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known method made to sink to the bottom and finally 

 to be packed tightly in the tube of the root of the 

 plant. 



" Talk about the cunning of the tiger and his blood- 

 thirstiness ! He does not excel in either of these traits 

 the lowly pitcher plant, which you can see by the 

 thousands in most of the wilderness bogs of New 

 Brunswick and Maine." 



Being this day in a philosophic mood, Henry gradu- 

 ally took up the question of creeds, of religious beliefs, 

 and of religious practices. In answer to a question as 

 to the sect which worshiped in a little church at the 

 edge of the settlement which we had to pass through 

 just before we reached the railroad, a man had told us 

 that it was a union church by name, but in reality it 

 was Presbyterian, as the majority of the congregation 

 were of that faith. 



The subscriptions for its erection were asked for on 

 the broad plea that it was to be a union church and 

 that no one sect was to dominate it. One of the lead- 

 ing men requested a widow to subscribe to the building 

 fund, and she asked him what denomination it was to 

 be. He replied that it was to be for all religions but 

 the Roman Catholic. 



" Is that so ? " she said. " Well, why not for that, 

 too ? Isn't that a religion as much as the Methodist, 

 the Presbyterian, the Jewish, or even the Moham- 

 medan ? " 



