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back in the village street, and exercises
with his young comrades. No wonder
that at the age of 20 he seems almost to
be one flesh with the sturdy beast that
carries him. When the wife of Co.'S
sack, becoming a mother, went to the
church 40 days after her confinement for
the prayer of publication, and returned
home with her son in her arms, the
father buckled sword to the waist of
the child, and. handing it to his wife,
congratulated her on having given birth
to Cossack."
The Cossacks were not always under
Russian government, and indeed are
said by some authorities to have orig
mated from emigrants who could not
stand the slavery of the Russian sys-
tenn, and preferred so far back as the
tenth century to lead nomadic robber
life in the Steppes Of the Tartars.
These nomad hordes grew in power and
number till they became formidable
force, and as the Cossacks, or 'free
men," were more friendly to their Rus
sian kinsfolk than to the Tartars, they
state. They elected their own atamans
(hetmans) or chiefs till the beginning
of the present century; they owned
large herds of cattle and many of them
attained considerable wealth. AS they
grew in power they probably absorbed
Tartar and Circassian stock. Those in
the neighborhood of the Don and Dnie-
kon cly fall no fy,oo nd &c
men, though at least till the days of
Yermak they gained the major part of
their livelihood from piratic attacks
upon Russian merchantmen plying on
these rivers.
Under the present regime there are
no less than 81 regiments of Cossacks,
under II main tribal divisions. Chief
of these are the Cossacks of the Don,
who give name to province Of mil
lion and half inhabitants. These were
the most ready to resume the Russian
yoke and show most adaptability to
civilization. The Cossacks of the Don
supply two regiments and one battery
of horse artillery to the guard, II regi-
ments and seven batteries to the cav
airy proper, and three Independent
squadrons. The personal escort of the
car is supplied by the Cossacks of the
Kouban and the Terek The following
are the names of the IL main divisions:
l. Cossacks of the Don.
g. Cossacks of the Kouban.
8. Cossacks of Terek.
4. Cossacks of Astrakhan.
5. Cossacks of the Oural.
g. Cossacks of Orenburg.
Z. Cossacks of Siberia.
g. Cossacks of Semirietchie.
g. Cossacks of the Transtaikal.
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Candidates for the Red Hat.

Rome, April 1.-THE pope is prepar-
ing list of all foreign candidates for
the red hat, and has requested that
all available information be sent him
regarding the career and character of
Archbishops Ryan, Ireland, Farley and
Chapelle. One of these men will
doubtless be soon elevated to the car
dinalship. In Canada the chances for
this honor lie between Archbishops
Brushesi and Begin.
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HE owners of the private
eI3M preserves desire to maintain
y Nm and add to the beauty of
.,SA their estates, and ably Sec
tSk1NY ond the work of the forest
commission. We should
look upon these landed pro-
prietors not merely as ambitious aris-
tocracy, but give them their dues for
the part they are taking in the preser-
walton of the trees and game of the
Adirondacks. They employ numbers
of forest patrols to watch for and ex-
tinguish the forest fires that spread so
fearfully in the dry season; and these
gentlemen of broad acres surely should
be regarded not merely as employers
of hireling gamekeepers, jealousy on
the watch for poaching natives-their
services in the way of furthering public
safety and protection of property in
general are of no uncertain value.
I have recently been holding con-
versation with Hendricks, we'll
known guide, and have been endeavor-
ing to get at his attitude towards the
rich intruder. Hendricks was born
and bred in this region and surely be-
longs to the class sweepingly denomi-
mated as ''the native" He bears no
grudge, however, and avows that his
fellows do not. against the lords of the
forest (But 1 fear he does not talk
to me with perfect freedom.) He tells
me tales of the liberality OF the rich
men with the guides and other woods
men, of their hospitality to them, of
the open door of 1.-The camps" the
plentifulness of the work that has fol-
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British Losses.

London, April 1.-THE British punt
tive expedition operating against the
Okpoto tribe of natives in Nigeria,
British West Africa, lost four men
killed and 4S wounded in the fighting
recently when the Okpotos fought their
way into the midst of British square.
The Okpotos continue determinedly to
resist the advance of the expedition.
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Immense Irrigation Scheme.

Salt Lake City, April 11.-An immense
irrigation scheme is about to be inau-
gurated in Utah by the government, &C
cording to the statement of E. w. Ross,
supervising engineer of the district
comprising Utah and Idaho. Mr.. Ross
that he had received instructions from
Washington to begin the preliminary
work at once. The plan contemplates
making reservoir of Utah lake. The
cost will be about $5,0OO,OOO. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 acres will be irri-
gated, adding $50 900 900 to the land val
uatiOn of the state.
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aman, or chief of the Cossacks. The
personal escort of the Little Father is
also supplied from a Cossack regiment.
The world indeed has never yet seen
finer body of light cavalry, and it is no
wonder that the Russian military au-
thorities have allowed the hardy horse
man of the Steppes to retain something
of their own method of warfare, and to
grant them set of regulations distinct
from those of the rest of the army.
The services that the Cossacks have
done for the Russian empire are meal
culable. 1t was they who conquered
Siberia under the leadership of the
valiant Yermak. 1t was they who de-
fed the Turk and without artillery cap
tured the fortress of Azov. To them is
entrusted the most difficult of all tasks,
that of guarding the ever-growing from
tiers against resentful neighbors. Re-
cent travellers have described the Co.'S
sack outposts on the borders of Man
churia perched in almost inaccessible
wilds, showing that the old duty has
been assigned to this race of frontiers
men.
No wonder the Cossack is famous
horseman. A sympathetic writer has
recently described the average career of
the, future. warrior. At the age of three
he learns to sit astride horse in the
courtyard of his fathers house. Two
years later he shows himself on horse
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Big Boat Launched.

Lorain, O., April lin the presence
Of an immense crowd of spectators, the
big steamer Augustus B. Wolvin, the
largest vessel ever built on fresh water,
and said to be the largest boat designed
especially for carrying freight in the
world, was successfully launched at the
American Ship Building company's
yards here Saturday. When completed
the vessel will have cost her owners,
the Acme Steamship company, about
$500 900.
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Trial Postponed.

New York, April 1.-THE hearing
in the case of State Senator George z.
Green, under indictment for compiled
ty in the United States postal frauds,
was Saturday postponed until June 80
by United States Judge Thomas in
Brooklyn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
A Prevalent Disease.

New York, April 11.-Acute cerebro-
spinal meningitis is so prevalent in this
city as to assume almost the proper
tons of an epidemic, according to ad-
vices of the coroner's Office. For the
week ended April 2 there were 81 deaths
reported from this disease
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What the Poor Need.

"She's been sewing for the poor very
industriously lately"
whats she making?"
"Neckties and shopping bags."-Chi-
cago Post
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Fire at Cairo, Ill.

Cairo, ILL.,, April 11--Elli5 Brothers
Fair and four other buildings have been
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
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COSSackS of the
Russian Army and
Their Work ~ <<
The Best Horsemen in the World. and the
Strongest Part of the Cars Army

UST as a king of England
found it good policy to call
his heir Prince of Wales, so
a Russian car propitiated
his most intractable subjects
by making the Czarevitch At
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"THE JAMES BOYS IN MISSOURI !"
AT THE GRAND

The melodrama, 1.-THE James Bows in
Missouri" comes to the Grand for q
weeks engagement, beginning tonight.
The play is written around the lives of
the Infamous desperadoes and their
several adventures. It is said to con-
tain series of sensational incidents. a
love story and several comedy scenes.
The life of the James boys is shown
from the time OF the Civil war until
the assassin's bullet fred by Bob Ford
ended the career of Jesse James. The
Blue Cut train robbery, which took
place near independence, Mo-, Is pre-
sented with startling stage effects. It
is said to be very realistic and a tri-
.umph OF the stage carpenter and scene
makers art. 1t is not a blood and
thunder play, however, as many of the
productions based on the lives of the
James boys have been. The company
carries its own specially constructed
scenery, which is necessary for the
production of the play 1t includes
among its members Neil Florence. 81
w. Crane, Stanton Ogle, j. H. Loren
zen, Ed M. Kimball, Sussane willis.
Eva Lewis. Pauline Maddern. The en-
gagement is for one week, with the
usual Wednesday and Saturday matt
nees.
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THE STAR.

Waldron & Bryants Trocadero
Burlesquers are at the Star theater
this week. This Organization was con-
s1dered last year to be In the very front
rank Of the variety companies that aim
to make life less dull.
Managers Waldron e BRYANT nre-
sent this season two entirely new bur
lesques. The first part is called .srThe
Mis1t Family" and is said to be one of
the funniest farcical conceits on the
burlesque circuit. Anna ELL will have
one of the leading feminine roles, while
Annie Carter will be seen in the Suan-
ish role. Tom Haverly, Irish come
dian, will have part especially writ
ten fot him.
The Lilo will present the Grahan1s.
comedy sketch artists and singers Of
Illustrated songs; Carrie Massoney and
Martha Habel,nan, duetists: Belmont
and O'Brien; Wink and Mack, comedy
acrobatic acts, and the Worlds Comedy
Four, a quartette OF singers and come
dams, who will present an entertaining
act.
The closing burlesque is written
upon the latest ''Hiawatha" craze and
the girls will be seen in becoming IN
dian costumes. Several Indian songs.
including 'Hiawatha," will be intro
duced.
The usual matfnees will be given
and special matinee for women Fri
day.
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THE soTHERN SUMMER

Possibly Mr.. Sothern believes that
ne Will have very capable leading
woman In Miss Marlowe when the two
go touring next season, and 1t is not
unlikely that Miss Marlowe believes
Mr.. Sothern will prove leading man
who will do her proud
But In print they both appear gra-
cious and enthusiastic over the out
come of their joint efforts. In Omaha
recently the actor spoke Of his imme-
diate and prospective future
We close July 15 at Helena" said
Mr.. Sothern, "and I open with Miss
Marlowe on Sept. Is, so you see I'll
not have much of a loafing spell, for 1
will have to begin rehearsals at least
four weeks prior to the opening. l am
going to take trip through the yell
lowstone park, and that will be about
the extent of my summer outing. I
am looking forward with much pleas
ure to the association with Miss Mar
lowe in repertoire of the classic plays
After all, Shakespeare is the goal Of
every actor, and to be given an oppor-
tunity to do what have always want
ed to do, and In a way that I have
dreamed of, is not to be has every day.
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elaborate pictorially than 'Tvan the
Terrible" both of which scenically sur
pass "Cyrano de Bergerac." In "Old
Heidelberg the joyous appeal of youth
is most charmingly brought out and
the student scenes are enlivened with
the German university songs, for
which purpose Mr.. Mansfield brings a
chorus of fifty-two young men. AS
Prince Karl Heinrich he has role
which reveals his dramatic attain
ments. No more complete antithesis
could be imagined than Ivan and Kari.
Heinrich.
Tuesday evening Mr.. Mansfield will
be seen here for the first time in his
production of Count Alexio Tolstoy's
Russian historical tragedy, Ivan the
Terrible" in which his entire company
of 106 Is augmented by over 100 extra
people. Mr.. Mansfield will be seen for
the first time here in his latest tri-
Umph, the Car Ivan. This role af-
fords the highest and broadest op-
portnnity for dramatic art he has ever
enjoyed. There Is nothing passive
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REsouRcEFUL ACTOR

One actor at least has found a novel
method of spanning the dreaded chasm
between spring and fall, says the New
York Globe. Realizing from bitter
memories that about the middle Of
every July in his professional career
his exchequer began to pale and his
credit to stagger, the actor In question
recently made q requisition upon all
his resources and few weeks ago
opened recreation parlors which Dis
trict Attorney Jerome and Commits
stoner McAdoo would be unfeeling
enough to allude to as pool room.
Fortune smiled on the speculative
players at the outset, the next day the
usually tickle dame actually grinned
on the young man, and at the end of
the third day she was fairly holding
her sides in the merriment of good ma
ture.
Since Commissioner McAdoo has
shown undoubted ability to locate the
resorts of the odds layers without as
sistance, the strictest Interpretation of
duty does not seem to require that the
limelight should be focused more di-
rectly on the actors paradise. Suffice
1T that the man in question Is one of
the best known Comedians in the city,
who has several Broadway musical
productions more or less to his individ-
nal credit
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ment as has been made for Miss Mar
lowe and myself"
Mr.. Sothern went on to explain any
thing that might have smacked Of con-
ce1t In his utterance. II have been now
twenty-six years ON the stage, and
have been accounted a success in many
ways, but / now want to employ my
talent, If / have any, in doing some
thing that will make name for me; it
is to do something fer myself that am
setting out with Miss Marlowe now,
and she feels the same. She has the
advantage of me in one way, for she
has already name for her association
with ShakeSpearean roles, and she re-
turns to them with genuine Joy. I feel
that our association is to be q success,
for recently we talked over the pro-
gramme, and we agreed SO exactly as
to what is expected of us that do not
see how 1t is possible to fail, unless
the public should desert US. We will
present the entire list of Shakespeare 8
dual role plays. / asked her If she
would play Opheha. Certainly she
answered, why should I not2' And I
said l would play Orlando, and then
the general scope of the engagement,
and concluded that it is such a. chance
as neither of us has ever had. 1t means
a great deal for me to have for a CO.
star woman of proved ability, and to
look forward to supporting company
that will be composed of the very best
people our managers can obtain. To be
thus surrounded is in itself an inspira-
ton to good work, and when the in
sptration and the inclination are so
nearly in line, the result cannot fail.
I am sure my next season will be one
Of the most satisfactory of my whole
career, and so / look forward to it with
a great deal of pleasant anticipation"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Mr.. MANsFIELp's SEASON

One of the dramatic events of the
season will be the three appearances of
Richard Mansfield at the Metropolitan
the first half of next week in two
roles which have each been denomi-
mated triumphs for this actor and in a
revival of one of the most celebrated
plays of his repertoire.
Mansfield is accompanied by 106 peo-
pie and the scenery and baggage for
the plays occupy six baggage cars.
Only one production can be hauled to
the theater at a time, for there will
not be room for more than one. Each
one will be taken from the train as it
is to be used.
Monday evening will see the first
presentation here of new play, Will
helm Meyer-Forster's celebrated drama
of German student life, "O1d HeideI-
berg" in which Mr.. Mansfield will be
seen here first as the Prince Karl
Heinrich. The production Is not less
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with a company which would attract
attention anywhere and under any cir
cumstances. 1t was quite an unusual
thing, indeed an unheard of PROPOSE
ton, that of presenting purely far
cical entertainment with a company
numbering upwards of 100 people, and
with scenic equipment appropriate to
the pretentious spectacular production.
Yet the entertainment presented by the
Rogers brothers and their associates
caught the public fancy at once.
Mr.. McNally, the author, had the
assistance of George v. Hobart and
Ed. GARDENER in evolving 1.-THE Rogers
Brothers In London" which he styles
"a vaudeville farce" Messrs. Hobart
and GARDENER wrote the lyrics and by
all accounts they are quite clever.
1.-THE Rogers Brothers in London is
In three. acts. The first act represents
the deck of the North German Lloyd
steamship, Kronprinz Wilhelm, the
second act shows the company in Ira
falgar square, London, and the third
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DRAMATIC GOSSIP

Norman Hackett, who was here with
Warde and James, has been engaged as
leading juvenile for the Julia Marlowe
and E. H. Sothern combination next
season.
De Wolf Hopper's revival of "Wang,'
has been so successful in New York
that both the company and the pro-
.duct1on are being enlarged with the
idea of their running all summer at the
Lyric.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
gone to her summer home in England.
where she will give herself up to writ
ing Two plays, one to be ready about
the first Of the year.
Mcintyre and Heath, the vaudeville
headliners, are considering q PROPOSE
ton by the Shuberts to star them next
season in musical comedy built ur
from the Georgia minstrels act.
Mrs. Claire Beecher Hummer, niece
of William Gillette, has just completed
comic opera book which has been ac-
cepted by Charles Frohman. 1t bears
the title, Father Noah"
James X. Hackett is reported to have
purchased the dramatic rights to a
novelette,, entitled ''The Debonnaire,"
written by Mary King, of Providence,
r. I. The book is to be dramatized
by William A. Payson and will be pro-
duced by Mr.. Hackett in the fall.
The Metropolitan opera house in
New York Is being redecorated. The
ceiling is to cost $4,000, and the
changes. it is expected, will result in
the handsomest opera house interior in
the country.
Fay Davis, who is at present in Eng
land, will play in this country again
next season. Mr.. Frohman has secured
Cartons new play, "The Rich Mrs.
Repton," for her use. The part which
she will assume was written with a Spe-
cial view to the abilities of Miss Comp
ton (Mrs. Carton), the London actress.
The. w. C. T. u. at Springfield, Ohio,
has decided that "Othello" deserves to
be classed with blood and thunder
plays, and at meeting held recently
condemned the piece and asked the
mayor to prevent the presentation of
this masterpiece by a travelling COM
pany.
Miss Viola Tree, daughter of the
prominent English actor, Beerbohm
Tree, will make her first appearance
before London audience on June z
at a benefit performance Of Twelfth
Night" Her father will, of course, be
the Malvolio. Miss Tree has proven
her powers in the English provinces,
her work having found hearty approv-
al.
Aubrey Boucicault, who, among other
things, is the son of Dion Boucicaut,
Is to play the melancholy one in Ham
let' with a Denver stock company
this summer, going out there for four
weeks engagement.
It Is almost an accomplished fact
we are to see Bernhardt next season.
Frank Mckee, who arrived from Eu-
rope on the Majestic yesterday, an
nounced that the great French actress
has signed a contract to appear under
his management for twenty weeks, be-
ginning next January. Sardou's THE
Sorceress," in which the divine Sarah
appeared in Paris last winter, is to
have first place in her American rep~
ertoire.
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sIeNoRA BUSES WORRIES

The lives OF some few actresses may
lie in pleasant places. But not that of
Signora EleanOra Duse. The italian
actress, it may be said without ex-
cessive exaggeration, was born in
railway carriage and has been uneasy
ever since.
Now she has arrived in Paris and
will there consult the best French ply
sicians with regard to an attack Of in
1uenZa which affected her lungs, and
from which she has never quite recov-
cred. She lives in complete retirement.
seeing no one, avoiding all fatigue and
doing her best not to think of things
theatrical. She refuses to speak of
anything concerning the stage, and so
anxious Is she to divert her thoughts
from her profession that when she goes
out she will not pass a theater if she
can help 1t. If the theater has brought
her her greatest triumphs, 1T has like
wise been the cause OF much sadness to
her, and she has recently fallen into
profound melancholy. Her friends
are few In number, and she refuses all
opportunities of making new acQuaint-
ances. She constantly keeps near her
a statuette Of PFosperine. The pagan
deity has q peculiar fascination for
Signora Duse, who has invested her
with a mystic charm, and believes she
has discovered in her points Of resem
blance to herself.
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play and no personality, and 1t will
have neither. In one place the play
wright may injure the actor, in the
other the actor may hurt the author.
frankly confess that my failure in
Fools of Nature probably injured Mr..
Esmond's reputation in this country as
a playwright l believe i may say I
have been successful, and for a sue
cessful actress to fail In a play doesn't
do the author any good to say the
least. ! believed and still believe Fools
OF Nature to be a good play The
trouble was 1t didn't bring out my per-
sonality / should have recognized this
at first. Then l should not have done
Mr.. Esmond an injustice Under no
circumstances would produce a play
no matter how good-which / felt did
not suit me. An actor should be as
careful about being fair to an author
as he is about being fair to himself.
Even the strongest personality cannot
insure the success OF play. See what
happened to Dante even with such
personality as Irving's In it's favor"