Salt Lake Times | 1890-05-10 | Page 5 | South America's Early Progress

SoIim. to farptnlor. The Carpenter rnion 0. w pf (,is city deire, to notify all carpenters, that tho following shopsand their work art. on strike: The Salt Lake Jtuilding and Manufacturing companv; Koiunev, Taylor ami Armstrong; 1. C. McGregor. Mc-Gregor. Aspor Know l. s. ami I'Ikvuix mill. Uy ouhkh ok Kx-Commii tkk. j Koom 48 Seott-Aiierhaeh Block. Sooth American Early Tngnm. . The civilization of Peru began .bout the aauio tm,o as that of Mexico, about 500 years prior to the landing of Colum-bus. Colum-bus. " It fc attributed to Man io, the first Petuvian king of the Inca. line, w hoes, tabltshod the empire on a firm basis. H connected tho country by a number of straight roads, often 100 mile in extent, and all connected with the capital. Along these roads were placed honses of repose and entertainment for the kings ruuners. Agriculture received much attention, and, on account of the scarcity of rain prevalent in that region, the fields were watered by canals led in from rivers and lakes. The people culti-vated culti-vated maize, potatoes, and cotton, and had quite an extensive commerce. The religious character of the ancient Peruvians is an interesting studv. They were much more developed in "this respect re-spect than their southern neighbors, and whilo the worship of the sun seems to have been the religion of the people, their priests seem to hare held the higher belief be-lief of a personal God, creator of the sun and other heavenly bodies. Human sacrifices were almost unknown un-known in Peiu, and cannibalism is never found. Picture writing was used to a great extent, and a record of time was kept by a-system of knotted strings. They had quite developed in poetry, and we have still some thirty or forty of their songs, which were mainly upon their affections. af-fections. Philadelphia Ledger.