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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
DAYS TRADING VERY LIGHT.
DULLNESs OF MARKETS THE FEA-
TURE LOCALLY.

Turpentine Closed With 'NOthing
Doing" which Literally Express
ed Condition of the Market-ROs-
ms Firm, But in Light Demand.
spot Cotton Steady and Unchanged,
with Demand Light.
The Morning News Office.
Saturday, May 3d.
Savannah's commercial exchanges re-
mained open to-day, though the bust
ness done at the closing did not in
dictate a very active session on them.
The Cotton Exchange posted the usual
quotations, but none from New York,
New Orleans and other large markets
which were closed in observance of
Decoration Day. The Board of Trade
markets showed no life.
More attention is being daily at
tracted to cotton. which is disclosing
strength from the standpoints of sup
ply and demand. Practically all the
business being done at the moment
locally is by the f. o. b. brokers, who
report the demand largely from cot
ton mills. 1t is reported that the Of
ferings are too small to supply this de-
mand, however, even at the full prices
mills are willing to pay. The June
crop report by the government is ex-
pected by the trade to be a bullish
document, and while the futures mar
kets are now pegged, they are ex-
pected to move about when this re-
port is promulgated.
Turpentine closed with nothing do
ing" and at no time was there any
inquiry from exporters. The neglect
of the market seemed general. Resins
closed firm and unchanged. The whole
sale markets closed steady. Most OF
the exchanges of the country were
closed to-day, which explains the ounis-
sion of many reports. Resume of the
markets follow:
While the Cotton Exchange was open
to-day little business was done, quo
tations remained unchanged, and the
day closed featureless. The demand
continued light, and at no time was
inquiry sufficiently promising of bust
ness to arouse the trade from the
lethargy into which it has fallen of
late. In the f. o. b. market the demand
on the whole was light, though here
and there were brokers looking for
supplies for mills, which seem eager
for cotton if they can only get it.
Stronger evidences of scant interior
supplies could scarcely be asked than
the repeated liberal bids of consumers
without being able to bring out the
product. This is construed by most of
the trade to mean that the cotton is
not to be had
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange to-day:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

round their churns to prevent evil
spirits stealing the latter from the
milk.
At Coychurch, in Glamorgan, there is
a well to which sufferers repair. They
dip into the water pieces OF rag and
touch the affected parts with them.
afterward hanging the rags on ada
cent trees. AS many as 800 of these
shreds have been seen depending from
the branches.
The Isle of Man. however, Is the
most superstitious spot. in the British
Isles. Witchcraft is--or was quite re-
cently-openiy practiced IN certain dis
tricts away from the towns. The
daughter OF a once famous '"charmer"
on the southern side OF the island APP
pears 10 have inherited her fathers
powers OF persuasion, for the fisher
men from all parts flock 10 her for
luck. Mainland, even IN 1908, has a
remarkable population OF fairies and
giants, mermen and brownies keipiea
and water bulls.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

5000 .'.''..... ..'.'''''.''''''.'4 zQ4A
Rough rice. 75c@s1.0O per bushel. ac-
cording to quality.
Fruits ana Nuts.
APPLES-Fancy reds, $500.
ANANAS-$1.25@1.75.
RANGES-California navels, $3.50
$50.
LEMONS-Market easy; $S.25@350.
PRUNES-2Os to 30s. 101zc; sos to 40s.
9%c; 40s to sos, 7%c; sos to COS, 7c;
Cos to 7os, 61@c; 70s to sos. SIC: sos to
sos, SAC: COS to zoos. 4hc.
PEANUTS-Ample stock, fair de-
mand; market firm; fancy hand-pick-
ed Virginias. SIC; N. c. peanuts, 4kc;
ex. Virginias, &C.
NUTS-Almonds, Terragona, 15c;
Ivicas. 141kc; walnuts. French, 121sc;
Naples. 15c; pecans. 12c; Brazils, lie:
flberts, lie; assorted nuts, 50-pound
and 25-pound boxes. 12hc.
Dried and EvapOrated Fruits.
APPLES-Evaporate 71z@sc; sun
dried, &c.
APRICoTS-Evapora lie pound;
nectarines, 1012c.
Crown, $500; 4-crown clusters, $3.50;
loose muscatells, TIC; 1fb seeded, SIC;
imperial cabinets $500 per box.
PEACHES-Eyaporated. peeled. $50:
unpeeled, 81ac.
PEARS-Evaporated lie.
CITRON-A. S. drums, 12Sc; Fancy
Corsican, in 10-pound boxes, 13c.
URRANTS-Barrels. SIC; 25-pound
Sugars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Some Things That n summer Camp
err Ought TO Know.

From Golfers weekly.
The primary mistake OF the novice
at camping is that he takes too much.
The campers wants are few. how few
he realizes only after many trips. So
each succeeding outing finds bis OUTFIT
smaller grown until finally he knows
the exact limits of his needs. Rsmem-
Der always that many things make
many cares, and that camp life should
be 90 far as possible a care-free life.
FOR a permanent camp much more may
be taken than IN the case Of the voy-
ager but even then the OUTFIT should
be held down" My cooking oufdt
for two consists Of q frying-pSn with
detachable handle. eoffee-put. agate
ware kettle, large spoon, hunting knife
and fork. For our table service we
carry three agata-ware plates or dishes
about an inch ana half deep, two
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market bare and firm;
springers, 50@60c per pair; hens, TOO
soc; ducks. 75@SOc; turkeys. 15@1Sc per
pound.
, EGGS-13-15c.
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations. Cooking, 10000;
New York state, 21@22c; Elgin, Csc;
best Elgin, &c.
CHEESE-Market firm; fancy, full
cream cheese, lax @15c for 20 and 22-
pound averages; 20 to 3O-pound aver
ages, 1415@14%c.
WHITE PEA BEANS-$2.60 bushel.
POTATOES-$2. % per barrel.
CABBAGE-$2.00 crates or barrels.
Breadstuns, Hay and Grain.
FLoUR-Patent. s4.a5; straights,
s41O fancy, $3.50; family, $3.50;
spring wheat. best patent. $500.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per
sack, $145 city meal, per sack, bolted,
s1371z; water ground, $1.40; (Pierce
city grits. sacks. $1.A0: Pearl grits,
Hudnuts. per barrel, $685.; per sack.
Grain Markets.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

COTTON-Savannah to Boston, per
100 pounds. Csc; TO New York. per 100
pounds, zoe to dock: 2Sc lightered: to
Philadelphia, per bale. $1.0o; Balti-
more, S1.00.
FOREIGN DIRECT - Genoa, S5c;
Hamburg, 22c; Barcelona, SSc; Trieste.
3sc: Venice. 40c; Bremen, 1Sc; Havre.
25c; Rotterdam and Amsterdam. zoe;
Liverpool. csc; Manchester, 25c; Ant
werp, zoe.
LUMBER-By Sail--Freight active.
to Baltimore. $500: to Philadelphia,
s4.75; to New York. $5.621k to Port
land, 5000.
LUMBER-By steam-Savannah to
Baltimore, $500; to p. r. r. or b. and
o. docks. $3.50: to Philadelphia Is 2-3
per cwt. a pounds to foot). 10 New
York, 1918 per NJ. to dock; lightered.
$3.50; to Boston. to cock. ss.7s.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
NO. 20, daily, from New York, Wash.
lngton and Cincinnati, $40 a. m.
NO: 80, daily, from New York and
washington, 3:45 p. m.
No. 80, daily, from all points West
via Jesup, 11:59 D. m.
NO: 81, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 1854 a. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains 50 and "a, NEW YORK AND
FLORIDA EXPRESS, Vestibuled lin
tied trains, with Pullman Drawing
and New York. Connect at Washing
ton with Colonial Express for Boston.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Char
lotte and Richmond and Charlotte and
Norfolk. Dining Cars serve all meals
en- route.
Trains 80 and "a connect at Jesup
with through Pullman Drawing-room
Sleeping Cars operated from and to
Kansas City via Birmingham, and
from and to Cincinnati via Chatta-
nooga.
Trains 20 and 30. THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
DlnlnR cars serve all meals en- route
Also Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
rati, through Asheville and THE Land
of the Sky
For information as to rates. sched-
ules, etc, apply to
C. H. ACKERT, G.. NJ, Washington,
D. c.
S. H. HARDwIcK, G. p. A., wash
ington. d. c.
w. H. TAYLoE. A. G. P. A., Allan
ia. Ga.
e. G. THOMSON, C. p. & T. A., Sa-
vannah, Ga. 141 Bun street. Phones
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

E. $1.7O; F. $1.75; G, $50; H, s2.85; I,
$500; K, $500; NJ, 1910; N, sS.15; W. G.,
1925; w. W., 1885.
Wilmington. N. c., May 9O.-Spirlts
turpentine, not quoted; receipts, 102.
Rosin firm at S1.75; receipts, 1913.
Crude turpentine quiet at $500, 1925
and $3.50; receipts, 255.
Tar firm at $1.65; receipts, $50.
New Orleans, May S0.-Receipts,
rosin, 24O barrels; turpentine, so.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
A. 3. BAXTER & CO., INC,

Successors to Murphy & Co.,
Board of Trade Building. Savannah.
Private leased wires direct to New
York, Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New York office. No. 81 Broadway.
Offices In principal cities throughout
the South. Write for our market man.
ual and book containing instruction
for traders.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Savannah and StateSbOrO R'y
Through Passenger Trains
Savannah to Statesbofo
VIA

Seaboafd and S. & s. R'Y.
Effective Sunday. Nov. %.
Leave Savannah daily 400 p. m.
Arrive Statesboro, 6:15 p. m.
Leave Statesboro, 700 a. M
Arrive Savannah, 9:15 a. m.
Another train. connecting at Cuyler,
leaves Savannah 100 q. m. arrive
Statesboro, 10 a. m. Leave Statesooro
1 .. M, arrive Savannah $3.50 p. m.
Shortest and Quickest Route
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TY-
BEE.
Trains arrive at and depart from
Tybee depot, Randolph street. foot of
President.
Standard Goth meridian) time, one
hour slower than Savannah city time.
LEAVE SAVANNAH.
$500 am, $3.50 pm. "4:15 pm, 100 pm.
LEAVE TYBEE.
I7:00 am. $9:55 am. $40 pm, 1880 pm.
+Daily. tExcept Sunday. sSunday
only.
Connections made at terminal points
with all trains Northwest, West and
Southwest.
Sleeping cars on night trains between
Savannah and Augusta, Macon, At
lanta, Columbus, Ca, and Birming-
ham, Ala.
Parlor cars on day trains between
Savannah, Macon and Atlanta.
For complete Information, schedules,
rates and connections, apply to
w. G. BREWER, City Ticket and
Passenger Agent, 107 Bull street, OF
w. r. MCINTYRE, Depot Ticket
Agent.
J. C. HALLE, Gen. Pass. Agent.
f. ]. ROBINSON, Asst. Genl Pass.
Agent.
W. A. wINBURN, Vice President
and Traffic Manager.
THEO. D. KLINE, General Supt.
Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
FINANCIAL.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE - Market
weak. Commercial demand, sterling.
S4.S6A; sixty days, s4.S3A; ninety days
$4.S2. French, 5.19%; Swiss, sixty days,
5.21; Belgian. 5.21; marks, sixty days,
94s; ninety days, "a 3-16.
DOMESTIC N. Y. EXCHANGE
Buy at SOC per $1,000 discount.
Sell: Up to $500, 10c; $25 to $50, 15c;
$50 to 800, zoe; 500 to 5000, Csc; 5000
to $500. SOc: $500 to $780, S5c; $500 to
the rate of 75c per $1,000 premium.
SECURITIES-Ther is some activi-
ty in the income bonds of the Central
of Georgia, based on the large increase
in gross earnings. Other securities are
firm, but very little trading.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

River Keport-The hight OF the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta, at a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday, was
9.5 feet, a rise of GA foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time, May 30, 1903 p. m,
18th meridian time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
FINANCIAL.
=, G. HUBBELL,
COTTOh BROKER

Member Savannah Cotton Exchange.
Member New Orleans Cotton Exchange
ORDERS TO BUY OR SELL goI,
TON FOR FDIphE DELiF ~. 2
poONPTLY EXECUTED ON TIE
rLDORg or THE LEADING TX
Qua NGEs. BEST OF FACILITIES.
cCpREspONDENcE SOLICITED.
Eeu Phone ~. Kelly Bldg, city,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

6ALI-Car lOIS, lUV pOunUS Durldp
sacks, SIC; 100-pound cotton sacks, 3Sc;
125-pound burlap sacks, Acc; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 47c; 200-pound burlap
sacks. 73c.
HIDEs-Market fine; dry flint, 1sc;
dry sailed, tic; green sailed, 61Sc.
WOOL-Firm; prime Georgia, tree
of sand burrs ana black wool, nominal
at 1Sc; black, lie: bury, 10@12c; Wax,
&c; tallow. g.. Deer skin, zoe.
c. R. r. and Banking collat-
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM, PLASTERS AND
CEMENT-Alabama and Georgia lime
In fair demand and Sell at $4,000 a
barrel; special calcined plaster, $500
165 per barrel; hair, 4@5c, Rosedale
cement, $1.20@1.25; carload lots, spe-
cial; Portland cement, retail. $2.75;
carload lots. s2.00@2.10.
LUMBER-Market firm. Quotations:
ties (7x9x81z), 40c each: hewn ties
(6x8), 26c; switch ties. s11.50; minimum.
easy size ward stock, $12Q14; car sills,
s14@16; snip stock. $22.
OIL-Perfection Signal OIL, 42c. in
barrels; Pratts Astral, Ice, in bar
reIs; Aladdin Security; l513c' in bar.
Standard White, lac. in barrels; D. s.
Gasoline. in barrels. Ice: D. S. Case
lire. in drums, lac: Sc degrees Case
line. in drums. 1Sc; SO benzine, in
drums. lac; linseed oil. raw. Ate;
boiled, 49c; lard oil. Ole.
SHOT-Drop. $3.50; B. B. and large.
1RON-Market Arm; refined. $40;
NAfLs|cut. H45 base: wire. s2.45
base.
BARRED WIRE - sS.25 per 100
pounds.
crack shot. $3.50; half key, $3.50; quar-
ter kegs, $40; champion ducking,
quarter key, $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, $3.45; quarter, $3.50; three
pound, s2.10; one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton Bagging and Ties.
BAGGING-Market firm; jute.
pound, SIC; sea island bagging, lie.
Ties-Standard 45-inch arrow. large
lots. $1.05: small lots. $1.I5.
Bacon, Hams and Lard.
D. >. butts .....'....''...''''''. ~
D. S. plates neutrality-suspicious.. S%c
Western heavy bellies ........... 101sc
Eastern light bellies 1880
Eastern medium bellies ...........1 01ac
Eastern heavy bellies ............ 10%c
D. S. G. r. sides ...................10M c
Smoked c. r. sides ................114c
HAMS Sugar cured. 14@15c; picnics
10h @1OAc.
LARD-Pure, in tierces. 101sc; So
pound tins and S0-pound tubs, 103sc;
compound, in tierces, &c; 50-round
tins and S0-pound tubs, SIC.
miscellaneous.
FISH-Mackerel, half-barrels, No. /,
s1050 No. 2, $1,000; No. 8, $500; kits,
No. /, $1.45; No. 2. Sl.35; No. 8, SIPS;
Goldfish, 1-pound bricks, &c; 2-pound
bricks, 51zc; smoked herrings, per box,
10000; Dutch herrings. in kegs, $1.10;
new mullets, half barrels. 1915.
SYRUP-Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 25@26c; SELL
ing at 2S@30c; sugar house at 1870
1Sc.
HIGH WINES-Basis, $1.29.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained, In
barrels. 40c gallon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

"Graybeard cured me OF rheumatism
and I consider II the best medicine I
ever took for rheumatism. recon-
mend Il 10 my friends.
chas. N. Thomas.
Member Of J. a &. y. Thomas, Jew
eiers. i6s Whitaker Street.
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Savannah Bank
and Trust Go.
Capital, $35O,OO0.


JOSEPH ID. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President.
WIN. F. McCAULEY, CashieE.
sAML. L. CLAY, Assistant Cashier.
A general banking and exchange
oSsAness transacted.
savings Department, interest
computed qaArterIy.
accounts of merchants, banks
ana corporations solicited.
American Express COmpaHy's let.
eeTs OF credit issued available In All
parts of the world.
Collections carefully made aAo
promptly accounted for.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults for rent.
Correspondence invited.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
TRADE AND FINANCE

COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES CLOSED
TO CELEBRATE DECORATION DAY.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

Get oraybeard a. an drug stores. q
q bottle.
0raybeard Pulls. little treasures. abe
The box.-ao.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
THE WEATHER.

Morning News barometer, May 80,
1:30 p. m. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 30
Morning News thermometer, May
80. 1880 p. m. ..,..-..-...,..- ~
Washington, May 30-Forecast for
Sunday and Monday:
For South Carolina: Showers Sunday
and Monday; light to fresh south
winds.
For Georgia: Showers Sunday and
Monday; light to fresh south winds.
For Eastern Florida: Fair in south,
showers in north portion Sunday; Mon
day showers; light southeast to south
winds.
For Western Florida: Showers Sun
day and probably Monday; light to
fresh south winds, becoming north
west.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature $3.50
.. m. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SO degrees
Minimum temperature $3.50
a. m. observation-disclosures. II degrees
Mean temperature ......... n degrees
Normal temperature .... rs degrees
Deficiency of temperature l degree
Accumulated deficiency
since May ........... IS degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. ................... As degrees
Rainfall ........ .......... 90 inch
Normal ......... .......... .15 inch
Excess since May .......3.54 inches.
Excess since Jan. 1 .......4.72 inches
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w. 6. TYSON.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,

Board Of Trade Building. Savannah, Ga
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Southern
Railway.

Trains arrive and depart Savannah
by Goth meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
Schedule effective May "a, 1908.
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
OUTFIT FOR CAMPING.

II. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Omcial.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

EFFECTIVE MAY a. 1903.
Trains Than C
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Turpentine Closed With "NOthing
DOing,' Which Literally Express
ed Condition of the Market-ROs-
ms Firm, But i'm Light Demand.
spot Cotton steady and Unchanged,
with Demand Light.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-04-24
STATE OF MINNESOTA :

STATE OF MINNESOTA :
COUNTY OF MORRISON. .-&
In Probate Court, Special Term, Feb
26th. 1903. a=@s,..-N 49, q
In the matter of the estate of JOHN
Kluetsch, deceased: =.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament
of John Kluetsch, deceased, late Of said
county, has been delivered to this Court;
t3aeEewith a petition, representing. among
ether things, that said John Ka1etsch
died in said county ON the 9Th day of
May 1895, testate, and that said petitioner
u the executor named In said laet will
and testament and prayinG that the Aaid
instrument may be admitted to probate,
and that letters Parliamentary be to him
'e II Is ordered: that the proofs of said in.
before this Court. at the probate Office in
said county. on; the a0th day OF April.
"A. D. 1868. at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
when all persons interested, may appear
for, or contest, the. probate Of said instru-
ment. ~ -.
the time and place Of said hearing be CIV
en- to all persons interested, by publish
ing this order once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing, in the Little Falls Herald, week
Dated at Little Falls, Mimi, the 26th
day of February, A. d. 1903.
= BY the Court,
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-04-24
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF
WILL. ..,
STATE OF MINNESOTA =.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, =.
COUNTY OF MoRR1soN. =: r..
In Probate Court, General Term April 6,
II the matter Of the estate Of John H.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament of
John H. Rhodes deceased, late of said
county, has been delivered to this court:
And whereas, John Wetzel has filed
other things, that eaid John H. Rhodes
LIST day Of April 1903, testate, and that said
petitioner is one of the executors named in
said last will and testament and praying
that the said instrument may beadmitted
to probate, and that letters testamentarv
be to Nsttie May Rhodes, John Wetzel, and
David T. Calhoun issued thereon;
1t is ordered, That the proofs of said in
strument, and the said petition be heard
before this court, at the probate office in
said county on Saturday, the 9th day of
May, A. D. 1903, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
when all persons interested may appear
for, or contest the probate of said instru-
ment;
And it is further ordered, that notice of
to all persons interested by publishing
Cessive weeks prior to said day of hearing
in the Little Falls Herald, weeklev news
paper printed and published at Little Falls
- Dated S at Little Falls the 9th dayof April
A. D. 1903 =
[SEAL] E. F. SHAW,
Judge of Probate
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-04-24
A Grotesquc Goddess,

One Of the interesting biological
objects oel-tt q for taes@kmerican
Museum Of II tral History OF New
York BY Carl Lumh.l'z from Ns,rth.
western Mexico, is groteeque carved
wooden image. known as Grand
mother Grow,h,'the Mother OF the
Gods .>> -
She Is the principal goddess Of tn.
Huichol Indians. who have lived in
complete obscurity for thousands of
years In q narrow defile In the noun
tsins of the State Of Jalisco. They
are practically an unknown tribe, and
Mr.. Lumholtz was the first white man
to visit them. They have innumeratle
gods and goddessee, one ofthe chief
being "Grandmnther Growth, who
has the power over all the growth of
vegetation.
A special godhouee is dedicated to
her, inside of which are deposited
votive offerings. Sticks Of grotesque
shape, with animal heads, which
symbolic the age and power of
Grandmother Growth, are placed in
the cave as prayers for the health and
long life Of the children.