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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-14


Ex-Gov. Russell A. Alger is prominent
among the Republican candidates spoken of
for the Presidency. Certainly the Michi-
gan delegates will vote for him in the Re-
publican National Convention, and not a
few of her people are hopeful that he will
be the candidate of his party.
Russell A. Alger, of Detroit, was born in
Lafayette township, Medina county, Ohio,
on February 81 1885, Both his parents
died when he was only II years of age, leav-
ing him to provide for himself and a
younger sister and brother He managed to
support the obligations thus thrust upon
him by untoward fortune, and when the war
of the Union began was resident of Mich
igan, and able to leave MS affairs in good
shape and fight for the Federal cause He
enlisted in the Second Michigan Cavalry in
obedience to the first call addressed to the
patriotism of his State. Afterward ne was
mustered into the service of the United
States as captain of company C. He proved
to be a brilliant officer of cavalry was
present in some of the most Obstinately con.
tested fights of the war, and was twice
wounded. During the winter of 1864 he
was on private service under orders from
President Lincoln, and visited nearly all
the Union armies in the field at the time.
His career as a soldier evidences his great
ability and courage.
In 1865 Gen. .Alger began his successful
career at Detroit as dealer in pine timber
and pine lands. He is now the President
of one of the wealthiest corporations en-
gagged in the operations indicated, and has
large business interests outside of this in
railroads, banking and car building.
Gen. Alger has been identified with the
Republican party from its beginning. He
was Governor of Michigan during the years
1856 and 1887.
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The student Of contempora history can
not fail to overlook impending changes in
Holland and Portugal, as we'll as in Ger
many, which will result from the probably
early demise of the sovereigns of those
countries. The death of William Ill, King
of the Netherlands, may be heard of any
day, and has been expected long. Now
news is received that King Luis, Of Portu-
gal, has been failing in health for some
time. He finds it impossible to attend to
the business of the State and has resolved to
delegate to Prince Carlos, the heir appar-
ent the signing of State documents and
the power of representation of the King on
occasions when tho presence of his majesty
is required.
King Luis |. is il. the prime Of his years.
He was born October 81, 1888, the son of the
late Queen Maria H., andkthe late Prince
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg. His royal
mother was the first sovereign of the line of
Braganza to break through the custom,
which had prevailed for two centuries, of
keeping up blood alliances with the reigning
house Of Spain. Her union with Prince
Ferdinand resulted in the beginning of the
House of -Coburg, the first SOW
ereign of which was her son, PedrosV, at
whose death, In 1861, Luis succeeded TO the
throne. The young king took to wife PA,
the youngest daughter of King
NlcJor Emmanuel, OF IUaly Iney
were married on Oct. g, 1862,
when the bridegroom was "a years old and
the bride only Is. Queen Pia has the repu-
tation of being the best dressed woman in
Europe. She and her royal mate are the
parents of two sons, the elder of whom,
Prince Carlos, Duke of Braganza, born in
1868, is a cultivated man who will ably re-
lieve his sick father of the irksome duties
which even kings have to perform. Prince
Carlos, who win be King Of Portugal before
long, married daughter of the Comte de
Paris, the most formidable Of pretenders to
monarchical rule over France.
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The futurepig must have more flesh and
less fat. 1t must not be mere lard keg. 1t
must be fed upon Informing foods until
grown and then fattened. 1t means that
more clover, peas, oats, milk and such arti-
cles Of diet must be used and less corn. We
will then have healthier and more palatable
pork and hog cholera will become a thing
of the past
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Satisfaction guaranteed.

The Gem Ice Cream Freezer, sold at
Silva's Crockery House, is simple and sub
stantial in construction, rapid and effective
in operation, and is guaranteed TO give
satisfaction
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MILLINERY


With his Spring and Summer stock equal to all the
called openings in the entire South We have been very
cesul in completing unusual large stock of novelties in
Straw Goods Ribbons Flowers Tips and fine and correct
models Of trimmed Hats and Bonnets from Virots We have
and every kind Of Hats for misses and children We show
styles and coos match every tint in dress goods and have
also the ribbons flowers and feathers to match In Flowers
show every flower that blooms in the spring and summer
and include Pique Monures Chrysanhemums and combi
nations RIBBoNsA stock that is expected from Krouskos
only, and the novelties shown surprising and bewderng
MORE, Ombre Ombre Stripe Satin and eros Grain in all
widths and coors and not any single retail millinery house
in this country show such stock Of Millinery We
tnue sell retail first floor prices
sell at wholesale upstairs We shall also continue Rib
bon sales until further notice
=. KROUSKOFF.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES.
70 YEARS.
A Scaly, Itching, Skin Disease
with Endless Suffering Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.

IF had known of the CUTIcURA REMEDIES
Il twenty-eight years ago it would have saved
me $500 two hundred dollars and an immense
amount of suffering. My disease (Psoriasis) com
menced on my head in a spot not larger than
cent. 1t spread rapidly all over my body and
got under my nails. The scales would drop off
of me all the time and my suffering was end
less, and without relief One thousand dollars
would not tempt me to have this disease over
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lieved of what some of the doctors said was
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- and - SarSaparllas over one year and
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nature to me. | thank you thousand times
Anything more that you want to know write
me, or anyone who reads this may write to me
and will answer. DENNIS DOWNING.
WATERBURY,, W., Jan. goth, 1887.
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" for a descriptive circular.
WATAUGA HOTEL CO., Proprictors.
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CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS.

CAPON bPRINGS AND BATHS,
ALKALINE LITHIA AND SUPERIOR IRON
WATERS, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, w. VA.
THIS celebrated mountain resort for health
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mer homo with its many Improvements, accom-
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WIN II. SALE Proprietor.
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SALT SIP rim G. = HOT EEL.


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per week For further particulars address
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lung Diseases.

., D".sl' ! hefie. Il TO be the creates.
'4..ae ,"' !ntta world jams Miller,
\, " wife lat a distressjn, courh.
Eel gal'ls @ u tie side and breast We
~ various medicines, Sd ba. 's,, none I,a
ye,' ~ !, good until / got a bottle ot
merry Pcetoral which has cured
3ea,.s 49,. y 5ar, Mrs. Glenn, had the
\ ',as' ~ a. tin cough was relieved ~
\, ! no, ~ hesitation ii re,omnnrnlini u,'p'n'
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(vyr s,G us.a than any other medicine she
fans.ss's ssa' Enos Clark, MI. Liberty, m
EJ'''' Cherry PecteraI,
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
Dainty Cotton Fabrics.

The market is crowded this season
with the prettiest of lOw-priced dainty
cotton fabrics, which viii enable women
with moderate purses to dress charm-
ingly ut little expense, provided they
make suitable selections and make the
fabrics up in simple styles. There arc
sheer lawns imported in lovely tints in
monochrome, India and French mus
Inns, sprigged with lunches of shaded
violets, sweet peas, or pink and white
carnations, ctc. Chambery fabrics N,
very iiao and delicate, and those /,
boxes are beautifully embroidered.
Heliotrope, primrose and pink zephyr
gingham, with white or tinted stripes,
trimmed on the bodice with loops and
bows of velvet ribbon. Pale-blue, gray
and strawberry ginghams are cool ano
fresh-looking, and In Paris the large
plaided and checked French glnghams
are used for beach and travelling dresses.
with jaunty bodice of plain gingham
matching one of the colors in the plaid
The skirts are as stylishly adjusted us
asummer silk, and there are bonnet OF
hat and parasol On suite.--M. T. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
|fHE MEGALOMANIAc.-
Incapable OF Judging His Own Works, He
Bliglits the Lives of Others.

Incapable OF Judging His Own Works, He
Blights the Lives of Others.
"There is an immensity of trick in
all that Shakespeare wrote" said
Wordsworth to Charles Lamb. "Why.
/ could write as we'll as Shakespeare
myself, if only had the mind to-. +"
Eyes," wittily replied Lamb; "all you
lack is the mind" Wordsworth was
u a megalomaniac. 1t is said that he be-
lieved his doggerel poem, ''Peter Bell, I"
was as good as his Incompatible "Ode
on the Intimations of Immortality.
| Like many others, he was incapable of
| Judging his own work.
Every editor receives countless con-
ltributions from contributors who are
}megalomaniacs, laboring under the de-
lusion that they are great. Their ar
ticles are without originality, negligent
of all grammatical restraints, and rad
lically independent of the spelling book.
And yet they think they can write; and
| thousands OF editors regrets and whole
stacks of rejected manuscripts can not
undeceive them.
NcFer week passes but some minis
/ ter meets with a megalomaniac, who
thinks he could excel him as a preach
/ or. The severest trials of the family
physician arise from the superior wis
/ dom of their patients, or perhaps the
good old aunts of their patients, who
/ have some pet hereditary theory which
Ithey believe is better than the DOCTORS.
The medical megalomaniac is the blight
Iof every doct0r's life.-Y Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
SKATING ON SNOW.
The Exhiicrating Pastimc Enjoyed by tho
Fair Girls of Norway.

Fair Girls OF Norway.
A correspondent gives the following
account of delightful sport which the
inhabitants of Norway enjoy during the
month OF March, usually so sloppy and
disagreeable here: There is plenty OF
snow In Norway. There always has
been, and this winter 1t seems as il the
snow is lingering around only to please
the young ladies, who are bound to
have some fun out of It. You can see
them now In their most convenient and
becoming dark dresses made for the
occasion, marching bravely up hill on
their large wooden skates (skD or
gracefully sliding like fair visions down
steep hills, and sometimes disappearing
in the deep snow, presently to emerge
again looking like snow fairies. These
wooden skates are peculiar to Norway.
They are about two yards long, ending
in front in curved point. The middle
is provided with n strong leather strap,
closely fitting the foot, and the whole
skate is just wide enough for the foot
to rest upon.
Struggling to the top of the hills on
these skates is a very difficult matter,
and would prove almost too much for
| the little feet were ii not for the assist
| ance which their escorts are only toe
| glad to render. 1t is exceedingly fas-
| cinating to see hundreds and hundreds
| of young men and girls on beautiful
| moonlight evening, walking on these
| long skates among the dark and mighty
| fir and pine trees, or in the long ranks
hand in hand. plunging down from the
| top OF hill, singing and laughing sc
that the cold, transparent air is ringing
with joy. And then after some happy
hours spent away from the city. march
ing home, swinging their burning
torches, which twinkle and sparkle
against the clear blue sky, when the
moon now and then peeps down among
the tree tops, looking pale beside the
dark red light of the torches. The
solemn pine forest around them light
ems up as they pass, while the pure
white snow sparkles like diamonds
and turns into ruddy hue from the
| sparks that shower down like rain o
fire.
| In spite of the fact that the temper
ature is just above zero, am sure al
these young Norwegian girls, if they
had the slightest acquaintance witt
American slang, would exclaim whel
coming home on one of these evenings
"It was just too lovely for any thing;
but as they do not use slang in Nor
way, they would simply say: "Noth
ing is like Norwegian winter" IN
| Y. Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
MAKING RAIL FENCES,
Some of the Woods Which Have Goo
Lasting Qualities.

Some of the Woods Which Have Good
Lasting Qualities.
To make u good fence, good materials
and good workmanship are required.
This is well illustrated in the making
of Virginia rail fence, which | believe
is the most eXtravagant fence ever
made, and yet there is now, and is
likely to be for some time, as much of
this as of any other kind of fence. 1t
is pity, that the man who discovered
(not inventedD Virginia rail fence and
FAINT.
Some woods last better on or in the
ground than others, and in building
rail fence this should be kept in mind.
Thus, the hickory, cut when the bark
peels off, makes a very durable rail of
the ground, while it soon rots on the
ground. For the ground rails, we in
this locality find nothing so good as
the white oak. Red, or slippery elm, y
is like hickory. A fence, the ground
and red elm, all cut when the bark
will peel off and the rails set up to sea-
son, will, when well built, require
scarcely any repair for fifteen years.
White elm, wild cherry and dead pin
oak, make such poor rails that it does
not pay to cut them for this purpose
But if pin-oal1 is cut while yet alive
and while the bark will peel off, it
makes very durable rail if kept o.
the ground.
A good rail fence can not be built
unless the rails are laid directly over
each other, making upright corners.
Split rails should be laid, as much as
possible, with the heart wood up. A
rail so laid will last almost twice as
long as when laid with the sap wood
up. The weakest rails, or those likely
to rot soonest, should be reserved for
the upper courses, as in those courses
broken rail can be replaced more
easily than in the lower part of the
fence. 1t pays to put down good, dur
able ground-chunks; pnd IL man care
less about setting the stakes will not
make II good fence. The stakes should
be set deep Ga nattock is much better
than II spade for digging the holes)
and ut such an angle with the fence
that the rider will lock them down or
the rail beneath them. john NJ !Stahl,
in country GeRtlemln.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
EXAMINING RECRUITS.
Obstacles in the Way of Getting ito Uncl,
Sans Army.

sauIS army
It is not so easy for man to get into
the United States army. He must go
through as rigid an examination as a
life insurance company would insist on,
and even if he passes that he is not
certain to be admitted, as defective
eyesight or imperfect hearing, that
would not hurt a mans prospects or
longevity, keep him out of the army
The recruiting officers need to know as
much as a surgeon. Besides that, they
acquire a knowledge of human nature
which helps them pick out the best
men. Hardly half the applicants for
enlistment are received, and us a re-
suit of this careful culling, and the re-
enlistment of the best of the old men,
the physical and the moral standard of
the army is constantly rising.
The most careful examination is
made of the chest and heart. A table
has been prepared giving the mean
chest measurement and mobility for
each inch of height. A recruit five
feet four should weigh 1913 pounds, have
a mean chest measurement of thirty
four inches, and a mobility of two
inches. At five feet height his weight
should be l41 pounds, his mean chest
341 inches, and his mobility two and
One-half inches. Each inch in height
over five feet four should mean an In
crease in weight OF two pounds, with
Ave pounds extra for each inch over
E.,a Hxrn
there should be an increase OF half an
inch in the mean chest measurement
for each inch in height. The table gives
the weight, height and chest mobility
up to 6 feet 3, where the weight should
be 100 pounds, the mean chest 3S inches,
and the mobility q inches. 1t would
be ground for rejection If the man
should be under weight, or If his mean
chest or chest mobility were too small.
The measurements of the chest are
made by having the recruit raise his
arms above his head. The tape is cir
cled around the chest under the arm
pits. As the arms are lowered and the
air expelled, the measure is taken.
Then full inspiration, and the meas
ure Is taken again ut the same point.
The difference is the mobility. A
mobility OF over three inches shows
that the chest is in good expansive
condition.
The recruit hops around the room
first on one leg and then on the other.
Upon his return the recruiting officer
feels his pulse, to see how much II has
quickened through the exercise, The
glands, muscles and bones are ex-
amined, and occasionally measure-
ments are taken Of the arms, legs and
stomach. The recruit then goes
through the positions required in drill
Ing, and he fops his arms. legs, hands,
feet and fingers around to show the
officer that they work freely. The ex-
animation extends to every part of the
body, and is ~ thorough Us IL can be
made.-M r. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
AMERICAN ORATORS.
characteristics of Great Men Renowned
for Talking.

characteristics of Great Men Renowned
for Talking.
Patrick Henry was in early life an
utter failure. His father set him up in
a small store, which did not succeed,
and then the youth married the daugh-
ter of an inn-kceper and for awhile
tended bar. Later on he became a
petty lawyer. But it was a long time
before an occasion presented itself
which displayed his wonderful genius.
Thenceforth, however, he stood at the
head of the profession, and soon be-
came the leader of the patriots of Vir-
ginia.
James Otis was the only one of the
great American orators who suffered
the loss of reason, which was due to a
blow on the head received in public
ARRAY occasioned by political discus.
sion. During this unfortunate condi-
tion he destroyed all his papers, and
soon afterward he was struck by
lightning, being the only statesman
that met such fate.
John b. Cough was brought out by
accident. He did not know what was
in him until the hour of utterance
came. Cough talked about that very
occurrence, and he smiled Mt the pict-
ure he drew of himself-a miserable
drunkard who happened into tenn
perance meeting and was induced to
speak 1t was the beginning of that
reform which he advocated with such
fascinating eloquence.
William Henry Stewards speeches
are remarkably complete, and are ad-
mirable for the elOquence of style ms
we'll as for argument. They were
written out with elaborate care before
delivery.
John Randolph was noted for his
whitening sarcasm, and was by some
considered insane. His speeches were
seldom reported, and his fame chiefly
rests ON tradition.
The most finished of American ora
tors was Edward Everett, but he
lacked the magnetic power by which
Roscoe Conkling held an audience.
Alexander Hamilton's speeches were
not fully reported, and his fame rests
upon tradition. He was, however,
highly eloquent, and his last effort in
behalf of the liberty of the press awolke
general admiration.
Webster's oratory was characterized
by robust thought, simple but power-
full language, and bold presentation
Of national matters. Chicago Nesps,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
A common.sense Remedy.

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Their action does not interfere with laboi
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Beware of limitations, and do not be de
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