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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
BRIGHT BITS.

He'll was your fault" That is
no reason why you shouldn't apologize"
Life.
Not So Dificult-"We should try TO
keep our daily record pure and white.
1t is hard, but "Oh, no; that's easy.
haven't written word in my diary since
January 2"-Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin.
Just So-Little Elmer (who has an in
quiring mind)-Papa, what is conscience?
Prof. Observation-Disclosures my son.
is the name usually given to the fear we
feel that other people will find us out
Harpers Bazaar.
There is only one thing" she said
to her dearest girl friend, that makes
me doubt Herberts affection for me-
What is that?" ''He thinks that some
of the snapshot photographs he has TAX
en- of me are good likenessesr Tit Bits.
Got Used to 1t by This Time-Aunt
Martial see IN the paper that the orlgl
nal Uncle Tom has just died at Passhog
tome. Me.
Uncle Ephrianl-Well. now. If that
chap suffers very much each time he dies
l tell you he haint had no snap for the
last thirty PUCK.
knew the Species-SpendalI-I gave
you five dollars as friendly tip. Why
do you hand four dollars back?
waiter-I likes TO keep everything on a
business basis, sab. Gents wot's so very
friendly wen dey has money is apt to
come round tryin' to borrer wen dey
gets broke. New York Weekly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

A Chinese cook served long and faith
fully in the family of an officer of the
United States army, now retired, who has
many friends in Cleveland, says the
Cleveland Leader. He was careful! and
highly skilled in his art. especially dis
tinguishing himself in making fine cakes.
At a certain Western post the wife of the
gallant soldier in question gave a dinner
to the officers of the army stationed there
and the ladies of their families. The Chi
nese cook realized that the occasion called
for his best efforts. and he determined
that his masterpiece should be a great
cake. He asked his mistress If she did
not think it would be nice to have motto
to ornament the frosted top of the cake,
which was clearly intended by the cook
to be as important from a decorative
point of view as any other. She smilingly
consented TO let him finish his work in
any way he might think suitable, but
when the big cake appeared she was
amazed at the result. The cook was then
regularly attending a mission Sunday
School, and there he found his motto,
1t was Prepare to Meet Thy God"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
Emperor Williams IndOIent Tails

The Emperor of Germany is always
meeting with accidents, although on the
middle finger of his left hand he wears
a famous talisman which for centuries
has been credited with a supernatural
power to protect the wearer from evil and
injury of all kinds, says the Chicago
Record. 1t is a dark-colored, square
shaped stone. set in a massive gold ring,
and originally belonged to Saladin, from
whom il was captured by a German
knight under the walls of Jerusalem dur
ing the crusades. 1t afterwards came into
the possession of U.rieh, the Margrave
of Nuremberg who was the founder Of
the Hohenzollern family. This ring has
been passed down from generation TO
generation, one of the most highly priced
and interesting heirlooms of the dynasty,
but the Kings of Prussia of late genera
tons have seldom worn ii until 1t was in
herited by the present Kaiser. 1t is a
matter of discussion whether he wears 1t
from superstition or ordinary interest. 1t
has never left his finger since he came to
the throne although by this time he must
have lost confidence in the protective
powers of the jewel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
A kiss.

Baby mine. dainty one. Mothers own true
dove,
Pretty child. with eyes so mild. RICH.
from heaven above;
o what joy. precious treasure to my heart
You bring,
I would kiss those lips so sweet, as to
you l sing.
Gentle maid. happy maid. Fathers pride
and JOY,
Roguish ways. playful days. a gem with
out alloy;
AS 1 gaze on thy form, thou tendrn of
my heart.
Upon those tempting lips. my dear. a kiss
/ would impart.
winsome Miss. blushing lass. Cupid s
mark art thou.
Fun OF grace. sweet in face and what a
comely brow.
Thy modesty. thy purity and other
charms ! view.
Those rosebud lips. cen would kiss. for
they are ever true.
Dearest love. treasure true. heavens gif,
TO me.
OF women fair none can compare with
an I see in thee,
Ny solacs thou. On peace or strife thou
DAY STAR o. my life.
Those quecnly lips I love 70 kiss. my own.
ms darling vile.
--Tssla r. Manus.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
THE NILE DAM AND COTTON.

The construction of the great Nile dam,
which has been completed after more
than two years of work and the expend-
iture of several millions of dollars, is
likely to have an important influence in
the cotton market especially the market
for long staple cotton. Egypt is alrea ly
cotton producer of moment, raising, ac-
cording to the New York Commercial,
about one-tenth of the worlds supply.
And the texture of the Egyptian cotton is
OF excellent grade. being inferior only to
the long staple or sea island cotton of
the United States, with which ii comes
into competition
The Egyptian crop has heretofore been
rather uncertain quantity, owing to the
frequency Of droughts. Lack of moisture
in the growing season has prevented any
considerable expansion of the Egyptian
cotton area. This, however. has been
discounted in the Nile dam. Some few
years ago engineers suggested to the gov
eminent that if dam were constructed a
little way south of Cairo across the Nile,
so as to form a storage reservoir then
all the rich delta country could rely upon
irrigation with absolute certainty. and-
crops could be produced as regularly as
the seasons came and went. The Nile
delta is very fertile, needing only mois-
tUre and cultivation, and comparatively
little of the latter, TO make it productive.
The Nile dam will provide for the mois-
ture necessary for several hundred square
miles of territory, which will at once be
put under cultivation.
Much of this reclaimed land will be de-
voted to cotton growing, and the staple
will go TO the English mills. Practically
the cotton fields of Egypt are as close to
England as those of the United States.
The increase Of the Egyptian crop there
fore, will make England less dependent
upon the United States for her long sta
pie cotton. 1t is quite likely that England
is looking to Egypt for material aid in
her struggle to maintain her supremacy
in the manufactured cotton goods trade.
And that is why she was so willing to
take up and finance the Nile dam scheme;
for It was British money that built the
monster reservoir.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
A "Russian Continent" From GeOr-


Eiu.
Il have an old aunt who lives on a farm
in South Georgia. said a New Orleans
professional man. according to the Times
Democrat, land who prides herself, very
excusably, on her cooking. She has a
lot of ante-bellum recipes that are as
much lost to the world to-day as the 1T
erature of Babylon, and every now and
then she sends US some CONNECTION that
will stand transportation and that never
fails to delight the whole family. About
a week ago we received one of these pres
euts in the shape of a big glass jar full
of what looked like small mahogany
chips. They were hard and brittle ana
we were all completely mystified but they
had very savory aroma, and We sam
pied them at once-on faith. They prove
delicious, a sort of relish, like sailed al
monds, only much more appetizng, ana
II Immediately occurred to my vile mat
she would serve them as a novelty at a
little dinner party we were giving next
evening. She arranged them herself IN
small, artistic saucers, and when our
guests sat down / saw they attracted IN
slant attention. Their strange appear
made them conspicuous, and presently
everybody was nibbling at them. MY
dear Mrs. - said one of the ladies, l
can't restrain my curios.ty-do tell me
what these delightful little things are
They are a sort of condiment-Russlah
believe replied my wife blandly, that
we received as a present from rela-
tive; rather nice, aren't they? 'SplendlI!
said the lady enthusiastically, and Kept
on nibbling / noticed a peculiar grin
on the face of an old chum of mine VINO
was one of our guests and after dinner
he took occasion to get me into a seclud-
ed corner Say Charley he said do
you mean to tell you don't know what
that Russian condiment' of yours really
is? TN be hanged If we do | replied
thinking best to be frank We'll, It's
cracklin's,' he went on; real, old-fashion-
ed Georgia cracklin's, and they carried
me right back to the time l was a boy
on our farm near Valdosta. Pom my word
almost shed tears Of joy when l saw
them But what the deuce are crack
Inns anyhow? 1 interrupted. Nothing
in the world but pieces of bacon he re-
piled. They are not intended to be eaten
as a relish, but are put in corn oread d.
like rasins in a cake. You would have
identified the modern cracklin' at once, he
continued, for nowadays the bacon is
fried only lightly; but those you have are
genuine "befo' -the-wah' cracklins. cook
ed for heaven knows how long-may be
forty-eight hours-and given some mystic
rious treatment that makes them lose all
resemblance to bacon. When they are
done they can be kept indefinitely, and in
my boyhood they were put away in cans
to be used as needed. It's a lost art now,
and l haven't seen. any since 1 was
vounsster l wish you'd give me two or
three to carry as pocket pieces 1 swoTe
him to secrecy, and when told my wife
about it later on, she nearly had Mt. Il
isn't safe yet to mention Russian condi-
ments about the premises"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
THE TRANsyAAL COLD MINES.

In financial circles there is a great deal
of speculation as to what will be the eff
feet on trade and prices when work in
the gold mines OF the Transvaal is re-
sumed. The expectation is that the mines
will be in fun operation within the next
two or three months. 1t is based upon
the understanding that the South African
war is practically over.
1t was thought when the Transvaal
mines were closed-or, rather, practically
closed, since a little mining has been done
ever since the war began-that there
would be a scarcity of gold, and that
there would be great fall in prices.
Such was not the fact however, chiefly,
perhaps. because the output of gold in
other localities was greater, and also be-
cause there was found to be more gold
available for financial purposes than it
was thought there was. The production
of the Transvaal mines in 1898 was, IN
round figures, about $SS, OO0, 600, and the
output was steadily increasing. At the
rate of increase the output would have
been more than SlOO.O0o,OOO in 1899 if the
war had not caused the mines to be shut
down. In 1900 the production was less
than 100000.
1t is estimated that as soon as work
in the mines is fully resumed the output
will be from IS, 900, 900 to 100000 a month,
and that it win be possible to take out
this amount for many years, the mines
being OF great extent and almost of un.-
form richness.
There were many stories afloat in the
early part of the South African war to
the effect that it was the purpose of the
Beers TO destroy the mines. In fact,
there were statements that the mines had
been flooded and the machinery destroyed.
AS matter of fact the mines are not in
jured In the least. They are in good
working order. and will be worked just
as soon as peace is assured. The stock
holders are clamoring for dividends. and
the world is eager for the gold With
the Transvaal mines in fun operation. and
the mines in other countries yielding be-
yond expectations, there is no proba bill
ity that the argument used with so much
effect by the silverites few years ago,
that there would never be gold enough
to meet the demands of the worlds busl-
ness. will soon again have much effect in
the world Of finance or politics.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
He Returned 1t.

Wit has often saved an offender from
punishment in military as well as in civil
life. says London Spare Moments.
Not long since non-commissioned Of
fioer entering a barrack gate in Dublin
was mistaken by the fresh one" on
sentry. who Immediately came to the
shoulder
The noncom.. unaware that his colonel
vas Just behind, returned the salute-a
thing not permissible in the circum-
stances. Arrived at his quarters, he short
~ received an order to attend before
the colonel.
On presenting himself he was asked
how ne came to return the salute, know
ing full we'll he was not entitled to II.
Not in the least embarrassed he
promptly answered:
Sir l always return everything 1 am
not entitled to-
His ready wit pleased the colonel, who
laughingly. dismissed him,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Savannah Lodge No. 1888, B.
P. o. Elks; DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. o.
O. F.
Special Notices-Andrew Hanley Com
pany: Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; Crystallized Ginger. Etc, A. NJ. &
c. w. West; Ship Notice. Strachan & Co..
Consignees.
Business Notices-Buchu Gin; Save
Time and Trouble, The S. W. Branch
Company; Easter Gifts, Hunter & Van
Keuren.
Auction Sales-Six Acres. More or Less,
Within the City Limits. by I. d. Lar che,
Auctioneer; Real Estate. by John L..
Archer. Auctioneer: Great Wind-Up Sale,
by c. II. Dorset and Youmans & Dem
mond. Auctioneers.
Interesting to Ladies-B. II. Levy &
Bro,
Hotel-Hotel Victoria, New York.
Amusements-Van VIankens High Glass
Vaudeville Company. at Theater, Matinee
and Night
1t Is Wonderful-Byck Bros.
Lovers Of the Refined-Foye & Eek
stein.
The Morrow Coaster Brake-Eclipse
Manufacturing Company, Elmira, N. Y.
Cigsrs-Henry George Cigars.
rape-Nuts-Postum Chemical Com
pany.
whisky-Old Quaker Rye Whisky: yell
low Label Whisky; Murray Hin Club
Whisky; Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky.
Nedical-Coke Dandruff Cure; Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable Pills; Pyramid Pile
Cure: S s. S. Worlds Dispensary Prep
srations; Plantation Sarsaparilla; p. p.
P; Cascarets; DR.. Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
MIR. BRYAN,s WASHINGTON VISIT.

There continues to be a good deal of
| speculation in Washington as TO what the
character of the talks was which Mr..
| Bryan had with the few Democrats of
prominence who We're still at the national
capitol when he was there a few days
ago. He did not see Senator Jones, the
Chairman of the Democratic National Com
mittee, because the latter had left Wash
! ingtOn. He met some of the other Demo-
cratic leaders, however, and the impress
sion that is abroad is that he tried to i'm
press upon them that while he was anx-
ious for Democratic success in 1904, he
wished 1t understood that it was his pur-
pose TO use whatever influence he had TO
keep the party within the lines marked
out in the Kansas City platform.
1t is natural, of course. for Mr.. Bryan
to think that the course for the party to
pursue is the one that 1t adopted when
he was its chosen leader but there are
indications cropping out all the time,
which lead to the belief that there is
strengthening conviction in the minds of
many of the Democratic leaders, that Sen
ly that the Democratic party cannot ex-
pect 10 win a great political battle until
it is purged of Populism
II is certain that the utterances of Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Hill are received with
much greater favor now than year ago.
That would indicate that there is a grow
ing sentiment in the party against any
thing that smacks OF Populism.
II is not improbable that the same men
that ruled in the last national convention
will control in the next, but if they
should. it will he more difficult than it
was in the last national campaign to hold
the Democratic forces together. Firm
present indications, the policy mapped
out by Mr.. Hill, in his letter recently to
the Crescent Club of Baltimore, is more
likely to be the guiding policy Of the par
ty in the next national campaign than
the policy which Mr.. Bryan forced upon
the Kansas City convention.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Press. newspaper that stands
close to the administration. wires his pa
per that he hears that Col. A. f. Buck
of Georgia, now minister to Japan, Is
TO retire and that Pension Commissioner
Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee is to be
given the place. The pay of the minister
to Japan is $1,000 year. about twice
that of the oommissionership of pensions.
Whether the President viii be able to
shake Col Buck or in order that he may
get the place for Gen. Evans is an inter-
esting question. Il may be surmised that
the Georgia colonel is not going to turn
loose as long as he can help it or until he
has something else III sight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

a Solomon sat in judgment in the New
York Custom House a few days ago. and
decided that squirrel hair is not wool.
and therefore need pay no duty. This
decision recalls to the sun a certain de-
cision embalmed in very profane litera-
tyre to the effect that "heas are not lob
sters." The gem OF decisions OF this
class. says the sun. Is narrated by Frank
Buekland of an English railway guards
ruling about the 1--we stock carried by a
passenger. that dogs is dogs and cats
IS dogs. but turkle is a himself"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

The health OF Ii Hung Chang is a hrst-
rate barometer by which to judge the
condition OF political affairs in China.
When things are going the old mans way
he is reported to be well. strong and IN
good snirits. but when they are going
against mir; be az once beoorpes 80 sick
that his he is despalrod OF and he is not
pcrnhttr'. to see anybody. Toe old man
uses Die health as a diplomatic asset IN
"a manner that Tor shrcwdness D. bsyohd
elltg.fm.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

Henry NJ. stanley made pungent COM
ment the other day when he read that
President Hadiey had predicted there
would be am emperor In Washington with.
in twenty-five years. Il pity the en,.
peror.' said Mr. Stanley. IL already
requires considerable courage 20 be- Pres
ident' Mr Stanley used 20 De az Amer.
lean himself. and be- very weH under
stands tho character of the American PEG.
PIE and hon they feel with respect 10
f0yaliys
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

Already candidates for the seat now &C.
cupied by Senator McLaurin are making
their appearance in South Carolina.
Among those being mentioned is Col. Willie
Jones. who commanded the Second South
Carolina Regiment during it's encampment
IN this city with Fitzhugh Lees corps. If
Senator MeLaurin hopes to succeed him
self he will have to make the fight OF his
life
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

The other day Admiral Dewey received
the governments check for 5000. the
bounty due him for sinking the Spanish
ships IN Manila bay. Within a few DAYS
Admiral sampson will receive his bounty
money a sum that will be $1,000 or a lit
i'e more. Besides getting pay for the
Santiago battle he will receive about 4. 90
Tor the ashis at Aanzanilla and NIpa bay.
Tie amount that Admiral schley viii Pc.
ceiye haa not been announced a the Navy
Department but % Be- said ihe sum viii
not Ne more than 2l@s Or 500
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

The Heistsnd hemp scandal i'm the
Philippines is now under investigation by
- Senate committee; and somebody has
been unkind enough to recall that ex-
Assistant Secretary Of War Meiklejohn
gave Official Endorsement to the scheme
Just a this time when Mr.. Mleklejohn is
candidate for the Senate in Nebraska
aud needs 70 be as far removed as posi-
bic from all breath OF scandal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

1t isn't reasonable to suppose that Eng.
land and Russia would come to hostilities
about the possession of a few yards OF
land at Tien Tsin which the British de-
sire for railway purposes. The affair Is
too picayunish. and no doubt the attitude
of the two parties with respect to it has
been exaggerated
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

Eumor has picked out a wife for Harry
Lehr. The private secretary of Mrs. Astor
and the new major domo OF the New
Yor~ smart set. She is the Widow Dahl.
gren. Oged 30. the daughter of Joseph
Drexe' of Philadelphia. and worth mil
lions of dollars. The gossips have 1t
that Mrs. Aston is promoting the cause
of her young protege.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

A movement in the direction of jury re.
form IN Arkansas has taken the form OF
a constitutional amendment providing
that three-fourths of a jury may return
a verdict in civil cases. The amendment
has been adopted by the legislature and
will be voted on in the next state cleo
lion
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

Capt. Lee. who was British military at
taehe with the United States army in
Cuba during the Spanish war. is now a
member Of Parliament In his maiden
speech the other day he paid a high trl-
butte to the American soldiers, and de-
declared that England would never be
able 10 secure recruits OF equal physique
aud Intellectual standing until the mini
mum pay was raised above 2 cents a day
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
DE SOTO HOTEL.

First-class accommodations for 900
guests. Among the improvements the
past summer 80 new bathrooms were ADD
ed. Tourists find Savannah the most in
teresting city in the South. An ideal
winter resort. Special rates for families
remaining week or more. Tourists stop
ping at the De Soto may become asso-
ciate members of the Savannah GolI
Club
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
The weather.

The indications for Georgia are: In
somewhat warmer in extreme eastern
portions; fresh 10 brisk southeasteriy
winds
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19
MONTGOMERY
CATTLE PARK.
THIrNnERRn1T

Car leaves Bolton street junction $50
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 1880 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 500 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter until
1900 midnight, for Bottom street june
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-19

Presumbaly1t will not, be long now be-
fore New York audiences will have the
happiness of Witnessing the DeRodays-
Castellane insult and consequent duel In
moving pictures