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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-21
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

coffee at night It spoils their sleep. You can
drink Grain. o when you please and sleep like
top. For Grain does not stimulate; it nour-
ishes, cheers and feeds Yet 1t looks and tastes
like the best coffee. For nervous persons,
yanng people and children Grain.O is the per
feet drink. Made from pure grains. Get a
package from your grocer to-day. Try 1t In
place of coffee Is and 25e.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-21
Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice that ne
i has contracted with the City OF Ellsworth for
the support of the poor, during the ensuing wear.
and has made ample provision for their support
He therefore forbids ali persons from furnishing
supplies TO any pauper on his account, as without
his written order. ne will pay for no goods 10
furnished. HARRY S. JONEs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-21

Hoods Pills are the only pills to take with
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Cure all liver ills.-Adut.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

The Chicago department has beer
put to the test in a number of fires In
sky-scrapers. The last one was in the
great Monadnock building. where a
blaze which started from crossed cleo
trio wires In the basement ran up a
wooden lined shaft to the upper floors.
The hremen attached their lines Ia the
standpipes, and from above soon flood
ed out the fire. In the Chamber OF
Commerce building fire In a lot Of de-
bris under the roof was chopped out
and cast down through the light shaft.
IL was only a little fire. but IL slightly
warped the steel beam under which IL
burned. A blaze or the 18th floor ~ the
Masonic Temple was extingufshed with
but little damage. The first fire OF any
consequence in a sky-scraper in chi-
cago was discovered on the eighth Zoo
Of the Home Insurance building at
Adams and La Sale streets. by a re-
porter early one cold winter morning
about nine years ago. The Home
building Is. not strictly of steel frame
construction. nor does II rank high In
comparison with the tall buildings OF
late construction. The firemen came ip
"A hurry, They backed a chemical en-
CINE into the entrance OF the building
ard with their line OF one-inch hose
went up the stairs four steps at a time
other firemen bundled up ~extinguishers
and in five minutes that blaze was out.
- -
II started. and other tenants only heard
OF the fire incidentally hen they came
down to business. Architect Jenney
afterward used this IRE as an illustra-
ton in papers he read on ~freproof
buildings.
chief swenie believes the tall build
ings OF Chicago are as near freproof
as may be.
The buildings are all right. It's the
contents of them that causes the dan
ger" he said.
Asked what building In Chicago he
regarded as best proof against fire he
said:
The building of the Chicago Histori-
cal society on Dearborn venue It's
not the building 80 much. but its con-
tents. The use of wood has been avoid
ed In every possible way. The chairs.
the tables. the shelves n every bit OF
furniture are made OF iron-even n
picture frames. About all there II to
burn in there are the records. books
and relics. and they are so disposed
that II Is hard 10 see how a fire could
get a chance al them"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
The President and spoils.

From the Albany Argus.
Washington advices intimate that an
executive order has already been pre-
pared which will remoye from the class
sified service $50 deputy collectors OF
internal revenu. 60s examining surgeons
attached TO the pension bureau. and .
numbef OF minor places. In order to
create vacancies to be filled by party
workers"
With what consistency can President
Mckinley thus unstarch the civil serS-
ice? In his message of Dec. 8. lsS-. he
concluded his emarks concernin;v the
important branch OF our government
known as the civil service" by sayiag;
The system has the approval OF the
people. and IL will be my endeavsr 10
uphold and extend IT." In his inaugu-
raj message he furthermore declared
that Reforms in the civil service must
60 en-. but the change must be real
and genuine. not p~erfunctory. or
prompted by a zeal I'm behalf OF any
party simply because IL happens 10 b
in power." And while the president ap-
pears TO a overlooked the subject In
this years message. II he be credited
with consistency Of purpose the omfs-
zion must be attributed rather TO the
pressure of war topics and foreign az
fairs than TO a change of views or .
wsvering in adherence 10 civil service
reform
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
WH|SKEY ACROSS THE LINE.
1t Meant a Snug Sum to the Adventurer Who Took the
k-T The Story of a Montanan Who Repeatedly
Foiled the Mounted Police.

Great Falls. Dec. 1.-THE election held
Just over the International boundary in
October recalls to mind a certain line Of
business, which. although II was not al
ways successful and profitable. was GER
tainly highly exciting and at times meant
the realizing of a snug sum Of money
10 the adventurer. 1t was no less a busi-
ness than that of smuggling whiskey
across the line and selling 1t in a prohi-
bition country. The business fourished
from about 1873 until la9 or 1880. when
the Northwest territory changed in SEN
timcnt and liquors were again allowed
20 be sold openly. Many an old-timer
of this city can remember a time when
teamsters with feet horses were I'm the
habit of receiving their loads somewhere
outside of the city limits, and i'm the
night time. and thereafter would be alb
sent from the city for days or weeks, ac-
cording TO the system which they fol-
Owed. Thu smuggling was carried on all
along the line and Fort Benton was even
a greater starting point than this city.
or course there is no one now living
who would engage I'm such a nefarious
practice. yet IL is true that many watched
with interest to see whether the Cana
dams would again indorse prohibition or
would prefer to remain i'm the present
state. 1t happened. however. that at this
last election. or perhaps. expression of
sentiment is nearer the truth. only 20 per
cent. of the voters OF canada awaited
themselves OF the privilege of the polls
and, though out of the IS per cent. IL
per cent. favored prohibition, the total
vote was so small that IL relieves the
government from taking any responsible
ity in the matter. From all that can be
learned IL seems that both sides. the one
In power as well as the opposition. have
been fighting shy of this temperance or
prohibition case for some time. The par
~ in power had promised to present the
matter to the vote of the people. and IL
that vote was favorable to prohibition to
introduce such measures in the Canadian
parliament.
Strong Competition.
In the early '70s the Hudson Bay COM
pany discovered that while IL had hither-
TO enjoyed an almost u~ndisputed possess
sion of the trade OF the country which
extends from Winnipeg to the coast.
there was beginning TO be a strong COM
petition which eventually might shut
them entirely out of their proft. From
the south came reauent parties of fur
traders armed with the jug. which is ever
welcome to the untutored savage. and
that jug was a stronge argument in the
obtaining of furs than better prices paid
in merchandise. Possibly the fact that
the new class Of traders were a trifie
than the old had something to
do IN switching the trade. but the jug
was the strongest induce
ment. In 49, the Competition had grown
so strong that the Hudson Bay company
at the end of the fur season found its
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

warehouses empty and its goods stacked
on the shelves of the stores without any
demand. Accordingly they set "A lobby
at work at Ottawa and secured the pas
sage of "a law absolutely prohibiting the
sale or Importation OF liquors. malt or
vinous. to the Northwest territory. The
Canadian parliament did more. IL organ
lied the Northwest mounted police, a
body of men which has since gained the
admiration of the world for it's courage
and efficiency. The first installment of
this force found it's way across the coun-
try from Winnipeg to Belly river in the
fall of 1873. 1t lacked the drill which IL
now has. the men were new to the work
and many of them not accustomed to
roughing IL in a wild country. As a con-
sequence the detachment did not arrive
at Belly river with that ease with which
IL now makes a trip to the Elondike
country. But IL was sufficient on its ar
rival to arrest "A whiskey trader at Belly
river. to confiscate his liquor and also
some s35 900 worth of furs. and from that
time forward the trade of the men from
the south declined.
Made Big Profits.
However. the fur trade was succeeded
by another. With its decline grew the
trade OF smuggling whiskey. and al
though the occupation was a risky one.
yet the profits on one successful ven
ture were sufficient to pay many a fine.
The whiskey was bought on this side OF
the line for 50 "A gallon. but across the
line 1t was worth s5 a gallon. s. a quart
or 20 cents "A drink. And the market
was m IL was the story of every
prohibition attempt. Men who never be-
fore cared very much about Thinking
made II a point to keep on hand "A good
ly stock of the forbidden stun and to
drink IL frequently and much at a time.
The principal points of consumption were
Fort Macleod. Calgary and the town of
Iethbridge. where the coal mines had
been recently opened. From these points
& was shipped further north along the
line of the Canadian Pacific. The saloon
business was run on the same principles
as those of Maine and New Hampshire,
where the prohibition law obtains to-
day. The proprietor Of the place had his
stock cached and drew a bottleful from
time to time as IL was needed. and from
this he supplied his trade. Behind the
bar there was a large display OF soda.
pop and other soft drinks" but the
main article was i'm the hip pocket of the
There were no mixed drinks.
but the sale on straight whiskey and
brandy was enough TO insure a large
profit.
Police Not Idle.
Meanwhile the mounted police were not
idle. They made many seizures aT0l IL
could not be otherwise. with the large
Of men engaged in the traffic. |
but the country which the men had to
patrol was wide and rough in its nature.
were plenty Of passes and the
Indians and others interested were ready |
at all times to warn the smuggler Of the |
of the police. II was an easy |
matter TO cross the line during the night. |
push The horses hard until nearly day
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

break, then unload the kegs in some
coulee or cache. The outfit would move
away for some distance to camp. or
would drive directly to "A customer and
arrange for the sale Of the stock. Later
II could be brought from the cache and
stored In a cellar or some other good
hiding place. The punishment for the
first onense was confiscation and a fine
OF $500; for the second offense. confisca-
ton and 500 fine; a third and other Of
lenses meant on conviction three years
at hard labor i'm the ~penitentiary. Sell
ing liquor to the Indians was a peniten-
tiary ofense straight.
The tale of one OF these adventures Is
told by a correspondent of the New York
Sur at Kip. The story is entirely true
and the central figure In IL will be rec
ognized by old-timers. though not by the
name given him. He Is still "A resident
OF Montana. though of course ne has re-
pented of his former business. The story
Is told as follows:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

isn't-or wasn't while ! ownei tia drop
OF water In II. and I ajvise you % sam
pie IL. It's really good stun.
81 leave this morning for free MontsnJ.
taking with me 5000 worth rf your pale
green currency. Please catch me-if YOU
can. ORNOM."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Mems Furnishing Goods

This 8 another of our very large and extensive Departments.
" are showing an immense range o Mems UnderClothins, from
m Cheapest grade Of EleeCed Cotton to the finest line of fine Inn
ported CameIs Hair. Mems and Boys Sweaters in al! grades. Our
dozen and we handle only goods made by New York Manufacturers
or the highest standing. Our line of Mems Cuffs, Collars, Sus-
penderS, NeCkWear, Socks, Etc, Etc, is very large and complete
and VIII compare N price with anything offered in the State.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Carpet Department

For a town the size of Belt our Carpet offerings and immensely
OF stock is a wonder. We handle everything in Carpets from the
cheap Hemp to the best quality 5-frame body Brussels, all marked
at prices as lOw rs anything to be found in the State of Montana.
FLOOR, OIL. CLOTHS AND LINOLEUMS-We show a full line
in all qualities, in widths of "A. Ga and S-4.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

Major --. Commanding Ofhcst. y.
W. NJ. f., Lethbridee. Prov. Alberta.
Canada.
Sir have just sold los gallons %
liquor In your pretty little town. There
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Grocery Department

Buying a s we do in this Department direct from first hands for
spot cash, and shipping in car lots exclusively, we are enabled to
make prices that cannot be duplicated in Northern Montana. We
garry only first class n ALL lines and make speciaties Of the finest
Bros JelIes and Preserves, Blue Label CatsuP. .Schilings Best
Best Flour, Etc. We are prepared to furnish estimates supplies
i'm uaptitie
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Had Never Been Caught.

One of the most noted of the old-time
smugglers was a man named T.. Ornom.
He had been in the business a long time.
and i'm spite of the utmost efforts Of the
police had never been caught. In the
fall of 1856 Ornom crossed the line one
night with 100 gallons Of liquor loaded
or pack horses. 10 gallons TO the animal.
He Travelled over the prairie all night
and when neal Belly river one OF the
horses fell and broke a leg. and another
went so lame he could not go on. BY
making a double trip from the place OF
the accident to the river Ornom managed
TO get all the whiskey cached i'm the
brush by daylight. and then turning out
his pack animals to Craze. he rode down
to the Blood Indian camp several miles
below to try to purchase two fresh po-
MES. He had only sl2 i'm cash with him.
and the Indian he was trying to buy the
horses from would not part with them
for less than so. Ornom hated to leave
any of his liquor behind. for he had con-
tracted to sell the whole 100 gallons to a
certain s~aloonkeeper in Macleod and had
only two days remaining In which to de-
liver II. So. after sizing up the Indian.
he finally told him that he would give
the s12 and one gallon OF whiskey for
the two ponies. Mr.. 10 joyfully accepted
the orer. ornom then asked him for
something to put the whiskey in. and
10 US koA a. III htks nv Ibut oHs
telling the Indian to meet him at a GER
tain point at shutdown with the ponies.
Now the law declared. and well the
Indians knew u. that a person giving in
leading to the capture Of a
whiskey smuggler or dealer SHOULD. re-
ceive half the fine. This particular In
dian was very dry and longed TO feel
the promised whiskey burn its way down
his throat. But he concluded finally to
inform the police. "why not?" he rea-
soned. 'Tll get at least $40. and with
that I can go across the line and have
a good. long. comfortable drunk" There
upon he mounted his neetest horse and
struck out for the nearest police camp.
Had the Drop ON Him.
Night was coming on when Ornom and
the Indian met at the appointed place
and exchanged their several wares. The
Indian took a very long wig from the
key. coughed. patted his abdomen and
said Heap good Ornom led the ponies
away. occasionally looking back over his
to see II the Indian was follow
him. but the Indian had disappeared
the trail through the brush. Ar
rived at his cache. Ornom quickly sad
died his horse and had nearly finished
packing the third load when a dozen po-
suddenly confronted him with
levelled guns and ordered him to throw
his hands. As they had the drop. h.
complied. and I'm a few minutes a team
Was driven u, his liquor loaded i.to T.,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
and Patrons of Northern Montana We E,
Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
We Extend a Merry
Shoe Department

Our line of Chldren's. Misses. Ladies', Boys and Mems Shoes
is without exception the largest Department pitts kind in the North
ern part of Montana.
LADIES' sHoES-We carry everything from the strong grained
MISSES AND CHILDRENS' SHOES--AImost every different
kind of leather a be found here,f from the cheapest School Shoes
to the fine DongoIa kid--in button n lace.
BOYS SHOES--We show 20 different lines and styIes--pointed
and square toes--from the heavy coarse Brogan to the finest
French Calf.
Mems Shoes--This is a VERY strong line in " business. We
buy only from the leading Manufacturers. Our goods are guaran-
teed. solid leather and will give good wear and satisfaction. We
handle some 80 different lines in lace and Congress, all widths and
grained leather, the fine Satin Calf, the fine French Calf, the fine
NCi Kid and French Kid; also a line of fine Patent Leather in blacks
and tans, and all at the lowest prices ever offered for good Shoes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Clothing Department

Our bushes in this Department simply enormous. We handle
houses OF New York. Our stocks sin Mems. Boys and ChHdren's SUITS
are made up from Domestic and Scotch Tweeds, English and French
Worsteds and Irish Serges and DiagonaIs, and the prices are lower
than can be found anywhere. Overcoats and listers for boys and
prices.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-12-02

I'll. G. Slater, who erected hotel at
Lake Washington last spring, has de-
cided to dispose of it.
Geo. M. Eyenson. of st. Peter, and
Miss Alice G. Pabodie, of Baraboo.
Wis, were united in marriage at the
latter place Friday. Mr.. Evenson has
many acquaintance in Mankato who
will be interested to know of this
event.
Judge Wilson has received letter
from Supt. Tomlinson, of the St.
Peter hospital for the insane, saying
that State Agent Gates has taken
Rasmus 81. Roe to Kansas, it having
been ascertained that he came from
there. Roe is the man who jumped
OUT of an Omaha car window last
summer. He claimed then to have
come from Iowa, but told Judge Will
son that his trunk was in a shoe
makers shop at Topeka. Kas. An in
vestigation showed that this was
true and that he had come from
Kansas.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-12-02
CITY HALL NOTES.

The city force has completed the
work of lowering the water main on
Cherry street between Fourth and
Fifth streets. The lowering was
necessitated by the grading down OF
the street.
Pond & Hasey started work today
on the heating plant for the new Gen.
trail fire station. They are to con-
plete it in two weeks.
A brutal dog fight occurred on the
street this morning, watched by
about hundred people. A bull dog
and a Newfoundland were the com.
batants. The bull dog had a wide
leather strap around his neck that
protected him. and the battle was a
drawn one. 1t lasted some minutes,
until officer Thilgen was Informed of
the matter, and before he arrived on
the scene the dogs were parted. Some
of those who saw the crowd were
indignant and threatened to have
warrants out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-12-02

Miss Mamie Kelly, who is teaching
at Good Thunder, is home for Thanks
giving.
Il. G. McDermott. r. W. Manuel
and Ray Owens, of Wells, were in the
city Friday.
Lie. Churchill, of the Citizen, and
A. D. Nelson, both of Window, were
in the city Friday evening.
w. 81. Leeman, of Henderson, is in
the city on business. He is the newly
elected county attorney of his county.
General Agent Murphy, of the
National Life insurance company,
was up from Minneapolis Friday.
81. q. Akers, who is general agent
of the ]. l. Case Co., with head
quarters at WATERFOWL, S. D., is at
home for a few days
G. d. Guderian, from Paynesville,
has opened grocery store in North
Mankato, and has removed his family
here.
Mr.. Kraus and Miss Julia Wagner
were married Thursday afternoon at
No. 300 North Sixth street. They
went to wells Friday afternoon to
live.
Licenses to wed have been issued to
81 .lle Olsen and Brita Odsdatter, both
of Lake Crystal; and julius ]. 9. Dali
luge and Emma M. Vocks. both of
Good Thunder.
Sunday School Missionary Henry
Beeler, of the American Sunday School
Union, reorganized the following
Sunday schools: The Judson Union
on Judson bottom, Nov. 18th, with
the following officers: Mr.. Alfred
Anderson, supt; Mr.. Chas. Johnson,
asst supt; Miss Anna Swanson, sec'y;
Mr.. Henry Nelson, treas; Mr.. Geo.
Peterson, librarian; Mrs. Gustafson,
organist. Time, 1890 a. m. Sunday
afternoon, Nov. goth, Mr.. Beeler re.
organized the United Brethren Sun.
day school at Decoria on the LIE Sueur
river, with full corps of officers; Rev.
Miss e Gates, of Beauford, superin.
tendeDt. Mr.. B eler preached at the
high school house Tuesday afternoon,
Nov. 18th, to a good and attentive
audience. Sunday morning, Nov. 20,
Mr.. Beeler preached to large audi.
ence at the Judson school house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-12-02
Total Vote for the Various Candidates
on the State Ticket at the Late
Election.

The st. Paul Globe has figured out
from the complete from the
eighty.two counties, and filed with
the secretary of state, that Mr.. Lind
received plurality over Mr.. Eustis
Of 20, 1896, and a majority over all Of
1,746. A. T. Koerney, state treas
urer, received the largest number Of
votes cast for any candidate, with r.
@. Dunn, state auditor, falling behind
only LII, although Mr.. Dunn receiv-
ed the greater plurality. The total
plurality, according to the Globes
statistician, for the seven Republican
congressman, was $4,000. Mr.. 'Taw-
ney leads with 6,70O, and Congressman
McCleary follows with only about 200
less. The vote for each Of the candi
dates on the general state ticket was
as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-12-02
Our New Tropical Possessions.

When the new order of things is es-
tablished in the Philippine Islands,
there is likely to be great rush to
Uncle Sans latest possessions, There
will be a scramble for wealth similar
to that which occurred when the
Klondike goldields were discovered
No matter what business man is en-
gagged in, he thinks more of his purse
than of his health, but wealth is
worthless without good health to en-
Joy it. Hostetter's Stomach Bltters
is needed by nearly everybody. Rich
and poor are cured by it of constipa-
tion, dyspepsia, general debility and
malarial fevers. Women who are
nervous, men VINO are Overworked,
people whose nights are sleepless,
should take these 'world-famous Bit
tiers if they wish to be cured.