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Show THE TURKS. Itinm, Iowa, Aug. 21, lsfi. 1, 1'lrtano give it short wkcleh nf tlio origin of tho Turks. Whom did they eon 10 from when they look ponton iuii of 1'aloatinc? Answer. The people of Turkey consist ol a number of diHeront nn-lions nn-lions which mutually hale eat'li other, ami arn held togi'lbxr merely by fear and force. Tim lordu of tho country arn all Hunnile", nnxt to these nro tlie Turcoman in Armenia, iS'aliilia, and ami on tho rivers ot tho interior; then the Tai tars who bavo migrated from the ('rimea to the provinren on the Danube; llien Aiabif, Kaids, Greekp, Americana, srallereii through Iho proviueei as inerehanla; Hlav-nniana, Hlav-nniana, In nevral trlbrs; Urilsos in tlio Lebanon; Jmv, Walhirbiann. and GypHiea, togolher wilh several small tribes of unknown origin. The Ottoman Turk aro Hiinniles. |