The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-14
TOPICS OF THE TOWN
Prohibition Tendencies a Fros.
in Dakota.
CAKE WALK IN MlSSOULA
1t Was on the Street and Had q Flow.
Ing Cup Cause-Long Distances Hyp-
motto Record = Evil Effect OF
the Drunk Habit.

| Mlssouid, sept lo-W1l HODnlZtl
writes from Larrmore, Dakota, where
he is in the office of the division super
| intendent of the Great Northern rail
| way, that he does not like that country
at all on account of the prohibition ten
! denotes of the people. He says that it
is like living in a perpetual jag cure
establishment and he has frequent
| yearnings for the bucket of beer" and
sandwich that have made Missoula
popular with many people whose ten
| denotes resemble those of Will 1t is
| only natural that man who for years
! has had such splendid water to drink
| as that which flows in Missoula should
sigh for something better than the
brackish water that is furnished in the
region where cruel fate has cast Mr.
Hoblitzell. He has the cordial sympa-
thy of his friends here and when the
Elks drink to their absent brothers"
his name leads all the rest. He is too
good a man to waste his talents in the
| CLINE where he now sojourns and it is
reasonably certain that he will be back
here again before long.
| There is not a very marked prohibi-
| ton sentiment in this end Of Montana,
despite the abundance of good water to
| drink. Back in Dakota it is no wonder
| that a man signs for a drink, but here
there is no good excuse for the pro-
| tracted gaze that rests upon the wine
cup. A good story is being told of a
| well-known local man whose tendency
| is to gaze too long upon this aforesaid
| cup. He had been looking at it quite
steadily the other day and was walk
| ing homeward with the assumed dignity
of man who knows that he has at
| fnyV tnI to nf 1on
AS he stalked down the street, walk
| ing so erectly that he leaned over back
| ward, little girl happened to see him
| pass her home. She at once called to
| her mother to "come and see Mr.. -
| doing the cake walk on the street"
That couldn't possibly happen in Da-
| kota The cake walk hasn't reached
| there yet.
Ed HIATT holds the long distance hyp-
motto record. He put by" West to
| sleep at Frenchtown Sunday morning
| and his victim did not wake till yes
| terday. This is said to be the longest
| hypnotic sleep on record. Ed will
| shortly issue a challenge TO the world
| in his new speciality. One feature of
'By's" sleep that is worthy of note is
| the fact that when he walked he felt
| no i'll effect of his long nap and did not
as would be supposed have a heavy ap-
| petite. On the contrary, he felt strong
| and fresh, and just to show that it was
| no bluff he walked up from French
| town to Missoula. distance of 1G miles,
| before he took anything to eat. He is
! now kicking over the time that he lost.
| He is very quick. but it will take him
| long time to make up those two days.
Another evil effect of the drink habit
| is shown in the arrest of the 9-year-o
| Jackson boy yesterday. He is charged
xxrith inc tInt ,ff !, of
on the Levee. These peculations have
| been going on for some time and can
| be traced directly to the habit of beer
| drinking. By this it is not to be in
ferred that young Jackson is a con-
| firmed drunkard. On the contrary. it is
not known that he ever took drink. 1t
| Is the drink habit. however, that is sole
ly responsible for his pilfering. The
evidence in the case shows that he took
| advantage of the habit of the pro-
prietor of the market of going out semi
occasionally for glass Of beer. The
| boy kept watch and availed himself of
| the opportunity afforded by the absence
of the proprietor to hit the till a crack.
He played a 50-cent limit. but he play
ed it so often that he diversified his
strength and got caught. The clever
scheme of the proprietor for detecting
the thief is worthy of notice. The first
idea that would suggest itself to the
dNeidSe lhdh Nouiu DG " sup SOluS Out
for beer. But this man was too smooth
for that. He continued to go out, but
he posted watch over the till and
when he took his regular trip for his
mornings morning this watchman dis
covered the boy at his work. He was
nabbed, but the authorities ought to
consider that the drink habit is solely
responsible for his downfall.
According to the story that Red
Bob tells, it is easy to swear off in
South America This is due to two
facts-the cost of whiskey and the poor
quality of it. He says that he has seen
note that this is not personal ex-
perience-men pay 35 cents for single
drink of the most ordinary drink of
whiskey. He says, further that he has
been told-note again that this is not
personal--that the whiskey is SO bad
that it is a jag cure in itself. If
man pays 35 cents for a drink of it he
will find that the money is well invest
ed for he will never want another
drink at all.