Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-09
METROPOLITAN NEWS AND
VIEWS OF CITY SIDELIiHTS
GROWTH OF NEW YORKs GREAT SUBWAY SUGGESTS IDEA on
TUNNEING ATLANTIC OCEAN FOR FUTURE ENGINEERING
FEAT-coMsgocEs CRUSADE LEADS MANY HTMOR0Hs
sTrUATI0Ns-NEw EKGLANDpANn aIl ENGtANm

msh to- sna Treaaon,As ~moEal'..I aEtl
gallazy Was on.
OF course, it is unlikely th&t1anS-
one. had swers coassdelVGh the statlusS,
and Rictmges obRGsnee until tnati mi
formation was satrpli1aH by the all
wise directors 9 q thee amt schoQa!s Dit 4
is we'll that we have sin our midst :
such publictspsatte aansorsl OF art
Qtaarwhse wea might gazet upon /
beauty unadorned and not know
that we were shsing eontamt RatH@-
The actieRr of riiaa Trenton pro-
ponents of paadery~ and paRtaiRttes
Is rerainisceRai of sn tncideBtt which |
occurred in,aNew Ytrf several years
ago. Anthony Cbnsd0ck--hee who u.s.,
Familiarity known among trreverent
newspaper mem as Saint Tomy"-
caused the,~latrestt Gfs q News York, art
dealer whoo had displayed upon the
ADO METROPOLITAN NEWS
walls ofHshis shop seveIak4 0npfes OF
famous paintings which did not con-
form toe Mfr CenrstOck IS sldeas Of art. /:
. The dealer was arrested and threat
ened with, the penitentiAry. At this
juuctusee,a great AID .pAwerful daily
newspaper Of New York. published in.
its coAnmas reproduct hRns. of all the,
| pictuEes which had, been branded,
obscene" by the anti-Eice crusader.
The editor annoua4saai that he did
not share Mr.. ComstemR's opinion, as
to the Immortality of the paintings
in question, and tkat If Mr.. Com
steel didn't think be- was loaded he
might blow in the barrel. The cru
sader suddenly anfi inexplicably lost
alt interest in tina prosecution OF the.
case
Comstock's Christmas Present
/ New York policemen and newspa-
permen are stiff .chnckling over the
Christmas present that ME-. Oonar
stock recently received from an evil
IDENTIFY devoted admirer.
Now, what do you thinIa it was?
You may have seven guessss.
| Mr. Comstock was opening his
mail in the, criminal couras building,
AS he, came to littl@ rectangular
package, be smiled with pleasure
!, "An early Christmas present, sure~
ly," he said to thu Rewspapermen
and coure attendants present. Then
he unwrapped the package, and drew
back wirh cry of alarm. Displayed
to, his, Mortified gaze was little,
sinister box, shaped like. a, oofIaM and
. bearing a picture OK a grinning skull
upon its lid.
A newspaper man, with the curios-
ity Of his tribe picked up, the box,
but the crusader cried out in alarm
"a bomb" he whispered tensely
while his brfstlfng beard stood oHt
. and his few hairs pointed upward
Dynamite. lyddite, giant powder
: rough on rats" he Kissed betweeS
his clenched teeth, My enemies arr
, still pursuing me- he cried. But
aha, l will foil them yet," he said
q as he gingerly seized the sinister
q box and made for police headquart
ers.
= Commissioner Bingham sent tn,
| 70 no Af lac,
. There, after it had been soaked sew
erdl hours, it was opened, You still
have your seven ;uesses as to 1T
contents. The cops are still chuck
ling in unholy glee A great sigr
of relief has gone up all over New
= York that our esteemed censor O
literature and art still lives and IL
{ one piece.
; Another "Hotbcd" Discovered
The usual annual discovery tina
: New York is "a hotbed of agnosti
. cism" has been made by prominen
metropolitan clergyman and an
! nounced from the pulpit to breath
lessly waiting world Moreover, tn,
clergyman has discovered the cause
1t is in the schools and universities
: with Columbia as the arch-conspir
. ator against revealed religion.
y The clergy began discovering
e these "hotbeds of agnosticism"-
-e they used to call 1t infidelity''-fl
. New York century ago. AS mat
u ter of fact, it is likely that all tn