Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1905 — Page 4

~ -"I 1 II I!' ' —* Smuggling schemes TRICKS THAT ARE USED TO EVADE THE PAYMENT OF DUTIES. The I’md i) I’oruut VhiMtvr Played In One Bi.-; iilnmond ( nwe—lCien < ofliiiM t mv<l la mi i.liori to ( ireumveut the t'UNtoniN liiMpcctora. The old speeiu! .igent with the grizzled mustache took his cigar out of his mouth, regarded it critically for a moment and then said slowly: ‘•l'm. yes; 1 suppose they have all sorts of new tricks and are constantly devising others, and 1 don't doubt that they succeed in beating the customs house officers every now and then. But they don't seem to be doing anything spectacular just now. Perhaps they're uncaught as yet. “You know, these people who make a business of smuggling. and I menu the people who try to bring in thousands of dollars' worth of things at a time, are as keen as a knit? blade. They're not ordinary people, they've got all the daring and ingenuity of the old time successful cracksmen, and it lakes a mighty good man to get ahead of them. Sometimes the customs house ' people, even the special agents of the treasury, are dead up against it when it comes to dealing with this cool and clever class of crooks. “Now, just let me give you an example of the astuteness of one of them at least. It will show you the sort of thing we had to deal with in the past. “One day a cablegram reached the treasury department, signed with the name of a treasury agent in Erance, stating that a certain passenger on a certain steamer bound for New York had with him about worth of tine diamonds which he intended to smuggle into the country A full description of the man accompanied the notification as well as a genera! description of the stones. The steam er and the stateroom occupied by the passenger were noted, and we were warned that he might attempt to change his appearance by removing his beard, which was full and pointed at the time the steamer sailed. “The most interesting part of the message was the statement that the passenger would probably have the gems concealed beneath a porous pins ter spread across the small of his back. Therefore we were not to listen to any of his protestations of innocence nor to bis eagerness to have his baggage e ,ined in order to establish that in nocence. We w ere to take him into his Stateroom and undress him and pull oil the plaster. “We had much amusement over the cablegram and also at the new variation of an absurdly old device for smuggling, because time and time again dutiable things ha I been found wrapped in band ages will. h concealed supposed injuric- We : . i pictured the dismay of the man w! cu we should get down to his skin, as it w ere. “lit due season the steamer arrived, and with it the passenger against whom we had been warned. There lie was, and he had actually reduced his beard to a pair of tain side whiskers and removed his mustache. We inquired and found that he bad made no mention of diamonds upon the declaration before the inspector. “Before he h id a chance to get ashore one of tlie special agents went to him and quietly asked why lie had not declared the diamonds he was bringing into tin country. . lie jumped as if something had stung him and then just as calmly stated that be had no diamonds; that we could go through his baggage, his pockets, anything he had. He said it was most remarkable to ac cuse him of such a thing, but lie di I not fly into a rage; be acted just as atty innocent man would have acted under the circumstances. Tl.cn we knew we l.ad to do with a go >d tin. “We wanted very little time over his baggage, although lie bustled around with the keys at a great rale. One of the men finally said to Idm that It was useless to waste r. ire time and asked , him to return to his stateroom for a somew hat mote complete examination. ■AI this the passenger raised a great '■protest and declared it w as outrageous to submit him to such an indignity, when we readied the room we naked ", tiiin kindly to remove Ids clothing, say- , ing nothing, however, about the phis ‘ ter. By this time our man was al white . liqnt lie said be hid only c itiie to the T stateroom t> avoid a scene on deck, he refused to lake off Ills clothing. Then ho whs told he would have to lie 1 taken into custody and would undoubt(•dly be searched. "Uhls further infuriated him. and he begun a long rigmarole about being tin . American citizen, with rights mid all tMit sort of thing, and we stood around and waited until he had finished. At last he cooled down a hit and even laughed, saying that perhaps, after all, it was best to end the farce by submitting. But he begged one tiling of us, mid that wi - patience, because, be said, he had been suffering for a long time w ith a severe attack of rlieiumi tlsiu in his hack, and it was painful for him to get into mid out of Ins clothing. He milled that he hr.il been able to oil- ' tain some relief from porous plasters | and that lie never went about w ithout ' one on ids back. “Alsillt ten minutes Inter wo got ' down to his skin, mid there was the plaster, mid. not nt all strange to relate. It was uneven and wrinkled and quite lumpy in places, .lust nt (his ' moment, the psychological moment. If there ever was one, we acquainted him i with the content* of the ciflilegruir. which had la-en received from the agent In Ereie-e. mid you r.hoiild have seen the look that swept over his face. The rheumatism apparently doubled him up In n minute. He began to groan mid protest, saying tbut he must refuse to have the plaster removed, but his protests did not aval! him. We took off

the p'rnttr and of course found the gems avsugsd in a pretty pattern work beneath it. And. I tell you. he must have suffered with his burden, because the stones were cut. anil each of them I had imide a hole in ids back. "And that is the story of our taking nt least .5.'.0.00u worth of beautifully cut stones from our wily friend.'' • Tl man pmisi-d again mid .igaln. looked nt the end of his u iw unlighied cigar, and slowly he drew a match from his pocket and lighted it. As be puffed away he snjd. "But that isn't quite all. Here's the best part of the story. We took the jewels, wrapped them carefully in a handkerchief and went away, very proud of the sagacity of tlie agent in Erance mid of the ease with w hich we bad carried out our part of the programme We took the jewels to the custom bouse, and puff and—puff—when they w ere examined—puff—it was found puff puff that they were puff —glass." The narrator cocked bls eye at us and replied: "Yes. glass. And that wily person with the plaster hud sent us the cablegram himself and brought in a trunkful of things, because we bad not lookeel at all carefully through his baggage. Now. what in the world could any one do when he was up .gainst a crook like that one? “Now. doesn't that give y *i some idea of the people with whom v,<* have to deal? There are lots of crook- ust ns clever as that one. and they're ly t awake nights studying out devices I. which to get ahead of the customs au thorities. It wasn't so very lofig ago that wo discovered a very pretty little scheme by which the government had been losing thousands of dollars of du ties. It was in the importation of rare and costly laces from France, and it's somewhat unpleasant. "A rather careful tab had been kept upon the lace branch of the smuggling business, but it was found that many thousands of dollars' worth of valuable pieces were coming in under the very noses of the officials. And at last the method was found out by the horrible process of opening a dead body which had been shipped to this‘country to a small town In the west. Concealed in the body was a hermetically sealed can ister. and inside this were found pieces of lace worth at least sls,ou>i. You see. the smugglers, as we afterward discovered, had several times purelms ed the bodies of the dead in Paris, paying 30 francs for them, and within them had placed tin canisters contain ing the laces. The bodies were regularly shipped with death certificates and all complete anil consigned to obscure persons in out of the way places iu this country, ostensibly the bodies of relatives who had passed away abroad and w ere being sent home for burial in the family plot. It was scarcely reasonable to suspect that smuggling would be attemptisl in such • away, mid indeed it was a long time, before th- authorities got track of it. "Smuggling is a peculiar thing." lie i eontim-ed meditatively." and it appeals! particularly to women. There are m uy won at least there were who used to give Hie customs authorities no end of trouble. They were ingenious, too, mid whenever we found a woman we already suspected the possessor of a small dog our suspicious were greatly strengthened. It is a fact that these women used to make use of the dogs to bring dutiable things into the country. Diamonds and the Eke were not infrequently found attached to the collar of a pet, and there is a story that one woman had an extra hide on her small dog. covering its back and also many yards of Lice. Hollow toilet articles, brushes and looking glasses with false backs, even toothbrushes with the handles hollowed out, have been found." New York Post. Hired Relntivea. Ono of the curious national branches of Industry which have grown to enormous proportions in Bucharest, the capital of Itoiimiinia, is the noble proses si.m of "hired relatives." which uu dertakes to furnish to everybody in want of parents, brothers, sisters, aunts etc., the neces ary persons to represent them. Persuns who desire to get married, for instance, and have no parents t> figure at their respective weddings or who are in possession of such who decline to give i -eir consent to the marriage of their sons and daughters need do nothing- more than station themselves near the entrance to the marriage license bure; it. There they will , soon fifid themselves a. listed by some "gentleman" or "lady." who for a moderate sum of money Is willing to take tlie place of the absent parent. For ‘Jo lei isti quite u respectable looking father can lie hired. Fifteen lei is iijiid for n brother, and a fashionably dressed mother costs the same amount, investigation Ims disclosed the fact that some of these professional mothers have figured nt weddings fifty times a year. The (.llirHlfnr I'ostolllce. The public splice outside the counters of Gibraltar postoflice is frequented by ■ more races than any other similar area . In the world. As the hour approaches I when the day's loiters ure due from I Algeciras. orderlies from each unit in ; the garrison gather to await their dis tributlon. mid one may hear from them samples of every home tongue or dialect f u res mailt Gaelic and voluble I Wei . the late f e a-ktiey variant of the I. -ig's iln.-ilsli Kilted highbinders ■ may e seen cheek by jowl " '''i grave IMo in flowing white robes. :id klmIkl d Irishmen nlimgshli ”or>eci,n |.le. , In u l.il-'l'ies m 111 ■''"eval cut. Flory Spciih-rds are there a" I *, cringing Lascars who have left tin ships iu I the bay. (Iriiudug negroes confront ' bustling Americans who are "doing" ; l-.ur >i e mid who call for their mull dr.r- I l-tg tl <■ hour or t vo they spend ou the r u-k London ('): aide.

Old Hritiah Itrlnha. Mead, made of honey, water and spices; bragget, mount and pigment, variants, were very early drinks in England. i iirrant wine, elderberry, gooseberry, mulberry, quince, plum and apricot wine are old fashioned varieties. Parsnips mid turnips produce a very powerful village brandy. Cowslip ami rbt.biirb wine are very different, the former weak and the iat-1 ter very heady. Fir tree tops, green nettle tops, bii'ilt and beedi sap. bog myrtle, heather—all produced liquors. And did not a NewEngland rhyme, meant to encourage the patriotic boycott on British goods, run: We can make liquor to sweeten our lips From pumpkins and parsnips and walnut tree chips? Sloe gin and rue gin are queer drinks. Negus is sherry, hot water, lemon, sugar and nutmeg. The London Out look says that Derbyshire women used to drink in secret a "ferociously intoxicating" potion made out of tlie poison ous foxglove. New York World. Nollekens end < hantrey. Nollekens. the sculptor of George 111., had a rare generosity which more than made up for his eccentricities. When Chantrey, afterward so famous, sent his bust of Horne Tooke to the exhibition lie was young and unfriended. Nollekens said to those who were arranging the works for the exhibition: "There's a tine, a very fine, work. Let tlie man who made it be known. Remove one of my busts and put this one in its place." Often afterward when lie was re quested to make a bust he would say ’ in his persuasive, well nigh irresistible way: "Go to Chantrey. He's the' man for a bust, lie'll make a good bust of you. 1 always recommend, him." Yet this same man was penurious to a fault and by absolute frugality no-1 cumulated a fortune of .<1 .uoo.ooo. The Doctor's Twins. A worthy Glasgow doctor while en-l joying a holiday in Arran took the op-1 portunity along with a friend to go whiting fishing. During operations the doctor's sinker came off and was lost. Here was a dilemma. No sinker, no more fishing that day. Ha! Happy thought! His flask. No sooner said than done. The bottle was filled with salt water, carefully corked and sent down on its mission. After a few minutes' interval. "Ha." i quoth the doctor, "a bite!" And up he I pulls at racing speed a fine pair of whiting, one on each ho ik. "Ha. doctor, twins this time!" exclaimed his companion. "Yes." quoth the doctor. “and' brought up on the bittie toa."—London Globe. To ‘-Make to Bones.*’ The phr-ise to "make no hones."' which is in such common use. may be, generally explained as implying that somethin-: is dom* readily and with uo such impediment ns a bone might be| to one who was eating food. It has been explained to be a modification of j an older phrase to "find uo bones."' which seems to have had reference to! bones found in simp ami hindrances to the consumer. Some Idk not only find but make difficulties ami hindrtnees. at wlneh they are content to I stick. In Skelton’s "Elynour Ituinn:yng." l.'>2b. tlie lady so readily l>elieved tl*.;* story that she S PI" '1 it up at imi'S (one, I. She found therein no bom s. Surety a Bad Pea. An Alabama statesman was writing; with a noisy, spluttering lien. Laying the pen down, he smiled and said: “(Ince I was spending the evening, with a friend of mine in Selma. \Vp sat in tlie dining room, and from tlie kitchen came a painful scratching | sound. " 'Martha.' said my friend to the maid. *what is that scratching in the kitchen? Il must be the dog trying to get in.' "'Hull. said Martini. Dat's no dawg si-ratctliu' de do'. Dat's de cook; a-writin' a love letter to her honeysuckle' ” , < ruMNCN on Reer Barrel*. Beer barrels are invariably marked with a series of crosses, which nowadays denote the quality of the beer contained in the cast* These crosses were originally pm on by the monks, who then made all the malt liquors, as a sort of trademark. The crosses were ii >t of the same shape as now shown, but were more akin to the shape of a erueitix and were intended to sliow that by "their oath sworn on tlie cross" the beer supplied was of a fit mid drinkable condition. London Times W hy IlnhlcH Look Old. When we think of the physical mar tyrdom t o babies go through iu the way of dress ami of the m. ntul tor-' ture they must emln e w hen t’ ey oh-' serve how thoroughly ami hope essly they are always misunderstood can we wonder at the look of age and care Hint settles so early on their infant brows? —Marie ('orelll. They Got Mnrrled. Tom iwh i has been away >- Did you and that girl you were engaged to hist summer get tmirrlel? .! •<•!{ Yes. but we ure tin living together. Tom Why? Wl II s the tr Hi'flo? .l ick Oil no trMillie I I nil. She m irr'el nnothet mm, and I nim''lcd io:'er girl. Patle-iev. T’.'itlenco is not m* c!c<s am] weak, but vigorous mill p i..e* : *.;|. The Fi-rip-i tiirnl mi" ii i '■ !i' -d , dnranve. —Boston Wrlelv- -t). Tie repc s mi t!i iri:s that sleeps tn | beds of loses, -Qimi les.

- J ' ■- ■ , Tea Don.es In Japan, In Japan nourishment is to be obtained by the traveler clnerty nt the picturesque ami omnipresent ten houses scattered all over .lapan. When tourisms stop at one of these places the "runners," who carry the jinrikishas, bathe their own feet and wash their mouths with cold water, after which they are served with their meals on p,,, beneles outside the tea houses. Their meal, which they eat wibi avio - tv. c insists of salt fish. rice, pickles , and a sm. i made of almost ■■-. erylb.iig 1 odious. Alter they have eaten they , will smoke tiny pipes, witli only three whiffs for each tijling. Next tomes the delicious nectar, world famed, and of this "mip which cheers, but not inebriates," foreigners also are always glad , to partake. It is tea (elm) and when brewed by the Japanese Is perfection. A pretty tea house girl presents It on a lacquer tiay. bringing with it a china or bamboo charcoal holder and asli pot. — What to Eat. The Storj» of h Fmiiou* >’hrn*e. All the world knows the remark of | the governor of North Carolina to the i governor of South Carolina. "Its a i long time lietw een drinks. " 'I lie true history of this famous anecdote was told by a South Carolinian. It appears that the phrase was first heard at a political dinner when the governors | of both North and Smith Carolina were present. The first governor hud deliv- | ered a fiery political speech. The situ- ! ation was intense when the turn came for tlie governor of South Carolina to : speak. It seemed that any word the 1 governor might say would complicate the situation Even should he keep si- ; lent his opinion would seem clear. It | i was at this critical moment that the governor of the other Carolina rose I and. inspired by a stroke of genius, remarked. "It's a long time between ; drink'" The alis ilntely noncommit! tai remark saved tlie situation. Berlin » I'litry City. | Berlin is at its best at night. It i I ha.' discovered the secret of electric i lighting, and when people step out i from their offices and shops at B*and 9 I o'clock at night it is into an enchanted city. The solid palaces, tlie monstrous statues, the enormous Imuses and wide spaces of the long and stately streets are then soft and gracious with a fairy radiance. Il is a city not only of prosperity, but of pure delight. The heaviness of the buildings and tlie rigidity I of their lines are blurred and softened. I ' in this clear northern air the million . I lamps blazing from tlie walls of houses. , ! sliming across the interminable streets ■ i and glowing in a straight line down | I the whispering avenues, have some j ' thing of tlie magic gentleness and sen- ; sums inspiration of an Arabian story. , You begin to think Berlin is tlie great- | est ci,_> in the world. Mixed Typo. Some years ago tlie editor of a dow n ' east newspaper iimlert >ok o compli- , ' meat an eminent citizen as "a noble ‘ old burgher, proudly loving his native ! state." but tin* neatly turned eonqdi- ' meut came from tlie composit »r's hands ; "a nobby old burglar, prowling round ! in a naked state." This was as per- i verse and shocking as tlie blunder in j the message Ernest Renan had <><•<■:> sion to te eg, aph across the Englisli | c amici ou tiie su'qect of i pro|,ose<l I lecture by him in Westininster abbey. , The subject as written by him was ; "Tlie Iniluen e of Kon.e mi the Formation of Clir bianity." It was announced in England as "The Influence of Rum uii the Digestion of Humanity!" Saturday Evemt.g Post. Ditiicinu I'irds. Sailors visiting the island of Laysan, iu the Hawaiian grirup. are greatly amused by tlie curious antics of the Laysan albatross, or gony. These birds sometimes perform iu pairs a kind of , dance, or. as the sailors call it. “cake I walk." Two albatrosses approach each other, ms! ling and making profound ; bows, cross their bills, produce snap- | |i::ig;ind groaning sounds, rise on their ( toes, puff out tlieir breasts ami filially I part with more nodding and bowing, | j only to come together again ami repeat ' the perforinnnce. Occasionally tiiree engage at once in this singular amusement. The Preneiier's Closing Word. The member* of the Rev. Dr. Fourthly s < giegatim. -vttle l themselves resignedly in their seats. He had :*bt s-.:id. "One word more, and I have done." The dm-tor looked keenly nt them over his glasses f ir a moment. Then he closed the book in front of him. “Amen!' he said, i hii-ago Tribune. The Reason l-’or It. She—No. Mrs. Guy ley is not popular. The moiffent she entered t' e room where the sewing circle w-,, assembled there was a painful - yea ,■ everywhere. I He- I sis’. A s' im-e Nso particularly painful t i w > . en that the | *>*s m resuns b.e I >r such a condition must of neces. ity be uii|iopnhir. Knew Iler Mamma, Polieetuiin- Well, my lift!.* dear, If you can t tell me your mother's name or where she lives, how are we tn find her? Little Girl (lost while out shopping!— Jes* put me In a shop window, an’ mamma 'll he sure to see me. Adirondaeka. ••Adirondacks" Is an Indian wtM meaning “vvood enters" and was a applied In derision to a defeated Indian tribe driven to the mountains tlie Iroquois and forced to live t'lerv on bark mid berries. IL> only Is advancing In ]jf e who-e heart Is getting sifter, whose blood vrn’-mer, whoso brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace.— Riikkin.

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