The National tribune., 1910-06-09
PEOPLE.
According TO the horoscope matters

tempts upon his life. death in his fam
lily, a scandal that will shake the royal
home to it's very foundations, war with
/ Germany and internal dissensions are
few of the pleasant things promised
! him by these peererS into the future.
| One of them says the King will reign
just six and a half years. and at the
I end of that time will die a natural
death. which is the only agreeable thing
| ne has to look forward to. according to
their prophesies. During the second
year of his reign india is to cut up all
sorts of troublesome shines, and Egypt
viii follow suit. The suffering of Eng
lands poor during that year will be
something terrible. But the third Year
of his reign viii be the worst of all,
with the death in his own household,
the war with Germany, trouble with
! Turkey, the birth of a new political
power which will make sweeping
changes. the treachery OF his ministers,
etc, quite enough to make him heartily
sick of his job. Miss E,vanEeline Adams,
a New York astTologer. who forecast
| the burning of the Windsor Hotel. and
the hotel certainly did burn says that
! the King was born under Taurus. the
! least prinCely of all the signs Of the
Zodiac. and that his stubbornness.
which is that of the bull. and destined
! to be the source of all his trouble, is
accounted for by this fact. She COM
parcs him to Grant without Grants
| breadth and strength. Altogether the
| outlook for the King is bad, very bad,
| indeed. and If he happens to be be-
! lever in the occult powers of this class
and these dismal foreDoding5 are
brought 10 his notice, he can h'rdly
! escape being made decidedly ui4cOni-
Portable by them. But king George is
made of sterner stun thar this He is
up against Drss.y stiff pr9pnsiti4n. no
doubt. and great and startling changes
may take place during his reign. but
he has made a favorable beginning, in
various ways winning popular approval,
and it is certainly expected. in spite of
| the horoscope makers and their i'k,
that he viii be able to hold his own
/ against whatever troubles may assail
England. meeting them with good
sense. courage and ability, as BELTS the
son of Edward and the grandson of
/ Victoria
/ THE enterprise of the New York Gus
/ tom House officials is certainly bearing
/ fruit Much has happened lately which
/ will make most wealthy Americans, re-
| turning home with their trunks well
stocked with dutiaEln articles, think
! twice before they attempt TO snluggle
/ them thru. The eyes of the Government
are now opened as they never have been
before to the extent of this practice
and to the fact that the most reputable
class of our citizens indulge in it. The
recent exposure of the Ex-Governor OF
! New Hampshire is Ii case in point Gov.
Rollins, his wife and son arrived in this
| country with some S4,T36 worth of duti-
/ able articles, declaring only a fur jacket
valued at $500. The large number of
I Mrs. RolIins's trunks made the case
suspicious, and the Governor was quiet
| " given an opportunity to supplement
| this declaration. This he did very
! slightly. The officers were not con-
| Vinced the trunks were Te-examined,
appraised seized and the Governor ar
rested for smuggling He pleaded guilty.
paid MS fine of $4,000 and an additional
I500 in duties, and was allowed to
depart in peace. Following closely on
the heels Of this comes the case of the
I Lyons of Minneapolis. Mr.. Lyon,
wealthy grain merchant, accompanied
~ wife. son and daughter, arrived in
New York on May %. So skilfully had
Mrs Lyon, assisted possibly by her
daughter. packed the trunks that they
I were examined. passed and permission
given for their removal. But the Lyons
were not to get off so easily The sus-
DicionS of one of the inspectors was
aroused. and On the person of the grain
man were found two pearl necklaces
valued at $500. The trunks were then
again goneSthru, and. tucked carefully
away, out of the sight of sharp eyes.
%ere discovered a diamond pin and
2
I Altogether the Lyons had attempted to
smUGgle in some $4.500 worth of jew
I .lFy. As in the case of Gov. Rollins,
( Mr. Lyons original declaration did not
satisfy the inspectors, and he was also
/ quietly urged TO think again. If he
! had been in this country and read about
I the Rollins affair it is highly probable
! that he would have added something
much more substantial than two suit
cases, worth SIS, to his list But hav-
! ing just arrived, he did not know of the
| unpleasant contre temps of his COM
/ patriot, and thought he could do as he
/ probably had done before, face it out.
! MIR. Lyon was arrested, furnished bail
( for $4,000, and his trial will soon take
! place. The case has excited great con-
Sternation in Minneapolis where the
Lyons are exceedingly prominent. Mr..
| Lyon. who is a very wealthy man, the
President of the Lyon Elevator Com
| pany, is said by his friends to be the
last person one would suspect of SNUG
| Cling or anything else dshonorable.
which only goes to prove that you can't
sometimes most always tell, and that
! henceforth every man, woman and
| child who steps off an incoming steam
! er must be treated as a smuggler until
! proved the contrary. Why people of
| large wealth. who could perfectly we'll
afford to pay full duty on their foreign
| purchases, should care, for the sake of
| saving a few thousand dollars, to ex-
| pose themselves to such unpleasant no.
| toriety as that cited above is good
| deal of wonder. That those of mod
crate means should try to cheat the
customs officials can be understood in
! a way, but not those to whom $4,000
| is a mere triHe. The only solution of
this is that given by Prof. Munsterberg.
| the Harvard University psychologist,
| who says that it is impossible for any
| one to personify the Government. Rich
and poor are alike in this impersonal
attitude toward Uncle Sam. To cheat
the Government is like cheating some
vague, intangible quantity, which de-
| frauds no one, does no one harm. A
| man who would starve rather than not
pay his honest debts feels entirely diff
| ferent when it comes to question of
| getting the best of deal with the Gov
ernment. Consequently, while, as We
said in the beginning, the severe ham
| ding of these recent cases may make
people more careful, it will not make