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RELIC OF THE PAST.
The Talamancans a Forgotten Peo-
pie of the Isthmus.
Their Ancient Usages and Customs
Have Not Been Affected by -Four
Centuries of Medieval Span
ish Civilization.

Within less than 100 miles of where
the United States intends to complete
the greatest interoceanic ditch the
world has seen, in territory where the
newly created republic of Panama is
situated, there dwells an Indian nation
that is to all intents and purposes
identically the same to-day as it was
when Columbus first discovered the
western hemisphere. These are the
Taiamancans, who inhabit few square
miles In the mountains almost midway
between the two oceans and but COM
paratively short distance from the
Panama railroad, though it is much to
be doubted if they have ever seen it or
are aware of its existence. The Scien-
tific American says that although for
upward of four centuries the medieval
civilization of Spain has surrounded
them on all sides, they have neither
been contaminated by its influence nor
exterminated by its kindness, as was the
case in Cuba and other Spanish colonies.
Their language is still their own, and
seems to have lost little of its original
character through contact with the ex-
ecrable mixture of English, Spanish and
French spoken by the lower classes
throughout the West Indies and along
the Spanish Main. Living in virtually
an unknown region, at least three days
journey from the nearest settlement,
their solitude is seldom broken. The
visitor is received with the greatest hos
pitality, and is welcome as long as he
desires to remain. Their visits to the
outer world are infrequent, rarely ex-
tending beyond the nearest port and are
undertaken only in quest OF luxuries.
Extra fowls and porkers are bartered on
these occasions for tobacco, gewgaws
and ammunition. The spear and blow
gun are used more than firearms for
various reasons. The former are not
only infinitely cheaper, but usually more
effective in the hands of the Indian than |
the cheap muzzle-loading fowling piece
of French or German origin with its pa
per-like barrel-the only arm he can |
afford to purchase besides the machete. |
Their language and customs in some |
respects resemble those of the score or
more of widely differing peoples that
are scattered over the territory lying
between the Mexican border and the
isthmus. Their ancestors doubtless
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SOME MIGHTY APES.
Valuable Collection Recently Pre-.
septed to Philadelphia Academy
of Natural Sciences.

The Darwinian theory of the descent
OF man may soon be studied at close
range, owing to generosity of a promi-
nent Philadelphisn, DIR. Thsmas Biddle
who has just returned from Europe with
what is believed to be the most COM
plete collection of anthropoid apes ever
owned by one person. The specimens
were obtained from various sources and
prepared by the German taxidermist,
Umlauff. Among them is fine speci-
men OF that rarely secured animal, the
gorilla. On account Of its immense
strength and ferocity when cornered it
has been most difficult even to obtain
dead specimen of the gorilla family,
it being necessary to risk life in order
to track it to its lair in the interior of
Africa. The specimen secured by DR..
Blddle was shot by venturesome Ger
man, George Zenker, near the Yaunde
station, Western Africa, little to the
north OF the equator.
The New York Tribune says that the
height of this gorilla is little over
five feet, and the strongest man would
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probably be plaything in its hands
To some monkeys, despite their lack OF
good looks, the expression cute" may
apply, but it Is not possible to so de-
scribe the gorilla. With his flat nose,
enormous jaws and protruding teeth,
the thick neck and bulging chest, this
ape is far from the human ideal of a
handsome animal
When he can, the gorilla will run
from man. and as no one has been
particularly anxious to come to close
quarters with him, it is not possible to
speak with assurance of his mode of
life. 1t is said that he travels for the
most part on all fours, and only rises
on his hind legs TO resist attack. 1t
is also said that he builds himself a
home in the trees.
The collection contains three speci-
mems of the chimpanzee. One is the
ordinary chimpanzee, another the bald
chimpanzee and the third a variety
called the Koola Kamba.
The chimpanzees are more intelligent
than the gorilla. and have been trained
in captivity to do tricks. Naturalists
have been long at odds as to the number
of their species as well as those of the
of which a fine specimen
is included in the collection presented
to the Academy of Natural Sciences In
PHILADELPHIA by Dr Riddle Tho cnncj-
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SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE=RU=NA.
Pe-ru-na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen: Il can CheerfuL!y say that Mrs SChIey
has taken Pe-ru-na and believe with good effect -
W. S. SCHLEY-W.ashington D. c.

A DMIRAL SCHLEY, one OF the foremost
n notable heroes of the Nineteenth Century.
A name that starts terror in the heart of every
Spaniard A man Of steady nerve, clearhead,
undaunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by a friend recently, his opinion
was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna the
national catarrh remedy. Without the slight
est hesitation he gave this remedy his en-
dorsement. 1t appeared on later conversa-
ton that Peruna has been used in his family
where it is favorte remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the
wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the
minds of the American people 1t is out Of
the question that so great and famous man
as Admiral Schley could have any other
reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy
is all that he says it is.
The fact is that Peruna has overcome all
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| and the tops were cut OF close to the
/ soil about as one would In making hay.
After this crop was taken of the soil
was analysed again and II contained
more nitrogen thai 1t did before tas
crop was planted. Let us think what
that means. Here was average soil
which produced fair crop Of cow
peas, and still had more nitrogen left
than before! No one will believe that
the nitrogen climbed into that soil and
lay down, a willing captive! Nitrogen
isn't built that way--it is constantly
trying TO escape, and such experiments
prove that the cow-pea is one OF ma
lures policemen and that he knows
how to arrest the runaway. We un-
derstood from this what II means to a
field or farm to have a crop of cow
peas growing every few years in poor
er soil. Another thing which Prof.
voorhees, has shown is the fact that
the gain Of nitrogen to the soil is
greater when no nitrogen is used as a
manure. 1t seems to be settled that
the cow-pea is like majority Of hui
mans. 1t will not hustle for its nitro
gen unless 1t has to do So On poor
soil and well supplied with potash and
phosphoric acid, the cow-pea Will Sc
cure nitrogen from the air In rich soil
or whore nitrogen is added as a fertil-
izer, the plant will take that first of
all. Therefore the way TO use peas is
to plant them on the poorest soil and
use fair dressing of potash and acid
with tham-Southern Ag1-
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The Manila American has discovered 'lhe
hampton circulation liar He II acting as
editor OF the laundering Dawn. Buddhist
organ Just started IN Tokyo. Here is his
greeting to the public;
This paper has come from eternity. 1t
starts its circulation with millions and mil.
ions OF numbers. The rays OF the sun, the
beams of the stars. the leaves of the trees,
he blades OF grass, the grains of sand, the
hearts of tigers, elephants, lions, ants, men
and women are It's subscribers This journal
will hcncetorth dow in the universe as the
rivers flow aud the oceans surge.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS HOW.
Ihe Farmers Success in 1904 De-
PendS Large1S Upon Well
Matured Planning.

| II is worth while 10 plan. All rea
success is the result of plans. Plans
well laid and persistently carried on
do not often fail, The success of next
years plans will depend to q consid
cradle degree upon the plans made
now.
All who have observed closely this
1908 have seen year of extraordi
nary weather conditions. Through all
OF these many have come with good
crops. These planned well in 1902.
Deep soil, which was not stirred wet,
has produced good crops in spite of
the peculiar weather conditions. These
soils have absorbed the excess of rain
and resisted the excess of heat and
drought Thousands who grew rest
less and plowed wet lands, have seen
their mistakes emphasized by the fail
ure of the crops, We should all learn
from these extremes of weather the
wisdom of deep, fall plowing. and
shallow spring and summer cultiva-
ton.
We should learn to trust and CO.
operate with providence rather than
try to force providence to bend to our
plans and yield to our errors. Natures
laws are all good and change not at
our bidding. Obey them and you will
succeed. Violate them and you will
fail.
There are many lessons we should
heed, but one very largely affecting all
OF our success deserves careful con-
slderation; We can not force success
no matter how much we try, when
We go contrary to natures laws. This
is true of each one of us, aQd it Is true
of all OF us. 1t will be the same if
we all join together We can not pre-
vent water from washing the land If
we plow shallow. We can not make
soil productive if we plow wet.
For years past we have done all we
could to force a very large yield OF
cotton, but we plowed shallow and wet
and fertilized foolishly and we failed
This year we greatly increased the
in cotton and greatly In
creased the quantity of fertilizers. |
But we have signally failed to produce |
large crop. Imperfect stands, fail |
ire to come up promptly, growing off |
slowly, rust, boil worm, caterpillar, |
etc, have made light yield. And
now this is cut short by an early, kill. |
ug frost. The full extent of damage
rom the frost will not be known until |
he picking is ended Week after
week We will realize 1t more and more.
We hear men argue that half stand
will make more than full stand. II
hat be true why do we plant for
tand and hoe for stand and plow for
stand? Why not just change our
'lans and half do the whole business?
This argument will not do. We have
lever been able to pick any cotton
rom the missing places in our fields.
,ur cotton has grown upon stalks
nd not in the open air without any
talk The crop is short; the price Is
Ugh. If we sell slowly we will see
till higher prices-Southern Guilt. |
ator. ,
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THE VALUE OF LEGUMES.
Extracting FertiIixing Material
From the Air One of Their
Most Valuable Functions.

Natural laws Of plant life are very
instructive to the tillers of the soil
Prof. VOORHEES,, wwss5 is reliable, made
very clear, in some experiments how
cow-peas take nitrogen from the at
mosphere and deposits It in the soil.
He grew plants in large pots, SO that
he could tell exactly what happened
to the soil Before the cow-peas were
planted the soil was analyzed so that
the exact amount Of nitrogen which
it contained was known. The cow-peas
were grown without any fertilizer. and
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dreds of Years Ago)
served Aztec masters for centuries be-
fore Cortez appeared on the scene to
impose a worse slavery upon them, for
they are not of the superior race of
which SO many reminders in the shape
of gold and silver ornaments, stone idols
and curious specimens of pottery have
been unearthed in quantities in several
of the Central American states, and be-
ing the opposite of warlike, they could
easily be held in bondage.
They are not idolaters in any sense of
the word, nor do they profess religion or
hold public worship of any nature.
though their belief tends more to fear
of an evil spirit than faith in a good
one; in fact, the Talamancans present
an instance of a nation without doctor.
lawyer or priest, the ''sokee," corre-
spending to the medicine man of the
North American tribes, usually combin-
ing the functions of all three. Polygamy
is the most important feature of their
domestic relations, few il any of the
members of the different tribes being
content with less than three to haif a
dozen wives, while his Talamancan
majesty might well exclaim with
Launcelot: Alas! Fifteen wives is
nothinge.' His seraglio is usually bet
ter provided in point of numbers.
The government OF this Indian nation
is entirely hereditary, and it is aston
ishing to learn of the many points of the
doctrine of primogeniture as practiced
by the reigning families of Europe, with
which they are familiar. Their laws
are naturally few in number, both the
legislative and judicial power, as is
usually the case where no fixed princi-
pies of either have been acquired, be-
ing vested exclusively in the king. In
common with others in his position the |
world over, he is despot, and rules
according to royal whim where this does
not conflict with long established Gus
tom. The marital relation is held sa-
cred. The engagement of a girl begins
within a few hours of her birth, the
bridegroom-to-b making a contract
with the parents at that time 1t is
usually consummated when she reaches
the age Of ten or twelve, a custom that
is responsible for great disparity in the
age and longevity of the sexes.
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opposition and has won its way to the hearts
of the people The natural timidity which
so many people have felt about giving en-.
dorsements to any remedy is giving way.
Gratitude and a desire to help others has
inspired thousands of people to give public
testimonials for Peruna who heretofore would
not have consented to such publicity.
Never before in the annals of medicine has
it happened that so many men of national
and international reputation have been will
ing to give unqualified and public endorse
ments to a proprietary remedy No amount
of advertising could have accomplished such
a result Peruna has won on its own merits.
Peruna cures catarrh OF whatever phase or
location in the human body. That is why it
receives so many notable and unique en-
dorsements.
Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co., Co
lumbus Ohio for free literature on catarrh.
fDo NINA A Espg go7r/, fr,~ Fn04
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HERE AND THERE.

In nearly all cases a hog that Il
kept penned up In close pen With ,
board floor will get stiff or becon;
crippled in some way
Recently a carload of acorn fet
razor back hogs from Arkansas wer,
SHIPPED to Kansas City and brought
the highest prices on the market.
The soil for Irish potatoes next
| spring should be deeply and thorough
ly plowed now, or as soon as convent
ent, and the sooner it Is convenient the
better.
Large Yorkshire pigs have been
bred in England for a hundred years,
with the view to producing lean meat
instead of fat. Hence they are called
'the bacon breed"
There is no fertilizer that varies
so much in va:le as stable manure
This variation is caused by the man
ner in which the stuff Is kept and the
amount of litter it contains.
"A goose has been known to sit foi
month on a stone, when her eggs
have been taken from her. Hens will
sit nearly as long on door knob
Here is more fidelity than common
sense.
Cotton seed meal is an excellent
addition to the daily ration Of fowls
of all sorts. If mixed with oats and
bran, put about one pint of the
meal TO a gallon of mixture. We have
used this with good results for sev.
eral years.
Geese are grassers and will do
well on any green pasture. II they
have access to creek SO much the
better, but they can be successfully
grown without water to swim in. But
in fattenlng they need some good,
sound grain every day.
The blackbirds are eating the boil
weevils. Mr.. v. J. Hutcherson, a Tex
as farmer, reports that his son killed
a blackbird, in the craw of which were
II boil weevils, some still alive. He
thinks 1t is a good idea to encourage
the blackbirds.
The only change between summer
and winter feeding for fowls should
be that which is unavoidable, except |
that more corn may be given in win.
ter than summer. Green feed and
meat scraps can be made to take the
place Of grass and insects which
abound in summer.
Closely calculate how many acres
you can cultivate in any given crop In
IN average season; then reduce that
lumber to one-third and plant. You
viii make more, provided you put as
much iudiclous cultivation on the two.
birds as you expected to put on the
arger area
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BISMARCK OF Japan.
Marquis Ito, whose Death Is Alleged
to Have Been Planned by
Toxic Assassin.

Marquis Ito, plot against whose life
has just been disclosed. is statesman
of great renown, and also an able naval
and military officer. He commanded
the fleet in 1894 when the Japanese
ships, though considerably fewer in
number, destroyed the Chinese navy.
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Gapan's Greatest Statesman and One of
the Worlds Cleverest Diplomats)
Ito has been prime minister on two or
three occasions, and for Is years has
been the close adviser of the mikado.
He has travelled extensively in Europe
and America, has studied political sci
ence with the utmost care, and at times
has been called by his admirers the Bis
marck and the Gladstone Of Japan.
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Found After Many Years.

A pocketbook containing $50 in gold
was lost eight years ago by Mrs, Davolt,
of New Boston, Mo. She never heard
from it until the other day, when the
money was found in peculiar way. A
young man rode up to the Davolt home
and tied his horse to tree near the
house. When he returned for the horse
he found that il had paved pocketbook
out Of the earth. 1t was the one Mrs.
Davolt had lost eight years before
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for free Pe=ru-na Almanac for 1904.


"Nes; he proposed, Miss Passay con.
tinued, blusntng, and when papa came into
the room he iound me in Mr Huggns'
arms
"Ah. now ! see exclaimed Miss Spcil2,
wondered wAat tOGr father meant to day
wheN heard him telling my father thai
Mr. lluggiHs had an old head on young
shoulders. Stray Stories.
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A remarkable animal was lately born
at Rye, England 1t is boar pig, with
the head and features of an elephant.
One ear is of immense proportions, and
trunk protrudes from the forehead
Between the trunk and the snout there
Is a huge eyeball containing two pupils.
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Is the contracting Of cold. which often
results seriously to the lungs. Never
neglect cold, but take in time 1ayiors
Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum and
Mullen-natures great cough medicine,
At druggists DC, 5Ocy and Sl.OO a
hottie.
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Nobility of character manifcsts tEe at
loopholes when it s no. provided with large
doors Mary f. Wilkins
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A man cannot have an idea Of perfection
in another which ne was never sensible Of
in himself Steele.
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A failure to start often saves mis-
erable fAisE. Chicago Daily News.
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stops the Cough

and works of the cold Laxative Bromo
Qunine Tablets Price 25 cents
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That man Brown ha. just bought a fur
cap and a pair Of skates" what forr'
TO serve his own ends, suppose Prince.
ton Tiger.
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Seli'indulgcnce is the secret Of indlgence,
Chicago Tribune
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cent
per package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
GOES OUT OF HIS WAY.
Fairbanks Makes Detour to Attend a
Fair.

Great Falls, Mont, Sept. 28.-Depart-
ing from the programme arranged by
the national committee, Senator Fair
banks made big detour in his Mon
tana campaign in order to Visit the
Cascade county fair now being held at
this place and address the residents
and visitors here. His special train was
run to this point from Butte after last
nights meeting there, and as early as
8 o'clock he was receiving calls from
the prominent men of the city, includ-
ing United States Senator Gibson, who
although a Democrat was q member of
the reception committee. AT 9:30 the
exercises of the day began with a pub
lie reception at the Park hotel at which
Senators Fairbanks, DoIIiver and Car
ter shook hands with many thousands
of people. The public meeting was held
at 10:30 in the opera house. The stay
at the place concluded with a visit to
the fair and a. drive to the Boston and
Montana smelter, four miles distant.
In his speech here Senator Fairbanks
discussed the question of government
tai aid to irrigation He referred also
to the charge of corruption made by
Judge Parker against the Republican
party, but as usual refrained from
mentioning Judge aPrker's name in
this connection. He reviewed the
course of President Roosevelt, saying
that no man had ever occupied an ex-
ecutiVe position who was more intoler-
ant of wrong doing or more vigorousln
his punishment of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
Extra Watch Placed in the Bat
tleship Connecticut.
Somebody May Have Been Tam
pering With the Ways.
CAUSE is UNCERTAIN.
May Have Been Accident or May
Have Been Treachery.
ThereHaveBesn Labor Troubles
Connected With the Ship.

Washington, Sept. 2s.-At the navy
department today the statement was
made that the special guard now sta
toned around the battleship Connecti-
cut which is to be launched at the navy
yard, New York. tomorrow, was in
creased because of a discovery made
some weeks ago of a defect in the ways
which gave the department considerable
concern. No word has reached the de-
partment as yet of the discovery of a
new obstruction.
1t appears that an officer found this
trouble and a searching investigation
followed, but it was impossible to de-
termine definitely whether the defect
was due to an accident or to treachery
and the commandant of the yard could
find no clew to the person responsible.
The whole subject was guarded with
the greatest secrecy. 1t always Is Gus
tomary to guard a snip preparatory to
it's launching and the incident of sew
eral weeks ago has put the officers OK
the New York yard constantly on the
watch. In view of the fact that there
has been trouble in the building of the
Connecticut regarding the piece work
system and other labor troubles. the
anxiety of the officials about the safe
ty of the ship has been increased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
BOY PICKETS.
Fifty Pupils Stand Guard Over
a Chicago School.
Backed by 700 Sympathisers on
the Outside.
NONE COULD ENTER.
Teachers in the Building Are
HoOted and Jeered.
Strike Results from Belief That
One Teacher Is a Negro.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Fifty boy pickets
stationed about the McAllister public
school mere prevented pupils from en-
tering today. None of the pickets is
more than 10 years old.
Outside the picket Gordon a crowd of
700 boys and girls hooted and yelled at
the teachers looking from school win
dow. Every infant striker wore d
badge to show that he or she belonged
to union Some of the badges were
merely scraps of paper with the word
Union" scrawled across it. Others
wore union buttons which their fathers
had worn. Many of the strikers car
ried Clubs. They threatened violence
against any child daring to enter the
school yard.
The picketing was the result of a
strike" which was caused by a mis-
taken belief of the children that an as
sistant kindergarten teacher was col
OreQ.