The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-06-06
HIS KNOWLEDGE ON TAP.

LILO AVVV LEUQE YIN Lar.
GILL NyE ANSWERS ANOTHER BATCH
OF ANXIOUS iNoulRERs.
Fugitive Facts About Calvary, Libby
Prison. SIsnagevSE: Prsv.ricators and
the Mckinley Bii-slot chines-0en.
Hsrrison's Portrait.
Copyright, 1890. BY Edgar ". Nyel
The following notes and inquiries are
waiting for reply this month, and hasten
TO attend to them in this issue Of the pa
per. Others are in hand, but space will
forbid my attention to them for some
time ut least. If not even longer than
that:
Mr.. St. Clair H;nckley, of South Man.
dan, writes to know IF it is really true
that company has been organized to
acquire tito to Calvary for exhibition
purposes, and il 80, briefly, what are the
particulars? Is Libby prison on exhibi-
tionY'
Such syndicate-an objectionable
syndicate-has been formed in London
with Sir Andrew Clarke as the head.
It is not always the Yankee who buys
up holy ground for such purposes.
The idea is to put barbed wire fence
around Calvary and other places Of sa-
cred interest ind charge an admission.
Whether Kiralfy will give his spectacu-
lar show inside the Enclosure every even
ing. closing with a ballet, do not know;
but the sultan has granted to the new
corporation special privileges in Asiatic
Turkey and Palestine. So that those
who desire to see this sacred spot before
admission is charged should lose no time
in going.
Certainly the commercial spirit has
advanced with rapid strides during the
past 1900 years. Some time ago man
living in California whose wife had been
dead for ten years removed the body
from its original place of burial. and ON
opening the casket it was found that the
body was completely petrified. The
husband, who had long wished to pay
visit to his old home in New England,
therefore started out, giving exhibitions
Of the body in order to pay expenses, a.
he was poor man and had not visited
his boyhood home for many years.
He did well, travelling in good style
all the way, and taking his time to make
the trip and see the sights. Reaching a
town Of some size, he would get out some
dodgers. hire a rink for a day or two
and do first rate. His attraction was
tractable. easily managed, no board to
pay, no quarrels, no late hours or dissi-
patton. All was comfortable, quiet and
respectable. It partook Of tho solemn,
fearful nature of public funeral, with
the comforting box Office reports of 1.-THE
Clemenceau Case"
People came from long distance to
see the petrified partner Of the door,
tender, who was bathed in tears. People
who had infested funerals for years
came and brought their families. Also
their dinnerA They speak Of it yet with
pride.
A friend of mine. who is sort Of SCI
enlist. sort of self made scientist who
has kept it very quiet. shrinking as he
does from publicity. the publishers also
shrinking from publishing his writings,
asked the husband If it would be posi-
BILE for the advancement of science to
obtain ut n reasonable figure toe or fin.
ger u the remains. He had no hope Of
doing so, but he was that kind of man.
He would do anything in the world for
science. So the imnresario broke off a
finger rs you would uivide your stick of
peppermint candy with friend. and
when the scientist took out his check
book to adjust the claim. and asked
rather apprehensively what the price
would be, the stricken man SAID: We'll.
Of course don't know what I'll ort for
to charge ye: but do you think six bits
would be too much?'
He was like everybody who is careful
Of small matters. viz. an ASS in heavy
transactions. He could just rs we'll have
charged the scientist SEQ as IS cents.
Did you ever see u skinfint who could
successfully operate ON u big scale:
On second thought, however. there is
Z notable exception comes to my mind
now. It is man in New York who is
worth ut least score Of millions of dol
lars. and yet he hangs around in the de-
pot sometimes for hours waiting Cor
some one to put nickel in the slot of
the little locomotive model. SO that he
can hear it play and ''see the wheels go
round" Twice he has maddened me by
this course. He knows my weakness.
He knows that cannot pass slot ma
chine. even il it I've out of order. without
monkeying with it. and SO he follows
me around at the depot sometimes for
hours. hoping l win start one up.
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