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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
Cremation


From a paper read before the Sen
Diego Society Of Natural History, BIZ
6. w. Barnes. NJ. D.. and published IN
the West American Scientist. we make
few extracts:
First Reasons based on sanitary
grounds are most potent The earth
is the most convenient depository for
putting out of sight whatever is often
siYe or deleterious or cannot be toler-
ated above its surface. The soil is
not however, always destructive. but
often preservatiye of the products of
animal and vegetable decomposition.
1t is more than y probability that
pestilential diseases are by earth bur-
ial transmitted from one generation to
another. and thus perpetuated indefn-
itely. If the seeds OF plants can be
preserved for centuries, and then un-
der fayoring conditions be made to
terminate and reproduce their kind,
SO the germs Of contagious disease
after having been entombed for ages
may be warmed into life under suitable
environment, and spread contagion
among the living. To this source may
often be attributed the sudden out
break of epidemics and the occurrence
of forms Of disease not previously
known in the locality. Evidence is
not wanting that bodies which had
persisted frors infectious disease on
being exhumed or the products OF
their decomposition disturbed many
years after interment have commune
Gated the same disease to the living.
Cemeteries are growing evil and
danger. They encroach upon the do
main OF living men and their uses.
They pollute the air and the water.
One generation OF men revels out its
little life upon the earth. passes away
and gives place to a succeeding one
1 But cemeteries seem designed to en-
dure forever. Fifty millions of people
in our own land walk the earth to day.
Where shall they be laid, and where
the millions Of the next succeeding
/ generations? The moving tides of
living humanity will be turned from
their channels to give way to the adj
vancing armies of the dead
Says Sir Henry Thompson. mo
dead body is ever placed in the soil
without polluting the earth. the air
and the water above and aboutitn
The experiments of Pasteur end
others have shown that earth-worms
bring to the surface myriads of bacte-
ria from the bodies of decomposing
dead.
No successful means of counteract-
ing these destructive agencies have
been discovered All known disin-
fectants are under some circumstances
imperfect and unreliable. or of difficult
or impossible application. Those up
on which the greatest reliance has
4 been placed are too often only deodor-
ants. The only true disinfectant is
fire. Correct principles of cleanliness
require that filth likely to become
dangerous which cannot be otherwise
perfectly destroyed. should be burned.
This value of this principle in the
sanitation of cities, is so well recog-
nized that methods are being intro
duced of destroying by fire garbage
and all animal and all vegetable sub
stance liable to decay.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

frolic and defiance went forward even
while the lieutenant in charge Of the
post ordered me back. IL was the habit
OF the pickets at such time 10 stand
up and watch the proceedings, but this
day no one stood up.
81 felt little queer as / went for
ward, because IL seemed TO me that the
reb who had been waving the paper
didn't move forward MS rapidly as l did.
Just before i reached him he dropped in
the grass IL was then in my mind TO
go back, but feeling that the boys
would Joke me about cowardice, / went
on, aud in q few minutes passed the
rebel picket line and was a prisoner.
Explanation counted for nothing, and
was prisoner until after the battle of
Missionary Ridge. My name went on
the books As q deserter, and never
could make my captain believe that l
acted honestly in the matter.
II remember case. " said the Doctor,
sin which great injustice was done an
eccentric but good soldier. He had
gone forward TO exchange papers and,
as he had a peculiar walk, his going
forward attracted very general atten'
ton. He didn't come back, and the
next day our boys saw among the
scouts and skirmishers on the rebel side
our man with peculiar walk. 1t was
then remembered that he had been n
very disconnected man, and half the
boys in his company believed that he
had deserted. But we afterward learned
that he had attempted to escape the
night OF his capture, had been shot and
severely wounded, and that at the very
time we were so severely criticizing
him he was suffering In the hospital.
He paid dearly Tor his little frolic, but
IL didn't cure him. He was a venture
some, harum. scarum soldier TO the last,
but when he left the army be settled
down into q regular thor0ugh-going
business man.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
VANISHED RACE.
Queer Sculpture and Painting on
the Rocks in West Virginia.

Queer Sculpture and Painting on
the Rocks in West Virginia.
The erection OF the new Government
dam in the river near Charleston, w.
Va, has hidden from sight the famous
s'picture rock, !" one Of the familiar
landmarks Of the Kanawha valley, and
one which has occasioned much wonder
aud fruitlcss speculation. The rock
was located near the mouth OF Paint
creek, and, while the river was in its
natural condition, was visible at low
water every summer. Some years ago
part OF the stone was removed for
building purposes, an act Of vandalism
which should have been prevented at
all hazards, and now the remainder is
submerged at all seasons OF the year.
When whole. the surface OF the
pictured rock" was about twenty by
thirty feet in extent. and was covered
with representations Of animals, fish
and fowls. carved deep in the smooth
surface. On one side were the figures
OF man and bear, the latter being
about life size. Near by was buffalo
track, and a short distance away was
the representation OF large fish and a
number OF footprints, evidently repre-.
senting the imprint of child's feet.
The work was evidently prehistoric
people. as the traditions of the valley
are that the representations were on
the stones when the first white men
visited the region, and that they then
bore unmistakable signs OF great age,
being water worn and smooth.
The vicinity Of Paint creek is rich
In aboriginal and prehistoric relics.
and a volume might be written OF the
discoveries which have been made
there. Almost every excavation brings
TO light something Of interest to the
antiquarian. and there is every evil
dence that in past ages the valley was
thickly peopled by an unknown race,
probably contemporary with the mound
builders OF the Ohio valley.
At Mooreheld, from the time OF the
first settlement, the cliff known as the
Gap Rocks, in the Petersburg Gap. ha,
born the gigantic representation OF q
common fox. The picture is upon the
/ sheer and inaccessible face OF the rock.
some thirty feet from the top and near
/ ly one hundred feet from the bottom,
and being colored a dingy yellow. in
sharp contrast TO the brown stone.
Recently Glen McGill, Of Ohio. who
was visiting Cell Beans. went out "a
view the fox, accompanied by Mrs.
Beans. After an inspection from the
bottom Of the cliff the two men ascend
ed TO the top. and making rope fas
to a tree, McGill lowered himsel
dowd to the fox. He describes it al
being twelve feet long, and painted
or plastered upon the cliff with sub
stance resembling earthenware glaze
which is as hard as the rock itself
The surface OF the fox is quite rough
as though the stuff was roughly smear
ed on by hand before it hardened
There was a high wind blowing at th'
time McGill made his venture, and b,
ran considerable risk. He took along
mallet and chiscl, intending to Gu
his name on the fox. but was prevent
ed by the force Of the wind, which
swung him about at an alarming rate
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
Gayety in the sultan's Circle

This week has been one of fes-
tivities at Constantiuople in celebra-
ton of the marriages of the Processes.
The ambassadors and their stats have
been invited to public dinners, the
ministers, the governors and others
have been entertained, and on Sunday
the heads OF the various religious COM
munities went TO the palace TO offer
their congratulations. Decorations
have been lavishly distributed, and
more official rejoicing has taken place
than at any period since the signature
of the treaty OF peace with Russia
Pail Mall Gazette.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

know whether I would cut OF her foot
or not Her reason for not wishing to
lose her foot was that 1t might DO
spared so that she could bind it, and
yet this child had suffered untold
agony with her feet
DIR. Corey hopes to return TO China.
If her health Is restored, in about e
year.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
It Is a Howling SUCCESS.

The Cornell School Of journalism
appears TO be success. One Young
man who has taken 4 course Of lee
lures there says he Is now fully con-
vinced that he could never succeed In
journalism. and he Is going 10 devote
his energies to something else.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
was !. onlx Plehets,n uhaxerl

sit makes the veterans OF Heths and
Pettigrew's commands very tired TO see
all the credit Of the Gettysburg charge
given to Pickett's Division" said A.
Myers, OF Byhalia, Miss. "Heth's Di-
vision, 10 which my brigade belonged,
was on Pickett's left, aud know we
went as far and suffered as much as the
virginiaus did. My company came off
with one uuwounded man out of TWEEN
ty-nine, and George Coeb was shot In
eight different places after he mounted
the Federal works He recovered from
his wounds and lived in Memphis awhile
after the war. We lay all that night
within llfty yards of the enemy's works
so close that we could almost feel the
fash Of their guns. Governor Scales,
of North Carolina, said In speech not
long ago that some OF Pettigrew's men
were killed fifty yards inside the Federal
lines, and I've no doubt it was so. They
were ON our right and we went at that
wall OF death together. II Pickett's
men did any more than we did don't
know IL. All that any of us could do
was to keep on going up until we were
shot down. Memphis Avalanche.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

~ dedication OF a monument to
@alas@gs hi four German com.
~ asA@ CsonFederate army, &C
Y sn. n .s May 10, Senator
!. i sasasse tgse following address.
sHga oszg dead as martyrs, and
Y Ia aisMf assv Of their living COM
sif ssaMMsasaAnts 10 the remotest
aGaEa asTmmsl them at traitors.
my ffs0ssls, are not merely
q saaNaa. Iii ase domain Of history
y klsssAAs potent factors not only
III 8~@sls#s but in placing these
Z. Il aeAaa gs@ht before the world.
i laaasg@ HavNr acknowledge that
I III sv Brnitor; that question
ssaa6sa@s sss5 slle verdict OF impair
"a ~ #sssa ssak OF posterity, and we
: sell asN AMaislled 20 commit our
4 Il uus asuct 20 those august
viii zoSs NOW.
7 aa1a hi sa@ Understood as discuss
| Il xzaa4as8 of the great conflict
"a asaM section of the coun.
!. Asss aEssl 0Aaser, which caused such
! IsAsg sEsa #saon, aud which cost 80
! AFxa asssR and the loss of so many
IsG lHve The questions which
4 sssaA AsAk unhappy war have
eaNsls NA IL II no true patriot
= AEa aHslSl# 10 kindle the tlres of
HA III reopen the wound
= sa k8xssi AsAnd Of time has healed.
Esa9 asa1y &c inspire the heart of
1 s1xs@s kaAn that which compels
4, maFNf@ All ahe energies of mind
H IL xfsaasA this country worthy
: @fsaAssmtAeD and respect of the
. 1aw H I1asase for all time TO come
*lssasa Ef@@ men. This duty de-
10 III lid s8sa South as urgently as
! @1gaaF citizen of this broad
~ vSlAA aVeF may have been. the
Il ssgsA hxH5sglat civil war we must
He Niss&t NIL North, South, East
\, " hsa*a bal one country and but
IA zlzHSoH ID both of which our al
IN aaAA
1 xsss NOT FORGOTTEN.
aIIA wa of the South recog-
N sANs faIly 10 does not follow
aasssssssl Fafuse to do honor TO the
egzx dead comrades. The
Hsssa III IN battle would feel q
4 xsNs1AIN Tor us were we base
Hi aT#& those who gave their
FIX which they and we be-
III NsF HnzHsost hearts TO be- Just
should indeed be time
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

.what are bermuda potatoosin he asked
OF a Woodward avenue grocer yesterday.
"why, potatoes from bermuda, OF course
"Oh, they arel Then paris green Is a green
from Paris, Is itr'--Dctroit Free Press
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

serving crayens II we allowed the menu
ory of these men, OF their uniimely
death, to pass forever from our hearts,
or IL should fail 10 leave an enduring
monument TO them as an evidence OF
our love and our gratitude.
fWe can do nothing TO show a CRATE
fnl peoples gratitude 10 our surviving
veterans, poor. old, manned, broken in
lseart as in fortune; they are forced to
fight life's hard battle unaided. We
have no Overlooking treasury from
which to pension The brave soldiers who
gave their all freely 10 their States; all
was stalzed on the issue and all was lost.
/ have no words of eensure for the lib
erality OF the North in granting PEN
sions TO her soldiers; the feeling that
prompts this course is natural, proper
and generous and on all occasions my
support has been freely given ia the
senate TO all applications of this sort
made in deserving cases. Had the con-
ditions Of the great civil war been re-
yersed we should have dealt as gener-
ously with our disabled veterans as the
North has done with hers. But as losers
in the great struggle, We must accept
the inevitable results of defeat. These
debar MS from the proper recognition Of
the services OF the brave defenders Of
our lost cause, but they do not deny TO
us the right 10 honor the memory Of our
dead, and no more sacred duty Is nm
posed on us than OF keeping green in
our hearts and those OF our children,
the memories OF those who fell under
the folds OF the Southern cross. Defeat
cannot mar the glory Of their deeds, nor
ever detract from their fame. nor time
obliterate the love we cherish for them,
and God forbid that IL may ever be
otherwise with US OF the South.
Sahbed by the Enemy.
"My sympathies, said an old soldier.
''arc with Roger A. Pryor in this new
controversy. The story IL like this: On
Pryor left the Confederate lines and
went toward the Union lines for the
purpose, as he explained, OF exchanging
newspapers with the Union pickets. At
first there was no response to his signal,
but in about half an hour a Union Of
iicer started 10 meet him, but instead OF
exchanging papers made Pryor prison.
or and took him into the Union lines
1T Is easier for an old soldier to un-
derstand the predIeament in which
Pryor placed himself than for any editor
or politician OF this day. He, OF course,
| went against orders. He took all the
risk. and he had 10 face che conss-
quences, but a good many Of the fell
lows will be In sympathy with him, be-
cause they were caught In such scrapes
themselves. ! went out on this ex-
change business once in front OF Chat.
tanooga, when ] supposed there was no
more danger IN going than in taking a
walk inside the fortilications.
I'VE had been exchanging papers fol
several days, and there was secret un
Outstanding among the men on picket
that all the rules OF war should be sus
| pended, and that practically a newspa
/ per should be regarded MS n flag ot
truce. Strict orders. however. had beer
given that no such exchanges should b
made. knew this, but ia the spirit 81
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13

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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
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hars&M fBf WAstIINGroS.
, 1889-03-28
GOVERNOR MOORE.

AS anticipated in the news columns
OF yesterdays REVIEW, President Har-
ri-on has nominated Hon. Miles G.
Moore, of Walla Walla to be governor
OF Washington territory. The contest
for this position has been exceedingly
animated, but was conducted in the
irendliest spirit. While Ex-Governor
Squire had many strong supporters in
all parta of the territory, it was con-
ceded from the beginning by his
friends that the chances were against
him in this instance. Inasmuch as
the western portion of the territory
had been honored with the selection OF
chief justice from that sec
ton, 1t was apparent that it
would be impolitic to choose
Western Washington man for gov
ernor. The people OF Eastern Wash
ington apprec the consideration be-
slowed upon them by the president in
this matter, as it indicates desire to
deal fairly and Justly with the people
of all sections OF the country. Mr.
Moore has been for many years prom
inently identified with the commercial
and industrial development Of the ter
ritory, and has taken an active part
in all important political events.
He is therefore fully acquainted with
the necessities of the people, who con-
fdently anticipate at his hands "a
ton of the important duties devolving
upon the chief executive.
, 1889-03-28

He was also an eleotor in 1868, voting
gate in 1854 from the presbytery OF
Cincinnati TO the general assembly OF
the Presbyterian church at Newark,
New Jersey, and as member Of the
committee on bills aud overtures pre-.
sented the resolutions that were
adopted by the assembly on the sub
jet of slavery. In 1876 he was the
republican nominee for congress, but
was defeated. He Was one of tho
counsel before the electoral commits
sion in 1877, and made the opening
argument in behalf Of the republican
electors in the Florida case and the
principal argument in the Oregon
case. In the same year he succeeded
John Sherman as United States sena-
tor, that gentleman having resi-, ned.
He was appointed associate justice of
the supreme court in 1881, and occu-
pied that position until tho time Of
his death. With fixed purpose al
ways in view he labored zealously and
with untiring perseverance for its ac
omplisbment. Strong in his convic-
tiCns aud fearless in the advocacy of
every cause that he espoused, he was
recognized early in life as national
charac ter, and has been the recipient
of many honors bestowed by an ap-
preciative people. He carved his own
way to the high position that he at
tanned and earned all the laurels that
he has worn.
, 1889-03-28
TAXING THE NoRrHEKN PACIFIC.


As Washington is to be admitted on
an equal footing with the original
thirteen states, it will have full sover-
eighty over the question of taxation,
except that it cannot tax the lands or
property OF the United States. nor the
lands of nonresident citizens higher
than the lands of resident citizens
The right of way of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company is thus
made taxable beyond question. The
corporation being chartered by con-
gress, and having its principal place of
business outside of Washington, is sub
ject to the same rate of taxation as
resident railroad corporations. 1t can
not claim an exemption. Candidates
to the convention should be pledged
TO equal taxation of railroad property
according to its value, as is provided
in the case of individuals. No fraud,
like the gross earnings tax law, should
be loisted into the constitution.
, 1889-03-28
TaE FUTURE GOVERNoR.

The appointment Of Miles g. Moore
OF Walla Walla to the governorship Of
the territory during its transition to
statehood raises II question in polite
circles as TO whether he will aspire to
the same Office after admission 10
statehood. The better opinion a,I.-
pears 20 ie that TINS will depend Iarpe.
ly upon his success in Winning public
confidence and esteem between now
and the time for mahiag the state
nominations. 1t must hc conca ded
that the appointment has no, Sren re-
ceived with universal approval: bu,
this may be attributed IN the main to
the fact that the supporters Of Mr..
Squire were defeated TIE people and
press have in some instances expressed
themselves with much bitterness: but
AS time rolls on this will blow over,
especially il Mr.. Moore displays good
qualities in his new position.
Republicans who deplore the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Moore will realize
upon reflection THAI after Delegate AL.
len had decided to recommend him
Tor the place it would have thrown the |
party into great snarl for another
person TO receive the nomination. The
people Of the territory have chosen
Nr A lien tn ranranant thor, ~ xUnaL
, 1889-03-28
t ally observes that it is a republica

ally observes that 1t is a republica
paper. On the contrary, the Post is
intensely democratic. IL WAS founded
by Stilson Hutchins, formerly proPrie'
tor Of the st. Louis Times, who at one
time represented "the bloody Sixth"
ward in The state legislature. 1t was
reported some time ago that he had
sold the Post, but il is observed that
it's editorial page still sparkles with
the brilliant scintllations from the
pen Of his old associate, Major r. II
sylvester, one of the ablest news paper
writer's in the United States. Tive
success OF Mr.. Hutohins, who il now
re ported to be several times million
aire, is due to his superior executive
ability and to his faculty of choosing
for his lieutenants such men as Ma or
Sylvester, Edward Willett (hetter
known as Carl BrenD, Walter b.
Stevens, his city editor for fifteen
years, and n score of others OF strength
and reliability. The fact that the
Post is democratic does not detract
from its excellence as newspaper, but
it is Enthusiastically democratic.