, 1875-12-02

aftcr which tho 0augcr took ths shoot and.
vopsed ioIo tho oolnnns loft Tor him tho sano
fIsnres Al bad before boon pnt down BY him On
thea. AIfod up aud nignod tho car.idcasa
HttIch at.ostol that ilo had mado ''an ao!nat
Raugo OF tIle Abore-dsacr,bed nplrlM," oto,,
Wien In fact he had dono nothing Of tho kind,
"Iid had nut gauged d single barrel. but bad III
oYery caao
nrrc:'DID ON TIE F F,nNER nA'nE
:"rnFeod iii tho stamp. Tbs whole thng MAS
t. III II prtl All ensy and, matter of-f.cs way -
- as;rslpd the reporter WHO watched tho per.
his co1tiurt,r.
Wl,au thay had gotten little WAY OIL from
tlm rectfyitg house. the detectlys said. "lf
se T eSe @ to ,hs r., f9o r o, ,o" o
then Jan can SEQ how easy 1t ts for tho
sharn iclloss t. Impose on tho good
nAt1Tci Gs"geiB, You 500, for instance. that
touFs s b. w" e @' .bos s rsSt S sns. ns
cut out Tho atannB and he filled ouk tho f22l
aud probably 10 thought that vaa all that vAa
necessary, Likely he srgued to himsolf that 1t
barrels again; they havo beou gagged cnce, and
Why. should they he tiguted al ove1 ag&tn I
don't know as there wnB any crooked in tho bar.
reH, but there might have been for all he knew"
Ibid den. We1st'r send bin there to do
that ga,lging7
p.-Nos at all; and thas's wl,ese Tho Inv waA
frat broken. The regulations provide that tha
form 122 shall be filled out By the rocttaer and
sent TO tho Collector, snd that be eba! detail tha
trath Of tho matter has 5eon thst soma GauRafH
often Went around from r!asc to place
LOOKING AFIEh sr1n1TH TO oACaE,
md whom they found SOME, ttIoy and the fectih-
tho Collector ever know that tho goods wcro to
Lo dumped at all. In other words, tho recsltcr
would 20 around with notice that ho Intended
to datnl tucnty.tlge barrels after tho oonteuta
lpArjA jf,ng
N,-Do you think that this practice has favor
cd much stealing?
p.-ycs, eoa,c. perhaps, but not AZ Immense
amount ns TING. heard tho other dsy Of ~
snojcct. Une OF Tho best housca 'u
Chlcago-gns which has never been seizcd-
shipped 5H TT 100 barrels, forget which. to N
Eastern ppnt to = Eectilior. They happened ta
| dan9ers who e1anaino everything. and he got out
| his little book md his Eot aud went for thetnst
and ho found that every blessed barrel, nearly,
ovsrrun tho stamp mark. 1hen there WAS =
heart tho last Of It yes. But tho pEactioo After
all fArors dishonesty becsu1e It
| PUTS THE COLLECTOR OFF TIE TlAcR
sometimes. suppo4e Gen. Webster should learn
| in snno ~sT tina. ta1 paid B. M. HI WAS prooa-
| kiy undesgauEed, he might eatcn 1t if his mon
kspt \ watch en- al! tue l22s sont In to have q
ti.ugef assigned, hut II the bh1rel MAS csre-
lesaay .empth:d without tegauginG. then be-
couldn't tell after that whether that b2rgol Uza4
uuuerghugea or uos.
/ K.-liow can ypu tell nl,ethe. Gauger do&s
/ his work that wsy or By ao.uat gaugin8?
D.-EssY enough take nfteou OF twenty
1o2s elgned by any one Gaugar md sos 1t his
| figures tally exactly with tho rectiler's every
time. II they do, you can bat that ho Ia slight
! Ing his Ras,giug and copying bis bgureB be-
cauge, 1T told you before. it IL almodt lmpossi-
] bio to MAXI bsrEal como out tho aAme TO =
| fraction ca two gauges by different men undor
| varrinG cltcuENakanroa.
Just Aore the twain approached tho corner Of
Madison and Deal born. AID the reporter took of
hls hat aud left his guilds aud mentor With m&n1
| thRuka.