STORY OF II BRASS BUTTON It Decided In a Matter of Life and Death. ■ y WILL AWD BLAKEMAN (CtfyrtfM, IMO, In l'fwi l'fwi A r(nM»n | In the dsns "if i*u MI WI*I I'oint »pff two cndel*, tin" lit" from lb» north. the othff front the south, who Iwnmr greiit chums. Imusld Imrgan wim thp southerner, litlwin t'handler the northerner. It In seldom that two J (HI DC men, eartl (kmwmliii such Mir ling qualities, are In be found bound together by the li« of friendship. Without being awnre of ihe fuel, the> B>oih were linlinsnta for the Imml t I lip Mini# girl. him derided In hviif of tli«* southerner When Chandler Congratulated linrgati on bis hating obtained the prize the latter illil no! know thnt Ik* liiml won It from lit* friend Having been graduated, I'areau In the cavalry and Chandler In the artil lery. they served nt their hv|w«'lln) bi:. I lons till the civil war came oti Ili ro were two sets of Fulled stales army officers from tßit* south during th<- war those who went over to the Confederacy and tltoae who remained In the Fed em I nrm.v. hargau elected to fight under the stars iiml stripes. Ble came to thin derlalon after long thought and great anguish. Hanging themselves tinder the stors and liars were hi* two brothers, Ills relatives and the friends of his youth. To eaixiiiie the northern cause would ren der him to them a renegade, traitor— , all that Is hateful and contemptible. He reached his decision without a word of conference with any one, not even bis wife, who sympathized with the Confederate cause. She was disap pointed, but resperted her husband's inot i ves. One of the Federal armies In the field I was in a critical position. A council »112 war was convened, and the general j commanding called for the opinions of those present. Oue of the generals rose and said: "We must send a man In among the different divisions of the enemy who will not only be able to bring us in for- i "*8 MAY NOT OUT OCT Of THIS." motion of his numbers and condition, but who lias the ability to form a plan ! for us of extricating ourselves." "What officer of rank capable of forming such n plan will be Willing to place himself in tin* position of a spy?" i asked the commander. "Leave that to me. general. I w ill j see that the plan is executed." The next morning tin officer of rank. ! dressed In the uniform of a Confeder- j ate colonel, attended by a single order ly also wearing the gray, rode into the j Confederate lines and announced him- j self as having been sent out by the ! inspector general at Richmond to as certain the condition and requirements of the army and inuke a report thereof. I lie was received by the general com mantling with the respect due bis rank ' and given every facility for the execu- ] tion of his work. An officer was di rected to ride with him through the i various divisions of the army, and the J officers of the stn(T were ordered to j prepare reports of the condition of j their departments. All day the spy rode through the Confederate camps, inspecting the I troops and taking notes of their re j quirements While doing this he was ; observing the position, its strength or! weakness, the amount of artillery-in-j deed, all such information as could! enable htm to form a plan for getting j the Federal army confronting the Con-/ federates from its perilous position, j When he returned to the Confederate ' headquarters he called his orderly aside and said to hint: "We may not get out of this, and j If we don't and you fin*! an opportu nity to transmit any information let it be this: "Send a brigade around by the road to G. and strike their left In rear When you hear their guns attack I tbeir right with all your remaining force." The orderly wrote this on a piece of paper and committed it to memory, then destroyed the memorandum After supper the bo called Inspector announced that, having finished his work, he would set out for Richmond. He was taking leave of the general commanding when a Confederate of ficer rodo up to headquarters and dis mounted. Entering the general's tent, seeing the "Inspector." he stood in mute surprise. As for the "inspector," be turned a shade paler. The new comer was an old army acquaintance in ante bcllutn days, both having serv ed at the same post. "Chandler, what are you doing here and In this uniform?" "I came here to benefit the cause I serve or die. 11l luck in meeting you turns the scale for death." There was n commotion In t v ~ f-~ fMerste iump at tl»l« dw»«t*r|r ttat j tl«> find ht« orderly wfe •tors *Ol fbit Nd It not been for * lllwtH.i nrrltnl the? wmthl hsve (ml swat with ample Information tn In Wif the def'-it Dint |kw»lMv Itw M|i litre of t!w r eh'de f> »•»■»• THpt WPf* both nrr«*»i d. a drmnhc id «ntttl 111 'I 112 ttal entiviMiMl ami within an Irntit after their detection were urn ten- <■*! to be Itahged at daylight the nett morning owing to their former acquaintance and aerttee together aa brother "tfl retn CnloMri Abert, the officer w be had rercjulred Chandler, made a strong effort to save hint lie appealed te llhiitnotid In his liehalf h> telegraph, but the authorities there seemed to think that If either should lie spsrnd It was the orderly, who was little more than a liny Meanwhile both men. lielng under sentence of death, were permitted to entntnanlcat* and to write letters to Ulnae who would mourn them When Colonel Chandler hail signified his wiillilliesa tn undertake the mission the oi.i. er who had arranged It sug gi*sted thnt he take with htm an or dniy, Iwth ns tiecumliif his snpposeiß rank anil Ims luse if the principal were deli t*'i| lb orderly might possibly carr> tlu» I nrnistlon he hud arqulr itl Volunteers wife railed for.and the young man who was now nwalt big en-rut lon bud I iron selected from among those who bad volunteered. l'p to this time Colonel ('handler was Ignornnt even of bis orderly's name The .toting man wrote a farewell let ter lo his mother, addressed It and laid it ou the pine camp tnbie on Which lie hail penned It. Colonel Chandler noticed the superscript lor. and a look of anguish crossed his fare Soon after midnight came news that but one of the two should be executed as a warning to spies and wbl< h was to suffer should be determined by lot Colonel Chandler begged thnt he might lie made Hie victim without re sort to the wheel of fortune. His ap plication was considered and a reply returned that inasmuch as the order from the secretary to determine by lot which should die was specific the general did not care to take the re sponsibility of disobeying it. The ap plication was forwarded by telegraph, but 110 answer was rivelved before the hour that had been fixed by the court for the execution. So Colonel Chan dler was informed that the matter must proceed in conformity with the outstanding orders. At daylight In the morning the provost marshal of the Confederate force entered the tent where the two spies were confined, carrying a hat in his hand. Having read to them the order bearing on their case, he said: ; •In this hat are two brass buttons. ■ th one with raised letters 11. S. A. stamped on it, the other bearing the | letters C. 8. A. You will turn your ; backs, put out a hand In rear anil take a button. He who draws the C. 1 S. A. button will go forth to execu tlon." Colonel Chandler stepped up to the officer holditiK the hat, thrust In his hand, drew it forth, looked nt the let ters on a button he held in it and handed it to the officer. It was stamp- 1 ed C. S. A. Any man thus imposing upon a fel- ! low human being the task of deciding whether he shall live or die will nat : urally be under considerable emotion. The Confederate officer holding the hat was so moved that he threw It down without paying any attention to the remninlng button. I .liter here turned for the hut lo give it to its 1 owner, and. feeling for the button, fnllisi to find it. He hunted for it, turning up the lining, but It was not J in the hat. Colonel Chandler wus taken out and hanged. When his body was let down his right hand was found to be tightly closed. The fingers were forced open and out rolled a button stamped with the letters U. S A. lie had tnken out both buttons, giving up the one iliai meant death Fearing that his intention to prevent his young comrade from sharing the chances with him might be discovered and thwarted, he had held the evidence of it tightly closed In his fist till the last moment. The orderly was sent to Filthy prison at Richmond. There he was informed that his superior had taken the chances of both and had died concealing the evidence of his act. The young man was indue time exchanged and soon after mustered out of the service, Ills term of enlistment having expired. When he reached home and was clasped in his mother's arms he told her the sequel to the story she already knew—the story of the other button. "Why. mother," he asked, "do you suppose he took my chance upon him self?" "Because." she said, "he was a noble man." ' The secret she kept from her son j She was the wife of Donald Hnrgon. nnd the man who had returned her son 1 to her was he who had loved and lost ! her to his friend Itut for the first time she told her husband that he and Chandler had been rivals and that Chandler had not only suffered his loss in silence, but had returned to her and him their sou. Ths Making of a Business Man. So many panes of glass in old Mr. Vitier's greenhouse had been broken that lie had at last offered a reward of 10 shillings to any one who should give Information as to the identity nf the latest offender. The bait «oon drew. A youngster called on Mr Vl' er nnd Informed him that a lad tin ned Archie Thompson was a guilty party He received his reward, went away re joicing. nnd the od gentleman forth with wrote to the local schoolnnis er demandlng the production of the said Archie Thompson to make good the damage he had done to his Windows. Next day the Informer called again "The schoolmaster sent me." he said briskly. "I've seen a glazier, and he'll put your glass right for 3 shillings Here it Is, and"— "Not so fast, my lad," said Mr. Vlner "nave you come on behalf of Archie Thompson?" "Well, yes, sir, in a way," said the boy. "Fact is." he continued confiden tially. "I'm liim!"—London Answers The envious man pines In plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water and yet thirsty.—T. Adams. !.t THANKSGIVING| That Had Been Made the Map pier by a Long Separation. ay SADIt OLCOTT. |i «r>M«hl l»lu ||» AlnPf lran tlw AMn | riatlnn | Home people lime given up lh» no I tlon I hat there I* s real devil I know j that there Is. and I know II from my own experience lie got Into me otic# •n bad that Iwfnro I could get him out j he bad broken up the wlnMe faintl> I i lean my family my Mark, minelf I and our children Mark and I were hmnihl Hp on ait there was no bouse on It, and Marl spent the whole summer getting it r<; dy. He had a man to ! THK DINNRR OCH HRt'NtTKt> I'AMII.T ATM. | help him till he got the framework up. t Then he did the rest of It himself. We planned It together, and 1 took ten * times the Interest tn it thnt 1 would have taken If It had been built by others. I wns busy most of the time ! making up What we would need in the ■ vay of bedding and table linen. The house wasn't quite finished by | Thanksgiving day. but It was fairly comfortable. Resides, it was nice to j finish up when we were In it We 1 were married Thanksgiving morning, and I cooked our first Thiinksgtvlug dinner myself. Mark and I ate It alone. We wanted to be alone. After 1 the children came we didn't want to j be alone, but we did at tills first j Thanksgiving dinner. We ate together. I It was a very happy day, but t don't j think it wns so happy as when we had | a lot of littlo ones at the table with us. Anyway, it wasn't the same kind j of happiness. Ten years passed without any trou | ble whatever, then a lot of It all came nt once. A letter came one day for ! Mark addressed in a woman's hand Either of us opened the family letters, | nnd I opened this mighty quick. It ] was from some one I'd never heard of, : but was all about things that bad been happening between her and Mark for a long while. 1 was so wild when 1 j read it that I couldn't absorb any : thing in particular except the end, j which was. "With a thousand kisses, | your loving," etc. ! That was the time when the devil got into me. 1 just pinned the letter on a cushion, took the children and went right over to mother's, leaving a note for Mark saying 1 never wished to see him again As soon as I got quieted down I thought, after till, there was a slight chance that there mlsht lie somo i I mistake. Then 1 waited for Mark to come nnd at least try to make an ex planation. Hut Mark didn't come. Then I was frightened for fear he had gone awn »»t Sr*>« fvy »hr VwA Mi* Mw me It wa* «wi«« «112 IMlMimk triumph "Oh fur the land* "* I I "'What hn if 1 do tie' IVP pnw nml i helped IN) tlper tn ruin w»!" II *aw It now Hhe bad written the leltri thnt had i for Mufli I roll Ml (invf *r framed Ml flr«t Intplllar wa* in turn *tid cnr«e tier Bm «he ' had rone on. nml I he*(t*ted In a f"w ; mlnme« It iwfiiMWl inn» that If I charged hot with th» crime «he would , onl* »atl nwny with her tin*e In the ulr It wtmM eomplrtr her revenge | I went home nnd apeut 1I«»» rout of ! the day crytnr 1 ihnnitht over the thing* alioitt nir *lte had contrived In ret to M nrir* ear* when were on rngisl tiinl how ho had told nie of them Vml how hml I repaid him for ht« roiiMrtice? I hml "Imply plnved Into niir enemy'* hand* Murk wa* a very hlfh amine tnnn. and Jwililli , «'< my ml lon In leaUng htm without gl* Ing lilm « • hatii-r to «ay it word In e\ platiatlon and my limine eonaldcrv I | him guilty of Iho crime ht»d killed hi* love for tne If I eon Id only know where lie hnd com- I won HI go |o him on tny knw*. I lived In hope* I hut \lnrk would «ome dn\ i-onie back to tun, hut lu> «lid not Tl.e Minlnrd |n*l a* I hiid loft It Kvery Thanksgiving day I would go there Imping thnt. It Iwlng tho nnttlvorsan of our wedding, Murk would relent nnd come iwick there. I lint hp novor came There was it small Inmiiir front «omo properly he had Inherited from lit* father, nnd Mark before imtng away had given :tn order ttint thl* income should lie paid Ito tin- So I didn't suffer for fund* Mnrk hml been gone tlvo years. nnd every \onr I htttl gone to tho house on Thanksgiving mornlnu lio|-Incr to tlnd lilm lltotv. tin tlio flfth nimlvorsnry I dotormlnoil to to thpro tho ovotilttp boforo 'l'linnksßtvliitf nnd sloop llioro I llfihtpil a tiro on tlio honrth nnd *nt In my little rookrr thnt I Uho«I to »lt <■> luMtldo Mnrk boforo thnt vor> honrth. I drow hi* own |i|r ons.v rlmlr up lH>*ido mo Mid thoro 1 sal tiiluk itiK of him nnil what n liappv fnmlly wo had Imh'H until I hnd hrokon It up hy tny folly I l>lnnu*l myself nlono for falling: Into such an opoti trap. And. thinking. I < rWd myself to sleep. I dreamed troubled dreams. First I was hack at the husking with Mark. Amelia .lone* was sittitiK near us on the pile of unhuskod corn looking at Us. and tier eyes seemed like coals of tire Then we wore walking along the road running |wist the house. Mnrk was bending over me, telling me : the story ho had told me years before. And 1 said: "Tills is not really Mark. Mark went away, and I have never seen him since And yet here he Is walking liesldo me." I woke up from this dream, my heart benttug wildly. I didn't wish togo to bed I feared I wxiuld lie awake for hours So 1 took a book from a table near tne and read. Hut 1 fell asleep again and recotn meuced tn.v dreamlug Tills time I dreamed Mark came in and snt In his chair beside nie. I awoke and what did I see? Why. Mark really sttting beside me Hail it not been for the reassuring smile oti his face I should have thought that what 1 saw was his ghost. I sprang toward hltn, and he took nie In his arms. "Oil, Mark!" I cried. "Have you for given tne?" I "Yes, I hovo forgiven you, aud I have things to tell you. When 1 came home and found you and the children gone, the letter pinned to the cushion. 1 saw at a glance that Amelia Jones had come up after a long silence to strike us. I was angry- ungry with you for falling into the trap, for uot having confidence In me. I determined togo away forever "Hut I plni*l for my home, my wife nnd tny children I was about to come hack when I was drawn into a specu lation. 1 concluded to wait for It to tnukc me rich before returning It took all I had put into it. I tried an other and another till recently I struck what has paid me. Then I re solved to come back, forgive you. ask your forgiveness and unite our fam ily." He went to the bureau, took the let ter which had been for five years on the pincushion and. bringing it back with him, tossed it In the flame. "Burn!" he said, watching It as It Khrivejed. "You have made trouble enough. It would he well If there were a heavenly tire !n which we could burn all past disagreements." Oh. the happiness of that moment! Though it was late, we went to moth er's. took the children from their beds and put them in their cribs at our own home. I had thought thnt no Thanksgiving dinner could he as happy as the one Mark and I had eaten together on the day of our wedding. Hut that one was nothing t> the dinner our ""reunited family ate together on the day after Mnrk burned the letter that had caused our separation. Rut it was a happiness that had been sharpened by years of pain. A Dream and Its Sequel. "in one of the Kast Indian border wars there was engaged an officer of high repute, the member of an ancient county family," says Mrs. Mayo la "Recollections of Fifty Years." One night the laird. Its head, started from his sleep, exclaiming: ' " "There's the shot that has killed mv brother!" "Ills wife told him It was but a dreani. He must have given au anx- I lous thought to his brothers before going to sleep. Next day the pair were In the garden directing their gar deners when the laird suddenly ex claimed: ** "Do you hear the bagpipes?" ""No." answered the lady. "1 can hear nothing. 1 atu sure tliero Is no sound.' " "Strange," said the laird, "for 1 cr.n even hear what Is played. It Is "The Flowers o' the Forest Are A' Wefe Away."' "A few hours later came the tele gram reporting that the brother had I been shot dowu by some bottler war r.or and over his lonely grave the men of Ids regiment had played the |.n thetlc air whose mysterious echo seem | eil to have reached the laird." PHOEBE'S CATCH, I rinhinq Trip Thnt Had Molt Sfltlittiotory Results. R» CLANIMA MACKIKi ii«tn. til" In Aiwilrtn Imi Aaan * MUM | I Thetv ws* a Unite of ituiiitmt In the atr. sithou|,i the calendar *till shown! Its Heplemlier |Hi|c Here and theta en the hillsides a tree flamed out, her sld of .lark Frost The hay wrinkled crisply Inlo while capped warcs, and ' titer all wm the odor of fl|>e gra|>ea. I sweet elder and burning leaie« rNoetic Allen leaned o»er the gate and drank In the sweetness nf the sir \ and looked at the blue nKit white Ws ter and >n« the flaming tree "Killed* frosty," she sniffed delicate j l.v. "I'm always mighty glnd when w ltiler tonic* around It's the co*le*t ' time of the year. Wish I knew which w it y the wind was blowing" ller pleasant face wrinkled In a frown 11* she tried to i>eer around th« corner of I'aptnln Atnos Hodge's new house Ml her life she had been wont i to see the weather vnne on the peak of i"haitiii tig** barn, and now that Onp IT KKLU Ot'T AT 11KK TOUCH, tain Amos' house had interposed its : j bulk l'hoebe felt personally aggrieved. She had even approached the doughty | captain nnd laid tier complaint before | him "1 never can tell w hat the j weather's going to be without seeing i that vnne," she said i "I'll put one up on my cupola," i promised the captain affably. 1 \ "I won't look at it—probably It'll not be good for anything," said Miss j Phoebe peevishly, and so she went I home. • Captain Amos and Phoebe had ; I kuowu each other nil their lives; they I hnd gone to school together, and they I hnd attended merrymakings as they grew older, l'hoebe had danced holes in her slippers under the skillful guid ance of Atnos Dodge, aud Amos had , ' been caught by tils father while con -1 coding a love let to Phoebe, and ! an Incipient romance hnd been de stroyed. [ | Amos had run away from his moth , | erless home, nnd Phoet>» bad forgotten , all about htm ii'itll years afterward. when his father was dead and buried, , ' he came home n childless widower and , built u house on the brow of the hill i beyond Phoebe's solitary cottage. ; ' There hnd been no sentiment about I their meeting. Their t!r*t words had i been a disagreement about the weath . j er vane, and neither hnd recovered. . i Now Phoebe i-raned her soft round ! throat In a vain endeavor to learn the i i direction of the wind, A barefoot ls»y whistled past, a fish- I ing rod over his shoulder and a can of I | bait dangling from liis hand. "Where you going, HennieV" asked ; Miss Phoebe. "After blues they're running down in the channel,'" returned the boy. "Which way's the wind?" asked i i Phoebe. "I dunno," said llennie stupidly. "Dou't make no difference about wind I | The tide's coming In, aud the blues • i are running In with it." • j "1 believe I'll go and get some for ■ i iny supper. It's too tine a day to stay ' in. llennie, I'll give you a ulckel if, ; | you'll get me some bait What you I got there?" i | "Mummies." ' l "Want to sell "em?" "I don't mind." "I'll take 'em. Wait a minute." ' | After the transaction was concluded j Phoebe ran back to the cottage and ' ! donned an ancient skirt and knitted j jacket. On Iter head she tied a pink i suubonnet, and over her feet she drew ' j rubber overshoes sin- packed n small 1 | basket of lunch, fed the eat, hunted a : rod ami line from the woodshed, locked i up the cottage and scurried dowu to' | her little boat house on the tieaeh below.. , | Presently she was rowing slowly out j | toward the harbor's mouth, where lit-1 tie boats were dotted about laden with j eager fishermen, for bluefish were run- j , nlng plentifully. Phoebe's bright brown eyes had dls-1 covered a more isolatid spot where I she bad learned by exi*'rlence that j the current ran swiftly and where ex- 1 cellent luck might be had. This was | between the breakwater and the long sand spit that became an Island when the tide was high. It was fast becoming an Islnnd now. and save for one lone fisherman the little channel was quite deserted, for there wa# exciting sport In the har bor's mouth. ' Such a clever little sailor woman as Phoebe Allen found no difficulty In geitlug her boat into the right posl ' tlon, dropping her anchor overboard ' and preparing for sport. The lone fisherman proved to be her i ispecial abhorrence. Captain Amos, and and as his broad back was turned to her and his great flapping hat quite covered the back of his head he was recognizable only by his size and the dainty lines of his new boat. One. two, three, into the boat they rtomv«l llti'e --liver benu'lcs. Phoe !)(•* itmi'k* (irrw plni «tt'i . Uf»tn"nl »« *h«' pulled llo'w ifi I.it" i, li r.M hi-r Mh aiiinwf nt flr*t and Hi" ti «ii|i|il» nmtili film I n |tl nln Alllll*' frtt'itlll- tliettlnd AI ln*t I'lmfhr Hit|ml<*il It«■ r Inst Ml i>f halt null "wiiiib Urn itiir urnb»«rd It Jerked forward. mill ihe foil th* wplglit of it raptured (I*h An aha fill Mini lii the |ti»l«* Hew tip, nml the Intuit** hnnlt milliil mer her head and • nnulii limit? In the uln" W "112 Cuptalft \nu<«' diiiri Ist*»n hi* broad ahnul dor* It rntiKhi nml nn*Ml ilirn* Almo*t In the nnmr> lii*lmil <'■ ptnln A lit iin l"*t hN trnlt In tin- *n mi* wiiy, nnd lii* pull* |H>rfnrtticd the same up wind leap, hi* llin' flew over, nml th* hook Imbedded Itself 111 tin l Wnnlljr lll trli ni lew nf I'lioelie'* knitted Jaekot. Thru Captain A tuna. feeling Hi* point nf I In- hook in hi* tender flesh, jpllpil murderously i "Woman!" tie threatened. turning hi* lii'iul a* fur nrinitiil n* pain would |H>rmlt. "Mini" snapped Ihii ■1; Ml-s Pliwhf, straining Hi lift* |">li> mill ngaltiat llin captain's honk. "What In tarnation" sputtered A mo*, groaning "Womnn, you have I killed hip." | "Keep Htlll, dn," sald I'hoebe impn t lout l> "You've gone nml caught ' yourself In my hook. II win tin* lust 1 one I hint If you'll ri'iii'h nround you ) might not It out." "tint out nutliliik! 110 you under stand iln> lOujrtisti language?" nuked Captain Anum, with deadly calm. I"Of Course 1 dn," | "Thou listen. Your hook is caught l ln my hKlii ski n •K and I'm bleeding to dciith. If yim .1 tinvn the ' goodness to lonk nround and see what damage ynu'vo dnno," suggested Hie . captain savagely. | "Perhaps you'll look around and see | what you'vt> dnnp," nn Ul Phoebe cross ly. | Slip craned hpr nook nnd lonkpd ! around at the captain's hack, which j the point of hpr fish hook barely prick ! ed. At the same moment Captain | Amos ppprpd around to spp lii s own ! hook caught In his neighbor's Jacket. Something In the ridiculous situation broke the Icy crust of years of sepnra j Hon; It recalled another day when, an i children, they had fished for minnows in the mlllpond and, sitting together la the old green lioat that had belonged to rhoebe'g father, they tiad hooked parh otticr quite as neatly as they had done today, j "Amos Dodge. you little ninny!" j cried Phoebe in the same teasing words slip had uspl< mttoti «inrr4 w ll hill I In- teeth of llic >:i» tore the lint frttin iin* >m| inelly mul quickly, mul t'iMiiit Whitney the Wm« ImO'ly thir teen nt lIii« tlttiei rmllfiil nt 'iff* tHat n lumhlne wiirklnit » nunlifr of «lml l*r **«s nlmiillniiiHiiwly would rrtoln tlntilrc the cotton itmwliiK Industry. lie snld nothing In BIIJ brnlv bill »•! In work building models mul ei|w>rt* men ting III* illftli nillii wore rtior« liiou*. fur hp lint mil) hint In mnke lila own wheels. rofn. etc.. Ml in* bad «Im tirst lo forge his own tool* mid even lo rnntiufnct un- the paint wherewith to color hi* tunny plans mid drawing*. Htit hi - «iwi wImI In thi" md. iind. thottKh tin' outbreak of *nr nml other hindrance* ttfefented tin' Invention from being iii -111 <■ 11 >- placed U|k>ll the market until many jpar* afterward, i lie tirst complete cotton gin ever con structed was liiillt from those very models nml plan* ant! with scarcely a single alteration The Springbok. A peculiarity oft hit I most I ii'it ii 11 fill nf South Afrlrnn antelopes Ih* spring link in tlint It always li'ii|w over htimnii tracks It l« nl Hiii'i' exceedingly shy mill marvelously active. nml the rea son for this strange until' Is Its in* tense suspicion of any possible ene mies. among whom It has come to ree. ognlxe tnsin us the most dangerous. It Is not only with human tracks tint the springbok goes through lhis iierfortn iince. for It does the s:ime with the trucks of lioos or even when it nets wind of n lion. The leap Is exceeding ly graceful, and the atiimui covers from 1 twelve to fifteen feet nt each bound. It drops on all four, feet at once and Immediately rises again, making a clear 1 spring without any run its usual gait when not pursued is a light springy trol. The springbok usually travels ! with Its nose to the ground, as if con stantly on the lookout for the scent of ! enemies. A Mole's Nest. i Among common animals few have j been less studied in their life history } than the mole. Mr. I.ionel E. Adams I says that under the "fortress" which : the mole constructs above the surface 1 of the ground will always be found a ! series of tunnels running out beneath j the adjacent field. A curious feature almost Invariably found Is a perpen dicular run penetrating about a foot below the bottom of the nest and then turning upward to meet another run. A mole is never found In his nest, al though it may yet be warm from hla body when opened Cuided by smell and hearing, a mole frequently locates the nest of a partridge or pheasant above his run and. penetrating It from below, eats the eggs. The adult mole Is practically bllud, but there are em bryonic indications that the power of I sight in the race has deteriorated Identified. | William M. Chnse. the artist, was a | picturesque figure, dressing lu clothes \ that hnd a certain originality, though, they conformed more or less to the, prevailing fashions. On one occasion Chase ou his way home stepped Into s little wine shop and ordered a Jug ! of claret of a special brand sent to his | house. The lad who btought It came to the front door an hour afterward, when lhe artist had already arrived. "Siniie wine." tie said curtly. The mi'.ld. knowing there was yet plenty in the cellar and believing he lad had mi'd • i in!"like, snld she was sure it wits not fin' thai house and did the j boy tvmetnber ihc name of the man who ordered ii The twy didn't. [ "Then." said the servant, "you've | come to the wrong place: we tiever ordered wine:" At this moment the I boy spied I'lmse's famous hat on tlie hall table. "Soy." he rsked. "does that hat live here?" "Yes." said ihe amused maid. "Then." said the boy triumphantly, "here's where the wine belongs!"— Argonaut. Artificial Flowers. It was In Italy that a demand for artificial flowers tlrst arose. This was due primarily to a caprice of fashion which demanded that during festivals blossoms in and out of their seasons should bo worn and also to the fact that their color and freshness were stable. Later ou, in the middle ages, the artificial so far superseded the natural that both men and women decked their heads with imitation flowers of cambric, paper, glass and metal. A New Fruit. A new fruit, the Iniilstinmborry, was exhibited at the fortnightly show of the Itoyal Horticultural society in the Horticultural hall. London, recently. Tills novelty lias been produced by William Knighl of Ilallshani from the raspberry and the loganberry, the lat ter Itself a hybrid. S0ITH1IH! A nellAtolo TIM SHOP ror all kind of Tin Rooflna, Speutlne ind Carters! Job Work. Btoyeo, Haatara, Ran«oe„ Fumacaa. oto. PRICES TUB LOWEST! QMLITT TDK BUST' JOHN HIXSOV NO- 11# a FBONT ST.