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THE WINGHAM TIMES
September 4th 1415
OARING COSSACKS
1ilssian Rough Riders an Old and
Famous Body.
ONCE KNIGHTS OF FREEDOM..
n former Times They Were Known
i Entirely as Defenders of the Poor and
• the Oppressed—Dew11y as Marksmen
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and Experts With the Sword.
The popular conception of the Rus-
iian Cossack is a .;whiskered atrocity
who rides with. the speed of the wind,
comes to do ante-, of pillage and; of rae
pine and then, goes back again into:.the
bosom of the tall grass from which he
,came. By many he' Is supposed to be -
Ilona to a legendarydribe whose history
stretches back info the blackness of
the dark ages from which he has not
lyet emerged -
No; the Cossack is in many respects
'like the simple Russian peasant. In
tethers. be is like the cowboy of the
western plains. whose home is as much
In the saddle as in his own village.
Far from being oppressors, the Cos-
'sacks were once known entirely as the
defenders of the poor and the wrong-
ed. They belonged to an order of rus-
tic chivalry, the Kazacpesteo, the
Knights of Freedom.
• The name Kazak is of Tartar origin
and means "Freeman." It was frpplied'
oto men driven from the more settled
countries and who under the blue sky
rode without the trammel of tradition,
without the interference of kings, po-
tentates and powers. There was a time
when nobles laid heavy hand upon the
subject and human life was held in
small account.
The thirteenth and the fourteenth
centuries saw the Cossacks developed
into communities living in the neigh-
borhood of the river Dnieper and rid-
'ing hither and thither to keep watch
and ward over the domain of the em-
peror.
The cowboy guards of the great
southwest In this country, who are
stow disappearing from our American
life, are Cossacks in spirit. When they
beeome cavalrymen. Texas Rangers or
rough riders they are American Cos-
sacks.
There were some criminals among
the Cossacks, but once they had en-
rolled in the Cossack legions they left
behind them all their past. Some were
exiles for political reasons, others had
been hunted for taking into their own
'hands the avenging of wrongs. And
what avails a name after all? When
the officers of the state came inquiring
into the Cossack encampments for De-
metri this and Ivan that nothing was
•known of them at all, for the Cossacks
permitted men to divest themselves of
former titles and to begin the free life
with a new nomenclature. To them
the newcomer were "Big Nose," "Yel-
low Buttons" or some other nicknamed
comrade.
While other persons paid taxes the
Cossack was subject to no such incon-
venient levy. His share was paid by
the power of his sword and his pistols.
,lEIe insisted always that he was not to
be assessed, but that he should give
his military service when Russia re-
quired it of him.
When the Cossack communities were
first formed they were inhabited only
by men. The Kazachestvo took vows
of celibacy. It was an order that lived
like anchorites and fought like demons.
As the ages have passed there have
been many changes. The Cossacks
have families and their own home life.
At first, however, young and daring
youths were sent out to ride with the
Cossacks, and there was no system of
chivalry more punctilious than was this
government of the men of the steppes.
Offenses that involved violation of
'their vows or the Ill treatment of the
''creak and the oppressed were punLshed
'with death. The sentences were quick-
ly imposed and speedily executed.
Cowboy justice and Cossack rule are
the same in principle. '
The dress of the Cossack has become
more or less conventional as the years
have gone. We see him in the long
coat of brown or of green, with the
great lambskin cap on his head, with
strong belts containing cartridges about
his waist He shows the influence of
military training. The Cossaek of to-
day is a model of elegance compared
eyith what be used to be. He seized
'garments covered with gold lace, coats
.of silks and sable and smeared them
.with mire and tallow to show his su-
'preme disregard for fine trappings. He
*ore coarse garb, but in the care of
:his weapons the Cossack has always
been punctilious.
' His markmanship was deadly and
accurate, even when riding at full
speed, as that of the cowboys of the
western united States. The Cossacks
have been expect swordsmen for cen-
turies. Their proficiency in arms came
'from their environment. The steppes
Rin which they sought their livelihood
'were covered with grass often so high
only the head and shoulders of the rid-
iers appeared above the top of it. Gamo
;was abundant in those thick tangles;
fruit could be obtained easily; the riv-
e liars teemed with fish. The wants of
the Cossacks were few and simple.
.They could do with much or little. A
'slice of 'horseflesh carried under the
+saddle to keep it warm was a ration
fit to be called a luxury,—New York
Herald.
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to the lines you are selling, or the stock you are carrying.
Adding to the number of the lines or grow that doesn't add many cos -
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HOW BUSINESS WILL BE AFFECTED
To the Editor:—
The Vindicator has the following:—
"As a matter of shere common sense
we know that if the liquor business
were abolished the people would buy
more of farm products, more of cloth-
ing, more of flour, more of meat, more
of every commodity than they now pur-
chase.
The experience of no -license cities
has ever shown that where the saloons
are closed men buy more cigars and
tobacco in spite of the fantic effort
made by the liquor business within the
past few months to persuade tobacco
dealers and growers that it is to their
interest to fight prohibition.
In fact outside the liquor business
there is not a single industry, line of
trade or business the interests of which
would be adversely affected by prohibi-
tion. The cooper will not make whiskey
barrels or beer barrels but the demand
for flour barrels will be much greater.
The manufacturer of saloon bars will
find his market gone, but will find a
bigger market for home furniture,
opened. The man who builds buildings
for liquor selling and liquor making will
build factories and homes. The man
who makes beer and whiskey bottles
will make milk bottles.
All this is determined by the simple
rule that the people are going to buy
the things they want, the necessities,
comforts, and luxuries of life and that
their buying will be enormously in-
creased when the liquor traffic stops
robbing them."
When a brewery in West Virginia
was closed it was converted into a
peeking house,which immediately gave
employment to ten times as many men
as the brewery had ever done.
H. Arnott, M. B.. M. C. P. S.
Shows it.
Snicker—Does your wife understand
the use of leftovers? Bocker—Yea; she
Is constantly pointing out to me hoe?'
;she might have married thaine Jt dge.
Idieneats ird the beginning o• ski vices,
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LAUNDRY SUGGESTIONS.
with care, to preserve their shape and
to escape possible specks from wind
dirt and the yellow, waxy spots that
honey bees frequently leave on white
goods when on the clothesline.—Mrs.
Medora Corbett, in American Agricul-
turist.
A. Year lndoora
"For thirteen months I was so bad
with chronic indigestion that I could not
go out of doors. Nerves were unstrung,
the heart bad and smothering feelings
came on till I thought I would choke.
Doctor's treatment failed me, so I be-
gan the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Liver Pills, which I thank for my
present good health. I am now doing
my housework and have a family of
ten."
HOUSEHOLD SUGGETIONS—OF AN-
OTHER KIND.
Minutes are to hours what the
pennies are to dollars.
If the reins are drawn too tightly,
the young folks are liable to run away
from home.
•When you meet a man who does not
know his own mind, it is because he
has none.
We cannot afford to lose our temper
when we are wrong, and when we are
right we do not need to.
It isn't always the cook's fault that
the bread is poor. Water -soaked
wood does't make a very brisk fire.
It is becomes necessary to destroy the
little kittens, don't let the children see
you do it.
Simply because a woman is a good
cook it's no reason why she should run
a free boarding-house for her rela-
tives.
All women are not wearing short
sleeves, and the long sleevds of a wash
Waist must receive more attention in
washing than any other pate. The
longevity of a dress waist depends upon
the condition of its sleeves, and as they
naturally get the most wear and hardest
rubbing, or at least more rubbing than
other parts whenever a waist is
laundered, the following suggestions
are made, not only for sleeves, but also
for all knit undergarments in cotton or
wool, and wash goods in general:
Make a strong, lukewarm suds, dip
a piece in, soap thoroughly, run the
left hand within sleeves, drawer legs
and stockings, that no soiled spot may
escape, turn the outside in, soap and
pack down into the suds. Soak white
cotton pieces overnight. or at least one
full hour. Soaking does not injure
material, while hard rubbing does. It
is a ;treat saving to all delicate goods
and trimmings to rub or squeeze the
dirt from the inside first, especially
colored cloth with printed designs.
Starch should be thin, well boiled and
strained, and all pieces starched with
the inside out, and placed on clean line
Before you take any man's advice,
stop and think whether or not he
knows any better than you do about
it.
Plenty of good books and publications,
with time to read them, are powerful
factors in keeping the young folks on
the farm.
Boys and .girls need care, rest and
proper training as much as does that
promising colt you hope to see develop
into a fine race horse,
A man and his wife some years ago
made it a Mule that when one got out of
patience and said things, the other
should just keep still. That works
first rate; they've never had a quarrel
since.
The little chap will work like a tiger
bringing in wood and such things as
long as he knows somebody is helping
too. It is the fob that must be done
alone that takes the tuck out of a fel-
low.
The home life is what you make it.
If you do your part, speaking the kind
work and doing the good deed, the
day never will come when you are sorry.
These are the things that make the
heart glad, clear down to the end of
time.
COLLAPSE OF AMERICAN RAIL-
WAYS.
While many lines of industry in the
United States are enjoying what looks
liked phenomenal prosperity, there is
something like a collapse in American
railroad. Eighty-two roads, represent-
ing 42,000 miles, one-sixth of the whole
mileage of the country, are in the
hands of receivers. This condition is,
however, attributed by the Railway
Age Gazette and New York Sun, not to
general industrial conditions, but to
what they call "pernicious State regu-
lation." As an instance of this at-
tention is called to a Texas regulation
which prohibited the putting of two
engines on one train, and so prevents
the hauling of the heaviest possible load.
The New York Outlook, on the other
hand, sees, in some cases at least,
another cause for the trouble from
which American railways are suffering.
It cites the case of the Rock Island as
an example. This, we are told, is a
prosperous railway running through a
populous region, which for many years
served both its customers and stock-
holders well. Buc it fell into the hands
of a group of unscrupulous financiers,
and is now in the hands of receivers
Testimony shows that very large sums
of money were deliberately diverted
from the railway for the personal bene-
fit of the insiders. "Is it surprising,"
asks the Outlook, "that even conser-
vative men are beginning to ask them-
selves whether the evils of government
ownership can be any worse than those
contained in the Rock Island records?"
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
Better fix that weak step in the cel-
lar stairs. It might cause a serious
fall.
For the Men.—Take off your rubbers
or overshoes before entering the house.
Scrubbing is hard work, so make it as
easy for the women folks as possible.
Good springs, mattresses, and bed-
ding with pretty spreads, make the beds
easy to make and neat in appearance.
Plenty of pretty doilies save many
changes of table cloths.
If you wish to use only part. of a
lemon, instead of cutting, try pulling
it apart in sections, the same as you
would an orange. The remaining sec-
tions will keep much better 'than a cut
portion.
Instead of wringing flannels by hand,
it is better to put them through a
wringer, which squeezes the water from
the fibres instead of twisting and mat-
ting them, which is one cause of their
shrinking.
In making laundry suds, place pieces
of soap in a clean salt sack. Tie the
end. In this way the soap will not
stick to the bottom of the boiler or to
I the clothes. There is also no waiting
Wm. J. Morton, of Toronto, was ac- for all the soap to dissolve.
cidently shot and fatally wounded by iI When embroidering dots some people
C. L. Brooker of Toronto, while rabbit f find it difficult to make them round. It
hunting at Orangeville. is a simple matter, if when you are
half through, you will run your needle
Ito the other side of the dot and work
toward the centre. Be careful to finish
t with your centre threads parallel.
Get"More Money" for your Skunic
Muskrat, Raccoon, 1 oxes.'.Vi:ite Vireeeein Fisher
and other Fur bearers collected in ecotion
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MISSING LINKS.
Amorionomommomsommift
Pages of Geological History That Na,
tun Has Destroyed.
New details are continually being
added by geologists to the known his-
tory of the earth, including the devel-
opment of plants and animals. How-
ever, that history, which is recorded in
the rocks, is still fragmentary, like a
badly mutilated book, One of the great
defects in the record in the Atlantic
and gulf coastal plain regions of this
country is the absence of the later part
of the cretaceous and the early part
of the eocene chapters—perhaps eight
to ten millions years ago. .t report
by the geological survey discusses this
missing part of the record and shows
that the break must cover a very long
period of time.
It is known that at that time the
continents were at least as large as
and probably larger than they are now,
and the oceans were accordingly small-
er. Any rocks that were then formed
in the sea seem to have been weather-
ed and washed away. Hundreds of
kinds of plants and animals that lived
before and hundreds that lived after
this great period are known, but not
one which lived during the period.
Strange to say, few if any of the spe-
cies which existed before the unknown
period lived through it.
It is like a play in which the places
of one act remain the same as in the
preceding but the characters are all
new, and yet many of the new play-
ers resemble the old ones so much that
one is compelled to admit that they are
close relatives. In each of the states
bordering the Atlantic ocean are lay-
ers of rock which were formed be-
fore and after the period whose record
Is missing. In these layers are entomb-
ed sea shells of many kinds, but ap-
parently not one species lived through
from cretaceous to eocene time.
j I haven't a carpet in my house; never
have had, and do not anticipate having
any. Does it sound cold for winter?
+ Well, I do not find it so, The library
has a big rug 9 x 12 feet on a polished
floor. The dining -room likewise, ex-
cept that in summer this rug is taken up
1 and stored in the third story in good
shape, and the dining -room looks un -
j usually clean and sanitary with its
1 light oak polished floor and only a few
Ismall rugs.—Ellen.
BECKONING THE DEAD.
The Call of the Indians to Which the
Sea Responded.
On the rugged coast of Washington
by the Copalis sands there is a tower
from which the Indians watch' for sea
otter. They are very eager after that
game, for the bide of one of those crea-
tures is worth all the way from $500
to $2,000. Two young Indians were
watching one day when they saw a
sea otter off in the surf. •Two shots
from their rifles killed the otter, and
then they rushed down to their surf-
boat. The sea was heavy, and when
they were out some distance from the
shore their boat broke in two over a
comber, and the men were thrown into
the sea.
One of the Indians drifted ashore on
a piece of wreckage. The other, al-
though a splendid swimmer, was
drowned. The news soon spread to
the reservation, and the Indians from
far and near came to the beach and
stood on the sands, silently beckoning
to the sea to give tip its dead.
It was a solemn, impressive sight—
the stalwart. rugged, copper colored
men and women standing at the verge
of the sea foam asking the sea by the
motion of their hands to send the body
ashore. For three days they waited
and beckoned, and then a dark object
was seen drifting into shallow water.
Sometimes it was burled completely
from view by the heavy surf; then it
was seen again a little nearer, and so
the body of the dead Indian came
ashore at the call .of his tribesmen.—
Youth's Companion.
Engineering Triumph.
"Why are you studying that dachs-
hund so intently?"
"I consider him an architectural tri-
umph of Mother Nature's," explained
the bridge builder. "See how nicely
the stress is calculated to the span"—
Judge.
Our past lives build the present,
which must mold the lives to be.—Sir
Merin Arnold. ' •
Story of a Dream.
Of course the medical sharps know it
all, but let me tell what happened tc
me. I had a strikingly vivid dream in
Which I saw and spoke to a dead
friend, and she emphasized what she
said by laying her hand on my hair, a
trick the dead girl had when living.
The subject of -her speech has no value.
But when I woke I could almost feel
her touch still. In a day or two I no-
ticed my hair looked queer where she
touched me, and it faded until I had
four bars, almost white, across my red
mop, just such as would be made by
four fingers.—Letter in New York
Times.
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