The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29

cate. Visitors to the custom house ara
first conducted soIemnly out uDoD rbs
terrace to survey the Thames. and then
taken into the long room, where &9ggm
year is paid in the shane of duties
more than at all the other British "a.
ports put together. II is in this r00n
IhaI a small comedy has recently bzsp
conducted by a whole swarm of fmn7-
llenI importers, who fOreSaW financial
losses OF great magnitude in a little clog
SliIS OF the customs wheel, a ClOggiug bT
the way, deliberately planned by the g0y.
eminent for their discontinue
When Sir Michael Hicks-Beach an
nOunced his plans Tor meeting the ey.
penseS Of the BOer war in the commons
and mentioned an increase in the duty On
tea and several other imported things the
importers thereof We're not slow TO realize
that II behOOYed them TO race their r.
SpecuYe wares through the customs BE-
lore the new statute went into effect
ana Iney one and all made q feVerish
descent upon the custom house Sir
Michael, however, had anticipated thsr
EFFORTS and had unchariJaBiy issued IL
structiOnS that no addition should bs
made TO the force OF clerks ordinarily
told of to attend to this business. II
consequence the long room was S0en The
scene Of decided activity, so decided that
man had his leg broken in the scTln-
mage
The Queens Pipe Described
The famous queens pipe Is buried down
IN the catacOmbS of the custom house.
reached by an uncanny winding staircase,
and generally known as her uEjeStyS
warehouse. Here are kept all the cO1Es-
Gated goods and those IN bond. various
shipments addressed TO ambassadors all
or which come in free. and. what also
escapes all duty, the queens wines, Tor
use at Windsor. When the writer Vas
pairing for the reception Of I'D cases o.
french champagne for her majesty
household As for the queen p.pe-ths
furnace which has burnt no 50 many q
hundred weight of the filthy. but soothing
Weed-it is anything but imposing II ~
pearance, being a squat stone oven a00-.
four feet high. Long familiarity with j
has bred contempt for the VereTdo7
Institution IN the breast OF the CUSTOM
house employees, and II is now used 2!
them for burning old papers and genera
rubbish.
Meanwhile the amount OF tobacco in
ported into the United Kingdom tFt-!
year is increasing by leaps and oo4AlS'
most Of il coming from Auerlaa- 100 ~
though England Is generally L-1uS-- =
as the home OF the pipe smoker J. =
stated by a leading firm Of J11accoAl5s55
that cigars and cigarettes are u ~
greater demand than smoking I9D@s-L
Havina cigars still have the cal, ~ sl-.5
Of efforts at competition Cigarettes --
most popular in the race for favor, a.
here. TOO, the American produce leaves -
Egyptian and Turkish brethren AZ - -
the rear, in spite CT their geld UPS -
popularity Of the Virginia conn Han -
steadily increasing -.
The Prince Of Wales is au i-TeleIa-5
smoker. The cigar Is his =1----- -
special Havana brand made 1a---l---l1-.
for him and costing about y e---- IA
royal mother abOminateS r7ta--l, -
his father. the Prince Re5e---- .---- ~ 80
related that when the heir ala--r--, 80
boy. hTst tasted the JOYS OF -lf W.
thought il discreet 10 do Sd II l-7
clusion OF the royal stables ----.
Lord Salisbury is at one VITA - 49,,
ereign in deteSting the smell or --o-5
smoke A story has been e. ne me r.
on the subject of this al-H--4y u -5-s
premier Almost everyone $40 -Est
Lord Salisbury at his hou5 A--l"2 ~
tobacco is tabOOed, but Tg-'- Ia =-.-
was recently received there ~. --0 --71
time did not While sitting III 100 a
in the afternoon the VlSl-1E ~. md
cigar, and proceeded 10 t-5-s H. Is
others, without the remCrcSI -l-@ ---i-st
was committing positive Saet-.E=e srs1s
his hosts strongest WnITll- he 49, rzs
coming along the hail. EgE- s-sys' ans.
those of a woman, and then leo--.-77:: -5 7-v
Enthusiastically those Of Llf- 1e-------ess
Then ne heard the niece OF me 1-------l01s
say: Why, what Is that very fIzrrs
Smeli2'' There was an Orlilll.--- So q
then the premier rOared ou-: Nol----.--l7rly
all by dear nothing Of lL15-o- l-l47s 1p0
tobacco MABoii->-