The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-03

,wo Bundles That Were Wonderfulfy BufIe
and Looked Queer.

$500 A<-r-ss%17t@
1T does not take much experience
TO guess when a woman is trying to
smuggle goods past us. said Mrs
Morgan, one of the women inspectors.
IF they try to look unconeerned they
overdo it, but generally they are per-
sons who have been to Europe on like
missions before, and their nervousness
gives them away, to use rather 8
slangy expression. They found more
trouble in getting their goods through
last spring than ever before, but
thought they would try some new de-
vices and were nervous about it. Ths
lady whom have particularly In my
mind brought only about half a dozen
trunks. the contents OF most Of which
were duly declared, but in one were
articles of a description that could
have been omitted from declaration
only by design. and then I looked her
straight in the eyes. She colored. and
as ran my eyes over her, suppose,
with rather stern expression, she
fairly collapsed / noticed how badly
her hustle sat and how singuIarly her
skirts draped- When my eyes met
hers again she knew she was detected.
and followed me 70 n stateroom with
out remonstrance. / told her she must
be searched. and she disrobed.''
without protest." was asked
..WelI. hardly" said Mrs. Morgan,
with smile. a.She first said that IL
was worth $50 to let her go. Then.
seeing me grow angry, she said she
would make 1t $40. When angriiy
told her TO disrobe she sat down on :
berth and pretended to get angry her-
self, saying: You are trying to rnake
me give you more When 1 convinced
her that she must be searched she sub
mitted, although she was twice as
large as /. and one by one the clothes
came off. Her skirts were made heavy
by festoons of lace and trimmings Her
hustle was home made for the occa-
sion- It's substantial part consisted OF
yearly 20 yards of splendid silk. heav-
IL embroidered in gold thread There
we're several pieces composing this
silk. and between the pieces and in the
folds were 174 yards of lace of various
costly varieties Then came several
boxes of silk dress protectors and
boxes of French hooks and eyes Some
of the latter had been declared in the
baggage. and these few boxes had
probably been left out By mistaFe 4
big mistake it was. for they furnished
the weight which turned the hustle
awry and led to the discovery. The
whole arrangement weighed about 10
pounds. and was worth nearly 81, ,000
dutiable value. The young woman
said she was milliner, and had been
bringing in goods every trip without
difficulty. Her complaints against luck
were ludicrous. but it did make a cost
" trip for her. for the intent to SNUG
gle was so patent that the goods viii
surely be forfeited y
II II tell you about hustle found. -
said Miss McQuesney. 1T was two
beautifully polished and mounted
horns. and inside of each of them were
fourteen cigars. which must have been
the best, for each was wrapped in sill
yer foil. 1 suspected il because the
hustle did not fit-set straight, you
know-and when I touched il knew
it was crooked. =
Several other inspectresses added to
the experiences. One had found Eve
dollar bill on the top of tray. which
was placed there evidently as bribe.
It. however. led only to stricter search
than might otherwise have been made,
and dutiable goods nndeclared were
found hidden in stockings. between
dress folds and like sly places. The
other day lady came ashore in two
stiff-looking skirts. which on search
were found to be curtains Another
displayed q dress which she said she
had worn; but. when each of the front
breadths was found to be composed of
half dozen pieces of silk. the whole
basted together. it was thought worth
seizing. Duehesse point lace, lace COX
larettes. kid gloves, dress shields and
like articles are found by the dozens
hidden away where the possessors hope
they may be overlooked. Some may
be. but enough are found TO give
warning to those like disposed that it is
going to be very difficult to get dutia-
BILE goods past the lynx-eyed inspect
resses.-M z. Telegram.