The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03

Kids buttoned at the outer side OF the
wrist are much In demand.
| Mitts are In better quality than last
season, and promise to be In greater de-
mand. BLANCHE.
THE COssACKs or THE DON.
How They Look ana Fight.
A little way further along the
road we met detachment Of Cossacks
ambling along, one OF their number
making noise on whistle, while the
others sang to. the not wholly satisfac-
tory accompaniment which this instru-
ment produced. All the Cossacks here
about until to-day, when q polk" OF
Oircasslan Oossacks marched In, are
Uossacks Of the Don, descendants Of
the fellows who In the early years OF
the century followed the white mus
taches of Holman Platoff into western
Europe, and hobbled their shambling
ponies in the glades OF the Bots de Bou-
| togne. One Don Cossack Is 30 like an
other that the idea is difficult to get rid
Of that they have all been made to order
| Ia one mould. and that In case OF acoi.
dent, their heads, arms or legs are in
| Interchangeable.
The Cossack Ia not O very savoury
gentleman. and Galatz Is a fine place for
taking the edge off ones sensibilities
regarding smells, and we can get to
wfndward Of the Cossack we wish to in
spect, which Is more than we can do In
regard to the Galatz drains. Friend
Cossack is q little chap, about five feet
Sve, even on his high heels, but at once
sturdy and wiry. His weather beaten
face is shrewd, knowing, and merry.
His eyes are small, but keen his mouth
large. and between it and his pug nose
rather redder than the rest of his face
Ia a tuft or wisp OF STRAW colored mus
taohe. His long, thick, straight hair
matches his mustaehe In color, and Is
cut sheer round by the nape Of his neck.
He wears round oilskin peakless
shake with o knowing cock to the right,
to maintain which angle there Is q strap
round his chubby chin.
Below the neck the Cossaok is oil
boots and great coat exteriorly. The
great coat, which Is Of thick gray
blanketing, comes down below his
knees; his boots come up to them. He
is more armed than any man OF his
inches in Europe, Is our little Cossack
friend, and could afford to lose weapon
or two and yet be an averagely danger
Gus customer. Weapon number one is
the long, black tlagtess lance, with its
venomous head that seems itching to
make daylight through somebody. He
carries carbine sluDg In an oilcloth
cover, on his back, the stock down
wards. In his belt is q long well-made
revolver in a leather case, and from the
belt hangs curved sword with no guard
over It's hilt.
Through the ohinks in his greatcoat
are visible .glimpses of a sheepskin
undercoat with the hair worn inside TO-
doy at noon the thermometer was over
70 In the SUM. His whip completes his
personal appurtenances.; he. wears no
saddle, with leathern band strapped
over it, a wiry little bit Of pony, with
no middle-piece to speak of, with an
eve neck and a gaunt, projecting head,
with ragged TANKS, loose hooks, limp
fetlocks, shelly feet, and general as
pect Of demoralization-the sort of ami
NAL, in fine, for which costermonger
would think twice before he offered
"three quid" for 1t at the northern Tat
tersall's on the outskirts Of the Metro
politan cattle market on Friday after
noon.
But the screw Is of indomitable game
ness and toughnesss lives where most
other horses would starve-is fresh
Ia fit to carry its rider across Europe, as
Cossack ponies have done before to day.
The Cossacks seem to be used indis-
criminately for all sorts of work. They
were the first to enter Roumania; they
ride about alone with dispatches they
escort suspected spies, keeping the head
of their lance carefully within easy dis
lance Of the small OF the suspects back,
to be handy for skewering him II he
would attempt to escape, and Cossacks
are placed on guard over the ships at
the Galatz quay, to prevent their at
sna sssack dpsr'uhns his pony Ss
hobble on each fore leg, connected
by leather strap with another
hobble around the left hind leg above
the hook, the Oossack takes up a posi-
ton on the extreme edge Of the jetty,
with the lance pointed in the direction
OF the ship, as IL he would transflx 1t
should 1t attempt to escape, and there
he stands, self-contained, affable, alert,
and with general aspect conveying the
idea that he Is patronizing that section
Of Christendom with his purview. He
will accept cigarette, and tender you
light from his in the friendliest man.
ner, but you will never coax him to take
his eye for single minute off the ship
Wutcu ue HtS ALI CuStouy. Lug SACt5-
sian Cossacks who marched in to-day
differ In some respects from the Don
Cossaeks. They ride larger ponies, they
wear BUSHES of Astrachan fur with
scarlet busby bag, and their greatcoat
is black, having its bosom slashed with
a receptacle for cartridges, while they
carry their carbine in cover Of Astra-
chan fur.
SILVER RECONCILIATION.
Mr. Hayes said to be in Favor OF 1t.