Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-04-09
GERMAN CUSTOMS LAW.
It May Not Always Be Expensive, but
It Does Take Time.

It May Not Always Be Expensive, but
It Does Take Time.
IF you travel in Germany you want
to be careful to declare all dutiable
goods at the border. even down to a
tOothpick," said former attache. 1T
may not save you much money. but
it will save you vexatious delays.
with friend came over from St.
Petersburg by way Of Stockholm to
Kiel on our way to Berlin. had
bought In Russia half dozen gun
metal holders for tea glasses, not worth
over Is cents apiece, and l had packed
them in Russian helmet. The latter
had spike on top of It. -.
The customs officer at Kiel asked
whether l had anything dutiable. and
as the holders were of Insignificant
value said No
THAT did not satisfy him. he
thrust bis hand down into the bag
roughly. and the frst thing he came
into contact with was the spike OF
that helmet. He jumped back, with
German oath. and then he reached
down more cautiously. grabbed the
spike and pulled the helmet up. the
contents dropping out. )
".Aha! So!' be exclaimed in tri-
umph. transtxing me with look.
'''rhen be charged me with evading
the law and with smuggling. He left
US under guard. and there we stayed
while we saw our train pull out. Final
~ the Herr Oberinspektor. in brilliant
uniform and with sword clanking. came
along back with him. He pomp0usly
inquired who we were. We explained.
81 believe you. gentlemen he re-
piled after some questioning aud con-
siderable deiheration. but you are
amennbie 10 the law and will have to
pay the duty and a tine equal to the
amount OF duty Then he hurried
away to &c, the articles appraised.
I'VE felt we had got into mixup.
We counted over the German money
we had between us, and it amounted
to less than So; We had nothing be-
sides but drafts on Berlin. and if the
duty and fine amounted to much we
were In for all sorts Of trouble
"Finally the Herr Oberinspektor
came back with a bundle of papers in
his hands. He informed US that we
could be liberated upon the payment
Of 60 pfennies. which is about Is cents.
For this we had lost three hours."-
New York Sun.
Didn't Know Beans.
A young woman was talking In
restaurant You see." she was say
ing, 1T was my first experience in
cooking beans. We are so fond of
them l wanted to be- sure and have
enough. so l ordered three pounds at
the corner grocer's. This looked about
the right amount, and put them on
the range and left them to boil tender.
When l went into the kitchen again
the range was covered with beans. so
was the floor, and out of the kettle
poured a steady stream Of beans. l
took part of them out. added more wa
ter and again left them. II you'll be-
lieve it l had to take out three more
luERe pOll1Ou VI OSAOAS SAS
original mass became manageable. So
I'm not ordering beans just yet even
at restaprant."-NewY York Sun.
Dividing Something.
A farm laborer in one Of the west.
ern counties was requested to vote fol
q candidate ut the election. but be re-
fused. Being asked for his reason. be
made answer:
"Why. because them chaps be well
enough paid"
They then tried to explain to Hodge
that. members of parliament in this
country were not paid for their serv'
ices. But he was not to be convinced
"Doan't zee tell me" he replied
somewhat angrily. Il believe my eyes
and when zees in the paper as they
divides almost ev'ry night | knows
they be dividiu' standardization
Tit-BitS.