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Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

sell II were blocked by the vigilance OF the
detectives, who had kept trace OF all tho
movements OF the cocaine, and then the
thief, despairing OF ever realizing on his
tll-gotten gains in America shipped the
drug to Paris, whence it had first come,
and sold il there.
But he reaped no profits. Instead. his
expenses for feightage TO Brazil and Europe
made him an actual cash loss OF $50 by the
transaction.
still in one way the thief outwitted
his pursuers. While they became reason
ably certain that they knew him, he. In
turn kept them from being cocksure. aud
as a result, the officers were afraid to
make an arrest, and a case was never made
out against him.
The customs detectives abroad are Yam
KEGS, every one. Foreign detectives are
not employed by the Treasury department
for the simple reason that they cannot be
trusted. At one time Uncle Sam had some
foreign sleuths in his service. but they
proved TO be hand in glove with crooked
Importers and smugglers. when this was
found cut the system was made strictly
Yankee in character.
One of the clever games OF the American
detective abroad is to turn smuggler him
self. with the connivance OF his superiors.
In order to catch the crooks. Just at pres
ent the government is working a some
what similar trick at ports whero goods
are being entered at gross under yalua-
tions.
Contrary to popular opinion. scarcely
any smuggling OF jewels Is attempted by
American houses. Foreign dealers usually
engage in this work and trust to agents
to dispose Of the precious stones in the
best way that they can. This is not al
ways an easy task, for the more reputable
domestic firms demand a history of the
jewels before agreeing to purchase them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

saloon. They lost no time in climbing
through the transom and robbing the pur-
chaser. Then they took the tobacco to q
rival fence" and resold It there.
This little story came to the knowledge
of the customs detectives wnen, a short
time after it happened, they arrested the
fence" from whom the tobacco was stolen,
and the prisoner, as he related his misfor-
tune, increased the merriment Of his cap
tors by his copious tears of grief over the
loss of his money and the ingratitudc OF tho
Dutchmen.
The rowboat men, who pick up the cases
of goods thrown overheard in the lowe.
harbors, sometimes dispose of their spoils
to fences" but more often they land them
at out-of-the-way places and surreptitiously
ship them to dealers in different parts o.
the country. In this way they ale moro
certain of outwitting the detectives.
The detectives, however, are not easily
put to rout. The case of a man who tried
TO dispose Of fourteen boxes of cocaine
aptly illustrates their activity.
TIL boxes-about 4x2x1h inches in di-
mensions-were stolen while they were in
the appraisers stores in New York City.
AS soon as they were missed, the drug
gists Of the metropolis were warned not
to receive any cocaine coming from any
unusual source, and thus the thief's chance
to dispose OF the drug in this way was
blocked. Finding his Efforts to get rid of
the cocaine unavailing, the man decided to
ship 1t to Rio Janeiro, Brazil. and dispose
of it there. Here again his plans were
spoiled, for, a short time before the CO.
caine arrived in port. the Brazilian market
had been glutted with the drug and the
fourteen boxes could not be sold at any
price. 1t was. therefore. reshipped TO this
country and the customs officials. hoping
to appIehend the real thief and not his
catspaws, let the stun be brought in at a
southern port. Once more all attempts to
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

or late years the American iapidarv has
been moro cautious than over before ~ith
the result that attempts to get In dlamond.
and other stones duty free are bccomtnv
more and more rare. IL would seem thar
this field is now limited to rich Americans
who bring back necklace and other trink-
cts for their wives and daughters and.
hating TO pay heavy Importation tolls. are
led to try to beat their government out OF
the money due II.
The customs officials tell a good story
Of a South American who. not knowing
that uncut precious stones are duty free.
went to the trouble of smuggling in a lot
of thcm. Then he engaged a fellow coun-
tryman in New York to dispose OF them.
agreeing to pay him $40 for the task.
Instead OF playing fair with his employer,
the agent at once FASTENED to the customs
house and sought cut an official.
81 can tell you of a man." he conhded,
who has struggled in some emeralds and
has employed me to sell them. II you will
give me $50 I'll tell YOU who he Is and
where you can arrest him"
Diamonds, eh?' queried the official;
"cut or uncut 2"
Uncut" replied the informer, maybe
a hundred OF them"
The official laughed.
MY dear SIR he sNid. "go back 10 your
employer and tell him that he has uso-
lessly struggled in his emeralds. for when
they are uucnt. as in this case. the law
let's them in duty free"
But while attempts to smuggle In many
other articles OF merchandise have largely
been given up, there is no apparent cessa-
tion in the effort to get In tobacco and
liquor. These are staples with the army
OF 10000 smuggiers. who. despite their
strenuous scheming average considerably
less than a quarter Of a dollar a day apiece
for their trouble and labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

are generally endowed by Dame Nature
with quick wits. Among them all, perhaps,
Curran held the palm for llghtness aud
vivaeity. When someone told him that no
student should be called to the bar who
did not possess n landed estate of HIS own
he retorted: How many acres make a
wiseacre?" But 1t was a Scotchman. ap-
propriately enough Lord Brougham. who,
seeing his horses take fright. yelled to the
coachman: Drive into something cheap!"
Congressman Moon of Tennessee was once
n Judge in that state. Tho states attorney
of his district was lax In attention to duty.
but endosyored TO make II up in talk and
impressiyeness OF manner. One day the
district attorney arose TO speak on a col
lateral question. "Your honor" said he.
Il should like roreful attention, for | am
going to talk hard, common sense Judge
Moon turned to the sheriff and said: Mr..
Sheriff, please preserve tho strictest order
so the bar and the spectators may hear
everything tho district attorney says, for
he romises TO give US a most radical in
novation."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

to make a mistake in the handling OF
other peoples money. T. II. Miner, a
witty as well as a very shrewd lawyer,
represented the other side, and in address
ing the jury said:
"Gentlemen, ] heartily concur in what
my brother has said of the defendant. I
agree with him in each and every state
ment that he has made pertaining TO Mr..
- good self. but / would have you
consider deeply this one fact-Canada is
full OF just such men,"
Some interesting anecdotes and gossip.
new and old. OF the law courts are Eivon
In tho English illustrated Magazine. The
writer of the article, Mr.. A. j. Hughes,
was cnce present in court when q Juror,
who opened the ball by saying. This case.
my lord, really lies in a nutshell" re-
eeived the reply. You crack it then"
There have been times when clever wit
nesses have gotten tho better Of counsel
In a skirnlish OF words When the farrier
was asked where he got his knowledge OF
the mares age from. he said: From the
msrc's own mother. sir" Irish lawyers
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Bright Bits of Life at the Bar

OF angels on this earth aud particularly in
Spokane, Observation-Disclosures were liable TO
occur In any family, Court can't consider
as plea a partial failure 10 provide and
support, complaint does not state failure to
provide as claimed in the trial. The pass
ing Of blows do not show a fixed disposition
to be cruel. Court is Of opinion that the
upon the ~frailties OF human nature and as
to the fact Of the unaecouatable absence
parties can and should live together. Ap-
plication for divorce Is denied and the case
is dismissed"
a number of years ago suit was brought
against the cashier OF the State bank of
Iowa Falls to recover an alleged deposit.
which deposit tho. bank denied, &C ,ording
to a story in the Green Dag. During the
trial at Eldora the defendants attorney
made a very convincing argument for his
client and took pains TO tell the jury o;
his clients high social and religious stlnd-
ing and of the confidence OF thu people
which he enjoyed and cndeayored to i'm
press upon the minds of the jury that
the defendant Was not the kind Of a man
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Smugglers Worry Uncle Sam

pyright, 1908, by Allen ". G~illespie.)
.FoR A MERE yearly pittance,
averaging less than 800 apiece,
10, 900 men are daily daring prison
walls for the sake of smuggling
- imports past the customs officials
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

was IN the presence OF a consum-
mate actor.
She leaned over his shoulder as
he was moving knight and sud
denly turned pale-the duke had
no ring on his finger!
The poor marquise passed a rest
less night.
Toward morning she had scarcely
closed her eyes when she was awak-
ened by the sound Of gunshots, fol-
lowed by the noise of galloping
horses.
The duke, at the head of his
dragons, was returning to the
chateau. He had alighted and was
taking off his pistols when the
marquise appeared.
cts all over" he called out to
her. 81 brought down Gillou with
a single shot. We had hardly got
outside the park gate before the
idiot came to us. He threw him
self between our horses legs, so to
speak. And for fear that I might
not recognize him he cried out: I
am Gillou! Kill mep
"He kneeled down ten steps from
me. aWhen he saw me aim my pis-
tol at him, he raised his hand in the
air and held up something brilliant.
Then he cried out again, but | don't
know what he said, for the report
of my pistol drowned his voice.
"He fell, and one of my men
picked up the brilliant thing he held
in his hand. If you want it, here
it is. 1t shall be your part of the
booty. But there is little blood
on it."
The duke handed a beautiful dia-
mond to the marquise. Recogniz-
ing the ring, she turned deathly
pale, and suddenly she read clearly
in her heart, She had never loved
the duke, and now she detested him.
From the French.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

Chicago women and would
be reformers are having all
sorts of fits over an alleged
decision of Minnesota's SUI
preme court, that wife beating
is perfectly proper and legal
under certain circumstances.
For fear that the long haired
men and short haired women
of Chicago will come to Min
nesota and cause blood to flow
in the streets, it might be we'll
to explain it is a false alarm
and that the supreme court
has made no such decision. A
municipal judge, in St. Paul
we think it was, decided that
a man who had whipped his
wife for drunkenness and general
Cussedness, was justified. That
is all there is of it, and while
the decision is open to question,
it is rather unfair to call a city
justice the supreme court.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

One Of the Quickest little bust
ness men in the country is Carl Gus
tafson, the son Of Charles Gustaf-
son, fireman at the steel mill at
New Castle, Pa. Although but thir
teen years of age and but 4 feet 4
inches in height this little fellow
travels all over the country selling
a well known typewriter, drawing
a salary of $1,000 a year. The boy
has helped support his family since
he was nine years old. At the age
of twelve he was employed as mes
senger boy by the We7tern Union
Telegraph company in New Castle.
J. H. W. Marriott, superintend-
ent of agencies Of the typewriter
company, while in the Western
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03
eyes 7 know II y

eyes, I know it. :"
care you not afraid of brig
ands ?"
||That depends upon the brig
and"
'|Myself, for example,
care you a real brigand?"
''Alas, yes, fair lady," he said in a
melancholy tone.
|Indeedp' replied the marquise,
81 am sorry for you, but you do not
brighten me bit. Quite the con-
trary."
The stranger had such a grateful,
tender and eloquent look that the
young woman was touched. She
would never have believed that the
dukes eyes could express so much
as that.
"Would it be indiscreet, beauti-
full princess, to ask why you went to
the old chapel?''
ri went to finish my neuvaine."
"a neuvaine! And for what rea-
SOM"
"Guess."
care you married, my queen?"
81 have been, butt
''Ah, l understand! You we're Of
fering up VOWS for the end of your
widowhood.
'Perhaps that is it. y
Without another word he began
to press a series of kisses upon Che
marchioness' taper fingers.
Her hesitation increased the enc
my's boldness, and when she
thought Of drawing away her hand
he had already abandoned it for a
skirmish where the kisses closed her
eyes.
Suddenly she escaped from her
Imprisonment and noticed that his
eyes were fixed upon the brilliant
diamond she wore upon her little
finger
'SDo you want a pledge of pardon
for your boldness?' she said. "Here
it is" And, putting her whole soul
into last playful smile, she added
S'It is a taisman that will aid you
in returning to the right path, my
dear brigand. Remember that |
should prefer to see you dead rath-
err than unfaithful or felon.
At these words, lightly uttered,
the masked man showed extraordi-
nary emotion. Then, with rever-
ence this time, he kissed the lady,s
hand and disappeared.
When she entered the house, she
found the duke and Dom Maroufiot
at the chess table. The duke was
so absorbed that he did not even
turn his head as she came into the
room. She thought that really she
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03
THE PRICE OF BEEF.

The extraordinarily sheavy
marketing of the last few
months, while due to some ex-
tent to cattle changing hands
from stock raiser to feeder
was due to a much greater ex-
tent to the marketing of cattle
which had been hurriedly and
only partly cornfed, the feeder
preferring to. take advantage OF
the prevailing high prices for
fear that by holding them and
feeding until prime" the price
might fall and his profit be less
than if sold earlier. On De
cember 1, the opening day OF
the International Live Stock
Exposition, 1858 cattle were
received at Chicago, or over
1000 more than were ever re
ceived there on any other single
day; but yet strictly prime
cattle We're scarce, the majority
of those marketed being but
half fattened.
This unusual marketing of
cattle which should be held
and fully fattened has SO re-
duced the supply above one
year of age that it seems prob
able that, with continued in
dustrial prosperity, stri c tly
prime beef must remain high
for at least two or three years.
And that if the marketing OF
cattle as soon as they are
partially fattened continues a
few mont his longer, the
question of the price of beef
will become a much more
serious matter during 1908 than
it was in 1902.
But it should be borne in
mind that while prices remain
high the farmer is turning a
great deal more attention to
stock raising, that he will con
tinue to do so just as long as
there is more profit in cattle
than in other branches of farm
ing, and that with the almost
unlimited a gricultural re
cources of the West and central
West the farmer can furnish
enough meet to supply the
demand of the East and of all
foreign countries which use
our meet.-From "The Advance
in Beef Prices," by Fred e.
Croxton, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews
for January.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

The Legislature will meet on
Monday, with the prospect of
a lively fight on the speaker
ship. The Minneapolis poiiti-
clans are trying to get into the
saddle on the strength of the
opposition to the merger candi-
date. In the interest of har-
mony in the Republican party
neither of the present cand1-
dates should be elected.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1908.
FIR. EoWLER's PROPOSITION.

In another column will be
found the proposition which
Mr.. Fowler makes for the sale
of the electric light plant to the
village. The price named is
$16,5O0-probably a very rea-
sonable figure. In order to
form an intelligent opinion on
the proposition, it is necessary
for all of us to have expert adj
vice on the paper" value and
the real value of the electric
light plant. The real estate is
certainly valuable and the
plant is so advantageous1y sit
uated regarding the business
centre of town that electricity
can always be transmitted to
the heaviest users most econo-
mically. The new building is
also substantial structure adj
mirably adapted to the purpose
for which it is designed. The
whole plant presents a very
good appearance and has given
satisfactory service since it got
into working order. But whe-
Their the electrical machinery
is worth the sum asked or more
or less, only expert can say
IF it is not considered advisable
to employ an expert, then a
committee of the council should
investigate the value of the
plant, give their conclusions
and reasons therefor and have
the same published. In this
way the people of the village
may have a reliable basis from
which to form their opinions
It is our own opinion that
Mr.. Fowler has set a very rea-
sonable price on the plant and
that it would be the part OF
wisdom for the village to take
advantage of the opportunity
now offered to get good light
plant cheap. Since the village
has refused to give Mr.. Fowler
an exclusive franchise, it has
practically compelled him to
offer to sell and to offer to sell
cheap.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

Philadelphia, Jan. Mrs. Marie
Danenhauser shot and killed herself
at her home here alter attempting to
kill her husband, Charles Danenhaus-
err. According to the husbands state
ment he and his wife had been cele-
bgating the advent of the new year and
when about to retire the woman seized
a revolver, which was kept in the
room, and fil.d shot at her husband,
the bullet striking him in the hand.
The woman then shot herself. Danen.
nauser was arrested pending an inves-
tigation.
castro's Reply.
Caracas, Jan. 2.-The arbitration
propositions of the foreign powers and
the counter propositions of Venezuela
exchanged through Minister Bowen,
are said by a high Venezuelan author
ity to be easily reconcilable.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

This is the season of the year
when resolutions are made and
broken, when sermons and edi-
torials are delivered on begin
ming anew, but good resolutions
made on the Fourth of July
would ensure much happier
celebrations at the holiday
time.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

The first section of the Paci-
fic cable from San Francisco to
Honolulu was completed New
Years Day and a message sent
to President Roosevelt. The
press dispatches make no men
tion of any message addressed
to Princeton.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

The Chicago Interior puts it
tritely, thus: "The old year is
not dying. It is simply about
to go aside into the witness
room of Gods court, there to
await the judgment.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03

Union Telegraph office in New Cas-
tie was attracted by Carl's bright
face and learned upon inquiry some
thing of his history. Learning that
the boy had fancy for machinery
Mr.. Marriott took his machine apart
and offered Carl 25 cents if he cold
put it together again. He succeeded
in doing it in less than ten minutes
Mr.. Marriott offered to take the be-
with him On his travels. The boy ac
copied, and he became a travelin
salesman, going to Baltimore, New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and 9th
er places selling the machines
American Boy.
Morris tribune., 1903-01-03
FURNl TURF
Iron Beds.

You don't know what q. difference neat iroD bed
stead nake in the attractVeness of sleeping apartment
until have tried one, We have pew IDe Of theD in all
latest dainty co!ors, Come and look them We also
match them With furDiture for tbe Our stock is
ard is coDplete with latest Styles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

Free souvenir of East Lake furnished by MT. Montebaro at the Lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald n. graving Department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
RE-. MORRIS & SON MFG. GO.
CITY ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDlNANCE.
 Be 1t ordained by the mayor and al- dermen of Birmingham, That Section ot an ordinance entitled, An ordinance to prevent animals from running at large within the city limits and to provide for the impounding of the same" adopted May 21 1902, be, and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: Section l. Re it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham, that it shall be unlawful for any horse, mule. goat, COW, sheep, hog or any animal of the COW kind to run at large upon any of the streets. avenues, parks or alleys of the city either in the day time or night time.
 And any person having in custody or control any such animal who permits the same to run at large in violation of this section shall be fined on conviction not less than one C$1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars.
 Sec. 2 Be it further ordained that all laws and resolutions and parts of laws and resolutions in conflict with the terms of this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed
 Adopted May 6. 1903.
 Mayor Attest:
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk. Age-Herald May 9, 1O Il. 1903.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
OLD THEATRES.
PIayhouses That Flourished Many
 Years Before Christ.

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
 You may wonder what there could be injurious to public morality in theater made of stone. Consul P. Cornelius Sciplo Naseia knew, but history doesn't tell. It was sanctioned by the censors and was nearing completion when Scipio persuaded the senate to command it to be pulled down, advancing as his reason solcitude for public morality.
 The Romans did not possess a regular stone theater until a very late period, and although dramatic representations were very popular in early times, it ap- pears that a wooden stage was created when necessary and was afterward pull ed down again, and the plays of Plautus and Terrence were performed on such temporary scaffoldlngs. In the mean while many of the neghboring towns of Rome had their stone theaters, as the in- troductlon of Greek customs and man ners was less strongly opposed in them than in the. city of Rome itself. Wooden theaters adorned with the most profuse magnificence, were erected at Rome even during the last period of the republic
 A magnificent wooden theater planned by M Aemilius Scaurus was built in his aedieship. 5S B. C. Its scena consisted Of three stories. and the lower of them was made of white marble, the middle one of glass and the upper one of gilt wood. The cavea contained S0OO0 spectators In 50 R. C. On Pompey built the first stone theater at Rome, near the Campus Mar tius. It was of great beauty and is said to have been built after the model of that of Mytilene. It contained 40,oOo spec tators.
 c. Curio built in 50 B. c. two magnf- cent wooden theaters close to one anoth- CT, which might be changed into one ann phitheater After the time of Pompey, however, other stone theaters were erect ed. as the theater of Marcellus, and that of Balbus, hence Suetonius used the ex- pression per trina theatra."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

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