Did St. Patrick Ever Exist

"Who was Si. PfttriokP"is the appo site question wlnch Moneare D. Oonway sets out to answor in thé North American Keview. -'Did he ever exist?" This, it seems, cannot be determined vvith anytbiDg like oerfcalaly; bo appears even move mythieal than the generality of patrón saiuN. The inost ancien u record of Jiim dates back to the j-ear 698, and it s old enougb In deserve n. fair nieasure of credit, tratit, likB most other records concernnig hini learee considerable tloubt ib to bis oririn, and :it bast k'a"s the questiuD ¦)! his individuahtv unanswere4. Probably Pal 1 ad i us, the first Christiau luiisiou ary to Ireland, who was a friend of Ge.i"manicus aud m& styled l'.i'ii in the Horaan Martyrolov, TM iilcntified with the patrón saint of Ireland. One of the strongest reasotu fot supposing su is the faet that no couteiuporary eccle.siastical writer mentfona a Patrick, while nearly all speak of Palhuhis. The most remarkablé instance of süence upoo the subject is tiiat of Bede, who mentions the missions of Pal'adius, Noman am! Columba, but says not a word of Patrick It was discovered tlio other moruing that the residonce of William Uutton, of Adrián, ex-president of the Lenawee county mvhuga bank. !iad been enteri'd by burglars in the night. the d.ors being open, clothing seattered bere and there and the safe door ajar. A little cash and a gold watch won: tuki'n from Mr. Uutton a pockets and from his safe were alistrat -il teal e I ¦' mortgagei amounting to probably goyernme.nt bonds aggregating i?. bonds of Monro !,0Ó0,and bonds fu 81,600 of the vrllage ; Sher(!an. Montcalm countv. Lietitenant TanncT, of the Government fishing steamer Albatrots, has discovered four new species of fish at a depth of 2,300 fathonts, am) tliev are nou' in the hauils of euuimission experts