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The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
STORIES or GARFIELD.
How He Got a Pair of Shoe. IN nj. Youth -
ui. Mothsr Thrice Married.

Washington Cor ClrN Gland Leader
In chatting with Mr.. Force Of Chagrin
Falls few days ago he told me that
Garfield was a free-trader when he en-
tered congress. said he. Garfield was
educated in schools where the political
economies favored free-trade. Daring
his first session in congress he made
strong free-trade speeches When he
returned told him that this kind of
talk would not suit his constituents, a
large part of whom were miners and
manufacturers. He saw this late in his
career and gradually veered off into pro-
lection. Even at this time he was anX-
ious to get to the presidency. said he
I want to goto the top He did &c, 70
he top finafly-much sooner than he
or any one else expected"
"Did you know him wcll?' said l.
"Yes, very intimately indeed. He
wa. born within two miles and half Of
Chagrin Falls. | can remember him
well as n boy. He was very poor, and
always ready to do an odd Job. | re
member when he was working for 4 car
penter in the town hls shoes became
very bad, and he needed a new pair.
lie had no money, but he went to the
chief shoe store of the place and tried
on different pairs sf shoes until he found
one of the brogans which fitted him.
Ne said be would take them. They
were wrapped up and handed him, and
he started to go out without saying
word about paying for them. The
shoe-dealci called him and asked him
for the molcy. He replied he had none
| then, bu would call around in the
course of a week or two and pay for
them. The shoe mamie is living
now said he did not do business in
| thai ay, AMI made Garfield leave the
snoes. The matter, however, came to
the ears of the neighbors, and they
dubbed together and made him q pres.
ent Of them. After Garfield was elected
| to congress he mentioned this incident
at a little meeting in Chagrin Falls, and
| the shoe man, who was present, ac-
knowledged the corn
"What kind Of a boy was Garfield"
Gle was a bright young fellow, full of
| life and vigor. He liked to fight and
was something ofa bully among his fell
| lows. After he started to school, how
ever, he became infatuated with study
and devoted himself almost entirely 10 it.
His elevation to the presidency did
not make him proud, and he never put
on any airs when he came back home"
What kind of a man Sas his father
II did not know his father, but his
mother lived for some time within few
miles of me. She was very good wom-
an. But it is strange that the fact that
she was married twice after the death OF
her husband has never been published
She has always gone the name Of Mrs
Garfield in the papers. Her name is
however, something else, but what il is
| do not at this moment remember
Her second husband died at some place
in Michigan, and | am told James 4
Garfield attended the funeral
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
GIeaning- from Great Authors.
ENcInng,

Exchange
Affected simplicity Is refined impp,.
mrc.-Ruchetuucault
One of the .ublimest things i'm the
world is truth BulWer
Trhc- make perfection, but perfection
itself is no trIiic.-Nlichacl angelo
Whose kecpeth his mouth and his
tongue kCepcth hls soul from troubles
Solomon.
The readiest and surest way to yet rid
Of ccnsure is 20 correct ourclves De.
mo-thcues,
As CHARITY covers a multitude of ,ins
beieo IGod, so does politcness before
men.1Greyille.
Give work rather than aims to the
poor. The former dr YES uu. incidence
the latter industry. Cumberland
We ought not to Judge men, uarit-
by their qualifications. but hy t.c Use
they make Of them.-Charon.
ANY man may do a casual ,ct of good
nature, but continuation ofthem shows
it is part Of their temperament
Sterne.
Every mans work, pursued steadily,
tends to become an end IN itself, and So
bridges over the loveless chasms of his
life,-George Eliot.
BE not penny-wise; rich eS have wings
and sometimes fly away of themselves;
sometimes they must be set flying to
bring in mJre.-Bacon
Affection is certain defOrnitv; bv
forming themselves on fantastic models
the Young begin with being ridiculous,
and often end in being vicious.-BIair.
To tell our own secrets is generally
folly. but that folly is without guilt; to
communicate those with which we are
intrusted is always treachery, and treach-
cry for the most part combined with
folly.-Johnson.
True repentance consists in the heart
being broken for sin and broken from
sin. Some often repent, vet never re-
form; they resemble a man travelling in
a dangerous path, who frequently starts
and stops, but never turns aside.-Thorn.
ton.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16

There is always a spot in our sunshine;
IL il tho thadow Of ourselves.-lholnas
Carlyle
lie who wishes 10 secure the good "i
Others has already secured his own
Chinese proyerb.
BE not sorry If men do not know you
but be sorry ifyou are ignorant OF men,
Confucius.
One should seek for Others the hap
piuess one desires for ones self-Bui-
hIst Scripture, Siam,
Show me a people whose trade is dis
honest, and ] will show you a people
whose religion is a sham.-Froude.
To FIJI the hour and leave no creyice
for re epcntauce or an approyal--tnat Is
happircss. R. w. Emerson.
To enjoy the pleasure Of wealth thou
shouldst first experience the fatigue OF
laboI.-Chincse Maxim.
II is only bv labor that thought can be
made healthy; and il Is only by thought
that labor eau be made happy.-RusLiu
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
The sale OF II.
Ivnn Tnmnucnen

The only son offs peasln, widow wo-
man, youth % years old, and the best
workman in the village, was dead
The great lady of the village, who had
heard Of the widows loss, went to pay
her witt on the day of the funeral.
She found the poor woman at home.
She stood by table il the middle Of the
hut, and slowly, with a regular move
ment of her right hacd, she scooped up
cabbage soup out ofa sooty pot, aud swal-
lowed one spoonful after another.
The old woman's face was gloomy and
bitter, her eyes were red and swollen :,
nevertheless she held herself
as calm and erect as if she we're in
church,
Good God" thought the lady. "To
be able to eat at such a moment q.
How utterly without feeling these PEOPLE
are"
And the lady Just then recollected that
when she, some nine wears ago, had lost
utI lltllf AdhEuNtI y NfNlT blh Nut udil
in her sorrow even refused to rent s
charming villa in the neighborhood Of
Petersburg, and that she had remained
in town the whole summer, And this
woman was eating cabbage soup,
At last the lady grew impatient. Ia.
tiana,' she exclaimed, for Gods sake
cannot but feel astonished
Do you love your son? Is 1t
po5si be that you have not lost your ap-
petite How can YOU eat cabbage soup
az such a time7'
Ny son Wsssja is dead" said the vo-
man in low tone and the pent-up
tears fiowtf afresh down her hollow
checks "and now my end is alse.near
The head Of my living body has been
taken away from me, But j.
that any reason FOR spelling the soup? It.
is nicely salted'
The great lady merely shrugged her
shoulders and went away. She m have
sal; cheaply
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
HOW he WORKED IT.
Philadelphia Call.

4 irummeron his first trip was seated
in the same car with an experienced
knight Of the road, and their converse
ton turned on their relative daily cX-
penses.
81 always manage 10 include inmy ex.
penses,' said the elder, hats boots,
oyercoat5, etc, and every drummer who
has respect for hi, noble calling ought to
do the same. Make the Lrm stand en-
The younger man thought that very
good idea, and on his return from his
trip ne included among other items of
expenses one pair of boots 3l2
His employers expressed themselves
as well pleased with his success as a
salesman. bnt objected to pay for the
boots
On his next trip hc was fortunate
enough TO meet his former acquaintance.
How is it' he asked, chat your hrm
will stand ovyrcDats legitimate cX-
pensr, when mine kicked on a pair of
bOOts3'
"You didn't put boots down iu your
expenses account did you9'
We'll YOU are chump. You huuld
have dovc'ailcd the price of boots into
the postage stamp, and ,undrics.
When the Young man again submitted
his account his firm remarked.
1--WE don't see auy memorandum Tor
boots or anything of that nature, Mr
SO-aud-so.
"No." Mr.. So and--o said softly 30 him
self "Nou don't See it,, but there is ,
forty dollar ovcrcoat there just the same.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
KITTENS or THE WILD WOOD,
Two Little Jaguars which Eomp When
Pleased ant Cruwl when Frett@d.

Abrlm Batcmau, of Alameda, has
added t. hi- collection Q pair of jaguar
kittens, which were presented TO him by
Z. T. Bowling, one of the owners of the
Plaza de Plata mine, who captured the
Young brute- in an abandoned shaft Of
Fl Rosario mine, in the State of Sonora,
four miles south Of the Arizona line.
Mr.. Bowling had often seen a large tig'
rcss in an advanced stage of pregnancy
prowling in the vicinity Of their camp,
and. determining to possess himself Of
her young. tracked her tp her lai.. After
the kittens were born, however their
capture was n, easy matter, for the
mo her never len home during the day
and her nocturnal umhings were as
brief as possible Bat one moonlight
night she was seen 1t % distance from
the den and Mr. bowling accompanied
by his brother, mounted their hcctest
horses. visited the shaft and carried of
the kittens, two in number, and then
less than q week old Luckily for the
advcnturcr- they did not meet the moth
cr cat on their way homo.
The two kittens, which when captured
had not vet gotten their ewes open and
were uu larger than tine fHn fists ola
man, were fed al rllG at the camp until
about two weeks at1. when Nr. bowling
tYr.H' them up with him Iu this city
au. presented them tu hi, freud They
an, uot ,i.at Ur.k- ull and weigh
Thirty pounds apiece Having been
lOndlrl and po'icI s,l lt,.r lives they
are a. tame and playful is domestic kit
tens and display few signs Of ferpcity eX'
ccpt when feeding, at which time they
are altogether unapproachable. They
are kept confined In cage IN the back
yard, but are often brought into the par
| lor and turned loose for the entertain
ment ofgucsts.
! They then cvinCc theirapprcClauon OF
their liberty by chasing each othel
| jumping over furniture aud scattering
! ladies and children in every direction,
They display great londncs- for bright
| colors and lady or child wearing
| dress of such material will receive agreat
! deal OF attention from them Bundles 0l
newspapers thrown upon the floor Will
bc seized and in few seconds reduced
to shreds by the free use of teeth and
claws, and but for constant watching
rugs and hassacks would share the same
fate. When teascd they become dgly'
growl and spit and any one attempting
to pick them up Will run the risk OF get,
ting blow from paw which will send
five sharp claws deep into the flesh.
When tired Of play they will climD
into their owners lap or stretch them
selves upon sofa whore they Will pur
contentedly until they fall asleep.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
Clock for Mr. Willard
N.,, JJayyu Evening Register.

The New Haven Clock Company has
Just completed clock for II. /. Bndg-
man. the case which was made from
piece of the last tie of the Northern
Pacific Railroad which was laid in the
Rocky Mountains last September. The
clock was designed for a present to tx
President Willard and was sent to him
on Monday. The rongh, irregular piece
of wood had been polished into neat
block before the work of oruamentation
was begun II was then placed on a
silver base. with gold rim and bars 10
represent a yard. On one side of he
case was "a small bear and on the other
an elk. Across the front were the words,
Blessed be the tie that binds AMI on
the dial was the quotation, "Finis coronat
opus" 4 miniature gold engine sur.
mounted the case, standing on slightly
projecting platform.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
Not ENacting.
~omcryillc journal

cone word" she said, "beiorc we
part" and her bright eyes glowed in the
mellow light Of the turned down lamp
Are you sincerc?'
81 am sincere" he replied, in tones
whose truthfulness could not be doubted
by any one save the most confirmed pes
simist.
"Then YOU cannot give me palace by
Lake Como?" and she looked into his
eyes as if she would read his inmoat
soul.
Not even brown stone 'front.'
"No." There was wonderful firm
ness, a observation-disclosures in the
tone in which this mOmentou- monoSyl-
laple was spoken. ,.,
"Not even cottage in the suburbs ?'
"Not even that. darling There was
an anguish in his accents that Indicated
. mind wholly given up to the guaWlng
inroads Of sharp.toothed despair
what can YOU offer me then she
asked "what can YOU oGier me as an in
centive to induce me 10 become your
bride?'
"A share in seven dollars a week,
with prospect of rise next spring,
He said tins with all the deep ronyic-
ton of man who knows Just how he
stands.
at is sufficient she said with a ra-
diant smile; ~ am yours, Alccrnon. \
half loaf H. better than no bread
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
THE RrSE OF 4 yOuNG BRIDE,
showing That it Is sometimes '"'"
cot IA Husband Than a Divorce
cincinnati Enquirer.

Got Husband Than a divorce
Cincinnati Enquirer
Two wear, ago. while visiting Atlanta,
W p Baird. a young merchant OF Fay
etteyilIe. Tenn, became acquainted
with Miss Iriska Hayerfield, of Cincln-
natl aged fourteen: On Miss Hayer
fields return 10 Cincinnati correspond
ence was agreed upon, but Mrs, iaver,
field strongly protested anditwas carried
ON clandc.tinelv. Miss HaverlieId was
rI,ced in abgarling school. \ few weeks
400 Baird visited Cincinnati, had q
stoIop interview with his sweetheart
and propOycd matTimOny. 10 TINS
nroposition She agreed and party ,oi
thrGr ladies and gentlemen drove To- me
school builling where the young la'y
was found in waiting. The party grove
to ParsOn tiWyun'-, where they NeI'
married. then back tothc boarding house
and the new Mrs. Baird resumed ner
nnsition as schoolgirl without having
aroused the suspicion of any one save a
ronfdente who had assisted in the cs-
ra,adc. Baird rcl aimed at the hotel
an was visited on several occasions Nv
his wife Ten days ago Bard re'HfHeG
to Fayetteville, leaving his schoIo!,,Grl
wife 20 MAKE preparation. 10 lo!io"'
The bride was to leave Cincinnati on
MONDAY morning and Join Baird IN TINS
city that night; but iuStcrd there came
a telegram saying;
can't come: detectives are after me
Mamma fmious. I'm hiding ONT III
| Coyinpton. BE calm; III get through
'''' '''' " lri-ka
Probably fifty dispatahc, passed between
! hem Monday and Tuesday; Vt three
! n'rlocI; i'm the morning Baird drove tC
Bo, &c Station in answer To- the iol'""ih-
telegram:
Lexington, Ky, Midnight, January 9
W. p. Baird. Thank heaven, I'm OF
train. will bc there in the morning
Meet me, VIII, can't you 90.
Baird and friend took the moruin.
train and met the scuth-hound tram a
Davtop, Tenn, fifty miles north OF 'hat
tan7osa. The conductor and passenger
had been told the story 10y the BRIDE
and when Baird entered she WIS brough
from her hiding place and nearly every,
one in the car rose and began to applaud
When asked how license Was obtalne'
i'm Cincinnati for trclr marriage Mrs
Baird stated that she placed numbe
as" under her foot and her witness
could readily swear she was over rs.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
Farmers In the >orthwest.
Minneapolis plouccrrro,..

Minneapolis Pluuccrpross-
In Mr.. Finklc's store to-day tarm.r
came in 10 settle for load Of wheat AMI
made a number of purchases, and among
them were several pound, Of very ordi-
nary butter and three or four dozen
packed eggs. inquired if this sort OF
thing was common practice Of the
farmers in the vicinity.
Farmers re peated the merchant
contenptuously; why. We haven't got
twenty real farm crs in this county.
They are all nothing but wheat raisers,
and that is lon. way on from being n
Eumvr \ large rumber OF farmers in
Dakota who own whole quarter sections
oi lard seldom have a drop of milk in
the house and the butter they eat is
bought at the nearest store They
don't even keep a COW or pig, or try to
raise vegetables enough to provide for
the winter.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
A EMBARRASSING SCHEME.
How Justice Bradley Escaped being We
timizcd by Confidence Men.
p,st


A uniformed messenger boy ran into
the National Metropolitan Bank and
handed the cashier, Mr.. White, a sealed
envelope. This, on being opened, was
found to contain check FOR $500, signed
by Justice Bradley and a note bearing
the name of Mr. Macready, asking
that the money be sent Immediately hv
the messenger, as il was needed to pur-
chase uniforms for the National Ca
dets.'
"Where did you get this note?" asked
Mr.. White.
Two men," answered the bov, "gave
II to me at the Arlington Hotel, where
one of them wrote it. They are not
there now, though. They told me TO
bring them the answer to the corner OF
Fourteenth street and New York avenue,
where they would wait for me-
You 90 and tell them that | am
afraid to trust SO much money to you,"
said Mr., White, "and tell them, also, to
come here and get it."
The boy departed. Under the instruc-
iions of Mr.. White he was followed by
one of the clerks, who saw him meet the
two men on the corner. When he COM
municated his message one of the men
said that they had not the time to 20 70
the bank. Then noticing the proximity
of the clerk, he said to his companion:
we are caught this time" and both
hurriedly boarded New York avenue
car which happened to be passing
In the meantime Justice Bradley had
been telegraphed and questioned. He
replied that he had issued no check for
$500. He added that Thursday two
young men waited upon him and re
minded him that he he had subscribed
So to aid in the organization of the Ma. |
tional Cadets He replied that h. had
no recollection of such a subscription |
but the r1en persisted so strongly in |
their statement that at last he wrote |
check for S. and handed it to them.
After this statement a close examina- |
ton was made, and it was found that |
the line drawn from the word five" |
bad been erased and the word "hun.
dred" added. In the lower corner OF |
the check the two ciphers representing
no cents had been changed, so as to
make the sum appear $500 Il was a
bold piece Of check raising, but the pub
licity thus given to it will probably pre-
vent its REPETITION.
A Post reporter learned last night
that prominent naval officer had also
been waited on by the two men. who
also made the same representation about
a subscription. The gentleman, although
equally ignorant Of any promise to sub
scribe, at last handed them s.. Foltur.
ately be did not give a check, or il
would probably have been trelted in the
same manner as that written by Justice
Bradley.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
POEMS OF PLACES.

II is said that Sarah Bernhardt win
shortly open p'dalal drinking saloon
in Paris.
The coming Winter Carnival al Mon
treal will again get the name Of that city
into the newspapers.
An Oswcgo genius has invented row.
boat for use on ice. He is now looking
around for somebody to invent an old
fashioned winter,
At Las Vegas ladies 90 out into the
mountains prospecting for gold. In this
part of the country the prospecting is
generally confined to balls and parties.
Christmas was celebrated in New Or
leans by the explosion Of fireworks.
Somebody ought to 60 to that benil hted
city and tell its citizens just what Christ
mas means.
The crop of Louisville debutantes who
are going to eclipse Mary Anderson Is
not so large as usual tins year all OF last
years stock not having been married Oh
yet.
Socks with toes-or ioot-gloyes- are
selling in Boston at $50 dozen. They
come high, but people who wish to learn
TO play the piano with their feet must
have them.
There is small prospect Of this great
country permitting Dakota to enter the
Union of States while the editor of the
Bismarck Tribune lives. We must draw
the line somewhere.
Owing to the fact that Col. Mapleson
wants 100 per cent, and expenses, his
trip TO California has been indefinitely
postponed with the full concordance OF
all the Pacific Slope managers.
There is a woman in st. Paul who can
speak English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic
and Chaldaic. Her husband was born
luckily. He was born deaf.
Men of Athens, Texas, who a few
years ago began dealing in peanuts, are
now putting up big business blocks
How they managed TO secure George
Francis Train for customeris not stated.
Respect for the father is the first duty
of a young Corean. The mother IS re-
garded merely as a nurse, and he con-
sidere himself in no way bound to obey
ntT. ipTtdn Nbultu Siipulh wear sup
pers.
As regards heights, the Scotch are
first, Irish second. English third and
Welsh fourth. The height of Americans
will be given as soon as tape line can
be made long enough TO measure some Of
those found in Kentucky.
Kalamazoo gave Marie Prescott gen
crous reception when she appeared there
in "Czeka," while Oshkosh declared it
all rubbish Between Kalamazoo and
Oshkosh theatrical criticism will proba-
bly, Rave to take to the primeval forests
"On Wall street. writes New York
correspondent, Gould is an object of
alteration and admiration; Vanderbilt is
looked upon as lucky dog and a good
fellow; Sage as miser; Keen as a tpyi-
cal gambler, and Willard as sharp man"
Take the whole business and you would
Just about strike a Sing Sing average.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
A LIrTLE kiss

If should steal little kiss,
oh. would she weep, | wonder.
trcmhlc at the thought of bliss
III should steal a little kiss
such poutng lips would never miss
The dainty bit Of plundcr;
I'll should steal Il little Kiss
oh, would she weep. ! wondcr2
He longs to steal a kiss Of mine
He may If he'll return it;
If can read the tender sign,
He longs to steal II kiss Of mine;
"In love and war'-you know tho line.
why cannot he discern ~
He longs 10 steal n kiss of miut--
lie may IL he'll return it.
1 little kiss when no one secs
Where Is the improprietyy
How sweet among the birds and bee,
\ little Kiss when no one secs;
Nor Is it wrong, the world agrees
If taken with sohricty.
\ little kiss when no one secs,
Where is the impropriety1
The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
Mr.. Irving speaks OF His Critios
Chicago Trihune.

find am minority in ranking Irv-
ing's Shylock so high. Mr.. Irving him
self said to me very coolly: "Thev do not
like my Shylock here in Boston" And
he j. pretty nearly correct. His view of
the jew is too lofty for our traditions /;
and as he observed in private converse
ton last week "In America, although
it is your strength and your pride to be
free from traditions in regard to the
stage You are wonderfully conservative:
more so, than my London audiences
Every critic in the country has occu.
pied himself chiefly in comparing me
With this actor OF that not with iudg-
ing my work for what il is."
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can he plainly discerned in his hlg hon ION
- 80 o., So el when their names are mentioned.
SRefore starting on this trip" said ne
~ rCnt IN hid the old folks good-by,
and | never had such time in my life
gs while parting from them. Mother
L,s tbe most extrayagant ideas Of he
VI w. and prcJi,tcd that would he kill
ed. while father did not say much' nuI
seemed to rhink great deal NO matter
where you 90, john said he, know
you'll be q man. God bless You. cflS9
like baby while leaving the dear 'ld
And the champion looked as If he
could easily cry over the recollection oi
the parting