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Don’t go out of town to have your Awnings made when you can get ., ' them right here at home just as cheap. ’ If you want a canopy for, a party or a wed- ding, I will supply it at . two hours” notice. A letter or postal card will receive prompt at- tention. P. E. CALLAHAN, Awning Maker, 53 Cross St: Norwalk. NATURALIST. CHAPTER I. . “Now, Marv, I have spoken!” Mr. Peel threw himself back in his chair as if that settled the matter once fox all. “I heaId you, dear,” sweetly re- sponded Mis. Peel; “and now listen to me. I have accepted Herr Schmidt’s offer, and he will enter the adjoining house as tenant . to-morrow.” “Not if I know it, madam!” shouted Phineas, jumping from his chair and bringing his fist down on the table. “Do you think I am to have Rhyd cot- tage turned into a menagerie, and my garden into a howling wilderness. The house may remain tenantless forever but Herr Schmidt and his monstros- ities Shall not enter there.” “Herr Schmidt, my dear, is merely a naturalist.” “I know it!” stormed Phineas. “I’ve heard of these plaguey naturalists be fore. I’ve no desire to come down stairs some fine morning to find a ring—tailed monkey sitting on the window- sill, acting as referee while the kangaroos and crocodiles play leapfrog over the~fiower beds. N0 madam! No naturalists for Phineas Peel.” Pretty Mrs. Peel never allowed her temper to get the better of her. She laughed softly at her husband' 5 fears and did not alter her determination in the least. “Has it slipped your memory, Phineas,” she asked, “that Rhyd cot- tage is a portion of my property? I1 I choose to let it to a naturalist—even though he be a foreigner—I am per- fectly justified in doing so,” This was true enough, and Phineas calmed down. “Herr Schmidt’s collection of men strosities, as you call it,” went on Mrs. Peel, “probably contains nothing mo1e dangerous than a death’s head moth in a bottle. Anyhow, I have no intention to disappoint him.” ‘ “But 1—” “You will treat him with the respect due from one gentleman to another Phineas,” broke in Mrs. Peel. “And now, dear, we’ll dismiss the subject.” Phineas was—though at times he doubted it—a lucky 1ellow. He car- ried off a young and handsome woman from a host of suitors. Why Marq Morsden had chosen to bestow he1 hand and fortune on such a plain, every- -day sort of a fellow as the diminutive Phineas Peel was al- ways a mystery to her acquaintances The wedding was an accomplished fact before her relatives had recoverec from the shock caused by the an- nouncement of her engagement. Mary appeared to be happy enough too. Phineas, taken as a whole, was not a bad sort of a fellow. He was jealous, that was true, ~but his wife came to regard that as an extra 1,,ij of his devotion. Had the proposed tenant of Rhyd cottage been an aged, decrepit, broken- down old man, Phineas would have stretched out the right hand of fellow- ship. But alas! Herr Schmidt was young and handsome—far too hand‘ some, Phineas thought. “Very well, Mary,” said Phineas taking his hat from the peg and mak- ing for the door; “you have overruled me as usual, and must be prepared f01 the consequences. In less than a week we shall have the house and garden overrun with every conceivable variety of reptile—from the beastly lizard to the boa constructor.” And Phineas stalked indignantly forth with the merry laughter of his wife ringing in his ears. CHAPTER II. A month or more had passed, and so far, the fears of Phineas had proved to be groundless. Herr Schmidt’s “monstrosities” had been kept well within bounds, and as yet Mr. Peel had not seen so much as a strange cater- pilla1 in his garden, which never look ed better. However he was not happy Ht“ had taken an aversion to the new ten-5 ant from the first, and would never be satisfied until he had got rid of him. “Confound the fellow,” muttered Phineas, one evening as he sat on an upturned bucket behind the peasticks, “he’s prowling about on the other side- of the hedge again. Hope he won’t catch sight of me, for I’m about tired of his oily tongue, and eternal smile. Hullo! what the deuce is the meaning of this?” Down the garden path tripped Mrs Peel. The naturalist was evidently ex- pecting her, and greeted her with a smile that almost brought tears into the eyes of the furious Phineas. “Good— -evening,” he said. “You vos jo‘ost a leetle late!” It was soon evident that this was not the first chat indulged in over the boundary hedge. Though Phineas strained his ears, he could not catch the drift of the conversation. Like a flash, he remembered that Mary had often of late taken a stroll in the gate den at dusk. Was this the explan- ation? Phineas had been glaring at the THE .couple from behind the peasticks for ten minutes or so, when he saw his wife take a rosebud from hisfavorite tree and handit over the hedge with a charming smile to the delighted l-ieri Schmidt. Then, with a pleasant “good— night ” Mrs. Peel tripped light- ly into the house. “You villain!” hissed Phineas, sav- agely, jumping from his seat and shak- ing his fiSt after the retreating figure in the next garden. “I’ll pay you out for this.” The rage of M.r Peel was something to be remembered. Nothing but blood he vowed, would obliterate his wrongs But he would be Cautious. He would smile and smile, and murder while he smiled. Seizing a peastick he tragica- ly buried it in the heart of an unoffend- ing cabbage. and played havoc with 'a stately row of sunflowers. , , l . '/' y . ‘- gun from the hook in the hall. . 'old gun to go off in any circumstances . literally Half an hour later Mary saw him Links down a huge Old-fashioned duck “There's a. German vulture in the neighborhood,” he volunteered, im- pleSS ively, “and I’m going to bag him at the first opportunity. However, as nothing short of an earthquake would have induced the —and Phineas had made assurance doubly sure by dropping in the shot first and the powder afterward—the “vulture” in question was not likely to be seriously damaged, and Mary contented herself with expressing a hope that her husband would not hurt himself. On the following evening Phineas took up his old position in the garden, with murder in his heart. Her) Schmidt, however, did not put in an appearance. After waiting some time Phineas re- -entered the house and reared his duck gun up in the hall in a conspicuous position. He had almost decided to run up to town and consult his brother John, the detective, with a. view to having the movements of Herr Schmidt watched when he was startled by the click oi the letter box. A scrap of paper lay on the mat. Picking it up, Phineas glanced at it tuined deadly pale, then hurried into the garden. Scribbled in lead pencil on dirty paper was the following. —— “Peel has discovered everything. We have not a moment to lose, and must clear out to- night. The front door is unsafe. Will met you at the back—- 10:30 sharp.” CHAPTER III. There was no signature. “Good gracious!” exclaimed Phineas afte1 1eading the note for the third time. “I’d no idea matters had gone so far. Oh, yes, Mr. Schmidt,” he added, grimly, “I’ll'meet you at 10:30 sharp." It was about 10:45, and raining heavily. Phineas Peel, seated on a all ov erlooking the back of Rhyd cot- tage, with his duck gun laid across his knees, was beginning to feel un- comfmtable “The note said 10: 30, ” he muttered .'-'",'=-j= T n E E v E ‘Ni N e c AZEIT TE A. FORGOTTEN-PRESIDENT. No Stone to Mark the Beating Place of . John Tyler. , . ‘ With monuments costing thousands of dollars adorning the graves of some of the most obscure individuals, it is. hard to realize that a man once Presi- dent of the United States lies buried in Hollywood Cemetery here without even a. mark for his grave. But’such is the case. John Tyler, of “Tippe: canoe and Tyler, Too” fame, lies sleep- ing in an obscure place, and the only way in which the place he rests - is known is that it is in the same lot with the grave of his daughter, who died before he did, and over whom "a “figure”. monument was erected. There is an interesting mystery sur- rounding the neglect to memorialize this man who was the honored Chief Executive of our country for nearly four years. John Tyler, whose father was known as the “bosom frien‘.” of Thomas Jefferson, died in 1862, and in his will, datedOctober 10, 1859; was the following provision: ' “I empower my dear wife to make out of my estate suitable provi ision for my burial, and let my body be consigned to the tomb in the earth of the country where I was born there to repose until the day of resurrection, My wife will select the spot in Sher- wood Forest (his residence) and mark it by an uncostly monument of granite or marble. An inscription will be found in the paper inclosing this.” . Little did the ex-President dream that after this modest request for the disposal of his body his grave would be so wretchedly neglected by his ad- miring countrymen, and it evidently was not the intention, for the General Assembly of Virginia, immediately af- ter his death, adopted a. suitabletusti- monial, which closed as follows: “Resolved, That, with the consent of his -family, his remains be depos:ted in Hollywood Cemetery, in the city of Richmond, near the remains of James Monroe, and that the Governor of this State be authorized to cause a suitable monument to be erected to his mem- ory.” This explains how President Tyler’s body came to be placed in Hollywood “It must be after that time now What’s that?” Phineas had caught the sound 01 heavy feet moving cautiously over the gravel. He grasped his gun and peer ed into the gloom, but could distin- guish nothing. Suddenly he heard voices, evidently at the front of the house. He was about to quit his position under the impression that Herr Schmidt was leaving by the front door, after all. when one of the back windows was cautiously raised, and the lithe form of the naturalist dropped lightly to' the ground. Creeping along the side of the wall on which Phineas lay, he. presented an excellent mark. Mr. Peel,.h0wever, could not bring 'himself to shoot a man down in cold blood. He would give him a chance. “Stop, you scoundrel!” he shouted. The effect of the challenge was scarcely what Phineas had anticipated. Herr Schmidt darted forward and seized the barrel of the gun. He was much the stronger of the two, and Phineas was pulled down from the wall in a twinkling. “Keep your tongue still, you fool,” he hissed, “or I’ll brain you. Now, quick, help me over the wall.” Phineas hesitated, but the threaten ing attitude of the other induced him to rise. However, he had no intention of giving in. Bracing himself for the effort, he ex- erted all his strength, and pulled Schmidt bodily from the wall. He fell flat on his face, and before he could recover himself, Phineas jump- ed on his back and seized him round the throat. emitting a yell that would have done infinite credit to a Sioux Indian. The next moment Phineas was drag- ged off from behind, and found himsell ‘~ in the clutches of a burly member of the local police force. Four or five others seized Schmidt, who struggled in vain to free himself. “What am I arrested for?” gasped Phineas. “There’s your man!” Phineas would no doubt have been led off with the other prisoner but for the timely arrival on the scene of the last person in the world he had expect ed to see——his brother John! “Here, what on earth is the meaning of all this?” he demanded, when, as the result of John Peel’s interference, he found himself free. John stayed behind a minute or two to explain that Herr Schmidt, the “naturalist,” and Edward Harper—the notorious forger who had defied New Scotland yard for the past six weeks—- were one and the same. “It was a smart dodge of Harper’s,” said John Peel, “and he might have got clear away but for that clever wife of yours, Phineas. . Mary suspected the man from the first, and supplied me from time to time with valuable in— formation. It is to her entirely that the credit of the capture is due. Tell her I’ll call round and thank her my- self to—morrow. By the by, the gang of which he was the head got wind of our intentions, and a man was des- patched with a warning. Harper doesn’t appear to have received it.” Then Phineas began to understand things a little more clearly. “I suppose this will be it,” he re- marked, producing the note and hand- ing it to his brother. “You see, the. messenger left it at the wrong door, and I—er—-I thought I might as well see the fun. For some time after Phineas was of the opinion that he had made a fool of himself. Lately, however, he has taken a differeht view of the matter. and is' never tired Of relating how he “dropped on” Harper, the forger, alias Schmidt, the naturalist next door. 1011. Cemetery, though he requested other- .wise, and the explanation for the neglect of his grave probably lies in | the fact that about that time the Gov- GAKE OF TOILET SOA-P 1 IN EVERY PACKAGE 'OF .) ' WASHING New TARGETS FOR THE ARMY. Old Bull’s-Eyes to Give Way to Figures of Men, Stationary and-Movable. When the trained marksmen of the Transvaal routed the regular troops of Great Britain at Majuba H111 by shoot- ing with such marvelous skill as to pick off the redcoats like so many deer on a hill, a great outcry was heard in British army circles against the folly of teaching a soldier to shoot by plac- ing him opposite a target and telling him to place a bullet as near to the bull’ s- eye as possible. The United States Army officers have iust come to the same conclusion as iid the British after the disaster ,of Majuba Hill. As a consequence of this awakening there will shortly be issued a set of targets to be used at the va- rious rifle ranges that will revolutionize the old system of training soldiers to become marksmen. Instead of the bull’s-eye in the center of a square tar- get, the object; to be aimed at will be a. black mark representing, as nearly A $20,000,000 FRAUD. That is What the Bridal Pno’mge in the Government Treasury Is Declared. ' “I hate to shatter a pet delusion by giving the facts in the-case,” said a’ former clerk in the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington, ‘ “but. fraud ought to be exposed regardless of con- sequences, aud the'greatest fraud 1 know of is the famous ‘bridal pack- age’ of the Treasury vaults. “I don’t know who it was in the de— partment that first imposed it on a in popularity every year. When the couple enter the vault the man- in charge, after a. few preliminary and perfunctory remarks, reaches up on :1 shelf, takes down a package of. notes, and tells the bride to take it in her hand, if she hasn’t asked .forit the very first thing. He'then tells her that the package contains $20,000,000 , in Treasury notes, all in denomination of $10,000 each. The bride is delight- ed, of couise, and when she goes back as possible, the figure of a man as it appears when he lies prone on the ground, rifle presented, in the act cfi taking aim. ‘ A second target will show the fig- ure of a man taking aim while in a. kneeling position. The figure is mounted on a square background of white, and is carefully drawn to meas- urements so as to present a mark as nearly as possible like that at which the soldier would have to shoot were be fighting for his life in actual con- flict. This figure will be used as a tar- get at medium distances, from five to six hundred yards. Still another target represents the full figure of a man standing and fir- ing. This is for long distance practice and will enable a marksman to see ex- actly the effect produced by his skill ‘11 firing. Every shot that hits the fig- are would kill or maim were the target aliving mark. The largest target of all, and the one l ernor of the Old Dominion State had his hands full with Rebellion. -==Cor. l Pittsburg Dispatch, . "—- GOPHERS DESTROY A CANAL._ Au Oklahoma City Enterprise Ruined by the Pesky Animals. l , Gophers have destroyed a $10,000 , canal at Oklahoma City. The recent filling up of the canal where it passes through the southern part of the town is the end of what once promised to be the most remuneratiye enterprise in Oklahoma. Public=spirited capitalists believed that the waters of the rapidly flowing North Canadian river could be used to operate all the mills that could be placed on its banks at Oklahoma City. Engineers were employed to make a survey, and it was said that a canal five miles long could be made to carry the water that ran a distance of twen- ty miles by the sinuous course of the river. The fall was nearly thirty feet, enough, it was believed, to develop 2000 horse power. More than $40,000 was expended in constructing the canal. It was diked part of the way and the- river was crossed twice. The canal was twenty- five feet wide and four feet deep. Its completion was an occasion of import- ance in Oklahoma City. Four inches of water were let in the head-gate and the electric light plant and a large flouring mill was run as if by magic. An unsuspected enemy, small in size, but prodigious in industry, soon over- whelmed the enterprise in disaster. The banks of. the canal were of por- ous, sandy soil. Gophers'attacked the dike, A hole no larger than a man’s wrist, burrowed by these animals, widened into a crevice in half an hour, and the water easily swept away the sandy dikes. .The repairs were con- stant and costly. The promoters grew discouraged. The money panic swept over the country and the canal was a wreck. Its flood gates are gone and the masonry is a pile of debris. —NeW York Sun. CLAY'S REMARKABLE MEMORY. Knew the Man “7110 Had Given Him a Verdict as Juror 21 Years Before. It is said that no man ever had a more marvelous memory for faces than Henry Clay. The instances given to prove this are numberless. On one occasion he was on his way to Jackson, Miss, and the cars stopped for a short time at Clinton. Among the crowd who pressed forward was one vigorous old man who insisted that Mr. Clay would recognize him He had lost one eye. “Where did I know you?” asked Mr. Clay, fixing a keen glance on this man. “In Kentucky,” was the reply. - “Had you lost your eye before then, or have you lost it since?” was the next question. “Since,” answered the old man. “Turn the sound side of your face to me so I can see your profile,” said Mr. Clay, peremptorily, and the mat; obeyed. “I have it!” said Mr. Clay, after a moment’s scrutiny of the prc~ file. “Didn’t you give me a verdict 21:1 juror at Frankfort, Ky., in the fa~ mous case of the United States versus Innis, twenty—one years ago?” “Yes, sir!” cried the old man, treml--. ling with delight. “And isn’t your name Hardwicke‘.‘“ queried Mr. Clay, after another min ute “I told you he’d remember me: cried the old man, turning to the crowd. “He never forgets a face, ne\- er forgets a face!”--Youth’ s Compan- iherefore, that will be used at extreme fange is intended to represent the fig-1 are of a mounted man, This is mere particularly designed for carbine prac- :ice by cavalrymen. The troopers will be taught to shoot at the target from horseback as well as dismounted, and, is in the case of the standing man tar- get, will be instructed to aim at the :entre of the mass, the idea being that killing the horse of a cavalryman does 110 less damage to the fighting effec- tiveness of an enemy’s force than shooting the rider. A project of introducing moving tar— gets based on the same system as that described above is being considered by the military authorities-New York Herald. OL’ NUT‘M EG’S SAVINGS. I don’t uv anything on ’arth mad der’n a wet hen unless it’s a ruster. Keepin’ on the right side uv the bull ain’t ha’f ez safe ez keepin’ on the right side uv the fence. A hopper tud would never be noticed ef he didn’t git underfoot. Cruelty tew annermuls is the wusi kin’ uv cruelty. becuz they can’t tell uv it. Good works don’t consist uv tellin' yewr neighbors on one side haow much yew are dewin’ fur them on the other. —:loe Cone in Truth. The Sensible Question. “Jove, that Was terrible. Man fell overboard in niidocean the other day and never was seen again,” said Hicks. Drowned?” asked Mrs. Hicks ‘ Oh. no-of comes not. Sprained his ankle probably,” said Hicks—Harlem Life. Her Idea of Heredity. "What is heredity. mamma?” asked the little girl, spelling the word out through her falling tears, and waiting to write down the meaning. - “It is—’m, how shall I explainit? Oh, ” said the mother, “something you get from your father or me.’ And the small child wrote down on her paper of home lessons. --“Here- dity—spanking.” l home she talks for weeks about having i held $20,000,000 in her hand all at one time. The bridegroom can’t resist en- ig‘oying that same pleasure, and he fon- l| dies the package a while, and the pair go away blissful over the expeiience .while the T1easury vault man toes-es the package back on the shelf and chuckles. “Now this is all simply a gigantic fraud on the young people. The Tree 5- ury at \Vashington does not hold- that amount of money. The bulk of the Government money is at the Sub- Treasu1y in this city. That ‘bridal package’ is a gay deceiver. It (1: es contain notes to the amount of $1”)- 000,000, of the denomination of $10- 000 each, but they’ re not n1:..11m,be- cause they 19 not sinned So, 1,; ~11 .111 of harm.” held in theii hands 35201111011011 the 112111111 couple have fondled slmpq‘ the " .1uting on it. —-\ew Y01k Sun, i .- .7333 ._. , _. -~_.fl~ THE TAME FAWNs , .........—.-.—- :1 run he; a Delightful Pet Before Annie; 111-, ' Its Full (3‘1"?qu Alt-10111.11 they do not appreciate con- -911ie11t in a paddock. it is easy to t" 1110 a fawn, and it makes a delight- Tul not until it attains years of indis- :retion. A tame roe used to follow the .1111 C1181]. eveiywhere round the oil .astle of Duntroon, and even up the :-s1i1s- and into the rooms. One 0‘ .ittle play fellows had been obliged i) give up his mom to a gehtlein.‘.:‘. Vii-.1 —_. g1ise of the guest was unbound ' when the head and neck of a roe pra- truded through his halfepen dos-r. "Dear me!” he said. “game must be” extremely plentiful in these parts!” Yet, just as a kitten would be the most delightful of pets, except for its unfortunate habit of growing into a eat, so a roe, and especially a buck, secomes too much of a handful as :1 set when it grows up. Their beauti- ful little horns are both sharp and dan- gerous, and a tame roebuck very nearly put an old woman off the road and into the Crinan Canal by its ob- trusive attentions. It meant no harm; it really expected to. get a lump of rock salt, with which it had usually been rewarded for its caresses. but the old dame did not appreciate its un- canny approaches, and narrowly es~ :aped with her life.— "Iil Honor of Xmerloa. During the queen ’s jubilee our coun- try folk were in high favor in London; the British court omcials from royalty downward seemed .to go out of their way to show something more than of- ficial courtesy to distinguished Ameri- can visitors. At the closing spectacle of the celebration, the anchorage at Spithead of twenty-five miles of fight- in'g craft of every conceivable char- acter belonging to the British navy—— a most impressive exhibition—as the American line steamship New York took the position assigned to her in the line of merchant vessels she trav—, ersed the lines of the British warships greeted her with hearty cheers. As she passed the German warship Koenig Wilhelm the band of the latter played “Hail Columbia.” It was a. pretty in— cident, long to be remembered. Stamped u BOSS THE ORIGINAL ssCl tier Always the Same ‘ gwwwwwoem -: . :. .. .. 1 1.. Pathllaiat Wm ° '°. v::o‘f’o:'6m%mww% lights the Way and stays lighted. 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