Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-23

are the Public Gardens. the most cul- 1 tivnted spot nj Canada. and said 10 be its most beautiful garden. An area l of 70 acres Is thus given up for pur pose of pleasure right In the heart of the city. When the land was origin ally taken up for park purposes it lay on The outskirts of the town. and was hunting field. II Is laid out In formal n-'!>, .. hand stand and precise walks.
 Other Noted Buildings 1 The Provincial Building. the Govern ion Building and the new Customs House were among the ed!hces of which the natives of Halifax boasted. other buildings of prominence are the Dalhousie College Provincial Museum. Academy of Music '. M c. A Build Ing. odd Fellows Temple and the three principal hotels. Halifax. Prince George and Queens
 | Among the famous edifices Of the city is ,he St. Paul's Episcopal Church. said 70 be th" oldest Protestant church built 10 North America. l. was con structed IL Boston in l7jO. year after the town was founded. and carried in schooners 70 Halifax. where the parts were put together. The story is told that when Cornwalli= wrote the Earl of fial.'aJ he wanted 10 build 6 church the earl replied by sending to Canada the architect who built St. Peters In London
 Si Matthew's Presbyterian Church. which was built during the late years of the eighteenth century, was de stroyed by fire !n 1S57. only to be re- built
 | One ot the most beautiful buildings in the city "a the St Mary's Catholic Cathedral With q tall white spirs extending upward. Il Is visible for miles
 Religion Of all denominations seems 10 thrive in Nnya Scotia. for in re- c"at census of religions only si3 per sons were listed aS belonging 10 no sect At present there are l2a. .Gpu Ro- man Catholics. I0foc0 Presbytcrians S3.Oon Baptist-. G,j. .O1o An.licans. 57 0OO MethodIsts and few thousand spread | through the Adyeutists. Disciples and 1 Jews. Of the latter there were 437. Eighty years ago, when the province was small and practically uninhabited. the rresbyterianS were the largest body although there was q fourish.ng colony nf Roman Catholics at Cape Breton. The Baptists then were an in considerable body of poor peasants with badly educated teachers and preachers. Today the Baptists stand third in the list of denominations.
 One of Worlds Best harbors.
 Halifax has one of the finest har- bors In the world and Is the cl!ef Canadian gateway for exports. It Is the capital of Nova Scotia, with n population of COCO. The city is three miles long and mile wide; is built on inc eastern slope of small benin sula
 It Is a garrison city md has eleven forts and batteries. including the Cita- del once one of the strongest fort!fica- tions in America.
 ''The harbor Is open all year. Its
 
 In circumference. in which the collI- sion and explosion occurred. have seen as many as l4o ocean vessels Tn the basin at once
 Vast new wharves and railway ter minals are being constructed by the government at cost of s30OOO00. but these are near the tip of the benin sula at the south. and evidently were not harmed.
 Halifax Is Gl6 miles nearer Liver. pool than is New York for trans-Atlan- tic liners. IL Is GJO miles from New York
 Pounded By CornwaIIis In 174s.
 Colonel Edward Cornwallis left Britain in lT49 and founded the city. The French armada gathered there in 1751 bent on demolishing Louisburg. only 10 meet disaster through storm and plague. Howe went to Halifax with his men after they were defeated at Boston. Great numbers of royalists from New York found refuge there in the revolution. Halifax was the chief British base of supplies.
 "One hundred and six wsrships made harbor there In 1912. The expedition that burnt Washington started from Halifax. And it was there the shan non sailed with her prize, the Chesa- peake."