Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

TO get them into the Inradn at Madrid
in the night; hut MS those in the plot
were unloading the goods up rode an
officer
Hello" said he. THE very thing
we want. have orders to send n
convoy of shot to Seville wanted
| against those dogs of English" And
he conilscated The lot; but, finding
them remarkably light. broke one. and
loflh sushcd the finest cognuc
IN Paris for some time by an in
SchlouS conlrivancc Il good deal of
vine and spirits was passed beyond
he larriers without paying duty. a
S'blcrrancans passage had been made
from the village of Les Verlus. near
ST. Denis, In tile house of a citizen. ana
1t led into the cellar OF IL blacksmith
near The Foire ST. Laurent. The pas-
| sage was lined with planks well urens
ed ami Kegs were sent rolling along
II Tiled with every kind of merchandise
iilal ought to pay toll ut the oclrui.
AT The blacksmlih's there were OK
lensivc cellars in which these goods
were stored. But one who WAS in the
secret betrayed il. and lie officers of
me liiw came down suddenly ON the
i blacksmith penetrated To the cellars
ana With the contents loaded seven.
, teen wagons
AZ The present day great source of
annoyance To the Spanish frontier
! guards is the extensive smuggling that
, goes ON from Gibraltar, AMI dogs are
trained rs the mediums They have
faces ana all kinds of English produce
scwctl around their bodies and are let
loose. They know perfectly whittier
thcy are To go. and The guards fire ON
all such dogs that they see coursing
over The country. In the same way I'm
i'arigord dogs are educated To poach
tfhllles, Which they dig up and hide
! in well'known caches, where their
masters can recover them
! On he Swiss ana French frontier an
Italian piled his trade. lie had bear
and Il monkey that sat on The back Of
billin. Sometimes he was in France,
sometimes In Switzerland. But nc.
| t'lnliy the beast hc Travelled with was
| an ass Tin rcccptaclcS had been
formed adapted to his sides aud back.
and these were filled with brandy, and
| he whole was covered over with the
| skin of Il huge bear.
! AS the Snowman with his bcasis
pissed the frontier one day. as i'll.
luck would have il. his bear gave voice.
"liello!' said the custom house Of
ilcer. what very remarkable bruin
mat hrays like Il donkcy," and SO the
trick was discovered
There lived near the French frontier
a learned OrnithDlogiSi, who not ONLY
himself l;I,l collection Of rare stuffed
BIRDS, bul he also was consulted Inv
amateurs and by learned societies
throughout Europe when collections
were sought To he made up: and he
undertook tn procure The specimens.
that were desired in France or Ger
many or England Consequently there
crnil biological specimens over the
frontiers. AMI usually our savant ac-
cblnpnned these, rs they were rare
and liable to injury II roughly handled.
Now. IL 50 chanced that he bought Il
livr parrot. with which II entertained
him To converse. After meal he
would stand by The perch and say:
FOIL will stun You with eau de col
ngne.' Now IL fell ont hat once our
naturalist was conveying II collection
OF specimens across the frontier, and
nnlnchily he had his parrot with him.
AZ the custom house. all al once it,
screamed out: Pretty Pollt When
YOU are dead | will stuff you wiilirlace!
Poll! Poll! When you are dead ! will
| stuff you with can de colognc!"
81 will trouble you," said the Gus
tom house officer. ito let me invcsli-
gate your collection of stuffed birds"
"Aye!" said the nrnithologist bitter
ly. Pretty Poll! shall wiring your
neck for telling secrets"
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