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that he was born. That hc lived and lived

a "strenuous" life is criilcnt. Keeping clear of the realm of spcvt-ulailon as to the nationality of St. Patrick it is interesting to follow Chambers us, in the Ilook of Days, he tracesthe footstcpsof St. Patrick almost from his cradle to the grave by the names of thc places called after him. Thus, he says, assuming the Scottish

origin. he was born at Kll-Patrick, (thc cell of Patrick,) in Dunbartonshire; he resided for some time at Dal-Patrick (the district of 1’utrlclr,) in Lanarkshire; and visited Crag-1"hadri|z (thc rock of Patrick.) ncurlnvcrness. llc i`nnndcd two church-

es, Kirk-1"ai»rick in llirkcurlllriglit, and Kirk~L’atrlcla in Dumfries; and ultimately sailed from Port-I'atx-lck, leaving behind him such an odour of sanctity that among the most distlmruisiieri lamilies of the Scottish aristocracy Patrick has been a favorite name rio\\'n`to the present day.

Arriving in England he preached at

Patter-dale, (Patriek’s vallev,) in \Vest- morcland; and founded the church of

Kirk-Patrick in Durham. _ Visiting Wales

hc walkorl over Sari;-badrig (causeway of Patrick); and departing for thc continent sailed from Dan~bar.irig (church of

yi’ is beyond thc power ci' hislorians

Patrick) in the Isle of Anglcsea. Under-I moyjustiy bo entitled the greatest Irlsh~ C

taklnghie mission to convert the Irisl\, he first landed at Innis Patrick (Island ot’ Patriclrl and next ut Holm-Patrick, on tl\e opposite. share of the mainland, in the County of1Jul.lir~. Sailing northwords he touched at the Isle of Man, called Innls- Patriek, whcrche founded anotherChurch of Kirl<~i’alrick, near the town of Peel. Again landing on thc const of Ireland in thc County of Down he converted and baptised the Chlcfialn Dichu on his own

threshing-iloci-,an cvrnt perpetuated in the word Saul-ie Sabbal-Patrick (barn of Patrick). He then proceeded to Temple~ Patrick in Antrlm;and from thence to a lofty mountain in Mayo, ever since called Groagh-Patrick. In East neath he found- ed the Abbey of Dornnaeh-Padraig (house of Patrick) and built a Ch_urch in Dublin on the spot where St. I-atrlck‘s Cathedral

now stands. In an Island of Lough Derg

tory; in Leinster, St. Patrlck`s Wood: ot Cashcl, St. Patrlck‘s Rock. There are scores of St.Putrlck’s wclls,fron\ which he drank, and he died at Saul, Maroh:l7, 493.

The St. Pntriclds Cross is the same

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in Donegal, there is St. Patrick's Purga-, mo

shape as St. Andrcw's Cross (X) only it is sig dlifcrentin color being red on u. white me

The writer is loth to let this anniversary ple

pass without bringing to notice one who re

man in modern history-Father Matthew. On this dayitls almost safe to say that more Irishmen will walk in procession

Father Matthew the great Apostle of

mlrere and friends. History tells us

appeal took hold of his heart. He became

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Wd" i-he banners °f Father M“i’i'h°“' wireless telegraph station recently estab- Temperancc Societies than in any other "shed at Cape Bea, in this pmvluce by “5s°°i“ti°"5- thc Dominion Government.

Temperance was born‘_Tlpperary, Ireland Prince Edward island, and bears an im' on ¢,he10|,h_ of gcmberv 1790’ There was portant relation to our winter transport~ sectarian bigotry about him; Pmwgfnngs ation service, asubject that should be of as well as Catholics were among his ad- UW ilfsl' l|nP°l`i-“D00 50 EVGTY Islillifief-

t-haifun earnest Quaker named William "rl-501° i-he DON *mil U10 G°V¢\`“m°“ii Martin, who looked up Father Matthew’ building °°mP\°i5l“B the 55“i'i°D “T9 dia.” of all others to iorward the temperance ii“¢l'lY i'° be seen- The Pi”i""`° d°°° 'mt' movement on one occasion addressed him CODVPY 9“°l\ ll 800d imlll'EBSi0l1 ‘lf WB as follows:-"Oh Theobuld Matthew lf;tllou Wie “S 0"” “cqulfes fmin ° °i°5° i“5W°` would but take the cause in hand." This i~l““ °f this “1Y5|5e"i°“5 Sl'1`“°t‘“”¢-

mugged thu; duty culled mm, he put tion ofthe pale and hcwit isoberated. The himself at the head cf the temperance 5l'i’l9i°“ °°““i"9 °f h°““\ 9“i'h°“5e5» °t°‘»

“mem ,md from tha ye" 19,33 to the near which stands the mast 180 feet above

day of ms death gn 1850 he was ,.¢K,,,.ded` the ground, and 22 inches ln diameter at as a devoted saint by Irish Catholics. the base- Il' °°”s|5i“5 Of l0W6l‘. £011, and ` --Here goes in the ,mme of (;°d»» mid the top gallant masts, all of which are stayed

good priest as be rose at the' first temper- to anchors set deep in the ground. believe l_t to be the only light on the Gulf

ance meeting over which he presided and The receiving wires, or arlel as they are ,°f si- “WND” °°°5lf kiwi' b“"1i“B in MCUALUS MAGAZINIB shilling io

ned his name to the Total _Abstinence called, simply consist of two wires' hwg Mll-t 9ll§.mi.\o out MWBI@gqmm,““¢vWmm1 "' "" " '"7"' " 'Mx dgo. This was in April. By the fol- from a gait’ at the gallant head to the °°‘“'“° °f "W "'i“¢°" "°“t°-A ’°'°i"i”l Nd lace. Recent improvements have mndsit,

lowing December l3l,000 had signed the insulator leading into the instrument “Zhu” m°i“i'°i”°d in “|19 be" °f °"d°*° bY cdltorialiy as welles typographically, A

dge and ina month more the number room. The transmitter is worked from me k°°P°"» L“l9h°" J°"d°"' rival bolts older contemporaries, while ached 200,000, mostly in the county of astorage battery which is charged by a Many seafaring mea of intelligence its own peculiar meritnare winning it a

ork. small dynamo driven by a il horse power have expressed the idca that from this larger clientele each month.

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something about the new Marconi

Thlsls the only Marconi station on

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for a few hours weekly sufllcient energy get the beet route of winter communi-

is stored in the battery. The message le cation except the tunnel.

sent by a large key,on pressing which the

current from the storage battery works a About one and a half miles from this

kerosene engine. By running this plant \ocation or Murray Harbor itself we- can

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lux the Mun-ey Harbor route.

large induction coil This in turn charges station ie the entrance of Mun-ay Harbor, a large condenser in connection with the op

scnuinl. spring and fall than any harbor on the

three or four weekl earlier and later

Durlng the sending of a message a Ieland.Thereis plenty roomfand water for

torrent of sparks pass between points, the

making acracklng noise similar to e ehallowtoallow them to paseovcr. The small arm volley. Messages may and difiicultleein the way arenot many and have been hoard from Halifax, Sable the advantages of this route certainly lsland,Antlcbeti',and St. John. N. B. , commend its consideration. This hnr~

winter boats, only the bar ie too

There are two methods of receiving: one bor to fifteen miles nearer Pictou than

by a register which records a message on Georgetown, shortening the winter a paper tape, the other by telephone. tourney by one-third. The expense Mr. Leary, and his assistant, Mr. Dunn, saved

of England, electrical engineers, are In towards making the port practicable.

charge of the station. The present mild W

winter has not admitted of the station subjectln this mild weather but the day displaying its usefulness to any great of our visitation is sure to come; so let us extant. glrd up our lolna and be ready to meet it.

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lluisalnlosi nlncty ycaxs old-\\Ill in

tlmL|a~>.l month, and ls still .\ splcmlai looking man, it llnc spcuuncn ol thc men of musllc who t|ans[u\|ued thu l nil. (four imc li tlafl p\o\ lnrc into a vain ol' cluncfl

la i is and rlustcimg faxln lmll<ling‘~1

'l‘u lhat with 'ill l".nquln\.|son is a

pl |v|lc;:u, and to l`l\c Guardian rcpwscn l|\i|vc,whohad an lntexvicu lx few days

shafts to the horses flanks and allowed to trail behind. At a safe distance from the

horsc‘s hccls crcsspicces were placed upon lhcsc poles and thc goods to bc conveyed loaded upon them.

This method of travel was general in

tnc early ycars of thc lnst century on this island. The St. I'cter's [toad was perhaps cnc of thc most important tlluroughlurcs, and it was iravcl'.sc|l by these contrlvanci-s

along this thoroughfare Mr. Farqullarson dcserlhcs as quiic an cxperlcncc, the`sci- tlcrs imuscs [cw and far between: only

overhead for miles, and hero travel was much more convenient than in other

and great decaying stumps mufli. the guiding oi' .\ slidc cara task fo fax brains and muscle. At other times a creek or

river would lu we to bc crossed, when per-

banks overllowcrl-the passage on such

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occllsiolxally were fellow passengers mct road mn around mm head of the “ver and “'m" Th” "CES in °°"t“l“ imris "wlicoixnocted with the I-‘lsquld Settlement on

thc opposite eldo.

On the farm at St. Andrews Mr. Far-

sections-whcn thc road turned in an<i‘quhm_s°n passed the yems of me youth out tl\rou_<;h niarslies, where rotten ings ,They were keen" m_rmers_then'he thmks'

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rhc clings to thc idea that thc old

times were the “good old times," and he recalls with delight the unlimited stores of firewood, thc abundant suppllce of

in the winter, when pork and beef was

occasions often rcsnltcd in damage io the in plenty and the “rm house was wen goods or passengers. A imrdsliip, thiei

D modc ol' travelling would hc thuuliilt. The men could work ¢|,e,,,he sny5_ mm

warmed and the kitchen well provided.

:wo thc occasion was one of plcasuic ills memory is wonderfully keen; the cvunis of his day arc remembered with n <li.~'tinutncss which .shown that ihc nor-

ratur was an active im-tor in thc scenes

ami incidents descrllmll.

Mr. Farqulmrson was born at Mermaid, ` Lot-lil. l-lls fatiicrand mother wcrc se-t~ Mp’ th” "M" “‘°“|'i be high "ml the fish and game, the wcli stocked larders tied down there nu a little farm in the

mlglst of_ the woods, when hc first appear_ cd on this \\'o,\-‘hi-'s stage. They must have been very curly, pioneers: ho does no know just \vhcn hip parents came to the

Island. \Vhcnquli.o a youth his family moved up thc East lilver to St. Andrcws-- thcjourimey was an arduous onc, most of the domcsticvgoode having tohc transport- ed by a "slide" car, through tho woods and over the marshes, upon a narrow trail which usually afforded only enough room for thc horse to walk upon. The

slide ear, it may be explained was con- -tructcdof two long poles attached like

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IVING in Cl|a|'lotteio\\'n, not far

away from The (iuardian Oilicc, is

a most mlcrcsting old gentleman,

hy nalno James lf`arqul\arsun whose

memory goes hack to the long long ago and who can recall with peculiar vivid- ncss s-,\'cnts oi n. pcrlud that has long been

nowadays, but Mr. Farquharson nays that tl\e mon of that time did not think

anything oi' it. Much goods were also

packed on horseback until proper cart roads were introduced. -

There were splendid trees in the woorls

then snid~Mr. i"ar1|uharson. Whcn you travelled the roads in summer you could scarcely eco the sky through the branches for many miles. Particularly was this

thc case near Mount Stewart, where the

his reminiscences run back to days- spent ln thc woods in winter-freezing bitter days with the mercury away below zero -when the mon of a settlement got to- gcthcr and lustlly swung their axes and brought the tall strong trees to the ground. And they ,loyed in their work. The season was not to them the winter ol discontent. "Ah" sold the old gentleman, dwelling on this particular experience,

"wa were men ln those times; we could

go out and do as much work on one of those cold days, as men can do now in

,two days. \Ve used to take out into the

woods with us for our lunch, thick slices of barley bread, with thickiir slices of fat pork placed between. The fatter the pork the bctter,for then it would not freeze.Wa

used to cat this and eat lots of it, for we were hearty fellows with appetites that would frighten you nowadays, and than wc‘d make the trees come down. We would stay in the woods from daylight

till dark, and there was no fear of fire-` wood running short during the following summer. We were all the batter for that kind of life-we never seemed to think it was hard; we were all healthy, strong

men and able for all the tanks which confronted us." Asked about the social conditions of lifc at that time hc said there was much

visiting-kaieelng, it was called-and, visits were relished because- they were ram. Strangers in the settlement were uruedai and the cause of excitement and curiosity. Religious services for those of

THE MARCH SCRIBNERJS is most

readable, the short fiction is most enter~ talnlnlz nnd'a most interesting alt/'untionin developed in Hopkinson Smith's splendid serial The Tides of Barnegat. Soribncr‘s is always enjoyable: it nevcrdfsxppoints the weary one who turns to it for re- freshment of the mind.

THE publication of the diary of E.

Love, giving the cruise of the Fanny has broughtto The Guardian nn excellent chart showing thc course followed by the ships. This was drawn by James Pope- one of the company, father of Percy Pope who kindly bmught it to our-notice; The ‘ next instalment of The Voyage of the Fanny will appear next Saturday.

- WE have been told that there were several people in thc province who possessed ,medals given by the good Flther Matthew in Ireland when administering the total abstinence pledge at his wonderful meetings. Daubtless ` many who came here from Ireland a, generation ago possessed than medals. We would be interested to hear from any ' readers on the suhiect.

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Mr. Forquharnons faith wore not often held-occasionally a Presbyterian clergy- men came that way and then all flocked mammm .na when mn- children baptized. But lo the good. Roman Cuthollmhllhop. MacEcchen'a1i clue!! were deeply attached. Rowenta among them lmpartially, comforting them in

“WERE -there`ever slaves on Prince

Edward Island?" queries a reader. Un- guutionahly, and an article cn~ this subJccl le in hand, to appear next Saturday.

CHIEF'among the eminently sane and interesting articles _which make the current American Review of Reviews especially notdhienre Bdnekeotrlctiohl on Imtnigrstion; _ The Oh`|ldren‘e Court; The Imperial Chinese- Special Miuiou; while the regular dcpu-tmnnia on the pmgues ofthe world,= cnwent events, and many other-_ topics more than over emphaeixe the fact that.thls magellan is practically Indinponeiblc for the man who desires to keep posted.

_ A CURIOUS FACT is called to mind by the article an this page relating to the Marconi Station at Cape Boer. ~ At Dope Clear ls the chlcfvstatlon lnltireet Britain for receiving and sending Mhrconlgrams. For the past two years. says a newspaper despatch there hae been received A message atornear the hour of midnight. which lu repeated In almost identical signals, night after night. The meellge resembles no known language sud than lnno knowledge whence lt comes. One word in particular has been" noticed from the frequency or ite repetition. Mamonl, it in alleged has stated. ht. belief thatllhnis trying to :Ipit this plAnet.WhM:h¢rthil'beco‘or hotrdo- cidedly alluring, lf just u t|1h0 uit-

thelrgriefa and raioiclng with them in

nanny, realm cl speculation le hue

their successes. . afforded for minds to think- over.

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