J Centenary of D'Arcy McGee's Birthday to be Observed. What He Visioned as the Result of United Canada. His Message of Good-will. An Irishman and a great Cana- dian was Thomas D'Arcy McGee. A martyr of Confederation, the bullet of the assassin was fired too late; its victim had lived to see the dear- est wish of his heart fulfilled in the consummation of the movement for a united Canada. His last public words expressed confidence in a greater Dominion to be. Born in County Louth, Ireland, April 13, 1825, slain on April 7, 1868, he was buried in Montreal on April 13 in the latter year. The forty odd years of his life were crowded with adventure, travel, romance, political experiences and literary work. Only eleven of them were lived as a citizen of the Dom- inion, but they were full and fruit- ful. He gave of his genius and his strength to the utmost to this new country for which he developed a passionate attaghment. Plans are under way to commem- orate in Ottawa on April 13 next, the one hundredth anniversary of bis birth. In their inception, while international in scope, they were to be especially arranged for disting- uished Irishmen and people of Irish descent in Canada and abroad, and those sympathetic with Ireland and its people. The plans are expanding. McGee, with all that Ireland and his fellow countrymen meant to him, will be remembered for what he did for Canada--and not for the role he filled in the land of his birth or in the United States. Few think of the Fathers of Confederation as of Scottish, Irish, English or French ancestry. As Canadians they laid the foundations of this unit of Em- pire, in trust and hope. Courage and faith were the elements they used to cement them. McGee was no exception. Canadians whatever the stock that produced them, hon- or him as one of the originals of the nation builders. There is food for reflection in the prospective ceremonies. Canada has gone a long way since the Act of Union became effective in 1867. Its people are busily engaged in the mn . important tasks of the present and great plans for the future. But there is a growing realization that the try has a history as color- ful as /that of many others which celebrate their natal days with al- most universal pageant and display. Here, along with the renewed academic interest in matters that pertain to our past, we are in dan- ger of forgetting Dominion Day ex- cept as a holiday devoted entirely to sports and recreation. In some sections there is still a recognition of the more meaningful side of the day, and it is given a place on the program with the lighter events. There is no reason why a happy combination of patriotic exercises and sports should not be carried out on a wide scale. Apart from the fragmentary attention they must pay to it in their history course, a great body of young Cana- dians is growing up with no other thought of July 1 than that it is a general holiday. That is neither fair to them as individuals, nor to the community or the country as a whole. . His Prophetic Vision McGee would not have had it so; nor would any other of the seers among the Fathers of Confeder- ation. Like him their outlook was prescribed, in a sense, by what was then known of the country in which they lived. Today, with all fits amazing facilities of travel and communication by air, land and water routes, there are thousands who have little knowledge of Can- ada except that part in which they stand or move. The men of the sixties saw much in imagination at any rate: all credit to them. Mec- Gee saw more than a number of others, for he travelled a good deal in Canada and abroad. And be- cause he was blessed with more imdgination than most people, he was able to draw in his musical, persuasive voice this word picture: "1 see in the not remote distance one great nationality, bound like the shield of Achilles, by the blue CROSS-WORD PUZZLE | 38. 39. 40. 46. 48. 50. 51. 53. 54. 56. 67. 59. 60. 61. 62. 64. 686. 69. 71. 72. rim of ocean. to many communities, each dispos- ing of its internal affairs, but all bound 'together by free institutions, |™ free Intercourse and free commerce. I see within the round of that shield the peaks of the western mountains and the crests of the eastern waves, the winding Assiniboine; the five- fold lakes, the St. Lawrence, the Ot- tawa, the Saguenay, the !St. John and the Basin of the Minas. By all these flowing waters, in the valleys they fertilize, in all the cities they visit in their courses, I see a gen- eration of industrious, contentéd, moral men, free in name and in fact--men capable of maintaining in peace and in war a constitution worthy of such a country." He pictured also "a great new northern nation," a "United British America." And in another refer- ence to Confederation he said that one of its motives "is that it will strengthen rather than weaken the connection with the Empire, so es- sential to these rising provinces." Wonderful pictures these to be drawn by a man who 'had taken part in the Irish uprisi of 1848, and later as a journalist in the United States, had made an instan- taneous hit with certain elements by his vitrolic speeches and writ- ings against Britain. His Early Years McGee's first acquaintance with this continent was as a youth of seventeen, when he went from Ire- land to Boston, Mass, A few days later says, M. O. Hammond ia a sketch of his life, his flery anti- --t Placed. Cry. Fresh. Plant baving no flower or seeds. Pains (verb). One who covers books. Talks. To withdraw. Weight 1-16 of a pound. Night. Sin. Weight of container (pl.), Hurry. Anger. Period of time. Gone by. Termination. Cooking vessel. Therefore, Neuter pronoun. Answer to Tuesday's Crossword STRETCH RETA ARE ASIA RE REEL 0} ANE CISD J ESTA LAN A For hi ED} [DIOIN! I see it quartered in-| British Fourth of July oration at- tracted notice and he secured em- ployment on a weekly Catholic paper of which he soon became edi: tor. When he was twenty years of age Daniel O'Connell called him back to Ireland to take the gditor- ship of the Freeman's Journal in Dublin. O'Connell was "too Con- servative for his ardent spirit, and he soon withdrew to join the Young Ireland party, where he became in- timate with Charles Gavan Duffy in the publication of the Dublin Na- tion, a journal which gave free play to his anti-British ideas." His part Thomas D'Arcy MeGee, poet, orator and seer, was a Father of Confederation in the "48 finally resulted in a flight which led him back to the United States, where for some years he fol. lowed journalism, and subsequently took to thee lecture tform. A gradual moderation of his views was noticeable from that time om, "and," says the blographer quoted, "he resolved to elevate the Irish people by teaching them to make the best of their fate instead of de- pending on schemes of revolution. By 1852 he was able to write to homas Francis Meagher, an old friend, of the change he had under- gone, showing that peace and good gn THE4WHIG'S ZOO will had become his motto. He re- moved his base to Buffalo, but busi- ness not being satisfactory, he yield- ed to an impulse and the request of friends in Canada, whom he had met on vacation tours, and settled in Montreal in 1857." In Canadian Public Life From that time forward McGea was all Canadian. * His abilities as a writer, poet and orator, his charm and wide experiences wbn many friends. He even studied law and was called to the bar in 1861, but practised little. There were viscis- situdes and troubles not™ few, but when he eventually joined up with John A., afterwards Sir John A. Macdonald, he entered a political partnership that ended only with his death. A lecture which he de- livered at St. John in 1863, had much to do with the entry of the Maritime provincel into the Union. Throukhout this time McGee lec- tured widely on the union of the Canadian provinces, dealing with it from a dozen angles, and empha- sizing commercial and defence bene- fits. He was obsessed in the opin- fon of many who had little of his|® intimate knowledge, by danger from the Fenians in particular, and from other foés in the United States de- claring in an address at Halifax in 1864: "Rest assured that if we re- main longer as fragments, we shall be lost; but let us be united and we shall' be as a rock which, un- moved itself, flings back the waves that may be dashed against it by the storm." The Fenian invasion of '65 and subsequent disturbances justified his utferances. The Tragic End If many patriotic and courageous peoplé in Canada took McGee to their hearts, the Menians on this continent and in Ireland never for- gave him. He condemned for his change in attitude toward Bri- tain and the Empire, and fuel was added to the flames of hate wh on a visit to Ireland in 1866 he dared to deliver at Wexford a mes- sage against separation from Bri- tain, In the latter country he leaded for better treatment for reland. There was a reaction in Montreal, where he represented a riding, to his Wexford speech, and his majority in the election of 1867 was greatly reduced. His very last speech during the session of Parlia- ment in 1868, had to do with the agitation in Nova Scotia for repeal! of the union. "We will compel! them to come in and accept the union," he concluded, "we will cofupel them by our fairness, our kindness, our love, to be one with; us, in this common and this great! national work." As he reached the door of his lodgings in the early hours of the! morning of April 7, 1868, a skulk ing assassin shot him through th head and he died instantly. His funeral took place in Montreal, April 13, 1868, his birthday. Sev eral arrests were made on the| charge of murder and one Thomas! Whalen, was convicted and executed' in the following year. Canada has had other immigrants whose attitude toward the country itself and the British Empire, was: like fhat which once possessed the, soul of D'Arcy McGee. In his cage! the reformation. was begun before! he became 3 Canadian, and the seed! was plantel by his own introspec- tion. The fruit Was a service to, Canada and the Empire, crammed | into a few years, that can never be) truly appraised. Nor, of course, could a value be placed on the services of Macdonald, Brown and others whose sacrifices and efforts were also made with the single ob- jective of creating and developing | nited Canada. | 8s Canada won the affections of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, s0 must it win the hearts of all who come to it, 1f it is to attain the ideals and inspirations of the Fathers of Con federation. They visioned it a free country: | freer still because it was part of! the British Empire. That is a com-| plex lesson that men from alien) lands do not readily grasp. ° > i cutters, $2.25 to $2.75; bulls, good 55.50 to $6, $3.60 to $4.50. Good $10.50 to $11; medium, $9 to $10; common, $8 to $9. Ewes, $6 to $7; medium $3.50 to §5; cannmers, $2; butcher common, veal, BUY ADVERTISED GOODS: Advertising Lowers The Prices $13 and downward; weight slaughter $13.25; bulk pigs, $13 ly $13.75 to $13.90; packing sows, strong lighter weights downward to to $12.50. Sheep, desirable handyweights bid EAPARING men have known the house- Sia of Cunard for hy -five yeers. Ever boty of the ol have om it Ting proudly on the Lk tes" DojesHye: the traffic -- ety Comfort, pleasure ellers' welfare. Sou 450 SAV When you to Burope, add to the advantage a as 3he pleasure and educational rip down the m ti dd historic St. Lawrence River by oa Cunard Canadian Route, lambs, "good, $18 to $14. Hogs, mixed lots of good weight and qudl- ity brought $13.50; poorer quality and lighter weight §12.75 to $13.25; selects for $14.25 and sows $11. $17.75; one load to yard traders, $18; good 78-pound clipped, $14.40: fat sheep steddy; bulk ewes, $9.85 to $10.50; feeding lambs, active, firm; bulk, $17 to $17.75. Buffalo." Buffalo, March 10.--Cattle, ship- ping steers, $8.50 to $80.85; butch. ors, $8 to $9.50; yearlings, $8.50 to $11.50; heifers, $4.50 to $9; fair to choice cows, $3.25 to $6.50; can- pers and cutters, $2.25 to $3.25: , $3.25 to $6.25; stockers and portly '$4 to $7.50; fresh cows and + * | springers, active and strong $35 to $110 per head. Calves, choice, $14 to $14.80; fair to good, $12.50 to. $13. Culls, $8 to $12; heavy, $6 to $8; grassers, $3 to $5: Hogs, heavy and mixed, $14.40 to $14.50; york, ers, $14.25 tb $14. 40; light work- ers, $13.50 to $14; =~ Ja 30: roughs, $12 to $12.25; 15. Fhoep and Los a $18; yearlings, $10 to $15; weth- canners and cutters, $2 to $2.35: ers, $11 to $12; ewes, $3 to $10.50; Bulls, butcher, good, $4.50 to mixed sheep, $10.50 to $11, $5.25; do, medium, $3 to $3.50; | do., common, $2.50 to §3; Feodiog | steers, $6.75 to $7.25; Feed- ers, fair, $5. to "$6: Stockers, good, $4.50 to $5; Calves, choirs. $13 to 50; do., medium, $6 to $8; do. grassers, $3.50 to $4; Lambs, 'The past 51 vertical is similar to Jerizontal. They mean the same t they're different. Now figure out! 1, Musical note. oH A float. Tub used to wash your body. You and IL Large bundle in a cloth covey. Egyptian goddess that brings fertility. To lubricate] To repulse. Caress. Move' quickly. Opposed to direct. Head covering. Beneath. Organ of hearing. Musical drama. Sights. Genus of fan pam. GENERAL TRADE. Montreal. Montreal, March 10.--Butter-- Creamery, solids, 35¢ per 1b.; prints, Bde per 1b.; cooking, 29¢ to 30¢ per Lard--20-1b. pail, 30... Eggs--Specials, 37c; extras, 40c; firsts, 37¢c. Dressed poultry--Milkfed_ chick- ens, 35c to 38¢ per 1Ib.; breilers, 38c to 43¢c; selected chickens, 28¢ to 32¢; turkey, 88c to 40c; ducks, 26c to 86¢; green .du 26¢c to 85¢; green . 30c to 38c per Ib.; geese, 21c to 26ec. Dressed bhogs--Fresh killed abat- tolr stock, 18¢ per 1b. Maple Syrup--Dark, $2 per gal- lon; small tin, $1.50 to $1.75; choice sugar, 16c to 18¢ per Ib. Flour--First -patents; $11.10 per Chicago, March 10.--Cattle, best | Dbl: Der 98-Ib. bag, 35.55; second matured steers, $11.50: handy. | P8leats, $10.60: strong bakers. Sights nq wind earn : Millteed--Bran in box car lots, Iy choice long yearlings, $12:50; re- re-| $30. 35; shorts, $32.25; Biddlinga, latively few steers to killers 18.38. Tbe to $16.80; do.. med. | 35-50; Dulk, $8.75 to $10.75; firm to $i0 er 30. fue . erades, $4 Shela $11 to $12: do. culls, $3 to rade off all classes sho-stock: bulls per ih due san, = $10; Buck Jambs, $13 to $13,507] SLrons: best bolognes, 35.15 fo Mis, $0¢ Sheep, choice, $7.50 to $8: do., $5.26; few $5.35 and better; heavy, $4.50 to $6.50; do., yearlings, $8 to $9; Hogs, fob, $12; do., off cars, §13; Select bacon, off cars, $2.47 premium per head. Monlrea. Montreal, - March 5 Cate butcher steers, he i food, $7.50 to 38; a Tor { PRODUCE MARKETS Horizontal. kd Remarked. w Valuable property. Jump. Certify. By mouth, Extraordinary, large man. Also. THE ROBERT REFORD CO., LIMITED Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, St. Joba, N.5., Hatifas > LIVE STOCK PRICES. 30ei vinta, Toronto. Toronto, March: 10. -- Expert steers, choice, $7.76 to $8.60: do.. fair, $7.26 to $7.50; do., bulls. $1.76 to $5.25; Store, $6.75 to $7.25; Heifers, export, $6.75 to $7.25; Butchers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do., medium, $6.50 to $7; , common, $5.25 to $5.75; Cows, t. choice, $4.75 to $5. 50; do., Queerer. Everyone. Longed. Before. Metal used for pans. Precipitous. ' Artifice. + Collection of tents. 'Large white gs. tips of 2a and wings black. 3.1416. rie, RUBBERS _ I feland. - When you leave off your Galoshes you will require Rubbers to keep your feet dry. We can fit you, as we carry all the different shapes. Hay--Quebec, 314 to 315; No. 3 few $12.50; demand nar. to. Montreal. row, mostly $13 to $13.50; broad 3 mand for meagre supply stockers and feeders at strong to 15¢ higher: bulk, $7 to 8; Weighty kind, $8. 25 to Jia. : pds) common $5.75 to.$4 $1425 on best good $6.5 med- | Fa 100, an $5.85 to $6.25, pide $4 dower: : ase; butcher Sows, geod Fase. |