The sun., 1888-10-21
CLEVER DEVICES OF SMUGGLERs.
Cigars In the Legs OF Piano-A Spar Full
OF whiskey-The Faithless Stewardess.

From the Letrtstoa Journal
One morning recently l happened into the
office OF Shppng Gommissoner I m e smith on on Com,
collection OF old salts and master mariners as
could easily be gotten toget her. The sea dogs
cences touching upon the means that they had
resorted 10 in eluding the vigilance OF Uncle
cigars and other articles from foreign .norts
without paving the prescribed d ties About
the nea'est way that | ever saw remarked
the Captain OF y large schooner now being re-
oof the bark o.and-so Have ans, Of You ever
replied that he had and the narrator asked
him if he had noticed that large upright piano
in the after cabin. The other said that no had
Well" he resumed. when Capt. Blank
had four large legs constructed BY his car
penter Tor 1t, as the legs on the piano were
Of se Wsen
made for the piaho he had them followed out.
and he used to come into Boston and New York
many my time H and % landed his 5000 Cigars safely
Bu he nay pad for hs un os
voyage the bark experienced a gale. and
paDos eae. ee They we're SPLIT from from tor to bo
tom. The Captain saw: Of course that the
piano racket WIS up % and he had d 5000 t,oon cigars
forecaste. but they were found by the in
spectors. and the Captain was arrested. tried.
and fined $1,000. ! haven't heard OF his doing
any smuggling since"
After a few puirs from his cigar Bath man
he is in Segan snrv an a
line in which was Interested. A friend Of
he would bring me home some excellent liquor
on the next voyage he made and he accom-
would would not be any duty paid on It either. We'll,
had not thought much about tho matter until
one day noticed in Boston paper that the
issue of the same paper contained an interest
Ing story q Of the manner in which the Custom
one OF the spare spars which the vessel carried
was hollow, and that the hole contained fifteen
gallons oI liquors. never got my tire gallons
and my friend got four months in Jail. while the
ship made the next voyage under the charge OF
A little. short man now took up the conversa-
ton. and said: Il remember a pretty neat
thing once which was done In this very port
e fny hn % the ae Fl %
across from Liverpool, and on the voyage he
treated the sailors unusually well-,so well. in
them, shortly before going into port. to do him
little favor they readily consented. The re-
wharf those @ twelve sailors ' walked ashore. each
with an imported leather shooting coat on. un-
der his own rough pea Iackel. The Captain fol-
divested themselves Of the English coats. The
Captain set EN- up all around several times;
No sooner had this anecdote been concluded
than another old sea CaDtain; rich and retire1
now. broke in quietly with. Yes. that's good
scheme but It don't always work. It didn't
when l tried 1t. anyhow. You see. was In
England and I bought handsome shawl for
ing .f20 $1,000 for it. When l got into
New York asked the stewardess OF the ship
II she would wear the shawl ashore for me.
She said she would aud. putting II on. wore 1t
over the side and out of the, reach OF the in;
spectors followed her ashore, but when I
Ffn nnlr hnr hal rnf I'D
to give the shawl bnck to me, and threat ened t.
call policeman 4 ! attempted to take the
shawl from her. VIII at could do? l couldn't
prove that the shawl was mine. and SO was
walk off with 500 shawl that had written
to my wife about You may believe that never
tried anything in that line again"
hearty laugh went round ut tho Captains
expense. and as soon rs 1t had died away the
mate Of a large iour.masted schooner now dis;
said he II was mate oi a large ship. with Capt.
s. OF this city MS master In Birm inGham.
England, one day we both purchased silk um-
6ress They I'VE wer1 aver very good ones and wo
New York, and n,ter we had been in port II
20 ashore. The uay before had removed tho
covering from my umbrella and had wiped up
all dirt could find In my room 10 make 1t look
old. The Captain had thought this precaution
mine all waving in the wind and the CAPTAIN
having his with o silk wrapper round it and
done up in its original package rs well. An
inspect or stood on the wharf, and as soon as
He stepped up to the CAPTAIN and took his ui,n-
brella away from him, and later In the day tho
Captain was lined S2j for petty smuggling.
madder man never saw"