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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

but they also knew Anderson, and felt
that he would hang on TO the last
gasp
Every little while Major Anderson
gave orders to dip the flag to the feet
TO show that everything was all right
During one OF these salutes, and when
the flag was being hoisted back into
place after the third dip shell burst
near the STAFF. cutting the ballard. The
Tag started to come down with run,
but piece of the cut rope got damned
in a section OF the shivered staff and
the flag was more secure than ever.
IL was this that caused Major Ander-
son TO utter the historic words above
referred to.
After the evacuation OF Sumter Ma
jor Anderson journeyed TO New York.
where he made the usual garrison in
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27
LEES FAREWELL.

voice TO the War Department, includ-
Ing the famous flag and the fair wealth
er flag in the returns. The Secretary
OF War promptly ordered the return Of
the flags to the major, accompanying
them with a letter in which he said
that they could not be in better keep
Ing than In the hands OF the man who
so CALAMITY defended them.
Major Anderson had the nags placed
In the vaults OF the Metropolitan Bank
In New York. and there they remained
until II was evident that General Sher-
man would wiring Fort Sumter from the
dying grasp of the Confederacy. The
flag was again sent South. and on the
day the Confederates surrendered the
fort II was again hoisted TO the peak
OF the flag pole by Major Anderson
himself.
This happened on April IA, 1865. ex-
actly four years 20 the day from the
evacuation. A salute OF 100 guns was
fired at the fort In honor OF the flag.
and the guns of the surrounding batter
les and ships Joined in the uproar.
After that the old flag was returned
to the bank vaults. not to be seen again
until death called its owner. Then it
was used as pail at the soldiers fun
eral at West Point. and with each sue
ceeding generation its unique historical
value will incrtase.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Of the host that donned the blue nearly
tour decades back Is preparing TO pay
It's yearly tribute TO It's dead through
out the length aud breadth OF the
land. this memento-a flag so worn
and ragged-Is OF strange interest. It's
history is the history OF the war
This flag flew high in the air over
the battlements of Fort Sumter on that
syentful morning OF April IL. 1861.
ghen the newly organized Confederate
forces began the bombardment which
started the greatest conflict Of modern
times.
There were two garrison flags In the
fort; one was the fine weather dag and
the other the stormy weather flag. Like
the chaos In mems hearts the elements
threatened on that historic day. 80 the
storm flag was run up and in short time
became the target OF the Confederate
shot.
Before that II was not fine flag, be-
Ing made OF coarse meshed, strong
bunting. tough enough to withstand the I
lashing Of the winds Of the coast Ten |
feet one way and fifteen the other 1t |
stood out like a board and more than /
one Wild shot. aimed by the inexpe-
rienced gunners on shore. went so high |
over the fort that big gaps were torn
In the nutering emblem.
Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, widow OF
Brevet Major General Anderson, COM
mander OF Fort Sumter. now owns the
dag. and she treasures II so carefully
that II Is rarely removed from the
strong box In the safe deposit vaults.
The rayages OF time have had little
effect upon its color. The red. white
and blue aye almost as bright today as
they were thirty-six years ago. and
were Il not for the rips and tears Il
would make a gallant appearance TO-
day flying la the bright sunlight.
S@ven times during the first day OF
he bombardment the Flagstaff was
struck. but by strange series OF ac-
7idents the Tag continued TO NY at the
peak. After one Of these accidents Ma
Tor Anderson exclaimed: God AL
mighty nailed that flag 10 the stan and
I could not lower II II tried"
This particular accident happened In
his way. Outside the bar marking
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

]. w. Mallet, professor of chemistry
in the University of Virginia, in COM
munication to the current number OF
the Scientific American, says with ref
erence to cigarettes Of American man
ufacture
Ignorance of easily ascertainable
scientific facts is, however, common
enough, as is often illustrated by the
brown, oily material formed in the
smoking of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though in reality this Is
merely the tar produced by the action
of heat on the woody fiber of the leaf.
Nicotine when pure is colorless
fluid Of somewhat oily consistence and
strong, peculiar, penetrating odor, but
it darkens on exposure to air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown,
so that it looks, in this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry matter
which soils a smokers fingers or
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke is exhaled, OF is often noticed
as deposited in the stem of a pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing es-
sential in common with nicotine, and
contains but traces of this alkaloid,
when any at ALL
{" A part, but only small part (about
one-seventh in the experiments of
Melsens), of the real nicotine Of to-
bacco, is volatilized without decompo-
sition; the remainder is burned and
destroyed in the process of smoking"
The simple facts are, that such cigar
cites as I have examined, representing
large part of those in general use
throughout the United States, are
made from pure, light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certain
special soils, prominently in certain of
the southern counties of Virginia and
the adjacent portion of North Carolina,
with wrappers Of the best quality Of
harmless vegetable fiber paper, and are
entirely free from the adulterants
which 1t has been asserted are present.
with no evidence in favor of such as
sertion, and in absolute contradiction
Of the scientific evidence actually avail
able.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27
SUMTER'S OLD FLAG.

IDDEN a W a y In
the vault Of a safe
deposit company is
a memento of that
struggle of thirty
o d d years a g o
which no wearer OF
the blue or gray
could look upon
With o u [ peculiar
emotions. Just now.
when the remnant
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

You can't temper criticism of your
partners whistplaying enough to keep it
from hurting.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

MIS- Logan Suggested the Day.
In the spring Of 1868 General Logan
and were Invited TO visit the battle
grounds of the South with a party of
friends AS certain important matters
kept him from joining the party how
ever, went alone, and the trip proved
a most interesting and impressive one.
The South had been desolated by the
war. Everywhere signs of privation
and devastation were constantly pre-
senting themselves to us. The graves
of the soldiers, however, seemed as far
as possible the objects Of the greatest
care and attention.
One graveyard that struck me as be-
ing especially pathetic was in Rich
mond. The graves were new, and just
before our visit there had been a
Memorial Day" observance, and upon
each grave there had been placed a
small Confederate flag and wreaths of
beautiful flowers. The scene seemed
most impressive to me, and when l re-
turned to Washington l spoke OF It
to the general and said l wished there
could be concerted action of this kind
all over the North for the decoration OF
the graves of our own soldiers. The
general thought 1t capital idea, and
with enthusiasm set out to secure It's
adoption.
At that time he was commander-in-
chief OF the Grand Army. The next
day he sent for AdJutant General Chip |
man, and they conferred as to the best
means Of beginning general observ-
ance. On the fifth day of May in that
year the historic order was put out.
General Logan often spoke of the Is
suing of this order as the proudest act
Of his life.
1t was marvellous how popular the
idea became at once. The papers all
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

The steamship Britannia has crossed the
Atlantic 500 times, having travelled 1,50O,-
600 miles in her "a years service.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

We VIII forfeit q, ooo II any Of our pub
Ina % testimonials are proven 70 be net
genuine. THH PIso Co., Warren. Pa.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

One of the great troubles that rail-
road companies have had to contend
with in the past with both the old
style and the new NJ. c. B. couplers
was the falling of drawbacks on the
tracks, resulting many times in disas-
trous wrecks. A year or two ago the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopted
device to prevent just such occur
rences, and has since attached it to all
its passenger equipment. The device
is quite simple, consisting merely of a
rfght-angled steel hook, which is
placed Immediately beneath the coup
Ter on the drawhead, with horizontal
arm projecting slightly at an angle to
the direction Of the track. When the
draw-head falls the safety hooks not
only assist in jammiag the Drawbacks
together but absolutely prevent their
swaying from side to side, and thus
becoming disengaged. The steel hook
is placed in such a position that it
cannot be damned or broken of In the
coupling of cars.
In actual practice this device has
proved exceedingly satisfactory, and
has not failed in single instance.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27
sperity. Trickery and double-deai-

prosperity. Trickery and double-deal-
ing may win for season; malice may
hamper and falsehocd may cripple for
Just little while, but the right shall
triumph; the eternal and Interchangeable
laws OF equity and Justice will ulti-
mately prevail, and the wrong must
and Will retreat before the advance Of
the truth, which is God and Of God,
and is therefore able to defy all of the
powers Of darkness and the malignity
OF the Prince Of Evil himself
Well-trained children grow into re-
liable and dependable citizens, and
there is no occupation that pays such
large dividends as instructing ths
young in all that belongs to good gov.
eminent and the conduct Of the AFFAIR."
OF a prosperous people.
How many young men who will join
In the memorial services OF the present
year could give a clear, concise and
comprehensive account Of the condi-
tions and causes that led to the war
of the rebellion. or the status of the
country at the time Immediately be-
fore the war broke out? How many
young men who cast their first ballot
at the last election can tell just what
they voted for, and why they voted.
How many can tell what is the Mon
roe Doctrine, or how it applies to the |
present state of public affairs?
The tariff is a mystery unsolvable
by the average citizen. He knows that
there Is something In 1t about duties
and taxes, but any attempt to fix it's
actual points In his mind results in
total failure. The single-tax theory is
beyond him, tax for revenue only Is
a poser" and all talk about unearned
increment is as sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal. No man should be
permitted to cast a vote until he Is
able to state Understandings what are
the foundation principles of the gov
under which he lives, and
which confers upon him that great
privilege.
To this end the children must be
educated and made to understand what
government means, and what are It's
lifts and demands. Memorial Day is
great day for this purpose. Assem-
lies OF the best citizens should be the
rider Of the afternoon, and here should
e found the very best and ablest
peakers and thinkers in the land.
should be made attractive
nd the exercises interesting. II this
ERE added to the work of Decoration
'ay the generation next following this
ould have q much more comprehen-
we idea OF what the day really means. :
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Prot. Hamy says the black race embraces
10000 600 individuals.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Flowers are an antidote to vear,-
ness, and give pleasure both to the
owners and TO the passers-by.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

10 Cult tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netio, full OF life nerve and yigor tal.s No-1Sa
3ao, the wonder-worlSer, that makes weak mes
strong. All druggists roc. or 81. Cure guaran-
seod; Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

One inch of rain falling upon one square
mile is equivalent to 17.5OO,OO gallons of
water
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Alexandria possesses the largest artif-
al harbor in the world.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

he entrance to the barbor were several
Federal vessels. This fleet could not
snter the harbor without being sunk by
The cannon OF the land batteries, and
al II could do was TO anchor out OF
range and observe the bonbardment.
II is needless to say with what anx-
lety the men on these ships watched
The flag flying over Sumter. They knew
hat sooner or later II must come down.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

A womanly woman neither worships
nor hates a man.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Educate Your Bowels With Casosrets.
~ candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
lOc.25c. II c. c. G. fail druggists refund money
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Fer children tsething softens the gums
nation. aays pain, wind collie. as ssnts bottle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27
To Cure Constipation Forevsr.

Iske g~scarots Candy Cathartic 100 or $40
III O. C. O falls to cure. druggists refund ronsy
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27

Loneliness-therea are times when We
all have to go into it; there are cham
bers in the soul where no foot can fall.
no dearest friend can come. There are
circumstances that reveal to US this
loneliness and intensity our sense Of
1t. Who will show us any good at
such times? There is nobody. there Ia
nothing. that promises any hope. Life
is a thing empty and fersaken, with
no hand that can lead as, no voice that
can speak to us, no light that can break
through the haunting gloom There Is
but one answer to that cry of the heart:
Lord. lift Thou UP the light Of Thy
countenance upon us!"-Rsv. Mark
Guy Pearse.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-27
TT rs NOT NICOTINE.
MALLET CORRECTS
CIGARETTE CRITICS.
MISTAKES.

Communication in the scientific Ameri
can" on Matter of Popular Misap
prohensIon-Stained Handkerchief Test
Is No Test At ALL
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Commissioners Appointed.

Gov. Jones appointed the following
board of commissioners for the Omaha
exposition, and, Notwithstanding there
was no appropriation made by the legis-
lature for an exhibit, with proper effort
and the assistance of citizens through
out the state, a display can be made
that will result in much good to Arkan-
sas, when it is considered that ample
space will be provided in suitable
building at the exposition by the Cotton
Belt railway free; Commissioner Vincen-
heller, chairman; George Il. Brown,
Little Rock; A. Bertig, Paragould; c.
G. Newman, Pine Bluff; L. A. Byrne,
Texarkana; W. ID. Matthews, Stuttgart,
and George Sengel, Fort Smith. In
letter to each member of the board,
Gov. Jones urges them to give some of
their time and attention to the matter,
and pledges his cooperation in any
thing undertaken by the board.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

Fire at Pine Bluff destroyed five resi-.
dences. Loss, $4,000.
Judge ]. w. Bocage, for 50 years .
citizen of Pine Bluff. is dead.
The postotfice at Dodcaw was bur-
glarized, but less than IS was secured
by the thief.
Commissioner Vincenheller addressed
the Farmers Institute at Brinkley on
diversified farming.
Ex-Gov. Fishback was chosen chair
man of the Nicaragua canal convention,
held in Kansas City.
Ozark has introduced the rock pile
where offenders without the cash with
which to pay their fines are put to work
Little Rock merchants donated sew
eral carloads of provision and clothing
for the relief of cyclone sufferers at
Fort Smith.
Hot Springs will endeavor to have the
central committee name that city as the
place of holding the coming democratic
state convention.
The state democratic central COM
luilJcc Will HicCt dt Llttic MOCK feDru-
airy to fix the time and place for hold
ing the state convention.
The executive board of the Baptist
convention elected Elders C. +. j. Tate,
of Little Rock, and w. A. Freeman,
of Hope, state evangelists.
The state federation of women's club
will present a petition to the next legis-
lature asking the establishment of a
reform school for juvenile criminals
Messrs. Banner, Tyler and Ulrey,
northern capitalists, have purchased
the Wesson lumber mill at Humphrey,
and will operate the plant ON large
scale.
Mrs. Maude Heard was granted a
divorce at Little Rock from Jesse 4.
Heard. Heard is the deputy sheriff who
killed S. L. Blair, and was acquitted at
Perryville.
The United States-Arkansas debt set
tlement bill, with substantially the
Meikeljoh amendment, was favorably
acted upon by the house committee on
public lands.
joint stock Klondike company is
being organized at Hot Springs with
$50, 900 capital. A party of 10 or is re-
liable men viii be sent to the gold 6eldA
to prospect
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
BACK TAX FUNDS,
a." Aggregate of the Amounts Due Each
county According to the Decree of
the United Statrs Co,rt

0 states Court
Hon. Jacob Trieber, special commits
eloner appointed by Judge John A.
williams TO apportion the amounts re-
covered in favor of the state and
against Pullman Palace Car company.
Pacific Express company and Western
Union Telegraph company, for back
taxes submitted his report to the court.
The amount paid to the commissioner
oy the Pullman Palace Car company
was s26,977, leaving sa4, ,0o9. SO for dis
trioution after deduction of commits
sloner's and attorneys fees Upon the
levy directed by the decree the commits
sloner finds the following amounts due.
10 state of Arkansas, SS.OO3 II: tn
counties, sS,003.1 IS; school districts. ss.-
oo5' Is. The fund due the state is ap-
portloned as follows: General purposes
$3.2Ol.26; school fund, SO, ,201. 26: pension
iund, s40O.l7; sinking fund, 81, 200. As.
The amount decreed against the
western Union Telegraph company was
w, 800, leaving $50, OPS for distribution
after deducting all fees. State, county
ana school districts each received 81. .675.
Ihe state fund is divided as follows:
General purposes, g., 500; school fund.
$3.50; pension fund, 1923. rs: sinking
fund, s971.25. The entire mileage is
|'ooS and the assessment s14S per mile.
The amount decreed against the Pa
clhc Express company was $4,000.
leaving sll,44o for distribution after
the deduction of all fees. State county
and school districts get s,s13. "a each.
The state fund is divided as follows:
General purposes, 81, ,525. "a; school fund
Sl,525.S4; pension fund, $3.50. 66; sinking
fund, S572. The entire mileage is 1876
miles and the assessment $40 per mile.
The funds due to the counties and
district school funds, reports the COM
missioner, Il found should be appor-
toned on basis of a 5-mill annual tax
for each, as certified by the state board
of railroad commissioners according to
the mileage in each county, as thus
certified. As there are no data from
which | can ascertain the school dis
tricts in the various counties which are
entitled to participate in the fund, nor
the mileage in them, the decree directs
me to apportion to each county in gross
the amounts respectively due the school
districts in them, leaving it to the re-
spective county courts to make proper
distribution of this fund after the
money is paid by me into the county
treasury. AS the tax levies for the
school districts and the counties are
the same under the decree, mills for
each, the amount apportioned to each
county for general purposes is the same
as that for the use of the school dis
triets in that county, have therefore
apportioned to each county the same
sum for its own use and for the school
districts in it,"
The aggregate amounts apportioned
are given below, the sum given being
for the use of the county aad an equal
amount being apportioned for distribu-
tion among the school districts of the
same:
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

The Dingley robber tariff organs
ought to explain the reduction in the
wages of cotton mill workers In New
Observation-Disclosures State Register.
The reputation of the country
would not be injured so much by the
resignation of Secretary Sherman as by
the election of Mark Hanna. The fewer
Ohio republicans there are in Office the
louder the American eagle will be en-
titled to scream.--Kansas City Times
Another blessing of the Dingley
bill! AS this measure makes the neces-
saries of life higher than heretofore the
Fall River cotton operators have about
decided that they can't afford to strike
and will probably accept the proposed
cut in wages. So we are still within
the limits of the peace and prosperity
zone.-Indianapolis News.
President Mckinley has been par
doning bank wreckers at the rate OF
one every three weeks ever since he has
been in office. The theory of these acts
is that the president must have mate
rial at hand for some more personal
appointments" The supply of uncon-
victed scoundrels appears to be made
quate.-Minneapoiis Times.
-Hanna's row is hard one, in the
hoeing of which mis- hand will be sus-
tanned by the president of the United
States, who plumes himself upon being
a champion Of the merit system. His
hand viii also be sustained by Grosve-
nor. who plumes himself upon being
an opponent of the merit system. AS to
Hama himself, he is for any system or
no system that Will make him senator
OF the United States from Ohio.-Chk
cago Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
A Murderess Given a Life Sentence.

Mollie King, negress, was convicted
in United States court at Fort Smith
of murder and given a life sentence.
The crime for which she was convicted
was the murder of her husband near
Wan, /. T., in 1895. The woman and
her husband had separated on account
of the relations existing between her
and one Alex Martin. On the evening
of the killing Mollie King and her hus-
band left Wan together, and Martin
followed them. Near his home King
was shot down and his body dragged
mile over the mountain and buried in
a shallow grave, which was covered
over with leaves. Two persons were
implicated in the killing. The woman's
shoes fit the track of one, and the other
was identified as that of Martin, who
fled the country and was never captured.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Couldn't GET a Jury.

The case against Mrs. Martha Wilson
for the killing of her husband near
Tillar, Desha county, was dismissed at
Arkansas City, it being impossible to
secure jury, all those eligible having
formed an opinion about the case. The
killing of Wilson occurred last June
Wilson and his wife had lived unhappily
together, and family brawls are said
to have been of frequent occurrence
In her testimony before the coroner's
jury, Mrs. Wilson stated that on sew.
eral occasions her husband had threat
ened her life, and she finally made
up her mind to leave him; that when
told of her intention, Wilson drew his
pistol and fred at her. She knocked
the weapon from his hand, and he then
grabbed razor and attempted to cut
her throat. Mrs. Wilson picked up a
hammer and struck her enraged hus-
band several blows on the head, crush
ing his skull. She then walked to =
ncighbor's house and to Id of the killing
Other witnesses who saw her shortly
after the killing testified that Mrs Will
sons clothes were torn and she bore
several wounds, evidently inflicted by
her husband during the desperate strug-
gle between them. Mrs. Wilson was
acquitted by the .coroners jury on the
grounds of self-defense.