CHAPTER FOR THE LADIES, Which they will read,

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|" Do you see that young lady l'' said n friend to US day or two ago. as lie point-. ed to delicate and beautifully dressed young lady who was passing on the oppo- site side of the way.

 We replied in the affirmative.

 She does not look much like suicide, does she-one who would deliberately commit seF-murder !"

 Certainly not," we exclaimed. "And yet," he added, "she is murder ing herself slowly but surely every day. She is ffail. delicate creature. and not particularly healthy at the bes, of times. It is now damp, cold, raw day, and vet. she ventures forth in a thin, light dress. with shoes, the solss of which are as thick. as half dollar. Besides this, see how she. is corsetied. Sho has laced herself so that she must breathe with the greatest difficnl. ty. Poor thing La few, years longer. and she will be numbered among the myriads who have gone down to the grave throueh the agency of that delestsble disease. con- sumpIiOn."

 How many are there in the situation of the young lady described How many who. ill yielding to the requirements of bar harous Iashion,"re committing self murder How many mothers are there, W ho look on. quietly and see their daughters dedicate themseIvesio an early grave! How naa- ny, indeed, who assist in the work of death, by stording the implements and engines oG desiruclion.--l lokiE0dsLpki0 EaQ.