The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-11

| inspectors In New 4OrA. anu among
a. we divide the work Of inspecting
every vessel arriving On this coast, 50
vou NAV believe none Of Us are idle.
Il, would be dangerous for q woman
10 go alone 81 one or two o'clock in the
morning TO some Of the docks we have
70 90 to. therefore . man Is always sent
IN take Us TO the vessel and accompany
us home again IL we 60 back before
daylight. The most irksoIne part o.
the duty of a lady inspector is that she
has never an hour that n may call
her own. She never dare make IN ap-
pointment 20 90 out over An hour. or
90 10 i matinee. or even 10 church. for
fear tina, 3 dispatch may arrive in her
absence telling her 10 be At such q dock
TO inspect a (named) vessel. In thirty
tive minutes after receiving the tr!e-
gram she mus, be at the place ind!-
Gated.
We are rowed out to the vessel. and
a. in winter the weather l. cold AMI
often stormy. the exposure i, irving 10
| the health, and 4 disagreeahie task
even 10 the most robust. Nevertheless.
| once 4 lady get, into 4 berth in the Gus
| rom.house-a nos Difficult, thing 20
accomp!ish-.he STAYS. There are no
~rc.igna;ion> and very rarely a death.
so that il may be said that there are
never any
a woman mus; be a born detective
to make 4 good inspector. She should
know almost the tirst time she !ay,
eve, upon Il lady whether or no: she
has IL smucgied goods i'll her possess
| sion. Then. when it To search
Ing "A roman. il requires 4 great deal
of tact and delicacy To carry Your point
| and yet give no just cause for com
plant. The iirmncss' dear me- Some
Of .nem beg so hard not To be entirely
| drnulcd that il would melt "A hear; OF
stOnc.
What are usually >ecre:ed in L ladv's
| dress? Oh, diamonds and other precious
stones. They conceal these everywhere
in the hair and i'll the ~paddirg- Of the
! dress: in the seams Of the clothing and
in the shoes. They have shoes made
As if for large bunions. which they nil
! with precious stones. The Italians are
natural bora >muggler,. aI,d smuggle
coral chiefly. First and ,econd-cabin
passengers sinuggle by proxy now
| more generally than in person.
"St-erage passengers are not re-
quired to declare their goods. So that
many people who al 10 smUgglc
light but valuable goods like lace and
diamonds pay the passage over of n
| s,eerage passenger on condition Of his
or her getting through certain contra
band articles. 1t is rather risky. be-
cause the trusted person may walk off
with the goods, and the owner can not
recover them. or if he does. it is only
to have them nabbed BY the custom
house officers. but there is less risk Of
| detection in the ,tceragc than in the
cabin.
Il remember an amusing incident:
a gentleman returning from Europe
brought back half n dozen gold watches
as presents TO his family. How 10 es-
cape paying duty on them tormented
his mind until he IA nearing his na-
tiv. land. Having become well ac-
quainted during the voyage with six
gentlemen who had no watches. he
asked each one to wear a watch until
he got ashore. They all consented.
Four Of them brought the watches
ashore unchallenged by the officers.
but the other two vamOseh with the
watches, leaving the gentleman to
make the best of his loss.
Had ne made any row or arrested
the thieves he would have betrayed
that he himself was trying to defraud
the Government.
Among the other accomplishments
Of a lady Inspector mus. be 4 kLowl-
edge of languages. unless she wishes 10
be put to great Inconvenience and ron
siderable expense in feeling interpret
ers. Immigrants arrive here from
every place under the sun. \ lady
searcher has got to converse with them
all. Among the Storage passengers n
knowledge Of the various patoiS OF a
language is ~ necessary as of the pure
tongue itself."-N. J. World.