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T HE cook in tlîe kitchen, with years of experience backing her, will know toa turn how mnucli of each article is. needed ta give perfection ta the dainty disi she lias in preparatian. Thon camnes the caoking. Here's the rub-here's where the daintiest disis cornes ta grief in an ordinary aven. A constant rushing aof puýre, fresh air throughout tihe aerated aveun makes Impossible the retaining of any fiavors that rnay have carne fram the foads pro- viausly cooked, whilst the fact that these avens are lined with alurinum makeýs it impassible that anytlîiîg adhere Lu the". Neyer any disappaiutnentî wherea s8ouvenir is installed in thse kitchen. -For the. asklng yen are welceme ta s a0y a! a pretty littie booklet --entlcled IlRitchen Wisdorn," ilustrated My. W. Bengough and J. S. -Gordon, whch tells yen more about Liis weuderful aerated aven. fjOLD EVIERYW12EXE ONE WILL LAST A. UFETDI The GUèýRNEY-TILDEN CO., Limited, SLave, Furnace and Radlater Manufacturera. 'WhOlesale .Agences in Tarante, Montreal and Winnipeg. HAMILTON, ONT. o e Agent, Bôwmianville. Ifarptfon General Sto.re1 WXe "Hold a vaster stock than has heen," and are as usual prepared te give bargains in Clothing, Dry Goods, Groceries and Hardware., Gents' Clothing. Good Tweed Suits to order $8.00. Good Serge Suits to order $8.00. We have a very large and well assorted stock~ to se' ect from, in Serges, Worsteds and Tweeds, both Foreign and Domestic manufacture We are bound to SUIT ý ou. Groceries and Hardware. eIn' our Grocery and Hiard ware Departments you wilafind our stock J e sol d at the'right price. Somne people want quantity others quality, we can please both. Highest price paid in cash for produce. Give us a ealu. 11AAPTON. iThe cvrBlo CkSale til oing On... We have sold piles of Boots the Iast five or six weeks and have lots Jte dispose, of yet, and. very cheaip-first-class goods at very small nriees. fOu carry a good assoînient of Ladies' Oxford,coiored and black at $1.00. Men's Caîf and Cordovan Blms, sewed aud rivitted, from $1.40 to $2-50, worth $2.003 to $3.50. Children's Button and Blms 25c, 50c, 7.5c, wortli 50e, 75c, and $1.00. Misses', Boys' and Youths' to correspond in prices. We wiIl te-Ti you what thelstock is in each, and every pair. The reason we do that is because we know. Latest Spring styles now i stock iu every huie. The public is invited to inspect our stock; no trou.ble to show goods-we do it with pleasure. Trunks, Bags, Satehels; Shawl Straps, fancý and plain;, Dresming, the very best that. eau be bought. Cheap trash dressing, is dear, it wifl ruin the boots it is appli. ed te. Repai ring- done in ail its branches, i first.-class style. Fine work miade te order, sure fit or no sale. Thankiug, my customerz for past favors anrd hoping for a continuance of the Lame. eeaver Bloek. Bowmanville. De AVS Imported Novelties"for theu e 'eason. A, Select -Importation of Paris and New York Hlats and Bonnets. Ail Departruients are now replete with f nl stocks of S~oal Goods of the Usual High Grade, anrd customers can depend on getting Noveity, Variety and Good Value. I3OWAN VLLE.Fashionable Milliner. A falef rocks fron thte centre of thoeIlorseshoe Falla haas had thse of- fect cil restoring t t te Shape fromn which It deriv-od its name. 0 f late years the faîl has been "V" shaped, and luis rasultedl ia the greater part, of the waler plun.zing o'rer tile pro- cipice aer the centre. ILit1819 th,, creet of the fhlls was auelt1842 it was obtuoc, and in 1896, wa.s âcUte, but in 1,8" îIl baga3 w-denieg out. The pr*esenrt fo i rock ls but OgtlIf M P'TH-E WEDDING RING.- According to ,%ltgea, ,Juipiterset(t Prometheus in) horor of bis deliver ance, by HeIrcules a ring in whicl was sot a pi,,eo0f the stonc to whicl Prometheus had formierly beco boun in chains. In northern mythology the rini symbolizes the bridge froro. thi world to tho next, or according t( another idea, the rainbow syînbol o eterlity. H-ence it is plain that fror nîost ancient times the ring was thý synibol-0f remeombrance and eterna recollection. Since the earliest day, of Christianity the ring has beenî precio us pledge of faithfulness, ti( talisman of two souls forming a sa. cred lite union. The custom of wearing the weddiný ring on the fourth finger of the loft hand goes back for its origin te thE Egyptians, from whom the Greek, borrowred the 'custom and handed il on ta the Romans. Tho f ourth fingei a was dedicated to Apollo, the sun h god, and gold was an additlona. i symbol of the sun. Besides, it wa: believed that Apollo's finger xva, connected by a nerve directly witl the heart, and it was most appro- bpriate that the sign of boviing union should rest on this finger. Another theory is that the rînp was the sign of slavery, and -was, therefore, wvorn on the left, the weak- er hand. In Germany the engagement ring often serves for the wesiding ring also, being worn on 'the, right hand until the marriage, çvhen it ib transferred to the lef t. In Spain the engagement ring is most ornate and is invariably worn on the fourth fin- ger of the riglit band, TRICKS OF CHOIR SINGERS- Carryten on Conversation Whtle Pro- tendinil te Sing ithe Service. Oneo0f the English, bishops has been complaining that ho notices about many choir boys and mon a want of roverence and of attention to the services that are going on, and ho exemplifies this by say4ng that the choristers talk in song and à have a sort of "voluntary" of their owa whereia they drop the original word3 and, ta sacred musie, chant, -I amn so hungry; I hopu wo shll ltnish asoan But this. in reality, is a rery eid complaint, and the averago stage, manager is far more afilicted by it than even are choirmasters conn<scted with places of worship. Tb@ rows et chorus mon and girls one sees oa tlio stage earry on long'and animatd conversations about everything U.nder the sun, and ail to music. Ânâ. a&Il the time they Indulge la the gesture they have been taught as appropriat. to the seffe, their thoughts are real- ly with thse thensem of their musie&J chat, and thus it iz that tIses. ge tures eooin se wooden and &rifial, And îti i a fact that the greal bulk of thse chorus people angagod fis the highest class "Italian"ý opera.sing any gibberish they plosse. Gleason White, tbe brîlîsant ikrt crittc, was sitting wrsting under lIs. chestnuts in Ravenscourt Park whist abyng came a Dritish Wnrrkmaa fn corduroys and a dlay pipe and plump- ed do-fn along aide of hin4. The in- truder proceedeci genially to gîve tha wrriter valuable informationabot fighting doge and the, er at adjoin- ing pubs, to which Whitt replied po- liteLY as long as posaible. Ris pa- tiunce exhausted, heo ontlaued -hie writing. Af ter a while the fellow patted hlm on the shoulder. -You don't seemn as if you .eard w'at Ixn saying of. ""-l1,'Mifot 14ltenis.g," said White. Tho mion got up. "lehl, of ail the ungrateful blokee as ever I corne across, you take tIse hluoaiin cako! 'Ere I've boen for tke larat 'alf hour dola' thei best as is in mie t(3 cheer you, up, and let you on ta some thins as you may flnd ugef7ul in dogs, and you 'aven't got thse coin- mon gratitude to listen.", New Word,, Chau,;,, MeMmincis. Acre once meant a fleld of any' size. Thse Germans stili use thse Word in this sense. God's acre, aieaning a cemetery, is an instance of thse Id meaning. Libel once had no refer- once ta anythîng offensive, but aim- lilY meant a small bock or parnpl- lot. But pamphlet wars, which af- ton were nothing but printed bil- Iingsgate, changed, its meanfag. Jeromy Taylor refers to thse beauti- ful imspataIsang hosannas lx th. temple." Imp once. meant a lttl@ child and nfot a child of 1h@ devil, as It does now. Prefaca wa. for- merly the 'Word of welcom,, te a moisI. Voyages wer@ foreerlp ad oVes- land as weil aa watiw. Étt WHSNTHEL NBXT CENTURY BEGIN&. Xineeeath Cotury Ends, Midnight Suu- der, Deeember 31, 1901Dý Ilundreds of persons contead that the titwentieth centi ry -vil b.egin h with Jauuary 1, 1900, while other h hundreds contend with equal posi- d tiveness that the correct date is January 1, 1901. The 1900 contin- 9gent argue tint, of course, the new i Century begins wlth uts auneraiý *date, and go on to figure out very f1 deftly that,.wfvth the last day of tbe ayear 1899 the -hundrod years will have rua their course. They argue J thal if the firsl ear cnded witi Doe- i cember 31 of the yenr one, the nine- Steen hundredth year must, of course, end with December 31, 1899, and that tih' first day of January, 1900, ts, therefore, tIse firsl day af the new 4 century. And, curiously enougi, this tlatter figure is correct, but ouly ln a i numeral senso. Tiese statisticians 3overlook one very important fact, thowever, tIsaI it requires one hua- rdred years ta make a Century, and 1 it calîs for no expert mathematician to1 figure il out that lie full hundred years of the niaeteenîls Century will not have mun thoir course until 12 o'clock miduight of tIse thirty-first of Docember, 1900. Numerically, we en- ter the twentieth Century With January 1, 190(). But, nevertheless, we mius£ Complota that encire year of 1900, and go through ils three hundred and sixty-fivo days before *the actual nineteen hundred years shaîl have run their course. MATCH MAKIMG IN JAPAN. The Nfaboda Ofte. Employed to Awakeia the Tender Faa,îo,,. "There exista in Japan, among morue of thc classes, a certain cus- tom of hiring a midwomiaa, nakoda, or professional matchmaker, in or- der tainiaIse ax engagement betweon mi couple," ,srites Onoto Watanna in Tho Ladies' Hlome Journal. "«It aften happons that a family will de- soire an alliance with another family writh whorn they are isot acyqusinted. Thon cra the services af the profes- siona.l matcimaker invaluable, To bhk zucc-soful ln such a profession one mustnever bo lnown, as such to thse famuly se, deàire ta court. Very aiteana kodas ansd midwomn follow tizI profession for years and yet are nat known &a such save to those who have employaed them. Most of t.Jao matalimakers are very honest, and il l£ their duty 10 discover al l te good end bad points of theocoupleand point them ouIta toth parents; they gîve good adrice and do ererything possible ta promoto the happiness of tIse pair. Tiey travel back and forth ta 'the homes o! thse young people, xvho are ontirely ignora.nt of their motive, carrying complimen ta and pre.senla and trylng in a delicate rns.nnor ta work on tbeir sontimnst' 1 once knoLw a troy Wha was a ck in a large mnercantile bouse wiiich esinployed as entry cerks, enleemen, ahipplng clet-ks, huyers and hooikepee80 yeun.g mesn, beeides a sial ermy af porters, packers and 'ru l'li Te boy af 14 felt that ajuld euch a era'qd he was lost to notice, and tIsaI any effort ho migit make wo>uld be qulte unregarded. Nvr~eIeuhm didis duty; overy moraiiag at 8 O'clock ho was promnpt- ly iu his place, ansd every power tIsat he possessed was brougit to bear upan hie work. Afler ho mad been tisere a yeur, ho had occasion to ask a ws&k's leave of abs&nce during thea bu3y season. "Tha," was the re- spous(a, "in anl unusual request, and cisc which la sonewhat inconvenjont for us ta grant, but for tho purposc oi s-iowing you liat we apprecsiat.i the efforts you have made sico you have bees with us, wa lake pleasuro ia giving you the baave of ab&ince for which you ask." -I didn'l thinisl," said the boy when hoe came home that night and related is success, -"that they knew a'Ihing about me, but it soemis tintr they have walched mo evor sinco I have been with them." TIsey had, indeed, watched hlm and selected hinm for advancensent, for siortly afterwards ha was promated ta a position of trust, with appro- priate incroase cf salary. Il must be sa, sooner or lator, for there îs always a demand for excellent work. A boy who mnos ta build up for hiraseli a successful business' wil find il a long and difflcult task', even if ho brings ta bear efforts boti f mind nd body; but ho who thinks ta win wiîhout daing ils very best will ftnd hinîsoîf a laser ln the race. Abvel 5u,,X With VIVor. BOWMANVILux. * ONY'S MONEY -5 Any man who oears the J. D. King, Co.'s ýç5mb Prûof Rubbers makes rnoney-money that 77ill jingle in his pooket, Search the world over and yen CMýwil1 find nothing better than Stub ce> Proot Rubbers, because qgDthere is nothing better. Any progressive dealer can tell you ail about StubeProof, if not, write to the J. D. King Co., and they will tell you. Youa can't afford te be without then, becanse they are the best. See that Stub Pr4of is STAMPED On the bottom of each shoe. The J D. KING CO, Limited, Toronto. Montreal Winnipeg. J. McMUIhURY, Sole Agent, Bowiaville. MAiRKET SQUARE ROUfMNVL[E. Having alded cansiderable noir nsachinervlans ow prepaRetado ALL CLASSES cf Bicycle and eea epais- wark. Brazîng and Tire Vulcanizing done here-no iieed ta senti suci work to tI-e clv. W'heels are buiît ta ordes-. See THE FISIILEIGH "ISPECIAL" bel are bmsing. An U p-to date Bicycle Liyery. Wlîeols elways in A-1 repair. i 8-tf. WANTED - SEVEIIÂL BRIGHIT ad honest porsons to represeut us as Mlanapers lu Ibis sud close hy counties,ý Salary ..o yan sd oxpeuses. Straigit, houa fida, ne more, no lesisalary. Position perman eut. Our references, auy bank lu any towu. it ih rualnly iewurk conducted ai home, lt-foer- ene.Enloe self-addressed stamooci envelope Tas DossîsmoN COMPANY, Dept ?, Chicago. : 'ý esI Gold F111 1.50 ~~~ vfJ rs Go] dFill 1. 0<> Bet lasses... 100> 93 Yonge Street, Toronto. Most Wideity Attended in America, 3l1st Year. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. BELLEVILLE, ONT. I BETTER THIANlil EVERj *R l CNRAÏ&LhUS IS8 COLEGE Yonge and Gerrard Sts., Toronto. SNine regular teachers. No Preside'nts or Figure Heads. SForty, Typewriting Machines. Enlargead premises. SEvery facility for good resuits. WRItTE Pop inCTiRÇÀS. W. H. SHAW, Principal. OORTTJI. A choice new stock of goods, comprising all the very latest designs in ilats and Bonnets, Feathers, MÏings, etc. Ladies are cordially invited to cali aind inspeet theso goods. Prices to suit ail. John Abel 'was a celebrated 'Lng- liaIs singer af tIse laat century, -wha traveled. about Europe, acquiriug considerable wealth andi grenIer 'in- dependencé a! mannes-, boastîng thala ha gewig anly when ho faît like it. Whube at Warsaw, the King of Pol- and invited huma te sing at court, and Abel sent an-extuse. The King sent a Ile of aeldisi-s. At the palace Abel iras placed in a chair, in the middle af a spaclous hall, andi thon. with a rope, dra-ýn up te 'a consid- er-ahi, helghl, the King an il s at- tendants occupying lie gallery. Tiree bears were 1et ino the hall below, and Abel sadth le choiceý of mingiug or heing let down ta lie bears. He sang, and witi great, vigor. nýi3au JarS r..t.î If nivndows were lntended solely for ornieutal purposes, no fluor deooration for them could ho fouind, perhaps, than the eoegaut and grace- fui work of Jack Frost's Arctic fin- gers. But the admiration of tIse siop-keeper for the frost-svark on him show windoTis is teimpered by the con3ideration lihat ahI that spiendor af crvstallizn lion only serves ta !loiicCnl thse tiings ho bas to seli. Se, acting upon the, princi- ple of business before beaul'., sosue Chicago ohop-kceepers have caid the electrià fan to their aid in tie effort to keep the windows froc froni frost. This device succeeds for tihe ree.souà that a ovntinueus curreat of air blair- iag on th. panes .f glass carries.s1o1 tho inoigture before il oaa fracas-. 'l'h. averaeweight of bra e ic ter in Chia tan in aiy Etwc.