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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-10-7, Page 3CARBUNCLES I DR;TALMAGE TURNS AN OLD PRO- PHECY TO GOOD ACCOUNT. The carbuncle High IUp in Bibilcai Crystai, , i lography—It Typifies Vicarious Sacrifice 1 —Gates of Carbuncle Precede Gates of iPearl. 1 Washington, D. C., Oct 4.—From a neglected text, and one to most people unknown, Rev. D. Talmage pooduced a sernaon appropriate to individual and national circumstances. The subject was "Gates of Ciarbuncles," the text being • Isalab, liv., 19: "And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates a car- buncles." Perhaps beoause a human disease of most painful and °Mimes fatal character is named after it, the Church and the world have never done justice to that intense and all -suggestive precious stone, the carbuncle. This precious stone is found in the East Indies, in color is an intense scarlet, and held up between your eye • and the sun 11 18 a burning coal. The poet puts it into rhythrn as he writes "Like to the burning coal whence comes 1 he nano; Among the Greeks as Anthrax known to 1 fame." II God sets it high up in Bible crystal- lography. Be outs it with a divine chisel shapes it with a precise geometry, and kindles its fire into an almost supernat- ural flame of beauty. As if to make all ages appreciate this precious stone be , ordered it vat in the first row of the high Ipriest's breastplate in olden time, and %higher up than tie onyx and the emer- alcaand the diamond, and in Ezekiel'e ' prophecies concerning the splendors of I the Tyrian court, the carbuncle is meia- toned, the brillianoies of the walls and ' of the tessellated floors suggested by the iBible sentence, '`Thou that walked up and down In the midst of the stones oe. fire." But in my text it is not a solitary /madmen that 1 hand you, as the keeper of a neuseurn might take down from the shelf a preoious stone and allow you to examine it. or is it the mined of a door that you anight stand and study for its unique carvings or bronzed triteeries, but there is a whole gate of it lifted before our adz:111ring and astounded vision, aye; • two gates of it, ayel neatly gates of it: "I will make thy gates of carbuncles," What gates? Gates of the Church. Gates of anything worth posseseing. Gates of successful enterprise. Gates of salvation. And do you think that Isaiah in my text Merely happened to represent the gates as red gates, as carmine gates, as gates , of carbuncle? No. He aneane that it is through atonement, through blood -red struggle, through agonies we get into • anything worth getting into. Heaveine gates may well be raade of pearl, a bright, pellucid, cheerful orystallization, became) all the struggles are over and there is beyond thoee gates nothing but raptures and cantata and triumphal pro- cession and everlasting holiday and leisa of reunion, and so the twelve gates are twelve pearls, and could be nothing else than pearls. But Christ hoisted the gates of pardon in his own blood, and the marks of eight fingers and two thumbs are on each gate, and as he lifted the gate it leaned against his fore- head and took from It a crimson im- press, and all those gates are deeply • dyed. and Isaiah was right when he spoke of those gates of carbuncle. 'What an odd thing it is, think some, this idea of vicarious suffering or suffering for others. Notatall. The world has seen vicarious suffering millions of times be- fore Christ came and demonstrated it on a scale that eclipsed all that went before and all that shall come after. When this summer tbe two trains crashed into each ' other near Atlantic City, among the forty-seven who lost their lives, the engineer was found dead with one hand on the throttle of the locomo- tive and the other on the brake. Ayel there are hundreds to -day suffering for others. Yon know and God knows that it is vicarious sacrifice. To open a way for us sinful men and sinful women into glorious pardon and high hope and ex- ternal exultation, Corist, with hand dripping with the rush of opened arter- ies, swung back the gate, and. behold, ,11 is a red gate, a gate of deepest hue, a gate of carbuncle. , What is true in spiritual is true in temporals. Tbere are young men and .older men who hope, through the right settlement of the acrid controversy be- tween silver and gola, or the bimetallic) quarrel, that it will become easy to !make a living. That time will never come. Unless they got it by inheritance, you cannot mention twenty men who have come to honorable fortune that did not fight their way inch by inch, and .against fearful odds, that again and again almost destroyed them. For some ,good reason God bas arranged it for all the centuries that the only way for most people to get a livelihood for themselves and their families is with both hands and all their allied forces of body, mind, and soul to push back and push open the red gate, •the gate of carbuncle. What is true of individuals is true of nations. Was it a mild spring morning when the Pilgrim Fathers landed on •Plymouth Rook, and did they tome in a gilded yacht, gay streamers flying? It was a cold December, and from a ship • in which one would not want to cross !the Hudson or the Potomac River. Scalping -knives all ready to receive them, they landed, their only welcome ! the Indian war -whoop. Red men on the 1, beach. Red men in the forest. Red inen e on the Mountains. Red men in the yea „lays. Living gates of red men. Gates of , carbuncles! ' We are not indebted to history for our 'knowledge of the greatest of national crises. Many of • us remember it, and „fathers and mothers now living had , better keep telling that story to their .thildren, so that instead of their being dependent upon °old type and obliged to say,"On such a page of such a book you can read that, will they rather be able to say, 'My father told ine so,' 'My ,mother told me so.' " Men and women who vividly remember 1861 and 1862and '1863 and 1864, be yourselves the historie ane, telling it, not with pen • but with ,living tongue and voice and gesture. That is the great use of Memorial Decoration day, for the calla lilies on the .grave tops soon become breathless of perfuine, and in a week turn to dust like unto that which lies beneath them. But the story of courage and self-sacrifice •and patriotism told on platforms and in. households and by the roadside and in churches and in oemeterie.s, by that an- nual recital will be kept fresh in the memory of generatious as long as our American institutions are worthy of pre- servation. Long after you are dead your ohildren will be able, to say, with the psalmist, "We have beard with our ears. 0 Godi our fathers have told us that work thou didst in their days, in the times of old." But what a time it was' Four years of homesickness] ]'our Years of brotherly and sisterly estrange- ment! Four years of martyrdom] Four years of massacre! Pot them in a long line, the conflagration of cities, and see them light up a whole continent. Put them in long rows, the hospitals, mak- ing a vast metropolis of pain and par- oxysmGather them In one vat assent - Wage, the millions of bereft from the S5, Lawrence to the gulf and from the At- lantic) to the Pueblo beaohetel Put the tears into 3akes, and, the blood into rivers,' and the sbrieks into whirlwinds! During those four years many good and wise men at the north and the south saw nothing ahead but annihilation. With such a national debt we could never meet our obligations: With such mortal antipathies northern and southern men could never come Into amity!. Represent- atives of Louisiana and Georgia and the „Carolinas could never again sit sicle by side with the representabives of Maine, Maesachusetts and New York at the na- tional captial. Lord .Tohn Russell had declared that we were "a bubble burst- ing nationality," and it bad coma true. The nations of Europe had gathered with very resigned spirit at the funeral of our American republic. They had tolled the belle on parliaments and reichstags and lowered their flags at .half-mast, and even the lion on the other side of the sea bed whined for the dead eagle on this side. This country has been for the most part of its history passingthrough crises, and after each crisis was better off than before it entered it, and now we are at another crisis. During the /ast six preei- dential eleetions I have been urged to enter the political arena,but !never have 'and never will turn the pulpiv in which I speak into a political ebump, All tne political harangues from pulpits from now until the 3rd of November will not in all the United States change one vote, but will leave many ears stopped against anything that such clergymen may otter the rest of their lives. God says distinctly in the F3ible: "The silver and the gold. are mine," and he will set- tle the controversy between those two metals. If ever this country Deeded the Divine respite it needs it now. Never within my memory haye so many people literally starved to death as in the past few months. There is not a day that WO do not hear the crash of sortie great commercial establishment, anti as a con- sequence many people are thrown out of employment. There are millions of people who do not want charity,but waat work. The ory has gone up to the ears of the "Lord of Sabaoth," and the prayer will be beard and relief will come. If we have nothing better to depend on than Amer- ican polities,rellef will never come. Who- ever is elected to the presidency, the wbeels of Government turn so slowly, and n caucus in yonder white building on the hill might tie the bands of any president. 13ut we must admit it is 4 hard gate to push back. It is a gate ntade out of empty flour barrels, and cold fire grates, and worn out apparel, and cheerless homes, aud unmedicated sickness, and ghastliness, and horror. It is a gate of struggle. A gate of penury, A gate of want. A gate of disappointment. A red gate or what Isaiah would have called o gr:to of carbuncles. Now, as I have already suggeeted, as these are obstacles in all our paths, we will be happier if we consent to have our life a struggle. I do not know any one to whom it le not a struggle. Louis the Fourteenth thought he had everything fixed just right and fixed to stay, and so he bad the great clock at Bordeau made. The hours of that.olnek were struok by figures in bronze representing the kings of Europe, and at a certain time of day, \finnan) the Third oe England and other kings were made to come out and bow to Louis the Fourteenth. But the clock got out of order one day and just the opposite of what was expected occurred, as the clock struck a nertain hour Louis the Fourteenth was thrown to tbe feet of William the Third. And so the clock of destiny brings many surprises and those go down that you expected to stand, and at the foot of disaster most regal crinditions tumble. In all styles ot life there come disappointment and struggle. God has for some good reason arranged it so. If it is tot poverty, it is sickness. If it is not sickness, It is per- secution. 12 11 is not persecution, it is onntest with some evil appetite. If it is not some evil appetite, it is bereavement. 12 11 is Dot one thing, it is another. Do not get soured and cross ant think your case is peculiar. If our life were not a struggle we would never consent to get out of this world, and vve would want to stay here, and so block up the way of the advancing generations. We have in this world more opportunity to cul- tivate patience than to cultivate any Other grace. Let that grace be serengthened in the royal gymnasium of obstacle and opposition, and by the help of God having overcome our own hindrances and worriment, let us go forth to help other whose stuggles are greater than our own. A friend told me the other day of a shoemaker in a Russian city whose bench wee in the basement of a building and so far underground that he could see anly the feet of those who went by on Ilia sidewalk. Seated on his bench. he often looked up, and there went the swift and skipping feet of children, and then the slow and uniform step of the aged, and then crippled feet, and he re- eolved he would do a kindness to each one who needed it. So when the font with the old and worn out shoe was pass- ing he would hail it and make for it a comfortable oovering, for he had the hammer, and the pegs, and the shoe elete, and the tapstone and the leather to do it. And when he saw the invalid loot pass he would hail it and go out and offer medicine and crutch and help- fuluess. And wben he saw the aged foot pees he hailed it and told the old man of heaven, where be would be young Agana. When hesaw the foot of ohild- hood passion the sidewalk, be would go out with good advice and a laugh that seemed like the echo of a child's laugh. \\ ell, time went on, and as the shoe- maker's wants were very few he of the time for others, and th the long worked hut little for himself and most evenings,. when he could not so well see the feet passing on the sidewalk, he would make .hoes of all sizes and stand them on a shell, ready for feet that would pass in the daytime. Of course, as the ye:it's went on under this process the shoeinaker became more and more Christian, until one day he said to himself "I wish amen., all those feet passing up there on rho sidewalk I could see the feet of the dear Christ passing. Oh, if I could may ee his feet going by, I would know thorn, because they are scarred bit ' That night the shoemaker dreamed, atm in the dream he saw the glorious Christ, and he said, "Q Christ, I have been waiting, for The to pass on the sidewalk, and ',have seen lame feet, and wounded feet, and aged feet, and poorfeet, but in vain have, I looked for Thy scarred feet." And Christ said to tbe shoemaker: "Man, I did pass on the sidewalk, and you did see My feet, and you did come out and hail Me and bless Me and help Me. You thought it was the foot of a poor old man that went shuffling bY; thau was My foot! You thought it was 1180 foot of a soldier that went limping past; that was My foot. You thought that shoeless foot was the foot of a beg- gar; Watt was My foot, The shoes, the clothing, the medieines, the cheering words that you gave to them, you gave to your Lord. 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto Me,' " MY hearers, with the humble spirit of that :Russian mechanic let us go forth and help others., Having slieved back the carbuncle gate for yourself to pass in and pass on and pass up, lend a hand to others that they also Joey get through the red gate and pass in and pass on and pass up! But mark well and underscore with heavy dashes of the pen the order of the gates. Gate of carbuncle before gate of pearl. Isaiah the prince saw the one gate centuries before St. John the exile saw the other. The one you must posh open. The other stands open. Gate of a Savior's atonement before the gate of divine Par- don. Gate of poverty before gate of affluence. Gate of earthly trial before gate of heavenly satisfaction. Through much tribulation you enter the kingdom of God if you ever enter it at all. But heaven will uot be so much of a heaven, to those who had everything in tins • world. A man who had everything in this 'world enter e heaven, and, the wel- coming angel appoints suoh a newly ar rived soul to a mansion, and says, "Go in and live there. That mansion is yours forever." 'That man thinks to himself. "Why, I have for many years lived in a mansion; a mansion is no novelty to me." the welcoming angel appoints some- one prospered of earth to the boners of heaven, the noronets and thrones. The soul thinks to itself, "I had more honors on earth than I could appreciate and crowns are heavy thiugs to wear, any- how." The welaornirig angel appoints some prospered soul of earth to a fine landscape in the heavenly country and, says, "walk there and enjoy yourself," The eoul thinks to itself, "the place owned on the Hudson," or "the castle I had on the Rhine was almost as pictur- esque, and then I cannot see the sunset on the river, for it is here everlasting day and the sun never sets." The welcoming angel says to some newly arrived eoul, "Listen now to the music; the orehestra of heaven is about to render one of the best oratorios." Tim soul would think, "Why, I have been hearing the best music) for 30 years on earth. .Almost every winter I heard in the Academy of Music the Creation, the Messiah and Jephthah. I have heard all the great livIng prima donnas and some who are dead." Let the welcoming angel then say to a prospered soul of earth, "Go now and rest; this is the everlasting rest." "Why," the soul would think, "I ern not tired. Why do I want to rest? I have not done a stroke of work for the last 20 yeers. I spent my winters in Florida and rny SUMlnerS th the Adirondacks, and am not in need of rest." My borers, heaven will not be so much of a heaven for those who had no struggle on earth. But when those who had a hard push with the red gate of my text, the gate of carbuncle, COMO to the gate of pearl and find it wide open, they will Hey: "Why, how strange this isl This is the first gate of valuable entrance in 40 years that I have found open," And the welcoming angel will S07 to some Christian mother win) reared a large family of children and prepared them for usefulness and heaven, "Go vvbers you please and sit down on what velvet bank or cushioned throne ynu may prefer." And I hear the newly ar- rived soul saying, "Ohany! What a good thing leis to relit. I was so tired. I was tiered for 40 years. Angel, tell me, is this an unbroken rest? Can it be that there are no sick cbildren to take care of? Aly head WAS so tired, planning for :Alehouse - hold on small means, my eyes were so tired with sewing and knitting, my back ached with &Aug work that made me stoop for so many hours. There was nothing in the universe I so much needed as rest. Now I have it. Blessed Jesus! Blessed heaven! Blessed rest?" Then the welcoming angel will say to some Christian that on earth was deaf and had not heard voice of song or voice of friend- ship, "Hark now to the choirs in white as they are about to join in the opening piece, of the temple worship." And as the baton swings and as the deft lingers hegin to feel the pulses of the harp and lips of martyrs breathe on the sot II lute,. of praise, I hear the surprised soul, jest entered heaven, saying, " M usic ! Why, that is the first I ever heard. Will it keep on? Tell them not to stop. What is the name of that anthem? Why, I never heard anything like that. I never heard anything at :al." And a little child, long ago in heaven, pulls at the white robe and says, "Mo- tlieri" and she turns around, saying, child, for the first time I bear your voice. On earth I saw your smile and fait the coil of your blondcurls on your ehildish brow, but I never heard your voice, even in play or prattle, and I am uonfirsed to know which is the best music, that which the angels of God render or the Voice of you, my darling. 40810! lread about it and saw the notes in the music book, and I saw the lingers of pianists and organists run up and down the snowbanks of the keyboard, bat I never thought it would be anything 1H:a this. Music!" Then the angel will :.ay to a life-long invalid: "Did you ever reatlin air like thisP Such balm! Such onie such immortal life in every -res. ,,,lration1 Did you ever have any climate on earth like this ,olimate of heaven?" And the soul says:, "This is the first tini.e in many a long year I have bean li,00,1 from pain. As I passed through oiieliVriV by that gate the last face loft tinCI I am' well, gloriously well, ever .,,,tingly well. I have swallowed the last att.a, draft, I 'have felt the last cut of ,Iro knife. I have passed the last sleep- • ISP night, and now I realize the beauty of what St. John said in Revelation. 'There shall be no more pain.' And then the martyrs and the prophets and he apostles will take up the chorus; and ..Il the recovered invalids frbrn earth will join in the triumphant refrain that Alleges to and fro, from east gate of hen - ;en to west gate. Chorus,".t.NTo more no more pain; no more pain, no ,nore painl" My hearers, it will be a great heaven for all who get through, but the best female for those who had on earth no- , ;ling but struggle. Blessed all those before they entered the gate of arl, passed' through the gate of car. 0110001 EIGHTH PARLIAMENT TWO INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS MONOPOLIZE THE ATTEN- TION OF THE HOUSE. Three Translators Appointed In Place of Those Dismissed—The Forced Resigner. time of Major-General Cameron as Com- mandant of the Royal Military college. THURSD,A, Y. • It was not until after the evening recess that the Rouse got down to work upon the supplementary estimates to- day, Two interesting discussions mon- opolized the attention of the members during the afternoon. The first was upon the recommendation of the Debates Committee to appoint three translators in the place of those who ailed been dis- missed by the House for having taken an aotive part in the last eleotion. The circumstances of the forced resig- nation of Major-General Cameron from the post of Commaudant of the Royal Military College at Kingston were dis- cussed at some length. Mr. Powell, of Westmoreland, who introduced the sub- ject, complained that the Commandant had been unjustly treated by reason of • the shortness of the notice he bad re- ceived and because the investigation 'of the Board of Visitors was Oa clandestioe aearaoter. The Minister of Militia, re- • plying, said that the Board of Visitor Was composed of gentlemen . of such a • high character that no one woald credit • there with having deale with Major- General Cameron in anything but a fair manner, While he thought that the ex.- Commatidaut had been properly treated in being allowed two months' salary and travelling expenses, he WAS willing to consider any further claims he might have to make. The House then wont into Committee of Supply ou the supplementary esti- mates, taking up the first items in the Marine Department. • Mr. Henderson pointed out the owes- Sity of moving the liglat on Oakville pier further out to the end of that strunture. Messrs. Reid and Wood urged the Gov- ernment to place a buoy for the benefit of mariners on a dangerous shoal in the St, Lawrence, west of Brookville. lin the item of $16,176, in connection with the Indians in Manitoba,Mr. Oliver declared that this expenditure was not asked for by the people of the terri- tories. and they declined altogether to be responsible for 11. He argued that the education of tbe Indian children was be- ing fostered to the oegleat of necessary public works. Mr, Foster asked Mr.Dnbell, the acting Minister of the Interior, what be had to say in regard to Mr. Oliver's scathing arraignment. Mr. Oliver 'ose and said that the one- ent Government were simply carrying Out the liabilities incurred by their pre- decessors. 'Mr. Davin argned in favor of carrying out treaty obligations to the Indians. On the item of $3,000 for commission- ers for investigating the affairs of the penitentiaries of Canada, Sir C. Hibbert Tupper asked for an explanation of the proposed expenditure. Mr. Fitzpatrick made a statement which, he maintained, showed the need for an investigation. He said there were live penitentiaries and a gaol situated at Regina under the control of the depart ment. The cost of administration of these Institutions had grown in three years from $359,000 to $481,000 last year, or an inerease of $150,000. The per diem ex- penditure was: St, Vincent de Paul, 68 cents-iKingston, 89 cents; Manitoba, $1.26; British Columbia, $1.1.5. He was at a loss to understand how the figures could vary in that way when it was re- membered that in the Central prison, Toronto, the per diem expenditure was only 27 cents a day. Mr. Casgraln—And in Montreal 17 (lents. Mr. Fitzpatrick—Yes, but that is a prison. Several Opposition Members—So is the Central prison. Mr. Fitzpatrick point out this other fact. The per capita cost at King- ston penitentiary is $367,15; St. Vincent de Paul, $324; British Columbia, $424; Manitoba, $541; while that of the Cent- ral prison. Toronto, is only $99 a year. If these facts be true, and I have got the information here, surely it is time to make an investigation. Sir C. Hibbert Tupper thought Mr. Fitzpatrick would have to make out a stronger case before he asked for a com- mission. Mr. Fitzpatrick could not bave gone very far into the reoords of the de- partment when he would put those fig- ures forward as indicating any strange state of affairs. As to the difference in cost between the penitentiaries in Mani- toba and British Columbia, on the one hand, and the 'Central prison or King- ston penitentiary on the other, everyone was aware that the circumstances were entirely different, it being impossible to compare the prices of goods. Mr. Fitzpatrick said that without im- puting charges, it was desirable to in - 00 enquiry in order to aseertain hnw there came to be snot) a disparity in the figures where the conditions were similar, He pointed out that while the per capita revenue from binder twine at Kingston was $34.28, the per capita rev- enne at the Ceutral prison was $62.18. Nobody could deny that there was con- siderable friction at the penitentiaries, and this was another matter which de- served investigation. • The item then passed. CUSTOMS SERVICE. On the item of 122.566 for tbe Cus- toms service, a long disoussion took place over the appointment of Mr. Arthur Craig as sub -collector of Customs at Barrie, made by the outgoing Govern- ;neut. The item passed. • CUSTOMS EXPERTS. • Mr. Penny asked if any decision had been come to in the matter of appoint - bag a Board of Customs Experts. Mr. Paterson replied in the negative. He had not, be said, fully considered the matter yet. .7'he whole of the first batch of supple- mentaries went through before the com- mittee rose. FRIDAY. On the item of $20,000 for onld stor- age, Mr. Fisher rnade a long explanation with respect to the scheme for providing continuous cold storage for perishable products from the point of production to the British market. It was proposed to make arrangements for cold storage in warehouses at the point of production upon trains, 10 warehouses at the point of shipment, and upnn ocean steam - mins. With respect to cold storage in steamships, the two schemes practicable were those of mechanical eold storage, whieh required a capital outlay of ,from _• twelve to fifteen thousand dollars, ana insolated cold storage, the coot of which at the outset vvouid be from $2,000 to $3,000. Mr. Fither inclined to the former scheme as likely to yield the best re- sults, The objeot of the Govertunent was to obtain satisfaotory and efficient lie, commodation an the various steamship lines. The parte on the other side, of the Atlantic roost likely to be served by the proposed system were Avonmouth, near Bristol; Liverpool, ,and London, and. he proposed to make arrangements by which vessels wetild leave Montreal and St. John and Haliftia in summer, and Halifax and at. .Tobn in winter. AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE. On an item of $15,000 additional for steam service between St. Jelin and Hali- fax and London, pending negotiations respecting the fast line, Sir Riobard Cartwright explained that it was the in- tention in the future to have in the sum- mer months a service between St. John, Halifax. and London, as hitherto, and in the winter direot*services front St. John to Loudon, and from Halifax to London. HUDSON'S BAY ROUTE. On an item of $86,000 for expellees of an expedition by water to Hudson's bay, Mr. Davies explained that the vote was not designed to cover the entire cost of the expedition. If this matter was to be done now, it must be done thoroughly, so as to leave no room for doubt as to the result. There Was much work to be tdioonnesi and all he could ask now was this amount to make preliminary prepare - LI HUNG CHANG'S TRIP. On the itena of $3,000 for the trans- portation expenses of Li Hung Chang and hie suite through Canada, there were general cries of "Explain," accom- panied with queries of "linw old are , you?" and 'What is ,your income?" aoross the floor. Mr. Fielding explained, in connection with the item, that the remainder of the expenses in connection with the trip would be borne by the Canadian Pacific railway. This item covered transportation and maintenance during the trip. MONDAY. Mr. Foster to -day brought forward some important questions of thefinauces. Be claimed tbat the estimated expendi- ture exceeded the last estimates of the late Government and that the probable einxerrInditeenveruald fall short of meeting that .After some little further discussion the supply bill passed and the House ad- journed until 8 o'clock, when the Black Rod summoned the Commoners to the Senate Chamber, where his Excellence' Lord .Aberdeen was seated on the throne. On his right stood elm Prime Minister, Hon. Wilfrid Laurier. and the Secretary of State, Hon. R. W. Scott. Mr. Laurier was dressed in ordinary afternoon costume, Meek frock coat and ligbt tweed trousers. Mr. Scott wore a court uniform. Among others about the throne were COM Gascolane, Col, Ayl- naea otdejeurtint-General, and, other mill- ttlryiBILLS ASSENTED TO, When the members of the House of Commons, headed by Mr. Speaker Edgar, had arrived, the royal assent was given to the following bills: -- To revive and amend the aets respect- ing the St, Clair & Erie Ship Canal Co. To incorporate the Hudson Bay & Pabifie Railway Co. To confirm an agreement between the Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada and the Canadian Paella Railway Co. Respecting the Hamilton Powder Co. • Amalgamating the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway Go. and the Parry Sound Colonization Railway Co. under the name of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway Co. Respecting the St. Catharines & Niagara Central Railway Co. To revive and amend the sot incorpor- ating the Montreal, Ottawa & Georgian Bay Canal Co. To incorporate the Columbia Telephone & Telegraph Co. To incorporate the Mather Bridge & Power Co. Respecting the South Shore Railway Co. To amend the Northwest Territories representation act by • dispensing with the preparation of new voters' lists in certain oases. Further to amend the act respecting the Senate and House ot Commons, THE SUPPLY BILL. Then the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed his Excellency the Governor-General as follows: "May it please your Excellency, the Commons of Canada have voted certain supplies re- quired to defray the expenses of the public service. In the name of the Com- mons I present to your Excellency the following bill: An act for granting to her Majesty certain sums of money re- quired for defraying certain expanses of tbe public service, to which bill I hum- bly request your Excellency's assena" To this bill the royal assent was signified in the following words: "In her Majesty's name, his Excellency the Gov- ernor-General thanks her loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence and assents to this bill." • HIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECH. After which his Excellency the Gov ernor-General was pleased to close the first session of the eighth parliament of the Dominion with the following speech:— "Honorable gentlemen of the Senate; gentlemen of the Howie of Commons: I am .glad to be able to relieve yon from further attendance in parliament. 1 ant happy to repeat the assurance already given thet I have every expectation that an amicable settlement of the Manitoba School question will shortly be arrived at. In conformity with the statement made to you at the commencement of the session, it was not considered. advis- able to suberat any important measures of legislation for your consideration. "Gentlemen of the House of 00111 - TOADS: I have to thank you for the lib- eral provision you have made for the service of the current year." The Speaker of the Senate then said: "Honorable gentlemen • of 'the Senate, gentlemeo of the •House of Commons: It is his Excelleney the Governor -Gen- eral's will and pleasure that this parlia anent be prorogued until Saturday, the 14th day of November next, to be here held, and this parliament is accordingly prorogued until the 14th day of Novem- ber next." Mr. Alex. Bolmee, of Beachville, Ont., a well-known horse breeder, died after an illness of two days. Mr. William • Hannah, a well-known farmer living on the eighth concession of Elmo, Ont., was throvvn out of a rig at Atwood, Ont., on Saturday, and instant- ly killed. His inother, who was riding With him, wa,s'also thrown out, and it is thought she will not survive the shook, as she is more than severity years of age. A TRAPPER'S STORY. A CALLING TIIAT ENTAILS MUCH HARDSHIP AND EXPOSURE. One Case In Virbich the PxposureDrough4 on La Grippe and Serious Alter Troubles --How the 'Victim Secured. Renewed Health. • From the Brookville Recorder. Rockport is but a small hamlet, but it has achieved a wide reputation owing to the fact that it is situated in tbe Yerr heart of the far-famed Thousand islands, and for this reason attracts during the summer months hundrechi of pleasure seekers, Aneong the residents of the yll- lage none is better known than Wilson A. Root. During the summer xnonths he follows the occupation of an oarsman and none knows, better than he the baunts of the gamey bass and pickerel. In the winter and spring months alr. Root follows the occupation oe trapping and this pursuit requires one to be out In all sorts of weathereand in the water fre- quently at a time of the year eviler) the water is none too warm. As a result of a wetting Mr. Root took a severe cold which developed into la grippe, which took suoh a firm hold upon his systoles that for a time he was unable to leave the house. His kidneys became affected, and he suffered from severe pains across the book, There was a feeling of eontin- uous tiredness, which no amount of rest or sleep seemed to relieve. The appetite was flaws, and there WAS 80 indisposi- tiou to exertioo or work. A number of remedies were tried, me after the other, but without any beneficial reeults, A.t this juncture a friend strongly advised that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills be given a They bad cured thousands of others, and why not he? Acting on his friend's suggestion Mr. Root prooured a single box of the Pink Pills, and before all were used felt an improvement. This encouraged him to persevere with the treatnaent, and after the use of a Jew more boxes of the Pills Mee Boot found his health fully restored, all the pains and aches had disappeared, and with their disappearance came renewed strength and aetivity. Mr. Root says: "I firmly believe Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to be unsurpassed as a anedloine, and I advise any who are ailing to give It a fair and honest trial." Dr Williams' Pink Pills strike at the root of the disease, driving It from the system and restoring the patient to health and strength. Incases of paralysis, spinal troubles. locomotor ataxia, val- eta:a, rbeumatism, erysipelas, scrofulous troubles, etc., these pills are superior to all other treatment They are also a spec. ific for the troubles which make the lives of so many women a burden, and speed - 117 restore the rich glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. Men broken down by overwork, worry or excesses, will End In Pink Pilla a certain cure. Sold by all dealers or sent by mail postpaid, at 500. a box, or Mx boxes for *2.50, by ad- dressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. Brockville, Ont., or Schenec- tady, .N. Y. Beware of imitations and substitutes alleged to be "just as good," The Handsome Apology. "Many people know nothing about a real apology," writes Lilian Bell, In an article on "How Men Fail as Lovers," In October Ladies' Hoine Journal. ".9. lukewarm apology is more insulting than the insult. A handsome apology is the bandsomest thing in the world. And the manliest and the womanliest. An apol- ogy, like chivalry,is sexless. Perhaps be- cause it is a natural virtue of women it sits manlier upon anon than upon women. A. delicate apology brings into play all the virtues necessary to a perfect humanity. The proudest are generally those who can bend the lowest. It is not pride; it is a stupid vanity and an abnormal self-love which prevents a man or wom- an from apologizing. It requires a native humility, • of which only great souls are capable. It requires generosity to be willing to humble yourself. It takes faith lia hunaanity that your apol- ogy will be accepted. You must have a sense of justice to believe that you owe Ib. It requires sincerity to make it sound honest. and tact to do it the right time. It requires patience to stick to it until. the wound has ceased to bleed, and the best, highest, truest type of love to make you want to do iv." Drew I he Line nt Tombstones. "Speaking of Tnrkish baths," said a. traveler the other day, "I saw the queer- est one in existence down in Atlanta. I was hot and dirty from a long, dusty ride and inquired of she hotel clerk if there was such a thing as a Turkish bath establishment in the town. Be assured me there was and directed ine how to find it. It was a funny little place, with one slab and one attendant. After I had taken the steam I reclined upon nay back on the slab to be rubbed down. After a time the attendant told me to turn over. I had no sooner changed my position thao my eye was attracted by some lettering carved upon the surface of the slab. I raised 'Myself 'up and saw it was an inscription which read: 'Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Jane, Hawkins. Born Sept. 17, 1850; died Aug. 3, 1874.' I told the man I didn't think- there was any necessity for bis finishing the job and got out as soon as I count I afterward found that the slat) bad been originally a tombstone and had also served as a receptacle for dead bodies in the morgue. Some tane ago they built a new morgue, and the proprietor of the bath establishment got it cheap."—Phil- adelphia Record. Reasons for Disinheriting% rt has been remarked that the chain. heriting of relations is mostly for venial offenses and not • for base • aotions. The last Irish Lord Fitzwilliam left his prup- erty to Lord Onslow, but one morning at breakfast the intended heir, after. helping himself to cream, caught thelast drop upon the rim of his cup, vvbich was thus brought into contact with the edge of the cream jug. Lord Fitzwilliam contended, that this vvas an 111 bred action, and, as the offender persisted in ridiculing the objection, his nanae was forthwith erased from the will. Isaac, Casaubon left no part of his goods to his son, who had joined the church of Remo, but "onlye one ,up of the value of 30 crowns."—Temple Ban Forced to Drink, The anthorities at one tie were so convinced that Europeans could not Jive in India without alcoholic, stimulants that they actually prohibited the forma- 'I tion of temperance societies anaongst the 1 soldiers. The theory is now altogether changed, and the Enelish sailors in India include no fewer th'an 20,000 total ab- stainers.