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New YORK CITY,
9 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET.
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MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.,
52 WEST FIRST STREET.
FACTORY,
BRIDGEPORT.
THE. .
D. M. Read
COMPANY.
BUSY
FEBRUARY
DAYS,
Because of the new Febru-
ary goods. Silks and D1ess
Stuffs so bright and beauti-
ful that you can hardly tel ll
the right and wrong side of
them—handsome both sides.
A s111e gua1antee of excellent
quality. They make the
predominating c o l 0 rs of
winter seem tame and unin-
teresting—out of date, worth-
less. Nobody wants any-
thing even a t11fle old when
suchb choice effects as these
can be had. ,
When you buy, buy the
newest; they last the longest.
You may not have noticed
it, but when the change in
our Dress Goods department,
was 111ade—enl'11'ged—1t gave
us a gieat: deal. more room
for the black goods ; twice as
much. And now we’ve
twice 'as many and twice as
pretty as ever bei'o1e 011 ac-
count of the better facilities.
Some of the new effects,
particularly those W h 1 ch
supersede the c1epons, are by
far the richest looking and
the handsomest designs we
have had the pleasure of
showing—excep tionally so. -
Out of all the multitude of
blacks from which, our selec-
tions were made you can now
choose the most desirable;
those which experience has
taught us me best adapted to
give perfect satisfaction to the
__ wearer. .
New Spring
Gloves :
shades in
Misses’, 4—but. cznb’d back, $1.00.
Ladies’ “ “ “ $1.00, $1.25,
31-50, $1.75 and $2.00.
2-clasp, reds and browns, $1, 50.
2-c1asp, all shades, $1. 00.
4- but. Dent’s, all shades, $1. 50.
4— but. suede, tref. $1. 50.
8- .. _ “ 32. oo.
4_ H 6‘ $1.00.
8- “ “ mos. $1. 50.
Men’s new Spring shades, l-but-
. ton, $1. 00. Adler’s 1 button, $1 50-
Dent’s walking, $1. 75. Dent’s 2-
button, dress, $2. 00. Dent’s ‘ Cadet,’
$1.25. '
. in the tropics.
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I -. to me .-—T_r'uth.
MICHIGANS FUNNY EDITOR
He Takes Very Original Views of the Hum-
' . drum Topics of a Little Town.
Artemus ward, PetrOleum V. Nasby,
Mark Twain, Josh Billings and the Dan-
bury News man first attractedyatten-
tion by contributions to inconspicuous
newspapers. A budding genius is just
now Conducting the Monroe (Mich.)
Democrat. Here are a. few local para-
graphs culled from the issue of.0cto-
ber 10:
Framz Drake, of Dundee, has a. sore
hand. He stroked the fur of a buzz-
saw the wrong way.. I
The “dough me ' sou " class of
Whiteford Center will soon renew the
musical conflict under the tutorship of
G. Wafi‘le.
, A successful series of South Rockford
ice cream and dyspepsia socials for the
season has closed, and proved profitable
and, pleasing.
Chicken thieves and chicken pox are
transacting business at Petersburg.
The former has weeded out the fat pul-
lets, and the latter sent several primary
grade chicks home to roost awhile. '-
Without reflecting on any of his
neighbors within a. mile of him, Henry
Fox, of Steiner, has removed his corn
crib and wagon shed frorn a remote
point to one within shot-gun distance
of his residence.
Mr. L. Lamkin, of London, has
thrashed this season over 100 bushels
of buckwheat- from four acres of ground.
Frost and failure have not worked to-
gether 011 his crop. A single stalk, in
one instance, yielded 3,434kernels. If
Mr. Lainkin were not a man of known
truth and popularity, we would say
he would be the right man to swear
to the circulation of the Detroit after-
noon dailies. ,
Mr. Wallace, of West Dundee,- may
think he did a nice trick the other day,
but there are two other men who will
"not agree with him. Mr. Wallace saw
the said two other men busy gather-
ing his walnuts; and laid in ambush
while they gayly shook the fruit from
the burdened branches and heaped them
in a pile, singing a merry harvest hymn.
Then he coarsely intruded his presence
and with much suddenness they took
to flight, and the unfeeling Wallace
measured up, with baskets they left,
14 bushels of nice fruit, which he car-
ried home—Printing Ink.
IN HAVANA.
Rocking - Chairs Everywhere — No Mat-
tresses Used Because of the Heat.
The houses are mainly broad and low,
three-story buildings being rare and
one-story structures quite common.
You notice that everything is. made to
serve comfort and coolness. Instead of
having panes of glass, the Windows are
open and guarded by light iron railings,
and the heavy Wooden doors are left
ajar. You see into many houses as you
pass along, and very cool and clean
they look.
cane-seated chairs and lounges, thin
lace curtains, and glimpses of courts in
the" center of each building, often with
green plants or gaudy flowers growing
in them between the .parlor and the
kitchen. You will find much the same
plan at your hotel. You may walk in
at the doors or the dining—room win-
dows just as you please, for the sides
of the houses seem capable of being
all thrown open, while in the center of
the building you see the blue sky over-
head. Equally cool do all the inhab-
itants appear to be, and the wise man
who consults his own comfort will do
well to follow the general example.
Even the soldiers wear straw hats.
The gentlemen are 'clad in underwear
of silk or lisle thread and suits of linen,
drill or silk, and the ladies are equally
coolly appareled. Havana is a diessy
place, and you will be astonished at-
the neatness and style to which the tis~
suelik. goods worn there are made to
conform. But come and see the apart-
ment you are to restin every night. Ten
to one the ceiling is higher than you
ever saw in a private house, and the
huge windows open upon a balcony
overlooking a verdant plaza. The floor
is of marble or tiling, and the bed is an
ornate iron or brass affair with a ti ght—
ly stretched sheet of canvas or fine wire
netting in place of the mattress you are
used. to. You could not sleep on a mat-
tress with any proper degree of comfort
There is a canopy with
curtains overhead, and everything
about the room is pretty certain to bc
scrupulously clean. Conspicuous there
and every where else that you go is a
rocking-chair. Rocking-chairs are to be
found in rows in the houses and in
regiments in the clubs. ~—Cornhill Mag-
azine. '
Swiss Hotels.
The Swiss hotel keepers are admit-
tedly the best in Europe, and some 01
their secrets me to be available to the
hotel-keeping world at large, as they
propose to open a technical school for
inspection in the a1t of their calling.
The course includes Fiench and Ger-
man, with p' 1rticular attention to the
technical correspondence,'writing and
bookkeeping, geography, and especial-
ly traveling arrangements and commu-
nication betw een different countries.
the management of the cellar and
kitchen; the choice and purchase of
provisions and wines; the art of wait-
ing and, finally, manners and deport-
, ment. -—Chicago Chronicle.
A Substitute for Gold.
French journal describes a new uuu
promising substitute for gold. It is
produced by alloying 94 parts of copper
with six of the antimony the copper-
being first melted and the anti-
mony afterward added; to this a
quantity Of magnesium carbonate
increase its specific
gravity. The alloy is capable of being
drawn out, wrought and; soldered just
as gold' 1s, and' 13 said to take and retain
as finé a, polish as gold. Its cost is a
shilling a pound .e—Scientific American.
Not Built That. Way. '- '
’ Medium—The spirit of your wife
wishes to' speak with you.
Widowere—You’ re a. fakir; my wife
never would ask permlsnon to speak
There are marble floors,,
”ran LADIES owner
They Are Generally Reticent about
Personalities—This Boston Lady
A'grees With Us as to Facts,
{'However.
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(From the Boston Post.) V
The well understood fact that ladies.
are almost as a rule very hard to draw
out concerning any aument they may
have has always acted as a serious bar to
even the well known family physician,
and more so to any one iess familiar.
We are therefore always glad to get 11
good word from the gentler sex for our
wonderful remedy, Dean’ 11 Kidney
Pills.
Let us call your attention to one of
the main points in all our talks to the
public. Do you notice we always give
you undoubted references near at hand
to you? A man living in Missouri-
could send you a strong and truthful
letter of a cure by our remedy, but you
would better have one from some one
just around the corner, so to speak.
Mrs. E. T. McKinnon, residing at- the
IHotel Roxbury, 227 Roxbury St. ., says
she was a great sufl'erer for years from
kidney troubles, and tried many so
called remedies with very limited re-
sults. Ber description of the vagaries
of the disease is worthy of a. physicmn.
She says “ Kidney complaint 13 one of
momls—at times you su'fi'er intensely,
and then again you are comparatively
free irom 1ts tortures. Just so, spas-
modic pains, and then a lull, and so you
ascribe it to only a st1tch, while the
ydisease is insidiously working your
death.” Mrs. McKinnon says: “ Some
tlme ago I saw DOan’ s Kidney Pills ad-
vertised at Geo. Burwell’s pharmacy,
Boylston St and Parkb ..,‘.q I be egan
taking them at once, and nothing I had
been taking acted as quickly or effec-
tively. One box entirely dispelled the
pains in my kidneys and I have had no
recurrence of them, and the “dizzy
spells,” from which I formerly suffered
so much, left entirely and I am. indeed
invigdrated, and my home duties seem
so light compared with what they for-
merly were. Futhermore I feel it my
duty to tell what Doan’ s Kidney Pills
have done for me.”
Is this not plain, concise, convincing?
We can cure you, too, if you are 3. ani-
ferer from any kidney trouble.
Doan’ s Kidney Pills are 101' sale by
all dealers, price 50 cents, mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co. Bufl‘alo, N. Y..
sole agents for the Ifnited States.
DAVID .W. RAYMOND
Funeral Director 111 Enhalmer'
:19 Washington Street South Norwa 1H
Residence. Manackemo Hotel.
'1
Department. ‘
A
WORD
TO
THE
WISE.
Merchants, Manufactur-
ers, Lodges and Societies
will consult their own inter-
ests by giving us a'call.
A REMEMBER—4f you have?
work to do, write to us.
Bush: 811311333 111 February.
.‘s only possible by selling at prices below competition.
We intend to keep busy, and this is how We’ll accomplish
it» by continuing our [great sale of shoes during the
month.
We have purchased of Leunsbury, Mathewson & 00., all their La-
dies Fine Shoes, made for the insolvent firm of Harding & Co., of Ber- -
lyn, and will close them out at about «L- their Actual Value
120 pair Ladies’ 20th Century Enamel Shoes, worth $600, at _ -
_15O pair Ladies’ Razor Toe Kid Shoes, worth $5.00, at ‘ -
150 pair Iadies’ Razor Toe Cloth Top Shoes, worth $5.00, at -
90 pair Ladies’ C alt Opera and Razor Toe Shoes, worth $5.00, at
60 pair Ladies’ 20th Century Russia, Iace, worth $5. 00, at -
All of Harding & Co’s $4 00 Shoes, at - - - — -
All of Harding & Co’s $3.00 Shoes, at — - - - ' . -
All of Harding & Co’ s $2. 50 Shoes, at
$3 79
2 98
298
2 98
2 98
2 50
1-98
200 pair Ladies’ Opera Toe, Pat. Tip, Shoes, worth $1.50, at 890 all sizes
150 pair Ladies’ fine C. S. Shoes, worth $1. 50, at - -
890 all sizes
Men’s First Quality Hip Rubber Bouts,
”$2.
90 pair Men’s $3. 00 Patent Lace Shoes, at . ' ,
120 pair Men’s $2. 00 Invisible Cork Sole Ba]. and Congress,
140 pair Men’s Lace and Congress Shoes at .
120 pair Men’s Invisible Cork Sole Shoes, worth $3. 50 at
5 Cases of Men’s Tap Sole Split Boots, worth $2. 00, at
Boys Shbes, .
7 5 A PAIR-
$195apm
148 “
l 483 pair.
9 886, 980, and $1 23 a pair
This is positively the ,best chance ever offered to buy '
HIGH-CLASS SHOE at less than the costof manufacture.
We want you to come and see 'this lot of goods.
They.
are worthy your inspection. These shoes can only be found at
OLSEN
BROS.
WHITE SHOE STORE
3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK
STORE OPENED .E YEN LNGS
17mm SHOES 5111an FREE _ .
THIS IS WORTH READING
Hood’s Sarsaparillafi . . . .
Greene’s Nervum, . ‘ .
William’ 8 Pink Pills, . ’ . .
Castoria, . . - , . .
' Allcock’s Plasters, .-
‘ Pears’ Unscented Soap, ._ y . _
100 tWo- grain Quinine Pills, ' ._~, -
- R n Plaisted 43 Washington Street,
. . .‘l 1. . 65 Cents
" ‘ v i. ' ‘ 75 "‘
' ‘ 174'
980, werthz$L25 '
$2 29 a pair ‘
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