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OUT 01'''1'iT.H SLUM
An Incident- in the Making of a
Great Canadian Railway.
A treacherous covering known to
Woodsmen as shish frequently'forins
over the Canadian Ialces in winter.
iet the first cold weather the water
freezes, but before the lee has be-
oome very thick a heavy fall of snow
comes, Under the weight of the
snow the ice slowly -sinks below the
.wtater, The blanket of snow be -
,comes saturated, and settles lower
and lower, as successive blizzards
add to its weight. The covering of
snow above prevents the slush from
freezing, and it remains in a semi-
liquid state throughout the winter.
To fall into slush is like being en-
gulfed in a quicksand -the sting-
glee of the victim only plunge him
in mere deeply. It is the more dan-
gerous because the presence of it
cannot be detected from the shore;
The lake seems to be covered with a
firm mantle of ice and snow. Not
until the traveller has gone some
distance from shore does the inse-
cure surface give way. Thus mis-
led, many trappers and Hudson
Bay voyageurs have met their
.death,
In "The Making of a Great Can-
adian Railway," Mr. F. A. Talbot
relates an experience that befell a
party of surveyors who were push-
ing their way with a sledge -load of
provisions and instruments to a
damp one hundred miles northwest
of Nipigon.
A sturdy half-breed boy accom-
panied them as guide, and every-
thing went well until the, lake coun-
try was reached, when a terrific
blizzard broke. The snow fell so
thickly that they could not see a
yard beyond their faces. Suddenly
a peculiar crisp sound beneath
Their feet gale warning that they
were making their way over the
treacherous :slitsh of a lake, Before
they had time to turn back, there
-.was an ominous sinking, and the
sledge began to -sink. A frantic
rush to the shore saved it, But not
before all of the men were drench-
ed. On firm snow again, they ex-
amined the sledge, and found, to
their utter dismay that the transit -
compass had slipped off into the
slush. Tio go forward now was use-
less; without the transit the sur-
veyors •could net accomplish. the ob-
ject of their trip.
At ' this moment the half-breed
boy came forward, and offered to
recover the transit. He ran back
to the point where the accident had
occurred, and the rest of the party
followed cautiously behind to see
what he would' do. He reached the
• hole, and without more ado,
plunged .into the freezing mass.
Some time passed, and he did not
reappear. Then there was a coin -
motion, and his matted head shot
up. $e had failed! Three times
he repeated his dive without sec -
.:less, - but on the fourth attempt, as
he emerged;• he was seen to be
dragging some heavy •object with all
his strength. A rope was thrown to
him, and he was hauled out of the
slush with the lost transit safe in
• his grasp.
It was bitterly cold. The shiver -
Ng men hurried to gain the protec-
tion •of the forest, and there in the
heatof a roaring fire dried their icy
clothcs.and warmed the half -frozen
lad, who was Soon none the worse
for hisbath in the slush.
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TILE WINTER SPORT OF. EMPERORS.
The German Emperor has just been participating in some
• royal dear shooting around Bueekeburg Castle. The Kaiser was
the guest of Prince Adolf of Schaumburg -Lippe, who is seen
standing second from the Kaiser's left, Bu•eckeburg itself is
the capital of the principality: of Schamburg-Lippe.
A. MODERN NAPOLEON.
Gen. Lyantey Feared by Radical
Element itt France.
General Hubert Lyautey's• great
popularity tit the present inoment
in France is regarded by many
thoughtful people as a serious dan-
ger to the Republic, There is no
soldier who occupies a more bril-
liant position in the public eye thou
this good-looking commander, to
whom the nation is mainly indebted
for the •conquest of Morocco, which
he has been administering for -some
time past With conspicuous success
as the most autocratic but not des-
potic of Governors -General, in
complete control of both the army
and the civil administration of this
new 'great colonial dependency of
France:
A man of excellent birth, with -a
long and illustrious ancestry on his
for a friend. mother's side, member of the two
The taunts ef fate, the•dark days most exclusive' and patrician clubs
and all the slips on life's pavements in Paris, the Union and the Agri -
are likewise calculated to stir tho
fighting blood and arouse mankind
to a proper sense of the duties life
imposes. It is not good for a child
to be wrapped ever in cotton wool
and left to rest in ease. The sun
shines brightest aftei a snowstorm,
the air is purest when the rain has
just passed, existerce is more en-
durable because of the bad that
sweeteh,s the good. -
Laugh at the snow and invite it to
do its worst; it is bringing health
by purifying Iths air and, purging
the busy streets. Laugh with fame
and invite its handicaps, and the
rest will be sweeter at the end of
the race for the obatacles inter-
posed. Fate is your friend, the one
that knows best what you need.
The ones moat favored of fortune
are the ones thought fit to be tried.
Every snowstorm' is a blessing in
disguise, well worth a mint of
money.
Copenhagen.
"LIFE'S SNOWSTORMS."
Nettles Grow Along: the Road and
Thorns Go With the Roses.
Resolve to their elements most of.
the untoward incidents of life and
they will stand in the grand scheme
a,s little more than a snowstorm
which, dropping down in the midst
of pleasant days, will vex and irri-
tate for a season, then resolve into
good.
A snowstorm is how you take it.
The wind is a prankish fay, teasing
and mischievous; nothing more.
IThen it nips your nose it is but
tweaking it for the fun of. seeing
the red blood rush that way. Don't
scold; it is doing yon a kindness.
That self -same blood was getting
dormant and needed a brisking up.
When it twists the hat or sifts
snow down the neck only laugh
with it and yqu will know the wind
From an entry in "Lady Shelley's
Diaries," it appears that Copen-
hagen, the famous war charger of
the Duke of Wellington, had some-
thing of the constitution of his mas-
ter.
The day before the Battle of 'Wa-
terloo the duke rode Copenhagen
to the Prussian headquarters to as-
certain whethe5; he mlght depend
upon old Blnoher's co-operation.
The duke rode Copenhagen on
Tune 17th over sixty miles, On' the
18th he rode Copenhagen through-
out the entire battle, and the nest
day rode him to Brussels.
When the duke dismounted, Co-
penhagen "kicked' up his heels and
scampered half over the town be-
fore he wasoaught."
Ono day in Paris Lady Shelley
rode with the duke, who offered to
mount het on Copenhagen. "But,"
she confesses, "I found . Copen-
hagen the most difficult horse to sit
of any I had ever ridden. If the
duke had not, been there 1 should.
have been frightened.
r" t believr,' he raid, you think
the glory greater than the pleasure,
in "riding bile,' " '
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When a yerson gets. to thinkingthat nobody loves him, it is time t -
call in a specialist.
"So you have been to Branca
again, Mrs. Comeup I" "Yes,
seems like we can't keep away front
colo the latter popularly known as
he u
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most gracious manners, he has been
lately elected to the Trench Aca-
deeny as one of the Forty Immor-
tals of France. He served with
great distinction in the wars of
Indo -Chine, and was one of the
principal commanders of the army
that brought the huge and enor-
mauely rich African island of Mada-
gascar under French rule.
So much is he feared by the Radi-
cal element in Paris, that they have
been among the first. 'to .agree to his
being entrusted with the most ex-
traordinae'y powers in Morocco, and
have been willing to comply with
all his demands for troops, ,;sup-
plies, and money, providing he will.
remain in Northern Africa, that is
to say, away from France. But he
has been constantly finding very ex-
cellent reasons for making trips to
Paris, which prevent the people -at
home from forgetting him.
Just at present he is once more in
Paris for the second or third time
in the space of the last twelve
months, and being present there,
was quite naturally selected, as the
commander-in-chief m Morocco, to
pnesent.the medals to those officers
and soldier's who had distinguished
themselves in the recent Morocco
campaigns. •
The ceremony took place in the
oculi of the Palace of the Invalides,
in the presence of all the principal
military dignitaries in the French
capital at the line. After it was
over, Lyautey, accompanied by the
other generals, paid a visit to the
Army Museum in the Palace, where
the Army relics are prose`.=ed.
What interested him most were the
relics of the first Napoleon, and,
asking to be shown the sword worn
by the great Emperor at Austerlitz,
when the: ease containing it was
opened, he bent law and kissed the
blade, an act el homage which cre-
ated a considerable sensation, and
to which, in view of the general's
position with the army and with the
public, much politica] significance is
attributed.
The wonderful era of prosperity
that is now being enjoyed in Can-
ada is exemplified by the report, orf
the "SALADA" Tea: Co., which
states that, during the year • just
ended, there were 1,223,437 pounds
more "SALADA" tea sold than in
1911. This INOREASE wo-tild stip
dear Paris. Donut -
says ; we're regularieed, m
Per''aadaughter iti s»on with every
household
t
ee pound of tee, Do •
1125Egginonbator$� 9'h
and Brooder wir
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