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as pitch, so that nobody could see
anybody else, and the more prudent
sorcerers and witches put their hands
on their pocket-books and watches.
Wigwag laughed merrily and rub
bed his two wires. At once a light
shot from them, so binding that the
black clouds seemed to be aire them
selves. Every wrinkle in old Mug
glegubble's face stood out so clearly
that all the other witches were deep
ly pleased.
'You win!" said old Wiz.
No, nor yelled Mugglegubble. 81
challenge him to a race"
She jumped on broomstick and off
it went, straight as a wild goose and
champing at the bit like a war horse.
Wigwag looked at her and did moth
ing till she had almost disappeared.
The other witches and sorcerers cried
out to him to hurry, or he would lose.
But he waited until old Mugglegubble
was only a Speck in the sky. Then
ne waved his wires, and far away
glowing spot of light appeared. It
approached and grew till it was as big
as big face. From behind it came
a strange noise, like the fine concert
that would be made if the police were
to permit moving machine, and
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the poor frightened broomstick, and
down fell Mugglegubble. She started
to run as soon as she touched the
ground, but Wigwag was after her
and his magic steed went just as fast
on the ground as it did il the air.
Old Mugglegubble flung her arms
above her head, darted into the wood
and was never seen again.
Thus Wigwag became the one and
only sorcerer of the world And that
is why all the entertainments that are
so plentiful to-day are done solely
with his magic, which consists Of
wires and push-buttOns and queer
fluids in glass receptacles.
And the beauty about it is that
these entertainments are always around
you, and you can have them to use
at any time. Such are the vast mod
ern improvements made in sorcerers
and witches by the great Witch Con
test.
JULIUS MULLER.
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the fattest sorcerers they could find.
There were the megatherium, and
the ichthyosaurus, and the glyptodon,
and the megalosaur, and the dinosaur,
and the mastodon, and the brontosaur,
all bigger than any seventy-eight wiz
ards put together.
The sorcerers clapped their hands
and said:
Fine! Fine! What else?"
The old witch glared at them with
a poisonous look in her eyes and said:
IF this isn't good enough to crush
that nincompoOp Wigwag, I'll do
something now that nobody living ex-
cept myself can do. I'll produce for
you Nebuchadnezzar himself"
At these words all the sorcerers
laughed incredulously; for old Nebu-
chadnezzar was considered witch
proof. Old Mugglegubblee took two
handfuls of magic powder Of extra
strength and tossed it into the flames,
saying quickly:
''Sremraf 70 tol LA era uoy"
Imrsediately there was a terrible
sound as of tempests blowing north,
east, south and west and other direc-
tions not to be found on the compass.
Trees fell everywhere. The earth
shook. Mountains began to fall down.
The rivers ran dry ands the oceans
piled up and swamped the land. The
fire leaped thousand feet into the
air and the magic powder began to
explode, Bang! Bang! Boom!' And
every time it burst a whole forest
would crumble away in fire.
At last, through all the comnotion,
the frightened witches and sorcerers
could hear faint cackling cough
coming nearer and nearer. Between
coughs they could hear a quavering
thin voice saying:
"Oh, dear me; oh, dear me! 1t will
be the death of me to be out at this
time of night with my rheumatics."
And then, while Mugglegubble
danced in glee around the fire, little
old man came into view through the
smoke. He limped along with cane
and a great Babylonian crown sat
on his head. 1t was too big for him.
and would have fallen clean down tc
his shoulders if his large and conven-
lent ears had not held it up faithfully
His little old bald head stuck out
through the open top and he com
planned
Dear me! Dear me! will surely
get cold in my head" !"
"Yes," said old Wiz, who had lived
in Babylon when it was a thriving
town. Eyes, that is Nebuchadnezzar
sure enough
Thank you kindly, my dear sir
replied Nebuchadnezzar. Il have not
the pleasure of knowing you, but I
would be obliged if you would now
tell me the way home"
"This way" said old Mugglegubble
She picked up a broomstick, held il
in front of Nebuchadnezzar and help
ed him climb on it. Then she whis.
'pered a. word to it, and Immediately
it rose into the air and disappeared.
"Hooray" cried all the witches and
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sorcerers. "You win! Bringing old
Nebuchadnezzar here. was almost
enough in itself. But to revive the
old art of riding the broomstick is a
real triumph Nobody else can do it."
Old Mubblegubble looked around
proudly. The art of riding broom
stick had been lost in the early ages,
and ever since then the witches and
magicians had to take the train just
ike other people. So, Of course, they
all thought she had won.
Give me a chance first" said Wig
wag. Maybe | can beat her after
all"
He brought out long piece of wire
and held it into a glass receptacle
filled with a blush fluid. Bright green
sparks began to leap at once from one
wire to the other.
Then he attached the wires to coils
of more wire and handed two tin
handles to old Wiz He took hold Of
them and Immediately commenced to
yell and dance.
"Why don't you let go?" asked
Wigwag, grinning.
Because | can't. I'm enchanted" i"
gasped Wiz.
Maybe Mugglegubhle can break
the charm" suggested Wigwag.
Mugglegubble advanced and said
hastily:
I'll tsniaga pu ma ]"
But it didn't do bit of good; and
old Wiz had to culver and jump till
Wigwag released him by doing some
thing to the wires.
'Now," said Wigwag, "look up into
the air"
He waved his wires, and far away
a bell tinkled
"Now," said he to old Mugglegub
Bile, you can do so much, suppose
you race me to see who can send a
message to the confines of the earth
the quickest and get an answer"
Mugglegubble grinned with delight
1t was one Of her specialties.
"One, two, three! Ready Co..
shouted old Wiz.
Mugglegubble threw some powder
on the fire. Immediately green imp
appeared in the smoke, In another
instant he was at her ear and, pop!
off he went with the message. Almost
before the witches could take another
breath, they saw the green imp far,
far away, hurrying back with the re-
ply.
But the bell tinkled again at that
moment, and Wigwags reply came,
clear and distinct, right out of the
end Of the wire that he held in his
hand.
Old Mugglegubble nearly tainted.
What charm do you call that?''
asked old Wiz respectfully.
II call the thing telephone said
Wigwag. DO you give up?" he ask
ed, turning to Mugglegubble.
"No?' she shrieked furiously. ~
challenge you to beat this!"
She waved her crooked stick and
Immediately the clouds came from
everywhere, and they spread out their
black wings till the place was as dark
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military tactics. Then they had to
give exhibitions of boxing and
wrestling. Running was also regarded
as a necessary accomplishment, for
the Peruvians had no horses, and the
men who were destined to lead their
armies had to prove that they could
move swiftly on foot over long dis
tances and not tire. Therefore, long
courses were laid out for the boys to
run over, which taxed their endurance
and strength to the utmost.
Then for several days together the
boys were compelled to fast, being
carefully examined during the time to
see how they bore going without
food; for the Inca said that a soldier
and a gentleman should always be
willing and able to go without food,
and not grumble when such absti-
nence was necessary.
The cadets were also matched
against each other in mimic battles, in
which, though the weapons were
blunted, many were wounded and
some killed.
When this sort of thing had gone
on for a month those boys who had
won the best marks in their examina-
tions and had best stood the test of
the public exercises were selected for
graduation, while the others were
dropped or turned back into the next
class
The King was always present at
these graduating exercises and deliv-
cred an address to the graduates.
Garcilasso, a descendant of the In
cas-, has left us an account of these
addresses from which we know that
| they were almost exact counterparts
of the addresses delivered to-day by
prominent men at high school gradua-
tons and college commencements.
Other things change, but the gradua-
ton address seems to have been the
same thing in all ages.
After the address something took
place which does not happen at mod
ern American graduating exercises.
The King pierced the ears of each
| graduate with a golden bodkin, or
large pin, which was allowed to re-
main there until the wounds healed,
leaving hole into which a round
ornament was inserted.
The size of this ornament was
gradually increased until in the case
OF the Prince it was as large as an
orange. Sandals were now bound on
the feet of the boys, and they went
barefoot no longer. Also sash was
tied about their waists, and crowns
of flowers placed on their heads.
The Prince was now allowed to
put on his royal robes, and though
only sixteen, he was usually sent to
command an army corps somewhere
on the border, where the King almost
always had little war going on with
the neighboring savages.
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T ONG before Columbus discover
ed the Western Continent
- many interesting peoples lived
here, having their peculiar Gus
toms and training their children care
fully in the way they considered best
calculated to make them brave and
wise men.
Not only the red Indians of the
North, but the people of Mexico and
Peru, who had certain sort of civili-
zation of their own. trained their chill
dren carefully and made them pass
through series of trials which the
American boy of to-day may be thank
full he does not have to undergo.
Men of to-day in digging in the
ruins of the splendid cities of the
Peruvians have found almost a COM
plete record of some of their educa-
tional systems.
In Peru the King of the country
was called the Inca, and his eldest
son, who was always brought up to
succeed him, received a training es-
pecially elaborate and trying. The
Prince was sent to one of the big
boarding schools where young noble
men were educated almost as soon as
he could talk; there he was treated
in all respects as if he were not the
heir to the throne. but just COM
mon, ordinary boy, who would some
day have to work for a living.
The school at which the Prince was
educated was military school, which,
according to records, was the Peru
Wan West Point There. although
many other things were taught, the
chief stress was laid upon the art OF
war.
All the Princes relatives, boys oi
about his own age and called the Inca
mobiles, were at the school with him
and had their final examinations al
the same time.
The literary part of their education
was inquired into in private by the
wise men" which corresponded tc
the Academic Board" Of West Point
but these examinations were followed
by public exercises.
The public exercises were conduct,
ed by board consisting of the mos
prominent of the old Inca mobiles, anC
it corresponded to the Board o.
Visitors appointed by the President
each year to preside over the gradua
tions at West Point. The graduating
exercises at the Royal Peruvian Mill
tary Academy lasted for a month.
The graduates were required to IL
lustrate by drills hat they knew O.
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and the bark Of the trees fell off in
fakes, so that the fiery letters fell off
with them. She touched the ground
and it turned white and sickly and be-
gan to shine in a way of its own, much
more baleful than that of Sorcerer
PhoSphor, She touched branches and
bushes and they all became tipped
with ghostly light.
SO old Phosphor had to retire, and
he has been earning his living ever
since in factories and places where
they catch him and paste him to the
ends of little sticks and sell him as
matches.
The next contest was between a
witch named Eldidore and an Arabian
Nights sorcerer named Ali Hassan.
lie sprinkled water on tree and
changed it into a camel. Then he
blew into the air and at once an army
of Bedouins with glittering spears
came charging over the ground and
formed in battle array on the plain.
The witch pronounced mystic words
over a gnome and changed him into
bug; but when the other witches
and sorcerers ordered her to make an
she had to confess herself defeated.
So she retired and went into the for
tune telling business at Country fairs,
where anyone may see her to this day.
So one after the other, witches and
sorcerers, contested. One would point
his finger at a tree trunk and turn it
into crocodile, and another would
make man out of log. Some would
do things that frightened even the
other sorcerers, and others made such
failures that everybody said:
ooh, go way back and sit down"
At last the contest had narrowed
down to the Queen Witch, old Mug
glegubble, who was considered the
most intelligent and successful witch
in the profession, and the sorcerer
Wigwag, who had the reputation of
being the most progressive.
Old Mugglegubble had been elected
Queen by the other witches after they
had carefully examined one another
to make sure that she was the ugliest;
and their keen eyes had made no err
ror, for it would have given a rhinoc-
eros quite pain in his horn to gaze
attentively at Mugglegubble for any
length of time.
She stepped out into the open ring
and sprinkled some magic powder on
the fire. Immediately the forms of all
the persons who had ever lived on
earth appeared. The air was full of
their hurrying forms. The remote
corners of the sky were dark with
rushing hordes. The very earth seem
ed to groan as the armies issued from
its caverns and pits. All kinds of
persons appeared-beautiful and ugly,
tall and short, rich and poor. The first
beggars in the world appeared side by
side with forgotten kings. The armies
of Attila and Xerxes and Tamerlane
came rushing down on phantom
horses. All the beautiful women of
the world passed by weeping.
Pretty good, pretty goodp said
old Wiz. "But it is something that
could do myself if I had time"
Huh" said old Mugglegubble.
This is only the beginning. Wait
till | show you the real thing"
She threw more powder on the fire,
and all the dead and gone animals OF
the world came rushing down, so that
more nervous witches lodged behind
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Uncle Sans Battle Trophies

n TNCLE SAM has in his curiosity
shop many relics Of former
~ wars in the shape Of flags and
guns captured from nations
with whom it has been his reluctant
duty to fight from time to time,
On Governors Island is a Korean
flag, the standard of the Royal Tiger
Hunters, the King of Korea's crack
regiment in former times, and also
some curious Korean guns of eX-
tremely ancient make Flag and guns
were captured by Uncle Sans sailors
and marines i'll 1871, when we had a
war with Korea which was called at
the time, ''our little war. with the
heather" and is now almost forgot
ten.
The Koreans captured and de-
stroyed an American schooner and
enslaved such of the crew as they did
not kill, AS they refused all repair
alton, Admiral Rodgers was sent with
a fleet to see about it. TIE fleet en-
tered the Ping Yang river and the
Korean forts fired on it. Admiral
Rodgers landed brigade of 648 blue
jackets and marines and stormed the
forts
A Korean army Of several thousand
men was in the forts, but the Yankees
carried them with a rush, defeating
the Koreans with great loss and suf-
fering themselves a loss of only three
killed and seven wounded.
This flag of the Tiger Hunters and
hn 0%
the time. The flag is triangular and
bears the representation Of fierce,
winged tiger Some of the guns,
though manufactured probably hun
dreds Of years ago, are breech-lOad-
ing, showing that ordnance of that
description was common in Korea be-
fore it was used in Europe and
America.
At West Point are preserved two
British army battle flags, said to be
the only ones of their kind in the
possession of nation which captured
them in battle. Of course many Brit
ish standards have been taken i'll the
course Of the long wars of the Eng
lish, but somehow, by hook or by
crook, the British have managed to
get them all back again except these
two, it is said.
At Trophy Point, West Point, is
fine collection of ancient Spanish
guns, captured by the Americans in
the war with Mexico. Many of these
guns are deliberately ornamented and
are more valuable as works of art than
as pieces Of ordnance They were
captured from the Spanish by the
MeXicanS when Mexico gained her
independence, and in turn were taken
from the Mexicans by the Yankees.
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"A Boy Complaint.

Now comes the hardest time Of year,
When every time we disappear
The grown-up folks are sure to state:
Those boys are swimming! Just you
waltz
Its hard to be suspected so
By everybody that we know;
And, though we dry and dry our hair,
The old folks hardly ever care,
But holler loud and say: what? Him!
OF course he sneaked and took a
swim!"
That's how they talk, both day and
night,
And the worst thing is that they're
right!
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there. Even a child of forty
years, that is far too old to be-
ieve in witches and sorcerers,
would have been frightened had he
seen fourteen witches and seventy
eight sorcerers sitting on tree
stumps in the black middle of the
Black Forest on a windy midnight.
And that is Just what you or any one
else would have seen.
These fourteen witches and seventy
eight sOrcerers had met to settle a
bet. The bet was as to who was the
best enchanter. And the losers in the
contest had agreed to go forever out
of the witch and sorcery business and
let the winner monopolize it, So it
was a most important occasion.
They elected the great Wiz as
chairman. Wiz was the grandfather
of all the sorcerers, and that is why
they are called wizards. Old Witch
Moonskipper was elected secretary.
1--WE have met" cried the president,
ito decide who is the best sorcerer.
To settle it, we shall run trial heats
first, and the winners of these will
compete with each other and so on.
The first heat will be run between Old
Witch Mildew and Sorcerer Phos-
phor."
SOrcerer Phosphor stepped out with
vanity putting his chest. He held out
his arm and at once all his fingers
burst into fame. With these flaming
fingers he wrote fiery letters against
the black tree trunks and on the dark
ground and they shone in green and
devilish fire.
But Old Witch Mildew only laugh
ed. She stuck out her right hand,
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" TNCLE SAM has in his curiosity
4 shop many relics Of former
~ wars in the shape Of flags and
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The WeSt Point of the LncdS

= ONG before Columbus discover
ed the Western Continent
- many interesting peoples lived
here, having their peculiar Gus
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
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C1othierS and Furnishers

allowed by the receiver that
he his
Tho receiver busy has the time give to
collecting the He fully fully paid his
the bank collections
mics for the bank enemies Mr. Bush
No will blame the Mr. Catch, negeetng
other collect eibert
The result will be that will collect the
the the benefit
who will little while the will
The will largely expended
motion has been filed asking the
appointed collections
and who would not have hire all the outside
by else
As The Journal has already
claims for attorney authority that
Ford Kaiser Slater thousand dollars
worth OF legal services free In OF he creditors
Mr. Brown attorney appear
ed friend OF the receiver Now these
gentlemen honestly right the
matter
ALL THAT HAS BEEN HERE STATED is TO SET THE MATTER
IN ITS TRUE LIGHT AND TO RENEW
THE PROPOSITION THAT BUSH COULD SETTLE THE WHOLE
MATTER VERY NICELY BY SIMPLY PAYING THE DEPosIToRs
IN FULL, AND THEN KEEP HIS coLLATERALs AND TAKE
OVER THE ASSETS IN THE RECEIVER 1T rs
BELIEVED THE CREDITORS THIS AND THE
COURT WOULD MAKE SUCH AN ORDER.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
WHY GILBERT BANK oEPosiToRs DESERVE LIBERAL


The Journal has circumstances the Salem
banker who has had his everything connected
with tho Gbou Bros bank very gracious act
OF Justice he paid on the adult dcposos Salem
hanksr paid on the children { n full
The Journal showed that quss
ton o. bankruptcy proceedings held
bank lnsOtvent
represented that under Wolmauagcd rcccyerhp the To-
cal courts tho assets could be hubancd carefully pay out
the depositors In fun Mr. shcr the Williams Eng
land bank
Ihose who wanted rclereo bankruptcy Caiml that large
amounts OF assets had been transferred creditors that
Arse of valuable colaes the Glbe
and especially Banker shown IN bank
ruptcy proceedings otherwise
hnt they oyerd his own bank MANAGER
appointed rcever With others proceeded To hle
his claims IN the amount OF 100000 that ne
had oolaeyals nearly amount
AZ hTst Mr bnh hlcd claims for claims hut that
was objected 20 and withdrawn remained the os
on OF drawing ha dividends other cred
tor dposor while holding FUN SECURITY II is also
claimed that any eosas on receiving d
We ac not trying this asanst Mr. make the
point that other prcferrd crtor who hd
claims and g dSdndA They pNco0dod eola
eaS while he getting HIS sim have his coa
ala andHENoE IS SURE or GETTING FULL PAY WHILE orH
ER CREDITORS Will NAVE TAKE FORTY PgR CENT OR
WHATEVER 10 FINALLY PAID.
We are not saying this according to law
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
JOURNAL X-RADIUMS

eont Mosans nephew has Japanese girl but then the
siH Pooaoy was not aware of ]. P.s reputation
Wherein was Whitaker any more criminal than Morgan
s'n"ao ct al? That's dead easyhe swinded Engishmen
by the way what has tdyecahim done with that Inn
nSe STOCK OF typhoid fever on exhibition last summer?
1t sometimes takes cummun gets a an ia,v,drs
lie imposes everybody an inflated ooncepton
~ uhul he gets into the true pesnsctive of
9aesS can be obtained then dslluson takes place
lie who was paraded the newspapers as awmaLer aar
ay aooe without the dignity any working man
VINO mas made living by honest
Inc Salem Journal boasts the only paper IN o that
mas come out squarey against suffrage Wen The naI has
nearly always been with the mnrty-The DalIes Ti
10 you mean that only small minority of newspapers en where thew
stand anything? P"PS's 'eli "neIe 'ne'
w would gas doas means punshmentq Narv condemn
ca prisoners expire that anyhow many
Sna mas debt Of about 100000 and paws interest," 81 t rate
W nearly $1,000 day Besides Is stated that her pur I 90 90
than e debt w ou' metropolis is growing fast
me Fo'o hcan commissioner has been given tb - -. -
uesA1e 10 eongres from territory AS the Porto p 70 80
"s ' ule united States il take trut - :. sar
' 'NP''s'u'@uon In congress alien is entitled 10
= IO'.1nu politician is often hard for = . >. -.
- sSu nonesp business 10 run for once .y, %. a.
- @ a. isaSt as Tar as Mulnomah county concS e. a. 4,
was ever tried it found impossible ~ u'eineo' lot
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
A WORD TO THE sUFFRAolsrs.

This Journal wishes mildly firmly inform the advocates OF fe
malls suffrage that in fighting their
The editor that personally
OF the bill He does not object voting school
tionB and for other purposes.
But the Wholesale suffrage position, advocated
ths enersetealH disposed ladies' believe
But the matter writing heavy
agD H. turning ughHhod rample
foot and ARE LEAVING OUR COLUMNS OPEN AND
or do print whole
We simply wish bo courteous fair and
ing 0ltspokcn opinion
II ls TO be regretted that willing
their readers which do OF the question
Il their notion unbecoming express
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
ALCOHOL FOR MANUFACTURE.

There bills before list motbya a.
eohOl for in manufactures
Unaer ths policy Germany has built
IN articles into the manufacture which enters largely
As We understand IT, this kind OF alcohol has or new
CT "' een rendered NJ for drinkh at for
that " ~ '''
would seem to be good policy OF alcohol
as ehepS as possible and let manufacturers bneat
80 Tar as We are informed the ure STATE
no degree food beneficial as a stimulant
Toe encyclopedia defines poison that taken In
sNe smallest doses stimulates suts on sso