The Southern herald., 1883-09-15

lhs finale adTsniursssss who iafssi the ssPi'
lal at each recurring uiuisr. 70 bauai ihs GAL
lsriss. The Iobbiss. and Ihs waiting rooms Of
the capitol and ply their vosaiioa. Oas Of
the most notorious, a8d At the same tins oas-
Of the nest successful Of these female lobby
Isl. has just died in a Philsaslphia slns.
house. Ia Der youlbhOod shs was fsssi-
mating 10 ihe disealhrallnsnt Of statesmen
and diplomats and men supposed to Be invur
nsrabls 10 female charms. Shs led them al
10 Der train, for she vas q perfect adept IN
the arl she had chosen for hsE Washington
existence. Yet she vas incapable Of intrigue,
and nobody ever for moment questioned Der
chastity, else her usefulness 10 herself and
her art would have been past. She was pra'
dent to a degree that enabled her to accom-
Plish bsr work successfully, and many a doll
lar did shs lay BY to be expended upon
tbrifiless husband. Few Of the women who
pose as lobbyists 10 these days amount to
much 10 that line. because the times and the
names Of the lawmakers are essentially diff.
fsrsnl from those Of thirty years ago.
These women lack eireumsPseliOn and
they are wanting ID Aimee, every necessary
quality for the gaining Of iOaasnss enough
over the votes Of Congressmsn to make their
purchase an object. Consequently year BY
year the female lobby decreases in number.
so far as the brszen professionals are con.
esrnsd, but their places are more than filed
by the persistent female who desires. aud
makes her desire equivalent to demand for,
a elsrkship in some one. Of the departments.
For lack Of nerve or some other cause. these
persistent creatures are not hustled out even
after they have threatened The life Of the
official who has politely informed them that
there are no vacancies and one young lady
who has already perforated the son Of a Sem
atOr, has signifsd ber intention Of repeating
the operation upon the Secretary Of the
Treasury 10 case Of bis refusal to approve her
application for a place 10 bis department
Such pranks as these ars not calculated to
Invest the public mind with the expsdiency
and prOPrisly or justice Of filling up the de,
parlmsnis with this sort Of clerical help.
There has recently dawned another era Of
Investigation under the auspices Of the Inter-
nal Revenue department, upon the reported
discovery that tbs revenue officers in the up
per part Of South Carolina have been on The
still hunt at the price Of $50 per still for
some years past; aud this is another instance
Of the alertness Of the walch'dogs Of our
PlelhOric Treasury. The mode adopted for
this newdaDglsd compound felony is 10 bire
charscterless persons TO put up old stills 10
some vast aud remote wilderness aud when
the job is complete these revenue officers
come down upon that old still. like the wolf
upon the Assyrians, capture the material and
get the Government reward Of $50 for the
seizure. These captures are always made 10
the night, because internal revenue officers
can always see better at that time. The
same material is then lugged of TO do duty
10 some other part Of the State, the same
officers sezing It agaiu aud begging another
$50 and so on until there is no resl for the
old STILL And beside the reward Of $50,
which these officers receive for each seizure
they get a frst.elass aend-oif from the de.
parIment for their adrOiIness aud official cum
ming n smelling out the existence Of these i'll
lieit stills 10 mountain fastnesses, where no
man but revenue officer would ever think
Of looking for one, and the rhetoric of the de,
parImsnt is expended 10 the elaboration Of IS
wonderful achievements in the direction OI
extinguisbing illicit stills that never began
to have an existence Attention is jGst now
being attracted to one Of the minor evils Of q
too high tariff by reports that there is grea
amount Of smuggling across our Canadian
frontier. 1t is even said that for every dol
lars worth Of goods on which duty is col
lectsd $1,000 worth Of goods are smugglet
into this country from the British Provinces
| A little reflection is all that is necessary t.
show that the eontraband traffic ever a line o
this character, stretching thousands Of miles
must 10 the natars Of things be enormous
It would require vast army Of custom hOus
officers to prevent it. If suit Of clothes,
pair Of boots, or almost any other protected
article costs nearly twice as much 10 th
United States as 10 Canada, is it to be ex
pecisd that our citizens living near the Dor
der will pay the duty when it can SO sasil,
be evaded OF course the inevitable Fesul
is that persons favOrably situatsd-eOmpTis
Jog considerable share Of our population al
along the Dominion bordsr-avOid the hsay
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