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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06
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reaches the plain where the Cossack
army is on the march. The war-god
has claimed his own. Day by day
Marienka watches for the return of
her sweetheart, and at last the army
comes back. But Ostap is no longer
alive Marienka takes one look at
the corpse, brought back with full
honors. She smiles sadly, signs, falls
and expires.
For to Cossacks the war passion is
even stronger than that of love. Most
Of the regular Cossacks, Pascal tells
us, form really OBLIGATORY corpora
ton. Not that this should betoken
any confluence on their part. 1t is
the freedom from domestic ties rather
than any absence of sensuallty which
is thus denoted. Cossacks on the war
path indulge in every caprice of lust
The Cossack trinity, in fact, would
seem to be Whisky, Tobacco and
Girls.
So strong is the appetite for drink
that to crafty 1t Cossack is often
led to sell his horse. And their
horses are really part of their very
selves.
But mere plumber is not for the Cos
sack. For he has written somewhere:
He who desires nothing has nothing.
Let the Tartar be content with simple
pillage. AS for the Cossack, he must
astonish the world. If there were a
ladder to heaven itself, or staircase
to hell, the Cossack would find his
way thither and revel in his con-
quests!"
While the Cossacks were still on
good terms with Poland they not only
furnished useful contingents to the
enemy in time Of war, but they acted
as the policemen of the steppes,
against the ravages of the Tartars.
Tartar incursions were frequent, and
were warNled off by bands of Cossacks
wandering two or three hundred. All
might long they would sweep the
steppes and In the morning hide in
the ravines to snatch bit of sleep.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

A Cossack on horseback, says Pascal,
Is like q man on wings. There ls q
veritable speed-manla that is not at
all dissimilar from the automobile
and aeroplane counterparts which
modern civilization has developed.
Sorcerers and Superstltions.
There was among the Cossacks no
constitution or legislative body for
the cteppe. Custom was the only
guide. A conference usually elected
the chief. They are firm believers in
magic and sorcery, and not even the
introduction of Christianity has
wholly succeeded in stamping out su-
perstition. In Czajkowski's Cossack
tales there Is characteristic scene
where a witch is visited for informa-
ticn. We find her with her associ-
ates Maruska the cat, and rooster.
Fire and wax complete the magic out
mt. She lights fire in the cave and
calls the cat forward. Maruska makes
a circle around the fire, all the time
mewing softly. The witch then melts
her yellow wax and places the ques-
toner In the magic circle described
by the cat. Strange letters are writ
ten down, followed by good deal of
hocus-pocus, and while the rooster
crows and the cat sinks into a cor
ner, the witch pronounces a terrible
horoscope Of love, blood and damna-
ton.
The steppe is the symbol of silence,
OF dreams and melancholy. The Co.'S
sacks have their type OF lyric effu.
SIGN, which represents, as Chojecki
has written, bitter voluptuousness of
suffering intoxicated with ITSELF" But
this is true, concludes Pascal, only of
the more intimate songs. For their
warrior ballads reveal the true Cos
sack, with their wild pulsation of the
Joy of combat, and their ardent pas
sion for the life of strife.
This in a way is farewell appre-
citation of the Cossack, for the pres
ent war has demonstrated the COM
parative uselessness of cavalry, and
the Cossack soldier is above all things
a cavaIryman.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

A barb lace, with deeply scallopOd
edges, in black, forms an applique
about the top of the blouse near the
neck. The motifs are Clipped or cut
apart when necessary to accommodate
the curves in the underbodice.
Black chantilly lace about eight or
nine inches wide is used to form the
overdrapery. II is cut into four
lengths, and two are required for each
side. They are joined by the black
silk-embroidered banding, with green
and gold worked into the pattern. The
ends Of the draperies are plated in
at each side of the front and ter.
inmate near the girde in the back,
where they merge into the barb lace
applique. The waist fastens up the
back to the collar with small black
satin-covered buttons, and above that
with tiny snap fasteners. TIE girdle
is of black velvet ribbon, terminating
at the left side in short bow ord
ends.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Lightness and sparkle are featured
in the fashions of the hour In much
of the finery employing tulle, light
laces and nets embroidered with rail-
lettes.
Older women have the privilege of
appropriating to themselves the hand.
soonest laces and richest fabrics. BE.
sides, they may look to intricacy and
beauty of design for effects more per.
manently fascinating than those. ac-
complished with airy tuile and glitter.
ing spangles. A blouse of lace. illus.
trated in the picture above, portrays
a combination of laces with green
satin ribbon and band embroidery in
green black and gold that is rich ana
effective, and distinctly a design for
the mature woman.
A foundation bodice is made. for
this blouse, of narrow val insertions
in two patterns. They are set to-
gethar in alternating rows, the edges
overcast or whipped" together by
hand The bodice and sleeves are
made separately. and the sleeves set
in. The bands of insertion are ex.
tended into high collar bound at The
top with a fold of green satin. A
band of green satin ribbon. five inches
wide, is set across the front of this
foundation bodice, Just below the bust
line, terminating at each side at the
unaersrm seam.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

tn HERE is nothing very literary
about the average mans con-
ception o. the Cossack. This
formidable individual is ordi-
narIly looked upon as a member of
an elite, redOubtable, savage cavalry,
who are absolutely insensible to any
such emotion as fear. And, to be
sure. the present war has provided
both ample opportunity for the test
ing of that fearlessness and proof of
its steadfast refusal to be intimidated.
The Cossacks have faced every muir
derOus resource Of the twentieth CEN
fury science with the same courage
that has distinguished them from
their earliest days, writes DR.. |. Gold
berg in the Boston Transcript.
Their fire, their spirit, their abso-
lutte recklessness through fire, water
and steel are those of military COM
munity which at one time babe fair to
become a nation all its own, but the
role of modern. purely warrior state
was left by history for the Prussia of
Frederick the Second.
War, however, endangers literature;
the warrior needs a Homer for his
Had. And so, if the Cossacks have
themselves been too busy fighting to
have time for the production of any
thing but a rude literature, they have,
on the other hand, inspired genuine
works of art in England, France, Rus
STA, Poland. The last.named country
owes very much indeed to the inspi-
ration of the wild men of the steppes
The original meaning of the wcrd
"cossack" is that of free marauder,
brigand, nomad. THE Steppe," says
Gabriel Sarrazin, in his work on the
great romantic poets Of Poland, EN-
genders Cossacks." Here, in the mid
die ages was the place of refuge for
all manner of criminals, vagabonds,
refugees and fugitives, who banded to-
gether into a confederation.
Cossack life and that OF Poland have
time and again interpenetrated, now
in combat against each other, now
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

The frock in the picture is OF dark
blue and green plaid in an indiJtinct
pattern. The waist is an easy -titting
plated blouse, set on to shallow
yoke. The skirt is laid in plaits, also,
and these are stitched down to point
below the hips but are only pressed
in for the remaining length OK the
skirt. There is a panel down the
front of the blouse, continued to the
bottom of the skirt. 1t is prettily fin
ished with dark pearl buttons on both
the waist and skirt, which is of instep
length.
The small sailor collar is adorned
with an inlay of dark blue silk. This
reappears in the deep, plain cuff into
which the sleeves are gathered.
One.piece frocks, suited to the needs
of the business woman, are not always
made of wool fabrics. Certain silks
and crepes may be recommended for
them. The addition of pretty neck.
wear is an advantage that should not
be overlooked in adding variety and
attraction to everyday apparel,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Joined side by side in fight against
q common enemy. The attack OF
Bohdan Chmielnlcki (1648-1G57 is the
subject of Sienkiewicz's widely-read
novel, by Fire and Sword" The
Cossacks of the Don gave Russia no
little trouble. Under the leadership
Of Stenka Razine, who promised free
dom to all who would follow his
standard, the Cossacks rallied faith
fully to battle. AS with all such fig
ures, legends have grown up around
Razine, one OF which imputes to him
a felt cap which rendered him invis-
ible. He was finally captured in 1871,
dying by torture without so much
as murmur.
For a long time the death OF the
famous leader was doubted, and le-
gend has 1t that he made various ap-
pearances, now among Russian sail
ors, among Persian prisoners and on
the Caspian sea. He is here repre-
scented as white-haired old man.
One hundred years later 1t was be-
lieved that Pougatcheff, who then
played role similar to that of Ra-
zine, was really an incarnation OF the
adventurous bandit and good fellow.
Soldiers First Of All.
Felicien Pascal, writing In one of
the leading European magazines Of
the Cossacks and their effects upon
the literature of the surrounding ma
tions, points out that in the novel of
the Pole Michael Czajkowski, entitled,
THE Zaporog's Sweetheart" the life
OF the Cossack and the ideals for
which he lives finds one of its most
effective and realistic settings.
First of all, as one by this time may
easily guess, the Cossack is a soldier.
For battle he is born, and in battle he
finds lis most glorious death. To la
Dor is calamity, and work is looked
down upon. Every true Cossack must
bristle with fierce independence,
must burn with passion for war.
And thus In the tale of the Cossack
and his sweetheart, when we find Os- |
tap ready to thrust aside the sword |
for the love Of Marienka, we must
see in his abandonment OF the fight
the greatest sacrifice possible to a
Cossack. We come to the marriage
Of Ostap and Marienka. At this mo-
ment troop Of Cossacks is going by,
within Ostap's hearing. The latter,
despite all vows, seiEes his white
5teed, jumps on his back and makes
} mad dash across hedges, bitches and !
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06
MANY MINERS LOSE LIVES
State Inspectors Report Shows an
Average Death Toll Of 80 Year
Since 1900.

The coal mines of Kansas exacted
toll of 400 lives in the fifteen years
ending June 80, 1915, according to a
report issued by John Pellegrino, state
mine inspector. The year 1907 was
the most fatal of the period. Fifty
two mine workers were slain in that
year The year 1906 was not far be-
hind, the number of deaths being
forty-one. In 1910 thirty-eight were
killed, and in 1912 the toll was thirty
seven. Thirty-four was the number
in 1914.
1t cost one life for every 247,S31
tons of coal produced in Kansas in the
last fiscal year. And for every $3.50
tons of coal produced there was one
non-fatal accident.
Falls of rock claimed the largest
number Of victims in the 15-year per-
iod Two hundred and twenty-four
miners were killed that way. One
hundred and five shotfirers were
Killed. Powder explosions caused
death to twenty-eight and cage acct
dents were fatal to twenty-three
miners.
The greatest disaster in the history
of the Kansas coal industry occurred
November 2, 1888, at Frontenac, when
forty-five miners were killed in an
explosion.
Mr.. Pellegrino's report shows that
the total production of coal in Kansas
for the year ending June 80 was 6,7O1,-
1852 tons. This was distributed by
counties as follows:
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06
Useless.

Musical Comedy Star--I cant stand
1t one minute longer. want a di-
vorce.
Her Mother-My dear child, nothing
but the war news ever has the least
chance these days Of getting on the
front page.-London Opinion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06
GA~ 2a5za,Az

Short coats moan short skirts--fio-n
five to seven inches Is the length the
designers predict for fall and winter
street suits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Town to Fight Gas Advance.-The
recent order Of the public utilities com.
mission raising the price of gas in
Montgomery county to % cents is to
be contested by the city nt Independ-
sncS.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Marshall Warren Dead.-Marshal
Warren died at his home in Emporia
the other afternoon Of heart disease
Mr.. Warren was vice president OF the
Warren Mortgage company.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Bought Sailed WeII.-Fifty Wichita
men of speculative turns of mind are
economizing for Christmas. They put
their money into an Oklahoma sailed
oil well in Healdton to the tune of
$4,000. They found out recently
about the salt. Each lost from $50 to
$1,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Took First capon Prize.-Geo.
BeuOy OF Cedarvale, known through
out the country as the "Capon King"
won the blue ribbon over contestants
from all parts of the country with his
entry in the capon class at the Pan
ama-Pacific Poultry show. The prize
winning bird was sent to Bert L. Good
win of the Breeders Printing Com
pany at Kansas City as a Christmas
present.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Early Days in Play.-"The First
Christmas in Palmyra" play in three
acts and prologue, was presented at
Baldwin the other night by cast of
townspeople and students in Baker
university. The production was writ
ten and staged by w. C. Markham of
that city, who also appeared in the
cast. John Brown, plainsmen, Indians
and every type of frontier character
was represented in the INSTALLATION of
Palmyra's first Yuletide, as Baldwin
formerly was called.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06

Struck It Rch.-From a compare
lively poor farmer, Ed Warner, south
of Augusta, on whose farm 1900
barrel-a-day oil well was brought in
recently by the Wichita Natural Gas
Company, may be placed with the opu-
lent. Mr.. Warmers royalties and in
terest in oil sales will aggregate al
most 5000 az day or about $4,000 a
year, Mr. Warner remains hard
working man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09
ONE QUART WILL COST MORE.

Clerks Fee, Expressage, State Tax,
Postage Stamp and Price of Liquor.
Not content with making the state
Of Virginia dry, there will be anoth-
er increase TO the high cost of living
provided one must have a "bit Of
the crathur' with the beginning Of
.hc day. or instance, the old price Of
liquor was about s. a quart for a
fairly good brand of the ardent.
When the state went dry the liquor
ner in other cities began to shoot
It into the state at the old rate, plus
% cents expressage, plus the scent
lax, plus the 2-cent stamp or the
letter. That brought the price up to
81 50 quart. Now, there is a de-
nand on the part of clerks OF the
courts for the payment of fee of 20
ccrts for recording the alEdavits
made to the common carriers when
persons receive liquors brought by
:hem to the people of Virginia. There
IS nc provision in the law for the
payment Of such fee
Under the law The state receives
Just ) cents on each package brought
to the state. The clerks want four
lines that amount for recording an
affidavit made to the carriers. That
he clerks have right to demand Of
The carriers fee of 20 cents for
The rccordation of the afiidavits is
The belief Of many. But it is eX-
pected to cause u protest long and
!oud, for if the extra 20 cents is added
it means that one quart of liquor will
:ost $1.52, and that will reduce the
amount OF liquor or lower the quality.
-EichrOnd Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

... "
I Congressman Samuel j. Tribo!e of
Georgia, who was stricken with apo
plexy at the House Office building
shortly after Congress convened
Monday, died at Providence iiospl-
tai, Washington yesterday.
A large part Of Atlanta, L., was
destroyed by a tornado early yes
terday. Revised figures given ont by
town officials estimates the property
loss at 100000. Thirty-fivc dwellings,
five of the six business houses CT
the town, three churches arr Inc
Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company's depot was demolished.
1t also was reported that j. 0. 2.a5;o.
a farmer, 6 miles west of Atlanta,
and child were killed and tw nlca
injured
Albert J. Griffith, patrolnan on
the Los Angeles, Cal, police IcrSee
FOR four years, has, it is said, con-
fesscd that he was the robbcr who
held up an express wagon yesterday
on busy street and made Of with
about $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
checks, drafts and other BANKING
paper. Most of the money was re-
covered.
A dispatch from Switzerland says
Germany and Austria have offered
their services to Greece in opening
land communications if Greece DE-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09
clarcs war on the entente.

clarcS. war on the entente.
| Clarence Glass, cashier OF the
Point National Bank of Point, Texas
died yesterday from wounds receiv,
ed Thursday night, when he was shot
down by a robber who took S244
from the bank. Glass said the roo
Der, after taking the money, ordered
him to turn his back, and then shot
him three times The man escaped.
Rear Admiral John Porter ller-
rel, u. S. NJ, retired, died yester-
day at. New London, Conn.,, he was
10 years old. He was born in Au-
burn, n. Y.
A dispatch from Hagerstown, Nd.
says that while one Of the two big
forest fires that devastated large
timber tracts on North and South
Mountains is under control, the lar
gest and most disastrous one, which
Thursday crossed the summit Of
South Mountain into Frederick coun-
ty, is burning with unabated fury.
About one thousand acres in Wash
ington and Frederick, counties have
been tireswept.
Sucked into bed of quicksand,
Joseph Block, of Southfelds, n. l.,
lost his life in Florida village, few
miles from his home, and his horse
was buried up to its neck. Blocks
acdy was not recovered nor was the
wagon.
Spite and vengeance are nct IN
the makeup OF Herbert NJ. Asquith.
He proved this when in an impas-
stoned plea for unity he called upon
the Liberal party, of which he is the
leader, 20 forget all personal grlev-
ances and to rally, for the sake 81
the nation, around the man who
forty-eight hours ago overthrow him
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09

and his government. Whatever. minis
try David Lloyd George forms, the
ex-premierf urged, should have the
unqualified, whole-hearted support OF
the Liberal party. He himself would
do whatever I can to facilitate the
task which has fallen into other
hands," said he.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09
@!AI!AIIII.Y AVOIDS
lSIER!1}ljjIS sickness
y Being Constantly Crippled T;;i;s
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saTS, s2yS hITs. J. 3. Whitaker, {
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lon:;ic... lrout!&.
T'"-l years aga Z friend .oli ne 70 f,
,,cdic:G;G i;;i;Ei.- !7aug:l;, With ! SD
<. ! :c!:Gci j! 20 u tx. 6c&.. family 1:cG!
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keep biac};-i'ra@c!it 81 hard ~ Tx
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~ ;iarnr ;12gc a 'o7s spell Of $jc;;,
c<G Il CTR family. s;acc y. cofii:nc"cet
SO. itii.:c&& ;!1a:::;'i:."
l'ncd!ora's Black D."nght is r,,:ree..,
cre!Guie, aud has heca found 10 Issa
nc wa;S.;; ;lQ:Gac!is, 2,d digestion, -c.
eye indigestion, colo, wind, nail:ca,
ea.l@c":. Sicl: stomach. and similar
YTpioEis.
It has peen in constant use for sE71e
;aa 70 years, ard hes benefited .l!oFe
IAN { E;:::!:ra people.
Yovr druggist sells lr1 recommends
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ac.a2c :3~diag &c ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09

When you make out your shopping
list bear in mind the Alexandria
merchants whose ads are appearing
in the Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-09

Observation-Disclosures
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-06

flying so high that they weren't Wis
IDLE to the naked eye, but Bill used
long distance field glasses when he
shot with that gun. The fellers in the
camp said they would like to have q
mess Of birds and Bill said he would
just go out and shoot dozen or so.
As l said, this flock was flying so
high that the birds weren't visible
to the naked eye and when Bill said
he would shoot dozen or SO the cook
give derisive laugh and said, you
doggoned fool, there amt no pigeons
within thousand miles of here Bill
didn't say nothing in reply-just took
his gun and field glasses and began
shooting in the air. The cook looked
at him a minute and then said to the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-06
A True Christmas Story
(Goodwin's Weekly
(Goodwin's Weekly

the woman could thank him. He
bought dollars worth of roses and
took them to his divinity, told her he
had planned to take her to the thea
ire, but few men were needed where
he worked even on a holiday night
and the other men wanted to take
their wives out on that night and so
he had agreed to work. With the
remaining twenty-five cents he bought
a can of Van Camps baked beans and
took them to his mother and told her
that the spectacle store was closed.
Then with grim smile he said to
himself: "The Bible says there will
be hot time for all liars in the future
and l have told three whoppers to
three women today"
His acts were not cabled around the
world, but in the great ledger of
eternity both Prick and Tony have
accounts, and it would be good to see
the entries made for each on the
Christmas page of 1915.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-06

other fellers, 'Op Bill has sure been
filling up on loco weed and gone
plumb crazy. Just look at the old
fool out there shooting holes in the
air. Bill paid no attention to the
remarks of the cook-went right
along shooting until he had fired IL
shots-then he came in and put up
his gun in the corner Of the shack.
That was just about o'clock in the
morning. At quarter past II the
birds began to fall. There was IL
of them and every one of them shot
through the head They was so high
when they was hit that it took them
just four hours to hit the earth. All
the cook said when he picked up the
birds was, 'Ol' Bill wasn't so burned
crazy after ALL"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-06

Fourth century. The Abyssinians are
first class fighting men, as the British
and Italians know to their sorrow.
Twenty years ago they defeated Italy
SO crushingly that the Italian COM
mander, General Baratieri, commit
ted suicide. They nearly defeated a
British army once. No soldier in the
world is better fighter than the
Abyssinians, and 200,-
900 Of them coming to the aid Of
Great Britain would be Of great help
in keeping the Turks away from Suez
and out Of Egypt.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-06
Spoiled His Thoughts.

Little Billie was lying quietly with
eyes wide open but apparently seeing
nothinr. After awhile lis mother ask
eG '1ream;ng. Billie?' Not dream
ing: thinking" replied Eli impatient
ly. "anl wien anybody speaks to me it
cuts the think ri hit in two, and have
to begin all over again. pittsburgh
Press.