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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
IS 1T WORTH WHILE?

Isit worth while that we jostle brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road of
life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each
other,
In blackness of heart?-that we war
to the knife?
God pity US all in our pitiful strifel
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
God pardon us all for the triumphs we
feel
When fellow goes down; poor heart
broken brother
Pierced to the heart words are keener
than steel.
And mightier far for woe or for veal.
Were it not we'll in this brief little
journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the tide.
We give him fish instead of serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide,
For ever and aye, in dust at his side?
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on the
plain;
Man, and man only, makes war on his
brother,
And dotes in his heart on his peril and
pain,
Shamed by the brutes that go down on
the plain.
Is it worth while that we battle to
humble
Some poor fellow-traveler down into
the dust?
God pity us ALL Time too soon will US
tumble,
All men together, like leaves in a gust;
All of us humbled down into the dust.
joaquin Miller.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
THE COSBY MAN.

I'll read you, children, the best / can,
The rhyme of the poor old Cosby Man,
The Cosby Man lives all alone,
His friends have fled, his relatives flown.
The Cosby Man
Is under the ban
For his spiteful tongue and his brazen
lung,
And his brain Tor the holewhere his brain
should bel
Is kind of clearinghouse, you see,
For envy, scandal. spite and spleen
And things obscene, unclean and mean.
The Cosby Man, whene'er he shifts
His choice odor of social "tiffs''
Comes up with soft. consoling speech
Designed to broaden out the breech.
And ne'er fire of hate was planned,
But he brought the match and lent the
brand,
And blew and blew and famed and
famed
With lusty lung and willing hand.
The Cosby Man has a splendid grace
To sing your praises to your face,
And still more cunning wit, alacl1,
To prove you knave behind your back.
The Cosby Man is well aware,
Of who comes here and who goes there,
And knows with the incest certainty
If like him or he loves me,
And when the wedding day will be,
And this. with his high bred courtesy.
He makes theme of jibe and jest,
And brays and blares abroad with zest.
Oh, the Cosby Man is gallant gay,
Who loves to ogle the girls and bray.
A squire of DANES, whom nothing shames,
With skin too thick for ''snub" to prick
Is the Cosby man, and his favorite trick
Is to ogle the girls and bray.
Now this is the moral that goes with my
verse,
My children dear, his own chief curse
is the Cosby. Man, so pity him, pray,
And when you hear his spiteful bray,
With Christian charity turn away.
A scorpion, stung
BY his own sharp tongue
Is he, and his breast
Is viper's nest;
So pity him, children, all you can,
The poor old friendless Cosby Man.
Elizabeth Grundy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
A STRIKING CONTRAST FOR Cl
TO CONSIDER

That is especially true in local option
territory. The policy of the traffic has
been, and now is, and will continue to
be, TO break down public sentiment,
and the second condition will be worse
than the first. When you get local op-
tion here, if in the future years you
have to fight for the territory you have
gained, do not be surprised. The foe
is vigilant and active, it knows no law,
1t respects no person and no condition.
Another matter to which / must ad-
vert, one in my judgment of great i'm
portance, and one that has not been
overlooked by the Anti-Saloon League,
but one that has been overlooked by
the great majority of citizens of the
country. q refer to the policy of the
federal government, its policy of nulli-
fication of the liquor laws in the states.)
The present law permits the shipping of
liquors from one state to another. The
state into which it is shipped is power.
less to prevent the notification Of its
laws. In the last Congress bill was
introduced and favorably reported to
the House but not acted upon, which
would have changed the law in this re-
gard. Its purpose is to render all intox-
icating liquors shipped from one state
to another subject to the law of the
state to which they are consigned as
soon as they enter such states. In my
judgment this measure ought to become
a law.
Senators and representatives in all
states should be instructed that the
probability of their continuance to rep
resent the people of your commonwealth
and mine in the courts of the United
States would be the support of the
measures against the liquor traffic. This
is the peoples government, aye. it is
our government, and these men are our
representatives, and we have the right
to instruct them, and if they choose to
disobey the instructions given, each of
US has in his hands remedy-complete
and satisfying-a freeman's ballot.
The Anti-Saloon League, interdenomi-
national, has in its lines and beneath
its banner the best elements of all the
churches and country, and it seems tc
me, is the most fitting agency for effec-
tive work against this traffic Do you
know what this league is? 1t is Gods
church in action, heroic effort, united
effort, intelligently directed and ably
led against the greatest economic and
moral plague of the age. If speak
earnestly it is because feel profoundly
upon this great issue and because
would stir if l could in all hearts deeper
determination and deeper earnestness
in this matter than we have ever had
before. Do you know what the Chris
tian church of America can do, if it is
broad and wise enough to unite itself
upon this question? 1t can absolutely
take America for any moral issue. If
we fail it is not Gods fault; it is the
fault of the church and its leadership,
and because it fails to measure up to
its obligations and the obligations OF
God. Gov. j. Frank Hanly, in Home
Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

In America there is an opportunity
for heroic fighting to secure better
enforcement of law, especially of laws
regulating the liquor traffic. Pardon
me if / speak of Indiana. With its
changes in law there has begun stea-
dy and impartial and effective enforce
ment of law, the laws of the state, and
starting in cities under the administra-
ton of metropolitan and police depart
ments, it has spread throughout the
commonwealth, and, mark you, with
the increase in dry territory and a
stricter enforcement of law, there has
been noteworthy decrease in crime,
especially in crimes involving physical
violence. In 1896 the number of mur-
ders in Indiana was sixty-one; in 1908,
100; in 1904, 131; in 1905, 165; being
thirty-three per cent less in 1906 than
in 1905; fifty per cent less in 1906 than
in 1904, and sixty per cent less in 1905;
and ninety per cent of all persons accu-
sed of murder in Indiana last year
were convicted, as against seventy per
cent heretofore. In 1906 the crimes of
assault decreased fourteen per cent
and the crime of riot twenty-nine per
cent, as compared with the number of
crimes committed the year before. The
number of persons arrested for drunk
enness in public places increased last
year, not because there were more
drunken men, but because the law
against drunken men in public places
was enforced. | appreciate the fact
that statistics for single year are not
conclusive; longer time is needed tC
measure with certainty the effect OF
Erestrictive measures and the stricte,
enforcement of law, but the increase
given shows the tendency of the policy
the direction in which it is carrying us
This condition is indeed gratifying, il
view of the fact that in number O.
other states these crimes have great,
Increased in the last year rather thar
decreased The benefit to society O.
this decrease in crime can scarcely b,
estimated. The economic value alon,
is convincing argument for the con
tinuance of the policy of restriction
There were 104 fewer murder trials il
single year, sixty-two riot trials
and 1851 fewer trials for assault. TIL
monetary saving to the people of Indi
ana has amounted to thousands of dol
lars, so, taking it from an economi
standpoint alone it pays to restrict tn
traffic and to enforce law.
One of the difficulties with which w
. must constantly reckon is the peril O
. losing next year what we gain today
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

to be sent to each of our representatives
-Messrs. Walker and Jett-and that a
copy be sent to The Colonial Beach
Record, Northern Neck News and VIR-
GINA CITIZEN for publication. The
resolution follows:
eve, the citizens of Colonial Beach,
in mass-meeting assembled, do express
ourselves as heartily in favor of the re-
peal of the law prohibiting any other
rairoad.to parallel the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg & Potomac Railroad, and we
do earnestly petition our representative,
Mr.. Jett, and our senator, Mr.. Walker,
to use all possible effort to bring about
the repeal of the above statute.
1t is further ordered that copies of
these resolutions be sent to our Repre-
sentative and SENATOR
j. b. FITZGERALD, Sec'y.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Race suicide is unknown among ro-
dents. The Agricultural Department
has made an Investigation and has found
that rats multiply with such rapidity
that the mere thought of it makes one
dizzy. A single pair of rats, say our
savants, breeding without check and
without losses by death, would be rep
resented in three years by ten genera
tions and would number 20. 155, ,292.
The advertising merchant is the one
who does the business in these days of
push and enterprise. There are more
newspaper readers today than ever be-
fore in the history of the world. The
newspaper places your business under
the eyes of the buyer. He sees what
he wants, and, knowing where to find
it, looks up the wide-awake merchant
who asked him to come and see him.
Success in these days of sharp competi.
tion calls for eternal vigilance. You
can't keep hustler down.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
LIFE.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant

Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant
soul;
Not hurrying to, nor turning from, the
goal;
Not mourning for the things that dis
appear
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear
From what the future wells; but with
a whole,
And happy heart, that pays its toll
To Youth and Age, and travel on with
cheer.
So let the waywind up the hill or down,
@O'er rough or smooth, the journey
will be Joy;
Still seeking what / sought when but
boy,
New friendship, high adventure, and a
crown,
My heart will keep the courage of the
quest,
And hope the roads last turn will be the
best.
Henry Van Dyke.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
do THE HARD THINGS FIRST. /"

Suspended above the desk of a Pitts
burg bank president is this motto: ''Do
the Hard Things First" Ten years
ago he was discount clerk in this same
bank. 'How did you climb SO fast?''
asked him. 81 lived up to that text, /"
he replied. There is not much else to
tell. / had long been conscious that l
was not getting on as fast as / should.
l was not keeping up with my work; it
was distasteful to me. When / opened
my desk in the morning and found it
covered with reminders of work to be
done during the day, I became discour-
aged. There were always plenty of
comparatively easy things to do, and
these / did first, putting off the dis
agreeable duties as long as possible.
Result: l became intellectually lazy.
felt increasing incapacity for my work.
One morning / woke up. l took stock
of myself to find out the trouble. Mem
oranda of several matters that had long
needed attention stared at me from my
calendar. Suddenly the thought came
to me: Ihave been doing only the easy
things. Bypostponing the disagreeable
tasks, the mean, annoying little things
my mental muscles have been allowed t.
grow fiabby. They must get some ex
ercise.' / took off my coat, and pro
ceeded to clean house. 1t wasn't hal
as hard as expected. Then 1 took /
card, and wrote on it: DO the Har,
Things First, and put it where / coul'
see it every morning. I've been doin,
the hard thing first ever since. =
Brooklyn Eagle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
REPEAL THAT OBNOXIOUS LAW.
A ROusing Wass-Meeting at Colonial
Beach Monday Night. Resolutions
Passed Asking Our Representa-
tiyes to do What They can TO have
the Law Repealed.
twestmoreland Inquirer.j

tWestmoreland lnquirer)
A rousing mass-meeting was held in
the town hall at Colonial Beach on Mon
day night at the instigation Of Mr.. ]. C.
Ninde. The object of the meeting was
to advocate the repeal of the law pro-
hibiting the paralleling of the r., F. &
P. railroad by any other railroad. The
meeting was called to order by unani-
mously electing Hon. H. T. Garnett, of
King George, chairman, and J.. B. Fitz-
gerald, secretary.
The chairman, Mr.. Garnett, being
more familiar with the situation than
any one else present, was asked to give
an address on the subject, which he did
in plain and concise language, going
over the ground to show how the section
of Virginia between the York river and
the Potomac river had been discrimi-
mated against in the matter of rail trans
portation on account of the existance
of the law prohibiting the paralleling
the r., F. & P. Railroad. He also
showed that by the repeal of this law
the advantagesit would give our people
in inviting capital to build road down
Northern Neck, without being handi-
capped with the law prohibiting an out
let to the road.
Mr.. F. w. Alexander, also, made
some remarks on the subject, and asked
the meeting to draw up set of resolu-
tions as strong as possible asking our
representatives to do all in their power
to have the law repealed. Upon motion,
Hon. George Mason was called upon tc
draft the resolutions, which were unani.
mously adopted. Acopy was also ordered
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
EDWARD EVERETT HALE GRASpED
OPPORTUNITIES

DR.. Hale likes to talk of his college
days. When the Doctor was at Har-
ward the only bathing facilities consisted
of few primitive shower-baths in the
old gymnasium. DR.. Hale remarked.
with a humorous twinkle in his ewes.
"In spite of these heavy odds, we took
baths every ten days" BY special
permission of the faculty, he cultivated
in the college yard, not far from his
room, small vegetable-garden. When
he needed freshening up after hard
studying, he would work in this garden,
thus receiving from it not only fresh
vegetables, but fresh strength.
At one time DR.. Hale was giving
some advice, emphasized by personal
experience, when he said, "When
started out in life 1 seized every oppor-
tunity to speak in public from dedica-
tions of pigsties to the most notable oc-
casions; and that is, believe, the only
way to become even a passable public
speaker. !" He went on to say that in
his writing he early made up his mind
that he would not fail for lack of per-
sistency at any rate. Consequently, he
drew up list, arranged in order of
preference, of all the magazines in
America in which he would be willing
to have anything of his appear. He
added humorously that this list included
practically every magazine of which he
had ever heard. When he had finished
a manuscript, he sent it to the first
magazine on the list, and if it returned,
he sent 1t to the second, then to the
third, then the fourth, and so on until
the list was exhaused. After this he
gave it rest ranging, as chance die
tated. from few weeks to as many
months. At the end of this period he
would take it out, read it over, revise
it, and send it anew on its travels. If
it completed the circuit again without
success, he consigned it to eternal obi
won. Probably this seldom happened.
That such should have been the method
of man who later become the author
of story ranked among the twelve
, best stories ever written in the English
language should be Illuminating to young
writers who are 'faint yet pursuing u
From CDR. Hale at Home" by Lymar
Beecher Stowe, in The Circle for Feb.
uary.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

LET HER SLIDE.
Don't be stewing over nothing
All the while;
Don't imagine there is danger
In a smile.
There's for growing and grouching
No excuse;
Fretting never gets you nowhere.
What's the use?
Chase away your dark forebodings
And your pets,
If dyspepsia will let you,
And your debts;
Feeling blue and fondly dwelling
On your ills
Never paid the stove installmcnt
Or your bills.
Just as easy to be happy
AS to cry;
You can touch different button
If you try
That will make the sunshine Danish
All the gloom,
And will hardly give your trouble
Standing room.
If your walks in ways of gladness
You arrange,
Then your life will be worth living
For change.
Get laugh that shakes the rafters-
Turn it loose;
Fretting never gets you nowhere.
What's the use?
Nashville American.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

The man who says he could win if he
had chance, is the man who is too
cowardly to take chances.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
ENSIGN BASKETBALL
LEAGUE
First Division.

The games on the schedule next week
are TWenty-seVenth VS.. Twenty-first and
Twelfth-Thirteenth vs.. Eighteenth. Dec.
Il. The Eleventh and Twentieth wards
take a rest for a week. the aim being to
play four wards each week. The Eigh
teenth has been taking a rest on account
of so many of their team being Interested
in the minstrel show, which was given to
raise funds for the 'gymn-' Now some
of the other teams in the league had bet
ter look out for squalls as the Eighteenth
ward teams mean TO pick up few points
and get close to the top of the league
table. The Twentieth ward still head both
divisions of the league and will probably
remain there until after the new year.
when they meet the redOubtable Eigh-
teenth ward team. The REIMBURSEMENT
wards two teams have been very con-
siderably strengthened during the last two
weeks and hence they easily defeated the
Twelfth and Thirteenth wards two teams
last Thursday.
Considerable interest is being aroused in
basketball circles by the performance of
the teams in this league The Twentieth
ward (both teams) have no league games
for two weeks-the first team would like
game with the lifts or any good junior
team in the. city or vicinity. Apply TO L.
J.. Simmons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13

Chasing the long-eared jacks through
the sagebrush is one of the greatest
of winter sports IN Utah For years
hunting parties numbering into the hun
dreds run excursions out into the rabbit
country and come home at night with
thousands of Dummies as the result of a
days shooting.
Those who attend these shoots never
grow weary of the sport, and in spite of
the big kills each year, the number of
rabbits does not seem to diminish. A
weei. ago party numbering nearly three
hundred visited St Johns. on the Salt
Lake Route. and the above photos give
some idea of the scenes on the hunt.
Photo No. l is that of couple of rabbit
pickers, men who follow up the hunters
and carry the killed rabbits TO a wagon.
No. 2-The start at st. Johns showing
five WagOnlOads of shooters and many
who were forced TO walk through lack Of
wagon accommodations. Near the right
side of the picture one hunter can be
seen holding up A crutch- One of his
legs is missing. but this did not stop him
from enjoying the sport and getting his
share of the kill. No. 3-The first wagon
10 reach the train at Ajax. This wagon
brought in about COO dead Dummies. No. :
A line of shooters who. on account of
the shortage Of wagons had to bring
their kill to the train. Each hunter has
from ten 10 thirty rabbits No Coming
back 10 the car with all 'the rabbits he
could carry. No. 5-Joe Smith of Murray,
who arranged the hunt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
AES0P UP TO DATE.
The Old Story of the Hare and the
Tortoise in Modern Version.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.l


A Hare meeting a Tortoise one dav re-
marked as he looked at the Tortoise's
heavy shell and short feet: Il think |
could beat you in race"
All right answered the Tortoise lit
Is not every race that is won by a Hare -
At the hour appointed for the contest
The Hare soon left the Tortoise out of
sight and, feeling sure of winning Law
down by the roadside TO take a nap. After
a half hours sleep and rest he resumed
the race. BIT the Tortoise had turned
INTO wayside garage and hired an auto
footed Hare.
The Hare was going a the limit of his
speed, but the Tortoise was going at the
speed limit. and won the race by three
miles and seven laps
When the Hare. in the course of time
arrived at the post, he said with sigh:
You'll never catch me III an endurance
rice again.
Moral: Foot racing is healthy. but
motoring is swifter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
WHEN BAT TIES
UP WITH TEDDI

Following Is the bouquet tossed by
Los Angeles Examiner 10 Bat Nelson
If Battling Nelson's press agent Is 10
believed. the king OF the lightWelgnts
go into partnership with the presideh,
the United States next spring IN the ~
ing business. and the pair. eoinpin
their weapons. the big stick and llr
mitt. will strive to score knOckOuts ID D-
ties with all the tigers and elepha.
in Africa B. Nelson is planning 70 u
T. Roosebelt on the latter's expelll.
through the Dark Continent and says
viii get whatever the president oFeI.'l
in the way Of game. Mr. ROoseVeL u
not been consulted. but that makes no y
ference to Bat. He figures that Iel-l
having learned of Lis twin victories I,
Joe Cans. will be glad to have nm ~
as protection against he natives y
president can never be accused ol =
ardice. where wild animals are cOncsl =
but. might not be quite so much az ~
II ebOny-hued ssavages attacked MN p
this reason Bat would undOubteliy
good travelling companion on such an !
petition The Durable Dane has AL'..
outlined the plan Of battle agains. J
poor animals. As soon as tie gong 1
and the tiger or elephant starts Irem
corner Bat will bore in and assume De +
fighting pose. with his head resting On J.
animals breast. Then, while the un-y.
Teddy will shoot him from behind. w.
the referee is counting ten over !.
beasts body he will probably, Win q I
despairing effort. raise himself 90
hands and knees. and. pointing Al Nfs.
say. with Joe Cans. He isn't Gluian
Dream No. AFTER carrying nome I
trunks of all the elephants in AtIlc4 7
will again sail away. this time % NJ
the crowned heads Of Europe. lie W.
to each one personally ana issue q -
lenge for a finish fight with The pes
pound boy said king. emperor or cal ,
produce. In this way he will gam u-'
spect of all the kings, emperors- el- Z
a speaking acquaintance with me ~
of the entire continent He viii %
Denmark. as he licked all the Great D-
before he came over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
Bogus Billy Papke Is No More

The Salt Lake Billy Papke has disap-
Peareo- ne many hero worshipers who
were fond of buying him drinks on The
strength OF another mans reputation
will have to find another way TO gel rid
OF tnelr loose change The bogus Billy
mas lett for parts unknown and If any
person chances to see him. Just nOfifI-
the commanding officer at Fort Douglas
anG take down reward of $50. The local
Fapkes real name is George Russell and
until lately he has been a member ~
company II, located al Fort Douglas
russell greatly resembles Papke. esne
though he is somewhat heavier If is 49,,
10 Judge weight in street clothes RTt
MS hair gives him away as il is darI
while Papke's is Iighf = = UnI \,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
DEC. 13 IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

IS7S-National Cricketers' association or
ganiZed in Philadelphia.
1Ss7-Near New York Jack Dempsey de-
feated Johnny Reagan. fOrty-fiYe ROUNDS,
for S2.000. and middle weight championship
of America
lSs2-Wiliiam II. Beckwith. former cham
Mon swimmer of England. died in London
1So-At Chicago. Terry McGoNern
knocked out Joe Cans in second round
fs0l-AI Baltimore. Joe Cans won from
Bobby Dobbs in fourteen rounds
1So5-Harry Pu1Iiam reelected president
of the National league
Is91-At Philadelphia. Jack o BTien
knocked out Bill Heveron of England IN
first round .