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RICE PRICES BETTER
BECAUSE OF A SHORT CROP IX
TEXAS A\D LOUISIANA.
WHOLE CROP HARVESTED
AND SHOWS SHORTAGE IX THOSE
STATES OF 4,000,000 BUSHELS.
Crop on Atlantic Con.*t Also All Out
of Field*—ltcanlta 1. naatiafactory.
Dry Weather Ila\inu Canted the
Yield to Be from 7 to IIS Pounds
Lighter to Bushel Thun V'anal.
Higher Price* Now Paid in Louis
iana and Tows With Demand for
Fancy Grade* l'nati*Bed.
The rice crop of the Atlantic coast,
from Savannah to Wilmington, N. C.,
has all been harvested and the excep
tionally good weather that has prevail
ed all through the season has enabled
the planters to take it from the fields
in good condition, but despite the
promise of a fine yield, made in the
earlier part of the season the crop,
eg harvested, has proved a disappoint
ment, being from seven to twelve
pounds per bushel shorter in weight
than is the case with an ordinary
crop. The only explanation offered for
this fact is the unusually dry weather
that was had generally over the en
tire rice growing territory on the At
lantic.
The outlook for the rice business dur
ing the coming season is an excel
lent one, in the opinion of the best
authorities. A Savannah dealer has
only recently received a letter from
a friend in Beaumont, Tex., informing
him of a record sale of rough rice at
that point a short time ago. The
amount sold in one lot consisted of
40,000 bags of rice, which brought 35
cents a bag more than any other rice
that had up to that time been sold
during the present season.
ltecoi'il for liicc Belt.
The further information was given
that there were many bidders for the
lot—in fact, that the better grades of
rice are much sought after. Such a
sale as he reported has previously been
unheard of in the rice belt, the writer
stated. He said further that the Na
tional Rice Mill of New Orleans is open
to buy 400,000 pounds of rice and pay
a premium above the market prices
If the rice can be had.
The reason for this extraordinary
demand is not hard to find when it is
known that the Texas and Louisiana
crop for the season just over is short
1,000,000 bags, or 4,000,000 bushels, as
compared with that of the season be
fore. This shortage has caused prices
to stiffen materially, from 35 to 55
cents a bag in the rough.
, Advance in Price* Certain,
According to persons best posted on
the rice situation fancy grades of the
cereal, which are those most scarce,
will advance from % to 1% cents a
pound; that medium grades being the
most plentiful will not show such large
gains, but that is there is room for
the low grades to go % a cent higher
end still not be on a parity with the
prices now paid for the rough.
b nfortunately for the planters in lo
cal territory, the greater part of the
rice produced on this coast is of the
medium grade, which means that even
with the promised advance, the price
will be less attractive and remunera
tive than could be wished, considering
the unprofitable years that have pre
ceded the season just closed.
THE OLD CHINESE CALENDAR.
How Ita Error. Were Rectified By a
Jett nit A Mronomor.
From the Living Church.
In the old Chinese classic. The Rec
ord of Yao, we are told that "he bade
Hi land Ho reverently to regard the
signs and respectfully give the times
of men.” Hi, Ho and two others of
their respective families were ordered
to the four points of the compass to
determine the equinoxes and solstices.
The bird, supposed to be our Cor Hy
drae, was to be the star of spring; An
tares (Alpha Seorpii), of summer;
Beta Aquaril for autumn; and the
world renowned Pleiades the sign of
the winter solstice. "Oh. You Hi and
Ho. the old document continues, "all
around there are 366 days; use the extra
moon, order the seasons and perfect
the year. Faithfully regulate the hun
dred offices and all the works will be
perfect.” Thus was formed the first
Chinese calendar about 2300 years ago
before the Christian era; and its regu
lation has always been an object of
care and interest to the Emperors from
iao down to the present day.
Practically no changes were made In
it until the mission of the Jesuits to
Peking In the seventeenth century. The
help of Mohammedan astronomers had
been sought, but they were unable to
cope with the difficulties which pre
sented themselves; and the Emperor,
. ’^ as thank *“l to let the Jesuits
take the lead in all astronomical re
searches. He built them an observa-
L at P ** ln ?” which Father Verbiest
fitted up (in 1668) in thorough "up-to
*ty e ', , Tbe . er rors of centuries
had accumulated in all departments of
*•"**•. *? and \ he foreigners had
f.J’fr 1 taßk to eliminate them and
IwhfilT European improvements
without exciting hostility. The ac
curacy of their calculations soon in
spired such confidence' that Father
\erblest was appointed President of
the mathematical tribunal. He soon
turned his attention to the calendar
rectifying the errors, but not making
many changes beyond introducing the
twelve signs of the zodiac, and divid
ing it Into 360 degrees instead of 365
as was the old Chinese division. The
reformed calendar went into many de
tails and the calculations were given
d °?7? l V he year 2020 A. D. It vu
published in thirty-two volumes aiTd
£ onor of the Emperor, "the
Kar 'B-Hi Perpetual Calendar."
The solar and lunar years are both
used, and a combination is effected be
tween the two by adding seven extra
moons during the period of the lunar
cycl that is, 19 solar years. The
civil year commences with the second
new moon after the winter solstice, and
consists of twelve months or moons,
which are called large or small, ac
cording: to whether they consist of
twenty-nine of thirty days. When an
extra moon is to be used a thirteenth
month is not added, but one of the
months is doubled. The rule that the
winter solstice shall be kept In the
eleventh moon is never departed from
As our weeks is not used, except
among Christian converts, the Chinese
are accustomed to count by the days
of the moon. Certain days are consid
ered specially sacred; such as the first
and fifteenth of each month, and the
dates on which the numbers are doubt
ful ** the 3d of the third month or
the 7th of the seventh. Particular
attention Is given, In the calendars for
general use, to the lucky and un
lucky days—sometime* even to the
neglect of astronomical Information
and prediction*. Some editions com
bine rather poetical matter with ths
practical and super s tit Sous notes, giv
ing the date when the rainbow will
FREDERICK THE ORE AT
Statue Unveiled at Washington Last Weeh
first be seen, the time for the open
ing of certain flowers and the migra
tions and songs of birds.
The official calendars are issued an
nually, after they have received the
Emperor’s approval; and, although
filled with superstition and inaccurate
in many particulars, they are most
interesting and instructive and present
a good example of the lore and science
of the Chinese people.
CRIME TPEATEDTs A DISEASE.
Scientists Propose to Doctor Wrong
doers anil Tarn Then Into Good
From the London Express.
News h’as reached us from America
of a surgical operation that gave an
incorrigibly criminal boy mental and
moral health. More than two years
ago similar successful operations gave
an impetus to the suggestion that there
should be scientific inquiry into the
state of the criminal mind.
Asa result it is now accepted data
that injuries to the brain through ac
cident or war, through the careless
ness of drunken ptarents or nurses, or
received by children at play, are fre
quent causes of the development of
criminality and desperate homicide.
Science, with faith in this new belief,
set to work, and has now proclaimed
that criminal m'ankind can be redeem
ed. This marvelous discovery has set
forward the need of further research
and demonstration, which is as impor
tant as the finding of the cancer mi
crobe.
An appeal has already been made to
the world's governments—governments
spending millions a year in the up-keep
of criminal establishments—to Inaugu
rate laboratories for the individual in
vestigation of criminal propensities.
Surgeons and scientists Wave found in
the course of their research that many
criminals'—in fact, the worst cases—
show a good aptitude for study, prov
ing conclusively that the criminal de
fect is due to depression on a particular
spot of the brain.
Up to the present our very system of
fighting crime is one calculated to
defeat its own end. Thus far the re
formatory, the criminal asylum, the
prison and the scaffold have been the
alpha and the omega of the criminal’s
career.
An initial step in the right direction
has alrdady been taken by the opening
of defective schools where chil
dren are medically treated and scienti
fically trained. In the next generation
that should show a beneficial result
in the worst quarters of crime.
The blood with imperfect or sluggish
corpuscles has much to answer for. The
lazy, incorrigible tramp is possibly lazy
and incorrigible through blood de
ficiency or want of mental balance. He
HEART, STOMACH, LIVER DISEASES
PROMPTLY CURED.
Any derangement of the important or gans that are constantly in use is a
t menace to the entire human system. Many people make
light of liver trouble, stomach trouble or a weak heart,
and yet it is no trivial matter. It is just from such slight
causes that some very serious diseases often arise. Surely
there is no graver danger than an affection of the heart
—the very center and life of the body, the organ which
gives the first indication that the child is alive as well as
the organ that gives the last note that the body has ceas
ed its life. Therefore do not ignore a fluttering or palpi
tation of the heart, a weak heart that leads to sudden
fainting spells, a heart that is so enlarged that It presses
on the lungs and deprives you of a Just amount of fresh
and free air. I can cure these symptoms, indicating or
ganic heart trouble, and if you will call on or write me
I shall prove It to vou. The
CURE OF ORGANIC DISEASES
J.Newton Hathaway is an important purt of my specialty. I can show you the
. ... names of hundreds I have cured of these diseases, com-
ObS2t^fh.l£ e d ° ubtlesß very " ,mllar y-urs. and I feel con
ed ami Be ' 1 can cure you. Stomach trouble, for example, no
ui.t.. matter ln what lnaple form you think it is, should never
able Specialist be neglected. Yet it Is folly to suppose that vou can cure
an actual disease of the stomach by a simple pill or laxative. Such methods
are well enough for temporary relief, but it Is certain that vou will be in as
bad condition a day or two afterward. Then why bother with them’’ What
you need is a thorough course of treatment for your very condition, and that
Is what I will give you. Chronic cprmtpntion. chronic dyspepsia, chronic liv
er trouble, catarrh of the stomach, biliousness, bile. Jaundice, etc need the
attention of a physician for a permanent cure, the only way you can hone In
future to avoid constant medicine taking. Tpiis of thousands of pills and
things are sold annually for stomach and liver complaints, which proves
that certain people buy them time and again, and vet I know positively that
If they would allow me to cure them they would not have to spend money
In this way, fou I will cure them permanently. Not only this but I will
cure them of all complications as well —sluggishness, nervousness vertigo
plies, female frigidity and sexual weakness In the male, which invariably rel
suit from diseases of the heart, stomach and liver. '
NO CHARGE FOR CONSUI/TATION.
Call on me at any time It suits your convenience, and I will make a thor
ough examination of you and advise you Just whnt to do, without rhorglnir
you one cent. I will give you the address of hundreds I have cured of slmllaT
diseases I will let you use my medical equipment without charge mv
electrical, magnetic and vibrator apparatuses. In case you live too far away
to call In person right now, send me it few word* explaining your condition
and I will give you advice by mall. I will also send you u Self-Examina
tion blank and booklet on the subject of your disease, free of cost What I
want to do I* to get In touch with men and women who need the knowledge
I posses* and the skill I have In curing these diseases ns demonstrated i,v
my numerous cure* In the past. Whet hei y, )U call or write. „iy permanent
address I* J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M U„ 2C A Bryan street fix Vann all
Oh. office hours; ta, in. to 12 m„ 2 to 8, 7 to p. tn. Hundu'ya 1 u. m
to 1 p. til. ,
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1904.
spends half his life at the expense of
the rate-payers, and the other half in
disseminating disease and corruption
throughout the length and breadth of
the land.
Every emotion, every physical exer
tion, rests on the blood pressure. Some
times certain nerves fail to react, and
then there is sluggishness of circula
tion, and the neciessary result on the
brain. It has been found that in the
case of the insane if the circulation
can be stimulated the mental power
Is sometimes increased.
Therapeutics does not mean nowa
days merely the admipistration jof med
icine and drugs. It includes the toning
up of the entire system by bringing the
nervous system into play.
Further investigations of criminal
instincts prove that crime is pretty
much the same in all countries, but
that a race free from crime when in
an agricultural state can become most
criminal when ’ concentrated in cities,
while in se,aport towns crime reached
the highest percentage.
Scientists further conclude that crim
inals have not only more left-handed
people among them, but they are also
more expert with 'both hands than
people in general.
The mystery of lying has also claim
ed the attention of the mind specialist,
and here again defective circulation
may be traced as the cause. Police
records prow conclusively that certain
hypochondriac persons, will confess to
committing crimes of which they are
innocent, for the mere sake of noto
riety.
It is the same disease that makes
■boy burglars and causes mere chil
dren to commit horrible crimes.
The worth of man is the amount of
work he can do, and surgeons and sci
entists are studying the best method to
not only find out a man’s deficiency,
but how to develop him to the high
est plane of usefulness and efficiency.
It is, too, a subject that appeals
to the intelligence of lay mind, and
is of paramount importance to all the
world.
THE COAL BLACK LILY.
Curious Specimen of Vegetation Re
ported From the Philippines.
From the Scientific American.
Two American teachers in the Phil
ippines, while walking some time since
in the fields in the vicinity of Nueva
Caceres, in Southern Luzon, came
across a peculiar specimen of the lily
family of plants which has not yet ap
parently been noticed by scientists.
It was while passing through a
dense cluster of undebbrush that the
gentlemen noticed a remarkably strong
HIDES. WAX. FURS. SKINS.
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A. EHRLICH & BR0„ Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Dealers
THE CHASMAR KING SUPPLY CO.T
126-130 Bay Street. West
JOBBERS.
BATH ROOM FIXTURES, SANITARY PLUMBING GOODS. WROUGHT
IRON PIPE. FITTINGS, etc. All supplies for STEAM, WATER and GAS.
Solo Agents for the celebrated HUXL-EY VALVES.
Wool, Hides, Wax, Raw Furs and Skins.
Write for Prices.
D. KIRKLAND,
FINE FURNITURE
Not for many seasons has there been such a demand
for the finer qualities in housefurnishings. This de
mand finds a ready welcome with us, as our stock is
made up of what is best in the furniture and carpet
world. The tasty buyer will find right styles in the
fine line we show in
SOLID MAHOGANY DRESSER
CHIFFONIERS
SIDEBOARDS AND DINING TABLE3
BRASS BEDS.
LADIES’ DESKS.
PARLOR FURNITURE.
RUGS AND DRAPERIES
This week a lot of Wicker Work Baskets,
£i.so value for 98c.
LINDSAY & MORGAN
Savannah
Fair,
St. Louis.
Via Cent, of Ga. Ry, W. & A.
R. R., N. C. and St. L.
and I. C. R. It.
THE MOST DIRECT AND
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Daily. Daily.
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Lv. Atlanta... ,B:3opm B:2sam
Lv. Ohat’nooga.l :15am I:2spm
Lv. Nashville. .7:ooam 8:00pm
Ar. St. Louis.. .s:4opm 7:oßam
Nice wide vestlbuled Draw
ing Room Sleeping Cars and
elegant Parlor Cars all the
way.
Free Reclining Chair Cars
Nashville to St. Louis.
Make Sleeping and Parlor
Car reservations in advance.
Battlefield Route,
Lookout Mountain,
Mission Ridge,
Cumberland Mountains.
Double Track Railroad.
Dining Cars, Buffet-Libra
ry Smoking Car.
For Tickets, Sleeping Car
reservations. World’s Fair
Guide Books and any other in
formation in regard to your
trip call on
J. S. HOLMES,
C. T. & P. A., C. of G. Ry., 37
Bull street, or address
FRED D. MILLER.
Traveling Passenger Agent
Illinois Central R. R., At
lanta, Ga.
N. B.—Ask for tickets via
The ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD.
odor of decaying flesh which seemed
to emanate from the ground close by.
Suspecting the presence of some grew
some thing concealed in the bushes,
they commenced to search. They
were assisted in this by the presence
of numerous "blue-bottle” flies, which
seemd to be buzzing about some object
half concealed under the dense vege
tation. The strong smell of rotten
ness given off by the plant attracted
all manner of Insects, which was not
surprising, as the odor was so strong
As almost to repel investigation.
The plant is called by natives
Bieols "borac sa Mayo," that is, May
flower. It blooms only during the
month of May. It Is no doubt a
member Of the order Lilaceji. more
commonly known as the lily tulip fam
ily. It has the large bulb, the incon
spicuous calyx, the pronounced stig
ma, und the characteristic structure
of lilies in general. The remarkable
features of this particular variety of
lilies are that it has such a pungent
odor and that it has absolutely no
leaves at the time of blossoming.
These appear later, when the flower
has died. The blossom rests imme
diately on the ground, and Is not
more than eight or nine Inches high.
The calyx often measures a foot in di
ameter.
After the blossom has disappeared
the leave* begin to sprout from the
bulb. These often grown to the hight
of three or four foot. Their genercl
shape a similar to that of the leaves
of the cnlla lily, but they are divided
Into an irregular number of lobes or
fronds.
The corolla and the remarkably ex
aggerated stigma exude a clear vis
cous fluid which seems to be the cause
of the offensive odor. This fluid at
tracts the flies, thus insuring the
transmission of the pollen front plant
to plant.
The large bulb, In fact all parts of
the plant, have the peculiar acrid j
Juice which Is so poisonous, a trait
common to the filaceous order. Ttc
acrid taste and the poisonous effect of
the Juhr are lost upon cooking for
several hours. During the period of 1
froudesccnvs liters is no odor present.
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
Hotel Highlands
Ninety-first St., Near Lexington Aye.,
NEW YORK. o
A High- Class Souse at Moderate Rates.
Comfort, Repose, Elegance, Economy.
— “~ Depots, theatre!,
shops, 15 minutes by
Broadway, Lexing
ton Ave. Line, Mad
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Ave. Line and Third
Ave. Elevated Road
(89th Street Station).
Beautiful Ro o 1
Garden and Play
Ground. Special
( ,loors reserved for
Ladies’Parlorsand
nirSfcuJSji Boudoir, Library,
tjv *•. Writing and Smok-
Ing Rooms. High
est point In City;
pure air, perfect
drainage. Near Central Park. On same
street as the mansions of Carnegie, Van
derbilt, Sloane, Burden and Belmont.
Cuisine noted for particular excellence.
400 Rooms; 100 bath rooms; 100 telephones.
All night elevators.
Room and Bath, |1 up, daily; American
Plan, room, bath, board, *2.50 to $5.00, daily ;
Room, Bath and Board, $ll.OO to*2s.oo,weekly;
Suites: Parlor, Bedroom and Bath at pro
portionately low rates.
Being conducted by the owner, not by a
lessee, very moderate rates are possible.
Write for City Guide and Map. (Gratia)
DE SOTO HOTEL, SaTnnnah, Ga.
Open all year. Large airy rooms;
7,000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with pri
vate bath. Telephone service in every
room. Liberal inducements to fami
lies desiring permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS. Proprietors.
LEGAL NOTICES.
I, the undersigned executor of the
estate of William H. Potter, late of
the state of Pennsylvania, county of
Philadelphia, city of Philadelphia,
hereby give notice of my intention to
transfer six shares of the capital stock
of the Augusta and Savannah Rail
road, as required by the laws of the
state of Georgia.
W. HUBLEY - POTTER.
Executor of the Estate of William H.
Potter, Deceased.
®Bi( • ta m nou-vnwoocta
rmwtjr tor GonorrtKin.Ulor.
perniatorrhiM, Whit**, UD -
atursl dtacharesa, or any
iflamniutlon, irritation of
Iteration of mucoui mam
bran... Non-aatringrnt,
Bold t>, Druggists.
or aent in plain wrapper*
by expraaa. prepaid, lot
• I 00. or 3 bottlea, K.M.
Circular out oa raeomA
Imported Molasses.
Ml Puncheons. 24 hogsheads. 1*
barrels, Muscovado Molasses re
ceived by bark Letlr.la. For sale'bv
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
IMPORTER&
This plant Is not used for food by the
nsllves where it la found, though there
are several other species of tin- r.ion'
order Which are highly sstcviutMi hv
thwui as fowl
$32.00
NEW YORK
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Ar. Norfolk 8:00 a.m or 5.30 p.m, Eastern Time
Lv. Norfolk 7:00 p.m. M *•
Ar. New York 2:30 p.m. •• ••
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can spend the following|day at Norfolk and Old Point
Comf< t by leaving on the 12:10 midnight train yon
make direct connection with the steamship.
Tickets at above rates are on sale daily; and are
limited for return six (6) months from date of sale.
Full information, reservations; etc., at City Ticket
Office, No. 7 Bull street. Phone 28.
CHARLES F. STEWART,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
The Last and Best Month to Visit the
WORLD’S fair;
ST. LOUIS.
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Is the Only Line Offering
Through Sleeping Cars from Savannah.
Excellent Dining Cars,
Round Trip Rates from Savannah:
$32.00 $26.05
Dec. 15th Hfteen-Day
Limit Limit
520.10 Ten-Day Limit, sold each Tuesday and Thursday
in November.
For information, reservations or literature apply City
Ticket Office, 141 Bull Street.
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of the highest standard of excellence.
For Pullman reservations, rates, schedules, etc., apply
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Very Low Rate Coach Excursion Tickets, limited If days pom
date of sale returning, will be sold each Tuesday and Thursday during
month
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