The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04
TRUkS az THE SHIGGLERs.
Ingenuity sol 10 A'ssi Psying Dssy 90
Impsrt. 90 New 1srk.

Ingenuity Q sssi 20 A,sl.l Psstnw Daty 90
Imp~rts 90 New 1srk.
Tricks IN all trades hat tho trickisss
- all trades - that of amuGglng. cay
the customs fnsn correspondent q
THE SuS Recently described spuas of the
ingenious Contrivances Cunhacat~d BY
the French customs American customs
oficers hav. sen all thoss and q whole
lot more
Among them are tobacCp rupss On sail-
inR craft. dsmi Johns with oil lnsids bsIt
brandy IA compartments Just saIrrOund-
ing Tt. jewels, liquors. teas and lacss
stuffed ia copies Of Mrs Jarlsy's waH
Works; pearls IN bicycle tires. dia-
rnonds in pieCs's of sap. In the sawduss
s'u;finR 20 a child = doll. between a lady's
toes. AMI many times when suspicion
has been strong customs officers have.
az employers d. az the Kimberley min@a,
detained psrrDns in hospitals till IL has bssn
proved that they have not swallowed
gems
Special information from spies abroad
last year CAUSED the bestOwal OF par
'ic'ilar attention upon an incoming Aus
TRAN. says n writer in Evrybodps He
wouh have TIbies. doz@n rsni stones
hidden In HE cravat gave the inspectors
visi rs - high -nloiety- On test il was
found that they were not real rubies
sadly tho inzpectors let him 70.
Excited n"ws came by cable Search
ing him once more ut his hotel signs
were s.'sn that he had lately worn a porous
| plaster An intricate pattern II pink
Tents indicated where things with sharp
corners Recently had been Enugly con-
cealel between the plaster and the SNUG
Rl-r
3 Jewellers have pretenciad % he breeders
/ - fancy fowl and have declared the fowls
as to1ls of trade. but when the crops 81
/ their fancy fowls were made - yield their
contents they were found 20 he full of
diamonds instead 81 corn.
Huge profits are made through the
ignorance 1T the inspectors in regard
70 paintings. Bogus Corots arr sent over
/ by dealer just - have them passed and
ASSESSED az genuine The customs officers
weft merely NV the signature 'Corot.'
which h"lp-d tho dealer far beyond the
duty lsvi-d Reversing the process give
a good work an unknown signature saand
the dealer would still win.
For instance a painting IN consigned 20
an American dealer. II IL by an srtis, who
commands great price. Over the real siR.
AldIAaIF - liiah ~ ltitutENtnRtnAfADIp label
with another ard lees valuable mama.
over 'lta' ~ placsd one 81 n consequence
Comes myst@ri ous letter 81 New
York customs Rub N the signature ON
ihes" and YOU W n find the pain ter name'
The top signature il r,Ibi,aSI ~. the can
VASES are enter~d AZ the ruling rate for the
name disclos~d. Underneath that and NOT
discovered az all ~ 'ha name that gives the
picture a value a hIndr-dfod higher
Mails too hny" - he closely watched.
H.. ~. I'll d.
about $50 IN IN duty aSs~assd Books
CsnCcgl mn u cOntrahspd One trnatal ax-
aminsr from experience determined tina, he
would specialize IN two titles Every Book
~ Common PRAYER ard every limitation
NJ Christ he sCrIpulousiv turned the
leaves 81 Elvapi VI. ALWAYS stond for
him "a the patr"n - glove E'nIRgIers and
Thomas Z k"mpis became 90 him the
patron 81 lac" sinugglerr
"B!t nOwadays.- an IL spector DECLARED
we who serve AZ the port 81 New YORK
don't see The great smuggling That
Ru-.s on along the Canadian borOior Think
~ that long. long line from the 81 Croix
River 10 tho Strait ~ Juan de Fuca and
no patrol thr~" thousand niLs and
Gust orns stations n days journey apart
-Canada's hOrder indeed IL the last re-
naming -mugRl"rs' paradise Customs
agents could not hop- 10 cover Il Only
per cent Of oil duties are collected There
man NAV he out shooting prairie
chickens. vet have in his game bag several
pounds ~ opium which ne can leave On
m" American side of the line az an inn
where u" stops Tor drink Many inns
straddl" IN" I'm" ~ an inspector APP
i'"ars he has rainply Va hAnd tn ~ntVe-
Ndhd 10 Coh"'"c VN'f w. thHshotd
~ he next room ana instantly " u not
cOnirahaDd. Tor the h"id"r 81 II IN
'auada. OWING 10 THAI facility, the
customs service - urHlng an understand
ing with canada that the line, Tor customs
purposes. SHAH ~ hity te~t wide
Have yod perhaps heard OF the woman
who went back and forth between Buffalo
and Montreai ~ frequently that she was
{ huSIght 20 H. subject 20 scsns mania
for mOtionP She was mRtheTly aort
always corrisd' IN TACT. an infant
model hab,' Never hungry. never felt
pains. never cried
Its invariable stiffness and quiet Ia
duced siIspicion. Examination revealed
cha, AZ Naa mEdsa OF tin and nlled With