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> __ "I GUESS I'LL RESOLUTE A BIZ." -- { i 4p'd like to resolute some way It's plenty, anyhow. Le's see--1 start on New Year's day. Well, that ain't very fun { Won't mom be tickled when she finds How well I've minded ber 1" Bx ~--Deaver Post. ' A ROYAL POKER GAME. 'How King Kalakeus Wound Up His New Year's Festivities. C. R. Mackenzie, describing In the St. Louis Republic a New Year's day + Zo kaok witiher ae il oui he year is ost universally regarded 43 a "very 'desirable plece of and to men shit J aly AA by . BOLIDAY celebration that will | the signor captain was so flattered long be remembered In the |that he bowed until his forehead bumped Into what was left of a saucer of ico cream.--New York Times, ON NEW YORK'S EAST SIDE. Hew New Year's Day Is Celebrated Da the Italian Celony. The little boys and girls of Mulberry street, on New York's queer east side, keep their pockets, purses and savings banks ready for New Year's. This is thelr great day. Whether or not the American Santa Claus put anything in their stockings on Christmas, their own uncles and aunts cannot get off without strenna de capo d'anno (New Years gift). The strenna is confined to the children and to cash. It is to be dis- tributed by the relatives and friends of the household on New Year's day, when calls and congratulations are in order. "Buon capo d'anno!" ("A good head of the year!) "Jo stesso a vol per cento amni™ ("The same to you for a Lundred years!™) When the greetings are over the guests will be treated to vermicelll served with a special sort of sauce and salad and "merluzzo" prepared with oil ;and lemon juice. The thought of the eign skipper, being both excitable and |v. year's viands makes the black suspicious, i ok the atier dos haut eyed children smack their red lips, and thelr time is taken up with discussing sted thers of impiriug the cartoon | it as well as with making forecasts as home Gov t. piatned to how much of § stipe Unsle Bo- d etRmen {and-so and Cousin n will put in New Year's day came due while the | 1; or per little hand before leaving. gossip was at its height, For weeks | rpg oid folks in Italy, too, are think- the wardroom officers of the gunboat |g gratefully of the great land beyond had been making preparations for & 1, gens over the wine and vermicelll grand feast, They decided at the last they have bought with American minute to invite the Italian and his ,,;50y Jf strenna is here only given staff as guests of honor. !to children am exception is made for A refusal of course, was out of the 4,, ;iq people at home, to whom a Ne# Year's gift is sent three or four 2% FTIEFEE Hint southern waters at about the same time. There was the usual inter change of courtesies. Then occurred the Incident that aroused the Italian captain's ire. A South American news- paper printed a cartoon representing Mm as being blown out of the water by the United States gunboat. In this, i for tmmediate action tn case of trench | i . rate, he sat down at . 48 Avant amie Tor ha boot, and | THE NEW YEAR IN JAPAN. for awhila things looked gloomy. Gradually, however, the younger offi- Day Witn the Mikado Has to cers of the gunboat succeeded In forc- Quaint and curious New Year cus- : 4 toms exist in Japan, where the 1st of January commences with a religious festival celebrated at 0 in the morn- ing. At this time the mikado, dressed in Japanese costume, proceeds from the palace, followed by his deputies ar- a small building or temple, prostrates himself to the east, west, north and south, and all present pray for the prosperity of the nation. Later at a ceremonial breakfast the Miny housewives think it chedper to buy than to : bake: That is because thelr baking isn't successful every time, "Their failures run the cost up. Get Royal Household ~ Flour "and follow directions. The sesult will be light, whole- some bread or pastry every time, You pay afew cents plays at the theaters, where gorgeous paler Koy Foul, fo Ln TR certainty and purity. Your being tion of that time the real year begins, and a formal luncheon is served from which each guest is expected to take a cup and saucer as 8 souvenir. Among the people the earth and heaven are propitiated by offerings of rice and vegetables, and strips of red paper are pasted on the doors as a sign of good luck. This color is used exclusively save in cases where a ALSIKE Croveg is in the market Alsike Clover for which he will est market price, farmers may obta obtainable he has brated Clipper" § vented, Alsike Seed to dig their own interes at Mr. Purdy's sf Willard Block 'Queen Street _ whitre he will be pleased to fill all crders for Meats in a manner that cannot fail to please customers, Having new and increased fecilities for the teansaction of business he feels confident that he on pire better satisfaction than heretofore, and in order iy RR. STAFFORD & SOR | Beg to intimate to the inhabitant of Port Perry and surrounding. country that have established Granite and Marble Works in Jesso os just west of the Post Office, Port Perry, where they will be prepared to execute all orders entrusted to them for Monnmests, Head Stones, &c. EF All work first-clase and satisfaction 'guaranteed. Having had large experience extending over vergrmany yearsin this|. i 3 line of business we are confident we are in a position to give reliable in- "| formation regarding values, and we will supply 'all pertaining to the {business at such prices as cannot fail to satisty all. u Patronage solicited. Kindly give us a ¢all, Port Parry. July s, . OICISCICIKIBICIISK HOIOKR OK Port Perry 5 Roller Mills IN FOLL BLAST 1 take great pleasure in announcing that my New Mills are now completed and sn full oper- ation and that I am better than ever prepared 20 meet the requirements of my, [reemds and the general public in every line Pertaining 10 my alyeady extensive and rapidly increasing busi- ness. Correct business principles, prompitude na ZN CcoeKl Port Perry, Dec., 1902. Ta 3 ' hy ICCC IOIIGIORN Semp-- Removal ¥_ The unders gned won d take thls 'opportunity of thanking Wis uu- merous oustomers for the liber. patfonage reoeived since popes business ip Port Perry, and would tar the public 5 he has moved his business from he Market building to the tore te aerify this state be solicits all to givo him a call in his vow tm GAMB ASD FISH IN SEASON. f J. WHEELER. % OR EK FICS San 'MY : LIVER 10'my former place of business * : Water Street which Iam shout to Jargely extend in. crease facilities so shat the public may be better accommodated with safe and desir & nl RIGS AT MODERATE OHABGEE R. 'VANSICKLER. Port Perry, June 21, 1900, \Located in Our New Premises S.T.CawkeraSon TISH TO ANNOUNCE that that they are now comfort ably ensconsed 'in their new pre mises ip the Purdy Block - where the" Public will always finu at prices that cannot fail to pleas A full supply of Meats of "the ver} best grades, and cut "in dimension: to please the most fastidious. All orders will receive promp' attention, : : S. T. CAWKER & SON March s, 1goa. Sealed Tenders '| the putchase of all or any of the Pi s--F 3 Properties belong ing to Mr. John , advertised to be sold auction on the 23r¢ November, and withdrawn at th ale, 57 Sh 3 ¢ J. A. McGILLIVRAY, - _ Temple Building, = Torento Nov. 30, 1899.