WAYS OF POCKET SHUGGLERS.
ELUDE UNCLE SAM,
i
This aons, it wna
for the Covernment Service.
; are the methods
transatiantic tourists often resort to
in their endeavors to cheat Uncle Sam
by the paying of duties
arti subject to duty. In smug-
gling goods through the port innumer-
able clever schemes are devised, call-
ing for continued alertness and the
display
Gove
the
Ix
Strange
evading
ies
rnment detectives connected with
mriment,
Although systematie smuggling,
for years existed to an alarming
has been effectually broken up,
Government to-day is still losing
usands of dollars.
fany ocean travellers thinks it a
l joke to beat Uncle Sam. Ofttimes
glory in it, telling their friends
how they got through little knick-
knscks without paying the lawful duty
It is this class of smugglers with which
the Covernment has the most trouble
It od difficult to detect them, and when
distovered they usually have ready a
ei excuse. The Government
rien call this practi pocket
ir~, which means that goods
tht in concealed upon the person
Iry is fly ggled
One ean easily conceal about hi
worth f
of
sf being
hi
Mey
smug-
oe
are
YW chie smu this
sands of
1s with hopes
‘h smuggling two
oe detailed. Known
they isit the
y on the
prevent
ial detectives ar
few ocean ilers,
3 of the ste
rival of
After
Jegulars
trave
imship compan
a pass
assured at
old time
the
mingling
customs {ir
the detectives
steam
of
smugglers are
nger
being th none
as the
aboard ship, they stroll
the pier
vrowds. As the
vxamine the baggage
lteep a sharp
A familiar
vives is to
ally against a man.
nay b iscovered If a
wearing a belt or he
pocket
his
is
uround with the
1spectors
lookout
these detec-
brush accident.
In this it
passenger Is
has any small
method of
apparantly
way
up
ir
packag in
Sometimes it is
gre I
will betray himself
ma; dotected by
wh
answery
exami ir e
be
to
part
|SCOvVer a
He
He
rm
easy to di
smu from his actions
in many
the inspec
aration
ways
tor
his
the
lec by
he makes his «
eadge
he
detect
heel in his
monds, and
dock
his bag
the
catehir
man w
shoe
MO
to stow
he
glancing at
gage is examining
verness of
AWAY
arrives
his
1h
when
Keeps
marvels
th
oe detectives
catch the old timers
Their
An
now seldom used.
ds in
plaster
brazennesrs
id method
Oi
at these
carries them throu
of smuggling,
conceal amon
and patent
he
gh.
was oo
di chest protectors
porous
body.
smugglers ars
of thair
other syi-
Perhaps more pockét
gh the waggin
n tong than by any
7m. A man or woman with brilliant
8 is tempted to display and talk
ut them. This they often on
ship while crossing over. On arri-
the inspectors receive a tip, and if
the jewelry not included in the
d ation, nan or an, as-
tonished, that United
Gover mt employ mind
readers in
Tips often come from different parts
Europe large purchases of
ry and diamonds have been made
by velleras. There ia an incentive in
this tipping business, because the in-
former receives as a reward a certain
percentage of the value of the goods
geoized. The American consuls, of
course, keep a sharp outlook, and their
tected throu
ues
do
thy
ia
orla rn
iar the
wom
believes the
nment
tat (
nl is nt
States n
the customs se
ATVYiCe
of
jewel
where
tra
catching smugglers,
A surprising number of anonymous
tips come to the Treasury Department,
Usually they are incorrect, and it is
surmised that the informant is simply
in search of revenge. A peculiar case
of this sort Is recalled. For a lonz
period the Customs Department had
its suspicions directed against a man
who made frequent trips across tho
ocean. It was known that he made
large purchases of diamonds in Europe
But the department could not find
them when the man arrived here.
Finally agents were sent over to watch
his movements,
men that the man
specified vessel with £100,000 worth of
gems, When the steamship arrived
i
The accused
whole Government,
sue everybody con-
It
was not until a year later that the truas
story of the well devised scheme leaked
the
to
denounced
The letter which the Government ro-
case was written by the
He had learned that he
80 he made up his mind
He pur
din-
The
man himself,
was watched,
the $u A 000 worth of real
monds and then the paste ones,
genuine brilliants he concealed in a
mattress nan his stateroom, where «
confederate aboard the ship afterward
them. The Government de-
tectives were happy when they learned
that he had finally retired from the
smuggling trade, He was altogether
too much for them.-—New York Sun.
secured
A TERRIBLE DRUG.
The Cocaine Habit Superseding the Use
of Opium.
smoking, “hitting
practi
Opium
it
the pipe,”
a thing of
f there is
Orleans
as is called, Is ally
past. It is a tion |
within the boundaries of New
a room where
indulgence {:
course, as |
in the eity
money enoug!
the
que
stranger can go
vice
there
thes:
are
fiends
a room
opium
the
hava
and buy
smoking,
rent
be
no nes
cocaine i
the p
hypodermically
methods in
recklessness
maddening
ens hearta«
cents’
fetims
¥
It
white ywider
Sures
hes
worth
of the
8 extreme
oy COA
habit
cheapness
the reach of the most
. police
caine habit
sry effort
making
a day
attae
3
realize
is d
to
hat
ing and
passe
Inveterate
ge ft ROOT
no.’
arrested
flend
creating a stur
when we
him
§
and locked
bance
cocaine
an
lane
his ay:
the effect
AWAY
u When
drug already In his system
off he gave way to hysterical
Tough as he was, he and begzred
and prayed for kis accustomed instr
ment and its deadly load. We refused
to give him his belongings. He
hysterical, at thought :t
safer to telephone arity hospi
al for ri We fold
1 be dangerous to keep him
dru
us
the
gris’
Ww apt
grew
last w
the Ch
and
oe
ins ictiones
wor.
iat it woul
without the
“I carried the fellow his syringe and
ed and shouted
tor jov. Dissolving grain of
1 spoonful of water,
The m
ware
some cocaine. He dane
about a
the drug ne
arks lef
by previous thick
that it was impossible for him to find
a spot big enough to allow the inser-
tion of the needles. The other sleayva
was rolled up There was the
result, At last it was necessary to in.
gert the needle’ point on the man's
thigh, where there was an un-
punctured spot the size of a dime. The
man’s skin looked as if he was suffer.
jing from small-pox. It was a horribls
gight. 1 believe he has since died. 1
never knew until then how awful th»
nse of the drug was
“In my opinion the worst result of
the cocaine habit is that it absolutely
kills all sense of self-respect. Ite
users have no morals, no conscience,
There ig no depth too low for them to
dive into to procure the money for
11 ’
rolled up h sieeve
injections 80
London City Regalia.
The most interesting features
gangriay, wearing a long eape coat,
under which was a satchel
in which they found hundreds of bril- |
liant gems. :
It is cut |
| prystal and was fashicaed in the days |
of Edward the Confessor. The peart |
city mace from
¢
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VANDERBILT'S WOODLANDS.
FIRST EXPERIMENT IN FORESTRY
MANACEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY,
A Hundred Thousand Acres in North Caro-
Cood Results from the Care Given,
It Is an interesting
first attempt at systematic forest man.
more, in North Carolina Mr. G. W
Vanderbilt owns two forests in the
mountains of this state which are un-
der the same mapagement: One,
Biltmore forest, ving a few miles
the southeast of Asheville and em
bracing about 8,000 acres: the other
the Pisgah forest of 95,000 acres, cov-
ering the eastern and southern slopes
of the Pisgah ridge, with its spurs,
and the valleys of some of the western
tributaries of the French Broad
The Biltmore forest {sontherounded
river hills of the Asheville basin, the
river dividing it. Its most distant
portion abowd ten miles from Ashe
ville. Although it has been under for
est manamement about six years
the iMind shows great improve
ment over the surrounding
which has none of the protection
The timber on the river hills of the
French Broad was never of tl best
but at the time of its acquial-
tion several decades of « Hiting for
ant pa
10
river
is
only
WOO
forest,
1€
ium
with cons ture
in many
f grow
permis it
to guard
aon ¥
ution
Altho
{ prees
against fires
three
h
igh there are
who among other duties
act as fire guards for the
few fires of any extent
men
ive to UK)
have oc
Ago vere ot
excor” "gr fuel, 1
3 the hic
: cut The
Manas ment
re oval
Fer
hag
tinue the of
here |t
these pleastire drives are
day to form a 1 f
rather an
ther
je trees whi
some art of at
arboretum
of the
hh A
1 Tan
or
planted side
That is all t!
on =
ten to grow in the climate o
} 1 wd nt
be planted
I'rees
ar ¢ along the
are to aAOuE 3
everyvwhe!
fare
from
both native snd
tphere
nursery is
of #7
slong the arboretum
Aas
ked
wolmens ready
roads
however, has nothing
as It beau
a matter of experimen
in the deportment of the various trees
at while the forest and
fts entire management, far as com
patible with its utilization as a portion
af landscape gardening 8e-
a conti income from wood-
fs for
Biltmore
80
the is to
Cure
land
For a great many years the products
of the Biltmore forest must be of a low
gra fuel, en ft of a poor
quality the man
agement being
inuous
fe d of 10]
chief efforts of
directed toward starting
a young wood of desirable of
trees, cord wood, At present the cut
ting amounts to oniy a few thousand
cords a year. This is hanled to the riv.
er from the hills on either side, and
from there is floated to Asheville, where
it is caught in a boom. This method
of transportation is cheaper than haul
ing with wagons. The roads from the
forest to the river are constructed so as
to be down grade all the way. Though
the roads are only of earth, they are
carefully graded and have no steep
places,
of cord wood to be carried.
The cutting of the wood is to be so
and oft
the
kinds
ceed what will have grown during that
time. At present the annual cutting is
leas than what is being yearly added by
growth, so as to permit the woods,
which are too thin, to thicken up, and
much of the cutting being done ls with
the object in view of removing old trees
or defective ones, which by their ~hade
are interfering with the growth of
young trees beraath them.
Does iL pay? So far the Biltmore for.
ent har boen paying fod the improve.
ment cattines which have Leena made,
as well as for operating expenses, and
the porelbility of increased returns is
greater cach year.
The conditions surrounding the Pis-
gah forest are go different from those
existing in the Biltmore forest, and it
has been under forest management
such a short time that but fow impor
tant results have as yet been obtaineg
from it. Raleigh (N. C.) Observer.
HER PET BUTTERFLIES.
Mrs. Meyer Feeds and Caresses Them Till
They Are Tame.
Mes, Julla Meyer, a prominent mem-
bet of the Woman's suffrage League
at | the Ladies’ Health Protective As-
ation, and who 18 also well known
her philanthropic doings, has suc-
in taming a number of bright,
winged butterflies
In Mrs, Meyer's home her pets flutter
her, alighting on her shoulders
with the utmost confidence
their fair mistress
my ability attract
summer, while at my
Mrs.
belong my
couldn't leave
transported
Wr
wr
“1 discovered to
this
home
“They
house,
there to
them to my city
“They will
ed, regretfully
sald
to
country at Sea Gate,”
really
but 1
die,
home,
live
country
go 1
ada-
‘They last three
and these | have now
The « on 'y
fly fleld, and
two dozen
from
nuim-
not long she
only
ks at the bes
ten
a Gate is a
wee
3
are about days old
about Se butter
I had constantly as
on hand, As
old age 1
ber of my
“How «
them
one
us
HWway
the
many
they passed
renewed constantly
pels,
lid 1
? One
time,
that I could
two alighted
discover
tame day on
me
Rome
one
thous was
at ns th
LOOK
special attractive
them
feed them,”
she sald
Her
musiio
n up gently
top Ye
then eo
ather mn id
began
yw
Winas
ther
A Dog With False Teeth,
The greatest curiosity of
how at th
oases
inci:
in the Ww
sot teeth
spread among the
always the
rowd and the
in At the
attempts of
yuth
on
i
arid
rid with
His
Oo
only dog
false
was
$ic 114 we
i ou
md in
grinders,
the
yr who pract
I'he
teeth were fitted up by
vertisement, as his master
a canine dental office
poor old doggy's
of an
intends
way
io
open
An Engraver's Feat.
Unless a person saw with his own
powerful magnifying
glass the words of the lord's prayer
engraved on the head of an ordinary
pin, he might be inclined to regard
with skepticism any statement that
Yet it has
en.
Three years
himself by
graver, Joseph D. Young.
ago Mr. Young amused
easily covered by the circumference of
a lead pencil. Two weeks ago he be-
gan to engrave the words of the
prayer on a pin head, and found it
easy work. The Jjettering starts on
the edge rim of the pin head and cir
cles around in a spiral until it finishes
in the centre. Every word is distinct,
and the letters show surprising deli
cacy of touch. With the naked eve
the characters are merely scratches,
Trenton (N. J.) American.
A Cork Rope.
A cork rope is the latest invention
it is made of small corks placed end to
end, and the whole covered with a
braiding of cotton twine; over this is a
coarser braiding in heavy strands. The
rope will stand a strain of 1,000
pounds.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. |
Our fisheries are worth about forty.
five mililon dollars a year. The fish
refuse 18 so economically and imgeni-
ously utilized in the preparation of oils
glues and fertilizers, et cetera,
one-geventh, or fourteen
the total Income from the
per cent,
fisheries,
1 like
pounds
when
now being dri
Beven
Vegetables are
apples and other fruit,
of potatoes weigh one pound
dried, and other vegetables shrink
weight correspondingly. Onlous,
rots and potatoes are the
used most now, but the industry
it 1s expected, develop greatly.
in
car
vegetables
will,
At when
ment
ing gold
lon is be
dreds
the very
relief for
moment
the freezing and starv
-geekers in the
urgently demanded,
infatuated adventurers
make their
ion
13
govern-
Klondike reg-
ng hun
more
are trying
land of
Epectac ie
if it
of
10
and
irresist
" rim] fn
BO ETimy tra
y Not
desola
would al
Were gi
not
7 h €
recent vyoars
outdoor life of giris and women
beginning to show
Lid CH Coneum;
New Ei
Americar
Ben
novel “X De
moving
graphical
old remedies
ioned
the
mode of
be too dearly bo ght.
It is most
editor of the
our outer shell
timeworn while the
ever young. in order to escape unkind
remark we must act in accordance
with our appearance, and are actually
made old by public opinion. One of
the first surprises people have as they
begin to realize that they are leaving
the record of a goodly number of years
behind them, is that others think they
are old. Casual remarks {vo that effect
made before them come #8 a distinet
shock. Presently they give up youth-
ful practices because f(t is “proper”
they should do so, and much against
their inclination, "settie down.” Al
most any one can remember, as a chiid,
wondering how it would seem 0 be
very old--thirty, forty, even fifty yaars.
Then, when the thirty, forty, even filty |
years have passed, the man or woman |
looks back, feeling little older, and |
surprisingly little wiser, than that
child. No, we are never really oid, we |
appear 80, because we are hampered Hy |
the
that
unfortunate, observes
Waverley Magazine,
should grow old and
gpirit within is
{
i
physical infirmities and public pinion. |
A. Y
| cotton oll mill,
the problem
—_—. ——————
“Conley, matager of a
believes he golved
He had gathered £ ton
of mesquite beans and treated them
in the same manner as cottonseed,
From the ton of beans he secured six-
teen and a half gallons of clear, am-
ber-colored oll, very rich, and with a
very pleasant, aromatic smell, The
cake is dark brown, quite oflly, and is
eaten greedily by stock. It is a well.
known fact that stock fatten rapidly
on the beans and that year when
the crop is A heavy one always 8
prosperous for stockmen This
year the beans are very plentiful, thou.
sands of tons of them falling from the
d rotting. If coud
the shape of « cake, there
al most Snough to carry stock
winte
hie
the
in
one
trees ar they be
faved In
would be
through the
better
knew when it
the introduc
appropriated
tion of reindeer
the estal hment of a
of Dative
been
ith
Ka and
the benefit
Approp
been Lh
into Alas
the
ations have
usbanded w
expenced with
the consequence is
{ reindeer
NOAIETH
sort of an
formed to
starvation
Northern
bie
HNAarxani
A Poison and its Antidote.
SWANS
janis
her g
nner tabl
t
% n
Vhen the
mit of season
recs plion
She Runs the Elevator,
The Custom House elevator in San
Francisco is run by a woman, Mrs
Caroline Morse. She is the widow of a
sailor, and by means of her work sup-
ports her family. Appointed under
ex-President Harrison's administra.
tion, she was deposed during Cleve-
land's second term, but S8an Francisco
demanded her reinstatement at once,
Preserved Pumpkins.
Pumpkins are preserved for making
pies by a newly patented process,
which consists of cooking or steaming
them and mixing with starch, and re-
ducing to a powder, which quickly dis.
when mixed with
milk, and is then ready for use.
“The Morse of the Century.”
monde, “the horse of the century,”
who was unbeaten on the English turf,
is now the property of W. O'B. Mac-
The problem of how to ulilize the!
vast quantities of mesquite boaus that |
grow on the prairies of Western Texas
has. it is believed, been solved. Num-
erous experiment: at couverting ihe
Lear, into a marketable commodity
bave been made 'n recent years, but
have beep vroduct.ve of no permanent |
ever paid for a thoroughbred.
ak
An Oroville (Cal) dog which fell
into a well kept himself afloat until a
basket wae lowered to him. He thea
jumped coolly inside and was Mulag
tec the top, thirty feet away. ;