The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-10
A Cement Saint.

Cement Saint.
An interesting souvenir Of ST. Geronimo.
whose martyrdom consisted in being
thrown alive into block OF setting con-
crete, is at present on exhibition in the
quarters OF the Concrete Association OF
America. New York II consists Of
photograph Of the cavity left by the
saints body, and was secured by Frank
p Baldwin, chief engineer OF the battle
ship Maine. while visiting AlEierS. Ac-
cording 70 history there was born about
the year 1870 an Arab boy named Ger
onimo- He was captured in infancy by
the Spanish garrison at Oran. and when
about eight years old he escaped from
his captors and went back 10 his family.
/ living as a Mohammedan till the age OF
twenty-five. He then voluntarily re-
I turned 10 OTan and resumed the Chris
tan life which he had adopted previously
when in the hands OF the Spanish au-
/ thoriues. A few years later he went on
a coasting raid with a party Of Spaniards.
but the raiders were themselves captured
by Moorish Corsair and brought to AL
giers- Here the attemPf was made 10
convert him 10 Mohammedanism. but he
persistently refused to embrace that faith.
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die. His hands We're tied behind his back
and he was east alive. face downward
into block of concrete. then being pre-
pared for the Fort des Vingt Ouatre
Heures.' then building Careful note was
taken Of the spot by Haido. a Spanish
Benedictine missionary to AIgiers, who
prayed the time might come when the
Lord would pave the way for his ex-
humauon and Christian burial. In 1853
the French found II necessary 20 destroy
the fort, and the data left by HaIdo was
found 10 be correct, for the designated
block Of concrete. on being cut open. dis
closed the bones Of Geronimo and the
cavity left by his body. The bones were
removed December ., 1853. and given
Christian burial. and they now rest I'm
massive stone sarcophagus in the cathe-
DIAL plaster cast was made Of the
cavity and afterward photographed.
Due 10 AdmiraTs BIunder.
For more than third Of a century
there has been an unexplained discrep-
ancy in the accounts OF the naval port
Of TOulon, France In 1873 il was first
noticed that the cash books there dis
PLAYED balance OF 30 cents too much.
/ and during thirty-four years the official
! accountants at Toulon have been baffled
In all their attempts 10 straighten the
thing out. Authorities at the French cap
ital finally became alarmed at the ina
bility Of the Toulon officials TO cope with
the situation, as the years went BY, and
issued orders that this state OF uncer-
tainty must cease. Seven special account
ants We're thereupon placed on the job
accountants versed and practiced in all
! the complexities of their craft-as It was
| determined this time 10 come 10 the bot
tom of the matter After seven months
of hard labor in the premises the problem
was solved. Admiral Gallibet former
minister OF marine. who has been living
IN Paris for many years now. on a pen
sion given him in recognition OF honor
able service, was one OF the officers Of
the Toulon arsenal thirty-four years ago.
and 1t seems that the prolonged I'M
settled state of the accounts OF that port
dating from 1913 was. in a way, due 10 an
oversight on the old admirars part. The
admiral has Just received official notice
asking him TO call at the ministry OF
finance and draw the sum OF 80 cents, as
he was underpaid to that extent at the
time when he left Toulon, back in 1873
Yarmouth BIOHters.
The Yarmouth bloater enjoys a world
wide fame, and this English fishing town
has just had record season. a single
week IN October yielding 100000 her
rings. worth $4,000. The English fish
ing season in general has been much
above the average, the returns for the
quarter ending with September being
$4,000 in excess of the corresponding
quarter in 1906