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 ANCESTORS OF POLYPHEMUS. 



Who does not know Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant shepherd 

 of whom Homer has something to say in his Odyssey ? How many 

 of us take the fable in earnest and do not give Ulysses the lie? 



But he did not lie. In the course of construction of a railroad 

 in Asia Minor, in the region where Ulysses had his experiences, 

 Italian engineers found giant human bones that could be the re- 

 mains of none other than the Polyphemus tribe. If you doubt 

 this, write a postal to Signor Antonio Blanco at Schio, Italy, the 

 man who was in charge of the excavation. 



Now a new corroboration comes from the Mayo Plantation at 

 Mati, Moro Province, P. I. The acting manager of the planta- 

 tion, j\Ir. George Kazdaylevich, who recently arrived at Zambo- 

 anga, and who, mind you, is a consistent teetotaler, relates that in 

 the Mati forest a tribe of monkeys live, who are in direct line of 

 descent with Polyphemus. They have only one eye, and it is 

 located in the middle of the forehead. The witness, together with 

 four other men, has seen one of them and tried to catch it, unfor- 

 tunately without success. The monkey keeps strictly to the forest 

 and jumps to the next tree as soon as he sees an enemy. The 

 natives of the East Coast say they frequently see the one-eyed 

 monkeys. Did they all see the same monkey, or are there really 

 many ? 



Now the question arises : How could Polyphemus stray so far 

 from his old country? Or is it that the Mati monkey has strayed 

 far from Greece? We leave these deep scientific questions to the 

 Bureau of Science. 



Another interesting thing that Mr. Kazdaylevich brings with 

 liim is the seed of the Rosella (Hibiscus Sorbi folia) that he re- 

 ceived from Mexico. While in that country he learned from the 

 native Mexicans how to manufacture from this fruit a most de- 

 licious beverage that beggars Welsh's grape juice. ]\Ir. Kazday- 

 levich is willing to supply seed to those desiring them, together 

 with full instruction in the art of making the pleasing beverage. — 

 Mindanao (P. I.) Herald. 



COMBATING CUTWORMS. 



The poison bran mash is fairly effective in holding cutworms in 

 check. ]\Iix one pound of Paris green or London purple with 25 

 pounds of bran or middlings. Stir a quart or two of cheap mo- 

 lasses into a gallon of water, moisten the bran, stirring thoroughly 

 until it makes a stiff mash. Apply a heaping teaspoonful near 

 €ach plant or every two or three feet in the row. Keep fowls 

 away. Apply two or three days before plants are set and apply 



