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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

the Black Forest peasant puts up near
his home claborately carved wooden
crosses exhibiting the crucitixion. the
peasant Of the l}avarian forest places
along the road as memorials to his
dead the boards upon which they were
laid in death. The origin of the Gus
tom seems 10 be unknown: it is lost
in tn" years as is the source of their
many myths and legends.
Some say that it came from an an.
cicnt custom of the knphtly dwcllcrs
in the castles of the neighborhood of
erecting a memorial to faithful retain
ers who died in battle. Others say
that originally the memorials were in
the form of crosses and that these
deeply religious people believed that
they could better teach the lesson of the
uncertainty Of life and the need OF cor
rect living by substituting these boards
and thus constantly place in sight of
tn" passcrby something closely as
sociatcd with death.
But whatever may be the origin, it
is the custom of the peasant to take
the board upon which the body of the
deceased was placed soon after death
and upon which it lay in state until
cncoiined just before burial and to
raise it as Il memorial to the dead.
The board is fashioned generally into
the shape of a graveStOne. The name
and age with the date of death are
painted with such skill as the peasant
IiGrl1I- n addition fhorn ia oft
en- given with considerable elaboration
the painters idea of the saint in
whom the deceased trusted and ZONE
verses. written frequently in the dia-
lect of the country.
These boards are not placed over
the grave. but are stuck up alongside
the road, at the edge of field or
meadow, near chapels and cruciiiXes.
They are nailed to houses and barns
or strung along in lines Of 20 or 30 in
the village streets.
In the poorer districts, where the
peasants have not the money to pay
for painting or carving, the boards
with inscriptions in charcoal are placed
against crossroad calvaries Here they
accumulate in great piles. and lie un.
disturbed until they rot away. The
first layers in these moulding heaps
were often placed in position 100 years
or more ago.
The traveller in the more settled
parts of the forest is scarcely ever
out Of sight of a death board, while
the peasant himself has ever before
him the uncertainty of life and an op-
portunity to draw a moral froIa the
verses by these wayside monitors.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
DEATH BOARD TEXTS
QUAINT CUSTOM OF PEASANTS IN
sAvARIAN FOREST.
Slabs on Which Dead Have Lain In
scribed with Verses and Erected
Everywhere for sdfication of
Cbservant Passcrby.

Berlin. The Bavariam forest. the
mountainous wooded region of eastern
Germany between the Danube and the
bohemian frontier and extending from
Cham and furth on the north to below
lasSau on the south, is even to the
German good deal of an unknown
country. II is a spur OF the great Bo,
h"mian forest, and much of the tract
OF some l,>'@ square miles. covered
with pine and beech. is s!ill in primi-
tive and neglected condition.
In spite OF the magnificent views &c
be enjoyed from the summits of the
two highest peaks. the Arber and the
Rachel, ii is almost without hotels.
Tourists seldom visit it, while the for
csl"rs themselves, either from lack OF
knowledge OF the world or of incina
lion 10 see NOR" Of it. are content tC
remain at home.
The mod" of lifs of these people
thus remains much the same as that
of their ancestors for centuries back
and many of their customs are the
sam" as those of their fOrbears in the
middle ages. They raise cattle, work
in the forests or the primitive glass
factories, wcar The local dress that
has not changed in pattern for cen.
turcs and take their snuff, of which
they are invctcrat" users, from bottles
turned out a hundred years or more
ago by early bohemian glass makers
\ custom in which the ioreStcrS are
unique is the erection in memory of
their dead death boards. or as they
ar" called by the people totcnbr"tter
While the Breton peasant erecls at
the crossroads stone calvarics, and
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
ZYzED D0GJ G4ZlxZ nm Il S0FT 6l7Z4W R0H-

Whose finish?" said |.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten"
he admitted. but we want to give
them a campaign of education and en-
lightenment. What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is a chance to
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want. I'm convinced is more op-
portunity to see the light"
My friend" was my reply, I've
travelled some in that ward What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer
Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy. these men and their associa-
tions did much in making political
conditions better For that they de-
serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly. but on occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did inius-
tice to good men,
The other type of well-known re-
former was the one who continually
headed reform movements. He
might be candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher.
ever there was kick" coming, and
a meeting advertised to protest. or or
ganize. this class would be on hand
early and get the craftsmanship of the
meeting. usually coming out in a
ringing" speech of denunciation
against the infamy which the citizens
had met to combat. This put the re-
former next" If 1t was a proposition
to nominate an opposition candidate,
and he often 90, away with the nomi-
nation. Or, If he was professional
man, lawyer, q DOCTOR or real es-
tate man. even, 1t was pretty fair ad-
vertisement, wasn't it? Not SO poor"
to have your picture in the paper next
day. with loEc account Of you, your
business and your speech, etc. Some
thing that would have cost you coin
to have In the papers, and you got it
for nothing. And then the reporters
out to interview you and quite a rack
ct started about you.
And In every large city | suppose
there are only few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting to
sell gold brick or two.
Some OF these "reformers" were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an office. A few OF them were
swept into the city council astride the
top OF wave OF popular indignation"
and they were the hungry boys. some
OF them. They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without sound. Their
motto was that OF the Hon. Webster
Flanagan, with different interpreta-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

ton. What are we here fOr?" was
their slogan, and they went after fran
chise "divvies" or any other "divvies
like terrier after rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate.
~ advertised rs the sham ones: the
louder the "holler" about the reform
the less genuine reform was in sight
And then there were the fad" reform.
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour in the shape of having
unmuzZled dogs caught with soft
curtain rope instead of a wire moose
cab-hOrses provided with seats while
waiting for a fare, the distribution of
copies of Browning's poems to cross
ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest of their neighbors; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number. And in a city
of two millions of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber of the
city, they infast the mayors office
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public offices in the
city halls, and whenever they have no
connection whatever
Substantial reforms are of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the Infamous justice Of
the peace system out of Cook county
Some notable reformers went along
very well for time until they got so
prominent that they were offered
high-salaried political position And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll'artists. This caused at times
a revulsion Of feeling among the re
formers at heart. but they did not 10,
little thing like that entirely discour.
age them.
| got so that I could usually spot
a reformer as far as could see him
The majority Of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. They are
not confined to one nationality. al
though ! should Judge that the bulk
or them are Americans. They all have
missions II you agree with them.
and do everything they ask, you are
a patriot" If you disagree with some
OF them in any way, shape or manner
you are either a scoundrel or without
mental balance. But to be "a patriot
In the eyes of those who were fanati.
cal you must aCcede to their demands
Patriots. said Sir Robert Peel
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; l can make so patriots in a
single hour: have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request.
when up starts u patriot"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

tion to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the refOrmprs did
not occasionally have "an ax to grind,
but that, in the main. they aided the
best candidates But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and iammed him through
at the polls. fclicitating themselves
that they had put another over the
political plate when they had in
reality only added Il cheap CRATER
to the city's pay roll.
When this happened it made the
regulation, gilt.edged grafters in the
council indignant. Not that the re
former should turn out to be look.
ing for something" but that he so
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such recruit to the ranks OF cor.
rupilUn causeu Il bear" market IN
votes.
A cheap scOundrcl earned Just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from n railroad
manipulation of stocks. | recOlleCt the
arraisnment that one of the "regu-
lars" gave one Of these easily pur-
chased "reformers"
Said the "rcgula-." putting slowly a.
big black cigar, the little finger OF
his left hand adorned with a four hun
dred dollar "shiner' and his shirt
front sporting its mate. presented by
his admiring "constits:'
Il reckon ! size that guy mp right,
at the start. | tell 'em seen what
kind of lobster he is. the first flop
of the box | tell EN-. you watch him;
he's no reformer, and he's no thor
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're of at the gut.
An, say. Did he? Well. he's elected
all right, and he goes over an hooks
up with the geezeer in the next ward
that went in the same time he goes in.
lhem two frames up and goes ont for
the stuff. DO they get it? Yes. they
get it, and how much? Say. on The
level now, on the square, they split
three hundred between EN- for a little
thing they pull of \ hundred and
hity apiece. see
lie paused and took a fresh puff at
MS cigar. and resumed: "Why. il anv
cheap stiff d come to me and irv to
insult me with less than $500 Id throw
the skate out of my office" And the
end of his cigar glowed with righteous
Indignation
Copyright by Joseph Il. BowIesD
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

r"y disease attached
mo. Tur iaiu I'm my
back was so agrl3a-
Ing ! finally had To
give up work Then
came terrible attacks
Of gravel with acut"
pain and passages OF
blood. In AL | passed
- stones, some a
large as a b"al
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

Hon. George w. Honey, National
Chaplain U. V. e., cx-Chaplain Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry, cX-Trrnsurcr State
of Wisconsin, and cX-Quartermastcr
General State of Texas G. A. r., writes
from 100 First St, n E., Washingtou
ID. c., as follows:
Il cannot too highly recommend your
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troubles In their various forms. Some
members of my own family have lisrr
it with most gratifying results. When
other remedies failed, Peruna proved
most effcaciOus and chccrfully cert
fy To its curative excellence.
Mr.. Fred l.. llcbard, for nine years u
leading photopra phcr of Kansas City.
Mo, located at the nUrlhe corner OF
l2lh and Grand AYES. chccrfuIlv gives
the following Testimony: "ltis Il proven
fact that Pcruna will cure Cafarrh ana
Ia grippe, and as a tonic ii has no equaL
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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
Profit in Imitation JeWeIry.

There are some large profits made
on goods sold in New York city. but
the greatest percentage goes to
the retailers of jcwelry that has imita-
ton The profit is often 1000 times
as much as the goods cost. To get
$40 for what costs 40 cents Is quite
usual
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

Nine years of this ran me down 20
state of continual weakness and !
hought | never would be better until
| began using Doan's Kidney Pills
The Improvement was rapid, and sine,
using -four boxes | am cured and hav,
never had any return Of he trouble"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
FOslcrMilburn Co, Buffalo, y. Y.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

There We're number of women re-
forin"-s. too. during my politica! years,
and hey We're invariably enlisted on
son" moral question. MS they looked
at II tobacco, WHISKY, ch.ld labor, the
beiirr'us ur conditions for women, the
saNirE Of girls, etc, They wee very
much In earnest. faithful and euihusi-
nstlc their ideals. Occasionally they
succeeded. and nj least, they never
seemed discouraged ii il TO the credit
OF politicians In general, that ttJy We're
listr"ci to with perfect respect, even
who II was apparent that conditions
mai Il m absolute wnhtc Of line to
dircG7s III" questions. Sometimes an
ordnance barred their way, nt other
time a state law, or possibly the con
stitUtiOn of tho United Statos itself
wa u stumbling-block. but they We're
heat with patience.
Reform politics during my day CON
celnnt itself most particularly In r"
hahiItating tho personnel Of tho cit,
council In this It mot with subsian.
la success, nnl It was the one crcep
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
a Mean Hair

She-Why, don't believe Betsy has
a mean hair in her head.
lle-NOt now. 1t got on my coat,
and my wife discovered it!-Yo7kers
Statesman.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
Pe.ru-na in Tablet Form.

For two years DR.. Hartman and III
assistants have inccssantly laborcd ,r
create Peruna in tablet form, and then
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object t.
liquid medicines can now secure Peru
na tablets, which represent the solid
medicinal ingredients of Pcruna
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
Not Altooether Pajnless

Patiencc--Is that dentists methods
painless?
Patrice-Not all OF them He haS Q
monograph in his Office. -Yonkers
Statesman.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
Immense Cjoarette Consumptlsn.

Despite all the laws passed to re
strict their use, more than 10000. 900
cigarettes were smoked In the Unite
States last year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

tions obtaining In that ward?' he
asked. inquiringiy.
oh. yes" was my answer.
We'll, we want to put up a candl-
date for alderman there and see if We
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to a finish,' was his next remark.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS.
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years Of Suffering.

F. A. Rippy, Depot Ave, Gallat.a
Tenn. says: Fifteen years a"o Kid
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-02

REFORMER in politics is
sometimes a dyspeptic, but
not always. He Is also
sometimes actuatcd by mo-
tives entirely impersonal
and unseltish. But not al
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28
Keep the Crossings Clear

Quite a number of complaints have been heard lately about the crossings being blocked by cars. There IS an ordinance governing this offense. and the Santa Fe should co operate with the town authorities in seeing that 1t is obeyed. The fault is not so much with the railroad company itself, as IS due to the carelessness of train crews, who do not appear to realize the inconvenience that they put the public to by not cut ting the trains for crossings, when they must wait for orders or something else. Whoever is in control of this matter should see to 1t that the public have no cause to complain about blocked crossings in the future.-Gallup Republican.
 Gallup is not the only town along the line of the Santa Fe that has to contend with this annoyance. The same thing oc- CUTS here almost daily and is a source of much inconvenience to
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28
One Released, but Still We are Seven" at the County Jail.

During the past few weeks sev- eral burglaries have been con- mitted in this county along the line of the Santa Fe, so that the county jail here is pretty well filled up, there being seven pris- oners to await the action of the next grand jury.
 As the result of the efforts of Attorney Larson and the recom- mendation of the District AttOr- nev, Judge Sloan has issued an order to the effect that the pris- oner Willis Smith, colored. who being held over for the next Oc- tober term of the District Court on a charge of perjury, be releas- ed upon his own recognlzance to appear at the next sitting of the court. Smith promised to re- main on his good behavior for evermOre and went on his way rejoicing.
 One of the interesting charac- ters in the jail is one well known for many years in this section of the country as Fritz Jeffries. He is this time charged with the kill ing and appropriating for his own use, hog, of which he was not the owner. Fritz has been caught in the "meshes of the law" before, and on more serious charges, but in one way or ano- ther he has always evaded pun ishment. Whether or not this hog was fat enough to furnish enough grease" to enable him to slip through the tolls this time is matter ot future devel- Opment.
 The jail here is only provided with three steel cells, which are comfortably @ well filled now and with eight months yet before the next regular October term there seems to be a Likelihood ot the jail being overcrowded before the cases can be tried at the next regular term.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28

A bran new boy arrived at the house of Mir. and Mrs. R. C. Smith here last Friday morning. Everything is lovely and the doc tor says that any couples wish ing to get married need not wait, as the Judge is perfectly able to attend to business just the same as before.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28

The Postal Telegraph Cable Go. is preparing to string two more wires from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, a carload of wire having been received at each of the cOmpany's offices in this county, Holbrook and Winslow, during the week.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28

Mrs. H. Kempen1ch left during the week for Los Angeles where she will visit with relatives and friends for some weeks.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28

pedestrians as well as suspending wagon traffic at the crossings during the blockade, lasting sometimes an hour at a time.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28

Dr. Sampson, of Winslow, and Frank Kirker, of Los Angeles, were stage passengers from here Saturday destined to the White Mountain Health Resort.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-28
THE LOCAL FIELD....
 Items of in LbroOka md
The Frisco Line to lm- prove It's Land Holdings in Navajo County.

K. D. Yoakum, representing the San Francisco & St. LOu1s By Co.,, who own large tracts of land in this county and west ward, was here during the week with the view of looking up the possibilities of developing the most favorablv situated DOT tions of their lands by means of irrigation. Mir. Yoakum's visit at this time is the result of a re- port submitted to him last year by Mir. Eldridge who was sent out here for that purpose, and who in company with F. M. Buck of this place, made a per sonal inspection of all the Frisco Company's lands in th1s and Apache Counties. This report was so favorable that Mir. Yoa- kum, who holds a position of high authority with the Frisco people, decided to come out and investigate the conditions for himself. A few hours drive in this vicinity served to confirm fully, the correctness of the for mer report and MT. Yoakum in- timated that the company would i'll the near future take ac- tive measures looking toward the developing and improvement of it's holdings in this locality.
 George Larson, a son of H. A. Larson of Long Tom, and who a few years ago attended school at this place, arrived here from Wy OmiDg last week, delayed here a couple of days to renew old ac- quaintances, before continuing on to Pleasant Valley where his par ents live. Mir. Larson has risen rapidly in the Reclamation Ser vice in which he engaged soon at ter leaving school. He now holds the position of Inspector with bright prospects for promotion. Availing himself of a thirty days vacation he expects to visit the government work at Roosevelt, Phoenix and Denver, when he will again report for duty. Lloyd C. Henning, editor of the Wins low Mail, being apprised of the fact of his old school chum being here, ran up to chat with him a few hours during MT. Larson's stay here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-08-26
FOR SALE

Job Printing Plant in Groveton. N H., at
a good bargain for right party.
Price STATS. Fourteen Hundred and Sew
enty-fve Dollars.
Groveton is booming, population coming
every day.
Everything in good order and doing
good business. Employ from 8 to Z hands.
Work will be done as usual until sold, there
will be no change whatever.
Call, write or telephone.
Office Is run by water motor IA H. P.
Have 2 presses, one SKIP and one 12x1S,
all in good order and Office is equipped with
a good sort of type and other machinery as
needed In a Job Office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-08-26

Mrs. Frank Batchelder has returned
from a weeks visit in Burlington.
Mrs. Myrtle Corcoran, who has been
spending the summer in town, will re-
turn to Boston today.
Mrs. Lizzie Rowe returned to DAN
vile Monday, after spending two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. ARA West.
Miss Mabel Simpson of Montreal is a
guest at A. H. McLeod's. DR.. J. ],
Ahern of Springfield, Mass, spent Sun
day there.
Miss Matilda Larsen of Springfield
Mass, is spending two weeks with her
brother, Oscar Larsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Caldbeck
George Caldbeck, Misses Emma and Ger.
trude Caldbeck, Mrs. Elizabeth Corbett
and son Walter, John H. Ryan, Miss Lii
liam Ryan, Miss Annie Glynn of Montpe-
lier, John and Miss Margaret Cosgrove
of Providence, X. l., Miss McCarty and
Miss Foley of Boston and Mr.. Hughes Of
New York City, are camping for two
weeks at Lake Memphremagog.
Mrs. Harry Blodgett, Miss Edwina
M. Blodgett and Mrs. E. E. Evans have
been spending few days in Boston
Mrs. F. w. Taylor and Mrs. Harry
NJ. Scott are in Boston for few days.
Miss Ellen Harris has returned from
Ryegate, where she spent six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sylvester and daugh.
ter Helen returned Monday to their home
in Woburn, Mass.
Miss Jessie Hayes is the guest of Miss
lola Squires at Laconia this week.
Mrs. E. NJ Harris and daughter
Beulah spent Monday in Montpelier.
Miss Ardell Adams of Newton, Mass,
spent the first of the week in town.