The Unfortunate Mutton. Oh, Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; And when the summer cume its fleect Would melt and downward flow. Till on one sultry August day This lamb ?:> pure and white, Alas, was melted quite away, And wholly lost to sight. —Peter Newell, in Harper's Magazine. A Curious Sport. The word "tobogganing" In most minds is indlssolubly associated with blanket costumes and frosty weather; but in Peraka a state in the Strait 3 Settlements, where blanket costumes are unknown and where the weather certainly isn't frosty, there exists a sort of distant relation cf this sport which is probably not enjoyed in any other part of the world. There is a huge granite slope In the course of a mountain river, down which the water trickles about two inches deep, tha main stream having carved out a bed by the side of the bowlder. This rock, the face of which has been rendered as smooth as glass by the constant flow of the water dur ing hundreds of years, the Malays— men, women and children—have turned Into a toboggan slide. Climbing to the top of the rock, they sit in the shallow water, with their feet straight out and a hand on each side for steering, and then slide down the GO feet into a pool of water. This is a favorite sport on sunny morn ings, as many as 200 folk being so en gaged at a time, and sliding so quick ly one after another or forming rows of two* four, and even eight persons, that they tumble into the pool a con fuzed mass of screaming creatures. How " righting Miic 11 Found llis Sword. General Hector Macdonald began life as a draper's assistant, but find ing it toe- humdrum he went for a soldier. This was quite to his liking. He saw plenty of service, and be cause he was fond of a scrimmage they gave him his well-known nick name. So good a soldier was ne that he was promoted from the ranks—a rarer honor 20 years ago than it is now—and as lieutenant he went through the first Boer war. In the disastrous battle of Majuba be lost the claymore that had been presented to him by his brother officers. After the fight, Captain (afterwards Colonel) P. F. Robertson, of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, had a talk at Newcastle, in the Transvaal, with Joubcrt, the fa mous Boer general, who died during the second Boer war. Robertson was curious to know why so many of the British officers were killed, and Jou bert told him the Dutch marksmen took aim specially at them. The rea son was that the officers were all rich men who could come and go as they pleased, whereas the "Tommies" were all poor, and had to serve their time and do their fighting, whether they wished to or not, for that was how they made a living. Moreover the Boer farmers had. Joubert said, no quarrel with private soldiers, and didn't want to kill a single one of them. Then Robertson told Joubcrt about Hector Macdonald and his lost sword. "Ah." said Joubcrt. "that brave man must have his sword again. I will search the Transvaal for it, and offer £5 reward for it." Joubert did search, and found the sword Ir. the possession of a farmer, who, on learn ing the story, parted with the clay more without reward. "Fighting Mac" had the pleasure of receiving his good claymore from the hands of General Joubert himself in the Dutch town of Newcastle.—Cassell's I.ittle Folks. A lines. Fred was almost asleep. Ho had been traveling on the eara for nearly two days; and all of this second day they had been crossing the plains of Montana, where they had been very little to interest a boy of 10 outside the car windows. But, just as his head was beginning to droop in a sleepy nod. Cousin Ar thur took hold of his arm. and said: "Do you see that nouy standing be side the car? That is a real cowboy's pony." Fred was awake In a moment, and he looked out of the window eagerly. The train had stopped at a station, but there were no buildings to be seen except the depot and one other small frame house. The pony was standing quite near the car. his head stretched out and the reins hanging down toward the ground. "When the cowboy throws the reins over the pony's head." said Cousin Aruthur, "the pony knows that he is to stand still, just as our horses stand still when they are tied." "Why don't the cowboys tie their ponies?" asked Fred, curiously. "What would they tie them to?" asked Cousin Arthur; and then Fred laughed at his own question, for as far as he could see in any direction there was not a bush or a post in sight, to say nothing of a tree or a fence. "The ponies understand." said Cous in Arthur, "and one that has been trained will not move when ha Is left that way." Just then the whistle blew for the train to start; and. as it whistled, a cowboy, the owner of the pony, dashed out of the little frame building and jumped upon the pony's back. He wore a broad felt hat. a brjght red shirt, a bandanna handherchief tied loosely around his neck, and a pair of leather breeches with the hair left upon that part of the leather which formed the front of the legs. Around his waist was a cartridge-belt, with two big "six-shooters" fastened to it. Fred watched him with wide open eyes. When he jumped so suddenly Into the saddle, the pony placed Its four feet close together and began to "buck." The motion that it made was like that of a rocking-horse, only it was not nearly so smooth. First Its four feet struck the ground together, then its back feet; and as tbey went as fast as he could make them go right in the same spot, and as he kept his head and tail down as close to his feet as possible, it took a very good rider to keep in the saddle. Fred laughed heartily at the comical sight, and at the same time wondered how the cowboy could keep on. But he did. Presently he struck his spurs into the pony's sides, and with one great plunge he started off. The train had started, too; and for a mile the cow hoy and his pony kept up with the train. Fred grew more and more excited as the race kept up; and. when at last the cowboy drew rein and the plucky little pony dropped behind, Fred got up and waved hi 3 cap. Then ho dropped back into his seat, but you may be sure he was not sleepy for some time lifter that.—Julia D. Cowles, in the Youth's Companion. You infill 1,1 fr-Suver*. fn a paper in the St. Nicholas, on "Life-Savers, Old and Young," Gustav Kobbe tells of the remarkable doings of half a dozen young boys and girls. Among those not connected with the Government service who have received medals for saving or aiding to save lite are a number much younger than the average age of this student crew. One of the first girls thus honored was Edith Morgan of Hamlin,Michigan, who endeavored with her father and broth ers to row in a northerly gale and heavy sea to a vessel capsized three miles out. When the boat was forced back, Edith aided in clearing a track through the logs and driftwood for the surf-boat, which had meanwhile been summoned, anil also helped launch the boat. On a previous occasion she had stood in snow six hours helping the life-savers work the whip-line of the beach apparatus. Edith Clarke, when lfi years old, and a'pupil in a convent of Oakland. Cali fornia, plunged into Lake Chabot to rescue a companion who, in wading on the treacherous margin, had disap peared in CO feet of water. Edith seized the unconscious girl, and keep ing her head above water with one arm, paddled with the other, and trod water until a boat came to the rescue. Marie I). Parsons of Fireplace, Long Island, New York, was only 10 years old when, seeing a man and a child swept off a pleasure-boat by the boom, and observing that the child clung to the man so that the latter could make no headway, she sprang Into a small boat and reached the spot just In time to save these two lives. Maud King, when only 13 years old, saved three lives off Castle Piclcney, the lighthouse depot in Charleston har bor. At the time there was a south west gale and a heavy sea. In a fu rious squall, which aclded Impetus to the gale, a yawl containing three men and a boy was capsized. The boy managed to swim ashore; but the two men got only as far as the piles of the wharf. There they hung, too exhausted to climb up, while the third man, unable to swim, clung to the yawl. Maud, notwithstanding her mother's protests, prepared unaided, to launch a small boat in the boisterous sea. But she was joined by her aunt, Mrs. Mary Whiteley, and, together, this brave girl and her aunt rescued the imperiled men. Frederick Kernochan, when only 10 years old, sprang into the Navesink river and rescued a woman. Henry F. Page of Schenevus, New York, is also one of the lads who at 10 years old have been honored with life-saving medals. Fully dressed, he plunged In to a mill pond and saved one of his playmates who had suddenly found himself in deep water. William B. Miller, 13 years old, of Elkton, Maryland, showed he had a cool head as well as a brave heart by the rescue of his companion who had stepped from shallow water into a deep hole. When William seized the drowning lad, the latter began to struggle, and It was a toss-up whether William's life would be sacrificed or not. But, with great adroitness, he, while swimming, lifted the struggling boy to a tree-trunk which protruded into the river, and thus saved both his companion's life and his own. When the "0. M. Bond" of Oswego was stranded an eighth of a mile out from Rondeau. Ontario, and the crew was hanging half perished, in the rig ging, Walter Clans, a lad who lived upon a farm not far away, mado four trips out to the wreck through the rag ing sea in a small boat, and by his own exertions saved the entire crew. These young rescuers were inspired by the noble impulse to risk their lives for the lives of others. Their exploits awaken not only the gratitude of those whom they saved, but the admiration of all to whom knowledge of their he roism may come. The age of chivalry has by no means gone by; for what can be more truly chivalrous than the deeds of these young heroes and her oines of our coast? Missouri lien's Hud Spell, A Missouri hen has laid an egg on which was etched. "Prepair for the i end is neer." Evidently the society for the prevention of cruelty to ani mals should investigate that Missouri canard that the spelling reform reso luito had been adopted by the Na tional Educational association.— Louisville Courier-Journal. 1 •S&BEriElY&te Adjusting tlie l iillnnSD. Two novelties in the manner of ad justing the fullness in the back are noticeable. For thin goods shirring looks well, and sometimes the box plait Is shirred at the top or caught across with three ornamental straps terminating in buttons. The flat back is, however, tho most used; hut to ob viate the stretched, unbecoming look the bias back seam springs out sud denly a few inches below the waist, imparting a becoming amplitude.—Dry Good Economist. No Longer In Trade, lint U-eful. Tlie Countess of Warwick, who so •"'locked British society by opening a luce shop in Bond street. London, has sold her lace and lingerie business and retired from trade. She i 3 now de voting her time and her line talents to promoting tho education and welfare of country working girls. A rich dow ager, whose name thus far has been kept a secret, gave her $500,000 to carry on this work. The countess is establishing schools, homes and hoard ing houses for the girls, where they are safe and enjoy many advantages. —Woman's Journal. Fine Km broidery Much I'sed, Experts in fine embroidery have their hands full at present. Hand embroidery figures conspicuous ly on the new gowns, and the dress makers are striving vainly to find workers who can do the artistic tasks required. Fine lingerie, too, calls for an infi nite amount of dainty hand embroid ery, and even when the trimming is in lace and insertion there is at least an elaborately embroidered monogram on the under garment. In Paris the monogram is not the last note of fashion in lingerie making. The French womaji now prefers to have a symbol in place of her mono gram, and racks her brain for an ef fective device that will in some way Aiggest her personality. Mother and Child. Tho ideal mother, like the ideal teacher, is an artist rather than a sci entist; and although she bases her art upon a knowledge of underlying sci entific principles, her skill is shown in producing effects which are appar ently natural and unstudied. She keeps herself in the background, pro viding opportunity for the observation of desirable objects and activities, and allowing the child to do his own ob serving. She leaves him free to follow his own impulses, and if the impulse is leading him astray, she manages to suggest a thought which turns it in a new direction. In conversation she lets the child lead, answering his ques tions and responding sympathetically to his comments, thus awakening in him the new thought which naturally grows out of the old. She remembers always that it is the child who must do the growing—that when she has ex pended the utmost care and thought upon his environment, when she has tried to discover and to provide the surroundings which will best promote his physical, mental and moral growth then she muqt stand aside to wait and watch while his life unfolds freely and spontaneously from within.—Rosema ry Baum, in Harper's Bazar. Qnecn Alexandra's Companion. A very plain and unpretentious wom an occupies today, in England, a place whiqh the first ladies of the land might well desire. Miss Knollys has for years been the companion and trusted friend of the Princess of Wales, and now has as much influence with Queen Alexandra as any women in England. The princesses are devoted to the gentle little woman, and the king is her good friend. It is said that King Edward will make her a peeress, in her own right, so that she may be eli gible to one of the high places near the person of her majesty. The question ol' places in the new court is causing many heart burnings, and, although the new sovereign is too tactful to make speedy and sweeping changes, there are removals and ru mors of removals. Some of tho old in cumbents have been pensioned. Others who do not need pensions, have sim ply been dropped. One of the two East Indian attend ants, who always assisted Queen Vic toria to and from her carriage, has already gone back to India, and it is said that the other will follow. As a matter of fact, little that is definite is known about the prospective changes. The stock of presentation jewels and trinkets marked "V. R. 1.," which was left by the late queen is being con ferred, by King Edward, upon his mother's friends and servitors. A New Occupation for Women. A woman who has lived in Washing ton for years and but lately removed to New York City found herself obliged to earn money. One day a woman who holds a po sition in a banking house was bewail ing her lot at lunch time. "I am often so busy," she said, "when noon comes that I cannot leave my desk to go to some restaurant, and I am often obliged to wait for a bite until 2 or even 3 o'clock. If I could only have a lunch, say a sandwich, a piecp of cake and a glass of milk brought In to mo I know I should be in better health. "I set i;o f.iint about 12.30 that it often brings cn a headache, and by the time I set out a have lost all de siro to cat." .No'v the woman put on her thinking cap and remembered having heard that a woman in Washington was go ius: around among the government clerks serving a dainty lunch every day between 12 i*id 1 o'clock to those who did not care to go out or who could not leave their desks. She obtained permission from the superintendent of one of the largest buildings down town to canvass among tho women employed in the offices and find out if this really was a want, and if so if it would pay her to cater to it. Her canvass resulted in obtaining almost JOO customers .in that one building. She furnishes a lunch con sisting of two sandwiches, one of meat, the other Oi lettuce, cheese or sardines, a couple of liberal slices of home made cake and a glass of milk put up in a small bottle, which is returned the next day. These little lunches are nicely done up In white paper, served at 12 every day And cost 15 cents. She employs two boys to deliver the lunches, which she puts up in her own apartment.— New York Herald. Beautifying tlie Simple ParRol. The deft-handed woman who aspires to pretty parasols, but does not care to spend a fortune on them, will be a busy and a happy creature this sea son. Most of the summer styles In sunshades lend themselves easily to partial reproduction by the clever am ateur. For instance, sunshades of plain silk are trimmed with graduated rows of black velvet around the edge. The effect Is charming, and the sun shade thus trimmed is a third again as expensive as the same sunshade un tiimmed. Any clever woman accus tomed to "fixing" and fussing can trim her sunshade of pink or blue, lilac or white silk, to look exactly the same as the Paris importation. Another fancy is lines of narrow black velvet running up from the outer edge toward the centre of the parasol. Between each pair of ribs are from five to seven lines of velvet, the centre one reaching half way toward the tip of the para sol, the others being quite short. This effect is very pretty and when closed the sunshade looks like a handsome striped silk. A simple black velvet ribbon edge is effective on a parasol of pale hued silk, and this is a "wrin kle" of the season and very easy to add to one's modest priced parasol. Even the splendiferous lace and chif fon creations can be further glorified by the amateur, and yet not wear a home-made air. Many of the most costly parasols owe their nonchalant elegance to the careless bunch of roses or the big chou of ribbon at one side. These can he added by the least skil ful of parasol owners, as can also rucliings of chiffons, applique motifs of simple design and frills of lace. Neat stitches, patience and care are the principal requisites to the beautifying of the simple parosal and the conse quent mystification of the world —for, of course, the chief joy of having an artful sunshade lies in its power to make the world gape admiringly at one's magnificence, and to be bliss fully aware that the admirers do not know that one did not pay an exorbi tant price for one's beauty and fash ion.—New York Commercial Adver tiser. Tailor made gowns of silk are one of the season's demands. Renaissance and mercerized grena dines are among the new thin cotton materials. Shirred yokes are features of thin frocks, and they will be built over colored foundations. "Tantivy Croat" is the name of one of the new neckties made of mercer ized cheviot to wear with tho outing shirts. As the season advances the odd blouse Is more In evidence. Thin stuffs shirred In diamonds, marked off with narrow black velvet ribbon, con stitute yokes and undersleeves. Black velvet belts and stocks are worn with colored shirtwaists. A nov elty is a narrow white pique belt, stitched and made with silver eyelets and a plain buckle, to fasten like a leather strap. Corselet belts prove so becoming that they are almost universally worn with any sort of bolero. They are al most as much trouble to make as a bodice, for they require to be boned and fitted with great exactitude. Linens and wash materials of all kinds built on severe tailor line, will he fashionable this summer. The plain linens and piques, as well as figured, will be made without trimming of any sort, save the folds or bands of the same material as the gown. Pretty white gauze scarfs dotted over with printed flowers in natural colors add novelty to the department devoted to neckwear. Scarfs of every kind are in demand, and another pretty variety is in thin white silk with chine borders. Others are striped with cash mere designs. The most charming dotted swisses are now shown in all the shops. They come in pastel gray with white lozenge shaped dots, in bonbon green with white dots and serpentine stripes, iri maize yellow with black lacy stripes that look like insertion, in violet, black ar.d white, and a variety of love ly shades and tasteful designs. ! All manner of extravagant expressions are possible when a woman's nerves are overwrought. The spasm at the top of the wind pipe or bronchial tubes, "ball rising in the throat," violent beating of the heart, laughing and crying by turns, muscular spasms (throwing the arms about), frightened by the most insignificant occur rences—are all symptoms of a hysterical condition and se rious derangement of the female organs. Any female complaint may produce hysterics, which must be regarded as a symptom only. Tho cause, however, yields quickly to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, which acts at once upon the organ afflicted and the nerve centers, dispelling effectually all those distressing symptoms. Mrs. Lewis Says: •• I Feel Like a New Person, Physically and rientally." " Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam : —I wish to speak a good word for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For years I had ovarian trouble and suffered everything from nervousness, severe headache, and pain in baok and abdomen. I had consulted different physicians, but decided to try your medicine, and I soon found it was giving mo much relief. I con tinued its use and now um feeling like a now person, physically and mentally, and am glad to add one more testimonial to the value of vour remedy " Mrs. M. H. Lewis, 2108 Valentine Ave., Tremont, Now York, N. Y. Writing to Mrs. Pinkham is the quickest and surest way to get the right advice about all female troubles. Her ad dress is Lynn, Mass. She advises women free. Following is an instance: Mrs. Haven's First Letter to Mrs. Pinkham. " Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam I would like your advico in regard to my troubles. I suffer every month at timo of menstruation, und ilow so much and for so long that I become very weak, also get very dizzv. lam troubled witii a discharge before and after menses, have pains in ovaries so bad some times that I can hardly get around, have sore feeling in lower part of bowels, pain in baok, bearing-down feeling, a desiro to pass urine frequently, with pains in pas-dug it; have leucorrhcea, headache, fainting spells, ami some times have hysteria. My blood is not in good condition. Hoping to hear from you, I am," Mrs. Emma Haven, 2508 South Ave., Council Bluffs lowa (Juno 3, 1899.) Mrs. Haven's Second Letter. " Dear Mrs. Pinkham I wish to express my gratitude for what your medicine has done for me. I suffered for four years with womb trouble Every month I flowed very badly. I got so bad that I could hardly do my work. Was obliged to sit or lie down tho most of tho time. I doctored for a long time, but obtained no relief. I began using your remedies—Lvilia E. 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Insist on having \v\ 1.. Imuul •. shm - wiih name // Bak and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer hli-.u hi kei ; u..m, .1 l.e does not /XdMßa /lltjfifK Mad fur catalog string full instructions how to order ny nuel. \\. lA. Ilttl (LI.Ah, Ifirocktou, llati. FiIEH VERMIFUGE //., \ The children's tonic, I euros or WOIUId. Remove* i I them effecujnlly and with- | d <§> k out paiu. CO years' record , C (] of euccesß. It Is the re- VI ' A J mody for all worm troubles. j \ ~ / Eutlr4y vegetable. 2octß. —at drugKi*ts, country stores , ' or by mall. IS. SM H. I RIiV, Hnllimore, Aid. | P. N. U. i;>, 1901. GREAT BARGAINS IN FARMS Those seekitw a wild, equable climate, where plow ing mn bo done 13 months in the year, end out-door 1 lire oil the your round is tho rule, would do well to look into tli. o ex. optional offers mudo by reason of ill-health of the owner. • 7 ( > i'" arH f"*nuneir Richmond, Va., ono of the finest in the State, under full cultivation. Improvements liTHt-cIeS,S anil imipl". Tho Old Homestead, 650 acres. near Rich- | mond, A finely located farm of ?*) acres, on the Severn IHver,4 milos from Anuapolls, Md. Ampin Buildings. Vegetables, bruit, tobacco, Fish, OyHtsre, etc., etc. A 1 urge ntannlncturlngbuaincm in Fredericksburg, Va., -iii years established. Fully equipped. ! Address the nwimr, Cli ARUtd T\ LEll, 1110 Mad bun /.vimue. lialiimore. Mil. I A ili>apiilu is nerer on good tariru witli ItniHull Something is always wrong. Get it ivfid !v i-li.'w iii'; ]i ■ m.tu'H Pepsin Gum. On a recent scientific test a worker in metals succeeded in drawing a penny out into ;">7OO feet of wire. M. L. Thompson .V Co., Druggists, Condors port, Pa., say Hall's Catarrh Cure is the beet and only suro euro for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists soli it, 75c. Money talks, but a little scare causes it to shut up tight. FITS permanently cured. No fits or norvoua iioas after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervo Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise froe Dr. 11. 11. 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