of ths u table men, and not women, do the sewing, aud push th* needles In and out from them instead af towards them. The effect* of ammon'a upon the com plexion are direotly opposite to that of arsenic. Th* first symptom of ammonia poisoning which appears among those who work in ammonia factories i* a discoloration of the (kin of the no** and forehead. Thi* gradually extends over the faoe until the complexion has a stained, blotched and on sightly appearance. Abdul Hann.l, Sultan of Turkey, has i firm conviction that h* will reign for forty year*, and ibia belief has banished all fear of disease and danger from hi* mind. He, however, dreads the cholera, became a dervish once prophesied that he would die of cholera morbus. ThU has been a source ol great benefit to his subjects, as every effort is made to prevent the spread ol cholera, owing to the Sultan's desire to asoapa being allack*d by it. POETRY. At r n. Wl n on mj day of I'M thsr n>ght i fall- ing. 4 iri. ii t),e win Id fn.in iinounned .p-ice* l> iwn. I huar f*r vulmw out uf ilar^owm-t calling .M.' foal to pallia unknown. Thou who hast made my hoe of llfo to pleaa- not, l.c:ive not I'H !.-nint wh''n iU- walU decay ; Ixive divm-*. O Helper ever present, 11 i iiou my trcnutuand slay. Be near ma when all el" i* from me drift- ing KirUi. ky. home'* picture, day* of shade a n.l iihine, A "! kindlf fare" to my own uplifting The lovu which answers mine. 1 hare bat Thee. O Father I Let Thy spirit lie with ma then to comfort and uphold ; No gate of pearl, no branch of palm. I merit. Nor ntre<:t of ahinlng gold. -<ii Mm it If. my rood and ill unrockoned. And both fo given through Thy abounding VMS). I find rnnclf hy hand* familiar beckoned '> fitting place Some h imble door among Thy many man Ion'. Some ahcluringahade. where *tn and triv- Ingceaae, And flo * forever through heaven'* green xpan-n.n* The nrer of Thy peace. There, from the music round about me steal- ing. I fain would learn the new and boly mng. And find at last beneath Tny tree* of heal- ing The life for which I long. {John Greenleaf Whftlier. How the Oharoi WM ileoaired W a-al. yen. I m y ay Cm proud of i'., I think It'll look in fust rate Bout at nut lonkln' rhurch. on the whole, a* you'll come aero -I In thin xtato. You Hee I wai committee on ropilrin' may account why the work wax well done ; When I tackle a lob like thta. Mister. I surely don t do It for fun. We'd worshiped forty yean in the old bail ling and Mpent little on'l to repair ; "lnt wan otf. glaiM broken and a cold place unieMii the weather wan fair. Yet *onielw we didn t feet about it; it really *ecmed a pity 3nt no good man at the head ; 'twas before I wax p'iated comml' tee. You know how 'li with farmer-, little ready money gener ly on hand ; We're got to have mower* and reapers, and tuinethiiiwa little more land. Yet we didn't forget the "welfare of /Ion." and prayed frequently both loudand long To the Lord to come down among ua. and T generMy led them quite strong. Lat spring, we got about it Judge Simpton. who lives in the city. . Ui ve ua Ire hundred dollar* lo flz thing*, and I wa* put on the committee. We raied ne hundred more la the chart h, and I think you will aay 'twa* well speat You ae aa I was committee, we never wanted a cent The tutor*, lliey bought the cai pet; the young folk*, they bought the bell : You'll hear it ring Sunday mornin' and 1 think you'll aay it ounda well. Squire Cetera, who live* at the corner, he give the lamp* and their Alter* : Hiuer 1'oters furnished the Sunday-school room every thin, even the plcter*. lo much did I give f Waal really, you ee aa I waa committee And Judite SlmpMon done o well by u* him a* live* down In the city [ didn i *ecni called to give money, but I've given much talk and nome prayen, Tor Id lold the Lord In prayer meetln', for yean, how much we needed repair-. [Oood Housekeeping. Th lodai Fiend- In. doan' go out. 'I. la*, doan' go oat. for de kodak Bend he'* all about ; You know yo' feature* might) plain. An ho haunt de atroet an' de mender-Ian* ; Ho *eu in de kyar w'en the kyar oee by. An' de railroad one, he V mighty ly ; He doAn'ce'e w'eder you clean or not. An he'll tak yo' raga wlgh'. on de apot. Kf he do It :. wld yo' la*e* face. 1 tll you Uas you 11 be 'n disgrace. No. <".oan' go out 'Ua*, doan' go oat. for de kodak n<-nd he * all about ; Hecomedown hyirdeodrr day. An' he tuk din thanty Wen Va away ; An' he drove In front d- goata an' geeee. An' de ole lante sheep, wld hit tbtek black fleece; !>( hat* In de window an' ragn he got. Wld hi* hoodoo gun. f'om de mead-r lot Oh. de kodak (tend, hn'-t lr an' mnaa. a An, you can't go out near hla machine, Or he'll take you down wld yo' Kinked up balr. An' yo' dirty c'.othen, and yo' feet all bare. He'* got de meoder.de bridge an' -tream. An debnaa'aniulean'd' ole ox-team ; An' I doan' now reckon a alngle Kpot l)at he hani'l look' for. an' hasn't got. Wen yo' I'ncle Mo-w rode on de mule. An' brought de uail'en home Pom school, Wld -ix pon de -mall mule'* holler back, - Ue kodak Bend went long hit track. An just's dey roached de ole *tone wall. He sot I* gun, an' he tuk dem all ; An' I hear h call hla hoodoed I hlng De rtchool-Out, Mule Back Blackberry String." So I tell yon. l.iiw. ain't aafe any more For peci'blefolsji to go out-door " Men* dey go In de edga of night. W'en de tun an' de gun ti out o' aight -ICentury. I.eimioi were used by the Roman* to keep mothi from their garment*, and in the time of I'imy they were oonaidered an ex- cellent poiaon. A ipidr'i eye* are not in hi* head, bat in the. upper part of the thorax. There are 23,000 species of fishes, one- tenth of which inhabit freah water. Sometime* the oropfrom aa acre of orange tree* in New Zealand amount* to 200. Among the Hindoo* gambling U regarded on a oertaiu day of the year a* a religion* dmty. A pootal system U aboat to be *stal>lishod in th* Chine** Kmpire, beginning with the seaport*. The 1*1* of Malta ha* a language of it* own, derived from the Carthaginian and Arabian tongua*. The nobility of the ialand apaak Italian . Th* bays bird of India upend* hi* ipar* time oatobiog mammoth fireflies, which ha fatten* to th* aide* of hi* neat with moist day. On a dark night a baya'i neat i* *aid to lr-> like an electric street lamp. HEALTH. Children's Eating Some parent* compel their children ta eat againat their will, a* when itiey come to the breakfast table without an appetite, or have loat it in proepect of a visit or a ride, or for the uke of "eating thjlr plate* clean" in diacoaragement of waaieful habit*. Unless we are thinty we can not drink th* pureat apring water without averaion, and, 'a* for eating whan there is no appatite, it i* revolting, a* any on* may prove to himself by attempting to take a second meal in twenty minute* after hav- ing eaten a regular dinner. The appetite, the hunger, i* aicited by the presence of gaatric juice about the *t.omach, but if there ' no gaatric juice there can be no hunger, no appetite, and to compel a child to (wal- low food when it i* distasteful i* an absurd- ity and a cruelty. The Hygiene of Dancing From the earliest time aome form of dancing more or lea* graceful, ha* entered largely into >ociai life. And a itudy of the dancing cuatoma of the ancient*, a* com- pared with thoee of modern day*, i* not only intereating but instructive, aince it enable* ua to understand what wa* th* nperiority of the Oriental dance over the modern, and to determine aa nearly aa poa- ible what advantage* ought to accrue from th* practice of the art. In the tint place, it will be remembered that the coitum* worn by the ancient dancer, in common with the rest of the populace, ws peculiarly aucceuful in pro- iog for the perfect freedom of every movement of the body. Thia, together ith the fact that the festival* were us ually held in the open air. i* aufficient ground for extolling the old time dance* at the expent* of thoe* of more modern date. It i* aafe to aay that were it not for th* accompaniment* of the modern dance, th* am* benefit* might be anticipated which it i* reaionabl* to inppoae came to the partaken in the old Roman and Grecian feativala. For it i* certain that a course of instruc- tion in dancing, taken a* would be a courae of Swediah gymnaalica or oahsthenica, with a specially prepared coetnm* and in a properly lighted and ventilated apartment, u not only capable of lending grace and elasticity to the movement of the body, bat i* of positive benefit in changing th* circulation of theblood from sluggish - to activity. The mild excitation into which the mind entera.asthe meaauree of the dance are fitted to the (train* of th* me lie, i* of undoubted value a* a kind of tonic. That the modern dance ihould be open to the oenaure not only of moralUt* bat of hygieniit* can be plainly understood when we remember the unfavorable condition* nnder which it usually take* place. 'The coatumesare unaoitablain that they reetrain the body at every point, th* hour generally choeen is on* which find* the majority of person* tatigued with a day'* worry, and the crowded hall* offer no opportunities for proper ventilation. The dizzy whirl, which would aeem to be the form of dancing moat often choeen at the proeent day, and into which th* tired body and brain ia thrown under such unfavorable condition*, isreaponsible tor not a few brok- en constitutions and much impaired health. P oUoned by Vinegar A Roe-heater, N. Y., phyaician tell* about a patient taat he had, not long aince, who poisoned herself by drinking vinegar. She began to us* it to improve her com- plexion, but soon grew to like it, and after a time it became a nece**ity to her. A* th* habit grew she got itronger and atrong- er gradea, until (he wa* daily consuming larg* quantities of alinust pur* aoetio acid. When he waa called to attend her it wa* a long time before he could make up hi* mind what wa* th* matter with her. Her com- plexion wa* of a deadly white, ahe had no appetite, and could hardly b* persuaded to touch food of *ny *ort. Four eminent physicians, who were called in consulta- tion, failed to diagnoee the real cause oi th* trouble, but attributed th* lady'* con- dition, one to one thing and another to another. Finally the attendant phyiioian, through th* lady'* servant, found out th* real root of i he trouble, but too late to do hi* patient any good. H* (aid thin wa* th* only caae in hi* experience of a person's forming a vinegar habit, but h* wa* per- uaded that a good deal of the ill health of many ladi** waa due to their using too much vinegar, with the idea that it would improve their look*. *w ta krrp I *;. In order to remain youthful in appear- ance, the body muat be free from diaeaa*, th* mind cheerful and happy. Th* pre- servation of a pleasant xpreaaion ot coun- tenance i* aa eBMntial aa the prevention o( wrinkle*. The emotion* of the mind stamp theiruwlve* in the feature*. The indul- gence in ill-temper, (retting over the minor aggravation* of life aad Tittle joalouiie* and animoaitiea, are the dectroyer* of soul beauty which must h* combined with the physical charm* ia order to keep the face young and pleasant looking. The coming of wrinkle* may be retard- ed by observing the following rale* ; Keep the system in a healthy, well-regulated condition ; keep the skin clean by frequent washing ; bath* the face with th* hand* once a day in soft water, as hot a* can b* born*, dry on a soft towel, and follow by a gentle massag* with the palms, smoothing th* brow upward to prevent the formation of early wrinkle* ; protect th* face from severe cold and strong winds ; and avoid facial distortions, as wrinkling the fore head and puckering the features. Kee- your eyes open to the funny aid* of life and rejuvenate your soul with good, hetrvy laughter. In matters not whether married or single, if you work in harmony with nature's laws the bloom of youth will linger late' But if you inped* r*pir*tion by tight clothing, diet on rich indigestible food, spend the beauty-making hoar* oi tb* night in dissipation, olog the pore* of th* skin with poisonous cosmetic, a draw your face into a frown except when you meet company, and you worry needlessly, you will grow old in advance of tb* year*. The crow * feet will come thick and fast ; the (ilver threads will multiply by th* score j and the skin will asaume a sallow ha*. There are 600 varietia* of eottxo.