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lit alla lUI fates ait. TERMS -$1.50 FER ANNum. OUR TOWN AM~ COTJNTY FIRST; TUE WORLD APTERWARDS.M..JMEdioadPrpetr NwSRS.BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIIO. WIEDNESDAY, NOVEMBE R 17, 1897. VOLUME XLIII. NO. 47. Flo-ýIwer Pots! Cold weather is just here. Your out door Flowers will require to be placed under shelter, we have the pots to put them in. Al sies and prices from one cent ec p Fine New Raisins just received. Our Grocery Department is sto-,ked with goocls of the highest grade which our trade demands. China Cups and Saucers a line of nice serviceable goods at haif price. Cali and see them. New Toilet Sets. New Dinner Sets. Our Crockery Department is noted as being the largest and best in this district, giving you a largeassortment and good value. We will be pleased to show you oui stock. Produce taken. COHINA HALL, YOUNG & 0O., The Grocers. i After Von Secure yopr Furniture at M. D. WILLIAMS& Your best and cheapest place to do so is at their ware. rooms.I 'Wife will be pleased with what you buy from us;, oui goods and prices r3uit ail classes. SO' s I.Du WILLIAIS & SON. BO0WMANVILLE* Furniture Dealer and Undertaker. Underteklng a1ways roooiyesi prompt and peroQnal attention d%.y or night. To the Intelligent Public -= We will flot attempt to in- suit your intelligence by quot- ing you such and such articles at f rom 25% to 30% below cost of manufacture. For you would immediateiy cry Hum- bug and rightly so. We are flot here to humbug the pepeby bombastic and miieding advertisements, but to f urnish you with guaranteed reliabie goods, at honest, living prices, and which we challenge any- house in Bowmanville to beat value for value. We cordi- ally-invite ýthe iiteligent buyer to inspect and com-. pare our values with those of any other house in the trade. New This Week. Ladies' ani Misses' Fancy Knit Gioves. Ladies' and Misses' Over- Misses' and Children 's Iloods and Mit@. Misses' and Chlrns Toques, Tams and Ca ps. Ladies' Coats, Our popular linos. Ladies' and Misses' Coat- ings.1 Ladies' and Misses' Under- ciothing, ail sizes. - Glentlemien,-Dou't make auy mistake we have tic lest value iu Uutienwear lu the market. Grocers' duc bill or Butter and Eggs takon ns cash. S. W.Mason & Son. One door Eut ofl tandard Bank. ýSuccess or Fai1w'e, Whiehj?ý An Artiele Wtitten for' the Speei&1 laenefit of the -Sttugg1ing - l4ss" - -This second of 'our series of home art- ricles shows the joy tiat success bings and liow failures mny prove beneficial. It also tel'ls liow to succeed, and liow to overcorne failure or misfortune. It will intercat old and young alike. Tlie writer will1 feel wcll repaid for the labor spent on its preparation if it is read aloud in every liouseliold where Tur, STATESMAN (enters Jndeed, it will bear reading more than once. 11ev. J. j. Rae's 'discourse Sunday niglit was bnsed ou thie life of thie Prod- igal Son. fIe divided hurnanity into tliree classes-tlic satisfied, unsn:isfied and dissatisfied. Hc slowcd tint tlie unsntisfied person was moat likely to make a aucjcei4s of life, tempornlly and spiritually. We make only two divis ions in discussing our tlieme-tlose who make a success o! life and tliose who make a failure. Did you ever consider, reader, the wide diflerence lu the signification of the words- Success and FailureP Their meaning is as diverse as tlie poles and yet one or- the ether, and sometirnes botli, nternately, are linked to the ife of every person. Success, Webster aays, is prosperous issue; favorable ter- mination of anything atternpted. Others sny it means fortune, luck, liap- piness. Failune implies deticiincy, omis- sion, lion-performance, imperfection, bnnkruptcy, misslng the objeet desired, etc. Failune las many synonyms on words partaking more or less of its char- acter. Hlow rnany pensons in their heart court Success but unlertunately by their %ctions and habits land with both feet squarely on Failure. We e it for grantcd that every- body's rP-ibitoin lato îsucceed, and wlerc ena le fouund a mnore pleasing- or exhlaatrg enatin hu' tatwhicli cornes aloug- witi success. Wien the succeas s lathe reward of truie menit and net spuieuios or undeserved--an advance toward some object wonthy o! legiti- mate anmbition,-there is ne pleasure equal to it. No hurnan instinct is more firrnly impirlanted than the desire te lie constautly climbing higlier or nearer thc goal of oun ambition. No provcnb is truer ta that uothing succeeda like success. Somùe wîn success at thc cx- pense of others. Success se, obtined- by makiug the bodies of competitors stcpping,,-stoncs lu their mad rush for- ward-is unwortliy o! the meat ambi- While seme are stimulated te per- severe !rom tlie satisfaction that suc- cess bringa, otiera are nervcd te lu- creased endeavor by repeated failure. But while one perseveres lu the difficult task, lea.riiing the lesson that Bruce is said te lhave learned from the spider, a score are, crushed by early lack of suc cess. Wleu at Niagara Falls a montli since we B at for an heur watdliiug 5ev- eral youths nttemptiug te climb n greasy polo for a $5 blli pinned on top. They .alilfnailed by aheet individual effort, wlien the committee grnnted tiem the privilege ef uniting their efforts. Thc stenteat plaîîted himseîf at the foot of the pole, &nother mouuted hia should- ers, ancther climbed over these twe and mDef(I a third rung lu the huinan ladden until the fi! th, an agile young1 lad by cimbi-ng-few -feeti from the head o! the 4th, graspcd the prize. But tley madie several attempts lu this wny, but every successive effort aeemcd te lie madie with a greater determination than the pneceding eue. The greater the effort nequireti, tIc more satisfac- tien suicceas bings. Se it often la in9 life's struggles; therelone, do not allow1 fallures te disceurage, but if the objeet la a laudable oee eturu to the effort with lueceaseti energy and will-power, and ceotually,like Bnuce's spider, suc-1 ceas shall crown the truggle.P -allow tint whici was forînerly our set 4purpose te degenerate into a vag-ue de- sire. The ambitions cnthusinsm o! youtl is net cnsily dampeneti. They may net have hati occasion te lace life aeriously and therefore may readily believe that 1the ascent te the pnize airnet at la by easy gradient and may lie climbeti by auy who have a desire te reacli the aum mit. It la only as they begin te apply themacîvea to plysical and mental andi even moral tests that they firat discover their power andi their limitations. Iu the beginning tliey will net ncadily al- low tienacîves te admit tint thcy are incapable of doing ail tînt they lad liopeti. First failures do net count for mndli-being easily expînineti awny But ns tliey grow towards rnatunity andi linti accumulated expenience confront- ing tlem on aIllaides, as object lassons, tliey begin te rcalize-we are apeaking now cf the average but ambitions man or wemnn-that ticy have pitchet tîir ambitions nather higli; and, whereaâ as formrncly tley lad been satisfieti witl uothing less than the front row, tliey now begin te think the second rew a very desinable position andi one that ne- quires sme brave figltiug to attaini. The pitifuincas of lailure, therefore, la accu lu these who, at a tirne when judg- ment lias begnte nipen, feel them- selves incapable of auccess. The best ativice Tins STATB8MÂN can offer te ail ambitions persons-and we wouid glati- ly sec tic number increaseti-is te make always the very best possible use o! opportunities tint corne your ivay and tien accept the outcone with complais- ance and. thnkfuhness tînt mattens are as wcll as tbcy, arc or tînt tlecy are ne Ný)oeuias yet arriveti at a proper untierstanding of circumstance or wlat otiers caîl tic chance of accident. Wc rnay take what view wc like--tiat there la ne suci thing as uncontrolleti acci- dent and îne suci thiug as inck-but it -matters littie te us since we know that at times in the lives o! ail o! us, an in- visible hand seerna te lie stretchcd eut o! the darkness, sornetirnes te lift us ever a difficult place tînt wc feit unable te cross, sometirnes te thrust us back frorn n stcp Wc ahaopcd for nnd wcre about te take. It is tus mysterieus and sccmîug]y outpide centrol, whici we call gooti or lad Inck, accortiing as it fits lu -witl our present humer,1 whicl olten aemste tietermine our destiny eanly lu Ile. At eue time wheu wc leat expect it, n deor suddenly opens befone ns andexposes te our surpriseti gaze n patliway leading te success At another moment, wlien we have been searching ont the ame path for our- selves, and have been strnggling on, net without sorne show of bravery. agalnst heavy odds, we are juat as sud- denly confronteti by an impassable bar- rien, whlcli shows ns that we must go bnck andi hegin our work over again. It la these mystenlous dispensatlons of a man's destiny that make hlm eften wouder liow far le eau be,lu the words of the aphenism,tlie architect of has own for- tunes. "'AmInot, "lie sometirnes asks him self, "1acreature o! clrcumstnnce ? Anti wereit net wiser for meoto abandon mysaîf te circum stances keeping oniy a watclfnh eye osize nuch opportunities as mny arise ?" Well, we do net propose te consider for the present the part a man pinys lu lis ewn making. It la tee wide a anbject for our present purpose, hence we eau only genenalize by aaying tint lu ninety cases lu every iundred,, n man owea has position, bic it gooti or lad te himscîf-- tliat,if circumstnnces con- trol iim, hlinluis turu eau, lun alange mensurc,control clrcnmstances,and tint the tenets of the fatalist,carried te ticir logical cenciusien,would lead te na peedy ticny of thc huinan race. We will net deny te those who figlit Tîcre la ne royal rond te success. failure andi triumph ever it the fulleat Tic accident of birti may bring witli it mensure o! praise-they are tic real cousummate nbility se thnt its pessessor herocs of herees, anti tiene la ne vict- rnay carry cverthing before hlm, being ony mnore splenditi tîantic single-land- prcdeatiucd, as Calvaniats would say, te ed ene against aIl otitis Bteesyredtchgct positions e!111ie, anti thnt failure is n more poteutial stimu- nothing but sheereat indolence wîlh laut than succesa weuid lbe te take au block lis progreas. Wc are conaider- errneees vicw of human nature. It la ing mnuo! mediocre nbuity whosc SUC- net given te ale!of u-nay non te many ceas depeuda lnrgcly on ii-power anti o! ns-to pursue an ambition lu tic lace on ability te drnw tic higîcat value of repeateti failures. Sîcen wcnniuess from epportunities. Lack of judgment o! the fici compels us toit olten te andti te great Pnecipitancy-uot doing choose the, pati o! lenat reaistence: anti thinga at tie propen tirne on lu tic prop- we learn tee casily te ahi! t our ambi- or wav, and acting -witlout duc thouglit tion acco4ding te cineumstancea, and tet or preparation--cause many failures. Success from chance a IAl no menit is Most fatal as contributive to ultimate triumph, Success coming with steady plodding is the greatest stimulant an~d surest factor in winning the goal. Self esteem is a valuable essential to, a man courting success. Unbalanced by fair discretion this trait niay bring ridicule upon hlm. To valhe one's self above his merits incites deserved con- tempt, but it is not liardly a more egre- gnious error than to under-estimate one's capabilities. To get on in this age a man must liold his liead up. Failure, oft recurring from no fault of hisshould not drive him from his position or dampen lis determination. "Honor and lame from uno condition risc; act well your part for there the lionor lies." Provided luck returns to a man who has failed-and it seldom fails to do se for those who really deserve it-it la flot ufipleasant to. have passed tlirough a season of tribulation. The pleasant - ness cornes only b1- contras -t, liowever, for being dowu lias no joys actually or in remembrance Yet being upon the Iadder again, tlie topmost rungs, which, receltly seemed so far off, corne once more within measuiralç distance. As the young Eailor does wbo safely climba to the mast liead, so do yen, lobk bold- ly upward and persevIere and succeas shall be yours. Truly success and equally truly one's virtues or weaknesses are measured by one 's sucuess or failure-a nough-and- neady method, but ordinarily the best available. Lufe becomes a new thing when clothed with success. It-is no ig- noble desire to be a person o! some im- portance. It lias its drawbacks, but its legitiniate advantages are greater. There is something truly fascinating about winning iu a local contest, the satisfaction may not lie very mucli greater if victory cornes to one from competition witli the best min in the world, but it does make one ledl that he lias readlied a hiiglier distinction tliat lie may properly enjoy wvitliout being chared wtk uduevanlity. Likewise is Ut in aIli eerdepartaient1s of hiumaan aCtivity. What delight is getrthanl springs from a conscious;ý !;so! contin- uous progress In one's p- ),ion, profes- sion or busines? Better to have licen born in a position where one lias te "win bis apura," pro vidcd circumstances are favorable to winning, than to be born to higliestate where there is pract- ically no room for forward growtli, le. cause there is more sterling pleasure, in the figliting and advancing. A successful man tlioroughly enjoys his success if it does nlot spoîl him. Making of money or position is flot necessarily the highest form o! success, thougli it is the~ commoneat and appeals most neadily to- -the Multitude_ I;reat-- pleasure often cornus to those wlio in- lit money also, wlien they devote their energies, it may ie, to philan. tliropy, to, politics or perliaps to t he arts or sciences. This may lie a higlien and more unselfiali form. o!é life than plod- ding and sdherning to make money and position, but it la not ignoble to make money if the rnoney la not made into a god. Nor is it wrong to entertain social ambition-not the sort tliat seeka to gain tlie company of smart people. and to rid one's self of companionsÉip ,witli the liumble -but the kind that will enable one to associate with the best seciety in the way of intellect, culture and nefinement. Witliout vaunting one's self on liaving risen superior to others, lie may legitirnately feel keen pleasure in attainment, linliaving qpiali- lied himself for cornpanionaliip with tliose wlio, quite apart from alI quest- ions of snobbery, are the most desinahle associates. It does no harm to feel ùne. self a power, perliaps singled ont a little for attention, so long as this dis- tinction is not gained by clieap or doulit- ful -me-thoda;-- and -claracter -blossoms rnost lreely under tliose favorable con- ditions. In (iniclusion, we aasert fcarlessly thnt far more people are able to bear success witli a fair J'egree of composure, or even improvement, than, are able te bear failure. One of th@ safest bless- ing-6-we can wîsli for STATESMAN read- ens, therefore, is a moderate measure of achievement, satisfying their modest and reasonable wishes. COURTIOE. Bowmanville.