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powerful tonic invigorant every morning and evening for a few months; but in cases of passional and love-starvation not thus induced, the only cure is to be found in firmly resisting the terrible temptation to guilt and suicide, and a strong will and attractive daily exercise. The influence will go forth, and, although this idea may be laughed at by those ignorant of the soul and its laws, will bring to the soul the love it wants and sighs for. And yet it necessitates that you love, be lovely, lovable, and loving. My limits preclude the amplification of this subject. I am induced to thus notify people, because the vast majority of diseases spring from causes that experience has most abundantly and triumphantly demonstrated can be removed. Many people of both sexes often experience a terrible attraction toward another, that resembles, but is not love. On the contrary, it is a fearful, monstrous passion, and they almost vainly struggle to escape it. Such persons are vampyrized, and a vampyre is a person born love-hungry, who have none themselves, who are empty of it, but who fascinate and literally suck others dry who do have love in their natures. Detect it thus: the vampyre is selfish, is never content but in handling, fondling its object, which process leaves the victim utterly exhausted, and they don't know why. Break off at once. Baffle it by steady refusal, allow not even hands to touch, and remember that the vampyre seeks to prolong his or her own existence, life, and pleasure, at the expense of your own. Women when thus assailed should treat the assailant with perfect coldness and horror. Thus they can baffle this pestiferous thing, — which is more common than people even suspect; in fact, an every-day affair. Many a man and wife have parted, many still live unhappily together, some aware, but many unconscious, that the prime cause of all their bickerings and discontent is vampyrism on the part of one or the other. It causes fretfulness, moodiness, irritability; a feeling of repugnance arises toward the one who should be most dear; and eventually positive dislike takes the place of that tender affection which should ever grow more and more endearing between those who have given themselves to each other. This dislike becomes in many cases so strong that the parties cannot endure each other's presence; and separation becomes inevitable, neither perhaps conscious of the true cause. This is sometimes owing to an inferior development of amativeness, sometimes to debility, lack