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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
KILLED A MAN A MINUTE.
rrivntn Fonlnlne of Mtnlll Krpt
ThU t'p for Sixty Mlmitra.
Lamar Fontaine, of Mississippi,
killed sixty mrn In sixty minutes dur
tng the war. Ho bears a written certi
ficate to this effect from General Holier)
E. Leo. Now Mr. Fontaine does not
care to be called colonel.
It was In the battlo of Waterloo
Bridge, Just below Warrenton, Va.. In
August, 18G2, and Immediately before
the second battle of Manassas, that
General Lee witnessed Fontaine's feat
of killing "oixty Yankees In sixty min
utes." Stonewall Jackson, under whom
Fontaine served, was flanking Pope.
The Confederate sharpshooters had
posfiesBlon of a long frame building,
and were pouring death Into Pope's
ranks, when Lee rode up.
The General had heard of Fontalue's
wonderful ability as a marksman, and
paid him a visit. A Federal battery
then directed on the sharpshoot-
"Traln your glass on No. 1, at gun
No. 1," Fontaine said to General Leo,
"and you will see him jump up In the
air In a minute and another man will
kave to take his place."
Then he went on and killed sixty
men, one after another, each tn about
a minute, until Lee told him to stop.
"Doesn't your conscience ever hurt
yen when you do work of this kind?"
Inquired Lee.
"Why, General." replied Fontaine,
when I enlisted In the army it was
with the understanding that I was to
kill as many of the enemy as I could.
It I had any conscientious scruples
against it I would quit the army. Don't
jon expect us to kill?"
Fontaine served also with Generals
Stewart and Johnston. He took part
In. twenty-seven pitched battles, fifty
eight skirmishes and over a hundred
Imdivldual skirmishes. He was reputed
the best marksman with rifle or re
volver in either army.
Fontaine was wounded sixty-seven
times and thirteen times his lungs
were pierced. Twice his heart was
(razed and these scratches caused that
organ to be so enlarged that physic
ians who examine him to-day without
knowing his history say that he is In
danger of Immediate death. But he
(feels well enough. So often has he
been wounded that he cannot remem
ber where he got such and such a
ear without consulting the record.
The bloody and amazing Incident of
Che "sixty men In sixty minutes" Is
very far from being the only astound
ing one in Fontaine's career. He has
bad more adventures and more peril
ous ones than any writer of romance,
even Dumas, ever dared attribute to
his hero.
He possesses the following startling
testimonials from "Stonewall" Jack
son: "I believe that during his service
with me as sharpshooter, Lamar Fon
taine killed more of the enemy than
any company in my command."
A Honeymoon at a Farm Hoiiko.
It Is no longer fashionable for the
bridal couples to go to large cities or
M a trip to Europe for their wedding
lonrney, says the Indianapolis Journal.
The sentimental period must be spent
b some country place, a wayside inn
ar in some quiet old town. A couple
who desired to go to a country place
near by advertised in a paper that is
distributed well over the state for Just
what they would like in the way of an
Ideal resort for their honeymoon. Not
more than a week or ten days after the
advertisement appeared they received a
dozen or more answers. Previous to
the wedding the husband-to-be visited
several of those whose letters read the
most Invitingly and selected the place
he liked the best. The four weeks they
pent there were more like a story
book than a reality. The rooms were
targo and airy, the table was exqulalto
in its cleanliness and the viands that
were spread before them were doli
eiously tempting. A horse and car
riage were at their disposal, the river
not more than a mile away, and scen
ary and loafing spots were so plentiful
that a new one could be found every
day.
An Unburlnd Klnir.
It will surprise most people to learn
that the late King of Spain is not yet
buried, but, covered with a winding
sheet, lies on a marble slab in a vault
it the Escurlal. This is in accordance
with a custom dating from the year
WOO. The body will lie where it is un
UI the present King dies. Then it will
6 deposted with great pomp beside
the remains of his predecessors in the
eaapel of the Escurlal.
"Vrimu I Wad Abroad."
I had once a great friend who hart
travelled all around the world. When
almost on his deathbed he spoke to me
on. the subject for the first time with
humorous pathos. "My dear fellow,
you will do me the juatice, when I am
goat, to say that I never told you one
word about it." But he was a noble
exception.
Nouveau Rlche That big fellow
with the trumpet did nothing half the
time. Don't let it happen nualn.
Bandmaster Ah, yes, sare; but that
was during the piccolo part. It waa
the trombone rest.
.Nouveau Rlche I pay men to work,
not to rest! Truth.
Fuddy I understand that Wlgloy
spends most of bis evenings here at
your house?
Duddy I had an impression that It
wag my evenings that ho spends
here. New York Herald.
Mrs. Portly Pompous: "do you un
derstand how to cook properly?"
Bridget: "Indade, mum, I do. Tha
perlacenian who usdd to call en n e
t mi luut nlRcn was a remilnr nulra
A DIFFERENCE.
1 &v'l' '
He Have you ever had your ears
pierced?
She No; but I've often had them
bored.
AN APT PUPIL.
Miss Thlrdseason I hate to see you
jolng into society, darling. You are
so young and sweet and good.
Miss Budd Never mind, I can learn.
PLENTY OF 'EM LEFT.
"Ah! James, you've broken all the
good resolutions you made last
rhanksgivlng."
"Yes, sir; but I am thankful I can
make others Just as good."
A LUCID EXPLANATION.
He Ah, I saw you on the street yes
terday She Yes, I saw that you did; and
you saw that I did not see you, did
vou not? Truth.
DARKTOWN REGIMENT IN CAMP.
Sergeant Put out dat light.
Voice Within Dat's the moon, oah
gent. Sergeant Don't keer what It am;
put it out. New York Herald.
DIDN'T FORGET HIS MANNERS.
"If you'll pxcuse me, mum, I'll leave
'.he table." Harpeia Weekly.
A NEW WESTERN IDEA.
Girl Who (live Oolil Mnitda of Their Lit
tin Finger to Tlirlr llrtrnthFil.
"Do the girls here give gold model
of their little fingers to their fiances?"
asked the Western girl of the Gotham
Ite. "Heavens, tio!" answered the Goth
amite. "It seems to mo that that is a
rather grewnome souvenir."
"Not nt all," answered the Western
girl, "it is decidedly dainty, and I'm
a little surprised that New York is so
far behind the times. The fad started
In this way. When the daughter of
one of our big Western politicians was
six months old, he had a model of her
little finger cast in gold. Around the
1 1 f H O t f Ml t.l rtlf la n .It.. n ....-
quolse, which Is her birth stone, and
It makes a lovely charm for her be-
trothed's watch chain. He valued It during the trial and when, as prelimi
bo much that It set other men to think- nary to the passing of sentence of
ing, and the result Is that as soon as death, Justice Maddox put the cus
the girl wraps one of these chaps ; tomary questions to him, he respond
around her own little finger sufficiently j cd ' ptly, collectedly and without
for a proposal to follow, he Immediate- ' -
ly insists upon a gold facsimile of the
flesh and blood original. It Is a pretty
conceit, and Is bolng followed by every
Westerner who ie In subjection to
somebody's little finger. New York
Sun.
Milking an Artificial Skin.
A process has been patented in Ger
many for making a substitute for the
natural skin for use In wounds. The
muscular coating of the intestines of
animals Is divested of mucous mem
brane and then treated in a pepsin so
lution until the muscular fibres are
half-digested. After a second treat
ment with tannin and gallic acid a
tissue is produced which takes the
place of the natural skin, and which,
when laid on the wound, is entirely ab
sorbed during the healing process.
The Inquiring SI I nil.
Johnny Say pa, I want to ask you
a question.
Mr. Sniff. Well, now, I don't know
why the Spring doesn't always come
in the Fat, or where the wind Is when
It doesn't blow, or whether, If the al
manac makers should leave out the
mouth of August, the corn crop would
be ruined by September frosts. But
go ahead.
Johnny Why, pa, I only wanted to
know how it comes that no one but
children die in childhood? New York
Journal.
fctonil Up for Him.
"Do you think your sister llke3 me,
Tommy?"
"Yes; she stood up for you at din
ner." "Stood up for me? Was anybody
saying anything about me?"
"No, nothing much. Father said he
thought you were rather a donkey, but
sis got up and said you weren't, and
told father he ought to know better
than to Judge a man by his looks."
London Household Words.
Not Suaoeptlble to Flattery.
Broken-Down Actor (with battered
hat and frayed clothing) Ah, good
morning, me charming gazelle. May
I Inquire if you have at your disposal
any cold turkey or other suitable
viands with which a gentleman might
assuage his hunger?
Servant Girl (who has been there
before) I guess there's plenty o' cold
vittles in the kitchen, if thot's wot ye
mane. But er where's the gintle
man? Now York Truth.
lliii Theory.
"A great many women marry men
for the purposo of reforming them,"
remarked the observant citizen.
"I suppose so," replied the man who
was reluctantly writing a check, "but
sometimes they misjudge a man. Now
that you remind me of it, I believe
my wife unjustly suspected me of the
habit of saving too much money."
Washington Star.
Klretrlo Tornado Alitrina.
A cyclone or a tornado will rush sud
denly upon a township and leave it
in ruins a few minutes later. ThisJ
raci nas resulted in the invention of a
barometer, built on such linos that, a
few minutes before the arrival of a vio
lent atmospheric disturbance, the
mercury, being agitated, rings an elec
tric alarm and gives fair warning.
Tama Enough.
Tourist (In Jersey, apprehensively)
How about the Jersey mosquitoes?
Don't you find them pretty vicious
creatures?
Jersey Nutive (indifferently) Not at
all! Not at all! Why, they'll eut
right out of your hand! Puck.
Nothing to Tell,
Mother: "What did your father say
when he saw his broken pipe?"
Innocent; "Shall I leave (out the
wicked words, mamma?"
Mother: "Certainly."
Innocent: "Then I don't believe
there Is anything to tell you, mamma."
Hie Yearn.
"Shay, m' (hie) frlen'!" said Lush
lngton, after vainly fumbling with his
latch-key for twenty minutes.
"Well?" returned the passer-by.
"Have you (hie) got such a shlng as
a spare key (hlc) hole about you?"
Judge.
Not a Judge.
"Is it true, 'Nezer, that stolen
chickens are the sweetest?"
"Dunno, boss, 'deed I don'. I nebbej
tauted de yuddor kind." Typograph
ical Journal.
Miss Passu. Oh, Reginald. Do some
brave and heroic deed and prove youi
love for nie.
Reginald. Haven't I offered to
marry you?
THORN SEN1ES0ED TO LE0TRI0
CHAIR
Murder of Guldonsuppe Honrs Rii Fate
Without Betraying Any Emotion.
Martin Thorn, convicted last week
ot the murder of William Guldcn-
suppe, was on Friday sentenced to be
electrocuted in the week beginning
January io, 1898.
When Thorn was taken into court
in Long Island City he stepped as
briskly, walking between two officers,
as he had done on the days when he
was on trial. He preserved the same
Vctlill luijiti iui uauiu vAjiivMiwii vi
, countenance
that he nail at every
crisis in the workmc out of his late
UUlwaill cvmcuv-s; ui niiuiivii.
"My true name," said the murderer,
'is Torceswisky. I was born in Ger
many and am thirty-three years old.
I was a barber and have never been
in prison before. I was brought tip
in the religious belief of tne Roman
Catholic church. I can read and
write. My father is living. I am not
married."
Then Judge Maddox proceeded to
pass sentence solemnly and impress
ively. He said :
"Thorn, you were indicted charged
with having premeditated and deliber
ately designed and caused the death
of William Guldensuppe. You have
had a fair trial, in the course of which
you were defended by the ablest and
most astute counsel. They could not
have done more for you. Every effort
was made by them to save you. After
that the jury found you guilty of mur
der in the first degree and the punish
ment for that is death.
"The judgment of the court is that
you shall be taken hence to the state
prison at Sing Sing, within a reason
able time, and that there you shall be
executed in the form prescribed by
law in the week beginning January io,
1898."
Thorn listened without moving a
muscle and when the judge had finish
ed he inclined his head slightly for
ward as if bowing to the court. The
prisoner's lawyers then handed up
their affidavit applying for an appeal.
Justice Maddox took the affidavit and
will pass on it later.
Best Way to Make Lemonade-
The best lemonade is made by
boiling sugar and water together and
adding the lemon juice after it is cold.
Use one pound of sugar to each
quart ol water; add the juice of six
lemons and the desired quantity of
water at serving time. Pineapple
lemonade may be made by boiling
together one quart of water, one
pound of sugar and the grated rind
of one lemon for five minutes. Strain ;
when cold, add the juice of six
lemons, one pineapple pared and
picked into very small particles, and
either a quart of water or a quart of
Appolhnaris water. Ladies Ifome
Journal.
Turn the X ray on yourself occas
ionally and see if you are as near per
fect as you would like your neighbor
to be.
Ohoe ful Winter Outlook
Railroad's Increasing Business Crowds
Car Shops Willi Work.
Thousands of workingmen are jubi
lant over the bright prospects for
work this winter. It is expected to
be the busiest winter in the Altoona
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for years. All departments
will be run steadily, and, in order to
keep up with the demands, night
work will be necessary. An order
has been placed with the car shops
for 500 new freight cars. This is the
largest order since 1893. Work will
commence immediately, and the em
ployment of several hundred addition
al men, will be necessary, in order to
get the work out.
In addition to the order for cars an
order has been placed for a number
of class H engines, said to be the
most powerful ever built. They will
be built for the Pennsylvania Rail
road division and for several Western
roads.
Actors, Singers,
Speakers
ThoiiMndt of actor, nubile
entartainara, tintfurt, Uciur
rt, preachere end rradare
tor tormented with throat
weaaneas. Toeae dcllcute
organs being overtaxed be
come tLeepUble to bead
colds, lnuonsa. boararnota,
Healing in the throat, anort.
Ing, dropping In the throat,
pata ever the eyaa, drjr
throat, eto.j all theu are
furirunnart of Catarrh.
Asthma, Tor.silItU, and are but ttapplatt stones to
more serious complications If nitKlectcd.
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" I can but proclaim Dr. Agnew't Catarrhal Pow
der a wondut'rnl medicine, particularly for singers
and publlo rpi-'.kf.Ti. Myself ami wifj were buth
subject of lonvlltis and Catrirb, 6 never found
anything tfl ejual thiourea! 2- ciMy u,r qutnk actlun
and cuia'.ivo i,u, Iiiir It i" ;i wuatlur worker. I
heartily rrcommund it to tny brother piufessionals."
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IK YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, MATTING,
or Oil. ClaiOTII,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
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ami Door above ('onrt IIouc.
. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
Company Stores Uador Tire.
The Attorney General to Hear Complainants
From Cambria County.
The following sworn statement,
signed by Frank Price, William Fct
terisli, S. W. Long and Alexander
Robb, was received last week by
Attorney General McCormick :
"To the Attorney General of Penn
sylvania, Henry C. McCormick : We,
the undersigned citizens of Portage
township and vicinity, in the county
of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania,
do solemnly swear that at Ben's Creek,
in the said county, there is and has
been for some time past a store known
as the McElhoes & Co. Store, which
store is operated in conjunction with
the mine operated by the Somnan
Coal Mining Company, known also as
the Loyal-Hanna Coal Company, and
which said mining company compels
the employes employed in and about
their mines to deal with the said
McElhoes & Co's. store. Men de
clining to deal in said store are de
prived of their share of employment,
and are compelled to draw certain
amounts, viz. : Married men must
take coupons to the amount of $6
each, and single men the amount of
$3 each semi-monthly, contrary to
the Act of Assembly approved June
9, 1891."
The Attorney General has fixed a
hearing in the case for December ai.
Dover, N. II., Oct. 31, 1896.
Messrs. Ely Bros. : The Balm
reached me safely and in so short a
time the effect is surprising. My son
says the first application gave decided
relief. I have a shelf filed with "Ca
tarrh Cures." To-morrow the stove
shall receive them and Ely's Cream
Balm will reign supreme. Respectfully,
Mrs. Franklin Freeman.
Cream Ealm is kept by all drug
gists. Full size 50c. Trial size 10
cents. We mail it. ELY BROS.,
56 Warren St., N. Y. City.
November Internal Revenue Report-
The internal revenue report for No
vember in this district shows a falling
oft in receipts of about $100 as com
pared with those for the preceding
month. For the past month they were
$37,847,93; made up as follows : From
the sale of beer stamps, $18,644;
cigar stamps, $19,523.56, and tobacco,
$680.37. This is an increase of
$1,600 as compared with the corre
sponding month last year. Stamp
Clerk Becker reports that the new
month starts out exceedingly well, as
he received mail orders for $1,500 in
stamps Wednesday morning by the
first mail.
Stop that Head Cold in 10
minutes or it will develop into
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in 10 minutes, and relieves most acute
and deep seated catarrh after one ap
plication. Cures quickly and per
manently. "I have used Dr. Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder with best results.
It is a great remedy, and I never
cease recommending it." John K.
Dell, Paulding, O. 46.
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The World .Agnia at an End.
A peculiar story comes from the
southern part of Centre county which
seems almost incredible, but it is
vouched for as correct in detail. It
is the belief prevalent there that the
world will come to an end on De
cember 12, and so strong is the belief
among a - certain class that farmers
who inherit the same have left their
corn standing in shock, and much of
their work undone, in the belief that
it will not be needed by them or any
one else. Just who is the prophet
after whose predictions these deluded
people are following cannot be
learned.
Twenty years ago in the same com
munity there were scores of converts
to Mother Shipton's prophecies that
the world would come to an end in
1879, and at that time a man by the
name of Miller was so confident that
the prophecy would be fulfilled that
he made all preparatious for the
momentous event. The subject was
ever his talk, and he won many con
verts to the belief. Farms were then
abandoned and work that should have
been done was left undone', and when
the expected day drew nigh the peo
ple gathered together in groups and
prayed and preached to each other.
But the time passed and the world
went on. Miller, however, did not
lose his faith that the time would
eventually come, and many times
preached his doctrine. Others have
taken up the delusion and now the
date has been set for December
Almost without exception the be
lievers in this prophecy are noa
church members, and scout the idei
of predestinationism. And yet mm?
of them are intelligent and well read,
being able to discuss any topic and
quote Scripture with the best of theo
logians. And still more strange is the
fact that they base the claims of their
bel.ef on facts found in the Bible, and
produce texts to prove the theory. At
this time there are evening gatherings
at the homes of the different believers,
where the one topic of conversation
is the coming destruction of the
world and in making spiritual prepara
tion for that event by praying and
praise service. All worldly subjects
are treated with indifference, even to
the stranger who may happen to come
among them at such a time. Ex.
Pill-Age Dr. Agnew's Liver Tillft
10 cents a vial, are planned after the
most modern in medical science.
They are as great an improvement
over the 50 years old strong dose pl
formulas as a bicycle is over an ox
cart in travel. They never gripe and
they never fail. 40 doses, 10 cents.
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Will you sell me some fast cruisers
quick, with quick firing guns to scare
the United States ? says Spain to
canny British shipbuilder. "You do
us honor," replies the British buiUkr.
"Nothing would give us greater pleas
ure than to sell you cruisers to wn'P
our brother ot the United States ;
terms, spot cash, please." But Spa"1
has not the cash and cannot get lt
The dea.1 falls through.
7ry me COL UMBIAN a year-