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Scientific Idea of ReIioion.

"And what is religion as the man OF
science apprehends it?" asks Presi-
dent Pritchett, of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. stripped Of
all forms of conventional language,
laying aside the imagery and tradi-
tons which cling about the very
word itself, religion presents itself to
the man trained in science as nothing
other than the divine life in the hui
man soul, life which manifests it.
self, by the growth which it brings
forth, the divine flowers of the hui
man heart, unselfishness, love, fear
lessness, serenity, patience, service"
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needn't tell me. I am not worthy OF
your confidence"
You are; you have just proved it.
But there isn't anything to be done.
| The next thing in order is the exit
of one John Winton in disgrace. That
spur track and engine means cross
ing fight which can be prolonged in
definitely with due vigilance on the
| part of Mr.. Darrah's mercenaries.
I'm smashed, Miss Carteret, carefully
and permanently. All, well, it's only
one more fool for love. Hadn't we
| better go in? You'll take cold stand
| ing out here"
She drew herself up and put her
hands behind her.
"Is that the way you take 1t, Mr..
Winton?"
The acid laugh came again.
Would you have me tear a passion
to tatters? My ancestors were not
French"
Trying as the moment was, she
could not miss her opportunity.
"How can you tell when you don't
know your grandfather's middle
name?' she said, half crying.
His laugh at this was less acrid.
adams again? My grandfather had
no middle name. But l mustn't keep
you out here in the cold talking
genoa ogies.''
His hand was on the door to open
it for her. Like a flash she came be-
tween, and her fingers closed over his
on the doorknob.
wait" she said. "Have 1 done all
this-humbled myself into the very
dust-to no purpose?"
mot if you will give me the one
priceless word 1 am thirsting for
"Oh, how shameless you are!" she
cried. will nothing serve to arouse
the better part of your
There is no better part Of any man
than his love for woman. You have
aroused that"
''Then prove it by going and build
ing your railroad, Mr.. Winton. When
you have done that"
He caught at the word as a drown
ing man catches at a straw.
when 1 have won the fight-Vlr-
ginia, let me see your eyes-when
have won, 1 may come back to you?"
Il like men who do things. Good
night" And before he could reply
she had made him open the door for
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ANIMAL WEpoEp FAST IN HOLE
IN SEARCH FOR RABBIT.
IS FOUND BY ITS MISTRESS
Canine, Though Too Weak to Move.
Gradually ResaIns lts Strength
on Warm Milk and Water
Diet.

London.-An extraordinary instance
of dogs wonderful endurance comes
from Guildford. in Surrey.
Bessie, the dog In question, ia a val
liable one, and her delighted mistress
regards her escape from death as
something like a miracle. That the
dog is little the worse for tho adven-
ture was proved by her lively bark Of
welcome when a reporter frat saw
her.
About month ago Bessie thought
she would go on little sporting ex.
petition of her own in the extensive
grounds which adjoin the house. and
she chased a rabbit down big hole.
That was the last that was seen or
heard Of her until last Sunday, when
her mistress, happening to pass in the
direction of the burrow, heard faint
wines proceeding from 1t. Another
dog, noticing the sounds, made for the
rabbit hole Immediately.
There his evident excitement made
it apparent that he had discovered
something extraordinary. The woman
herself hardly dared to hope that the
lost Bessie had been found, imagining
that she had been stolen, but imme-
diately ran back to the house and or
dered the warren to be dug up.
Two men were quickly on the spot,
and with pick and shovel they dug
open trench about eight or nine feet
long. On going deeper they found the
head of the dog wedged between some
stones.
Bessie was still alive, after being 26
days in that coffin-like space without
food, without water, and without any
room to turn.
The animal was tenderly lifted out
of the hole, and it was then seen what
a change had come over her. Fat as
a young pig before she went in, she
now appeared to be nothing but skin
and bone, her ribs projecting painfully
under her black and tan coat.
Very carefully she was taken into
the house and fed on warm milk and
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HUNTING PEASANTS
AS HUMAN WOLVES
War of determination Beina Waved
by General OrIoff in North
Russia.

Berlin,-Because of the large num-
Der of German subjects living in the
Baltic provinces the German Ambas-
sador at st. Petersburg is said to have
protested against the ferocious gepres-
sions of General Orloff in that part of
Russia, which have driven, to take
refuge in the woods. hundreds of I'M
fortunate peasants, who are being
hunted as human wolves by the local
land owners and ruthlessly slain. The
human wolves retaliate, and war Of
determination has ensued.
The stories published in the local
German press recall the savage age
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fsay that you have made me very vel
come"
'Mr. Winton! Is that generoua?"
mo; perhaps it is hardly just Be
cause l counted the cost and have
paid the price open-eyed. You may
remember that 1 told you that first
evening should come as often as
dared. l knew then, what I have
known all along; that it was a part
Of your uncle's plan to delay my
work.
His and mine, you mean; only you
are too kind-or not quite brave
enough-to say So"
'Yours?-never! If 1 could believe
you capable of such a thing"
You may believe it, she broke in.
cit was l who suggested it."
He drew deep breath, and she
heard his teeth come together with a
click. 1t was enough to try the faith
of the loyalest lover It tried his
sorely. Yet he scarcely needed her
low-voiced: Don't you despise me as
1 deserve, now?" to make him love her
the more.
Indeed, 1 don't. Resentment and
love can hardly find room in the same
heart at the same time, and l have
said that 1 love you," he rejoined
quickly.
She went silent at that, and when
she spoke again the listening Jastrow
tuned his ear afresh to lose no word.
"As l have confessed, I suggested
1t. 1t was just after | had seen your
men and the sheriff's ready to fly at
each others Threats. l was miserably
afraid, and l asked Uncle Somerville
if he could not make terms with you
in some other way. 1 didn't mean"
He made haste to help her.
please don't try to defend your mo-
tive to me; it is wholly unnecessary.
1t is more than enough for me to know
that you were anxious about my
safety"
But she would not let him have the
crumb of comfort undisputed.
There were other lives involved
besides yours. I didn't say was spe-
cially afraid for you, did II"
mo, but you meant it. And I
thought afterwards that l should have
given you hint in some way, though
the way didn't offer at the time.
There was no danger of bloodshed. l
knew-we all knew-that Deckert
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Only Eight Chief Justices.

1t is interesting to note that since.
the beginning of the government there.
have been only eight chief justices of
the supreme court John Jay served
from 1889 to 1895, six years; John
Rutledge, of South Carolina, served
during 1895; Oliver Ellsworth. of Con-
necticut, served the five years from
1895 to 1901; John Marshall, of Vir-
ginia, served "a years, from 1901 to
1885; Roger B. fancy, of MARYLAND
served from 1886 to 1864, % years:
Salman P. Chase. of Ohio, served from
1864 to 1873. and Morrison r. Waite.
of the same state. from 1873 to 1889
when Chief Justice Fuller was an
pointed.
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What is to be done?-but stop; YOU
her, and he was left alone on the
square rallied platform
In the gathering-room of the private
car Virginia found an atmosphere sur.
charged with electrical possibilities.
felt it and inhaled it, though there
was nothing visible to indicate it.
The Rajah was buried in the depths
OF his particular easy-chair, putting
his cigar; Bessie had the Reverend
Billy in the tete-a-tete continuance:
and MRS. Carteret was reading under
the Pintsch drop-light at the table
1t was the chaperon who applied the
firing spark to the electrical possibili-
ties.
Didn't 1 hear you talking to some
one out on the platform, Virginia ?"
she asked.
Eyes, it was Mr.. Winton. He came
to make his excuses"
Mr.. Somerville Darrah awoke ont
of his tobacco reverie with a start.
Hail" he said, fiercely. Then. in
his most courteous phrase: did I
understand you to say that Misteh
Winton would not faveh us tonight.
my deah Virginia."
He could not. He has come upon
upon some other difficulty, I be-
lieve," she stammered, steering peril.
Gus course among the rocks of eouiyo-
cation.
"Mmph!" said the Rajah, rising
"Ah-where is Jastrow?"
The obsequious one appeared. imp
like. at the mention of his name and
] received a curt order
go and find Engineer McGrath and
his fireman. Tell him l want the en-.
CINE instantly. Move, sehi"
Virginia retreated to her stateroom
In few minutes she heard her uncle
go out; and shortly afterwards the
Rosemary's engine shook itself free
of the car and rumbled away west
ward. At that, Virginia went bach
to the others and found a book. Rn,
if waiting inactive were difficult. read
ing was blankly impossible.
Goodness. she exclaimed. Glow
hot you people keep it In here
Cousin Billy. won't you take a tuf4
with me on the station platform?
Eean't breathei,'
lTo BE coNrINuEp9
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Of Sobiesky and the Cossack Khmiel-
nitsky, when mutilation before death
was the greatest mercy shown to
captives.
Carolus Viten, chief of the wolves,
boosted that he had killed since Janu-
airy, over forty Russian officials and
German burghers. He attacked them
as they Travelled through the dense
pine forests, shot them from behind
trees, and divided their horses among
his 'ravenous followers for food. With
their money and valuables he entered
Mitau in disguise, lived riotously for a
week, and returned to the forests
drunk with the desire for further muir
der, plumber and vengeance.
Recently the forest region which
formed Viten's lair suddenly became
safe for travellers. The bandit had
disappeared. The story was that he
had fed to Konigsberg with the. abb
Quoted daughter of his last victim.
The German police sought him, but
the Russian police found him. Backed
by a score of Cossacks, they burst, on
the 18th of September. into part Of
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CHAPTER Ix-Continued.
Copyright, 1905, by ]. P. Lippincott COD

CHAPTER IX-Continued.
But another member of the Rose
mary group had more courage-or
fewer scruples. When Miss Carteret
let herself out of the rear door,
Jastrow disappeared in the opposite
direction, passing through the for
ward vestibule and dropping catlike
from the step to inch his way silent
ly over the treacherous snow-crust to
convenient spying place at the other
end of the car.
Unfortunately for the spying pur
pose, the shades were drawn behind
the two great windows and the glass
door, but the starlight sufficed to show
the watcher shadowy Miss Virginia
standing motionless on the side which
gave her an outlook down the canyon,
leaning out, it might be, to anticipate
the upcoming of some one from the
construction camp below.
The secretary shivering in the
knifelike wind slipping down from
the bald peaks, had not long to wait.
By the time his eyes were fitted to
the darkness he heard a man coming
up the track, the snow crunching
frostily under his steady stride.
Jastrow ducked under the platform
and gained view point on the other
side of the car. The crunching foot
falls hs6 ceased, and a man was
swinging himself up to the forward
step of the Rosemary. At the instant
a voice just above the spy's head
called softly: "Mr. Winton!" and the
newcomer dropped back into the snow
and came tramping to the rear.
The secretary saw him take her
hand and heard her exclamation, half
Indignant, wholly reproachful:
You had my note. 1 told you not
to GOMEZ"
$50 you did, and yet you were ex-
pecting me-" he asserted. He was still
holding her hand. and she could not
or did not-withdraw it.
"Was /, indeed" There was
touch of the old-time raillery in the
words, but it was gone when she
added: "Oh, why will you keep on
coming and coming when you know
your work."
"I think you know the answer to
that better than anyone" he re-
joined, his voice matching hers for
earnestness. at is because l love
you; because could not stay away
If l should try. Forgive me, dear;
| did not mean to speak so soon. But
you said in your note that you would
be leaving Argentine Immediately
that l should not see you again; so
l had to come. Won't you give me
word. Virginia?-a waiting word if
II must be that?"
Jastrow held his breath, hope dying
within him and sullen ferocity crouch
ing for the spring if her answer
should sic 1t on. But when she spoke
the secretary's anger cooled and he
breathed again.
mo; thousand times, No." she
burst out passionately; and Winton
staggered as if the suddenly freed
hand had dealt him a blow.
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wouldn't go to extremities with the
small force he had

wouldn't go to extremities with the
small force he had
Then it was only IA"
"A bluff he said, supplying the
word. IF 1 had believed there was
the slightest possibility of a fight, l
should have made my men take to the
woods rather than let you witness it"
You shouldn't have let me waste
my sympathy" she protested, re-
proachfully.
I'm sorry; truly, 1 am. And you
have been wasting it in another direc-
ton as we'll. Tonight will see the
shale-slide conquered definitely,
hope, and three other days of good
weather will send us into Carbonate
yards"
She broke in upon him with lit
tie cry of impatient despair.
That shows how unwary you have
oeen! Tell me: Is there not lit
tie valley just above here-an open
place where your railroad and Uncle
Somerville's run side by side?"
Yes. 1t is a mile this side of the
canyon head. What about it,"
How long is it since you have been
up there?" she queried.
Winton stopped to think. "I don't
know-a week, possibly"
Yet If you had not been coming
here every evening, you or Mr.. Adams
would have found time to go-tc
watch every possible chance of inter
ference, wouldn't your"
Perhaps. That was one of the
risks took, part of the price-payins
l spoke of. If anything had happened
l should still be unrepentant."
Something has happened. While
you have been taking things for grant
ed, Uncle Somerville has been at WORK
day and night. He has built a track
right across yours in that little val
ley, and there is train of cars OF
something. filed with armed men
kept standing there all the timei"
Winton gave low whistle. Their
he laughed mirthlessly.
you are quite sure of this? Their,
is no possibility of your being mis-
taken?"
''None at all And / can only de
fend myself by saying that / didns
know about it until few minutes Ago
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ENTOMBED Is DAYS
DOG IS STILL ALIVE.

water. quickly recovering, even At
tempting later on to playfully beg
some meat from her mistress hands.
The effort was too much. and she fell
over.
A little later. however. the ruling
Instinct again proved too strong. and
she was off after a mouse in the con.
servatory. but that effort also was Q
little too ambitious.
The dog had actually lived on it's
own fat--it was about IA pounds light.
or after its entombment-but,a as it,
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CHAPTER Y.

~.
For a little time after Virginia's
passionate rejection of him Winton
stood abashed and COMPOUNDED.
Weighed in the balances of the after
thought, his sudden and unpremedi-
tated declaration could plead little ex-
cuse In encouragement. And yet she
had been exceedingly kind to him.
II have no right to expect better
answer" he said finally, when he
could trust himself to speak. But 1
am like other men; l should like to
know why"
you can ask that?" she retorted:
You say you have no right. What
have you done to expect better an
swer?"
He shrugged. Nothing, 1 suppose.
But you knew that before"
Il only know what you have shown
me during the past three weeks, and
1t has proved that you are what Mr..
Adams said you were-though he was
only jesting."
And that is?'
"A faineant, a dilettante; a man
with all the God-given ability to do
as he will and to succeed, and yet who
will not take the trouble to perse-
vere."
Winton smiled, grim little smile.
you are not quite like any other
woman l have ever known-not like
any other in the world. believe
Your sisters. most of them, would take
It as the sincerest homage that a man
should neglect his work for his love
Do you care so much for success
then?"
For the thing itself-nothing, les:
than nothing. But-but one may Care
a little for the man who wins OF
loses"
He tried to take her hand again
tried and failed.
''virginia!-is that my word o.
hopper"
mo. VIII you never see the com
monplace effrontery of it, Mr.. Win
ton? Day after day you have com,
here, idling away the precious hour.
that meant everything to you, ant
now you come once again to offer m,
share in what you have lost. Is tina
your idea of chivalry, of true man
hood?"
Again the grim smile came ans
went.
IAN unprejudiced onlooker nigh
-
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the forest where the Cars authority
had not been known for a year. A
crowd of petty German traders were
holding meeting in pine grove.
And in front Of them, his body sus.
pended from a branch, his nose, ears
and fingers cut off, was the dead ban.
dit. Close by, apostrophizing the VIC
TINS body in derisive eulogy. was the
uncle Of the girl abducted.
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Earth Growing Warmer.

That the earth is growing temporari.
ly warmer is shown by the mountain
glaciers. These are made. by varying
temperature and moisture, to in.
crease and diminish in size during
periods of years that may be found to
be more or less regular cycles, and q
period of quite general decrease be-
gan about As years ago.
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Marriage Easy in South Carolina.

Scotland is the hunting ground foI
easy marriages in fiction. But that
is only because the writing persons
do not know that in South Carolina It
trate nor license to marry; simply
the agreement of the two parties.
No divorce is permitted for any
cause
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-11-21
A woman in PHILADELPHIA discovere

A woman in Philadelphia discovered
that her six cats are passionately fond
of olives. She says they will leave
milk or fish or any of the foods that
cts are supposed to love If anyone
% q them olives. Although they are
ian 1uuired taste with human beings,
Cats em to take to them naturally.
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Old Buildings Torn Out.

Another improvement in the build
ing line which passes unnoticed in.
isolated cases.. but counts to a re-
markable degree when tabulated and,
considered in the aggregate, is the.
demolition of old frame houses and.
stores, many of them eyesores by rea--
son OF age and lack of repair, and the
erection of brick dwellings, apart
ment houses of the smaller class and
smaller business places in their stead.
Citizens interested in civic improve
ment, when riding on the cars
throughout the city, should observe,
this style of improvement with in
terest.
Il have also observed in this con-
nection that several of the few re-
naming old frame ante-bellum build
ings on the south side of Pennsyl--
vania avenue have recently been.
razed and new foundations dug prep
aratoTy to the erection of entirely
new brick structures. There are but.
two or three of these old frames left
on this side of our historic main thor
oughfare in the upper business Sec
ton, and now that some of them
have gone the way of old lumber, it is.
to be hoped that those left will short
ly be consigned for sale as old mate
rial.
Property owners also seem to have
been more liberal than in past sea-
sons in having their holdings repaint--
ed, and this is particularly true in
sections of town where frame DWELL
ings abound. The infection seems to,
have spread from owner to owner on
some squares, with the result that
this method of minor Improvement
has given a fresh and new appear
ance to heretofore dingy blocks. In.
sections of the city where owners.
usually give their property regular
attention in this respect the many
newly painted buildings are also no.
ticeable. Altogether these minor i'm
provements ar worthy of more than.
passing notice"
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BEAUTIFY THE CITY
REMoDELING AND BUILDING At
WASHINGTON.
All Sorts Of Improvements Noted In,
the Various Sections-Ante-Bel-
Ium Structures Are Rapidly
Disappearing.

There is one form of city improve
ment going on here which, when con-
sidered in the aggregate, constitutes
an element which is generally over
looked, or not considered, though it
has very important bearing upon
the structural makeup of the city at
large" said a gentleman actively en-
gagged in building operations in.
Washington.
Il refer to the very gratifying &C
tivity on the part of owners ands
builders in the remodeling of old,
buildings in the various sections Of
the city, but more particularly in the:
northwest and in the business Sec
ton. These individual instances of
remodeling are scarcely noticed when
compared with the great and larger
improvements in the way of entirely
new and modern buildings, but it is
astonishing how certain blocks and
sections have been and are being i'm
proved.
With this thought in mind in my
rides over the city 1 have some men-
tai notes to the end that this method.
OF the city Improvement might be-
called to notice, as it will serve as
an incentive to other owners to like
wise improve their holdings, as in
dlvidual improvements like these
will go great way in the develop
ment of the greater city we are striv-
ing for 1t is possible for small
owner to allow the main walls of his.
building to stand, and with the. ex--
penditure of a comparatively small
sum transform it into a building
which will be credit to the particu-
lar neighborhood In the business.
section these improvements invite
rentals which could not otherwise be.
obtained, yet the individual owner.
who often cannot afford the expense
of an entirely new building, contrib
utes his share to the rebuilding of
the city.
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Bessie is now progressing satisfac
torily," Is the proud possessor Of q
record in logged endurance, and
hopes to more than double her five
years of life.
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owner proudly remarked: Perhaps
race tells"
Bessie has revisited the spot since.
but showed no fear Of the place. But
she seemed to cast sidelong glance
at the dog cemetery which adjoins.
There some curious epitaphs appear
to the memory of those who are
mourned by their loving owners. One
reads
Came in,
Looked about,
Didn't like it,
Went out
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-03
Permits. Value.

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