en for half a mile on level
ground, their breath is nearly exhausted--they pant as though they had been
running quickly. They are ready, after the slightest exertion or fatigue,
and after the least worry or excitement, to feel faint, and sometimes even
to actually swoon away. Now such cases may, if judiciously treated, be
generally soon cured. It therefore behooves mothers to seek medical aid
early for their girls, and that before irreparable mischief has been done
to the constitution.

12. POVERTY OF BLOOD.--In a pale, delicate girl or wife, who is laboring
under what is popularly called poverty of blood, the menstrual fluid is
sometimes very scant, at others very copious, but is, in either case,
usually very pale--almost as colorless as water, the patient being very
nervous and even hysterical. Now, these are signs of great debility; but,
fortunately for such an one, a medical man is, in the majority of cases, in
possession of remedies that will soon make her all right again.

13. NO RIGHT TO MARRY.--A delicate girl has no right until she be made
strong, to marry. If she should marry, she will frequently, when in labor,
not have strength, unless she has help, to bring a child into the world;
which, provided she be healthy and well-formed, ought not to be. How
graphically the Bible tells of delicate women not having strength to bring
children into the world: "For the children are come to the birth, and there
is not strength to bring forth."--2 Kings XIX, 3.

14. TOO SPARING.--Menstruation at another time is too sparing; this is a
frequent cause of sterility. Medical aid, in the majority of cases, will be
able to remedy the defect, and, by doing so, will probably be the means of
bringing the womb into a healthy state, and thus predispose to conception.

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Celebrated Prescriptions for All Diseases and How to Use Them.

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VINEGAR FOR HIVES.

After trying many remedies in a severe case of hives, Mr. Swain found
vinegar lotion gave instant relief, and subsequent trials in other cases
have been equally successful. One part of water to two parts of vinegar is
the strength most suitable.

THROAT TROUBLE.

A teaspoonful of salt, in a cup of hot water, makes a safe and excellent
gargle in most throat troubles.

FOR SWEATING FEET, WITH BAD ODOR.

Wash the feet in warm water with borax, and if this don't cure, use a
solution of permanganate to destroy the fetor; about five grains