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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
Three Forgotten Carpet-Baggers.
Eronl the NelO York Evening Sun.

From ri1e N6tO L OfB EDentny oUu
at is wonderful how many people are
swallowed up in this great city who were
once conspicuous actors in the politics of
other States said an old stager the ether
day. ''They come here as the unfortunates
of old used to make for the Hebrew cities Of
refuge. They are swallowed up in our sea
of population, and the great world hears no
more of them.
but it is seldom that three men from the
same State who were utter failures, and yet
who had played a prominent part IN the
politics of a State, cross my pathway in
three different sections of the city on the
same day. This happened not long ago.
Two of the men had represented the State
of Florida in the Senate of the United
States. They were Simon B. Conover, q
carpet Dagger, who had been surgeon in
the army, Speaker of the Florida Assembly,
Treasurer of that State, and a United
States Senator. then Inspector Of Customs
at SO per diem at Norfolk; the other was L.
W. Osborn, who was sent to the United
States Senate by the carpet-bag legislature
of Florida, but for what reason no one has
ever been able to discover. The third man
lector of the Port of Jacksonville and editor
under cover of the Florida Union. He
went to Spain and got into dungeon, but
ESCAPED and returned to this country.
'trhese men were once power in Florida
notifies and were in large measure the head
and front of the carpet -bag machine from
1865 TO 1876. Dockery was the best looking
man ever saw, and as sharp as needle.
He feathered his nest well, but isnpt anxious
TO return to the scene of his former glory. |
met him as | was coming out OF the Grand
Central Depot. Ills cheeks were still as
finely tinted as Boston girls and his toes
still iapped as he walked like paroquets.
Gas / boarded a Third avenue elevated
train for the City Hall, the large and con
sequcntial proportions Of Thomas w.
Osborn covered the seat in front OF me. My
attention was drawn 20 him by his feet.
They are the chubbiest ever saw, being
nearly as thick as they are long. The ex-
senators apparel looked seedy. did not
Judge from his general get-up that be was
living IN clover
WHILE hurrying through Park Row. eK-
Senator COnoYer passe me, With the hang
lnr head aud dOwncast eye and stopping
ghoulders which characterize him IA his
davs Of power and plenty. lie never aayea
anv money. 40 lived Ike hghiinE COCK
frefn The Speakers chair ia TIE flofiQa
faoislature int0 the senate u the United
state. Whaa bia kbenatorlal tefin expired
~ VA stfandsa. aud he u stranded san"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Five Men Blown TO Atoms and Houses
Shaken for Miles Around.

Five Men Blown TO Atoms and Houses
Shaken for Miles Around.
The careless man in a powder mill, like the
senseless idiot who is constantly pointing un-
loaded guns at people and unaccountably kill
ing or manning them, is always abroad The
latest horror is a terrible explosion at Lake
Hopatcong, n. j. in the Torcite Dynamite
Works. The amount of dynamite in the build
ing was 100 pounds and il wrought terrible de-
structon. How it exploded is not known, for
the four young men in the building were blown
TO atoms Their names are: Frederick Nc
Dede, aged Il; John Fancher, Is; Henry Todd,
Il, and Philip Myer, -. The first three lived at
Stanhope. about a mile from the works. Myer
came from Philadelphia recently.
The explosion gave rise to great cloud OF
smoke, which covered the scene. When it
lifted it disclosed a great rent in the earth
where the building had been. The ground for
several acres around was strewn with the frag-
ments of the building, the timbers of which
were splintered fine as matches and with
minute shreds of human flesh. About 800
pounds of the flesh was picked up, but there were
only two pieces of any considerable size found.
One was a head and shoulder picked up 300 feet
away, but so mutilated that it was unrecog-
nizable. The other was a leg. From the foot
OF TINS leg the SKIN was completely removed
pieces of clothing and fragments of flesh were
picked out of the trees in the vicinity. Imme-
diately after the explosion the air was filed
with floating fragments of the cartridge paper,
some of which were waited as far as brakes
vile, two miles away.
People wonder after every such horrible oc-
currence how men can be found to work in such
terribly dangerous places. But there are
plenty. Long contact with danger makes men
careless of it and callous to their own safety
in fact over-confdept.
Take it, for instance, in other things. Two
thirds of us are constantly living over powder
mine, liable to explode and land us in the grave
or the insane asylum. And, strange to say, we
are constantly lighting the trains and fuses our
selves and carelessly inviting danger through
long contact and over-confidence James
Smith, our neighbor, becomes insane; William
Hall commits suicide when suddenly deranged,
Mrs. Jones hurls herself from a window and is
dashed to pieces, Edward Robinson drops dead
from spssm of the heart or his brother becomes
insane or paralyzed for life. The brain and
nerves are very tender structures Heed well
the first little sparks and save your life, your
liberty or your sanity with Scotch Oats Essence,
the great Tonic, Nervine and Brain lnvigorant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
FLORIDA.

Sam Jones will open the Lake Weir Chau-
tauqua on Feb. 2s.
Work on Lake City's opera house is
steadily progressing.
4, The Key West Equator has swallowed up
inc Key West Democrat.
=, There was large attendance at the Sub
tropical Exposition on Saturday.
Al, II is sad that over 5000 people witnessed
tne races at Sanford on Saturday
., bishop Weed conducted services in the
episcopal church at Palatka Sunday.
%, ne registered people now at the hotels in
Ipi lla show that there are more people in
'ie olat" than az any one time before
Leap year balls are still Ia date and occu-
Ylng The attention Of dancers throughout
'''e SLATE. Lake City has just had ball.
he Fort Myers Fess Is II favor Of an
s I. sfsslon # tbe legislature, providing
w gpsaia Tie plq~t " tho laws enacted ~
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
How One Woman Earn. nread.

"Just look 40 that lady, said a middle aged
gentleman as be paused for moment at the
entrance Of his club, aud raised his hat gal
lantly % a woman who passed. She was tall,
graceful. her face was comely and her bear
ing refined.
"rll tel You about her. She studied 0rt
abroad Tor three years before her marriage.
Critics declared her % be unusually gifted
perhaps a genius. She didn't take 81 the pink
rose and apple blossom style q art. Her
pictures were realistic Landscapes and strong
figure pieces Some brought pretty good
prsces ia London-three believe found buy
ers in Paris and some were sold IN New York.
Bat like most other girls, Cupid marked her
and she married. Children came fast until
she had three. There was small time then
for welding the paint brush and indulging
IN the fancies that resolve into ideals Of
beauty under skillful touch
"When the youngest child was six months
old the husband died. Scarcely was the
funeral ended when she found that she and
the babies were not worth a nickel. She
mixed up her paints solicited pupils and
went % work. / believe she did get a few
pupils aud sell a picture or two. But she
almost starved She Just put her canvas and
paint pots into closet, got some things on
credit ar the grocers and butchers rolled up
her sleeves, built fire in her kitchen stove
and went 10 cooking. What for Why, 10
sell tie things she made. She baked mp some
angels food and some chicken pies Shear
ried them TO some Of her friends and said size
was ready 70 take orders. She keeps four
maid servants now O. help her make this deli
cate cake and her chicken pies, and She can't
begin 20 I'll her orders She has bought
snug home ia the last year and is altogether
prosperous, with business growing faster
than she can keep up with it.
"Since rce known what she has accom-
plshed ] haven't so much sympathy for the
women who complain because they can't yet
suitable work There are So many things IN
the direction Of culinary productions in which
women could build up good trades Take
breadmakiug, for instance. Ny wife, who is
on tho Womens Exchange board. tells me
that they have the greatest trouble thcre in
getting good breadmakers and in finding
those willing TO make bread. Yet it pays
better 20 make the staff OF life than ~ bake
fancy pastries The exchange undertook 20
supply the Union club with home made
bread, but were forced 20 abandon il
because they couldn't get it regularly, on
time and in sufficient quantities | know
that it has been found difficult at other club
houses % get nice home baked bread. There's
any number Of toothsome dishes that every
man would be glad 20 And at his club, and
for which many ladies would consider them
selves fortunate If they could make contracts
for the regular delivery Of at their residences
IL don't seem to me there's much excuse for
any intelligent woman who has the least
natural aptitude for cookery to be without
employment. Instead, think there's q good
field for profitable, independent, remunera-
tive work for them, If they'd make use Of it,
Chicago Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19

The little things We shall now speak o.aro
appropriate, a. the cold weather is about 70
begin.
SEQ to it that the children thoroughly warm
their feet before gong to school and on re-
turning home. They are seldom disposed 70
do it II themselves. Many serious cold or
other inhammatory attack might be pre-
vented by attention to this precautiou.
Teach The children, when out Of doors, TO
keep their mouths closed and breathe through
their nostr.s. This prevents the air-the
temperature Of which may be zero-from
striking directly on the tonsils and the
larynx. As the nasal passages are Kept CO.
SANITY warmed by the breath from the
heated lungs, the inbreathed air is warmed,
as it passes circuitously through them.
Children who are liable TO inflammation
and swelling Of the tonsils, or 10 troubles in
the ear, should wear hoods that come well
over on the forehead and well down over the
neck Hats are dangerous for such children,
aud SO arc bonnets, unless care is taken to
bring them down over the sides Of the head.
On returning from cold walk OF ride,
throw of all but the home clothing at once.
The outer clothing Is nearly at the temporal
ture Of the onter atmosphere, and if kept on
must absorb much heat, which might other
wise have come 70 the wearer immediately,
In dressing and undressing in a cold room,
move about IA little as possible when the
slippers are off. The carpet Just under the
feet is warmed by abstracting heat from tho
feet, and the p.'rson has the adv antage OF it.
while every change takes additional heat 70
warm new place In undressing keep the
slippers ON as long as convenient, In dressing
put them ON as soon as possible.
All slippers for use in cold weather should
have extra inner soles. 10 lift the feet from
the cold door and to retain the natural heat.
Where nothing else can DO had, such soles
can be cut from cardboard; thickness of
~oeien cloth should be stitched on each side.
For women in the kitchen slippers made OF
WOODEN uppers and thick felt soles are desir
able. Slippers are preferable for home uss
70 buttoned boots, as they facilitate the
warming Of the feet. which is otherwise am
to b uuduly neglected -Youths Com
panion
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
Roc corhInn on Marriage.

Rose Coghlau Was AZ e local photogra'
piers, having some pictures taken m the
"Jocclyn" costumes-th0.e worn at Anj0u at
the beginning ~ the Seventeenth century.
They are historically correct. but build her
ont much on the plan - Dutch barge She
was chatting on various subjects, and 10 The
question 10y The News, us marriage a fail
urer she aid.
sarah Bernhardt and Fanny Davenport,
see. say 10 IS. I'D have 20 follow the foot
steps OF nay sister artistic, | suppose, Tho
benefits or miseries OF marriage can only be
estimated by individual experience Each
persons opinion viii be his og her expert
ence.n
Then You say Try it for yourself do
your
"Weil yls II the union Is congenial the
love that prompted 10 viii grow aui a life
long happiness viii follow n mcongcnial
the reverse viii be t-s case. and misery or
separation is inevitable. | hold that con-
geniality is the secret OF all contcafmcnt in
the marriage association. Married people are
not unlike an audience at the play, every
auditor is naturally a sell constituted critic
70 the extent that they must he pleased or
displeased For my part, AKA asarr.ed aud
am pleased As 10 the sacredness Of the
marriage tie, my brother in his play Of
'jocelyn' expresses my own thouEnts when
he makes MARCEL say. Consider well How
grave a thing is marriage The communion
picst by heaven between two immortal souls,
not the fancy Of an hour that can be laid
aside o. will, but holy sacrament TO endure
for all lime and an eternity. '"-Detroit
NDn-.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
,rothnr and New Born Babe.

Agitation or excitement 90 the mother acts
directly and speedily upon the child The
bond between them is so close that the baby
feels the effect of mental emotion with a
rapidity astonishing H. those who have not
made q study Of the neariess VI The connoc-
zion. A case in point was that of a young
mother whose new born baby was apparently
In perfect condition until it was three days
oh. To had uursed without trouble until
that time and although n tiny creature. bado
fair 90 do we'll On the morning of the fourth
day there came a batch of letters To- the
mother, and as they were apparently chiefly
congratulatory, she was permitted 70 open
and read them Among them was one from
d former intimate friend 10 was written in
ignorance OF the laby'5 birth. and accused
the young matron in cutting terms of for
getfulness and neglect az her Old frieads, and
Of a variety OF other shortcomings
Even i'm ordinary circumstance such an
epistle would have produced "a painful im-
preston bat coming 90 the time that 10 did,
and % one whose strength Of body and nerve
had been weakened by recent strain, the
sequences were much moro serious When
the hystsricGl agitation caused bJ the note
had boon calmed. there remained faverish-
ness and mental disturbance from which the
poor baby WAS h. suffer. Within few hours
IL sickened, and then for days lay between
life and death, refusing % nurse Those
who knew the facts in tho case without hest
tstion imputed the ohild's IN health and its
subsequent sickly infancy 20 this first blow,
received while il was too young % throw off
the results az am older or stronger babe
might have done Christine Terhune Her
rick IN Harpers Baz1r.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19

II l. a fact worthy OF consideration that
house servants, from whom hand training Is
especially demanded, are just those OF all the
working classes who have least Of IT, We
take servants into our houses and intrust
them with our choicest things, and they are
not only Ignorant Of their value, the delicacy
and the care they require, bat they have not
tho lightness Of touch imperatively necessary
iu their handling. To watch ono OF these 50
called second giris' through an hours work
Il "A revelation One begins % wonder In the
course OF few minutes how anything Is
safe. and what demon prompted her IN the
selection Of her field Of labor. Why she did
not rather elect 90 shovel coal than to handle
china becomes a curiously interesting query.
One of these maids was recently seen 70 lift
five-gallon stone jug of spring wator without
a ouickeniug OF the breath or increase Of
color From this achievement She turned 20
empty n handsome Chinese bowl OF water
and brought it against piece OK marble with
a force that could have fclled an adversary
had be been tour great invincible' himself.
A little later other breakages Of treasures
followed. all attributable to simple heayiness
Of hands
The girl herself was well meaning, ami
able. industrious and honest, but she lacked
the deft ways requisite for Der position. She
STAYED with her mistress two weeks, and de-
stroyed for Der more than she could be paid
for. had the girl been required 70 replace the
broken articles, with three months wages.
What can one Say for such a servanti And
who has the means and the genorsity TO see
her through her forming periodi II she does
not have the charge OF fragile things she
will mover learn the moderation and care
their use exscts, and 30 is only by experience,
hard % herself and costly % her employer,
that she will become careful and gentle She
will go from one house to another despoilng
here and there, and literally breaking her
way through lito Boston Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19

a half mile east Of the prison, dpon a
woody knoll, the convict burying ground
Is situated. Il is an inclosure of about
two acres, and the only resemblance the
spot has to a "City Of the Dead" is in the
long rows Of mounds that extend east
and west, denoting the resting place Of
the unhonored dead. No stately monu
ments here, no marble shafts or broken
columns erected by loving hands in
memory OF the departed; no beautiful
flowers or grassy lawns, not even re-
spectacle marble slab of any kind to re-
call the memory of the malefactors. All
Identity Is lost. When the dead is buried
here the grave is marked by a small pine
board, on which is printed the prison
number. name, age and date Of death;
the elements soon erase these, and i'm a
short time no one can tell the occupant.
OF these narrow homes. Joliet Cor. St
Louis Post DiIatch.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19

General Spinola must be brave man.
One who, cased in steel and armed at
every point, would face a multitude and
charge them has always been accepted as
courageous Although we have laughed
at the Knight of La Mancha in his mad
efforts, we have been compelled to ad-
mIre his bravery. True, his ca
reer has enriched our yocabu-
larry with the words Quixotic and
Quixotism-which everybody under
stands. But Don Quixote dared, know
Ing that the world admired magnamity
and self-sacrifce in a cause that had a
show OF honor.
"Thrice armed Is be that has his quar-
rel just" Pretty well armed is be who
thinks his quarrel just and knows he
works for bis country's good.
But how very brave must that man be,
who without show Of reason that he
can present, sets himself against the
honour and enterprise Of his country
against the public interest and
welfare and faces the public opinion of
the world; who from either readiness or
from some strong motive that he will
not make known or dare not expose, by
mere dilstory, tactics, and discreditable
methods binders and seeks to defeat
the best interests OF the land He Is
pursuing course that will bring the eyes
OF the whole land on him and place him
under fagrant suspicion.
General Spinola owes 1t to himself, 20
his constituents, to this country and to
the most important body Of which he Is
. member. to clear himself of the suspi-
clcn TO which his course has exposed
him, TO oppose the Nicsrsguan charter
by reason and argument, and cease from
. course discreditable to himself, to Con-
gress, and to the country.
We make no charge against General
Spinola, but we do say that though he be
- pure as snow, the methods he has
pursued have been 30 inexplicsble and
INDISPENSABLE as 10 bring on him the sus-
picion Of absolute foolishness or very
bold crookedness.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
THE RACE PROBLEM.

Ever since Mr. Ingalls, and others,
called public attention to the great social
and political difficulty in the South, aris-
ing from the antagonism of the races the
TINES has urged that the settlement Of
the oses,ion need not trouble the Coun-
try If the rights OF the State were &C
knowledged according to the Constitu-
ton. And this is individually the only
path by which peaceful settlement Of
the "problem" can be reached.
The Southern people know the negro
and his requirements, and the whites
vote to tax themselves to educate him,
but when confronted with an inert mass
of ignorance, inmoveable by mo-
tlyes OF patriotism, and infused with
the ideas of demagogues, Of course
the communities where there are
black, msjorities controlled by
equally ignorant white men, are apt to
conclude that the black majority and
still worse white managers had better
wait a while on the progress of oiyiliza-
ton before mere numbers shall be al
lowed to quell safety and intelligence.
The peaceful way 30 conservative
condition for both races was an educa-
tionsl qualification, and as an instance
the South Carolina law qualities the suf-
frare to certain degree Of education
that OILY demands of the voter to know
what he Is voting for. The law applies
without regard to color or previous con
dition and the qualification Is just such
as Rhode Island prescribes.
Let US stick pin at the point where
we make the policy Of Virginia, for in
stance In taxing her white citizens to
educate the blacks.
We fail to see where the blacks pay
anything for their education, but they
parade in masses to vote against the
party that gives them the schools The
WHY and the wherefore Of il may be
something In sentimental political philos-
ophy, but the results are so far disastrous
as to give to the country, for instance,
such statesmen as Malone and Riddle
berger.
Now, we come to the practical view OF
it just at this particular time: The North
ern and Southern views OF the question
both agree, but the issue is very grave
one, and some of the Republicans insist
on curtailing the Southern representation
in Congress and in the Electoral College
because of the Acknowledgement Of a
number of citizens.l
Very well. Curtail the representation,
but leave us the poor privilege of asking
that the voter may know what he is vot-
ing for.
Politicians may not like that View OF it,
but the people generally certainly will
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.

We are nearing the close Of the Dem
ocrstic Administration during which the
majority In the House has had the stand
ing opportunity to support the President
and still the record looks as blank as the
face OF q sun-dial on rainy day.
There have been plain and sensible
suggestions, and the situation is full of
the promptings OF duty TO the people; or.
II politicians must take 1t 50, the situa-
ton prompts sensible party tao
tics. Are we TO let the
brief rule Of the Democracy die
ingloriously without blow struck In the
direction OF Democratic principles and
leave the masses of the party to wonder
that excuses for defeat werex,ssin and
the argument OF weakness the zeal cause
The fact that the Senate can block
legislation should not deter the Demo
cratic majority In the House from putting
forward a sound Democratic measure TO
mark the line of attack on the Radical
stronghold Of monopoly and class legis-
iation and war taxes on the necessary
articles OF life. A single stroke,
straight and from the shoulder, delivered
with the power Of q solid and patriotic
majority. will make the party stronger to-
day than when 1t took the field under the
mixed and party-colored flag known as
the Mills bill.
Especially is this true when the Demo
Gratis 10 the Senate are now fighting the
Republican tariff bill not in the hope Of
defeating II, but for the purpose of put
ting Oh the record full exposition Of its
frauds and fallscies.