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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09

Of New York.
Whatever may be said OF his metfi-
DDS, the sincerity OF the man and his
fidelity to his mission cannot be con-
tradicted.
At tremendous personal cost he has
devoted bis life to the suppression OF
vicious literature.
Comstock began his career In 1873.
The business OF painting and distribut-
ing obscene books aud pictures at that
time was highly organized and -four
ishing- In single campaign I'm New
York he seized and destroyed the plates
OF 169 vile books and pictures.
The vendors OF moral cancer then be-
gan their work OF misrepresentation
and Islander Of Comstock. They have
persisted ever since I'm their abuse and
ridicule. They resorted to personal
violence.
But Comstock has never fiinched.
Once he got a score OF the sellers of
filthy stun In Ludlow street jail. In
tiuential friends offered bribes. Fall
Ing In this. they caused smallpox scabs
to be sent through the mails to bis
home. At this time he narrowly es-
capped being blown up by an Internal
machine.
One night ut Newark a man whom
he had In custody drew a knife ut the
jail door and severed FIVE arteries in
Comstock's face.
At one time he was assaulted and
beaten into insensibIlity. On severn,
occasions hired assassins have tried
to kill him on the street or at his
office.
For years this stanch cleanser of
society's sewage has refused to speak
or himself or his work. Not long ago
he gave his first interview. Speaking
Of the desperate encounters of bis ca
reer. Mr.. Comstock said:
"Shed blood. broken bones. assaults
ridicule. obloquy and libel have been
my portion. 1 am content 49, In
thirty-four years I have made 2.691
arrests and seized more than ninety
eight tons OF vile literature and pic.
tures''
Which reminds me OF st. PauIs re-
citaI Of his life's perils and the trium-
phant utterance over his past career.
Anthony Comstock may have made
Mistakes At times he may have been
indiscreet or f1nicaL His conscience
Is the Puritan conscience. He cannot
abide even the appearance OF evil.
And his zeal Is apostolic
But
One cannot read the history Of his
grim persistence In well doing, his pa
tient. almost pathetic bravery. and
withhold respect for the man and his
accomplishments.
he has risked his life a hundred
times to protect society. and especially
the young. from the corruption OF we
print and picture.
He Is the stun Of which martyrs are
made.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
None That ] Love
More Than Myself.

Appropriately enough, these badges
wecs OF 3 yellow color The sentiment
Is an expression OF raw selfishness. II
worse selfishness than that of the
legendary old party who prayed:
Lord. bless me and my wife.
NY SON John and his WIFE
Va four and no more.
Who loves no one better than him.
SELF Loves a mighty selfish individual
and lives In a very small circle. Single
Diessedness- affords but q narrow
range.
The confirmed bachelor lives an alb
normal lifa
Marriage Is more than natures plan
for the propagation Of the species. II
Affords a wider growth, wider expert
ences. wider happiness.
The obstinate bachelor says:
Look at the divorce courts. Mar
riaHe Is failure" Or, Marriage IN q
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
rt An pspe.a.s.

The postofiice clerk was not really
stony hearted wretch. but he had had
almost every kind Of idiot restoring
him that day. And now beautiful Miss
sweetman approached him with a be
coming bissh.
Il want TO know" she said, ..hsw
long 1t viii be before get a reply ia
this letter."
"All depends" he said YEARLY. aTf
he's In prison. they'll only let him write
once week, and IL it's a long term
once a month. II he's dead broke he'll
have to wait until be can raise the
price OF stamp: II he's III In bed. pcs.
sibiy he won't like debating to a third
person, and II IT'S smallpox they won.t
let him write at all. Then, again. he
may have new girl, and
But with a frown of Infinite displeas.
ure the beautiful Miss Sweetman
bounced out
And that Is the kind OF person
unused the postoffice man. who writes
to the papers to complain OF the c,a
courtesy or public servsnts."
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
lottery. l cannot afford to take the

lottery. cannot afford to take tho
risk"
Marriage Is not failure. and be who
sa-'s SO might as we'll point to the hos
pitals and declare human life a failure
as TO point to the divorce courts for
proof OF his assertion.
Nor Is marriage q lottery II entered
into with discretion. Hasty marriages
may lead to bad mating. Such mar
riages are mere experiments. The fall
IRE OF such mating is the exception 10
the rule which Is proved by millions OF
happy homes.
To be sure. the bachelor may have
real excuses.
Possibly the right party has not yet
appeared on the horizon OF his hopes.
though she may live only next door.
Or he may have dependent relatives
and cannot AFFORD matrimony Or there
may be lack OF health.
But
Tho healthy. foot loose celibate goes
too far when he glorles in his bachelor.
hood and confesses that he loves him
self too well to marry. He puts him
self down as a no account member OF
the human race.
None that love more than myself. /"
Isn't that the limit?
That sort of bachelor Is a bad com
bination of gross selfishness and Grass
cowardice.
Selahl
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09

taCk the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
cure Is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake bv
taking DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day.
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
enect OF Swamp-Root is soon realized.
IL stands the highest for its wonderful
cures OF the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and Is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-doliar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about If
Doth sent free by mail. Address. DIR. xii.
mer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
ofier IN this paper. Don't make anv
mistake, but remember the name. Swami
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root. and the
address. Binghamton, N. Y. on every
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
Heart to Heart
Talks.

BY EDWIN A. NYE.


The wanted columns OF the Chicago
Tribune few days ago contained this
advertisements:
Unless some kind hearted person comes
60 my rescue with $500 which I will re-
will kill myself
Here was tragic plight-death
versus $500
WHO In the hour OF such extremity
would think to send an appeal to the
csllous public.
Who could hope to find a friendly
hand grasp out Of the darkness that
shrouds an obscure tragedy
But the man was hard driven by
fate. And this Is his story:
He b an Italian city salesman Like
the msa who went down TO Jericho,
he fell among thieves. Some one stole
$2SS belonging to his Arm from his
pocket. BE was afraid to report the
loss lest he might lose his job. He Dor
rowed the money OF loan sharks and
paid rebber rates for interest until the
sum grew 20 be $500.
Tho poor salesman had a family OF
eight chndren-in graduated sizes from
one year up-and he was desperate.
Had bis pathetic plea failed
But scarcely had the ad. appeared
30 gracious Is our humanity-when two
Chicago business men called up the
newspaper and offered to loan the
money. The employer also read the
ad.. which was anonymous and sus-
pected the mans identity. He called
up the newspaper Office.
Thereupon meeting was held. the
salesman. his employer and the two
business men being present. The en-
ployer praised the man as thoroughly
honest and Industrious and said he
would gladly continue his services.
The italian tearfully and joyfully sign
ed the notes agreeing to pay back the
loan from the business men I'm weekly
installments.
There was Joy In the italian house
hold when the father returned. "Savedl
Savedi am savedl" shouted the man.
coming into the crowded little apart
nent II VIII not be sent to prison.
Tomorrow VIII go to work.
Savedi
Whether 10 it better to save a man
than to drive him to suicide or to
prison or to save whole family from
ruin than 20 destroy It?
Tho daily newspapers contain many
wretohed details OF things sortiid and
uniovely. IL Is worth while to print
deed like this one. which so shines
In naughty world.
II proves that the heart OF humanity
Is still soft TO the cry OF distress-the
red blood Of compassion yet courses
In the veins of men.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
The Original Wagner sIno.r.

Speaking or Josef Tichatschek.
whose one hundredth birthday was
celebrated I'm musical circles July IL.
q Prague paper says: "He was the
original Wagner singer. He was the
one who laid the foundation for WAC.
ner's great triumphs. As the name
indicates. he was a Bohemian. born in
1907. the son OF poor weavsrs az
Weckelsdorf. He began his career az
chorus boy In the Benedictine clois-
ter near his home. and. like many other
great singers. he studied medicine, but
deserted the Vienna university to DO.
come n member OF the Royal Opera. In
1888 he went TO Dresden. where he
won his laurels aud where he re-
manned IN active service for thirty
TWO years. In October. 1912, the FIRST
performance OF 'RienzI' took place Mt
Dresden. Wagner was a struggling
musician In Paris at the time. and the
performance won for him the d.
rectorship OF the Dresden Opera.
From that day forward there was a
brotherly friendship between the mas
ter and the singer. which lasted until
Wagner died"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
ENTERING JOURNALISM.

A young man asks the writer 10
state what Is necessary by way OF
preparation to ''enter daily journal
ISM"
EVERYTHING IS NECESSARY.
Daily newspaper work, on the edI-
toriai side. Is the most exacting bust
ness on earth.
First. the beginner must have a
strong body. He should have a RES
ERVOIR OF VITALITY to withstand
the killing strain of intense labors
concentrated into a short compass of
time.
Next, be must have that sixth sense
known as 1.-THE nose for news 1t Is
difficult to describe the faculty, usual
ly born In the bone. It Is the ability
which sees "a story" where Others
would stumble over IL.
These are fundamentals. Add the
scent and bulldog tenacity to follow a
lead. accurate Judgment. ability to
make and hold friends. patience, poise.
Initiative. industry. loyalty to orders.
Whatf you say. How about the
ability TO writer Any school graduate
can write. OF course 1t Is necessary
to be able to write strong. clear, sim
pie English.
Mind you, al this will simply nut
your foot on the LOWEST RUNG OF
THE LADDER as "cub reporter"
You can only climb through expert
ence and trials under daily difficulties.
That Is why a veteran warns the
unknowing.
Young man. don't "enter Journalism"
unless
You were predestined from oil eter-
nifty to be a newspaper man. or
Unless you know you Will never be
happy outside a newspaper Office. or
Unless the stern duties are like q
bugle call OF challenge to your best
endeavor.
Because tho demands OF a modern
daily newspaper-if you would climb
are keyed AS HIGH AS FLESH AND
BLOOD CAN STAND. And the pay
Is not I'm proportion. The discipline
Is almost rs severe as that OF the mil
itary service. And there Is NO
MERCY FOR THOSE WHO FAIL.
But
II the odor or printers Ink is In
cense 10 your nostrils. II you feel Il Is
In your power to make good, II the
strong soul OF you rises to the call.
why. then
In the name OF Benjamin Franklin
PITCH IN.
You Will get your chance. never
fear. Pull cannot promote some less
able fellow above you. You stand on
your own bottom. Merit will win
The business Is looking for you. II
Is up to you. And you can compel the
fates to give you your Inning.
And there are compensations and
satisfactions. The fascination OF the
business Ia beyond that OF any other.
But. by the price OF your eternal sal
walton. do not misunderstood the re
quirements. Being an editor Is no
matter OF capricious selection.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09

stephen Rosssa to Marcianna Rossga.
consideration 81. love and affection. prop
srty 42a West Superior street.
Behind the foregoing real estate
transfer. printed In a Chicago news
paper. Is fine story OF frugalIty.
Before no died Stephen Rossga deed
e. the fat building which he owned
TO his wife. The children. who are OF
the right sort, indorsed the fathers
transfer. One OF them said:
Mother worked hard to help father
earn the property. to raise the children
and send us to school, and she de-
serves the property as long as she
lives"
This Is the story:
Twenty-Five years ago Rossga and
VIE came to Chicago from the old
country. They wanted to bring up
their chiidren-ten were born to them
and earn a home in a free land.
hossga began working on a railroad
ut $l.I5 per day, but did not get
steady work Never in his life did the
man make over SIS per month, and
that only for short time.
But the couple saved money.
inside or five years time they
bought q lot which cost 81, 100, making
payment down. In another five
years they had paid for the lot and
were able to start the building. 1t re-
quired thirteen years to pay for the
nat. a three story brick building. with
Six suits or four rooms each. costing
$1,000.
OF course when the building .was
completed the thrifty people had a
home OF their own, and the rentals
brought In an income enabling them
to pay out. And that was fortunate.
for shortly after the Rossgas moved
into their property the husband was
badly injured In the leg and was I'M
able to work until he died.
A commonplace story OF sordsd de-
tails?
1t Is not commonplace, because II
Is made beautiful by courage and
faithfulness and sacrifice.
Mind you, every foundation stone.
every stick OF timber, every brick,
every bod OF mortar, stands for the
frugal living and the weary toll and
the high devotion Of these Struggling
foreigners.
Why reteil the homely taller
Because this generation needs the
lesson.
Most Americans with q family of
ten children and the wages Of a day
iaborer would scof at the prospect of
owning $4,000 building, even at
the end OF twenty-five years.
But IL can be, has been. done.
What has been done may be done
again.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
MisspeIIed Name. of Places.

\ name very difficult to find correct.
~ spelled Is that OF the Lake Ontario
port Sacket Harbor When It is not
Sacketts Harbor" or "Sackett .Har-
Dor IL Is commonly 'Sackets Harbor. I"
Another. not so frequently wrong, Is
"Newburgh." the city or which name
Is In the town OF 'Newburg." This
brings up the problem OF "PIttsbure."
which It's citizens like so well 20 spell
pittsburgh" Another puzzler Is Hoo
sick Falls" which is on the Hoosac
river. In Rensselaer, county. The Unit
ed States geographical board is the ul-
Innate authority on the names OF places
In Observation-Disclosures Democrat and
Chronicle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
KITCHEN TO THE PARLoR.

Katy and Hilda and Lena work I'm
your kitchen and In the kitchens OF
your nelghbors.
Inquire Of the postmaster of your
town how much money these girls and
other housemaids send In the course OF
year to their relatives across the
water
I ID will DO large amount.
- goes by registered letter to tho old
country to bring father or mother or
sister or brother to this country or to
pay doctor or burial bills or buy COM
Forts Tor the folks over there.
The girls save this money religiouslv
>0o they DO not regard their en-
toresd fruganty as a sacrifice. 1t Is
rats< - . 10y.
Compare tho flial solicitude OF these
sfrong muscled, deep chested. ROSY
FACED girls or tho kitchen with the un-
grateful even heRrtless, conduct OF
some native born girls.
sometimes ons almost Is tempted Tn
suspect there IL something about DEM
ocratsc institutions that breeds insur-
reetioa under The rooftree.
Certain Il ~ that the tendency OF tho
anss a. TO the family Is changing
Vhs Cid time discipline. the respect for
parental authority. the old time reyer-
eree and ready obedience OF children
ara giving way.
Possibly It II logical reaction.
ross&AlS The stern custom OF a for
tser generation wns too severe. Posi-.
Dv. Certainly there Ia a deplorable
iSessnang of discipline. disposition to
RsasA tiAs parents Into a corner. TO dis
naGaNu authority-even to sheer at ma
rental advice and direction.
Is II not 20?
who that reads the newspapers n
not often shocked at the recital OF
many oases Of base ingratitude ON the
part sf children. and. worse-Instance.
on abandonment and abuse Of parentss
IA raet the easy way In which fam
ny Has ars lOsened-including divorce
Is quite appalling
TAis q not vapid pessimism.
1t b Gods truth
ADJ b serious. because whatever
strikes at the family strikes at the very
Hitais or our society.
Katy and Hilda and Lena-bless thei,
tender hearts-who come over th.
ocean 10 serve a prosperous people. Do
pot cease to love and obey the old
folks At home.
Katy and Hilda and Lena or the
ktfehen-aimost any Of them-are COM
Potent to teach the first principles of
niial devotion to Muriel and Agatha
atd Gensvieve OF the front parlor.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE
eii eet saturday Juue 9th. 1908
CTHREE TRIPS wEExt.yl

saturday Juue 9th. 1908
uHkEE TRIPS WEEKLY
s SaleIs leave Baltimore. Pier O. I;oh, Co..
Ws~inS-s - nissunG, at 3 ID. m. every Mo,1S.'
,s: oAy ana Saturday. for the folIo,,;s 10y
p nunEs- alexandria and washington. M;,i Llver
I .Sns - rorto beio. Grasons Cosn p,,l.I. %
is' TaInut Point. Cowart's Lewisetts $500. %
ps. 1ahoing hundays Point K;n..io p: -,
posn., Leonarutown. Abell's Cobrun,s Sine. .ney
andria. ehsiue' Slymont. Alex
eOn Signal
d.s I nv IN Washington early "Wednesday E.,
y Gnu mVndny mornings. TIT
ast " ashington ID. c., foot of 7,h c..
49, perm,tung. at d. m. every MorS..'
i.nSs; ana saturday for the follow;nsr r;s.
Tuverside- Bushwood. Lancaster S:hr.,...S iynont'
cS,nar2town5 n m. Abells Pinev Pot sSss. es'
SoeSe LANDING m. Mundys Point R;rssi :,
=: m, S9an Bundicks, Lakes Wslnnt -, a.
S"~srts. Lewisetta. Millers s 10 m, 1s,a osnt-
sOn Signal. - M
and Monday Mornings "&oay' FRIDAY
NoiE;-Read carefully "A iponor,,,. -.
p ps oeen made. Note change in da~s - 1870 1870
o1 uinore and Washington and points ~ -, ,.-.s'"k
reasn1 received daily in Baitinore On ssii,..
rms timetable shows the time. y. -,
S al may De expected 20 arrive M ard d~.n.s
daa. sne several wharves. but their arrivals -.
S sure AT the times stated Is not s1,aran.s.s
an.. 49, ene company hold itself responsibility o.
sSrT Sny OF any consequences arising thcrcfr
rBnnsNSON BRO. ARts Washinsta, ''-
* SkIMES. Agts-. Alexandra.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
TEE RAD RAcHrrnp

Some bachelors appear anxious to
oner excuses for their bleak end bar
zen existence. They depiore their lost
estate.
Others. It seems glory In their bach
slorhood- They are bachelors by NAL
Ice prepense.
or this latter are those who parties.
pated in bachelors parade recently
In Chicago. They wore badges thus:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
On. OF tho Marvel. .s N. A,.,,..

ons OF tho MarveIs 81 the Asstie.
Millions OF birds so to the arctic
regions to breed" says an explorer.
They get there the finest rarest food
that IL to be found In the whole world
The vegetation OF the tundra, or great
arctic swamp. consists Of cranberrisg
eioudberriss and rowbsrriss--hundreds
OF millions OF bushels. This fruit 10
not ripe till the end OF the brief fierce
arctic summer OF ineessant sunshine
but the birds arrive At the summers
besinning-they arrive the nTst day OF
the melting OF the SHOWS. and they
would starve. waiting aDr the tundra's
fruit to ripsn. but for a miracle that
permits them to eat last years instead
or this years fruit for the berries of
t6s tundra are no sooner ripe ct
summers end than the snow covers
them. lying for ten months on them In
an impervious. air tight. frozen mantl.
or white. and with the next summer.
when the snow mslts away. there ara
revealed billions Oh billions Of perfect
~ fresh berries, frm and cold and
sweet. stretching across the breadth Of
Asia"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09

In the lobby OF a Denver hotsi n q
stand presided over by a young WON
an who sells souvenirs. fancy work,
etc. to whoever will buy. On the glass
showcase stands a mirror The youns
woman seldom looks In the mirror-shs
has another smaller ono she uses Yes
terday man who had noticed the mir
ror on the showcase several times ask
cd why II was kept there.
THAT mirror" replied the young We
man. brings me lots OF trade"
1T brings you trader HowY" asked
the man. surprised.
lit attracts the women" was the re
ply. They pass through this lobby,
and. II they haven't much 70 do. they
are attracted by this mirror. A woman
viii look In q mirror every time she
gets q chance. These women see this
one and come up here to take peeps ~
themselves In many cases get them
interested In my goods and make sales.
That little mirror In ts me what the
sngleworm IL to the nshcrman."-Den
var Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-10-09
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
ERzC RAILWAY 90.
Piankatank River Line.

SS,eneauie In effect Sunday June l4,h ,eos
nsI,in.ncr ieaves Piers Light Street 49,
waathns every Sunday and Wednasds,
mediasa lnSrsmIitting. for treeport and inteyy..
Leave iiaitsmoS." US follows;
tom T, 30. Iipers d Blackwells $50 Flee"'
m IN =, limbs 4:lO Reedville Am as rss; "a; zee
Euuneys, o;l9, Grace Point 7:IO Ryrdtn TX ~ =.
~ nSHrarnock 800 OCEANS s:l5 Jscksnn,so r ~,
10 ~, SSriokett Hill ll:3O, Calls Ii.H .ek
rilcnetts i2:3O ID m. ''' arrive
fon.asS nuhrks 100. y. m Warehouse IA.
pI.nSs - 6reen Point 2:I5 Stamnars So.
Ra,mrn, Arriving at Freeport I:g -"'
tosorung steamer leaves Freenort TO-, n,
Sa. n anu intermediate landings everv ,r,,aa
follows: "eI permitting, as
Leave Freeport7 a. m. Blands -,o o..
bonSsas 90, 81, Gnreen Point 7:45 Conrads II W.
rouse cu huarksS IS. Fitchetts IN a a.S
iacaet Hill iO:45 ackson's Greek i, .S1 rs o.Sos
= y. M. hiimarnock lao Grace 3D. 1 1rs>
s.3a m (. Hard1ngs 3. Haryeys a.Ik E,s ~,
go a., limos o. heedville $50 Mia Risct,Spa
oai ipers Z. SIMPSONS 7:l5 Arrive RaItim Ills
early next morning. naiLimore
hnats Time tabie shows the times at which
DSas may pe expected TO arrive st "a Sa
rrtnsi ilon the several wharyes bnf fhe,r &c
s,a. ~, VI departure at the times rtafed e. 20.
resnonsf nor does the Company hold A. az
arir,ng me, TO- any delay or any consequences
no rseisnt received at Baltimore for sho.,
Po'A's x on sailing days until s:3O % m
w aniARp THOMSON. GEN. Nanava.
nv a.. BROWN. AGENT pier &
"oADocH. Gen. Passenger Agent