Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-14
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side eating pie which is said to be an
American nvention-that is the pit
is the invention. The sum of $23 was
Irealized which is to be appropriated
on paying for the school piano. This
piano was not purchased by the school
board but by donations by individuals
of the district and quito an amount of
the purchase money has already been
secured w. f. Kaplinger auctioned off
the pies and it is enough to make one Is
mouth water to hear him do it. The
highest price paid fer any one pic was
$l.25 and it was probably worth it if
1T was mince, when we consider the
old gray nightmare which is ALWAYS
given gratis. The next meeting of the
/ literary will be Friday evening the
22d-the anniversary of the Pilgrim
fathers landing There will be a full
program. A good crowd is expected.
Now that the British have driven the
"unspeakable Turk {" from the "holy
city, the next move should be to fire
the heencious and barbarous sultan
from Constantinople or drop him in the
Bosphorus. With the Turk eliminated
from Europe and Asia and kaiserism
wiped off the earth this world would
be vastly. improved and on the high
way to peace and to happy destiny. So
mote it be.
The Huns were a Turanian race
from Asia. They were short, thick set,
with flat noses, deep sunk eyes, and a
yellow complexion. Their faces were
hideously SCARED with slashes to pre-
vent the growth Of the beard. A histor-
ian of the time compared them in
their ugliness to the grinning heads
elhmsily carved on the posts of bridges.
They built no cities or houses, and
never came under q roof except in SUI
'perstitious dread. They were clad in
skins, which they never changed until
they rotted off. They lived on horse
back, carrying their families and all
their possessions in huge wagons
Barnes Gen. Hist. p. 265.
The modern Huhgarians are descend
ed from the Magyars. The historian
tells us they "were barbarous people
occupying the plains of modern Hun
gary. More cruel than even the Morse
man, they were believed to be canni-
balls, and to drink the blood of their
enemies. Barnes, p. 374. About the
year 1000 they settled down peaceably
on the lands once occupied by the
Huns and became known by the name
Hungarians.
Within few days Mrs. P. R. Coul-
son and son, Robert, and small son.
Ralph, will start on a visit to the old
Coulson home in Ohio. This is near
MsConnelsville in Morgan county. This
is some 20 miles from the cold stamp
ing ground' of this reporter and
makes him wish he could go along. It
is now nearly 30 years since | left the
Buckeye state the place of my nativity
and it would be probably difficult to
locate some of the old spots Of my
boyhood days.
LaFollette the contemplate - well
it's best to not call names.
Chaotic Russia This planet of which
the Musoevite what is it, is part
was once dark chaos. We are told
" the earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face Of the
Deep or abyss. Gen. L. Scientists tell
us this earth was once an incandescent
heated mass, which gradual
ly cooled down and at length became
the abode of vegetable and animal life
Order came out Gf disorder and chaos. |
Russia just now is without form and |
void without form of government !
and void Of sense and Judgment, it is
q heated, chaotic mass whirling and |
and see ingly nothing but
divine power as in the other case, can
redNce it to order. The Bolsheviki-
the ]. w. w. of Russia-once eliminat
ed, the good sonse &C Russia may come
TO the surface and float.away the scum