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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01

the Judge promptly suppressed.
"Now give Ms a story Of some
remarkable shot that you have
made" asked Mr.. Allen with a
cynical smile on his lips and y
gem raj air of doubt all over his
face.
you know, gentlemen, said
Mr.. Fontaine 'that rs long as |
competed in the rifle contests in
this State that | was its champion.
| can tie bullet to a string, at
tach the string to a limb of Il tree,
plumb the line with the mouth of
a bottle, say a beer bottle, start
the bullet swinging, step offa hun
dred yards and put that bullet in
the bottle 9 times out of 49,"
"Iou don't say So" said Mr..
Allen.
Yes" continued Fontaine,
"and that isn't all. A few weeks
ago | was out one night fire hunt
ing. A gust of wind blew my
lamp cut. About that time heard
the ominous whir of a rattlcsnake.
1t was very near me, but | couldn't
tell exactly how close or how jar.
| waited a moment and it ratified
again. | located him pretty ac-
curately, and with the flash Of one
barrel of my gun got bead with
the other and killed HIM, Quick
work, hev?'
But the funny Congressman
couldn't say a word. He had bear
knocked speeches.. Fontaine
was nst'questioned any further
Fontaine is expected over here
At any time. No one has heard
from him in months, bat his tall
form will be looming up over tho
hills that lead up from tho depot
as soon IS he has heard that there
are bears again in the swamps
around Helena. He has about
killed them out on his side of the
river.-Helena (Ark.) Special.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01

representative Money, of Miss
l@slppi, has introduced bill in the
liouse to raise revenue bv an in.
crease of tax on retail dealers in
liquors. The tax on such dealers
Is fixed at $50 and every person
who sells foreign or domestic dis.
titled spirits, wines or malt liz.
uors III less quantities than five
gallons OF the same, is to be re-.
garded as retail dealer.
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MOGcs of Execution.

Brunswick Axe, private.
Ecuador Musket, public.
prussia-S word, private.
poriugal--Gallows public.
France--Guiliotire, public.
SaNony-,Guillotine, public.
OIdrnbrug Musket, public.
Belgium Guillotine, public.
Denmark -Guillotine, public.
MISUNDERSTANDING, private.
Observation-Disclosures. private.
Chlna-Sword or cord, public.
Observation-Disclosures, public
Great Britain--Gallo Ms. private
Italy Capital punishment abol.
shed.
United Statas- Other than New
ork, gallo vs., mostly private.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01
One en- John Allen.

Fontaine was once put on the
stand IN the trial of Jones S. Ham
ilton, chsrsed with having murder
ed R. d. Gambrell in 1886. lie
was employed by the defense to
trace certain physical signs Which
were al eyed to have been produc-
ed by Hamilton or some Of his
trlenGs Oh the night Garbre'l was
slain. Private John Allen, a mem
her of Congress, was conducting
the prosecution. He attempted to
get funny with Fontane. end for
one time in his life he ran IN
against a brick wall
Now" asked Mr.. Allen of the
witness, 'you claim to he an ex-
pert in civil engineering and in
rifle shooting?n
$50 | am" replied Foataiac.
"Wcll, can YOU tell tne court
something you have accomplished
to warrant your clajmS?"
81 might, if the court would
Ike to hear them, " said Fontaine
There being no objection, he con-
tinued:
Some years ago was employ.
ed by q Texas syndicate tn in
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01

Gan era of prosperity" accord
ing to the Delta Advance, lis
abroad in the delta. The owners
Of large plantations are fast finding
out that they: cannot proftably
cultivate such immense tracts. and
civil engineers are at work in ev-
cry county IN the delta subdivid-
ing plantations into small farms.
Over five hundred northern fani-
lies have purchased from twenty
to fifty acres each IN this section
OF Mississippi during the past
month, and each train brings 9TH
srs into tho fsmous delta. Cald-
we'll u Smith, of Memphis, sue
cesaors to Caldwell & Judah, are
undoubtedly the largest land own.
ers in the South, having 142 plan
latlons in Mississippi and Artsa-
sag, 70 Of which are located in tho
delta. % beng in Bolivar county.
Lamar Fontsine has q large force
o: men at work subdividing tho
delta plantations belonging to this
firm. The G000-acre Nyaoza plan
tatlon, near Grace, Isssousna
county, WAS thi, week cut up into
twenty acre tracts, and the entire
amount sold. The Pettls plsnta-
ton, near Avon, Washington coun-
~, will next week also be similar
ly treated. after which Mr.. Fon-
tame will begin operations in Boil
var county on twenty-five planta-
tons, ranging in area from 500 to
5000 acres. Mr.. Fontaine has two
clerks with him making out deeds
and S selling the land as fast as it
can be surveyed"
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lions too numerous to count.
A Covey of Them.

He has had many thrilling en-
counters, and it is a real pleasure
to hear him tell of his trials. Here
is one of his stories:
Zone morning | heard a beal
tramping around the leaves not
4 hundred yards from camp. Some
of the Boys wanted to go out and
punish him for his impotence, but
| wouldn't let them do anything Of
the kind. | went myself Well,
sir, instead of finding one, you can
stuff me full Of sawdust and exhib-
it me as the biggest liar in Miss
issippi if there wasn't 16 of the
brutes. And they were great big
healthy fellows, who seemed to
think the country Whereabouts be-
longed to them without dispute.
But they couldn't bluff me. sin
gled out the biggest one in the
pack and let him have it right un-
der the shoulder. Before you
could count two | had another one
'weltering in his own blood as
you reporters would put it. The
air was filled with smoke, and be-
fore it was cleared away | had. my
gun loaded again and was peering
through the bushes trying to dis
cover where the others wers. |
happened to hear noise behind
me, and on turning around, there
they we're, snssking upon me from
the rear. They were net 10 feet
away, and the emily thing left for
me to do was to put this game log
of mine to work, which | did. l
suppose ran fully a mile, and on
turning around, imagine my aston
ishment to see all of them at my
heels.
"The only thing I saw to do was
to take to tree. and | went up
one like acAt before pack of
hounds. Those bears stayed right
there all day. OF course they
wouldn't have done so if | had not
lest my ammunition iii my flight.
Darkness came, and not withstand
ing unceasing blasts from my
throat, there came to me no as
sistancs from the boys in the camp.
All that night the bears, IA of 'em,
lay right at the foot of the tree,
occasionally glancing up at lne to
see if | was doing all right. About
another hunter came
llong. He put them to flight and
was released from my very tire
some position, where | had been
zept for nearly "A hours. The
lunter gave me some shells which
it my gun, and then We started
n for the enemy. BY II o'clock
hat day We had every enc of them
tillcd.
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For the first time in half dozer
wears the swsmps ip the White
River bottoms near Helena are
again alive with bear. Hunters
who have returned from that sec
ton report that q number of bears
have been killed lately, and thai
there are signs OF others coming ir
to take the places of the deaC
ones, three or four times over.
From what section they are emf.
grating is not known, but it is sup
posed that the cold weather Of the
hills is driving them to the thick
woods of the White and MISSISSIPPI
pi River bottoms.
None of the lakes in this vicini-
ty have been overhoued of late,
nor are there any signs that they
will before spring. 1t is, there
fore, safe to say that thsse bears
will spend their winters near Hell
ena lnless they are killed. Re
ports from Memphis and Little
Rock indicate that big party OF
hunters will be here next week to
take their chances with the game.
In addition to the bears the woods
are filled with all kinds of wild
meat, such as deer, turkeys and
ducks.
The mast has b.el the heaviest
known for years, and all the game
is in good condition. The bears
have chances of roobing the big
trees OF their wild honey, and they
are evidently having good time
with the sweetest of all syrup,. 1t
is said that at least 30 have been
slain within the last week by han
ters from up the river, who seem
to have followed the meat down to
this locality. AT least al hunters
who have thus far been seen by
tho natives hereabouts are straag-
ers to them. The markets Of Hell
ena have had bear meat for sale
for over a week, and many fami-
lies here have enjoyed a meal
from this highly favored game. A
steak from a bear at this season of
the year is no, bad.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01

The Ma'9nie Grand Lodge of
M lsslssippi meets at West Point
On THURSDAY, february l4th.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01
FOntaine Is Expected.

The crack of Lamar C.. Fon
taine's riff. has not yet been heard
during the season. Fsntsine lives
on the Mississippi side just across
the river from Helena. He is an
questionablv the most successful
bear hunter in thi, or any other
part of the county. Moreover,
ne is the best rife shot in the
South, and one Of tn. best in the
world. He is over 70 wears of age
He served CALAMITY in the Confed-
crate Array. 1t was he who float
ed down the Yazoo river in an In
dian dug out" right by tho feder-
al fleet Of gHnbosts and landed in
Nicksburg without having tasted
particle Of food for three DAYS.
He was oae Of tho most fearless
and daring scouts on the Southern
side OF that conflict. He is the
author of "All Quist Along tao
Potomac" which will live for
years in history. He lost a leg in
the fight around Charleston. but
no one who sees him walk would
ever imagine that he was minus
one OF the most important parts of
the human structure. He is as
agile as n schoo! boy. lie has
never tasted tobacco, whiskcy or
coffee. Hi, hair is as black as a
crow. wing and his vision is un-
impaired. He does not use slasse.
at all.
Fontaine is a South Carolinian
by birth. He settled in Mississ-
ippi immediately after the surrcn-
der. He is a civil engineer by
profession He ran the prelimi-
nary line from Memphis to New
Orleans, which is now MARKED by
the Mississippi Valley Railroad. :.
part of the Illinois Central system.
The distanc. from New Orleans to
Memphis Ivy this routs is 4S5
miles. From Memphis to Vicks.
burg the distance is 234 miles
The road runs almost parallel with
the Mississippi rive, and was, be-
fore Fontaine went in there with ,
his level and transit, almost terra :
1rcognlla. 1t vas filed vita bears (
deer, catamonnts and the spotted .
lion. 1t was daring this period Of
Fontaine's lic that he won bis
lau:els as bear hunter. He was
something over year running the
line to Fich-burg. When he had
and began counting 40 the
that he had come in con.
tact with it Was discovered that he
bad slain Is bears, 24G deer and
panthers, calam0unts and s,otted
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ABOUT LAMAR FONTAINE.

MARVELLOUS TALES or HUNTING AND SHOOTING
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

the people who attended 1t. That
should have such weight on the dele
gates from that place as the number
Of voters present would entitle It to.
If the people throughout the rural dis
trictS had also expressed their wishes
in that way there might be some logic
in a conclusion drawn from such
premises.
But the deie6ates-elect have re
ceiyed no such instruction. There has
been no declaration of the desires of
the people. The delegates come to the
convention uninStructed. Therefore,
If they should not bow to the will Of
The prohtbitionists. but should decline
TO submit anything to the popular vote
except the constitution they frame and
for which only they were elected, they
will not be guilty of any of the dread
full things which are the result Of the
Eheated" imagination of the News cor
respondent.
The obligations Of legislators and
constitution trainers to the people who
elected them form an open question.
There is no settled rule in law or Gus
tom on this matter. Some Of the very
foremost statesmen Of this and other
countries have taken the position that
they we're chosen to legi51ate for the
best interests Of the nation, accord
ing to their own independent judg-
ment. They have claimed the right to
vote for measures which their con-
stftutents have disapproVed. And they
have subsequently been applauded by
the people whom they had thus Of
Tended, for their honesty and independ-
denee
Now, The Herald does not say
whether they we're right or wrong.
but merely mentions a we'll known fact
In this case it is entirely different.
The delegates to the convention come
uninstructed from their several dis
tricts. They are asked to submit
something to the votes Of the people
in addition to the instrument they
we're elected TO frame. The Herald
states its belief that if submitted, the
large majority of people in the rural
districts would approve It. Whereupon
one Of the promoters of the project
jumps TO the strange conclusion, and
sticks to 1t, that The Heralds opinion
must be taken as the peoples demand,
and that if it IS not complied with the
delegates viii be guilty Of tyranny and
of inconsistency with American insd-
tutions. Cannot even the News per-
ceive the vacuity of such reasoning,
and cannot the correspondent bring
forth something rational IN favor of
the prohibition project?
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to be president, Before the bee began
co buss in his bonnet ne was out
spoken on all subjects. not caring
much who would be offended. Since
that time he has been somewhat Of a
trimmer. and has been doing some of
the most ungraceful straddling that
has been witnessed in the last few
years.
His speech on The bond proposition
was the most notable example of this
There is not one word in it that would
indicate the side Reed takes in the sill
yer fight. 1t was made at an hour
when the sentiment Of the House was
thoroughly aroused on the money ques-
ton. Speeches on the one side and
the other, openly voicing the sentt-
ments Of those who delivered them.
had been made for seve. raj hours.
But Reeds speech fell like q blank.
The House had waited for an opinion
from him. But instead Of the honest
declaration which had been expected
from him he gave absolutely no indica-
ton Of what he would do on the silver
question, affecting to believe that the
gold bond proposition did not affect
that.
OF course, all the country should
know where Reed stands. He is forced
! to be a gold man by his geogra phical
I location. But he has a belief that by
| steering in the middle course he win
/ be able to keep both sides satisfied. In
| this course there are many earmarhs
| OF the methods of Platt. Can it be
possible that the New Yorker is al
ready appointed trainer for the man
! from Maine?
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We mDEIGN.U

The correspondent of the Deseret
News who faYors the prohibition
movement and who presses it with Pc
culiar logic %, repeats his proposition
that because The Herald believes a
large majority Of the people in the
rural districts would favor the pro-
hibition project if it were presented to
them. therefore the delegates from
those districts must vote for the sub
mission Of the question to the ballots of
the people or they will thWart the
wishes Of the people and be guilty of
tyranny.
The News. by its headings to the
article. announces that this seems
clear enough" and wants to know
whether The Herald win "deign to
understand it." 1t is Just as clear now
as it was when first assumed. and we
understand it exactly as we did then.
1t is not changed in the least. It is
''as clear as mud in wine glass The
logic Of it is remarkable. 1t makes the
opinion OF The Herald as to
a probable contingency. the fnfalnble
guide 10 the members Of the conven-
ton. 1t exalts that opinion to the
place of the understood wishes of
the people, Understand it? OF course
We do. We understand it to be the
essence Of absurdity.
The correspondent is kind enough to
intimate that The Herald is heated. .
We are not conscious of any undue
warmth except in the choler of that
correspondent. That appears so fierce
az to impair his powers of reasoning.
1t is SO high as to prevent his percep-
ton of the fact that the people. whom
The Herald believes would favor the
prohibition project. have not expressed
their feelings or views on the matter.
That the delegates to the convention
are bound to take a certain course be-
cause The Herald thinks their constitu-
ents would favor It If it was presented
to them, is a surprising deduction"
and argues much more "heat" and
haste than reason and reflection.
The correspondent speaks Of the mass
meeting at Provo, which has very
different bearing on the question There
was an expression Of the opinions of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26
IT'S UsUAL WAY.

The Herald has called attention to
the silence of the Tribune since the
grand jury has been in session. over
knowledge Of the persons who per-
petrated them, which it 50 frequently
affirmed before the grand jury was
empaneled. BY silly squib 1t at
ternpts to divert attention from the
real point and sputters out these
falsehoods:
That persons who know something
about the frauds have been before the
grand jury is evident from the fact
that three Democrats have been in
dicted and two are under arrest.
charged with committing these frauds.
To be sure, The Herald wasn't enough
OF newspaper to print the facts, and
Gus blunder under the circumstances
but then, what can be expected of The
Herald?
The grand Jury has found indict-
ments against three persons for the
frauds committed in connection with
the Ogden returns fer the election of
county collector The persons who
went before the grand jury knew
something about those frauds per-
haps. But what is that to do with the
Sanpete affair, about which the Tri-
bune professed to know so much?
1t is not fact that three Demo-
Gratis have been indicted and two are
under arrest it is a fal5ehood as the
writer of it no doubt understands per
fectly That is worse than "a ridiculous
blunder," even if The Herald had
| made one. which has not been shown.
1t is a fact that The Herald published
| the true particulars Of the Indictment
Of the persons charged with the Ogden
election frauds. but not the lie that
| they were ''all Democrats
| Nothing in all that has any relation
to the boast Of the Tribune before the
/ grand jury sat. and its silence since
Nor with The Herald's suggestion that
the men who claimed to know who are
/ the guilty parties. and those who so
! singularly discovered the alleged for
geries in the returns after having
/ them in their private possession SO
long. should be summoned before the
| grand jury and be required to tell it
| ALL
There are four assertions and four
I falsehoods in the clipping we have
made from the Tribune; but then
what can be expected OF that paper
! when it tries to dodge the truth and
wiggle its way out Of dilemma?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Last August Mss Lavinia Harris.
daughter Of Congressman Harris, of Kan
sag created q sensation by marrying
AostIer Pohannon, at Luray. Va She
the time. and the marriage was clandes-
tine. The sequel to it is now at hand.
On Wednesday Mrs. BohannOn commit
ted suicide.-Sioux City Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

All the elements that nature demands
to make the hair abundant and beau
tiful. are supplied by Ayers Hair
Visor. It keeps the scalp freq from
dandruff prevents the hair from be-
coming dry and harsh, and causes it
to be rich. flexible and glossy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

In view Of Johnny zanes outspoken
opinion of the Supreme Court, we de-
Sire TO know if that tribunal has made
its will concerning the Sanpete cases
freely and without undue influence.
The independence of the Judiciary
must be preserved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Il looks like The great government
OF the United States has been held up.
Bonds which sold for 10435 after much
alleged negotiation Immediately rise
10 a comfortable surplus of u.s. The
treasury department must get up early
10 get away with Belmont, Morgan ct.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

'Coin'' bonds are bringing about 20
per cent premium This efectually
answers the suggestion that they
would be injured by the prospect of
being redeemed in silver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

In one country district of Germany
pay weddings were in vogue until re-
Gently, each guest paying for his enter
tainment as much as he would at an inn,
and the receipts being placed aside to set
UP the happy pair n thelr rev. home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

II was not that Fred Douglass did re
markably well for a colored man. he di,
wonderfully well for man OF any color
Boston Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Woo Jan, a Chinese iaundryman Of
Ashland. KY. went into grocery store
OF that town the other day and paid for
a bill of groceries for a destitute family
He requested that the benenciarles be
kept In ignorance of the identity OF the
donor,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Author, orator, statesman, and leade
Of his race he achieved a position an,
welded an influence 70 which few mel
can aspire.-New York World
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

He was the Moses of his people. Nc
colored man in half a century will be SC
widely lamented by both raceS.-OhiC
State Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Five million dollars worth Of guano
on Gunnison isjandi and Salt Lakers
have Just discovered the fact.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Mrs. Lease threatens to return to the
Seoture platform. Let Utah be put
under strict quarantine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

The suggestion that 4he Supreme
Court as now constituted" would not
do the Republicans justice needs a
pair of new euspenders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

(which shoe do you put on frst?''
asked the statistical boarder.
Neither one" replied the Cheerful
Idiot. ~ put on nay socks first."-Indi-
annapolis journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Protected manufacturers and bounty
recipients are actuated by motives Of
the purest patriotism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

The Colchester election was an IN
expected victory to the English Liber-
ais, who expected to suffer defeat but
have won by a comfortable surplus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

This year California Will not have
FLORIDA as a competitor and can recoup
sts losses caused by ITS orange crop
failure due to frost three years since.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Cleveland did not succeed in putting
the country under FIVE hundred mil
lion bonds to keep the surplus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

His memory should be ever kept green
by every American citizen of African
the mighty work Of freedom.-Toled
Blade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

The oolored people OF the United States
may we'll venerate his memory: not for
What he did alone, but for What ne was,
Capital,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-26

Of all sad words of wife or cook
These probably are worst,
To man with slender pocketbook:
The water pipes have burst,
Kansas City Journal