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in the attempt Before leaving ha
placed pot Of cruel by Hardy's bunk
and said he would be back at sun.
down.
But Sanford failed to return, either
at dusk or the following morning, and
Hardy became semi-delirious through
worry and lack of nourishment. He
was too weak to leave his bunk, and
all that day he lay hoping against
hope that his partner would enter the
cabin and end the terrible strain un.
der which he was laboring. Night fell
with no signs of Sanford, and Hardy
fell into sleep brought on by ex.
haustion.
The man was aroused before day.
light next morning by voices, and next
instant two strangers opened the door
OF the cabin and entered Few words
were wasted. Hardy explained briefly,
cruel was cooked, and then the men
set on on hunt for Sanford. One OF
the strangers, a trapper named Smith.
son. told the rest of the story when he
reached here.
I'VE took map drawn by Hardy's
direction and got into the timber as
soon as possible" he said Now and
then we shouted or fired a gun, but we
got no response for nearly three
hours, when we thought We heard a
faint call from about the center of the
Gut We located the sound as best
We could, and pushing on, shortly came
upon Sanford. l shall never forget
the sight. The mans one arm was
caught above the elbow by the power
full spring, and the teeth held him az
in wise. He was bent over and ~ he
tnurned his face to Us he looked
ghastly.
AS remember it. the man didn't
say q word until after We had llberat
cd him, and then he began to jabbe,
as though he was crazy. And l guess
he was temporarily, but after we had
stripped him and rubbed his back and
legs 80 that he could walk and had
given him food and water, he became
rational. Little by little We got the
STORY out Of him.
He said that he had spread the tral
and was placing the bait on it when
the catch-cog slipped and the trar
@nipped him. The teeth sunk into the
flesh and Tor time he was dizzy from
pain. Later on his arm became numb
and he set to figuring out how he
could liberate himself. 1t didn't take
him long to decide that he was caught
for keeps and knowing that his part
ner was unable to leave his bunk he
came to the conclusion that it was al
up with both. He didn't give up com
lpletely. He yelled until his throat gave
out, and when he heard us he had jus'
voice enough to reply.
/ 1T took US q week to stralghten ou1
1.-the pair 30 we could leave them. Sand
I.ford's arm then was SO well mendet
that he could use. It and his partner
Twas wen enough to get about tn,
(scamp little while each day" Iii !:
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COR. Some were sitting on their

, floor. Some were sitting =, on their
feet, with shoulders and bodies witch
ing and Jerking in regular commissions.
Some we're swaying to and fro, from
side t. side or frontwards and back
wards. Two or three were kneeling
upright, with arms and bodies moving,
One young woman, the loudest. moved
on her knees, all unconsciously. two
or three yards during the time /
body that must have been the most
eXhausting physical exercise. She,
like others, also swung her arms viO-
lently, often the gestures Of the pray
ing figures were with one or both
hands outstretched, in dramatic sup
plication Not infrequently, several
girls would clap their hands at the
same time, though each seemed heed
less Of the others. At times the con.
tortions of the faces were painfully
agonized and Precipitation streamed
over them. One girl fell over, asleep
or fainting, from sheer exhaustion.
All had their eyes tightly closed, OBJ
livious to surroundings. Such intense
and engrossing devotion had never
witnessed before. It was full Is min.
utes before one of the girls, who had
quieted down somewhat, espied me.
Thereafter she sat silent, praying or
reading her Bible. The discovery of
the visitor had this same effect upon
half a dozen other girls during the
next quarter Of an hour. At my re-
quest the guide after time asked the
leader il I might talk with her, and
while a dozen of the girls were still
left, praying aloud and unaware of
the departure of the others, the leader
| withdrew.
A Strange Story.
My first interest was to know wheth.
| er the girls had been speaking with
tongues" that day, for I had thought
that detected one girl using English.
| Yes, several of the girls had been
praying in unknown tongues, this
young woman quietly .nformed me.
Then, in response to my questionings,
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should tell at some length the story
Of this great settlement, with its wide
acres Of farm land, its many modest
buildings, and its varied forms of In.
dustry. Study and work are the rule
for every girl; clothes for that multi
tude must all be woven on the spot,
and the industrial plant is large. An
uncommunicative English woman
guided me faithfully to every spot Of
the settlement that she thought of In
terest, from the cornerstone to the
steam engine and the dying watts. But
not word did she say that would
lead me into a knowledge of what Is
by all means the most noteworthy fact
concerning this famous institution.
Stumbling on Revival.
OF course, l was aware of the un.
usual religious experiences reported
from many Christian communities In
India; but had never associated this
sort of thing with Pandita Ramabai's
work: probably because some of her
foremost supporters In America are
identified with the new theology"
which has scant room for the camp
meeting type of "old-time religion"
My first clew was pamphlet which
CHANGED to pick up, relating strange
spiritual experiences on the part Of
some of Ramabai's girls. began to
ask questions. which were answered
1 thought, with seeming reluctance.
and discovered that this revival was
still under way.
For half an hour had been hearing
strange sounds, now of one person
shouting in a high voice, now of the
mingled utterance of a crowd, and now
of song. At last it settled down into
a steady roar. What is that hear?"
asked. 1T is the girls prayer meet
ing" was the answer. Gould l visit
it," pointedly asked my guide, after
hints had proved unavailing. "Why-
I-suppose-so. I'll see" In a few
minutes I found myself witnessing a
scene utterly without paralleE in my
experience Of religious gatherings.
A Tumult Of Praying Girls.
Ina large, bare room, with cement
floor, were gathered between 30 and 40
girls. ranging in age from IL to 20.
By table sat sweet-faced, refined,
native young woman, watching sober
ly, attentively and without disapprov-
al the scene before her. After few
minutes she also knelt on the floor in
silent prayer.
The other occupants Of the room
were all praying aloud. Some were
crying at the top of their lungs. The
':umult was so great that it was with
dtmculty that any one voice could be
distinguished. Some of the girls were
bent ever vii tn heads touching the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
Fierce Hog Fights Farmer.

New York.-W. Irving Green, a
farmer of Ocean township, was IT.
tackled by vicious boar, and before
aid reached him the hog had nearly
;chewed of his left hand. Green is
now at the Monmouth Memorial hos
pital. The boar refused to be driven
into its pen. Green was compelled
to- fire his shotgun, using blank car.
tridges, three times at the hog before
it would enter. He tried later to drive
the boar with big stick. Green
struck at the boar but fell. The boar
attacked him, grabbing him by the
left hand and dragging him down the
field. Green's cries were heard by
his small son who fired blank shot
at the boar, frightening it so that it
dropped Green's hand.
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she proceeded to tell me that these
meetings are held twice daily by girls
who have been baptized with the
Holy Spirit and fire." it is common
for them to speak In tongues which
they do not understand, and also to
be smitten dumb. so that they cannot
speak at all, even in their own Ian
guage. During the early part of the
meeting at which l was present. one
of the girls had been obliged to write
her message, because her tongue was
holden. Sometimes the girls will 20
about their tasks for days, unable to
utter a word, although they under
stand perfectly everything that is said
to them, and are able to pray in othSr
tongues. and when they especially
pray for the power to do so they are
able to speak in religious meetings.
The girls show no effect whatever of
the terrible strain they undergo dur
ing these prayer meetings, and they
all do their regular daily work. The
burden of their prayers is intercession.
that all the mission, and all India,
may be converted and experience q
great revival and receive the Pente.
costal baptism. So much I learned
from this young woman.
The Most Famous indian Woman,
Ramabai herself is a quiet, strong
personality. She dresses after the
Hindu fashion, but in white, and her
hair is short, for she is q widow. She
elects to sit on low stool at the feet
OF the person with whom she con.
verses, for the sake of better hearing.
While we we're talking her grown
daughter, Monoramabai, her first as.
sistant in the work. sat on the floor
with her arm about her mother, and
occasionally interjected pertinent
word. Ramabai 1.-THE SUNK 'bai,"
means MRS" or MISSY speaks sim.
ply, naturally and directly. So she
told me Of the growth Of Shadai Sa-
dan, the work for widows, and one of
the Mukti mission, the whole support
! ed by faith
I'VE do not make special point of
the gift of tongues: our emphasis is
always put upon love and life. And
undoubtedly the lives Of the girls
have been changed. About 700 of
them have come into this blessing.
We do not exhibit the girls that have
been gifted with other tongues, nor do
we In any wise call special attention
to them. We try to weed out the false
from the true; for there are other
spirits than the Holy Spirit. and when
girl begins to try to speak in another
tongue. apparently initiating the other
girls, without mentioning the name or
blood OF Jesus, I 60 up to her and
speak to- her. or touch her on tho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
Sleeve Saves a Life.

La Crosse Wis-To the fact that
he threw up his arm when he felt the
walls of the well beginning to cave
in about him does William Neidfeld
Of Onalaska owe his life. He was is
feet beneath the surface, deepening a
well at the Onalaska power house.
The cave-in covered him completely
with the exception of his hand and
through his sleeve he received enough
air to keep him alive during the eight
hours that It took to dig Him out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
$1,000, 900 WALLPAPER DESIGN,

A new design in fancy wallpaper
patterns comes from Kansas City;
also a way to utilize cancelled checks.
A firm has had all its Offices papered
with oil" checks. placed neatly edge
to edge. The face figures of the
checks vary from $4,000 to $1,000
and the total for one room IL $780,
600. Al gilt molding runs around
the edges Of each check panel. the
general effect + rather pleasing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
Famous In Switzerland,

One Of the historic bells in Switzers
land ID the silver bell in the minister
at Bern. 1t rang "for the service of
God, the festivals of state and the ex-
ecution of the evil doer." When the
forces Of the young French republic
captured Bern in 1898, the citizens
painted it funeral black, and under
this disguise it escaped from the
rapacity of the Gauls.-Sunday Maya
zine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
Makes PULLING Easv.

William Bardell. American consul at
Bamberg.. Germany, reports the. dis
covery by DR.. Radard, 4 Geneva den.
tist. that blue rays Of light can b
used as an anesthetic in the extractio,
Of teeth J ; + $685. . g. a,ag4%k I'D
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03
Uncle Sans Pasturaue.

Uncle Sam, unlike Job, the rich
man Of the east, does not own many
cattle and horses or sheep and goats,
but he furnishes an enormous amount
Of grazing land for those who do have
herds and flocks. The total number
Of grown stock allowed to Craze upon
national forest lands during the sea-
son Of 1907 included 1885, 900 cattle
and horses and 1896, o20 sheep and
goats.
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Mental Tsleoraphy.'

mental telegraphy" and 'ttelepathy"
are not to be COMPOUNDED. Mental tel
egraphy" as distinguished from ''tele-
pathy' il wholly volitional and re-
Quires the concentration Of the objec-
tive mind on the message to be com
IMPLICATED, This may b done 1t any
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-03

shoulder. and she stops at once:
whereas, If a girl is praying in the
Spirit l cannot stop. her, no matter
now sharply I speak to her or shake
The Washington times., 1908-03-15

4.
A LADDIN Jumped into the opening and went
4 to the bottom Of the steps, and there he found
everything just as the magician had said # would be-
He took The lamp and walked back to the opening
"Give me your hand to help me up" he called to
the magician.
Give me the lamp first" the magician answered
1T is not in my way; VIII give it . you when
come out"
At this the magician few into a rage and turning,
threw little perfume on the fire and again said
magic words At that The ground closed over the
entrance.
Aladdin called Il viii give you the lamp! Only
let me outr'
But no, the wicked magician would not
There Aladdin stayed for two days without food
or drink. At last he thought of the ring upon his
finger He rubbed it. and at once great figure
appeared.
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=.
ECXX7 HAT do you wi'h' am ready to obey
w you as your slave"
Whoever you are take me out of this place"
Aladdin cried.
Scarcely had he said this when he found himself
out of the cave. He ran home quickly and told his
mother what the wicked magician had done
Some days after this Aladdin thought he would
sell the lamp az they were in need of money. He
asked his mother to clean it up She had just begun
to rub the lamp, when hideous, gigantic genius rose
out of the ground.
What do you wishl am ready to obey you"
it said.
Aladdin seized the lamp and said: q am hungry
bring me something to eat"
The genius disappeared and came back in mo-
ment with lot of the very best food and Aladdin and
his mother we're never in want after this
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X
= VERIFYING went well until one Gay. the
IL magician said to Aladdin:
Come my boy. I will take you to walk and
show you some very fine things"
They went together into great valley, with
high mountains on all sides. AT last the magician
said:
Let US rest here while. Get some sticks and
viii make fire"
Aladdin gathered lot of sticks and the magician
built big fire He then threw queer kind Of per
fume upon the flames and spoke some strange words.
black smoke curled upwards and the ground shook
and opened before them Looking down, Aladdin
saw a square stone with brass ring fastened TO the
top of it He frightened and started to away,
when the magician gave him q box the that
nearly knocked his teeth out He-,zas more frightened
than ever now and said in a weak voice:
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z
E TOLD the slaves to take all this to the
L palace and give the gems to the sultan as a
present from Aladdin. The sultan was pleased
Go" he said, and tell the young man who sent
all these riches that will welcome him as my son-n-
law" For he thought Aladdin must be very rich
So Aladdin and the princess were married, and
Aladdin rubbed the lamp many times, and they were
very happy.
One day Aladdin went a hunting trip, and while
he was gone the wicked magician back vowing to
destroy Aladdin. He took lot of new lamps, and,
going near Aladdin's palace, he called out:
Who viii give old lamps for newi'
The princess. hearing him. thought she would
give Aladdin a surprise and get him lamp for
his old one. So she gave Aladdn's lamp to the old
man, who no sooner got the lamp in his hand than he
rubbed it and there stood the Genius of the Lamp
before him. He ordered him TO move the palace and
the princess to Africa.
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3
ENNHAT do you want me to do' I a" ready
w to obey"
Take the ring and lift up the stone" said the
magician.
Aladdin lifted the stone without any trouble. and
saw at the bottom OF the opening little door with steps
to go down lower.
Go down. ard when you get to the steps you viii
see a door which leads into three great halls In esch
are four bronze vases fun of gold and silver. Walk
straight on until you to garden, and there you
will see in niche in the wall lighted lamp. Put it
out and bring it to me. Touch nothing else YOUR
way. or you viii die.
When the magician had said this he took off
ring which he had on his finger and gave to Aladdin
As long as you wear this ring no evil can come
TO you" he said.
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1.
4 LADDIN the son of poor widow who
made hen living spinning cotton. When
Aladdin was IS years old he was playing in the street
one day. when Strengthening stopped and
looked at him. He was wicked African magician
who needed boy to help him. and he thought Aladdin
was nice looking little fellow and just the boy he
wanted.
How would you like to wOrl-fOr me. my boyf
viii pay you we'll" he said to Aladdin
Aladdin said nothing would please him more If
his mother would let him.
The poor widow overjoyed to have Aladdin
make money, and he started next day to work
for the magician. who treated Aladdin very kindly
giving him lots of fine clothes and paying him we'll
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co6yFlagT la8a 81 Lh1zAo5
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-09-24
p. D. S. OF A. Convention.

The annual district convention of
the p. o. s. of A. was held at La
quin Friday and as the Towanda Re-
view says it was one of the largest
attended and most enthusiastic con-
ventions ever held in the district,
which comprises all of the camps in
Bradford county. Nearly 200 dele
gates were in attendance an unusual
ly large number. Nearly every
camp in the county was represented.
The people royalty entertained the
delegates, and they are speaking in
the highest terms of thewelcome they
received in the lumber town. There
was but one unpleasant feature and
that was the forest fire which was
threatening the town. Nearly all
the members of the Laquin camp,
cimmitteemen and all, were COM
PEELED to go into the woods and help
fight the fire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-09-24

The annual conven tion of the Sun
day schools of Pennsylvania will be
held at ShamOkin October IA to 16.
Its nearness means that there will
probably be large representation in
attendance from this section of the
State. A strong program is being
arranged. Some of the speakers are
DR.. Keigwin, of New York City,
and ex-State Treasurer Berry, both
of whom will make evening ad-
dresses. Mrs. Besser who will speak
on personal work; Miss Mamie Lee
Freezer, Louisville, KY, on element
cry grade work; DR.. Grey of Moody
Bible institute, Chicago, who will
have charge of the quiet hour and
Hugh Cork; Prof, E. Excel, who led
the music so successfully at the Louis
vile international convention, will
lead the singing. Other special feat
ures are being arranged for.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-09-24
Elephant Police.

simultaneously at work capturing a
half dozen struggling. trumpeting
mates is an imposing one. Like pair
of animal policemen arresting pris-
oner the great beasts sidle alongside
victim, take him between them and
jostle and squeeze and worry him, tail
first. toward tree. Every inch Is
contested by the herculean fighters
until nearing stout tree or stump the
little brown elephant catchers slide
from their mounts to the ground, crawl
under the pondcrous bellies and shut
fling. kicking feet. slip cable slings
about n hind foot and take turn
Ground tree-Strand Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-09-24
Sullivan County Teachers Meetings.

Teachers Meetings will be held
at the usual places this year: Lo-
pei, Dushore, Sonestown, Estella,
Eagles Mere, Hlllsgrove, Skunk
and Laporte.
Lopez, Pres, II. r.. Henning;
Sec ", Mary b. Finan.
Dushore, Pres. w. d. Hinman
Sety., p. II. Myers.
Sonestown, Pres, r. l.. MolneuX,
Secy., Victor Bird.
Laporte, Pres, c. O. Bird, Secy.,
Jessie Wrede.
Eagles Mere, Pres, Fred Snyder,
Secy., Anna Quin.
Skunk, Pres, d. M. Soper, Secy.,
c. I'll. Warren.
Estella, Pres, NJ. r. Black, Secy.,
II. Brink.
Hillsgrove, Pres, Prof. Arm
StrOnT, Secy,, MISS wagner.
The meetings are distributed for
the convenience of the teachers,
who may at any time vote to meet
at other places if they so desire.
September meetings will be held
Saturday, September 26. October
meetings will be held Saturday,
Oct. II.
Presidents are requested to pre-,
pare progra us for the first meeting
at which program committee will
be appointed to arrange later pro-
grams.
J.E Reese KilIgore, CountySupt,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-09-24
The Workinsman's Vote.

There may be danger that the
idea Of workingman having pc
culiar political status will be over
done in this country. 1t halls from
countries where the workingman Is
always workingman, always eX-
poets to be and brings up sons to
follow his footsteps in the same class.
Except in few localities, in this
country the workingman is first a
citizen impressed with the political
views of his neighborhood, and he
seldom becomes a narrow minded
thinker in politics. If he has hope
of getting out of the tolls of wage la
Dor himself, he wants his children
tn make progress. and the general
questions of social progress and op-
portunity will appeal to him more
strongly than the so called class is
sues involved with labor. while the
wage question is of first importance
the WOrkingman cannot always be
so sure that his vote will increase
his wages as he is that it will inn
prove the social and educational ad-
vantages of his children and pro-
mote the local prosperity OF his town,
county or state.
The average American working
man either owns a home or hopes to.
His associates in church and other
social societies are not all of the same
wage earning grade as himself.
Some are better off, and he emulates
but does not envy them. What
interests his community interests
him, and he reasons from the bottom
up when he is deliberating from how
his vote in a given election will do
him the most good. He may be
impressed with economic theories,
and he wonld vote them were he
sure that they would work out we'll
rs he is that certain school measure
will benefit his children or his little
home investment. His interest in
these matters often determines his
immediate political associations, and
it is not eaay to get away FRONT vot-
ing year after year with pretty
much the same crowd and paying
chief attention to those issues in
which the crowd is interested. And
the American Workingman is proud
Of his American citizenship and
next to his immediate local political
interests probably thinks more about
that than any abtruse questions Of
economics. Probably the average 81
u day man is more concerned with
the national dignity on election day
than the 5000 a month man. The
less he has of the worlds goods the
more he enlarges upon the senti-
mental benefits that fall to his lot.
He first of all wants to be "a citizen
of Il great and free and progressive
nation. After that is settled he will
look after the minor question of how
much he is to get out of it day by
day.