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The witty and genial DR.. Tinkham,
Eho enjoys an enviable practice in
weymouth, Braintree and the sur
pounding towns, is fond Of telling, at
llS own expense of how he secured
|hls first patient,
was some thirty-five years ago
na' he hung out his sign in Wey-
mouth. Although not possessed of
Il patent, he was nowise discouraged.
|ou' every day at the close of Office
lOufs he brought his team TO the
|uOOr' rushed out, threw in his case,
auu uroVe OFF at rafting gait. He
laa regular route. which took him
%'ough Weymouth, over Penn's hill,
H"uey' and into Braintree, and al
nOush he never made a single call,
wei! DAY, rain or shine, he went
sallOping around.
ohe day, after two weeks of this
STRENUOUS exercise, as he neared
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cious meal was served. The entrance
was through the kitchen, where sew
eral fowls were turning on spit be-
fore the open fire; the ceilings were
low-so low as barely to afford head
room, and tiny winding stair led to
the dining room above.
Breakfast Amid Beauty.
At Bernay we stopped for the night
at the Hotel of the Golden Lion,
which was built around pretty court,
the walls of which were covered with
wisteria, and on one side was mar
BILE fountain with blooming plants ar
ranged artistically about it, and half
concealed by oleander trees were
small tables where breakfast was
served.
Finding little of interest in the
town, we hurried on to Evereux,
where the cathedral is the principal
attraction, being one of the most
beautiful churches in France. and con.
tanning some wonderful wood cary.
ings, and fine stained glass.
Stopping for several days in Yer
sailles at a hotel conveniently near
the Palace, where we could spend the
greater part of our time among the
galleries and parks, proved a much
more satisfactory arrangement than
taking it as an excursion from Paris,
as we had always done before, when
we tried to see everything in few
weary hours.
In this way there was leisure to
thoroughly enjoy the paintings and
palaces; and the parks were perpet.
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he are resolved to return from our
beymoon full of high hopes and
+ ght anticipations Of the unknown
3ure that stretches so fair before us.
>membering that, though at times
Nh clouds may momentarily obscure
! happiness, the sun will shine
fough the gloom, and all will be
tlant again.
|ro live well within our income, and
hry year save something for the
4 Inv days which, sooner or later, are
tnd to come.
ITO try to correct our own individual
hits. instead of wondering at the
ke and number of each others.
[To be perfectly frank and loyal in
our thoughts, words and deeds,
ID let nothing have power to breed
fschief between us.
Ito never have a second quarrel, for
|e very good reason that we never
bye had, nor intend to have, first.
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WOMAN AND THE HAIKTiW

A scissors a knife, or twetS lair,i u, ava
she aid very well with hairpln,, rose
She found that me s'aH""'
from her hall I'LL with a hair.
pin; ,.o A laundry pipe
An egg heater hroNe" -
plugged? ,o rhen her shout
A cOrkscrcw not louHu ~"
dors she shrugged .o,ss NJ content.
And reached. while leI S'"'o
p,.b mem mn 10 H' her Ralr for hairpin'
,..,., COT and button hook, TOO
y iha" aTwn,s could ind in a halrpin' comic
In s fnct ''H Mere was nothing perS'" 'o'''
do Nth "a hairpin
ThSt snI e e" was wrecked in passai'se'
train; ,,,.,t have 10 send back
FOR crane ,, through o
S"' crocked window pane; bairpIn. "
.Don't bother. IN lend you '''
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TWO ANECDOTES OF CRANE

Now York newspaper man who
n stephen Crane, one OF the most
4 ,s,ng writer's of English of his
lra,,on-who died before he was
mhep he was in London just after
return from the Graeco-Turkish
relates some amusing stories con-
Bing that erratic genius.
he morning Crane dropped into a
Esnoner office to borrow a sover-
/ from A friend. He said that he
going to luncheon with Harold
[,erlc now also dead, for whom he
an admiration almost amounting
1--we but with whom he was then
1 slightly acquainted, though they
Inward became inseparable friends.
4 the middle of the afternoon
Inc came back for another sover-
4 and told a tale of woe. He had
|ed Frederic into a pub to have
|annetizer OH their way to luncheon,
had handed out the sovereign he
inst borrowed in payment there
The barmaid had laid the change
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Albert had just stepped to the door
when the wind struck him. His hat
was iron off'n his head, and nobody
ever knew where it went.
81 don't consider that Mis- Fosdick
had ever thought he was a real stir
ring business man, and folks said they
had high words that night. | expect
most of the Brookby families paid up
pretty well. but there's a mess OF peo'
pie down toward the river that aren't
overscruplous. Anyway, Mis- Fosdick
told Albert If he hadn't realized but
s9.17 on his weeks sales, and had got
a hat to buy, too, she thought twas
about time he retired from active bus
mess, and accordingly he did SO.
He is now engaged in driving her
about to sell soap and get subscrlp'
lions for The Worlds History IN
Field and Rock, and | notice she car
ries reticule. Youths Companion
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extremities that human flesh was pub
licly sold in the market place. To re.
pulse the enemy, the city was burned,
but was again rebuilt, and now we see
1t prosperous commercial town with
population of more than 10000
Many of its lovable old houses have
fallen into such state of decay that
they are being gradually replaced by
modern buildings, but there are still
about sixty left, which are sufficient
to repay one for visit there.
Leaving Lisieux early one morning,
a drive of fifty miles over fine road
brought us to Bernay about dusk.
For lunch we stopped at Orbec. a
small village with a small inn, clean
and picturesque, where a most deli
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DIR. TINKHAM'S FIRST CASE

Penn's hill an old man came out ana
shouted for him to come in ana see
his daughter, who was Ill. Barely
pulling in his horse enough 10 sllout
back. Cant stop; in dreadiul
hurry; call on my way back 'he
doctor raced on
He was highly elated at the pros,
pect of patient but soon reailzeu
il might be well to hasten back some
what, for fear the person might ne
so III as to require immediate at
tention. and some other physician
might be called in. He therefore re-
turned in very good time.
The old man was waiting for nm
and as he limped toward the mouse
said. inquirngly; Pretty bad case
ND the road, amt it, doctor? Must
he dreadful sick; seen you goihs
every day for fortnight boston
Herald.
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O, ly loose "ou'u sio" s""u''
And II would iasten 1t up with hairpm,
q, use eiV" wv wan w.
Of I mo mould fasten 1t up with hairpin.
her r n when she wished TO open
And wisSo magazine she read a tale
and ' tra W cut pages, this maid young
"'a'Ned up in her hair for halrpln.
e.. tools ' ioI Whoie poN ol
A man SIMPLY imply reached up for n hajrpin:
schoaiss spend years In mechanical
4 man WoN Thal she did with a halrpln
Ana and persplro ""S''reu' ana lro"H'
-. Wire VINO the dIckens had taken his
!, re ca, some repairing such stun he'd
Always relied on hairpin.
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being at the west end. forty miles
away. On the south rise the sheer
preclpices and snowy peaks of the
Alps, beyond which is Italy. Through
a gorge the railroad comes down from
the mountains back of Chillon. after
its ascent from the south,
Along the lake end are various de.
lightful summer resorts, which derive
much business from their proximity to
Chiffon.
Beyond the castle Is "hotel Byron"
which did not exist In Byron's day.
The inn at which the poet wrote his
famous lines on Chillon Is dozen
miles away, and has been modernized
and spoiled as a souvenir of the poet.
Chillon is a very ancient castle. Its
origin is obscure, but as early as 1888
it was mentioned as a stronghold OF
the dukes of Savoy. Its architecture
remains at 1t was in the thirteenth
century Judicious restoration is
going on in it's various rooms under
government direction, and it is being
fitten. as a national museum. Some
of lis ancient devices for torture are
still preserved, and show the sinister
spirit of the times in which 1t was used
as a state prison.
Identity OF the Prisoner.
1t was one of the line of fighting
dukes of Savoy who was imprisoned
here in 1880, the prior Of religious
order at Geneva called Francois de
Downward, who, by his political ac-
tivity and by bearing arms against
Savoy, then a powerful dukedom. had
made himself Objectionable to the rul-
ers thereof Downward remained in
the castle of ChillOn until 1886, when
the place was taken by an army OF
Swiss patriots, who liberated him and
the other prisoners
Some OF the best lines in Byron's
poem describe the prisoners sensa-
tons on being liberated as follows;
My very chains and / grew friends.
So much long communion tends
To make us what we are:-even l
Regain'd my freedom with a Sigh.
History shows that Downward re-
gained his freedom with strong de-
sire for action. He repaired at once
to Geneva, where he espoused the
Protestant faith, married within few
years four times, founded a library,
which exists to this day, and wrote a
history of Geneva.
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She'd Soon cure Him.

Stella-So you are really going to
marry old Millyuns? | had no idea
you were so mercenary!
Maude--I am not, | am going to
marry him to reform him.
Stella-Reform him! | didn't know
he had any bad habits.
Maude-Yes, he has one. His
friends say he is miserly.-Stray Stor-
les.
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n,,.s BACK Many Centuries.

Dates Back Many Centuries.
Leaving BayeuX with all It's pretty
rooh. and corners, we found Lisieux
no less attractive, with its narrow,
orooked streets and ancient houses
he history. too, is interesting, dating
hook before the days of julius Caesar
II was mentioned by him several
times but was afterward destroyed by
harbarians. and rebuilt in the sixth
oentnry In 1885 it was besieged by
cocfrey Plantagenet, during when
,iu,a the garrison was reduced to such
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And we were three-yet. each alone,
The situation of the castle is thus
described:
A thousand feet in depth below
Lake Leman lies by Gibbons walls:
Its massy waters meet and flow;
Thus much the fathom-Iine was sent
From Gibbons snow white battlement.
This is the broadest poetic license,
for the water besid, the castle is shall
low, and only at some distance from
the shore is depth of 500 feet at
tanned. The greatest depth in any
part he la'o = N"' lo1I feet
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lists visit to the castle. At the time
he thought the story myth, and he
did not even know the name of the
prisoner whose sufferings he made
the subject of his glorious verse.
After the publication of the poem the
author learned of the name and char
acter OF Downward, and added pre-
liminary sonnet to the poem, in which
Bonnivard's name is used.
Both sonnet and poem are too well
known to need extended quotation
here, except so far as the lines relate
to the castle. In the sonnet the con-
GLIDING lines are
Chillon, Thy prison is a holy place.
And thy sad floor an altar, for twas
trod
Until his very steps have left trace.
Worn as II thy cold pavement We're
sod,
BY Bonnvard!-May none those marks
efface
For they appeal from tyranny to God
The marks on the stone floor of the
cell supposed to have been occupied
by Downward, a depression worn by
his feet, are still carefully preserved
and religiously shown.
Poem Not True to Facts.
In the poem the prisoner is rep
resented as having two of his seven
brothers to share his fate. and seeing
them die in chains. AS a matter Of
fact he was alone, and had consider
able freedom of action after the first
half of his Imprisonment. The verses
run:
There are seven pillars of Gothic mold.
In Gibbons dungeons deep and cold;
There are seven columns, massy ald
gray.
Dim with duh imprisoned ray.
And In each pillar there is a ring
And In each ring there is a chain:
They chain'd us each TO column stone.
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Through Normandy i'm June
Most Delightful Part of France Is in That Month
Seen at Its Best
Especial Correspondence

1T was one OF those rarely beautiful
"ays In early June, when the big
ocean liner steamed into the barhor
vi Cherbourg. depositing number of
passengers who were bent on reach
ing Paris by the most direct route
ms they accomplished in nine or ten
uours oy taking the special train
whlch was awaiting them on the
COCKS, and being whirled with unro.
mamie haste through one of the most
picturesque portions of France. while
TOUR Bohemians chose to tarry long
enough to investigate the quaint old
town before starting on drive
through Normandy consuming several
weeks.
After strolling through the town,
visiting the museum, cathedral, etc,
we went to the shipyards, to which
foreigners are admitted only by spe.
cal permit from the Minister of Ma
rlne. These are well worth visit,
and the arsenal there is most inter.
estlng, containing about $4,000 weap.
ons arranged in geometrical patterns,
and in artistic designs representing
porticos, palm trees. baskets, etc.
After leaving Cherbourg, our way
lay through fertile agricultural lands,
well stocked with fine cattle, and rich
in fruit trees, for this is the great
cider district and indescribably love-
ly were the numerous apple orchards
which at this season were in full
bloom.
Our first stop was at Bayeux, the
| most picturesque little Norman town,
containing many quaint old houses
| with steep gabled roofs, fairly TEEN
ing with historic interest Several
canals running through the town pro-
duce quite a Venetian effect. Here
one sees the laundresses busily en-
gagged in washing the linen in the
stream and beating 1t on the stones
with large wooden paddles. 1t seemed
TO be a most back-breaking process.
and | wondered if it were altogether
| good for the linen.
| We spent one delightful morning in
the public library, where, carefully
preserved under glass, one may see
the famous 'Bayeux tapestry" which
Is really not tapestry at all, but a
with age, 230 feet long, and IS inches
wide, embroidered with wooden
thread in eight colors, representing
scenes from the life of William the
Connuerer
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Done With Spirit and Animation.

Done With Spirit and Animation.
AS chronicle of the events of that
time, it is of great historical import
ance, and as work of art 1t is not
without its merits. Although there is
no perspective and no shading, and
the characters are angular and gro
tesque in the extreme, there is never
theless great spirit and animation in
all the scenes, which are explained
by Latin inscriptions also stitched in
wool. The English may be easily dis
tinguished. as they are uniformly rep
resented with mustaches, and the Nor
mans without.
There are seventy-two scenes, some
of them depicting battles on land and
on sea. The human figures employed
number 623, besides which there are
POP horses and mules, fifty-five dogs
and sos other animals. The scenes
end with the battle of Hastings, the
death of Harold, and the flight of the
English.
A pleasant excursion from Bayeux
is that to the beautiful chateau of the
MARQUIS de Balleroy twelve miles dis
tant. II is a perfect example of Louis
XIII architecture, situated in the heart
of a splendid deer park, and the we'll
kept gardens contain some of the nm
est roses in France.
Trudging along in wooden shoes
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

Although on the eve of the county
convention, candidates seem shy in
announcing themselves. However
we hear Of one exception. James w.
Bafnbrich, jr., of upper Picesnce, has
announced himself for assessor. Mr..
Bainbrich is young man Of ability
and In every way we'll qualified to
fill the assessors office In manner
satisfactory to the taxpayers. OF the
numerous candidates that will be be-
fore the Democratic convention this
time, he will be one of the strongest.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

When interviewed in Denver the
other day, by Pueblo Chieftain re.
porter, Governor Adams declared
II expect the Democratic state con.
vention to choose the party's candi-
date for governor. II that conven-
tion nominates me I shall accept the
nomination and do my best to be
elected" This declaration has the
right ring to 1t and settles the ques.
tion as to who will be the Democratic
nominee for governor.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
A Hard Jolt for Patterson.

The sensation Of the weekend in
Denver was the Thomas communica-
tion on the Democratic split in that
city.
No doubt believing that Former
Governor Thomas would espouse his
side Of the fight that is now threat
ening the life of the Colorado Demo-
cracy Observation-Disclosures in
vited Mr.. Thomas to make known
his views on the situation, but to the
evident surprise and chsgrin of Mr..
Patterson, the former came out
squarely in support of the regular
Democratic organization.
The Thomas communication is q
scathing arraignment Of Patterson
and his rule or ruin policy. Governor
Thomas goes into Patterson's politi-
cal career for the past ten or fifteen
years and shows that he has wrecked
every man, party or cause that stood
in his way. In word-the Populist
and Democratic parties and reform
movements have all been used to
further Patterson's personal am
bitions and spites against men and
measures he couldn't use or control.
Senator Patterson attempts to re-
ply to Mr.. Thomas, but his plethora
of.words of ambiguous meaning and
girbled quotations make q sorry
showing longside the Thomas phil
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
Notice to Taxpayers.
STATE OF COLORADO los
COUNTY OF RIO BLANCO "
Once Of County Clerk,

August IL, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the
commissioners Of the county and
state aforesaid, will sit rs board Of
equalization for the adjustment and
correction Of the assessment roll Of
1908 on Tuesday the 4th day Of Sep
tember, and continuing in session for
not less than three nor more than ten
consecutive days; and again on the
third Tuesday in September (being
September 18th, l9Os) and continuing
in session not less than three nor
more than ten consecutive days, to
hear complaints.
All parties having complaints to
make are respectfully requested to
appear before the board on the dates
given above when they will be heard.
T. b. SCOrT,
(all.sl) County Clerk.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
Boosting A Good Thing.

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The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

Judge Ben Lindsey is out in an
other lengthy communication in
which he virtually demands the
nomination Of governor at the hands
of the forthcoming Democratic state
convention, and In default Of same
announces that he will run as an in
dependent. Little Ben" is evidently
"off" in political ethics, but we ad-
mire his courage in Drawing the
wrath Of Boss Patterson, who told
him he should not run for governor.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
MEEKER, COLO, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER /,

the state of Colorado to tile reception
to be rendered Hon. William Jen-
Hnings Bryan at Madison Square
garden, New York, on his return
from abroad. We highly appreciate
the honor conferred on us by national
committeeman, Hon. John I. Null
lins, but much a. we would like to
do homage to the next president of
this great republic, like most cuntry
editors, our usual case Of impecuni-
osity stands In the way.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

What irreverend Republicans call
1.-THE Yellow Combine"-the Denver
News, Times and Post-has been
broken. The parting Of the ways came
when Senator Patterson and his two
papers decried Judge Lindsey's gu
bernatorial aspirations. Next to
chairman Peabody Bailey" Little
Ben," is the Posts pet candidate.
And now the sanity Patterson is
getting it hot and heavy from his
late colleagues the Bonflls-Tammen
outfit.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

Things political are becoming very
warm In Denver, especially in the
Democratic camps II there are two
of them down there = the regular
(Speer) and the irregular (Patter-
SOM. After standing the Patterson
TRADES of abuse and misrepresenta-
tion for years in silence, Mayor Speer
has finally turned loose on the
senator and is ripping him up the
back and down the sides In very
effective manner.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
Governor Mcdonald has formally

Governor Mcdonald has formally
declined to be a candidate to succsed
himself. In this act the governor
shows that he is amply endowed
with that wisdom for which his
Scotch ancestry is famous. The cir
cumstances surrounding Mr. No
Donald's elevation to the guberna-
torial chair were such that any
Democrat could beat him ip the ap-
preaching campaign.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

The more we study the judicial
situation, the more we are convinced
that the approaching Democrats
state convention will do. . wise a1t
II 1t selects Samuel N. Wheeler y
one of its candidates for the suprenle
bench. Judge Wheeler is q man pf
integrity and marked legal ability,
such man as is wanted on the stAte
supreme bench.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
A Fine Thresher.

Messrs. Fred Riley and Gus Merritt
got their fine new Case separator and
traction engine in Wednesday.
The traction engine is All Avery U
horse power engine and will be used
in heavy hauling (such as lumber) as
well as for Juggling the separator over
the country. The latter has all of
the latest improvements.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
We are indebted to the publishins

We are indebted to the publishing
house of Henry Altemus Company,
Philadelphia, for a copy Of THE
Packers, the Private-Car Lines and
the People," by Mr.. J. Ogden Ar
mour, head of the beef trust. Those
of our readers who wish to hear the
packers side Of the beef question
should send tl.5O to the Altmus Com
pany and get the Armour book.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01
Base Ball.

Teams representing Powell Park
and Thornburg will play for purse
in Meeker on Monday (Labor Day..
A good game is expected as both
teams have been practicing.
A dance in honor of the two teams
will be given at court house hall in
the evening. Everybody invited.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

Senator Patterson says there VIII
be no occasion for an independent
ticket II the Democratic state con-
vention will do what 1t ought to-in
other words, what Mr.. Patters0n
wants 1t to do. But II 1t doesn't, then
what? Why, the usual Pattersco
bolt, Of course.
The Meeker herald., 1906-09-01

Democrats, when you go into tho
county convention next Thuraday
remember Judge Shumate, the able
turist and upright Judge. Regardless
of politics, this county wants JudSe
Shumate retained on the distsict
hench |.