Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
THE NAUGHTY BEARS.
How Women Try e Smu1xlc, u
How They are Caught.

How Women Try t. smuKzlc, and
a"Nv They are Caught.
Fanny Howell writes in the July
number of Scribner's Monthly all eli
tertaining story about those of her own
sex who become smugglers. She says:
"Women are frequent y smugglers of
fine laces, but rarely of jewels. On the
Naty, however, some valuable jewels
were recently seized, having been found
quilted into an nnderskirt. A quiet
looking Frau, recently landed from
Bremen, had a double quilted petticoat
filed with Shetland shawls, caps, aud
stockings. Another Oh the Vcstpholia
had quantity of the finest silk bind
lngs, two valuable watches, two silk
dress patterns, two dozen silver spoons,
dozen silver forks, and eight pieces
of silk galloon quilted into u skirt Of
serge. A companion on the same
steamer had seventy three bundles OF
sewing-silk and twenty mine pairs OF
kid gloves secreted on her person.
scarcely concealed, however, as the
foolish Fraulein had tied strong cords
about her hips, and the struggled arti.
Giles were suspended in such manner
that she was scarcely able to reach the
dock.
The muff is a very ordinary cover for
smuggicd laces. An Englishwoman,
recently landing from one Of the Inman
steamers, had the cotton removed from,
her m,,ff, and it's place filed with val
liable laces. The mutf was strapped to
her person, where it stood for cmdOn-
point.
In one petticoat of this lady were
found gloves in quantity; in the fac
ings of her dress, cigars; and in the
voluminons gathers of q second petit
coat were Meerschaum pipes in Sec
tioAs.
FRENCHWOMAN,
extravagantly dressed, and moving
suspiciously, was invited INTO the room
of the 1nspectress recently. Her petit
coat proved to be nine yards of super
ior black velvet, one selvedge being
gathered into a st.band, which also
held dress pattern of Ponson silk.
The facing of the velvet petticoat,
winch was put on with the incest care,
was we'll padded with Chantilly laces.
cunningly run together: and the fuff3e
that was on che bottom Of this
imperial under-garment consisted OF
five rows of rich Chantily founcing,
caught together, quite likely, in the
hope it would be taken for one piece.
An immense seizure of English open
faced watches has recently been made
upon the person of a well-appearine
American woman, who had them neatly
incased in the tucks of heavy flame
petticoat.
Sometimes the
GERMAN WOMEN
seek to evade the tariff dues in IT,.
most awkward manner; as, witness tn.
stupidity of hanging nine watcll-chain:
about ones neck, with valuable watcl
at the end of each chain. Frau
Strumpf said she had been told that
watches we're worn by the passengers
and the officers did not take them.
A desperate looking woman, coming
on one Of the English steamers lately,
on being examined exhibited an anus
ing spectacle, with silver cake-basket
lashed to each hip, and two huge dress
patterns festooned as "filling," there
and thereabouts. On being detected,
this woman in terrible rage, drew 6
knife on the Inspectress.
Some of the smuggling expedients
are, of course extremely amusing.
little Frenchwoman had on her hus.
bands red flannel drawers and these
were tied in putls, here and there. On
being unpacked, there came forth q
Bohemian glass toilet set, two dozen
salt-cellars, three dozen silver spoons,
several little articles of bijoute,'ie in
bronze and crystal, end some fine Swiss
wood Carvings; all of which were put
up in the softest tissue paper and pa.
per-shavlngs, that they might not strike
against each other. When the little
body was unloaded, no one laughed
more heartily than she''