Apparently the liquor ships, after once getting out to sea, head northward again and their cargo eventually reaches a British Columbia port such as Prince Rupert. The cargo being in bond is not disturbed except by the agents of the "ring."
Wrapped around the liquor, and when the job is completed, the bundles are such as to pass the eye of the most zealous railway official as just so much. Furs are labeled for some eastern city, usually Toronto.
The ruse was discovered when one of the shipments was held up on account of overweight and reclassified when the shipper protested. The liquor was found hidden in the furs.
EFFICIENCY FOR THE HEN
It is of little profit for a lien to sit patiently for three weeks on a nest full of eggs—unless the eggs are fertile. Here's the way to make sure the eggs are fertile—hold the egg to the opaque metal chimney of the lamp—the powerful light will show the dark embyro, if the egg be fertile.
WITCH DUCKING IS REVIVED
Girls Who Appear Too Attractive on Coast Bathing Beach Are Accused of "Witchery."
San Francisco.—Residents of the fashionable district stretching from San Mateo to Palo Alto have revived the practice of ducking "witches," according to Miss Winter Bonner, peninsula debutante, who claims that her chum, Rebele, "ducked" in the swimming pool at Palo Alto for "witchery," and that she  was criticized by Miss Margaret Johnson, swimming instructor, for wearing a one-piece bathing suit. 