Life — October 14, 1897 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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*LIFE: oF THE SEA SSE At the Custom House. ERSONS who have experienced the operation of the Dingley law, as applied to returning travelers at the New York Custom House, re- port that it is still possible to bring in large quantities of wearing apparel without paying duties, but that whereas this could formerly be ac- complished without a serious strain on the returning traveler's conscience, now it necessitates a plain, straight- forward lie, such as a good many incomers are not willing to tell, This makes personal integrity something of a luxury, and of course there are plenty of people who do not feel that they can afford it. In Lire’s opinion it is worth the money. As an immediate producer revenue, the tax on travelers is a comparatively small affair, and does not equal anticipations. It annoys a lot of good people, and encour- ages indifferent people to lie. In itself it is hardly worth Uncle Sam's while. of On Deposit. CHERISHED love for many years And hoarded it with care ; I guarded it with miser’s fears Nor chanced it anywhere ; But now with all I gladly part And risk it all in Anna’s heart. My savings-bank is Anna's heart And Cupid is cashier ; A credit there I late did start Nor defalcation fear ; For I alone have credit there And guard the doors with loving care. There daily do 1 bring more love To swell my dear account, Until the whole has grown above A fabulous amount. And, most unheard per cent. of bliss, My Anna pays each day a kiss! Ellis Parker Butler. O man ever got a dollar's worth of experience for ninety cents. ROADWAY : If elected New wide open. MANHATTAN: Do you think New York can be torn any wider open than Commissioner Collis has it just now? Tammany is York will be Thomas Henry Hall Caine. HIS successful business man was born on the Isle of Man, in 1853, and after being apprenticed for some years to D. G. Rosetti, he started out for himself and entered the novel trade. His success at this overworked industry was almost immediate, and now at his fac- tory at Greeba Castle the whir of the wheels can be heard from morning until night. When Mr. Caine receives an idea for a novel, cablegrams are sent to all parts of the world, swift and trusty couriers are dispatched to all important trade centres bearing the joyful tidings, the heavens and earth resound, and kings and queens totter on their thrones. Shiploads of reporters bear down upon the great man in his island home, and from then on the progress of the great work is made known hourly by bulletins in every principal city and hamlet in the United Kingdom. Inthe accompanying physiognomical study, Mr. Caine’s great reverence for gold is shown by the Klon- dike height of his cranium, and his won- derful grasp of advertising possibilities by the arched eyebrows and wide setting of the eyes. What might be termed conceit in other men is entirely absent in Mr. Caine, his innate modesty being so pronounced that he never speaks of himself except in a whisper. His ex- treme caution is shown by the width of the skull over the ears. It is said that when Mr. Caine recently received a check for £15,000 from his publishers he immediately sent it back to have it certified. IT 1S NOT ALWAYS THE BEST HAND THAT TAKES THE POT.