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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

now without getting down on his knees
and offering up that little prayer:
Nov I lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep:
And II l should die before / wake.
pray the Lord my soul to take
THAT simple little prayer has always
been father's-in childhood, in manhood
on the battlefield. everywhere-andn now
in his last days he finds comfort in re-
peating 1t before he seeks his bed For
about five years father has not slept at
night, but remains awake, singing, pray
ing, talking, walking from his bed to his
chair by the stove. and from the chair to
the safe or cupboard; he eats when he
feels like 1t, but never more than few
bites at time OF course l remain
awake so that can be on constant watch
to prevent any harm befallIn~ him. 1t
is generally about six o'clock before be
thinks it is time to go to bed and then
he says: Daughter, I am ready to go
to sleep After getting ready for bed he
kneels down and says his Now I lay
me down to sleep prayer. and getting in
bed he is soon fast aslep, seldom waking
up until along toward noon. find him
very little trouble, though | feel that
must be with him all the time"
Mr.. Cronk, with his two brothers. Cas-
per and John. and his father, james
Cronk, enlisted at Western, N. Y, on
August 4, 1914, when he was just little
more than IA years old. The father and
three sons served with Capt. Edmund
Fuller, New York volunteers. in the de.
Tense OF Sackett's Harbor, and at the
close OF the war the four were honorably
discharged. An error in the records of
the pension Office in Washington makes
il appear that Hiram Cronk served
from October 8 to November 16, 1914"
nearly two months less than the veteran
really served.
For a number Of years Mr. Cronk re-
ceived a pension Of $12 per month but
in February of last year congress passed
an act increasing the pension to $25 per
month
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
PENSIoNER OF 1872.
Last of His Kind on the Books of
the Pension Office.
Aged 1913 Years, Hiram siIas CronIx
sim Lives, and Every Night Re
peafs Little Prayer Learned
in Childhood.

On a small farm, cleared by himself
more than rs years ago, Hiram Silas
Cronk, the last pensioner Of the war Of
1912, is now living near Ava, N. ". at
tended by his daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Crowley, herself quite an aged lady, be-
ng more than so.
Mr.. Cronk was born on the 10Th day Of
April, 1900, at Frankfort, Herkimer
county, N. Y, and is now 103 years and
six months old. His health is moderate
" good and he does'n look to be sold
as ne Is. True, It is that the old soldiers
mind is growing weaker, and he takes
put little interest In present-day affairs,
but he remembers distinctly and wildly
he stirring times and scenes Of young
manhood. Unlike the average old sol
lier, however, Mr.. Cronk does not like
10 talk Of war times" save to his own
children, his youngest son now being
SO and the eldest ~.
my father has always been sweet
tempered and loving" said his daughter,
Mrs. Crowley, and now, in his very old
lays, we children can detect little or no
Inference in his loving consideration for
us and his feelings for everyone. He is
never out of humor and petulant, but is
even tempered all the time, and | am
sure will be ready when the Master calls
him. Throughout his life father has been
an industrious temperate and Christian
man, doing his full duty in every way
There is not one single dark stain on his
ong and useful life. With the sweet
childlike faith that was instilled into
him by pious mother when he knelt at
her knee in childhood, he never retires
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
MGR. MERRY DEL VAL.
Former Apostolic Delegate TO Canada
Appointed PapaI Secretary
of state.

The pope has appointed Mgr. Mer
ry del Val, the former apostolic dele
gate to Canada, to be papal secretary
of state The announcement of this
appointment was made In letter pre-
sented by the pope to Mgr. Merry del
Val. The nomination, however, will
not be made officially until the next
consistory, when the monsignor will
also be made cardinal. Mgr Merry
del Val has long engaged the conf
dence Of the pope, and It was made
known last August that he would be
the first cardinal created by Plus 4
He was also great fayorite with Leo
XIII. for whom he acted as private
secretary
Mgr. del Val is 81 years old and Ia a
descendant Of one Of SPANS noblest
families. His mother was an English
woman and he was born in England.
receiving his early education from the
Jesuit fathers in Stonyhurst college
His higher education was received in
the Academy of Mobiles in Rome He
was ordained to the priesthood soon
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

along the hillside; the snowy masses of
the 'schall-rose" are of conspicuous
brilliancy."
In this happy valley neither frost mol
heavy dews fall, nor do harsh winds nor
noisome airs annoy mankind Here we
could easily believe ourselves to be in
the land OF Hyperboreans or of the
Lotos Eaters, or in any of those delight.
full abodes which the fanciful Greeks i'm
agined
There is ample accommodation for Wis
itors in the Vale of Crotaoa. and il
seems superhuous to add that there are
enough excursions 10 occupy the time
of the energetic for many a long day
At the entrance to the valley is the
quaint old cathedral town of Laguna
and at the pretty town Of Icod de los
Vinos are very interesting Guanche re-
mains. A trip should also be made TO
Garachio, a seaport ruined by an ernp-
ton in 1906 And if you contemplate
rivaling Humboldt and ascending the
peak, you will begin the ascent at the
aged town of Realejo
Gran Canaria does not seem TO at
tract so many visitors as the other
island, though we are informed that
the climate is the more bracing of the
two; and the scenery partakes OF the
loneliness common to the group.
Las Palmas, the capital. is a handsome
and lively city, with no lack Of distrac-
tions, including golf links two miles
round. The roads are rather better
adapted for driving than in Tenerife.
and charming jaunts can be made to
San Mateo. Telde and Terror. The last
named is an enchanting spot AtCuesta
&c Silva are 800 caves formerly inhab-
tied by aborigines.
Few people find their way to Las
Palmas. the most strangely, wildly beau
fiful of these Isles, Of which it is the
most westerly. Here the influences Of
volcanic agency are very conspicuous.
and the huge crater Of Gran Caldera is
the sight of the island.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
A QUEER TRADE.
The Hot Pepper seller of Mexico-His
Hat as Costly as Rest of
His Wardrobe

The "hot-pepper" seller of Mexico is
merchant who derives his livelihood
from the fact that the Mexican must
have his peppers, whatever else he may
deny himself, says Everybody's Maya
zine. They are brought to his door by
the countryman, or he may go to the
market-place and find them spread out
for sale on mating. The markst-man,
while dressed inexpensively as far as
his bodily garb is concerned, wears in
nearly every instance an elaborate
head-covering. Some of these Mexicans
own hats that cost as much as the rest
of their wardrobe. The pride of the
white man in his Panama is not to be
compared to that of the Mexican in his
sombrero. 1t is a racial characteristic
which finds its counterpart in the apron
Of the Portuguese onion-seller Her oc-
cupation may be lowly, but her apron
might be that Of woman of higher
degree; plush edged with fur is not I'M
common
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
The CANARY ISLANDS
Quaint Little Possessions Of Spain
Lying Off the African Coast.
They Have Figured Prominently In
xhe History of the WorId-Con-
tain Many sights of Inter-
est 10 the Tourist.

The name of the Fortunate isles, be-
slowed By the ancients on the Canary
islands. was certainly well deserved.
Situated in the Atlantic ocean, rather
less than 80 degrees north Of the equa-
tor, these insular possessions OF Spain
enjoy a perpetual summer.
The islands are seven in number.
The principle being Gran Canaria, Tene-
rife aud La Palma Those who revel in
legendary lore may persuade themselves
that they are here in portion OF the lost
islanaof La Atlantis, and will remem-
Der thtt these are the isles of the Hes
perisieA where grew the golden apples
Of tst Grecian myths. There is still
COLDER fruit galore in these islands OF
the biiist," and of the monsters we are
freqES1ly reminded by the celebrated
dragon trees, one of which, destroyed
few years since, was several thousands
of ysars old, and was regarded with
generation by the Guanches or abo-
rhymes. or this race no living repre-
sentative exists. which the more to be
regre q as they seem to have been
most SIS gular people Up to the time of
the arrival of their Spanish conquerors
they lslYeved themselves to be the only
people ~ the world We still come up
Oh traces OF this extinct tribe in caves,
burial plaSes. and in remains preserved
at the II Palmas museum.
The Isle of Tenerife Is famous for its
lofty vsleanic peak. over 10000 feet
high, W. IN seems so overpowering and
stnpendcs as we wake one morning to
find II looming over our vessel, now
contemptlhly tiny in comparison. Com
siderable u actual height, the Peak of
Tenerife, Using as it does almost di-
rectly frorl the level of the sea, appears
much more commanding than even
loftier mountains in inland situations.
Santa Cruz, the port of Tenerife, IL
picturesque and typically Spanish town,
with narrow streets, affording glimpses
of pretty porticos or courtyards, where
fountains play and family parties listen
to the strains of the guitar. II has some
notable buildings and is place of much
activity and hustle. From 1t a road
leads into the delicious vale of Orotava,
a terrestrial paradise il ever there was
one. DR.. Ernest Hart, as quoted by Mr.
A. II. Moncrieff, thus describes walk
in this beautiful valley: THE roadside
CLOVIS with yellow. pink and damask
roses of magnificent size. growing wild
in bushes, and forming creepers which
line the rocky cuttings; the bougain-
yillea throws It's heavy sprays of purple
and pink; the vignonia its pink and
golden showers of blossoms; the light
sky-blue OF the plumbago peeps from its
creeping branches; tall geranium
bushes Of three shades form hedges
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

acknowledgements newspaper report
Tod Sloan, once the premier jockey Of
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
Potatoes for big city.

New York city consumes 100000
barrels of potatoes a year.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

Wnlcn speaks OF Jne
manner in which the ball shall be put in
play, the new rules distinctly state that
the ball must be touched by a center man
before it can go into play, otherwise 1t
must be returned to the referee and
thrown up second time On free throws
or fouls, 1t has been customary for
member Of the team which has the free
throw to stand underneath or at one side
of the basket, while his team-mate
throws the ball, hitting the rim Of the
basket and having the ball carom off
into the players hands underneath the
basket, and in many cases the player
has been successful in scoring goal in
this manner. in order to prevent such
tricks the rules for 1903 cover this point,
and the latter part of section IS, rule x,
says: The ball shall not be thrown to
another player; an honest attempt must
be made to cage it; II the ball is caromed
to another player and he succeeds in
throwing a goal 1t shall not be counted.
Whether the goal is made or missed the
ball shall be thrown up at the center.
The referee makes the decision on this
rule Beyond the above changes the
rules are practically the same as last
year. There are few minor changes,
but nothing that will cause a change in
the game in any way. George T. Hep
bron, secretary of the National Amateur
Athletic union basket ball committee,
is one of the committee which drew up
the new rules.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28


authorities ruled him off. Tod says he
will never return to America. as he is
too proud to suffer the humiliation he
knows would be his when his friends
knew that he was working for salary
of 81 900 per annum OF less, which
few years ago was hardly his cigarette
money. When In the full bloom of his
career as jockey the young Hoosier,
whose foster parents live at Kokomo.
rode across the country in special cars.
His two brothers. Cash and Fremont.
are in the United States. Cash rode for
a time in the east and also rode few
races at Chicago, but he got heavy and
could not keep down to weight and
finally quit for the season. Fremont
undertook to return to the saddle during
the spring meeting at Lakeside, but he
found he had lost his cunning and gave
It up. Tod is now about so years old,
while Cash is 80 and Fremont 35.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
Emphasizes Fact That Only the
Strongest and Physically Fit
should BE Allowed 10 Play.

So many accidents have been laid to
the game Of football and so many lads
have been crippled thereby that we sell
dom hear of the injuries and deaths
that might have been avoided. The
death of a young medical student of
Baltimore during a contest, but at
time when the ball was not in play,
says the New York Herald, affords a
striking instance of an easily prevent
lble accident.
The victim had been a sufferer from
heart disease for long time and yet
was allowed to take active part in the
game His condition should have
been, il 1t was not, known to his med
sal associates.
There is no account of his having
received any injury previous to the
time he was stricken with collapse,
No better proof of his unfitness for any
extra physical exertion can be given
than the suddenness of his death while
he was merely resting. The lesson OF
the sad story is emphatic and CON
vincing.
There is no game that requires more
careful and systematic training than
football and only the strongest are
capable of bearing the strain. If there
is any physical weakness in the can
didate it becomes quickly manifest as
he goes on with his exercises. and why
such incapacity could not have been
discovered in time to have saved the
unfortunate youth is difficult to mag
inc.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

A statistician has compiled a table Of
deaths resulting from sports. his in
formation being derived from life insu-
rance reports for three years, as follows:
Football, 43; horseback riding, 261;
baseball. ZIG; swimming, 81; wrestling,
30; bowling, II; hunting, 81; tennis, 10;
gymnasium, 81; canoeing. A; skating.
So; golf. Is; boxing, q. This includes
fatalities all over the world.
w. II Watkins has disposed Of his in
terest in the Indianapolis baseball club
to his partner. Charles Ruschaupt and
has purchased the interest of Edward
A. Johnson in the Minneapolis club. He
will go TO Minneapolis TO take charge
Of that club Mr.. Ruschaupt has an
nounced that negotiations were on be-
tween himself and Bill" Phillips, of the
Cincinnati National league team. by
which Phillips will manage the H.
dianapolis team. He said Phillips had
been signed as player.
At cycle meet at Dourdam, France.
the other day two new world records
were made, Dubray with a 100-horse
power machine, covered a klometer in
26 2-5 seconds. Lamberiack. with a
motorcycle, covered the same distance
in "a is seconds.
DR.. George o. Webster. an American
won the golf championship of Germany
from II. H. Dobbs, an Englishman, on
the twenty-first green. DR.. Webster
also won the handicap championship
Charles Mock, of the Century Road
Club Of America, has lowered the 100
mile record behind pace, covering the
distance In four hours and As seconds.
]. A. Pariser, of San Francisco, during
a recent trip TO Catalina and San Diego,
caught the record yellowtail for the sea-
son. He captured the fish off the San
Pedro breakwater. It's weight was A
pounds.
James Golden, the noted horse trainer,
ls dead at Medford. Mass, after brief
illness. Golden was well known
throughout the grand circuit. and has
been identified with the turf for nearly
go years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28
AUTHORS ODD EXPERIENCE.
Emerson Hpugh, who Wrote "The
Mississippi Bubble" Meets De-
scendant of Hero of His Books.

Emerson Hough, who, by his strik-
1.-THE Mississippi Bubble" has made
that picturesque gentleman alive for
all time, was surprised out of his usual
calm by the appearance at his office
door OF dignified and impressive
stranger who announced himself as
John Law. AS soon as Mr.. Hough real
lied that the vision before him was
corporal and not the cheating fancy
of his brain. he set out the easy chair
and babe tho welcome guest tell him
the story Of his life
John II. Law lives in Chicago and Is
the resident manager of a big insur-
ance company. He had read 1.-The
pay his respects to the man who had
given the world an honest picture OF his
great ancestor. Mr.. Hough learned that
the family on coming 20 this country
settled first in Georgia, that one of its
members was a brigadier general in
the confederate army, and that after
the war the Laws moved to Cincinnati
where one of the brothers still lives in
country place which ne calls Lauris-
ton after the ancestral home in Scot
land.
The author and the descendant rev.
eled in the family history for hours,
and when they paSted to meet at dinner
the next night Hough said he felt as
though he had shaken hands with the
hero Of his romance and had looked into
the face of the man who for one historic
moment had seen all Europe at his feet
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

two continents and
who made as high
as $50, 900 in one
year, is now really
working for a small
salary as chauffeur
for an automobile
concern in Paris.
1t is said that he
has lost his fortune
and does not now
make as much In
one month as he
used to make in a
1R- 49,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

There are no very great changes in the
basket ball rules for this year. Probably

the most important
is the extended
power that Is be-
slowed upon the
referee. Hitherto
he had practically
no authority to call
fouls, but the new
rules grant him
this privilege. They
also give the visit
ing team the right
to C b o o s e the
referee. In section
three OF rule K,
- - 80
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-28

after the appointment OF his father as
Spanish ambassador to the vatican,
and was almost Immediately made pri-
delegate to Canada ne settled the
troublesome school question there. He
has been acting as secretary of state
since the office was vacated by Car.
dinal Rampolia.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-05-20
Notice of Sale Under Foreclosure of Chattle
Mortgage.

r. II. HILL Mortgage vs. Gus Nelson, Mortga gor
Notice is hereby given that under and by vr-
tue OF an affidavit made on the 10Th day OF May
1903, by Il. ii. Hill, mortgagee, against Gus Mel
son, mortgagor, for the foreclosure CT a certain
mortgage dated May 9Th, 1908, wherein Gus Mel.
son IS mortgagor and r. II Hill is mortgagee.
IN which affidavit it is set forth and made to a D.
pear that there is due, owing and unpaid from
the mortgagor to the said mortgage under said
mortgage and promissory note secured thereby,
the sum OF one hundred and seyenty-hye and
dO-lOO dollars The same includes principal and
interest up to this date, with interest at the
rate OF one per cent per month from this date
with the further sum of twenty-five dollar. MS
attorneys fees ] will sell at public auction in
front OF the paint shop or Gus Nelson on First
street in the CITY OF Neiser. county OF Washing
ton, state of Idaho on Saturday the Both day OF
May, 1908, at o clock p. III. OF said day, to the
highest bidder for cash. the following described
personal property. viz:
The one story frame house situated on lot No
i've (5) in block No. Seventeen 10 in Waiting
tons addition to the city OF Werser. as will ap-
on ME in the records in the office of the recorder
OF Deeds and Mortgages in and for Washington
county, Idaho, together with all the fixtures in
said house, and being the same house now oc-
cupied by Edwards Il Nelson as a paint shop.
Also all the paint paint brushes ladders, and
all other painting tools and instruments now
owned by me. Also one blue gray horse about
10 hands high, years old, and branded on the
left shoulder with the braud '.JU" Also one
one horse paint wagon.
Or so much thereof as NAV be necessary to sat
Isfy the demand OF the mortgagee towit: The
sum OF one hundred and seventy-fve and 6O-IOO
.6O) dollars. and the further sum OF TWENTY
I'VE (S25 0O) dollars as attorneys fees and costs
of this foreclosure and sale.
Dated this the 10th day of May 1908
WILLOUGHY ADAMS. Sheriff
5EO, P. RHEA Il ED. r. COULTER,
fo-4t Attorneys for Plaintiff
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-05-20
) In THE THREE
! CORNERED LOT
BY HARRIET WHITNEY
Copyright, 1909, by the
s. S. Mcclure Company
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BIZ the

George, I've let him hev the oil
homestead farm bein he's the oldes
of the heap; Marthy Ann, she's got tn
blackjack holler strip; Columbus an
jimmy, they've got the two twenty acr
lots, an they're to take keer Of nj
long es | last, turn about"
Uncle Billy Bascom looked as lean
cheerful and alert as a grasshopper al
he sat on the top rail of the old fence.
AN l reckon Rusty never got e,
much as burdock patch"
Zeke Armstead looked hard at Uncle
Billy, who squirmed little.
Rusty got Jed Hooker That ought
to satisfied her, SEEM every kin per
son she he'd was sot ag'in him, an et
he left her wilder without so mucI
es the scrapin's of mush kittle she
had herself to thank. Howsomever
not to make 1t look too p'inted, I've
give her the three cornered lot yonder
at Buttermilk ridge"
Uncle Billy chuckled.
Zeke growled like an irritated mas
tiff.
THE three cornered lot-a little ole
scrap of ground in the tiff rock coun-
try, not big enough fer truck patch
an too pore to raise black eyed peas!
That's big slice fer your youngestr'
The young man started his team
along. He was on his way to town
with load of cordwood. About a
mile beyond Uncle Billy's he stopped,
hitched his team In the shade and fol
lowed narrow, weed grown path that
seemed to lead nowhere, but brought
up at tiny cabin. It's scrappy little
dooryard was full of that cheerful
common yellow flower known as ''but-,
ter and eggs" A plump, fair young
woman in pink calico sunbonnet was
feeding a brood of chickens out of
tin pan.
"Mornin, Rusty" said Zeke.
''Mornin' Zeke. How's everything?,
"Jest joggin'. I hear your paws give
you some land"
A rill of clear laughter rang from
under the pink bonnet.
Yes, the three cornered lot. It'll
make me rich, l reckon"
Want to sell it?"
Go long, Zeke! What's the use
askin' foolish questions? I'd most sell
it fer two bits, an nobody wouldn't
give that"
Rushy's smile hadn't an atom of bit
-erness in it, yet it went like a lance
through Zeke Armstead's heart. He
Knew a little of the sore poverty en-
iured by the girl he had wooed before
lis rival won her.
Rusty, why won't you quit your
'ontrariness an take me an let me do
he supportin' ?"
The pink bonnet was shaken decided
Y.
you know why Zeke Your nav
lon't want me at her house. She's