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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-04-26
SAVANNAH WON
IN FIRST GAME
DEFEATED THE LOCALS YcsreR-
DAY BY A SCORE OF SIX
TO ONE.

Joe Brown men win probably ca
tribute it to Hoko Smith. but ,.le d.
feat OF the locals in the first BAH 2afae
OF the season yesterday afternoon WIS
due solely to he superior playing Of
the visitors Savannah.
A fairly goCd-sized crowd was pres
ent to witness the opening Of the seas-
on and, for awhile at least they wit
messed very good game but. as is
the case in nsarly al bali games be-
tween amateur clubs, the hrewcrks
had e begin and it happened yester-
day that The locals were the ones to
discharsa them.
The game Progressed Interestingly
fer he first few innings. Neither
~.un scared uut,l the fourth inning.
wh2n baJh teams succeeded in get
ting ne maa ar SIS the home plate.
i TIA NJ tors added another in the
siS,h, three il he eighth ana one
mes ia The ninth white lie locals
"a Jed add o thniT lonesome run.
Ia il. for IA locals. ana Lang. for
Sawmah d'd the pitching, aud hon
or5 wte divided abu even among
th@n though the Savannah twislel
hal he hey T. control
The ErunsDici, t5am dj wei cen
$ derine The fact chat Il was the arst
time they have PLAYED together this
season and very little practice has
been had by the PLAYERS. Another
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-04-26
Did Away WITH Paasns

Ia one Of his messages Governor
Johnson said: 'if the public officers
are not adequately compensated now
for their services. fix the compensation
to such an extent as to make II reason
able compensation and do away with
the possibility Of any officer becoming
beneficiary Of the favor OF corpora
tons and by reason Of Sratuities being
placed under some obligation to the
corporation which extends the courtesy.
And n9yc most earnestly the early
enacinent Of a law which viii forever
abolish the system ia Minnesota" and
II was done.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
.hNg1zED mos CAllY|IuYzY ADfT

ton. What are we here for?' was
chise "divvies" or any other "divvies'
like terrier after a rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate
ly advertised as 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 a soft
curtain rope instead of wire moose,
cab-horses provided with seats while
waiting for 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 infest 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 30
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
revulsion Of feeling among the re-
former at heart but they did not let
little thing like that entirely discour.
age them
| got so that | could usually spot"
a reforr o. IS AR a. I could see him.
TIE majority Of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers They are
net confined 70 Cre nationality, al
ihourN ! should Judge that the bulk
of tNou are Ame"cnns. They all have
mi Stone u you agree with them.
and dc cVCr3tFue hey ask, you are
IL patriot II Won l'sagree with some
of III ~ ,u any way, shape or manner.
you are aithrr sound eel or without
ueN'nl balance Put TO be "a patriot"
in ne cyrs p' 'h, who were fanati-
cal You must n.ecte to their demands
'7af.'C's said sir Robert Peel,
they spring un ike mushrooms in
NJ n ,u ri In
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
and
Quality

appeal to the Well-lnformed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing Accor-
ngly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one OF many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
axatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the qIantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
DEATH BOARD TEXTS
QUAINT CUSTOM OF PEASANTS IN
BAVARiAN FOREST.
Slabs on Which Dead Have Lain In
scribed with Verses and Erected
Everywhere for Publication of
Observant Passerby.

Berlin.-The Bavarian 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
Passau on the south, is even to the
German good deal of an unknown
country. 1t is a spur of the great 30.
hemian forest, and much of the tract
of some SCI square miles, covered
with pine and beech. is still in a print.
tive and neglected condition.
In spite of the magnificent views to
be enjoyed from the submits of the
two highest peaks, the Arber and the
Rachel, it is almost without hotels.
Tourists seldom visit it, while the for
esters themselves, either from lack OF
knowledge of the world or of inclina'
ton to see more of it, are content to
remain at home.
The mode of life of these people
thus remains much the same as that
of their ancestors for centuries back,
and many of their customs are the
same as those of their forbears in the
middle ages. They raise cattle, work
Ill the forests or the primitive SldSs
factories, wear the local dress that
has not changed in pattern for cen
turtles and take their snuff, of which
they are inveterate users, from bottles
turned out hundred years or more
ago by early Bohemian glass makers.
A custom in which the foresters are
unique is the erection in memory OF
tl,n; lie
are called by the people totenbretter
While the Breton peasant erects at
the crossroads stone calvaries, and
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

Whose finish?" said l.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten"
he admitted, but we want to give
lightenment. What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is chance to
have it's higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced is more OPP
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-
tons 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 injus-
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, II he was professional
man. a lawyer. a doctor, or real es-
tate man, even, 1t was a pretty fair ad.
vertisement, wasn't it? Not so poor"
to have your picture in the paper next
day, with Ions 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 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 thew fell
swiftly and without sound. Their
motto was that Of the Hon. Webster
Flanagan, with different interpreta-
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
PRESCRIBED cUrlcURA
After Other Treatment Failed-Raw
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months-At Last
Doctor Found Cure.

Our baby boy broke out with &C.
Lema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side Of his face the
size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when bathed the parts that were
sore and broken out. l gave him
three months treatment from a good
doctor, but at the end of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura After using
q cake of Cuticura Soap. third of
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
we'll and his face was as smooth as any
baby's. He is now two years and
half old and no eczema has reappeared.
Mrs. NJ. L. Harris, Alton, Kan, May
IA and June ~, 1907"
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the Black Forest peasant puts up near
his home deliberately carved wooden
crosses exhibiting the crucitiXiOn, the
peasant of the Bavarian 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 to be unknown; it is lost
in the years as is the source of their
many myths and legends.
Some say that it came from an an
cient custom of the knightly jewellers
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
the passerby something closely as,
ISOLATED with death.
But whatever may be the origin, 1t
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
encoffined just before burial and to
raise it as a memorial to the dead
The board is fashioned generally into
the shape of gravestone. The name
and age with the date of death are
painted with such skill as the peasant
can display. In addition, there ig oft
en- given with considerable elaboration
the painters idea of the saint in
whom the deceased trusted and rome
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 a field OF
meadow, near chapels and crucifiXes
They are nailed to houses and barns
or strung along in lines of 20 or 80 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 death board, while
the peasant himself has ever before
him the uncertainty of life and an op
portunity to draw moral frob the
verses by these wayside monitors.
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Why Didn't She2

A little boy of five years, playing
with his sister one day, leaned too
far out of the second-story window,
lost his balance and fell into the yard
below. Very miraculously he escaped
being injured, and his parents ana
friends were so delighted that they
gave him quite a number of pennies.
nickels and dimes.
The next day, after he recovered
from the shock of the fall, he was
counting his money, and on seeing his
little sister enter the room, exclaimed:
Gee, Gladys, look at all the money l
got for falling out Of the window!
Why don't you try it?"-The Define
ator.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

ton to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the reformers did
not occasionally have IAN AK to grind.
but that. in the main. they aided the
best candidates. But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and jammed him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another over the
political plate when they had In
reality only added 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 1t scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks Of cor.
rupliun caused bear" market In
votes.
A cheap scoundrel earned Just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
manipulation of stocks. l recollect the
Arrangement that one of the "regu-
lars" gave one of these easily pur-
chased Performers"
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger Of
his left hand adorned with four hun
dred dollar sinner and his shirt
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring "constits:'
Il reckon l size that guy up right,
at the start. l tell 'em I 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.
Them two frames up and goes out 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 little
thing they pull of. A hundred and
fifty apiece. see?"
He paused and took fresh pun at
his cigar, and resumed: "Why, II any
cheap stiff d come to me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out Of my office" And the
end Of his cigar glowed with righteous
indignation.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
Too Rough for the Cows.

Mrs. Rorer, of cook-b book fame. tells
OF seeing a maid drop and break
beautiful platter at a dinner recent
ly, says Everybody's Magazine. The
host did not permit triile like this
to ruffle him in the least.
These little accidents happen most
every day. he said, apologetically.
You see, she isn't a trained waitress.
She was dairymaid originally. but
she had to abandon that occupation
on account of her inability to handle
the cows without breaking their
horns"
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III BY ERNB6T MeGAFFEY

There were number OF women re-
formers too. during my political years,
and they were invariably enlisted on
some moral question, az they looked
at 1t. tobacco. whisky, child labor, the
bettering Of conditions for women, the
saving Of girls. etc. They were very
much in earnest. faithful and enthusi-
astic to their ideals. Occasionally they
succeeded. and at least, they never
seemed discouraged, II Is to the credit
Of politicians In general. that they were
listened to with perfect respect, even
when It was apparent that conditions
made 1t an absolute waste of time to
discuss the questions. Sometimes an
ordinance barred their way: at other
times q state law, or possibly the con
stitution of the United States Itself
was tumbling.block. but they were
heard with patience.
Reform politics during my day con-
cerned itself most particularly in re
facilitating the personnel OF the city
council. In this It met with substan'
ial success, AMI 1t was the one sxcep
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
Iondon'a BRIDGES.

Few perhaps are aware OF the e1-
tent to which the city Of London 10
bridged over. In all. 1t seems, there
are no fewer than rs bridges. OF
these 10 are railway bridges, three
are bridges over roads (such as Hol-
born viaduct) and SO bridges which
connect private premises.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
BUD DoeLE

The greatest of all horsemen, says: IN
my 40 years experience with horses have
found SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE the
most successful of all remedies for the
horses. 1t is the greatest blood purifier"
Bottle Soc and $l.00. Druggists can supply
you, or manufacturers, agents wanted.
Send for free Book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
Man and Beast Alike.

Only those who have suffered the
agony Of eye Affections can appreciate
he blessing to humanity in DR.. Mitch
ellis famous Eye Salve. Introduced in
this region as far back as 1S49 it is
found today in all well regulated
homes hereabouts. Not alone the eyes
of man but those of the dumb animals
have enjoyed its comforts. Mitchells
Eye Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 25c.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
A Mean Hair.

She-Why, don't believe Betsy has
a mean hair in her head.
He-Not now. 1t got on my coat,
and my wife discovered it!-Yoakers
Statesman.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

Hoax-"There's one thing that will
give you the shake and yet stay right
with you" Joax-"What can that
be?" Hoax-"Chills and fever"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
Not AItoaether PalnIeas.

Patience-Is that dentists methods
painless?
Patrice-Not all Of them. He has q
monograph In his onlcel-Yonkerl
Statesman.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
| EE 4 |
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yyy and unselhsh. But not al
ways. And reform politics may be
classed as of two kinds the counter
felt variety and the genuine.
Independent, or reform movements
in political CAMPAIGNS. are intended to
be the breaking away of members of
the old parties and consolidation OF
these "bolters' for the purpose of
electing ticket which is supposed to
be better than either of the old-llne
party tickets. Sometimes an indie
pendent movement means this. Some
times 1t means that a Democrat or
Republican who has failed OF the regu-
lar party nomination has been per-
suaded to make the race on the
ground that he has been deprived of
the nomination by unfair means. But
the basic element of independent
movements is always claim toward
u lettering OF conditions. and there
fore arguing reform, politically.
Then there is usually the Prohibit
ton movement to be reckoned with,
and this is strictly founded on reform
cational feature in the campaign
which will prove to carry the balance
of power as to votes. and which may
be adopted in the platform OF either
of the parties with view to secure
votes for the whole ticket Politics
is largely a game of expedients, and
as the only things that count. in the
last analysis, are the votes. 1t follows.
therefore, as the night the day. that
votes are the prime necessities, and
airy expedient to catch votes is consid-
cred justifiable.
Other phases OF reform politics may
paigns and may influence local condi-
tons enough to swing victory to
side which may be weaker on paper
than Its antagonist.
In every large city and noticeably
IN my own city. found two well de-
fined types of the political reformers,
With smattering also of what were
known as "cranks," "dreamers" and
"visionaries." One of the two types
referred to was the hard-headed citi-
zen who, regardless of ridicule and dis
enlargement. steadily set himself to
work to better the class Of official
selection. Without caring anything
for party Affiliations. he associated
with organizations which went
after" weak or unfit candidates. and
supported and encouraged good candi-
dates for all offices. whether state.
county or municipal.
This class Of men accomplished.
with the aid Of decent politicians. a
great deal of good. In the beginning
HE all men actuated by really high
motives. they we're derided and lam
pooned. and their lot. like the police
mans. was not a happy one. But as
time went on they became a force
which had TO be reckoned with. even
BY the most hardened Of the bosses"
excepting in what may be classed as
strictly saloon wards"
In the saloon wards, where the al
dermen for instance. were saloonkeep-
srs, or where the saloon influence pre-
dominated overwhelmingly. the boss
es" did not mind reform politics any
more than a rhinoceros would mind
the bite OF mosquito. I never could
understand, knowing the absolute
hopelessness Of 1t. why the reformers
would sometimes try to break into"
such a ward In an aldermanic cam
paign. l remember very well the &C.
casion of gentleman calling on me
and endeavo to enlist my services
4 as q speaker in a campaign Of this
sort
You know the disgraceful condi-
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15
Immense Cigarette Consumption.

Despite all the laws passed TO re
strict their use, more than 100000
cigarettes were smoked in the Unit
States last year.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

Almost any man can marry money
II he is willing to take a widow older
than he is along with It
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

II Your Eyes Bother You
get box of PETTITS EYE SAl.VE, old
reliable, most successful eye remedy made.
ALI druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, ~ y.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

tons obtaining in that ward?" he
asked, inQuiringiy.
oh. yes" was my answer.
well, we want to put up a caDdi-
date for alderman there and see II we
can't arouse the better element there.
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to finish" was his next remark.
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A REASONABLE REQUEST.

Small Urchin Ito major, who has
been thrown from horse into pond)-
Hi, mister, as you 'appens to be in the
water, would you mind looking for
WillieS whistle?
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-15

REFORMER In politics is
sometimes a dyspeptic. but
not always. He is also
sometimes actuated by mo-
tives entirely impersonal
and unselflsh. But not al
And reform politics may be
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-02-27
The Beqaar Talked Shop."

"I've asked mOre'n a hundred people
for the price Of a cup OF coffee today
said the bcggar. approaching a man II
Thirty-sixth street the other evening
And how many cups Of coffee die
you VIM" inquired the victim, handini
over a dime.
Honest" replied the beggar, that's
the first dime I've got today. | took Ir
a whole lot o pennies an q few nick
els, but that's the first dime. Ever,
time there's hard times us folks is tn,
first to feel II. Peoples allus generous
10 us when they've got money, bu'
when they're plnched we poor folks II
most allus turned down. An It aim
right. We got TO live somehow" Ant
the beggar shuffied on as happy as tn,
ordinary man who Is allowed to tall
chop for a few minutes without bein,
Undergraduates York Globe.