Q MANUFACTURERS OF - HIGH-GR ADE I“. OVER FORTE YEARS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TIT. FINEST _ TUNE 111111031 Tunisian AT The LoTvest Possible Price. Sold on Easy Terms and Rented. 01d Pianos Taken in Exchange. -mTHEY ARE THE TESTS/1. SEND FUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TU WAREEUUMS: NEW YORK CITY. 9 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET. MOUNT VERNON, N.“ Y. 52 WEST TIEST STREET FACTORY. STAMFORD. CONN. 'season BRIDGEPQRT, THE D. M. Read COMPANY. AS GENERALLY , SUPPOSED, The new Spring budding and blossoming of rich color- ings and handsome weaves add wonderfully to the desire for new buying; the early making ready for a new 'of freshness and beauty. The new Silks and Dress Fabrics are marvels of excel- lence and taste and happy must be the woman who makes sure of her choice by an early purchase. “ NVitchclbth,” the won- derful cleaning fabric, is 110w giving illustrations of its re- markable poiver and confirm- ing in a practical way all that is claimedfor it. Exhi- bition 011 main floor. Just as we thought, Car- pets are giving more .pleas- ure to buyers this season than ever. They are more to the good tastes and ideas of the majority—not quite so deli- cate looking—will wear bet- ter and longer without show- ing hard usage. And the prices make them more desirable. Black satteen and Farm- er’s satin Skirts lined with silicia. find a good 2-1‘uffle Skirt, for .98 cents. Others extra full, corded ruffle, em- broidered shape, $1.48. Best quality, with two dimity ruffles, edged with silk lace, $1.98; with one or two 6-in. taffeta silk ruffles, for $2.50—reduced from $4. 50. Drab and brown flannel Skirts, embroidered with 1ed and black silk—very hand- some—for 980. each. A big assortment of ladies’ Muslin Underwear; a big chance to buy as you’ve never been in the habit of buying. - One, sometimes two, once in a great while three, that’s the way jacket buyers come in and buy. Such feelings are infectious sometimes, with such good chances. And it’s not to be wondered at. HELOVES THE Binns.‘ FRANCOIS CO.PP‘EE AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG. It Is 3 Touching Sight to Watch the Poet Feed His Pets In a. Public Garden-41 Man Who Is Loved by All and Is “Dear Master” to the Students. Francois Coppee, the author of “For the King,” has a great many friends in Paris, but none of them is more devoted than the little birds that live in the Jar- din du Luxembourg. They know him as soon as they see him come in at one of the wide gates, his head hanging forward, his face pale from ill health. They know in just which one of his pockets he carries the big piece of bread which he is going to divide into crumbsfor their benefit, and they probably Say in their own special language: “Ah, here is Friend Coppee, bless him 1” They are not the only ones that know what Coppee has in his pocket. All the Latin quarter people who come and go through that corner of the Luxembourg garden which faces the Odeon know that the gentle author rarely misses a day in his devotion to the birds. And when he appears with a peculiar swollen appear- ance about one of his pockets they draw quietly OS to a respectffil distance to watch As soon as the circle of spectators— workmen in blue blouses, students in corduroy and slouch hats, nursemaids with barelegged children—as soon as these elements, which -might possibly be disturbing, have taken themselves far enough out of the way, the birds close in around the post until sometimes a hundred of them will be fluttering about his head or hopping about his feet. Then he takes out his piece of ‘bread, and crumbling ofi one corner tosSes a morsel up in the air. Instantly there is a flutter of wings, and two or three of the birds dart upward, and the most for— tunate one catches the crumb in its flight and settles down again to his place in the flock. One crumb after another is thrown .out in this direction and that, and oc- casionally a few are scattered on the ground, so that the less adventurous and weaker spirits may have their share. Finally a good fat crumb is pinchedofi‘, but not'thrown. It is held invitingly between the thumb and finger, while the poet looks at his birds as much as to say: “Come, come. You know your friend Coppee. Give me a proof of your afi‘ec- tion, as I am giving you a proof of mine. ” There ‘ is a great flutter then among the birds, 21. great cooking of pretty heads, much sharp glancing of bright eyes. Finally one particularly brave little creature makes a wide curve to- ward the imprisoned crumb, but his courage deserts him on the way, and he circles back to his place without the prize. Coppee rubs the crumb a little, So that a tiny morsel of it falls to the ground, where it is quickly picked up. It is as if he said to his small flock: “See, my little friends, it is a good crumb. Where is your confidence? Have I ever betrayed you?” As if ashamed of having hesitated so long, a. bird makes a dart toward the outstretched hand, poises with flutter- ing wings above it, picks daintily at the crumb and then hears it away triumph- antly in its bill. After that it all goes merry as a marriage bell. Two or three birds will be eating from his hand at the same time. They light on his shoul- der, on his arm, on his hat. The spectators meanwhile are full of breathless interest. A child whose loud cry of delight startled the birds into sudden flight is unceremoniously jerked back by his nurse with an emphatic “Tais-toi. ” The students talk in an un- dertone about the dear master, as they call Coppee. Last winter, when there was an un- ' usual amount of snow in Paris, Coppee was particularly attentive to the wants of his birds, which in their turn were more than ever appreciative of his good ofiices, for the snow made pretty poor picking for them. And on cold days it was no uncommon sight to see the stu- dents rush up to the poet after he had finished his dole and turn up his coat collar or tighten his muffler or button his overcoat. “Dear master,” they would say affec- tionately, “you must be more careful of yourself. You know you are not strong, and it is cold, and-we need you as much as the birds do. ” To the birds and the students he is al- ways “the dear master. ” It was Coppee who wrote and read the poem for the unveiling of the bust of Henri Murger in that same Jardin du Luxembourg. Murger’s name is idolized by the whole Latin quarter, and it is doubtful if the students would have permitted any one of whom they did not approve to take . part in the ceremonies at the unveiling of his monument. Coppee is not married, although, in French fashion, he has a. friend to Whom he makes mysterious references in his writings as one who is' dear to him and in whose heart he knows he will leave inconsolable regret when he dies. How- ever that may be, he will be sure of plenty of sincere mourners—the students of the Latin quarter and the birds of the J ardin du Luxembourg. —New York Sun. Windproof. A. farmer in the Kansas cyclone dis- ' trict was building a stone wall. He was putting it there to stay, building it 5 feet across the base and 4 feet high. A stranger came riding by, andseeing the care the farmer was taking said to him, “You seem to be mighty careful about that wall.” “Yep, ” replied the farmer, “I’m er building her to stay. ?’ “ ’Tain’t no use,” replied the stranger, “it’ll blow over just the same.” “Waal. let her blow over, she‘ll be a foot higher if she does,” replied the farmer, contin- uing his work. —San Francisco Argo- naut. Advertise now and catch the spring trade. his shoulders drooping. THE~EvEn1NeianznTTE 'A nnowni'se MAN Will Catch at a Straw. A Boston Man Grasps Something More Staple. (From the Boston Globe.) 10 1823 was established the Hubbard Choir 00., and to day , at 8:35 Washing- ton st., it remains, one iftlie prominent institutions cf Boston’s manufactures. Connected With it is an old and trusted employe, Mr. James Conner, who re- sides at 196 Brmdwav, East Somerville. Do you know him? Any one who does will tell, you his won “goes without saving.’ We Will let him lead you to us by what he says. When our repre- sentatwe called on him he became en- thusiastic at once, sayinv, “ I can speak very glowingly of your medi- cine. ” He said his kidney trouble dated back eight years—lie was unable to assign a cause—it came just of its own accord. The pains across the small of his back were at times terrible—so much as to literally ‘ d‘ouble him up," and he says he often felt is would be imposs1ble to get home from his work. Another bad feature was the costant de- s1re to urinate, often 8 and 10 times in a half day. In the Box-ton Pr-st he hap- pened to see a report of a. similar case, cured by Dean’s Kidney Pills. Like a drowning man. be grasped it, and in- stead of its proving a straw it actually saved him. He tells in a few words how he Went to Geo. Burwell’s Phar- macy, Boylston st., and Park sq , and bought and began taking the mile at once. The day he got them, he says his pains were terrible, breathing intenmfied my distress; All pain was immediately eradicated, urine resto’red to its normal frequency. and I cannot realize that I had ever suffered so. I shall always be ready to speak a good word for the Greatest Kidney Remedy‘ in existence—Doan’s Kidney Pills.” Doan’ s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers, price 50 cents, mailed by Foster-Milburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. J. D. Jennings. UN DEKTAK ER 4 Knight street. opposite Street liailway Devon NIGHTBELL AT OFFICE. Piano Maggong, MES GEORGE W. BSAD LEY, (daughter of the late Wm.1’.._Nash,) gives efijcent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No.193 Alain s rest DAVID .w. amateur) Funeral Director 111 1111111111131 39 “ asliington Street. ’Scnth N01 walk Residence. Mahackemo Hotel. “and my very- Tlle ' GAZETTE .W “"4330“ mm; PRINTING Wdhll TO THE WTSE. Merchants, Manufacture ers,_ Lodges and Societies will consult their own inter- ests by giving us a call. REMEMBER—Thou ha... work to do, write to us. in. February. Is 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 01 shoes during the month. 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