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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
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Trained During simmer S.
Louis Society Gill
Miss miaeea Stevens Has the Ha
1dea ~ Freetfena Ph~flanthropT
and Haa sueoesaea 90 garrs
ang IL out sueee.afnsly.

Ia B loosely fitting gown and DIE g
den hat. welding asbOa with the dexter
ity OF a regular farmer. Miss hirral
Stevens. 8 girl scarcely ont 81 her teens
OF 1913 Juansta street. ST Louis has
been training 10 boys al summeF tn the
way they should So % become Mqaei
farmers.
Miss Stevens IL 3 shining light = me
social life 81 the city where she s. one
Of the prsttest and most popular girls
IN the youngest Eet. Her father PROT
w. 3. Stevens. 81 active member Of the
Civic Improvement league.
For several years she has been stu
dent Of agriculture and botany She
used TO live In Carthage. where the civic
improvement idea Is shown Ii the beau-
tifying Of the homes. When she ame to
ST. Louis she began to look around her.
The work Of the Civic Improvement
league interested her. and. besides, she
liked small boys.
She spoke to her father and her eathel
spoke TO his associates. They talked
with her, and soon discovered that the
young woman knew we'll what she Wa
talking about.
The result wa that an invitation
went out, inviting boys Of IA years q
age or under to come to Miss steveni
aud learn the occupation Of their an.
cestor. Adam.
Miss Stevens did not look for much en-
-couragement at FIRST, but 20 boys wer'
awaiting her at the appointed place q
eight o'clock In the morning, when shi
had expected about ten.
The league had obtained for her 9 i've
acre tract Of ground on Shaw avenue, i
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
now without getting down on his knees
and Offering up that little prayer:

now without getting down on his knees
and Offering up that little prayer:
a Now I lay me down to sleep,
Ipray III Lord my soul to keep;
And If I should die before I wake.
/ pray the Lord my soul TO AXE.
'nThat simple little prayer has always
been father's-in childhood, in manhood,
on the battlefield, everywhere-and now
in his last days he finds comfort in re-
peating it before he seeks his bed. For
about i've 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 Chairto
the safe or cupboard; he eats when he
feels like it, but never nor than a few
bites at a time. Of course remain
awake SO that 1 can be on constant watch
to prevent M harm Detailing him. 1t
is generally about six o'clock before he
thinks 1t IS time to go to bed, and then
he saws: Daughter, I am ready to go
to sleep After getting ready for bed he
kneels down and says his Now l lay
me down to sleep prayer, and getting in
bed he is soon fast aslep, seldom waking
up until along toward noon. l find him
very little trouble, though / feel that I
must be with him all the time"
Mr.. Cropk, with his two brothers, Cas-
per and John, and his father, James
Cronk, enlisted at Western, N. Y, on
August A, 1914, when he was just a little
more than Ia years old. The father and
three sons served with Capt. Edmund
EyilaT 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
it 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 925 pei
~nnNh
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

Piety caused the ruin Of a Texas
cowboy. For years he had been g
g~utta-pereha tough, always in trou-
bic. "A severe wound in q fight left
him at deaths door; but he recovered.
became pious, and turned preacher.
While praying At the grave Of q come
rade, the preacher was struck BY light
ming and killed. There may be a
moral to This, and it seems to be that
reformed toughs shouldn't become
preachers, or that they should Weal
lightning rods mp their backs.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
FoUR-LEGGED DUCK.
queer Bird Recently Hatehed In Eng
Hand IL Attracting COnsid-
cradle Attention.

A duck with four perfectly formed legs
has been Matched recently in England
Despite its gEotesque appearance, it is
enjoying good health and will probably
live to start a new ace Of quadruped
ducks. Unlike many monstrosities Of
its kind, it has every appearance Of be-
ing a duck, with the exception Of its
extra set Of legs. 1t has the broad bill,
full chest, the wings and tail Of the
familiar barnyard duck. Its habits Of
eating, its love for the water, ever it's
Quack, are no different from those Of
other ducks.
The extra portion Of legs are attached
to the bones Of the chest, we'll forward.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
PRAISES AmBRIcANs


The kings approval Of the appoints
ment Of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
British ambassador at Madrid, tobsams
|bassador at washington. succeeding the
late Sir Michael Herbert, brings to light
the fact that Sir Henry, long ago, un-
Willingly provided himself with q unique
passports to the affections Of Americans
This is an eloquent tribute to the light
ing blood" Of Americans and to the stars
and stripes, contained 81 the last and
strongest chapter Of Sir Henry's novel.
entitled THE Ruling Race, published
In 1898. Probably no other Englishman
has written such enthusiastic praise Of
Americans as this chapter contains, and
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
PEEsIoEER OF 1872.
Last Of His Kind On the Books Of
the Pension Once.
Area 1O8 Years. Hiram silau Cronk
atflA Lives, and Every Night Rec
peata Little Prayer Learned
in Chmdhoods

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. r. at
tended BY his daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Crowley, herself quite an aged lady be-
ing more than so.
Mr.. Cronk was born on the 29th day Of
April, 1900, at Frankfort Herkimer
county, N. r., and is now lO3 years and
elk months old. His health is moderate
~ good and he does not look to be as old
as he il. True, it is that the old soldiers
mind Is growing weaker, and he takes
hut little interest in present-day AFFAIRS,
but he remembers distinctly and wildly
the stirring times and scenes Of young
manhood. Unlike the average old sol
der, however, Mr.. Cronk does not like
to talk Of war times" say to his own
children, his youngest o now being
SO and the eldest 79.
my father has always been sweet
tempered and loving" said his daughter,
Mrs. Crowley, " and now, in his very old
days, we children can detect little or no
difference 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
long and useful life. With the sweet
ehildlike faith that was instilled into
him by a pious mother when he knelt al
her knee in childhood, he never retires
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
CAPPs is PROMOTED.
Appointed Chief Constguet0r 81 Navy
BY the President.


Rear Admiral w. Il Capps, the new
chief Of the bureau of construction and
repair, is the youngest omcer who ever
held that rank in the navy Of the Unit
Cd States. He entered upon the ais
charge Of the duties Of that office at the
navy department afew days ago.
He was horn neal Norfolk, Va, in
January, 1854, and will not reach the age
Of 40 until january next. He entered
the naval academy in October, 1880, be-
Ing one Of a class Of % cadet engineers
selected BY competitive examination
from about 200 applicants from allparts
OF the country. The age limits for adj
mission at that time were from 16 to 70,
and Young Capps was the youngest
cadet in his class.
After graduating with high honors %
the naval academy in 1884 he cruised ct
sea for two years, when he was pro
NOTED to rank Of ensign, and soon there
after was selected to take a course OF
instruction abroad for the purpose Of
entering the construction corps. After
three years at the University Of Glass
gov, where he graduated with high hon
ors, he returned to this country as an
assistant naval constructor, and since
then the work he has done has beer
probably the most varied and diversi'
fed OF any member OF the corps, GOVERNS
all branches Of his profession.
His first duty after returning from
abroad was at the New York navy yard
in the department Of construction anC
repair. In 1892 he came to Washington
ard served several years as assistant t.
the chief constructor In the bureau o
construction and repair. In 1886 he wa
ordered to the Union iron works, In Sal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
FATHER N~EeAHUQUEr.
First Eun-BrOoded rndian Ever A.
mttfed 20 the Priesthood -
the Catholic Chureh.

Until Rev. FatheR Albert Negahnquet
completed his four years course in the
Propaganda college at Rome during the
present year there had never been afull-
blood Indian admitted to the priesthood
In the Roman Catholic church, Since
the first days, following Americas dis
eOvery, this church has ever been zeal-
Gus in converting the Indians and
through education placing them in g
position to advance In civilization.
There have been, too, many jealous con-
verts, but none has ever before reached
the priesthood.
Father Negahnquet was born in 1874
Oh the Pottawatomie Indians former
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

it comes from the lips Of the hero, q
British officer, in the love scene which
is the novels happy ending.
The novel was written while Sir Henry
vas home from India on a4urlough. a
year after being called to the bar, in
1872, Sir Henry went out to Bengal,
where he was in the civil service, but he
was soon transferred to the political de-
partment OF the Indian government, and
gained rapid promotion. In 1880 he
acted as political secretary to Lord
Roberts during the Afghan campaign.
In 1885 he was present with Lord Duff
ferin at the conference with the ameer,
and next year he accompanied Lord Duff
FERN to Mandalay during the Burmese
war. After that he negotiated with the
Chinese on the borders of Thibet, and in
1892 went on a mission to Kabul. Sir
Henry resigned the Indian foreign serV-
ice in 1894 to become minister to Tehe-
ran, and three years ago he was chosen
as ambassador to Spain. AT this time he
and Lady Durand celebrated their silver
wedding.
At the time Sir Henry wrote 'gThe
Ruling Race" be could have had nc
definite expectations Of yer represent
ing his country at Washington. For the
most part, the scenes Of the novel de.
scribe civic and military life in India
| The hero is Col. Henry Russell, agallan'
soldier. The heroine is Helen Trevery
an, daughter Of a proud old Cornwall
family. Each has long loved the other
but neither suspects that that love /
returned. They discover their mistak
in the final chapter, entitled, Was Eve
Woman in This Humor Wooed."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
nenth Cnncels oId 90.

The land which forms the site Of the
town Of Gardner, Mass. was once owned
by the Hassanamisco tribe Of Indians.
when the state took the tract to open
IL for settlement pension was given to
each member Of the tribe as Compensa-
ton. The last pensioners Elbridge Ger
ny Gigger, was recently summoned to
the happy hunting grounds, and there
fore the state will not have to pay any
more for the taking Of this land.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

Comte de la Vaulx has just made an
other thrilling balloon trip, accompanied
bv the comte de CastilliOn de Saint Vic
Tor. They started from Paris and were
out all night in a tempest, en%countering
rain and fogs and landing after a is
hours zigzag course on hills at Valda-
hon with all the ballast exhausted and a
CAP OF thick snow on top Of the balloon.
Comte de la Vaulx covered over 300
miles. Both %aeronauts were much eE.
hausted after the nights struggle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

Pottawatomie Indian Who Has Just Been
Made a Priest.)
reservation, near St. Mary's, Kan.
Through the untiring efforts Of Jesuit
missionaries the PottaWatOmie tribe,
nearly a century before, had been con-
verified to the Catholic faith. The Oldest
Of ten children, Negahnquet, was taken
at a tender age to the Church OF the
Assumption at Topeka, Kan, for bap-
tism. Soon afterward his parents moved
with other members Of the tribe to the
Pottawatomies' new reservation, then
in the central part Of Indian Territory.
He attended the government school for
Indians and his teachers encouraged him
to 60 farther with his studies. He there
fore entered the school of the Sacred
Heart, maintained for the Indians by the
Catholics in southern P~ottawatomie
county, Oklahoma.
Negahnquet was c-onsecrated to the
priesthood in Rome by Cardinal Res
pighf, cardinal vicar Of Rome, June g.
within the Church Of st. John the Lat
eran. He is now at MuskOgee, L T., 81
assistant pastor of the church and doing
missionary work among the Indians.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

He is a native Of Melbourne, and was
born in 1856. His early life was spentin
journalism, but since 1879, when he was
first elected to the Victorian parliament,
he has had an active political career, He
took a deep interest in the problem Of
irrigationin Victoria, and, having visited
India, Egypt and Italy for the purpose
Of studying the various systems Of ir-
rigation, he published several works on
the subject, and carried out large irriga-
ton schemes in the colony. Like Sir q.
Barton, he has been prominently identi-
fed with the federation movement.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

Grhe drst upper square. 20 tha left, IS blues
first lower qpare q the latt "a Wais
with a blue star in ita center. Nae H1ecn0
upper quRre is white, WITH 8 red star ~
its center. and the second lower aanars
iared.3
about as 900. IL ia a bishops see and has
3 handsome cathedral end awe other
churches, 8 charity hospital and & 8
NAL and several private schools sae-
tanned BY government. one newspaper
iB published daily III apaalsh ana Ln
lish. The surrounding country Is AaliAa
but the city has but little trade xaa
city oe Panama g situated o n 6 a1neae
of land which extanda some distant a ous
to sea-. The harbor IS safe Tor small Ve
sells; large vessels cannot aaprdaee
nearer than three miles from ahcEa. ana
are unloaded by lighters Colon l9rm-
erly Aspinwall, % az the Aflan1e uea
end Of the Panama railroad.
Colon So 1000 miles from NeW KoE
and nearly eQuidistant from san Franz
cisco and Valparaiso, being about 200
miles from each place. The railroad
running to Panama. ~ miles distant
was opened February -. 1856. Alarge
station has been built near the center @
the town. The track runs 70 the wharf.
at which the steamers land their Daggen-
gers.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

It is cheering for a deserving young
couple. to receive a good send-oh at their
bridal. At the wedding Of Sterling w.
Chflds and Miss Jenny Coffin, In Lynn,
Mass, the bride received gifts valued at
S250,OO0. This relieves her Of consider.
able anxiety, as now the devoted paii
can start housekeeping in coy and COM
Portable style.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

grandfather in 1889. He was born 81
1852. sir Edwards realty property in
Great Britain s. about 1900 aores Hs'
is a recognized authority an foreign mat-
tiers; was under secretary Ton foreign al-
fairs from 1892 10 1895 "a the Rossbafy
cabinet ana conducted himself % an a1-
cellent manner, in g general way Pc
regarded as man ofinanite possibilities
in the future from q political point al
view.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

The new variety of duck has the appear
anee Of being accurately balanced on its
legs instead Of the top-heavy appearance
common to its species. Another curious
characteristic is that the legs are ia con-
slant and apparently natural use when
it walks. It moves by raising two feet
at a time, much the same as a dog. Tbs
only advantage the extra legs seem to
lend the duck is its greatly increased
speed in swimming. All four Of the legs
are equipped with regular web feet, and
all Of these are brought into vigorous
action. The %four-legged ducks motive
power is therefore increased about 100
per cent, being comparable, therefore.
to the quadruple propellers on a modern
torpedo boat as compared with the or
binary double or twin screw design.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12

Female mountain climbers in sWitzer-
land, liz they are American. French o.
English, ana value their complexion
smear their faces with scot TO protect
them from The SUMS rays
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
camping never in France.

Statistics published concerning Paris
mutuals shows that the betting t-ransac-
lions during the last 10 years on race
courses ofFrance amounttO 2, 402, 914 600
francs, about $3.50, 500, loco, and the rec
ord year was 1888, when bets made
reached N5. 900, 900 francs, about $751;
100000
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
- Kanraroo !. Doomsd.

The kangaroOs are disappearing IL
Australia. Since 1877 it is stated that
TAO7, 1853 of them have been killed there
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-03-14
The Most Abiding Language.

Latin Is the language that has most
enriched modern tongues, for its clear
echoes are heard TO this day n every
quarter of the world. 1t entered large
ly, after their conquest by Rome, into
the dialects OF Spain and Gaul, couu-
tries thoroughly permcated by Roman
life and civilizations and has since
played a great part in the history Of
modern languages.
The Roman tongues are practically
Latin in u new dress. Italian may be
called the Latin of today; French and
Spanish are based on similar ground
work, and English Las borrowed large.
ly from the language of Rome, either
directly or through foreign channels.
In very early times Latin colonisiS ill.,
troduced into Britain names for places,
and in the seventh century many ccrle-
siaStical words of Latin origin. such az
altar, priest, candle, were adopted by
our forefathcrs
Although ii may not be so flexible
and plant as some languages with
which it has been thus Incorporated.
Latin reflects admirably the practical
character Of its people. who felt and
used their power 50 that it has been
well called the voice of empire and
law"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-03-14
\ iaNnIllc c-trrn Monthly.

Among the magazines on our edi.
tuuai table non" exceeds ia original
lty the March Sports Aheld.' Every
sportsman, every lover of good read.
ing, should see this manly, clean adj
vocatc Of outdoor sport. Stories OF
adventure are common to many pub.
locations; but II is seldom that even
the most popular give SO true pic.
turr of a bank clerks life in the Far
West as Charles t. Aliens "rhe prov.
ing OF b"llClUsu' Delicoso being a
bulldog whose ideas on the handling
Of bank robbers will we'll repay the
reading, "Ih" Roping of the Big
Beet ny Edward G.. Hall of Montana,
Is brilliant dcllneator of cowboy life
the work of a man who knows the
cattle ranges as the portrait painter
kuows his colors Percy Cushiug's
paper, "Sport on the Great south
Bay IL u good description of shoot
lnE conditions In Long Islands choic-
est Enmcland, while Prof Compton's
"Afoot in the Foothills" will make
you want TO take a similar trip into
the health renewing atmosphere OF
Ozark Mountains.
Prof. Murch of Koarney one of
Nehraska's most popular sportsmen
gives us capital account of the
wyoming camping trip, IA we'll as ''Ye
tyssho LIAR a humorous poem sung
in the English of Chauncer. In DAYS
IN the Hills, the iuimitahle VIII Cave
OF Montana gives a wildly truthful
account of deer hunting trip into the
very heart OF the Rocky Mountains
The departments devoted to Natur-
al History Fish and Fishing, Rifle and
Trap Shooting, Photography, Our
Young Sportsmou and the Dog are all
excellent and the pictures 10y Hunt
and Matthews both Western artists
eurhance the beauty of the magazines
always interesting reading matter
"Whilr the magazine is far from
being what we want to make it,
writes Editor KING, "it il steadil,
gaining multtudes OF new friend,
who's" esteem and loyalty we hope
to always retain"
Atall news stands Is cents a COPY.
Sub~yTIIttpu IL ,u "a ,,,, o..
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-03-14
What You Are,

4 little boy was on the scales, and
being very anxious to outweigh his
playmate, he pulled out his cheeks
and sweIled up like little frog. But
the playmate was the wiser boy. so
hot he cried in scorn, that doesn't
do any good; you can only weigh
what you are!n How true that is OF
Us bigger children, who try to impress
ourselves upon our neighbors and
friends, and even upon ourselves, and
sometimes upon God Almighty
by the virtues we would like to have!
1t doesn't do any good, You may i'm
pose upon your neighbor's judgement
aud get him to say you are fine fel
low noble, generous, brave, faithful
loving; but 1t il not deeply true, if
you are not generous, brave, and low
ing, these fancied qualities are not
moving him TO be generous, brave
and loving "You can only weigh
what YOU are. - Exchange.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-03-14

Renaissance Of the battle of Get
tysburg Illustrates the strict attention
to business of the professional soldier
under the most dstractng circum-
stances.
When General Hancock was wound.
ed, he WAS carried to the rear. where
the surgeons cut away his clothing and
found and extracted the missile. The
general became much Interested on
seeing ii aud insisted upon sending for
an aId-de-camp, in spite of the medical
adnonltions against exciting himself.
When the aid appeared. the general
called out to him.
TO straight 10 General Meade and
tell him the enemy is running short Of
ammunition | have been wounded
with tenpenny nall