Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14

n mountain of rock, until one day gust
NJ wind or even the voice OF mountain
eer, sets the frozen vapors into action
and by awful descent they sweep, every
thing in their course-trees, rocks VII,
lages-as when, in 1921, the town OF
Briel in Valais was buried, and in 1874,
in switzerland, 300 soldiers were en-
tombed. These avalanches were made
of single snowilalxes. What tragedies
NJ the snow have been witnessed by the
monks in St. Bernard, who, for ages
have, with the dogs, been busy in extri-
eating bewildered and overwhelmed
travellers in Alpine storms, the dogs
with blankets fastened to their backs
and TASKS of spirits fastened to their
necks. to resllscitate the helpless tavel-
lers. one of these dogs decorated with q
medal for having saved the lives Oh
TWENTY-FIVE persons, the brave BEAST
himself slain OF the snow on that DAY
when accompanying a peidmontese
courier on the way TO his anxious house
hold down the mountain, the wife and
children OF the PiedmOntese courier
looming I'D the mountain in search OF
him. an avalanche covered all under
pyramids higher than those under
which the Egyptian monarchs sleep
their sleep of the ages.
EVEN NAPoLEoN's HOSTS BEATEN.
What an illustration Of the tragedies
OF the snow is found in that scene be-
tween Glencoe and Glencreran one Feb
ruary, in Scotland. where Ronald
Cameron comes forth to bring to his
fathers house his cousin Flora Mac
Donald, for the celebration OF a birth
day. and the calm day turns into q hur-
ricane of white fury that leaves Ronald
and Flora as dead, to be resuscitated by
the shepherds. What an exciting
struggle had Bayard Taylor among the
wintery Apprentices.
Tn the winter OF 1912, by similar
force, the destiny of Europe was de-
cided. The French army marched up
toward Moscow 100000 men. What
can resist them? Not bayonets, but
the dumb elements overwhelm that
host. Napoleon retreats from Moscow
with about 100000 men, mighty
. nucleus for another campaign after he
gets back TO Paris. The morning oil
! October 10, when they start for home,
/ is bright and beautiful. The air is
tonic. and, although this Russian cam.
paign has been failure, Napoleon will
try again in some other direction with
his h ost OF brave surviving Frenchman
| But cloud comes on the sky, and the All
gets chill and one Of the soldiers feels on
! his cheek snowflake, and then there Is
multiplication of these wintry messages
: and soon the plumes OF the officers are
, decked with another style OF plume
, and then all the skies let loose upon the
r warriors a hurricane of snow, and the
, march becomes difficult, and the horses
D find it hard to pull the supply train
I and the men begin to fall under the
fatigue, and many not able to take
D another step lie down in the drifts never
! TO rise, and the cavalry horses stumble
D and all, and 1000 OF the army fall, ant
10000 perish, and 10000 go down, ant
$1,000 and 100000, and l2O, 600 and lS5,
loco die and the victor of Jena ant
bridge of Lodi, and Eylau, and Aus
terlitz where great armies, commanded
,. BY three emperors, surrendered to him
o now himself surrenders to the snow
!. flakes.
y MADE wEIGHTY BY UNITED WORK.
!, Historians do not seem to recognize
that the tide OF that mans life turned
. from December 16, 1909, when h
8 banished by hideous divorce his wilt
4 Josephine from the palace and so chal
e lenged the Almighty, and the Lore
I charged upon him from the fortresse
!, of the sky with ammunition OF crystal
U Showed under! Billions, trillions
duadrillions, quintillions Of flakes di'
{ the work. And what q suggestion o
. accumulative power, and what rebuk'
] to all OF us who get discouraged be
4 cause we can not do much, and there
{ fore do nothing.
G ''Oh," says one, II would like to stol
G the forces OF sin and crime that ar
: marching for the conques OF tn
! nations; but am nobody, have neithel
wealth nor eloquence nor social power
!, What can do?" my brother, how
s much do you weigh! AS much as
snowaake?" ''Oh, yes" Then do YOU
share. 1t is an aggregation OF small
{ influence that will yet put this los
world back into the bosom Of pardon
ing God. Alas that there are so many
men and women who will not use the
one talent because they have not ten
and will not give a penny because they
. can not give dollar, and will not speak
as well as they can because they are moi
: eloquent, and will not be snowflake
because they cannot be an avalanche.
!; In early wars the generals got about all
the credit, but in the war for God and
righteousness and heaven all the pri'
!, vate soldiers will get crowns OF victory
unfailing. When we reach heaven
by the grace Of God may we all arrive
there!-I do not think we will be able
to begin the new song right away, be
cause Of the surprise we shall feel al
the comparative rewards given. AS We
are being conducted along the street to
our celestial residence, We will begin to
ask where live some of those who were
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