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COSACKS dash AWAY TO WAR NOT KNOWING
Who FOE WILL Be and SCARCELY CARING
Brave Villagers Far Removed From Outside World, 1000 Miles
From Railroad, Conjecture What Nation Gar Will Fight As
Preparations For Start Are Made-Priest Anoints Recruits.
BY Stephen Graham In New York Ameri-
can.

By Stephen Graham In New York Ameri-
car.
Petrograd,-This will show how o.
10000 Russians went to war, not
knowning whom they were to fight or
why. And some started from 5000
miles away.
l was staying In an Altai Cossack
village on the frontier Of Mongolia
when the war broke out. 1t was IN
the far south Of the Siberia railway.
At 4 a. m. July 81, the first telegraph
ic order to mobilize came. ! was
awakened by my peasant hostess cry
ing out to me-, Have you heard the
news? There Is war!"
A young mar on a fine horse came
.warl Warl Horses outl Uniforms!
Swordsi"
The car had called on the Cossacks;
they gave up their work In the fields
and turned to fight the enemy. Who
RAJ the enemy? Nobody knew. The
telegram contained no indication.
Same as Call for Japan.
All tho villages population knew was
that the same telegram had come as
II came 10 years ago when they were
called to fight the japanese.
All the morning 1t was persisted that
the yellow peril had matured and tha.
war with China had been declar ID.
Then the rumor went round: 1T is
with England"
Only after four days did something
like the truth come TO us. Then no.
body believed II. Two days after the
first telegram a second came. This n
called out every man between the ages
OF Is and 43. Astonishing that Russia
should at the very outset begin to
mobilize its reservists g 900 miles from
the scene OF hostiHtiesi
Flying messengers arrived on horses,
GREATNESS and 'steaming, delivered
packets into the hands OF the head man
OF the Cossacks-secret instructions.
Fresh horses were at once given them
and they were off again within a few
minutes OF their arrival In h village.
/ spent much time watching the viii
lage veterinarian certifying or reject
ing horses. One that could not go so
miles a day was not passed. Each Cos
sack brough his horse up, plucked it's
lips apart to show it's teeth, explained
the marks on the horses body, mounted
bareback n showed Its PAGES. The
examination was strict, for the Coss-
JACKS had a thousand miles to go to
get to b railway at Omsk. and 1t was
necessary TO have strong horses.
God Is with US" said the priest. 'vic-
tory will be ours"
Vodka for a Day.
Sunday was a holiday and no prep
arations were made. Monday the ex-
animation OF horses went on again.
The Cossacks brought also their uni
forms, swords, hats, halfshubas, over
coats, shirts, boots, belts-all that they
supposed It necessary to provide In the
way of q kit. The neadman checked
and certified each soldiers portion.
On the day Of setting out came a third
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erowinu Older.

Cornella A p. Conner, In the Atlantic.
What Is growing older, anyhow?
When young people think Of 1t crudely,
physically, 1t seems to them the wear
ing out OF the body, badness. wrinkles,
obesity, q hardening of the arteries. a
general stiffening Of the members and
the faculties, making responsiveness TO
life difficult or impossible.
Viewing 1t on a less material plane,
they see In It a wearing down of ideals.
a crushing out Of the dreams, a loss
OF the glory.
As L see 1t, growing older Is the pro-
bcess Of the reconciliation of the spirit
to life. Ewing Is simply getting ac-
quainted with the world we live in.
The real purpose Of a body is that 1t
shall be used up, worn out-and then
sthrown away-in feeding the spirit.
Whatever happens to you In the outer
world translates itself, finally. into
such sustenance. That Is what II Is
for, just as the purpose OF food is not
to look pretty on china plates, but to
sbe transformed into blood and muscle.
ut Is In the natural order Of things that
tthe body should be thus used and ex-
lhausted; the unnatural and horrible
thing is that the body should be worn
sout and yet the spirit remain unnour-
tished.
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stroy confidence I'm proprietary medi-
cines; but that DR.. Wiley's ideas are
not infallible is shown by cases where
his analyses were entirely wrong. Mr..
Balliett mentioned a case where, with
all the power OF the Government. he
fought a preparation as being danger.
GUS to health. and was ingloriously
walloped.
There has been spread the idea that
a clever faker can mix a few useless
ingredients and, by smart advertising.
sell toms Of 1t and win sudden wealth:
whereas, as a matter OF fact, the medi-
cine business is notoriously difficult.
and, where there has been one success
at 1t, there have been q hundred fail
ures. Any medicine which has no
merit cannot live, because persons
who are duped into buying it once will
not buy 1t again, and the profit from
advertising a medicine can only come
from repeat sales to the same, salts
fed people. Therefore, any medicine
which has been on the market for a
number OF years, and is still adver
tised, must have merit behind it to ac-
count for its success
In conclusion Mr.. Balliett declared
that no newspaper is doing justice to
its readers In the matter of medical
or other advertising. unless it investi-
gates, not only the wording of the ad-
vertisement offered for publication,
but the merits Of the article adver-
tised. He pointed out that the few
newspapers who have been deluded
into the policy of barring out medical
advertising have adopted this general
policy, rather than to form an inves-
tigation bureau Of this kind which
could, in a constructive and useful eff
fort, investigate and decide what il
a good product and what is a fraud,
in not only the medicine business, but
in every other business which adver-
tises it's wares to the public.
The audience seemed to agree with
Mr.. Balliett's ideas on the subject and
the chairman decided the question al
issue In his favor.
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A RedoubtabIs Partisan.
BY Bennett II. Young, In National Mag
zine.

BY Bennett n. Young, In National Maya
zine.
Beginning as a private, Forrest had
reached most distinguished rank. Both
friends and enemies awarded him a
high place among the great COM
manders Of the war. whether In infan-
try or cavalry. Fort Donelson. Shiloh,
Nashville. Murfreesboro. his raid into
west Tennessee, his capture OF Streight.
and conflicts at Brentwood, Harper'S
Bridge, Chickamauga, his raid into
middle Tennessee, West Point, Missis-
sippi and the capture OF Fort Pillow.
had woven about him and his work a
crown Of romance and glory. and had
justly, on his absolute merits. made
him one of the most renowned leaders
of the confederacy.
His enemies feared and hated him, as
they did no other general Of the south.
War with Forrest was not only "hell."
but savagest hell. His idea OF war
was to fight and kill and destroy with
savagest energy. It IA been a that
he considered the raising OF the black
flag as the most economical and mer-
ciful way of ending the war. HIS meth
DDS were not calculated to impress his
foes with admiration. The many re-
verses they had suffered at his hands,
the wholesome fear OF his presence, his
desperate courage, boundless resources,
rapidity OF movement, rapidity OF on
slaught, recklessness in facing death,
and insensibility to fatigue, made fall
ure practically unknown In his cam
paigns. and he became a terror TO his
foes and a tower OF strength to his
comrades.
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We Mediate.
g. M. Crothers, In the AtlantI

Il =. N. GROWERS, In the AClanuc.
/ In meditation we are free. We can
bconsider one side and then the other
without embarrassment. II we change
our opinion because the weight of evil
dence has shifted. there Is no to
fexult over US and make us ashamed.
kIf we recognize that we have been mis-
staken in our assumptions, there is nc
lone to say, ~ told you TO-" We quietly
make the necessary adjustments TO
ever changing reality, and go on with
our business OF thinking. We are not
required to reach any predetermined
conclusions. We have no rvo anx-
fiety to catch any particular train OF
thought, as we are travelling on our
own feet, and are willing to put up
wherever the night finds Us. Hence It
rs that while discussions go on with
kgreat vigor. and few are convinced ex-
EGept OF the righteousness of their own
cause, meditation often brings unex-
pected results. When we mediate we
lsometimes change our minds. This Is
"a beneficent achievement, for II rem
kders It unnecessary for us TO spend all
our strength In attempting to change
1.-THE order OF the universe and the whole
direction of human progress, In order
to get a sense Of the fitness Of things.
"
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native land It is impossible to say. Yes
terday they were reported as still pour
ing into Rotterdam and the border towns
OF Holland. In England II Is becoming q
serious question what to do with them.
Meanwhile the Belgian government, itself
In exile, has called to the colors every
male inhabitant Of the kingdom between
the & OF Is and As
The future OF this brave, industrious
and Intelligent people Is in the lap OF the
gods. Their bearing during the most ter
rible trial that q nation can be made to
undergo has commanded for them the ad-
miration and sympathy OF almost every
body in the world except their oppressors
and the apologists OF the oppression. If
the soil Of Belgium should be cleared
again for them by the result or the war
nothing IL more certain than that they will
fall to and rebuild their towns and cities
and restore their shattered fortunes with
Incompatible energy. II their destiny is
less fortunate, It Ii equally certain that
a considerable part Of the population will
refuse to return to be the subjects OF a
process OF Germanization under a hated
rule.
Where would immigrants with the racial
and Individual qualities OF the Belgians
be deemed more desirable or be surer OF
q welcome than I'm the United States?
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Accuracy.

Accuracy Is the longest distance between
points. Inaccuracy does not have to
consider 1t Is right or not. It can, there
fore, arrive at any result. It wishes with
out any trouble or annoyance. But ac-
lcuracy has to weigh everything, to test
each step IN the process. That Is why II
Is unpopular. It's work consists OF q
constant series of failures. produced In
the most uninteresting manner.
To be accurate is always to be doubtful.
The accurate mansts therefore a coward.
He Is constantly building in~trenchments.
AS all OF the facts about any particular
thing can never be collected, the accurate
man has always something to learn. He
never gets through. He Is interminable.
Nowhere does there exist a bigger bore.
Having learned the habit Of constant
evasion and p-ostponement. he Is the In
E~carnation Of the immoral He is the
~apotheosis of negation. The public has no
use for him. The. public is right.
~Inaccuracy, on the other hand, Is cour-
lageous, dramatic and almost invariably
delightful 1t has the elements that make
for success. 1t is moral because all OF its
actions are based upon a disregard for
self. This II sacrifices, with joyous dis
regard for consequences. without IL life
would be too dull to live.
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telegram from st. Petersburg stating
that the vodka shop, which had been
locked and sealed during the great
temperance struggle which had been
In progress In Russia, might be opened
for n day only, the day OF mobiliza-
ton. After that, however, 1t was 70 De
closed again until further orders.
What scenes there were h a day!
At 8 o'clock in the morning n holy
water basin was taken from the church
and placed with the triple candles on
an open, sun-blazed mountainside. n
All their ONE folks, in multifartous
bright colored dresses and tear-stained
faces walked out to say the last re-
ligtous goodbye.
A strange mingling of sobbing and
singing went up to heaven from the
crowd. After the conservation service
only did we learn the almost incred-
tble fact that the war was with Ger
many. 1t made the hour and act and
plooe even more poignant. / at least,
understood what It meant to go to
war against Germany. and the destiny
that was in store.
God is with u.s." said the priest
In his sermon, tears running down his
face. God Is with you. Never turn
your backs on the foe. Remember that
Il you do you endanger the eternal well
fare OF your souls"
Every Soldier Amounted.
Each soldier dismounted and pros
trated himself In prayers. Each sold
Ter at last kissed the cross In the
priests hands, vas anointed on his
brow with holy water, and, when an
ointed, he passed away from the priest
Leading his horse by the bride, he
sought out his mother Ind wife in the
waiting throng. embraced them, was
hlaaqad amidst 0hhtnQ that WIRING his
heart, and was away. Two miles from
the village an OK had been killed and
cooked by the side of the road. Gallon
bottles of vodka waited In the grass.
The soldiers gos into the saddle again
and rode out through the crowds of
women, old men and children. and a
great number followed them to the
over a great fire by the roadside. Cos
sacks came w quickly, and, getting
down from their horses. tied them to
trees. Buckets, kettles and glasses
brought also many plates, but no
tables.
One man held up a rouble showing
the emperor's face. All the soldiers
sang God save the car" and then
danced around the coin.
The horses waited In the green shade,
men danced and sang, women sobbed
and keened. There was an hour OF 1t.
Then the officer in command gave the
word. All the men were in the stirrups
again. The long journey and farewell
began. Even so, the women on horse
back accompanied their husbands 20 or
80 miles, then said goodbye.
So these Russians from Mongolia
started for the war, 5000 miles away.
So at least 2,000,000 Russians went to
war, not knowing whom they were to
fight.
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Activltles Of Women.

The duchess of Sutherland, who is
acting as a Red Cross nurse, was un-
der fire during the bombardment Of
Namur by the Germans.
OF the 100000 women workers en-
plcyed by the trades in London over
forty-ive thousand are out of work,
while some two hundred thousand are
on half-time.
Mrs. George w. Goethals, wife of the
governor of the Panama canal zone, is
known as the First lady of the land"
in that territory.
Over one million women signed the
appeal presented to President Wilson
asking him to lead a movement for
peace among the warning nations
abroad.
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Pertinent Suggestion.

A wealthy but miserly merchant was
celebrated for having a magnifcently
decorated dining room, whilst his
yiands were very few. A celebrated
wit was invited to dine on a certain
occasion, and the host asked him if he
didn't think the room elegant.
yes" was the reply. But it is not
quite to my taste.
"And what change would you
maker" asked the host.
We'll" answered the wit. "ff this
were my house, you know, I would
have"-looking at the ceiling-'1ess
gliding and"-here he glanced furtiye.
ly at the dining table-"more carving
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AIsace and lorraine.

The area Of Alsace is 3,344 square
miles; OF Lorraine, 1900 square miles.
Population Of Alsace-I orraine, 1,S00,-
900, OF mixed German, French and Celt
stock. Incorporated with the German
empire in the tenth century, Alsace-
Lorraine had been practically French
since the treaty of Westphalia, in 164S.
until 1t was taken by Germany in 1871
as one Of the spells of the Franco.
Prussian war.
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Farmers to Help.

Yonkers, N. Y, has a Housewives
league that has started an investiga-
ton of the high prices being charged
by the local dealers. Mrs. H. M. Crow
der, at the head of the league, eau
toned the members against laying in
too large supplies and urged them to
buy more economically than ever. The
farmers will be asked to cooperate
with the league and keep the mem.
bers supplied.
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In Servia when Q lover has made up
his mind that the girl is ready to a
ry him, he and his friends arm them
selves with rifles, go up to the girls
house, seize and carry her off to q
church, and get married on the spot
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More Valuable.

Money has no value In Europe
now"
mo; I heard at Monte Carlo they
were stalking ham sandwiches"
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak, waterF
just Eye Comfort. Write for hook of the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
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The Future Of the Rslaians.
from the New York 81

from inc NEW fOfk sun. ~.
How many hundreds OF thousands OF
Belgians. innocent OF any degree OF war
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AGENTS RSsise fiREEkk

State size. Become agent for beautiful line,
direct from mill to wearer. Gift TO every Gus
toner. Large profit. Easy work. Write today.
TRIPLEwEAR WILLS, Desk *
liz So. 18th Sc. philadelphia, Pa.
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Rather InquIsltive.
zone ticket to Lemont."
"Single?"
None of your business."-Life.
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Barber Supplies

TheKleeblatt BARRIERS Supply Co. ,61S Pierce st.,
Sioux City, In, viii treat you right. Write them.
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c-N WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
SAID She
WOULD FAINT
Mrs. Della Long Unable to Stand
On Her Feet More Than . Few.
Minutes at a Time.

Pendergrass. Ga.-Mrs. Della LonE
Of this place, in . recent letter. says:
"For five or six years. suffered agon'
les with womanly troubles.
Often. I couldn't sit up more than
few minutes at time, and II l stood
on my feet long, l would faint.
took Cardui, and 1t helped me I'm.
mediately. Now, can do my work all
the time. and don't suffer like I did"
Take Cardui when You feel i'll in any
way-weak, tired, miserable. or under
the weather. Cardui Is a strength
building tonic medicine for women. .
1t has been found to relieve pain and
distress caused by womanly troubles
and is an excellent medicine to have on
hand at all times.
Cardui acts on the womanly consti'
tuition, building up womanly strength.
toning up the nerves. and regulating
tho womanly organs.
Its half century OF SUCCESS is due TO
merit. 1t has done good to thousands.
VIII you try it? 1t may be just wh~
you need. Ask your druggist about
Cardui. He will recommend Il.
n B-Writs to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Ghatta:.
scoga Medicine Co.. Cha.tanooea. Tenn for Speetdt
Instr1Ictions, and a rage book. HONS irsatasss
er Wouse-" >ent in nIaln WRAPPER. ~ rsausse
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RECEIPTS FROM COMING WORLDS SERIES WILL
LIKELY BREAK ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS y

ly upholstered chair in one of the
boxes, of which there are several
rows in the newly built stands.
From the moment that the pen
nant in each of the major leagues
appears to be heading for certain
club or city, the would-bc spectator
begins to worry as to how lie is 60
ing to secure vantage point to see
one or more Of the contests and the
fight for tickets begins. For weeks
before the end of the regular season,
requests are sent for reservations,
but ii is safe to say that fifty per
cent of these result in disappoint-
mcnt:. Long lines form in the vi
cinity of the playing grounds the
nj sht before each battle and fancy
prices are given to the persons who
await their turn in these files for
the result of their long vigil. The
big prices that are paid for tickets
in this way do not increase the re-
ceipts so far as the players or clubs
are concerned. as the box office re-
turns are not influenced by the cN-
orbitant amounts asked. in fact de-
manded by the holder of the choice
coupons.
In 1887 when Detroit and ST.
Louis played fourteen games in near
" a dozen cities the receipts amount
ed to $42 900, about $4,000 Il game
which was then considered a large
amount. Tile following year $2d,-
ace was taken in for the ten games
played by New York and st. Louis.
Tho first year of the Temple Cup
Series, 1884, four games were played
and averaged per game $500 at
Baltimore and New York. There
was a falling off year later when
the Cleveland-B Baltimore series of
five games realized only 81 4,15O.
In 1909 when the first series was
nlaycd between the pennant-winning
team. Of the Nationl and American
leagues. eight games brought a little
over $4,000. There was no contest
in 1904 hut year later there was
an advance in the prices of admis-
sion and s6S,i0 was taken in for
five games at Philadelphia and New
York but the attendance fell to S9l,-
723 as compared with over 100000
two years previously. The attend
ance dropped to $4,000 in 1908 for
the Chica go-Detroit series. but the
receipts jumped to nearly s95.o00.
marked increase in attendance
and receipts was registered in 1909
when 5,295 persons paid lS2 3O2
10 see the scven-gamc series between
Pittsburss and Detroit. Philadel-
phin and Chicago PLACED five aamoa
IN j9lG. before l2i222 1ersons with
gate receipts of 113,9S0 and this
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TIRE ''ClRTll AND lAboR" Myth

The French Revolution miserably
failed to live up to the advsace no.
tees" 1t brought equality. Of a
enough to forestall NapOleon's
wholesale creations OF Kings aud
Princes. the Restoration. and tho
flummery Of the Second Empire. And
1t never has brought liberty. Down
at the bottom Of French local gev-
efnment is the same old centralized.
bureaucratic machine that Richelieu
and afterward Louis XIV brought TO
its present state OF perfection. We
shall never have a French Revolu-
tion In this country; for all Its spec
tacular appeal. 1t is too weak and In
effective III Its results to find favor
with n nation Of cool common sense
like our own. sop
Will better forms Of property and
human association supersede those
now extant? We do not know: we
hope 30. But. in view OF tho fact
that social change is SO slow. the
man who pleads the fact that insti-
tutions grow obsolete and pass away
as an excuse for not doing man S
full duty in view Of the brutalities
and wastes OF industrial war today
is as foolish as the man who should
let his farm grow up to weeds In
Louisiana because the Gulf Coast Is
sinking several inches each centuryJ
Whether the capitalistic system is
doomed" we do not know. But
there is no question of the deserts
of men who say Am l my brothers
keeper" while women are starved.
children stunted, superintcndents
and forcmen killed. plants dynamit-
ed and whole industries paralyzed by
Industrial war. They and their lead
crship are doomed. and the doom
Will work out inexorably.P For the
future belongs to the men who work
in hope. and who. leaving the ul-
innate destiny of laws and institu-
tions to the verdict of the centuries.
labor to make each year, as 1t passes.
yield Just a little more of peace on
earth and good viii among men than
the year before.