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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1894-5-31, Page 311E001111i TAxAviAck 1;v4or He Sells on alt Werliet nous% Hoek -King Inetoesling Lame Roan, to California, wh 31 on his round Dr. Talmage, ha to -day to a large " Reconered Fa Was I. Samuel 30 the people that voice and wept, power to ,weep all." There ia intens of Ziklag. Davi good•bye to thei the warse In the denonoeless co warriors', flushed But will the defe 0oft arms of the necks of the br shake themselves kerchiefs and fla thrown until the the hills. Davi through with t homeward. E home, no tiooner head on the kn he hears the w the shout of hie stories they vvill Of how they do then will roll u the half -healed quick step th and his men, home. Now th hill which overlo pect in a moment of their loved o they look their c lips quiver, and come down on " Where is Zikle. they cry. Alas 1 the ruins tells t kites have come village, and cern wives and the c men into captivit stand fee a few horror. Then t other, and they weeping ; for weeps, the grief i if tine emotion in They " wept•unt to weep." But so rage, and David, in the air, cries, overtake them, all." Now the quick," tnovo h atop by the broo and grief. They They are left t hundred men un panther step, m rage. They find half-dead Egyp tate hnon, and whole ,stery. went, the camt pointing in the four hundred bra Devitt and his en _the Amalekitish their own vvives. and underOAma the officers Onthe lag a banquet. T is roused, the da kilish hoat cheer their victory. B or warning of tr hundred men bur and his men look their loved ones i kitish guard thro of determination will fight when t sand onildren ! A their eye, and ev their voice is like wind 1 Amidst t costly viands crus ed Amalekites 1 with their wine sooner did David tory than they t into the dust ---w swords now ? an together arrlidst makes the partin very insipid in t old warrior has before he can get now after so Ion little finger tra . across the scar empty tankards filled with the b and David and h wives, the brothe overthrow of th rebuilding of Z thine enemies p Now they are his men and thei • sion. Men, wome 'ewels and rob ophies that th hp in years of oo the hands of Day come by the bro stayed the men travel, the jewels Of treaeure are well as among the exhausted ought ures. Here,is a rico. Here is a p Here is a handful trumpeter, I re whelainted by t endured as much into the battle, ed to the sick one The objectors esti fig h ' David w f epliee, "As his to the battle, so s rieth by the sits This subject is Me. Thank (nod i off on a journey, ' 'sleuths, and Com untoitthect of inoe ily on the stop to twedies foretold th But; these are A aro Amalekitish bottle down tip devastating worl took fire. N'o ha door, no ieonool no Acute leaped io far att all trAe irr TI 0 FAMILIES,: . . .. . en'" belonged to that hOwie aro 000000, tee home hen downed eenned diens" cisme doWn upon the gidetnerte sof the Sinnott seeteerlet fevers, or pleurisies, or oconegmr tions, er undefined. disorders came and, eeieed uponnome membere of tnat family, and enrried them Wont Zihleg in ashes 1 And yoti go about, sometimes Weeping and oometimes enraged, wentiug to. get back your loved ones as omen as. Devid anti his 'Mee Wanton to reconstrueletheir 'despoiled bouseholdts. ZikIng in ashes 1, Semis of yeti went Off from home. ' Yon` counted the , dater of your ,abseece. Every day seemed as lo 0 as a week Ohl how glad_ you were When the time came for you to go a[ oar e s oarn ea or rani car an 0 am b d th t to t 1 d t t for home! You arrived, you went up the etreet Where year nwelling Wae and ill the ' b 11 night you put your haud, on the door. e. , and, behold lit was wrapped with the sig, .nal of bereavement, and you land that A.malekitish Death, Which has devastated a thmand other. households, had blasted yours. You go 9;boat woo,piog amidot the dela' f o eh hum e 9 a on o y ur ono appy a think. , ' ing of the bright eyerfolosed, and. the noble heartstopped, and the gentle hands felded, and Yon weep until you have no more power to weep.' Ziklag in ashes l ..' , A gentleman went to a friend of mine in the city of Washington, and asked that . . through him he might get a consulship to some foreign portos My friend said to him "What do you want to go way from .-your beautiful home for, into a foreign port ?" "Oh? he replied, "my home is gone 1 Nly . . .... . stx children are dead. • I must get away, . • sir. I can tstan 1 n as coun ry any ong. e e dt, th' t 1 g in as en Z•kla ' h. ''''' ' r Why tnese Tong shadows of •bereavement ' %gross tine audience ? Why is it that in almost every assemblage black is the pro- omma ng o appare d . • ti . c lor of the 1 ? Is it because yrli domot like saffron, or browner violet2.0h, bo 1, You say, "The world is not so norightto un as it once was n' and th.ere . m a. story e st ee voices, an e s 1 ee , f '1 t • d f t'll f t end of loved ones gone and when you look t , ... . over the hills, expecting only beauty and lovelinees, yostofind only devastation and, . V1OQ, 1 ag in as es . • Z kl • h 1 ' One day in Ulster County, New -Yorks the. village church was decorated. until the fragrance of the flowers was almost bowild- . ering. The maidens ot the village had emptied the place of flowers upon one mar- nava altar One of their own number was - ' ' • affianced to a minister of Christ, who had come to take her to his own home. ' With hands •oined, amidst a congratulatory d' ' t113 e t k n I thr au mince, e yews wer a. e . n el days from that time one of tnose whe atoo a t the altar exohan d arth for heaven. ge e e. .se down into the The wedding march brok funeral dirge. There was notenou h flowers g now for the coffin -lid, because they had all been taken for the bridal hour. - The deed • • g o ano er na t f Christ is brou ht t th le er o .17 . . l'' age. • - He had zone out from them less than a. - -` • week before in Ids strength' ; now he comes . re ewer e h e 11 1 Ths whole chu h b 1 oi ?In 1 e eTn lum. Thenolemn procession moved around to look upon the still face that once had beamed the messages of salvation. Little ohildren were lifted up to leek at him. And some of those wtom he had comforted in A ; row ' d h when. they passe t at "ays '3" ser- ' ilent form, made the place dreadful with °their weeping. Another village einptied of its flowers-sosne of them ut in -.the .. P . . shape of a cross to symboime nis hope, others put in the shape of a crown to p . tun re ig 6 ,a rnbolitie his trium h A I d d l' ht bYlown out in one strong ust from the do f a 1 hg Z•kla ' open or o . sepu c re. 1 g In ashes I . , I nreaoh this sermon to -clay, because "f - - want to rallym y ou as. „David, srallied his - ' f the 16 d d tine men, for ,themeeovery o e . - . nv!3. an but lost. I want not only te win eaven; I want all this congregation to g° along ith me. I feel that somehow I have a. w - • lint . ' re' • at that t niiimonst i 1 y in your a iving pea, City. Do you really .want to join the com- panionship of your toyed ones who have 9 Are ou.as anxious to oin them as gone . y . . j . , David and his men were to join their famil— . es •The I a .11 i th e f God, i ? n m ere, n_ e .nem o .. to say that you may, mesa to tell you how. 'rst lace if you want I remark, in the fl n s • sd t to join your loved ones In s„ tory, you•MUB travel the some way they went. No sooner h d h - h lf-deadE ' b t a t e a gyptian een realise), at - , be than ho.pointed the way the captors ana the captivenhad gone, and David and his men followed after So our Christian • ' . friends have gone into another country and ' heir companionshin if we want to reach t s - we 'is t take the same road. They repent. t Th d • ed, wa must repen . ey preye , we ra The trust in Christ. we must p y. st . , . must trust in Christ. They lived a retie- .f l• s le . • ere ious li e; we must Ise a .re igeous 1 . 'n some thin s like ourselves They Were 2 g .. I know now that they are gone there is ' • s -' ' ' • a haloaround their natneS; but they had their faults. They wird and did things they I t '' t • h ' id o d oug I never o time sa e one. . They were sometimes rebellious, sometimes cast down. They were far from being • D rfect. So I sup ose that when we have s e - P h I gone; some things in us t at are now oil y t I 1 S. v be almost replendent ° era ' e ma- - • 'ke us in deficiencies But ste they were b. ' we ought to be like them in taking a sus pernal Christ to make up for the deficits. Eled it not been for Jesus, they would ' have all perished; but Christ confronted e s em an . a a y, ana th d a id, " I m the wa they took it. I luive also to gay to you' that the path tbat these captives trod was a. toubled path, - and that David and his men had to go over the pame difficult wey. While these cap- tives Were being taken off, they said, "Oh! we are so tired ; we are so sick ; we ara so h 1" B t th ungry . u e men who had charge of them said, " Stop this crying. Gcf. on 1" David and his men also found It a hard way. They had to travel it. • Our. friends have • • • gone into glory, and st is through much • • - • tribulation that we are to enter into the kingdom, How our loved ones used to have to struggle ! how their old hearts ached 1 how sometimes they had a tus,ele ' for bread 1 In our childhood we wondered • • . ' ' ' why there Were so many -wrinkles on their faces. We,did nob keow that What were called " torownleet" on their faces were th esmarke of the black raven of trouble. ' ' • • Dml you never hear the old people seated bythe evening sthord, talk over their early trials, thoir hardshi s th at 'cl ts the p , e et en , Initials the dn peointro nts the empty .' 1 a s ' e ' flour,barrel when there were so many hungry '. onea to.feed the sickness almost ' unto (Meth Wheronthenextdese of morphine i . . i . , . decidedsbetween ghastly bereadennent and en unbroken home, oircle ? Ola yes! it was trotible that whitened their hair, It was . trouble that shook the 011p in their handa f 1, ni I It was trouble that washed the hiStre o i ' -"W' ' e ' . " u ' i them vise ith th rains of tears et 1 they i needed, -ripeotaeles, sem s I Iv 6 ' reMble ' '''-d'' mede the Cane 6, neeeseity or t eirjourner sei . ' , • .1 0 you. never remember seen g your o d mother sittinn, on some rainy day, looking out of the Window -sill her hand to 'her ' , , brosv-looking out, not seeing the feihrig shewer at all (you well 'kilo* she was loon- ing into the distant past), until the aproO eame lip to her eyes, because -the xneinOry was too moll for horn Oft the big, inabitlann teat, Stealirie down the furrowed tuck, ., TM in oletinence eittooret , . lame oef tvoe tbey Cermet speao. ' But Otis scone et weeping o'er, , Peet. this eeene of toil apd pain, TheYsholl. feel distrees no More, Never, never weep.,again. , "Who are-theee under the ' altar ?" the quotation was &shed; and the'responso earn°. "These are they who come out of great tribolatio d ha e • ashed their rolsea and madent'haenni w-hvite iWn the- bio -cod of" the tLarrib," Oar frienns sweet by a path a boars. into glory. Be not sorprised if we baye to gravel the same pathway, . o A . , ma k, al 't e want to win. tbe . • .7 . f • agi 1' d W• he ven We will some y o our ,. r en a in a not only have to travel a path o a t an ef i h d a path cof tribulation, but we will also Intve to potSitively battle for their companionshiP. David arid his men never wented sharp. swords and invulnerable shields and thic k breast I t h th nt d them P a es 8° rau° as - °Y wa. e , on the day when they came aown 'opossi the Amalekites. If they had lost that bat, tie they never would have got their families b k / e . , .11 . ac . suppose beat one glance ae e me loved ones in captivity hurled them inth the battle with. tenfold courage and energy. They said, "We must win it Enery* thing. depends upon it Let each one take a men on point of spear or sword-. We must win ite, And I have to tell you that betweein us and coming ieto themompanion. ship of our loved ones who are departed- there is an Austerlitz, there . is a Gettys, burg, there is a Waterloo. War with the world, war with the flesh, war with the devil We have either to conquer our ' • troubles, or our troubles will conquer us. David will either slay the Amalekites, or the Amalekites will slay David. And yet is not the fort to be taken worth all the p • all the peril, all the beaie ement ? L -• au', - gl'll f ook 1 Who are on the - brIght ti s o Heaven yonder ? There they are, those who set atyour table, the chair now vessarst, There they are those whom you rooked in '' ' • infaney in the oradle, or hushed to sleep • Th th those in in yeitir arms. ere ey are, whoee life your life was bound up. There thee y are, their brow more radiant than ever before you sew it, their lips waiting for .the kiss of heavenly greeting. Their . cheeks roseate with the health of eternal summer h • h d b le • th , t etr an s ec ening you up ,e steeps the feet hounding with the mirth of heaven, The pallor of their last sickness gone ou o t em ace, never more o e t f h'f th sick, never more to cough, never more to limp never more to be old, never more to weep. . ey are wa c ing rom ' Th t h• f those heights to see if through Christ you can take that fort, and whether you will rush • • T1 r n th t en upon them -victors. ley now a • upon this battle depends whether you wilt ever join their society. llp 1 strike hard. er 1 Charge more bravely 1 . Remember that every inch you gain puts you so ranch * further on toward that heavenly reumon. If this m rni g white I speak you could o n . • • hear the cannonade of a foreign enemy which ae to despoil your city, and if they really • • • ' should succeed in carrying your families away from you, how long would we take before e resolved to go after them ? Every wea onw, whether fresh from the armory or 1 old Panel rust in the arret, would be I h y d g ld d broug t out; an we. wou urge on, an corning in front of the foe, we would look at them and then look at our families, and the cry 'would be, "Victory or death I". - • ' ne - w and when the ammum ion was gone, e would take the captor on the point of the b t d th bree h of the gun syone oy en er e c - ' If you would make such a struggle for the - • k f thl f ' d ill getting bac o your ear y nen s, w you not make as muchsetruggle for the • • .1 the eternal companionship of gaining o 1 1 .f ' d .9 Oh. yes 1 we t yew. leaven y nen a ,. . mus join them We must sit in their holy ' }moiety. We must sing with them the song, We must celebrate with them the triumph. Let it never be told on earth or • H • h t David and' his men ashed ion eaven t a . . P out with braver hearts for the getting back of their earthly friends for a few years on earth than we to get our departed . . • But I must not forget those twa hundred men who fainted by the brook Besor. They could not take another step farther. - Their feet were sore; their head. ached, their en- . tire nature was exhausted. Besides that, they were broken-hearted because their hames were gone Ziklag in ashes 1 And • yet David, when he comes up to them, divides the spoils among them 1 Be says h h a h f th ' 1 ' f t ey s a aye some o e jewe s, some o I l k the robes, some of the treasures. oo over this audience this morning, and I find at least two hundred who have faieted at the brook Besor-the brook ot tears. You feel -as if you could not take another step farther, as though you could never look np again. But I am going to imitate.David, and divide am ong you some glorious trophies. Here is a robe, "All things work together for good, to those who love God." Wrap yourself in that glorious promise.. Here is k • f I d t for your nee a string o pear e, ma e ou of crystallized tears, "Weeping may endure . • h ' th for a night, but joy comet in e morn- Ina " Here is a coronet, "Be thou faithful e' unto death mull will give thee a crowe of ' life,"" 0 ye fainting ones ky - the brook Besor, dip your blistered feet lathe running stream of God's mercy. Bathe your brow at the wells of salvation. Soothe your woands with the balsam that exudes from trees of life Gott • will not utterly cast you ' ' off, 0 broken-hearted man, 0 broken -heart- cid woman, fainting by the brook of Besor. A shepherd finds that his musical pipe is bruised. He says, "I can't get any more . s 1 th' • tr t so I will just musio ou. o is me umen , break it, and.I will' throw this reed away. The I will get another reed, and I will n ei - th t." But God s a He play mu c on a ay .. will not cast you off because all the musics I s one out of your soul. "The bruised 'a g H 11 ' 13 k " A f I ed e wi not rea . a ar as can tre _. . ell the diagnosis o your nesse, you wan ,,,,. . f d' ' t me nursi g, . . p n'" n and it is remised you : - "As one whom his mother comforteth, so you a will I comfort .ou." . God will see li - h yin 0 bl d I d h the way t roug , trou e sou , an w en ou come down to the Jordon of death, you y - • '11 find it to be as thin a brook as Besor• 'au • • • • ' 11 Besor for• Dr. Robinson says, that in Apr , dries uP, and there is no brook at all. And . 1 t t o will be as laoid in your as momen y u , . p - as the Kentucky .minister who went up to sa mg in t us ying our, rite o God, " . ' • 1 el ' h "W • t . 3' st r Kat a d tell her not to be wor. xr,'Y el' e • e' n • ' f h ne,d and frIghtened about the story o t e herrors around the death -bed. Tell her ther is not a word of truth in it for I con e • ' e 1 e d ' there now, and desus is with me, an n ha wa s' not because I am a it a very ppy y , . . d Man for I arn not ; I am nothtng but goo , ! . , a poor mteerable sinner ; b t 1 be,„„ h„ n ---7- - Alrhighty Seviour, and beth of his arms aro und me." . ero , e , h ...' l • Al li throe h t e b ood Mity.God intg ty, g . ef the everlasting covenaht bring us into p o our eve one w o the ooMpernionshi f ' 1 c1 0 h h - 1 ' d entered the hersveid Mold, and aye a rea y Onto the presence o hrist w Om, not av- , f C ' - h Y h n seers ore love, and So Deviclehall recover 1 ift , 'd et hi nett is that cooth down to a", - an -e ' • • ''' h , h the battle so thall his part be t anterriet . , df e by tenstu . - , THE BoxiNtnii RousE. LS , . . , SEVENTR • PARLIAMENT -FOURTH . • SE,SSION AT OTTAWA. -,•,."-- vonens' nine. thl'ild tr.° 1-dtfuri7 naildd °Iat in Tenn_ days. ime or t e 170 nteaceMe0 Or eue re ,,Yision of the y.oterat liana would be at hand, _ . .... Was it the intennon ot the Govern/fleet that the rettision would tale place under the Preaent sYsteell ' Sir delin Thotepson renlied that the revis. • • , • eloyntitoism.to Itial.elterep4. !rue nuondirtearrutheteiopnrsesheondt been given was thet gone vvere to be given, It is proposed to• have,•the revision under t io 'Iseult a stem The bill to be intro. l P y ' • dueled woold .not maitte aoy change, in the system, but would simply provide for the districts the bonnderies of which nad been td ni d'd ot nh ohaoged by redsstribu ion, e i n wi th te bouud bv this, but this tva,a the only ' • - amendment at present in vlew. . ia o ornm ee o ays The House went" t C itt f 17 and means to consider, the tariff, • . , nrecsep TooLs. Mr. Foster moved to make 'the duty on. picks, mattocks, grub hoes, adzes, hatchets' and poles for the same, and edged tools of all descriptions', 35 -Per cent, Sir Bollard -Cartwright said this was a return to the old duty, It • was a most ob- jectionanla tax. M F 'd ti t ' 1 f r. ester eat ie raw ma eria or theee goods was protected, aud this was not ,a relatively high protectioe. On none of the artioles mentioned there was prey- -Joust a compound duty in comparison "thY h. h 35 t 1 • tat tv ic .. per „cen • was a alga re- duction. , SnOvEts AND•SPADES. ' M F tiff -moved that " shovels and r. °8 spades, ahoverand spade blanks, and iron 1 t h f " b h d or stee cut o s ape or same, e c ange from 35 per cent. to 50 cents per dozen and 25 per cent . ' Sir Richard Cartwright asked where spades were manufactured in Canada, Mr Foster -In Ganenoque, Halifax s ' - b ` 'Montreal and Quo ea. The item was carried. nexnen - - Mr. Foster moved the adoption of the 'tem regarding shirts in an amended form. i • • , d d f 2 As changed et impose a uty o 5 per cent. and $1 a dozen on shirts costing more ethan $3 a dozen. Shirts costing $3 or less o er dozen were struck ounof the item. r The item as amended was adopted. . TARIFF CHANGES. The following items . were made to read as follows :- Galvanized iron wire, number 12, when imported by the makers of barbed wire, lb per cent. . Rolled iron or steel angles, channels, and h ' • h• 1 th 35 d ot er sections,weig ing ess au . poun s per liueal yard; 35 per cent. Rolled iron or steel angles, channels, and special sections, weighing notlees than 35 pounds per lineal yard ; rolled iron or steel beams joists girders rod sections and , _ . , t t , _ '. h• other plate or s rue ural sections, weig ing not less than 20 pounds te the lineal yard, and rolled iron or bridge plate, not less -than 3.8 of in inch thick, or less than 15 Inches wide, an a eye ar an s, - aft t b bl k 1212 percent. ' e u oi amp s a e an s were a e C 11 1 'd 1 h d bl k ' ' dd d to the item of "cellulnid" ten per cent I t t d 11 1 'de Stereotypes, e ee ro ypes, an ce u or of newspaper columns, and bases for same, composed win:illy or pertly of metal or cell- uloid, 3-8 of a cent per equare inch, and t • shells for the a rne, 2 ma trices, or ucoappe re inrch. . a man s per sq . , - Cases for jewels and watches, cases tor silver and plated ware, and for cutlery and th 1 k t' 1 ' 5 ts each and 30 mer o er i e ar ic es, cen cent. Creosoted lumber free. • • Cane or rattan, split or otherwise menu - factured, n. o. p. 17 1-2 per cent. Veneers of woo'd not over one -sixteenth f a ' eh thick, made from woods native o n In . to Canada, 10 per cent. Glue 1 " d os.e or grape sugar, g ucose syrup, • . au corn syrup, or any syrups containing n admixtures thereof, one cent Der a y d - pouna Cotton clothing and other articles made from cotton fabrics, n.e.s., 32 1-O per cent. . reseenrion or SHIPS. 1 Charles H. Tu er introduced a bill S -r PP to ameed then -inspection of Ships Act. The bill was read a fisst time. VOTERS 'WHO ARE BRIBED. . The House went into committee on Mr. Weldo ' b'll d f k h n s 1 to is rano Ise voters w o h t ke b ibe ave a n r s' . Mr. Joncas contended that the man who gives the bribe should be puniehed as well as he who takes it. Mr. Weldon moved that the time for . . , brit:1meg the petitiormander the Act be not I f t d ft ti 1 t• sooner t nen or y aye a er te e ec ion or later than sixty days. •He explained that the ob'ect of this was to prevent proceed- . 3 e this A t f I h' 'th Ins un .etr .d el: t' rom c as mg wi titions o v PeTim a d cn nt ease:ins.. carried. men me w . Mr. Moncrieff moved that all witnesses , in e re shall be entitled to be paid • th fi t . t . b th t Ina ance, y e par y summoning their', . t f as 'n an ordinar action in th e wi nese ees, 1 . _ y Supreme or Superior Courts. dment was carried. The amen . Mr. Monerieff moved that the committee rise and report proeress. • Sir John Thompson opposed the motion. • The motion was carried.by a vote of 59 to 17' • mAsTERS AND MATEs. Sir Charles H. Tupper introduced a resolution providing that the Governor -in- , Council may establish the following scale • of fees to be charged for certificates to mast. d t • F t'fi t f ers an ma es ,- or a cer I nu, e o corn. petency as master, fifteen dollars ; for a c ertificate of competency as mate of a sea.- going ship, eight dollars ;for a certificateof competeecy as mate of a ship trading on th 'eland waters of Canada, or on the e i minor waters of Canada, or on coasting troy - ages, six clothes ; foe a certificate of service as "nester, eighmdollars ; for a gertificate of . . serytce as mate of a sea -going ship, five d 11 0 • nd for a certificate of service as ° av ' a Mon of a ship trading on the inland waters f al d or bn the minor %Waters of Cana- ° . na a, da or on cooling voyages, four dollars ' • . - • - He expla iced that this was ap merease,, The fund eonneoted with, this service was about $41.000 in debt. The old rates Were $5 for masters anti $3 for mates, e The Haase went Mt° Committee of Ways and Means. ' SOW LOOS. ro I) a.c one genie eat e was Iii 1 d 11 (Al ' ) 1 h credibly informed that the tuns usually towed three timee es many feet of lumber - • (1'11'1' . II as wars etate in t tor c (+ammo papers. . e. eition of an y urged the reinspo export dut which Would save to the country many - . . 1 houriand dollars. a you. At preseat t id t , t I cleat d fsher en) . Mrportetten o ogs , _ roye i in s nets oompletely, hut if the logs wore sawed in the country they would riot deetroy the )871.a...a....,,ia .0,,, .A,,,„ericao. .0..1., . 0 White pineelurnber whateVer tt costa. They were going to bey it whether the duty Wea $1, $$, or $4 a thoutiend feet, and the consumer paid the duty, Mr, O'Brien thought the A.Mericame Were not Bo depeudent KAM eituadian wbite nine Inn triteefFa ardrryt°StotintintinilbrliOnt Li ttleh:GineciorngstarnY. Bev. he said the Drincieal mills were all ritne"ing, and wite're any' mint, were einsed, it wee owieg te the bother trade. hevin• d p t d ef t d t '4 .e ar e anyway, an eoper so y wee renamed, tt would b b " * pat eiei e armee ne the Way Of the Canadian trade that only the very best quality of iunneer would ne exported He believed the etatements Were exagger ted both as to the quant•ty Oita s , 4 . , 1 exported and as to the quantity of American labor employed in the lumber " dtntrictn While there was a chance of the irODOFt duty being taken off the Canadian ' • Government should not reinspoee an export duty. The item passed. - DRESSED 1.UMBER. Mr. Foster moved to add to the item of undressed lumber on the free list the worde "or dreamed on one side only. n He explained . . that the addition was proposed in the iiitereet of Manitoba and the North•West. Mr. Martin moved in amendnient to add the words "and inaladipg Matched lumber." The amendment' was defeated, and. the item as amended by the Finance Min- ister was carried. s, TARR= ORANGEs. The folio -wing changes and additions were made: -Elm loge were included in the , t f ' D 'I E fi bal i em 9 Pine, oug as r, epruce, r . Bann cedar and hemlock logs, upon which the Governor-in.Counoil meg under the pro- vise impose an export duty not exceedin , g $3 per thousand feet b.m. Barrels used in importin meats beefandisork, free. Acid . ga .3. aeetl° a° brou ht in for the pyroligneous, , g manufacture of vinegam1.5 oents per gallon, 2 t - 1 for each de ree over cen s additiona g roof and the same for druggists' use to c n or tnne'in at 15 centi a gallon and 1 e t f ch degree over proof, All medicinal, ea • • • chemical, and pharmaceutical preparations when compounded of more than one sub- • stance inclu mg patent an proprietary d' d • preparations, tinctures, pills, powders, troches or lozenges, syrups, cordials, bitters, anodynes, tonics plasters lini- ments, salves, ointments, pastes, 'drops waters, essences, oils, and all chemical' pharmaceutical, or officinal preparations or medicines not otherwise provided for, all lit -midis, fifty per cent. ad valorem, and all other twenty-five per cent. ad valorem, provided that this item shall not be held to include drugs and preparations reeog- nized by the British and United States . . . pharmacopoeia as officinal. Buggies, car- riages, pleasure carts, and small vehicless then $50, 85 and 25 er noes., not more . . ... P cent. Buggies, costing $00 and over, also children's carria es 35 ner cent. Window g ' e . . . shades, 35 per cent, but not less tnan o cents psr yard. Books printed by any association for the Government or by any • promotion of science or letters, and official annual reports of religious or benevolent associations, issued in the course of the proceedings of the said association to its Isere not for the purpose of sale or mem ' k tin • • t d M trade, free. Boo s Ito eing prm e or co printed in Canada, which are included in the curriculum of any university or in. corporate& college in Canada, for the use of the students thereof, books specially im- ported for the bona fide use of incorporated mechanics' institutes, public free libraries and university ann college libraries and 1 l'b • f v t dul or anized as- aw i ranee, o e e y y g . sociation or society, for the use of its mem- , ere, not more than two copies of each ' book, under regulations to be made by orders-in-Conneir and books, bound or b d h• h I ve been rinted and un oun , w lc la p manufactured more than twelve years free, Nets and seines are added to the itemeif fish-hooks and' twines, to be used in making . nets and seines FACI fishing lines not to include sporting tackle or hooks with flies or trolling spoons or threads or twines .ontrimonly used for sewing or manu- facturing purposes, free. Fire bricks, not to include stove linings, free. Hatters' furs, not on skins, hatters'. plush of silk, or cotton free Iron steel, or brass menu- , . , • factnees, which ot the time Of their impor. tation are .of a c1a,ss or kind not manufaen ured in Canada, when imported for use in - th t* i t f h' e construe ton or equ pmen o s ips or vessels, free. Flax or hemp is added. to the item of jute yarn, plain, dyed, or cidror• ed, when imported by the manufacturers of carpets, rugs, anti mats, and of jute web- bing or jute cloth, for use in their own factories, free. Green coffee is added to "tea, except as hereinbefore provided," free. Cyanide of potassium and nitrate of silver, free. • ELEOTRIOAL MEASURE. nir. Wood (Brockville) introduced a bill respecting units of electrical measure. The • bl' h d d f intention was to este is sten ar a 0 measurement now in use hy electric com- . • i • na, s The toil was in the line of login. - ill• ' k 1 ' lation that had already tar en p ace in . regard to weights and measures a,nd inspection of gas. It was claimed by the gas companies that there was no argument that made for inspection of gas that did • nk ' k for their eom et- novae i e manner ma e P . itors-ethe electric companies. The bill 4 lad received the corsideration of the best experts that, cculd be cousulted, and was thought by the Government to be a meas. are worthy of introduction, and of being put into practical operation. Mr. Gibson asked if it was the intention of the Government to employ the same iaspeotors as were used for the gas cram- pauies. Mr. Wood (Brookville)- Yes. It is not the intention of the Government to make a s ny new appointments. We believe our nresent inspectors and officers can, with - • • • 1 atruction do the necessary work Scnne ° s' • The bill Simi read e first time, sILECTRIOAX. INsPEOrioN. Mr, Wood (Brocknille) introduced a bill respecting the inspection of electric light - - ' - ts " • • ' which related. en trely to thie sapervision of oleo tric meters. • The bill was read a first time, ' ewa-s 7„,,The House went into Committee of y and Means. • . ' DEATEIER. Mr. Foster said that the proposed drep from from 20 per (mut. to 15 pet cent. in black leather was found to be too large, in 'View of the present competition from the United Stetee. He, therefore, asked the House to make it 17 1-2 per cent., which . would be a teduction of 2 1.2 per cent, as compared with the old tariff, Mr. Mistook Said that the duty on solo leather -Was•a burden smolt the poorer „i.„,,„ """""• • } th Mr, Forster seed t tat e duty on.2 000ta, per ponnd and lin per cent. oO that article had beers reduced to 15 per mit, and that was a considerable' reduction, He did not th'ink 't. add d t the et f ho s - le ' - ° ° e° 0 a e • . ,, . . The item was tweed, as amMaded. , PIIOSPRATE Robir, . VI 13 d Mr. Wallaee, Answering t, or en,„ ......___., . ..._ aid that., phosphate, rook would 0 MO 24 free eloog with ferttlieere. • . • - TOUT (MANGE% - . . toThreel.lawaoinf,olitoewlegltorfit.bine-844 ;Lass ,se. • nn . * t. a' ,,+anglos p 40 ,,„oer cent, and frest wooers. a, u. a:nilclitnt eonlif,4rmiepeulaypeQttwh,lreUirliti„,lte:7:InF,atrio::,.8brplaeoursutill Ponntleare asnd conieter Poinden, 4 0,0 114, Pines ,Pktre...SiYeariae$ glans poweier,,,arto nther -0)cl/ions's:in a Cents per potred i 'gain .g • .• • •• .• ' • . .. t ' " am In. MK, ano c.oaree resin %one, of en a Per 1(11) Pella" ; salt. in. bags' ba"e e' or Other packagea, bags, barrels, or -packages t° hear th° same "V as if in1P"ted eznPtY, 1•'') 1 ° 7 -meets per 00 p ends. , ' . Treetop nosiniwos. , • ' s The hallowing bilis were reed a third -time •--- ' ' ' To'incorporate the Welland. ions'. and • • . Supply Canal.Qompany (fomented).- To incorporate tho -Ceriboo Bainivey Company. ' ' - • To °online ae ,agreement betwoeo the . .. Ottawa City Passenger 'Railway Conapany and the Ottawa, Electric: Street Railway Cempany, For the relief, of Careline Jane DownsY. To inoorporate the alliarree of the Re - formed Bel:mist Church of Canada and the several churches. connected therewith. • To incorporate the Ottawa Electric Light Company. • Respecting the.Chaudiere Electric Light and Power Company. Respecting the Dominion Burglary Guar- i (L" d antee nompany . imtte ), - The House went into Committee of Ways and Means. Tomes. . , Mr. Henderson took exteption to the duty of 30 per .cent on yarns, woollen tor worsted, n. e, s. The old tariff ' was )0 cents per pound and 20 °per cent, This was the most remarnable drop of the whole • tariff. He hoped there would be some c ange in is. ... e a y s ou e cen s h ' th• Th d t h Id b 5' t . per pound and 20 per cent. Mr Foster said e cent s e a 30 p r . e med ' reasonable protection. The item was carried ' TARRIFF CrrANGES. .. The following items were made to read as follows : .-Manufactures corn osed wholly or in part of wool, worste , the hair of the alpaca goat, or other like ani- mals, viz., blenkets andlicsnnels of every description, cloths, doeskins, cassimeres, tweeds, coatings, overcoatings, and felt cloths, n.e.a., 5 cents per pound and 25 per cent. All fabrics composed wholly or in part of wools, worsted, the hair of the al aca oat or other like animal n cs P g f , . 1 • •/ 30 per cent. Clothing, -ready-made, and wearing apperel of every description, com osed wholl or in art of wool P , , Y P , worsted, hair of the alpaca goat or other like animal n o p 5 cents er ound and. , • • ei P P 30 per cent. Shuts, n.e.s., 35 per cent. Window shades, in piece or cut and hem- med, 35 per cent., but not less than 5 cents per square yard. Socks and stockings, of all kinds, n.e.s., 10 cents per dozen pair and 35 per cent Tivo•ply and, three-ply ingrain carpets, of which the warp is corn- posed wholl of cotton or other material Y ' '' f ' than wool, worsted, hair o the alpaca goat or other like animal, 3 cents 13er square yard, and 25 per cent Treble ingrain three-ply and- two•ply oarpets, composed wholly of wool, 5 cents per equare yard and 25 per cent. Enamelled floor, stair, shelf, and table oilcloth, cork matting or carpet, and linoleum, ,O0 per cent , but _ I h 4 t . not ens t an cen s per square yard. Knitted goods of every desoriptione in- eluding knitted underwear, n• e• a.e. 35 per cent. Oiled silks and cloth, lndia rubber, blocked or coated with rubber, 27 1 2 nso.p., - per cent. Hogsheads are made free in the item of molasses. Co- coa butter, for confectioners' use, ill add- ed to the item of cocoa paste and oho- colate paste, 4 cents per pound. Slate, roofing slate, not to exceed 75 cents per square, for black or blue slate, and 90 cents inn colored slate, when split or dressed only, and school or writing slates, 30 per cent. Railway spikes are included in the item of cut nails, and spik es of iron or steel 3.4 cents per pound. Steel' rails, weighing not less than 45 pounds perlineal yard, for use inrailwa Y t ks f b t thi h 11 t rac ree, u s s a no extend to • l , _ . s _ rai ways tor protein purposes, nor extend to rails not intended to be used in common carrying of goods or passengers, nor shall it extend to rails to be used in street railways or tramways. Iron or steel railway cars, or rails in any form, punched or not punch - ed, them., which term for the purpose of this item shall include all kinds of rails, street rails, and tramways, even though the same are used for private purposes only, and although I hey are not used or intended be in c nnection with the business to used o. of common carrying of goods or passengers, 30 per cent per ton. . _.... .. ..,.. .1 . , . . INTERNATIONAL' LESS . .- ,.' eeddd. - . -4111te lairotover • I t etil. j4d,edoe' la oxiictin,e4ttt col .1..0 d, 7A, nde: Int hme deLdoi rald,yoe ,peati :Aaron in. the land of Egypt command of the Lord to' P', Moses stod Aaron to let Ids . . ' i . from -Pharaoh the replY. L"d ; neitlier will 1 let La 2), Coriseenently ple,goe a dant n1041 rbarad'h and lln chance bo inlont leans whi obey gia carnmarol to let It born, go anclthus es°°'Pe- th' dratborn (Ess. ie's 22, 23), hut -"' "' '1 . aod rue one. poigue mon had to come before •tsrael - • . .. 2'. "Yille ' month sallO1,1 *1] beginning of mon Its It al . . t ... , Month of the year to yen aeventh month of their- chit henceforth to be the first mi to them. It was the beg national existence and Was d • bl d Th re emption by oo . e any ainner-he has not bog: he kias been redeemed by tho L b J h 2) of the aan (I, , . o n v 1 , 3. " In the tenth day of 1 anal' take to• them. every in cording to the house of t o , lamb for an house, At se demi are hero. That•each c t take a lamb teacinee u mins . . .„„. for htmself must recetve Linz for a house teachea the Lor saving households. Think o Lydia, thejailer and their hi vii, 1; Joshua ii, 18; Acta so 4. "And if the houaehold, t him and Ids i the lamb, le 1 unto his 11011Se take it set number of the spuds." The! ence to the possibil ity of the small for alnousehold. 5 "Your lamb shall be . ish, a male of the firSt year. it out from the sheep or fr See also the burnt offering, sin and erespase offerings (Li iv, 3 ; v, 15) -every offeri without blemish. lt was n of the offerer's fitness, for he but if the offering was fit or fah it was accepted for hi See the antitype and applic i, 19, 19, and see our accepts 6, 7. 6. And ye Shell keep it uE teenth day of the same n whole assembly of the ei Israel obeli kill it in the ev H. m. says, each house war pression of the whole am virtually there waa only oni one macrifice. The lam b b days makes us think of C foreordained before the fou world g Pet. 1, 20) and was four days -that is, 4,000 yew -before he was slain for us. 7, "And they shall take oi strike it on the two side pm upper doorpost of the house shall eat it." On either aide but none underfoot, for the be trampled on. The fidst thing isi to be under the shalt then being safe by the food the Lamb, as Jesus said, " 1 Me, even he shall live by Me Th bl d eaks of safet e oo ap s YO Lamb is suggeative of life an 8. "And they shall eat tl night, roast with fire, and= and with bitter bruise they The fire and the bitter her tive of His sufferings for us us of our privilege of sufferi as in Phil. i, 29, "Unto you in the behalf of Christ not • on Him, but also to suffer I See also John xvi, 33; Col. 12,13, * 9. "Eat not of it raw, ns enth water, but roast with with his legs and with the pi de, The fierce wrath on could only be illustrated 13; lxxxviii, 7, 16). We are ap of this wrath of God, but. ver lain and clear apes are y p Gethsemane and C'alvary an endured to save us from the See I These. i, 10 . John iii, 9-11. Head and l'egs speak thought and outward life, e Him was perfect. • 10. "And ye shall lee ec main until the morning, a remaineth of it till the mi burn with fire." Compare 18. The lesson zee= to be - • • ship is inseparably linked t flee: There can be no Bagel communion apart from the Lamb. 11. " And thus shall ye girded lions the shod fete hand, all indleated a readie departure. They were rede A eu, expectant, going home. lions are, "Gird up the loin b b and. hope to the enc e so er that is to be brought un revelation of Jesus Christ." P2. " For I will pass thr of Egypt this night and wil firstborne in tho land. of Eg; and beast." The lime of Ii tion and of judgmeet upon la come. It is coming to 1 a degree than ever and sha the d liveranee from Egypt e t ' d It shall not cornea o min . of the Lord's vengeance as f the emit recompenses oe (Isa xxxiv, 8•11xin, 4, and t ' - i•e '5 is 14, 15, xx is • ) 13 " Arid the blood shal • a token upon the helmet; whs when I see the blood, I will and the pl sh 11 not b. ague , a, destroy you when I smiti Emmet " The blood being s - - ' - led upon the door, the firs' such house was safe, and Neatly safe, regardless of t the =edit, " 14, "And this day snail for a memorial, and ye shall to the Lord throughout you It was the Lord's passover I Him (verso 27), but it (Inger Jews passover, with the . John xi ,5n), Let us take .Lord's Imola et. • 'Whieli is our eee te ' , . orn a mere num with "" e .1 ' • en His return. (1 Con xi . . . a es.Rede,onegin oer owe ). ,04.1,1i0ORNIn., ' .---e,--,-.• as „„ um ,se„„,s elm °I' '''" ''' 7"- --''''''''..-- aY-7114N .$0.11004,at Lita,!‘ oltvitil the nunieet en an Ilecedrene. ' ' . , eds.', eds,y 20 .-611 me lica,y enee ee win . ijir,- n„ m„,,,' ----- "*- H'''''''' 7.: '.7'.. J. -theswOrld journey l'laYS . , ,, 1 , sing halted hero, preached audience ee die medest of ii, ,, Th t b h. . n ees. e ex o osen . . : 4, 19: "Then David and . were with him lifted up ,until they' hed. no more • * *• * • • David pecovered , s excitement in the village 1 and •his .men'are bidding r famillen end ,are off for it little village of Ziklag nee will be safe until the with viotory come home. . • ' . •• . noelese ones be mete ? The' ehilren are around the - e d • ' s t'l th mze warrior un 1 . ey free and start, and hand- se sire waved' and kisses d ' h b d arme men yams eyon ,,,,,„ I. and his :mod seen t • • 5... seer cam . palms, and start tery night on their way does the soldier put hie tpsack than in hM dream 1 - f b. .f d i conie o is 671 e an , child. oh what Atm,. ' 5 have to tell their families -1 1ged • the battle-axe !and thei 1 d h r s eeve, . au a ow 'wenn& With _glad, ay mare on, aye h D • i fot they are Marehin 4 :y come up to tine last .,ks Ziklag, and they' ex. to see the datelline n1 nes - t a— nes. They look, and as leek turtle pale and their ' their hands involuntarily -- ' the hilt of the- sword. s ? Where are Our. homes' tl e (flirting' smoke b i .a ove le tragedy. The Amale- down and consumed the ed the . mothers and the ildren of David °and his The a v us , y. s N ar y warriors moments transfixed with lend eyes glence at each burst into uncontrollable when a strong warrior a appalling.' It seems' as ght tear hi t • ' . nt o pieces. il they had no more power sie their sorrow turns into swinging his sword 'high tnPursue, for thou shalt and without fall recover ' iarch becomes a " double andred of David's mein eBeson.fitint with fatigue cannot o a step i th g ar er. ere. But the other four er Davide with . a sort of iroh on in sorrow and in by the. aide of tide road a • • ian and they resus • ' el. ootnpel him - to tell the - le says.: " Yonder they ors and the captives, , . direction.. Forward, ye • v'e ' - ° n men of'ffin I Very s" o saged compenty come upon host 1 Yonder they see ,nd children -and mothers ' ekitish guard. Here are Amalekitish army hold- - ie cups are full, the music ems begins. Tim Amale- and cheer tend cheer over ut, without note or bugle mpet, David andhis four st upon ne. am the sce D 'd. up, and one glance at n captivity under Amato- - P7S them irsto a very. flow - ; for you know how men ley fight for their wives l :there are lightnings in ary fleger is a spear, and the shout of the whirl- ie upset tankards and the hed underfootOthe wound, ie -their hlood mingling -shrieking for mercy. No and his men win tho vie- tow their svvords down a t d th • a o ey want with 1 the broken families came L great shoot of joy that g seems in Ziklag Seem panson. . e emn ' The rough to use seine persuasion his. child to come to him san absences but soon . the oes the familiar wrinkle ed face. And then the ire set up and they' ' - are :at 'wine, from ,the hills, SI men, the husbands, the rs, the sisters drink to the ( Amalekites_ and to the iklam. So 0 L d 1 , or , et wish ! . . coming horne, David and r families --a long proees- 1 and children loaded sinth 1 e, and with all kinds „of a Amalekites had • gathered .qaest-everything now on A and his men W . . hers they >k inkier the . e , niece wh ro iick end incompetent to and the robes and all kinds "%tided a !meg the sick.as well.- Stirel h 1 . ,Y t'..e -annealed m have some of the treas. , , . . . ., robe tor .a pale-taded War. illovr for . this . dyieg man. "of gold for this wasted . , 1 tht • . . 1 y . nk that these men ie brook Beeor may haye ae those inen wha . veerit . . Some ineandellows object- . 3. having any of the Spoils. is . "Theee Men did not th a maenaninicom heart, . I part is t at ..goeth down hall Ins part be that tan '''' ' , , ' , PracticailY euggeetive to i these titnee.o, Man can go and' be gone Weeks ant ' ' l e back .and See hishouse laiaty, 'and Intim his fain- et hi ' : gro tri, if )i3,? telegram 3 ntontant Of his oPuling.. tS•lokitisti disaiters; there , . ,. &sealing that sometimes 11 ene'a itonie, making as aa tli° dondlnlion Ziking tering. rain" Mote in tee it cruiebled the statutes, ardent the es -studio ; but joy and merriment -that An Audaeious Rascal.. About two Weeks ago, late at night, after all the occupants of a house in Westbourne perk, London, had retired res rest, the head of the family was disturbed by the d 1 • b II ringing of the front oor e ectric e Cautiously opening the portal, he was sur- - pnaed to see a dapper -looking stranger, who, making mysterious signs, and hur- riedly impressing on the half-clad listener the necessity for silence, explained that burglars were on the premises and that he was a detective, charged with the duty of • h T ffi f th 1 arresting t em. yea o cers o e aw, he added, were watching the other side, and every atep had been taken to entrap the intruders. Acting upon further instruations the ' . startled householder took the midnight visitor up to the dressing -room, on the table of which was his wife's jewel case. " Hush," whispered the stranger, I “ - hear sounds. Take the whistle and blow it at the back of the house, while I conceal myself here, They cannot possibly es. cape " „- ' kl b ' tl t •fi d t Mee y o eying, le ern e man ran 6 - threw o en the window and the lauding, p . , made stupendous efforts to extract a sound front the vvhistle, which, however, remain• e _ , lt • d ' d silent as a mute. woo a ummy. 'Hurrying back to the room, he found it deterted, aticethe jewel box gone. Then . • d h' thth lidb d d it (Moyne on im a e a een upe . - A PrImitive People. The people of Aran on the west octet of • Ireland vrhere there is much distress at resent, aro exceptiottielly honest, straight. Forward, and upright in their dealings, and illegitimecy is almost unknown, Most of the weddings occur just before Lent, There ia no courtehip, the young Irian goin.g straight to the house of an eligible girl, end ., asking her to merry hen, If reftmed, he h ' d ' h b • k • ' goes else* ere, an o man as een twein to ask three girls the seme evening before he was accepted. A corpse is alWays led through the bank door, foe the Aranitee be- eve Irt ell es, a a Mae, and g losts,, 11 '. f ' •i h ii li 1 ' -------.."--d- esQueen Viatotians Indian al shi Mohcl, Abele.' Itarin, lea and not .N Hindu, Moham believe in marrying girls of age. Their religion forbids an urt or, t ett ig y is d f • h• h h' hl d' Hindu. 'custom of doing so. keeps bis oWn eook istidservl it is to kill for Oita whole of i ' , Ma'a tes househ e.ns ni. het „ 3 a - ' " I'm afraid thee° IN something, Wrong With baby ; he 'sleeps so mob." " Don't worry. dear, he may grow up to he a great nolieernan," .' lalkt g).;' Vette. nose ens P unto Motets end saying," Th.e4 araoth through ael go received I know not *0 ael go" (EL 11, tor plague was people, if per. Jehovah was, reel, Ills first.. loss of gyp.t'sk all was ie vaans '' (EX, xi, 1) could go free. unto you the all be the drat. ." 'wag the year whish waS nth of the yeait inning of theig associated with O is no life to n to live until precious' blood his month they an a lamb, ac- eir fathers, a est two suggero ne ler himself that each ono ist, and a lamb 'a pleasure in f Neah, Rehab, useholds (Geo. i, 15,34). be too little for eighbors next ording to' the e was no refer - lamb being too without blew'. Ye shall take om the goats." peace offering, v. i, 3 ; 1 a ng had to be ever a question was never fit, without blern- (Lev. id 4). tion in I Pet. nee in Eph, until the four- onth, and the ngregation of ening," As C. the local ex- mbly, so that assembly and Mg kept four twist, who was ndation of the therefore kept a (IIPet. ili,8) the blood and to- and on the s wherein they and overhead, blood must, not and principal er of the blood; we are to eat e that eateth ' (John vi, 57). and eatinfi the d f ellowshlp. e flesh in that leatrened bread shall eat it." bs are sugges- and speak to ng with klim, it is given in nly to believe or His sane." •, 24; I Pet. iv, r sodden at all fire, his heed rtenance there- -account of sin the fire (Pa. to make light the Scriptures it. Coneider d fee what He wrath to come. 36 ; Rev xiv, to us of inward 11 of which in thing of it re- d that which ming 'ye shall chapter xxiii, that all fellow- ith the aeon - y nor life nor blood of the eat it." The , the staff in ass for instant erned, separat- Our instruct - of your mind, , for the grains o you at the ough the land smite all the pt both man teens redemps her eppressors min in greater 1 so far exceed hat the former will be the day d the year of °matey of Zion ea also Jer, xvi I be to you for re ye are, and ass over you, upon. you to the hied of hed and sprink. horn in every • suoli viern heir feelings in be unto you keep it a feast ✓ generatione." o be kept unto °rated into the ' ord left out. med. lest the passover feast, • longieg for cretary, Mime Mobanneedste, =does do urn eleven yearn of the practice,' approve .of the The Mutoilli tat, whose duty . he Mohatninedl.