Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

tian Sabbath. These arc the mon that hate
Anthony Comstdck besides these. all law
breakers and crooks" hate him, and
certain class OF backboneo5s people. too
weak TO protest. or with no dOgire to do
50, wnking nt che very Vices which Is max.
Ing dehauohccs Of their children add their
huckhltng, lying slandors to those OF the
| before mentioned paroles, What better rec
ommondaton should Anthony Comstock de-
sire Of Intelligent, law-ablding. respectable
peuplu}
Anthony Comstock has not had during
his career a pathway OF roses TO tread
His way has not been scattered with the
/ delights OF Far Cathay, nor made pleasant
with ,he perfume Of altar Of rosoa, On the
! contrary, hguratiyoly speaking, II has been
| dark aud lonesome, tull OF anxious tolls
nolaome blonohcgi and IN fact dangers which
Only q man who believed IN tho holiness
of his cause. and with an lndumltnbl8
Will would brave. lie has brayed them and
como out triumphant Let mo recount
Home VI the dangers which he has oueoun.
tered, and which tho public know nothing
about. Here they are tribute to his
worth from his onemica.
lilo has had a package Of rags Infected
with small poX. scab ana virus in It's most
malignant form sent intn his household
among his llt.lc children through tho mall
Happily no and his family escaped.
Several wears ago an Internal machine
was sent to his house. Il failed 10 work
and thus Wholesale murder In his family
was again averted.
lie was followed in tho City Hall Park
Of New York and stabbed In open daylight
when the park was croVded with people
By man whom no hadFarreAtod In a car
Ger Of crime and who had served a term
In PRISON for his evil doing.
llo has been shot at 80 many timoa by
secret would-be aHsaKalns that 1t burdens
tho mind 10 remember them. Many times
he hag detected people shadowing him,
and upon causing their arrest has found
that thfy wore walking afsenala. The
last case Of this kind was not many months
ago. Ga landing from tho farryDOa from
Jersey city he noticed that rough look
lng iel0T followed him up Cortiandt street.
This went on several days, and finally the
fellow on being arrested, was found heay-
Wy armed and proved TO be man who
! aeryed u term In prison for dealing In
banned literature
These are only few OF the hundreds OF
attempts which have been made against
the personal safety Of Anthony Comstock.
! In addition to those tho yilest OF personal
abuse Is continually heaped upon his head
10 bushels OF letters, alwaya Anonymous,
which he Is continually receiving. "A an
example Of one class OF vice which he has
to deal with We quote from his own words
contained IN Marshal Cushing's History
OF thounited Statea Post once: 'The School
| Catalogue IL the greatest boon 10 the con-
colleges, especially tnose for young women.
! do rot give the names OF their students
In the catalogues. person oneo obtained
surrepiltiousIy from an assistant professor
In female seminary come hfteen or more
| catalogues OF other female aemlnaries and
colleges. 1t was soon found that illegal
Advertisements and pictures had been sent
| TO nearly all tho young women whose names
appeal cd in the books. About a year ago
bin advertisements were reported to have
Il 49, 80 N..
tho largest colleges for young women in
/ tho country. A member OF Congress re-
| Gently forwarded to the Post ONCE Depart
ment two particularly rank pamphlets
which had been sent TO two young women
In his district and he denounced In the
strongebt terms the iiends who were thus
permitted to Invade the home aud poison
tho innocent. II Is known. Indeed. that
this stun has been addressed to the daugh-
tiers OF members Of Congress themselves.
and hardly a day pasaes that some father
or mother does not forward to the Depart
ment pamphlets or pictures received by
son or daughter. But In thousands Of cases
the deadly Virus does It's WORK without the
slightest suspicion on the part Of parents"
Fully thousand tons OF this class Of liter
ature. green goods circulars, lottery and
policy slips, and like matter have been con
signed to the names by Mr. Comslock be-
fore II had chance 10 SOW ia seeda OF
poison.
Mr.. comstocis is now - his niiy-sscond
year. The society OF which be "a the sleep
loss and tiralosa head. occupies a sure Of
Offices In New York. Mr.. com6locis "a
not rich man. all statements OF his enc
miles TO the contrary. lie lives comfortable.
however. 10 a pretty homo on New England
avenue. Summit, ". J. In spite Of tho fact
that no Is hated and execfaIs3 by thief.
crook, SAMPLER and courte4nn and their nat
url allies. here are one million pespls In
tbs city Of New York ready at any mo-
nent 70 back him up 10 his work.
HENRY BALcH INGRAM