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Evening star., 1897-03-11
An Annoying Canard.

This. exclaimed Gen. Weyler, 'is
dreadful; simply dreadful"
wv hat do you mean?' asked an officer
You know the depleted condition Of the
Spanish treasury"
Yes "
II al Informed that some of the United
States newspaper publishers are going to
demand d contract for space with extra
rates for publis hing my victories at the TOP
of column next to reading matterr'
Evening star., 1897-03-11
Two
Best of Novels,

Or, for 5oc Editions Of Madam sans
Gene" 10y Nict"rien Sardou. and
The special Correspondent. by Jules
verne Publishers pri,e Is !ac. though
sold here regularly AT l5c. Nine cents for
Friday only and not more than one copy
Of each To each purchaser.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

To the respecter of tradition il is very
Hi~rouc"rtlng TO observe what A vast
amount of politics can go on for week
or 50 without any mention of David r.
Hll's name
Evening star., 1897-03-11

Steadily onward goes the progressive ad-
vance at the city post Office building
There We're one hundred and fifty men
employed there today.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

II - to be- suspecte6 that the legislat ors
who are endeavoring TO prohibit cartoons
"iH instead OF suppressirg caricaturists.
Furnish aew material for them.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

tN-Serretary Carlisle found employment
a. an attorney with pronp.n- -ss which
iH1i ates that. desnite the hardness Of the
times. good man sho.iId not be idle.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

If there is any virtue in the maxim.
misery loves company" the Sultan NAV
survey his prospects of a difficulty with
seine little relief
Evening star., 1897-03-11
lid Excitement.

The Nevada man who was standing
peacefully beside the door of the telegraph
Office did not take kindly to the manner
In which an excited stranger tried TO run
over him. AS the stranger came out he
stopped To apologize
Il couldn't lose a moments time" he ex
plain.d. Il, such an urgent matter
II at. 1 couldn't pause for any consider a
ton
1T wasn't anything but g telegram that
you wanted to send. was it?"
1T was telegram. but you don't realize
its Importance. One Of these pugilists had
just said that IL looked like rain and thai
he could whip the other fellow. and 1 ha i
to get the exclusive story to my newspaper
III tine for them to get out an extra"
season of Trials.
De sun come prowlin' earlier dan he did
some time ago
An its later when he goes ter take is
rest:
An all de wuk you tackles seems ter
measure mo an mo-
Dan il useter. though you does yob level
best.
Hit seems terrible distance 'crost dat
gyahden patch O. mine.
An de spdue - long an mighty hahd ter
swing.
An dat broken fence goes stretcbin. miles
an miles along de line
When de days is gittin longer In de
spring.
iii, takes a dreffui lot O. time ter make an
hour or two.
Exceptin when rs done got fast asleep.
Den land o goodness graciousi How dst
night do galloD froo
De slumber dat was comfortn' an deep.
De road goes uphill all de way, no matter
whah ] walks.
An when acrost his lazy back fling
Er sack o. grain. de mule an me. we bof
stahts In an balks
When de days Is Sittin' longer in de
spring.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

The vernal poets who write about vioiets
aud naples will always be under Mr..
clereland's suspicion as possible saIrists
Evening star., 1897-03-11

The prominence of John Hay il connec-
ton with the diplomatic service is likely to
cause woeful epidemic of dialect poetry
Evening star., 1897-03-11
Her Literal Mind,

There. Charley said young Mrs Tor
kins, Il got that pie especially for YOU"
Why. l didn't ask for any,"
NO But YOU hinted. You said rie was
going TO be painfully scarce during the Nc
klniey administrator and l thought we
might as well have some while it's cheas, -
Evening star., 1897-03-11
SHOOTING STARS.
4 Clamsy Advocate.

THE Senate" he cried.
With its grandeur and pride.
Is the client l wish to appear for;
If it's not here to speak,
And 10 wait. week by week,
Pray tell ME. sir what is it here for?'
Evening star., 1897-03-11
ITEMS
Friday Bargains.

DS- for choice Of table filled with
silk Neckwear. worth up to soc
49, .1ae for the 25c Black Satin Ties
and Rows. 2,c for 3.,c Merino Shirts
ana DraNers. s.. ~ for $3.50 Elder
de"n House Robes and Smoking Jack
cts.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

An, pair for the 75c Lace Curtains: 9sc pair for
f>$ the Sly Brussels effects; $2.l9 pair for
the 81 9S Cheniile Curtains
Evening star., 1897-03-11

1M, for the Denim Table Covers. will
Wv aoral designs Ia natural colors. heaS!
fringe.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
Sd. 10
For S4.@8 Skirts.

u The new Dress skirts. OF English Cloths. in
checks and invisible paids; browns blues reds
grecn>, black and white. Circular and seven cores
Lined and velvet bound.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
On Fourth Floor.

o =. yard for the lie figured Silkalines. In new
OS 1897 designs and colors. SURPRISINGLY. beautiful
Evening star., 1897-03-11

a7c for the s5c stamped aud irnseo que.
~ Scarfs, a. inches long. And lSc pair Tor
the stamped Pillow Shanis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

fantry both made ten consecutive IS at
200 yards. two others of this team making
nine, and one eights,5s out of the ten shots.
More remarkable Still, both Capt. Cam
and Private Austin duplicated this feat in
the interstate match, three others of the
Georgia team Of twelve also making a
possible ten straight 5s at this range.
Upon the old style of target it was usual
for teams 20 make the higher score at the
longer distance owing to the prone posi-
ton allowed at SO yards the winning team
in the interstate match having made the
higher score at the longer range for the
last seventeen consecutive years; but it is
noteworthy that while five of the Georgia
team made possible so at zoo yards, one
made 40, aud two made 4S, the highest score
made at $50 yards was ~. the total at the
longer range being 45 points less than at
the shorter.
AS before stated, it is believed that this
is because the~size of the objective and the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
REFORM IN CURRENCY REMOTE.
Prospect for Legislation at This
Session Poor.

Washington, Dec 4.-Sreaker Reed was
at the capitol to-day, greeting the incom-
ing members and talking over the pros
poets Of the approaching session of con-
gress
Inc republican members who have arriv-
ed seem to agree that there is little or no
prospect of currency legislation ana many
Of them, like Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois. are
emphatic in the expression Of the opinion
that 1t would be a mistake to attenlpt to
pass a measure through the House with
ms certainty that il would fail in the
Judge Cox of Tennessee, the leading
member of the democratic minority OF the
cen Mlttee on banking and currency, does
not believe that it will be even possible to
get bill out of that committee, owing
bers.
Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, one of the
members of the ways and means commit
zee believes that if the leaders should de-
che 10 press currency measure that il
would come, not from the currency. but
the ways and means committee. ANY bill
Wnlcn contemplated the issue of bonds or
involved the revenues in any way, as for
instance the reduction OF the tax on ma
uonal bank notes, he said, could properlv
come under the jurisdiction of the ways
and means committee
Mr.. Tawney thinks it not improbable
mat the ways and means committee NAV
present an important measure in the
course Of the session for the modification
OF some of the internal revenue features
OF the present tariff law. The internal rev.
enue features of the Jaw of 1894 were not
amended in any respect by the Dingley
law. Two of the questions which will be
considered in connection with the propo-
sition to amend these features of the law
VIII be the proposed reduction of the tax
on whisky and the subject of free alco-
hol in the arts, which a joint committee
of the House and Senate have been in
Vestigating.
IL is the intention of Chairman Cannon
and his colleagues on the appropriations
committee to press the appropriation bills
through as cary as possible, and thew
expect to pass two at least before the
Christmas holidays
Senator Fry, who arrived in Washing
ton to-day, expressed the opinion that on
account Of the political complexion of the
Senate, it would be impossible to secure
currency legislation such as would satisfy
the republican party at the approaching
session of congress- and in this view Sen.
ator Allison conceded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
4 STUDY or TARGETS.
The New Army Target and Its Eff
feet in Rifle Shooting.

H. A. Giddings in Harper's Weekly.
The recent annual rifle meeting at Sea
Girt, N, J., the Mecca of the expert mill
tary shot, was signalized by remarkable
team scores and phenomenal individual
shooting.
A gradual improvement in rife shooting
would be but the natural result of the in
tense interest and constant practice now
prevalent in the state troops, and the win
ming by the Georgia team of practically
every match it could enter is but the log
ical result of it's thorough organization,
enterprise, and early practice both at
home and at Sea Crit but it's record
breaking score in the Interstate match.
with a margin of Sc points over the former
record, made by Pennsylvania in 1892, can
hardly be attributed esther to exception
ally favorable circumstances or to the
prowess of the phenomenal shots who con-
stituted the Georgia team, for the New
york team also broke the previous rec
ORD with margin of p points.
Despite the magnificent shooting of both
these teams, the remarka Bile scores must
De IN part attributed to the new style of
target used for the first time at this meet
ing.
tor many years the military target in
this country consisted of a central circu-
lar "bulPs-eye" surrounded by concentric
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
DEFENSE OF DREYFUs.
SPANS King, the Gar and the Pope
Reported Appealed To.

SPANS King, the Gar and the Pope
Reported Appealed To.
London, Dee. 4-The new Sunday news
paper, the Sunday Special, this morning
publishes a dispatch from Paris, which
gives what is alleged to be the story of
the promotion of the defense of Dreyfus
According to this story, a Frenchman
named Vignaud left Paris a year ago for
Madrid, whittier he went to endeavor to
secure the influence of the queen regent
in favor of Dreyfus. Nignaud was in>
troduced at court by the American minis
ter as a professor of billiards and met
the young king, who, with the influence
of an Austrian archduchess, who was
staying at the court and who favored
Capt Dreyfus, was persuaded to write to
the pope asking his holiness to use his
influence 10 obtain the condemned mans
release. The archduchess, the story goes
on TO say, then returned to Vienna and
made 1t the center of Dreyfusian intrigues
until the movement was suddenly stopped
by Emperor Francis Joseph. who learned
that Comte Esterhazy was involved.
The ex-Queen of Servia and Princess
Waldemar of Denmark gave valuable as
sistance in the agitation. The latter talk
ed regarding the matter with the czar, who
remarked that the prisoners guilt should
be absolutely clear where the crime charg-
ed was so objectionable.
Emperor Nicholas conversed with Pres
ident Faure of France on the subject at
the time of their meeting in -. Peters
burg, and the president declared that what
ever might be his personal wish public
opinion was on the other side. The influ-
ence brought TO bear on the pope did not
result In any utterance on the part OF his
| holiness, but it is known that Cardinal
Rampo.la, papal secretary of state, init
| fa8v -
GLIDING Vaughn, and the pontiff, felt an
immense amount of sympathy in the mat
ter and were intensely anxious that all
anu-Semitic prejudice should be kept out
of the question.
The Sunday Special prints fac simile of
| the letter written by the wife of Capt.
Dreyfus to the pope, pleading with him
for assistance in her husbands ease
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
GEORGIANS Ar TEE CAPITAL.
senator Bacon and Four of the Con-
@ressmen ON the Ground.

senator Bacon and Four of the Con-
gressmen ON the Ground.
Washington, Dec. 4.-Senator Bacon ar
rived here this morning, and spent part of
the day at the capitol, gossiping about the
work of the coming session with some of
his senatorial associates. He does not an
ticiDate any radical financial legislation
during the coming session, although sew
eral efforts in that direction are likely to
be made
Senator Clay is expected here to-mor-
row.
The only members of the Georgia dele
cation here to-day are Representa- ives
Livingston, Adamson, Fleming and Griggs.
The committees were appointed during
the extra session, so that but little inter
est centers around the opening proceed
ings next Monday.
1t is generally believed that the Presi-
dents message will be a long, conserva-
tive document, without any sensa tional
recommendations
Senator McLaurn of South Carolina
proposes to open the fight on the financial
question by introducing a bill to repeal
the 10 per cent. state bank tax. He has
framed his bill, and will introduce it in
the Senate Monday. 1t will be referred to
the committee on finance, where il NAV be
put TO sleep for the balance of the session.
Under the rules he can can il up at anv
time for discussion, but there is no way of
getting action upon ii until it is reported
back from the committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

childRn are cursing the fainting and ween.
ing-hut to no avail, the matador Jose WjTt
give 10 more death thrusts.
Whet the poor, trampled dead body ia
reYereftly carried out later a woman in
tercepts the bearers. She is Spanish, dark
and beautiful, and very calm and stilI. She
tells then simply that the matador was
her husbapd-she will go with them
COMPOSED, with trampled body straight
ened and Ahrouded, the matador Jose lea
seven hourA later. crowded over with flow
ers ana suFounded by candles. And hue.
died against the bed, a tiny Spanish dag
ger buried M to its hilt lust belov, bo,,
soft throa tlthe same woman is living
No one kTpws who she is or where She
came from. That she is Spanish they know,
from the TNledo dagger, and the blue
black of her hair and that her name /.
Carmen theylearn from the engraving Nv,
the one ring that she wears-a present froro
Jose after beating her for the first time
in Madrid.
That IS ell they ever knowl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

divisions of the target render 1t easier to
make a perfect score at 200 yards than
heretofore, while the conditions at 500
yards are not very different. the Georgia
team making precisely the same total at
this range that it made last year.
There is much criticism of the new tar
gets among military men, especially of the
too large figure in the short-range target
and of the chance of close shots at the
longer ranges counting less than wider
shots which happen to hit an arm or leg.
The advocates of the target, on the other
hand, contend that 1t is thoroughly prac-
teal since a shot missing mans trunk
by half an inch Is harmless, and should
therefore count less than one which strikes
his elbow or foot rendering him hors de
combat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
THE soUDAN SPIDERS.
To Live Happily in the SOudan One
Must Get Used to the Insects.

Must Get Used to the Insects.
From the London Standard.
If one wants to live happily in the Sou
dan, one must get used to spiders. They
crawl into your dressing bag or come upon
the table while you are washing, taking
great interest in soap and tooth powder
and all toilet requisites; if disturbed they
retire into your sponge, and remain there
till they are drowned out. One must also
become accustomed to sand or dust
storms, for they are frequent and terri
BILE disturbers of your comfort. They
come upon you suddenly when you are
quite unaware of their close proximity
just as express trains at a busy junction
surprise the passenger uninitiated in the
mysteries Of signaling. There is a distinct
sound like the coming of a train, then
rush by, and the after draught. Palms
sway and bow THEM rustllng frouds to
the earth, and eddies Of dust buffet YOU
on all sides, lifting you from your feet
Tents are turned inside out, scattering
their contents TO the winds or everything
is incrustated with an impalpable pow
der, which seals up ones eyes, plugs ones
nose and ears, or chokes one with the
nauseating sweepings of a foul camping
ground AS | am writing this letter a
dust hurricane, which has been making
life miserable for the last three days, is
still blowing.
The fierce blast of the wind makes metal
so hot that the heat from the nib carrying
the ink to paper dries up the fluid before
a line can well be penned The sweat of
the hand too, mixed with the layer of
dust on the paper. so soils the manuscript
! that one feels loath to send it, The flies
| seeking your tent for shelter from the
/ cruel blast without, cling to your nose and
/ eyeiids with a tenacity which is almost
| madcening At meals, each dish is COW
cred with grit before it can be consumed
4 and one has to nurse odd corners Of the
! tent to shield ones cup from the puffs of
dust beating up from under the canvas,
| before one can get a drink that is not alb
1 solutely muddy.
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treason, I have the right to a court mar
ual which is the highest form of military
Justice and only decision emanating
from It can censure-by acquitting me
the most cowardly calumniators before
the public 10 which they have dared 10
appeal. am sure that in a thorough spir-
it of fairness you will send me before a
Paris court martial Esterhazy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

SO0-yard is closer to the center and unques-
tionably better than one which chance
might lodge in the elbow or in the foot
of the figure, but which counts for more.
1t is at 200 yards, therefore, that accu-
rate holding is surest of counting and
while the new and larger objective contri-
butes to higher score, the records made
at Sea Girt are none the less remarkable.
In the company team match, open to
teams of five, ten shots each at 200 yards
and 500 yards, Capt. Cam and Private
Austin of Company C. First Georgia In
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
ESTERHAZY's EPIsTLE.
Text of the Letter in Which He De-
mands a COurt-MnrtiaI.

nc
New York, Dec. "a dispatch to the
World from Paris says: This is the let
ter Esterhazy wrote 20 Gen. Pellieux de-
mandng trial.
MY General: Being innocent, the tor
ture / have suffered in the past fortnight
is more than mortal can bear.
Il believe you have in your hands every
proof of the infamous plot that has been
got up for my ruin, but these proofs must
be produced and the judicial examination
must be as widely extended as possible so
the matter.
Neither refusal to continue the inves-
tigation nor the proclama ton of the fact
that no true bill can be found against
me can now assure to me the reparation
to which 1 am entitled.
"As an officer publicly accused Of high
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

Old Military Tar score was noticed.
get-All Ranges. In the spring of
the present year, as the result of the re-
concentrations of the army small-aTms
board, radical change was made by the
adoption of the silhouette target. The
theory of this target is that the soldier
should be trained to shoot at a mark such
as the enemy would present. The bulls
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

circular rings. A few
years ago this was
changed to an clip
teal bulPs-eye, with
elliptical rings, the
vertical axis being
the greater. The
area of the bulFs-eye
and rings of this tar
get were the same
as in thea circular
style, and no percep-
tible change i'm
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4
and comparative
ly regular in
shape, and the ele-
ment of chance
enters less than in
the other targets,
in which 1t is evil
dent that a shot
either close to the
armpit in the 900
yard target or
high up between
81 TA--. -. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

ing to shoot high, an. endeavor is made
in the new target to overcome this tenden-
cy by placing the figure at the bottom
instead of in the center.
The divisions regulating the value of
shots are entirely different and the area
of the figrure is much greater than in
the old bull s-eye
The effect on the scores of this greater
area in the central objective is most APP
parent at 200 yards. At this range the
ger r figure is compact
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

therefore the silhouette
In black, on a white
ground, of a soldier ly-
lying down, head on"
In the 5G0-yard target
the figure is kneeling; in
the 800-yard target the
figure is standing; and
the 1,0O0-yard figure rs
that of a soldier on
horseback. The ten
1encY of all frnnns he
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
saiIor Injured hx n Enu.

Brunswick, Ga, Dec. A sailor on
board the Spanish bark Golofre fell in the
hold tonight and broke his collar bone.
This, with other injuries of an internal
nature, make his condition serious.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

Shakespeare to Date" Everybody
went crazy over cur Thanksgiving presen-
tation of AS You Like It " "What made
it so popular?" I'VE worked Orlando in
TO a foot ball game instead of the usual
cord.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
snow ana Hurricanes in spain.

Madrid, Dec. 4-The Catalonian coast,
have been swept by hurricanes and heavy
SHOWS have fallen in the northern prov
inces of Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
PRESIDENTIAL POsTMAsTERs.
The Senate to Have 73s Appointments
for Combination at Once.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The Senate will
have the appointment of about 1888 presi-
dental postmasters on its hands for con-
hrmation during the present month. All
but 100 of these have been made by the
President since the close of the extra
ordinary session of congress. The post
master at Detroit is among them. or
these 100 cases are ready to be sent by
the President to the Senate at the opening
of congress, and sixty of these are ex-
pected this month
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

-Spogs-Was it not disgraceful, the way
in which Smiggs snored in church to-day?
Stuggs-I should think it was. Why he
woke US all up.-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
WIRE NAIL TRUST.
All the Concerns Interested Decide
to Go Into the Combine

Cleveland, O., Dec 4.-The proposed i'm
mense combination Of wire nail and steel
rod interests, overshadowing anything of
the kind that has been planned. has ad-
Vanced to the point where the concerns in
terested have decided to go in, and all that
remains to be done is to reach an agree
ment on the value of the different mills.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
MURDERER JAILED AT MARION.
Robbery the object of His Crime ana
Lynching May Follow.

II VITUNV.
Marion, Ala, Dec 4.-Bill Scott the ne
gro who murdered John Singley, for the
purpose of robbery, near Greensboro, one
night this week, was captured here to-
day. and Is now in jail at this place.
There is considerable excitement.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 4-As soon as
news of the arrest reached Hale county.
the excitement became intense and a mob
organized to go to Marion to lynch Scott.
The sheriff at Marion telegraphed Gov.
Johnston here for aid, and later instruct
ed the sheriff to use the Marion Rifles If
necessary to protect the prisoner and OBJ
tain an order for the removal Of Scott 10
the Selma jail from the probate judge to-
morrow. At last accounts the mob had
not reached Marion
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
MARINES GOING TO alaska.
They Are TO Preserve Order During
the Term of Court

Washington, Dec 4-Capt. J. NJ. Young
OF the United States marine corps has
Deeh ordered, with twenty-four marines
rom the sitka, Alaska barracks to Ju-
neau, Alaska, TO assist the United States
uistrlct Judge and the United States mar
court there.