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The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

"Grandma" Garfield.
died at five o'cl )cl
Saturday morning,a'
her daughter : In
laws home at Men
tor. o., after a pro
tracted illness. FoI
the pnst six weeks
she has been gradu
ltiiy failing from th,
nflrmities Of az
and her death h
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young ceuple setting jp New
thev veaablk LED q mSdes ho
cab d cntain ing bat ssineae
fees n this hin,ble hbi sth,

ffft yours, uurlIp NnltH AlliiH III '' Nhi
dren were born. one of whom being th'
inte President, James a. Garfield.
Find ngathe location, unsuitable TO sub
ply the wapts of q. growing family
Abram Gafeld rensovel ito Orange
Guy atoga county, o. This place was
vast wilderaess then and here 10 was tho
Abram Garfield met his death, Will
lravely fighting b forest fire that threa'
ened 80 destroy shs home. The widow
was left in destitute circumstances, BIZ
with that noblaspirit winch has market
the course OF her whole life, she deter
mined TO carey on the farm. She bravoll
bnttled with reverses, and finally he
Struggles were rewarded James soor
became old enough to relieve his mother
of the greater responsibility OF the farm
and the family was comfortably fixed
The old homes toad in .MensorIwts pur
chased years later, after James had mad
his mark in the world. -a Zen
Grandma Garfield, as she was affection
ately known by her friends and neigh
bors, made her home in Mentor unit
after her famous sons tragic death
when she removed to Prospect street
Cleveland, with the family of the lat
President. Recently Mrs. James A. Gar
field and daughter left for Europe, auC
Grandma Garfield went back TO the olt
Mentor farm she loved so well, where she
breathed her last. Ee
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
Tired of Courts ana cour,,er..

GLEvKLAsD, O., Jan. 2a-Miss Jennie
Chamberlain, the beauty, and her mother
aud sister, came homs Saturday, aud are
here to stay. They arrived at New York
from England Wednesday,. 1t is said
that Miss Chamberlain, who is handsomer
than ever, is tired Of court society.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

In the West they don't think that
n town is enjoying much of a real es-
tate boom unless people are wandering
oround with lanterns at night ready to
cl,se desirable bargains. ~ l. Sun.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
now rhey Exc out a Living.

I WAsHlNeToN Jan, 20, The circular re-
mntly sept to the cierk' Of the Navy De-
Nartment from the secretary's office, ask
il each one TO state what, f any, are his
business employments from which he de-
-ives a revenue outside of hAs Government
york, sohis .cuipus information. It ap-
raars thai . large proporlion of the
,isrks are engaged IN some private
lqueup alton which brings them com
Yansation. One clerk writes that he
Is the proprietor of well-kno ivan private
rchool in the city, with which his name
, nas nevrr hsdn pib'ie connsctfon. Quite
/, numbersof .the elerks are newspaper
'orrespotae6s, and pne Feparts a profit
-ble relation TO a presby terian church.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
REVIEW OF FASHIONS.
4 Hoveiti~sin Dre~s Fabrics. Toilet Necesss'
"r7 ries and Millinery.


The popularity of moire antique re.
mains unabated, and the ingenuity OF
designers have been exercised to de.
wise new patterns Of watering, none OF
which, however, possess the rich effect
of the original design. One OF these
has. at regular intervals, little poois'
ms il were, of concentric rings on u
surface of large waves; and another
has similar but less regular pools, and
the ground water,g is disposed 10
form sort of triangular connection
Letweea them. .-ssa...---.. '-.-.-'..-.-.
Stripes form decidedly the most
prominent features in all dress fabrics,
and the draperies and skirts are de-
yised to afford them the best ELECTS
Moire stripes in alienation with :atin
stripes embroidered with gold and Sli-
yer are seen in the latest importatlons
of evening fabrics, also wide stripes OF
faille brocaded with garlands and sep
arate flowers, alternating with more
stripes In strongly contrasting color
The combinations OF color are some
thing marvellous. and the same design
NAV be found in almost any desired
tints.
tn same fancy stripes prevail IN
drapery nets. Insertions OF white'
cream or black lace. alternate with
mo,re ribbon OF any of the fashionable
colors; aud embroideries in stripes OF
steel, gold. pearl or colored beads ap-
pear on black, white, cream and all
delicate colors. In using these, as
I rule. the width Of the net forms the
length of the drapery; and the artistic
draping deprves the stripes OF their
inherent stiffness.
A charming toilet, part of atrousseau
recently completed, is SO designed that
II is appropriate for visiting costume,
and by the addition of train and open
corsage is transformed into a lovely
evening dress 1t is of blue velvet not
very dark shade, made with round
skirt artisticaliy drapcd at the back and
opening in front over a narrow tablier
of plated reau de so'e of the same
shade. the front edges of the velvet
adorned with one. or two embroidered
motifs of steeiand gold tinsel and blue
silk, and band of passementerie to
match around the bottom The waist
is OF peaa de sole, trimmed with bands
of embroidery placed across it at the
back ina most original manner. The
second scorsage 10 Of velyst open in
heart shape in front and trimmed with
tho embroidery. the edge Of the open
ing bordered with cream tulle and Old :
gold Lace. The train is,adjustablerand
is Of blue velvet lined with peau dc
| eoie
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
GONE TO SEE JIMMIE.

Death mt Mentor. o., Of /" Grandnsa Gar
heia," Moihcrof the Martyred Presfdrh'
Brief Biography of IA Notable woman
ofa Type Fast Disappearing FROM o"'
Land.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 23.-Eliza Ballou
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

About one person in 100. according
TO the JeueIer's Weekly, wears glass
eye.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28


psHandsome skirts for winter wear, a
decided Improvement on the heavy
quilted skirts of former years, are
made OF striped or plain silk, satin. OF
plush, lined with flannel or sile.in. and
bordered with plated hounce, Even
here, stripes have the preference. The
fashionable tournure is percepibly
smaller, and appears more as dress
extender, and without the bunched-uT
effect with which we have been so long
familiar. ......
Soft muffs, made Of material match
Ing the costume or wrap, trimmed
with fur, passementerie, lace ribbon,
bows and other fancy decorations, in
accordance with the material, are very
fashionable Independent muns foi
dressy wear are made of bright-coIorec
plush or velvet, elaborately trimmed
with lace, beaded motifs, tinsel EN-
broideries, feathers, flowers, etc.
| The new handles for umbrellas are
of sterling silver. generally oxidized
in various odd and artistic shapes,
many Of them elaborately chased, and
Others oxidized to produce the effect OF
being partially worn. Solid gold i:
also in favor for the purpose, and in
combination with ivory makes the
most dainty and artistic handle inn
aginable. Silver combined with buck
thorn is especially liked for gentle
mans umbrella; and rams horn OF
solid silver. slightly oxidized, and
forming n ring large enough TO slip
over the hand is favorite design on
those Intended for ladies use. .-.
For evening toilet and opera wear,
small ornamental additions to the Golf
fure are composed of little pufs of
fancy tulle, small bows Of ribbon dis
posed in aigrettes, light sprays of
flowers. ostrich-feather tips, butter
fly of colored feathers, attached to u
swaying stem, and any combination of
these charming 'nothings, y which ,rs
so decorative and yet defy description.
An odd bonnet is covered with net
work or interlacement of pnked-out
strips of fine cloth or felt, tackled with
gilt spangles The garniture consists
Of a bow of ribbon and two white
ostrich-tps, set well forward. II DEM
orest Month'H. ........... ..-t
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

Ir il said that Mr.. sevellon A. Brown,
who has held the position Of chief Of the
State Department for about fifteen ears.
will retire, and will be succeeded by Mr..
J. Fenref Lee, of Baltimore, Md.
ALL hope of avoiding prosecution for
bis connection with the sale Of French
decorations, has been abandoned by Mr..
Daniel Wilson.
ON the 29d Letitia Mccullough, widow
of the tragedian, John Mccullough. died
at her residence in Philadelphia, after an
Illness of three weeks. ~
OK the 2lst an attempt was made to
serennde Mr.. Wilfrei Blunt, confined in
the prison a. Galway. Gland, but tho
police ordered the music ans away,
Ar six O'Clock on the mornin, OF tho
2ist "Grandma" Ga n I'd, this mother OF
the late fresid ,nt JAS A. Garfield, died
at the home of Mrs. Garfield n Mentor
O. Her age was eights xty years Sho
has gradually been failing during tho
past two months, the rosult Of old age.
The ndoption of i'arnsll's advice by
Irish men bers Of Parliament 10 advocated
by William O'Brien.
AT Canton, o., John McLain, who left
thirty.fye years ago TO go toEaIifornin,
and who has bson x Won up for dead by
friends aud relatives years ago, has just
returned to ella i'm a farm val ned VI $4,000,
to ich he had fallen heir. - , -
OK the 2lst DIR, Carl Daniel Adolf Donal,
~ditor of the New York Voiks Zeitung,
died, aged sixty mine years. He was one
o the best known socialistic writers,rank-
lug with Carl Marx, Jasselle aud Freder-
ick Eagle, 4 -
OK the 21st Cardinal Gibbons received
from, Rome cablsgram, signed by Dr.
O'connell, rector OF the American College
at Rome, saying that tho copy ofithe Con-
stitutiou Of the United States sent by
President Ceve land was on that day pre-.
sented by a committed OF American bishops
and other American residents in Rome to
tho Pope. a-.----.-----. 1. -.-----t la--n
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

Among the dainty accessories of the
toilet, that can be purchased ready for
use, are baiqyeuses made Of slk-pink.
gray. blue, otc-having apinked plait-
ing mounted on a plain facing of the
same material, Another style, made
of tarlatan laid in very tine plaits, is
trimmed with rows Of colored ribbon
velvet Black with red or amber vel-
vet is especially pretty, and can be
used in all-blsck costume or one ia
which the corresponding color is oom-
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
How OYSTERS Are Caught,

Most of the best oysters sold at raw
boxes and restaurants are taken by tong
men, while the very finest are caught
with nippers, which is now in small way
commencing to be one of Maryland's
sports. The tongmen form very large
army of men catching oysters in Mary
land waters, and while the size and
quality of their production are far supe-
rior to that caught by dredgers. the
product is much smaller, being trifling
proportion of what is annually caught in
the Chesapeake. Tongs are only used in
shallow water and over beds which, III
many cases, are the property Of the tong
men. The oysters are caught from
small boat. usually operated by two men,
one on either side. The tongs consist Of a
pair of rakes with the teeth curved in
ward and attached to wooden handles
from fifteen to. twenty feet long, which are
Joined by a pin about one-third of the
distance from the iron. The tongman has
a platform placed amidships across his
little craft, and wher over his beds he
plunges his tongs into the water and,
working the handles, secures q few fine
oysters, possibly not more than half
peck. This he repeats until ne has Sc
cured a boat load, generallynot more than
half a dozen bushels, the work Of two
men for one day. The oysters, however,
are large and fine and bring good prices.
The largest and finest oysters taken are
caught with nippers over planted ground,
one at a time, planted early and contin-
ually fed, for you can feed an oyster
They grow to enormous sizes and bring
correspondingly large prices.-Philadel
phia Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
Zones Rainbow Hued Umbrellas.

One of the common sights Of Rome is
TO view the assortment of umbrellas
hoisted on a rainy day. The opportunity
IS frequent. for when the drops fall they
do so on scale so generous that, as dur
ing the present month, the rain continues
three weeks. Under the dome Of the
skies nothing was ever seen TO Surpass the
parachute picture. The colOrs of the rain
bow are not more varied. Outside the
rapidly disappearing Roman peasant cos
tune the umbrella has the next greatest
amount of character in il. The rents that
time and accident have made are patched
with any gay looking scrap, and its size
so distended by the elasticity of the goods
that when opened il covers the sidewalk.
Without his umbrella the peasant is not
at ease. Rain or shine he carries il under
his arm, for with him it is maxim that
dogs and strangers are the only ones who
walk in the sun as well as IN the wet
Yet he too is ridiculed in the fashionably
cut clothes Of the present Romans, with
their sharp toeG patent leather boots and
handsome parachutes.-Paris Coz. Balti-
mere sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
SuperstitioDs Concerning Waves

There are some curious superStitiOns
concerning waves. 1t was formerly held
among certain of the devout that the com
motion Of the sea was owing to the ser.
penis which St Patrick had imprisoned
in a box when he cast them out of Ire
land. The Arab sailors believed that the
high seas off the coast of Abyssinia were
enchanted, and whenever they found
themselves among them they recited verses
which were supposed to subdue them. An
old traveller, in a voyage from Messina to
Malta, writes that he saw the captain, an
old and experienced sailor, standing at
the bow muttering and pointing with his
finger. On being asked what he was
doing, he replied that he was breaking the
force of a fatal wave by making the sign
Of the cross and saying the prayers proper
for the occasion. He said that every
ninth wave was the dangerous one. The
writer adds: And as the ship was imme-
diately driven more violently, and the
water suddenly beat high over it, This,
said he, is the ninth. Take the number
and count on Strange it is that every
ninth wave was much greater than any of
the others, and threatened the ship with
immediate destruction. This wave, how
ever, whenever it approached, the captain,
by his mutterings and signing of the cross,
seemed to break, and the danger was
averted. ''-London Telegraph.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
Eyictions I'm New York City.

There are now each year, and there
have been for many years, more evictions
of tenants by landlords in New York city,
with its population of 1900, 900, than
there have been in corresponding periods
in all Ireland, with its population of about
5000 900. Once every few months the
American correspondents in London cable
to their papers in the United States vivid
accounts of heartrending cruelty on the
par. of English land owners toward I'M
fortunate occupants Of shanty houses and
poor farms. Once every few years the
New York reporters have to write for their
papers a story of the misery Of family
elected from the two or three wretched
rooms in a rickety seven story tenement,
because the relentless agent of the mil
lonaire owner must have ''the money or
the rooms"
Ireland'S woe is not as great as is New
York's The sherfls in Ireland do not
have SO many cases of eviction to deal
with in month as do the marshals of
New York's eleven district courts in
week From June 80, 1885, to June 80,
1856. there were turned out of their homes
in all Ireland, according to parliamentary
report, 2,0SS families, aggregaJing S,Sl7
persons. In q similar period, twelve
months, in New York city there were
evicted 90, S04 families, or 124, 020 persons,
estimating five members to a family This
shows that the evictions in this city each
year are nearly eleven times as many as
in Ireland.-New York Cor Chicago
Times
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
The Orange Diamond.

A large number of dealers and connois-
seurs were attracted TO a gallery in Pail
Mall when the new monster gem that will
be known among notable specimens of
precious stones as the Orange diamond
came under the hammer for the first time
1t was the last lot offered for the day, and
was described as "a magnificent colored
brilliant, weighing l 10 carats about ten car
ats l. yier than the koh-i-noor), mounted
q & brooch, with a border of very large
white brilliapts." The stone was found
in the Orange river, and is of a decided
orange hue 1t was cut in London and made
into a brooch, being surrounded with a
circle of sixteen large white brilliants
The appearance of the gem is striking; in
stead of sparkling and glowing, it seems
to catch the light in large waves, which it
sends gliding and dancing over its surface
1t was examined with great interest by
those present; but when Mr.. Foster at
tempted to find purchaser nobody offered
a bid As tentative figure Mr.. Foster
suggested $1,000, which amid discourag-
ing silence, he soon reduced to &c, 900 and
e. 600 Waiting in vain for short time
Mr.. Foster announced that there was no
bid, so that the jewel would remain in the
hands of its present owner.-Pau Mall
Gazette
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
The Gateway to Good Health.

To the gold hunter Pixies Peak proved
to 10 the gateway to the wealth Of the
Rocky mountains. To many an invalid
it has proved to be the gateway to new
life. Here, 5000 feet above the sea, the
pure dry air, the strong, warm sunshine,
the beautiful surroundings, have drawn
together town of 1000 inhabitants.
Strangers frequently remark that our
mountains are so forbidding in aspect,
have SO little beauty, that one could never
learn 10 love them. In short time this
opinion is changed or forgotten, and it is
q noticeable fact among our townspeople
that in the matter of liking or disliking
their mountain home there is no half way
measure, they love it strongly or not at
all. To lover OF nature the barrenness
and seeming impenetrability of our mount
aims prove an irresistible charm, fascina-
ton and study that becomes every day
more interesting. From dawn to dark
they are constantly changing; Pixies
Peak, more than IA, 900 feet high. signals
the coming sun long before the city at his
feet has awakened to the new day.-Cor.
Boston Transcript.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
A Pages Punishment.

Another Of the boys had faculty Of
drawing. His sketches Of members We're
fairly good caricatures. The easiest mark
for his pencil was the statesman from
Massachusetts, and the caricatUres of Ben
began to float around the house pretty
promiscuously. The matter coming to
the attention of Mr.. Butler, complaint
was made to the doorkeeper, who had
charge of the pages. The offending boy
was kept after adjournment TO be repri-
manded. He was taken before the states
man, who had waited to hold court on the
little criminal.
$50 you are the boy that has been MAX
ng these pictures?"
Eyes, Sir"
''Umn. How old are you?"
"Twelve SIR
''Well, go to the cloak room and get
my hat"
The boy scampered off on the errand,
glad even for the momentary respite, but
revolving in his mind the possible charac-
ter of the impending punishment, which
was such that the judge needed his hat
before going to the place of execution.
When the yOungster had returned and
trcmblingly yielded up the tile, the gen
eral, who has an enormous head, threw
the hat like candle snuffer down over
the tow head and flaming face of the boy.
1t covered him like a second mortgage.
My son. said the hero of New Or
leans, ''when you can fill that hat YOU
Caricature Benjamin T. Butler. Now
go. "-"RecOllections of a Page"
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
Dakota Editors COMPLAINT

"We greatly dislike to find fault with
any Of the customs OF our beautiful little
city" says Dakota editor, but ". nust
nevertheless insist that people keep their
swine out from under the Office of this
paper. While engaged at our desk writ
ing our leader Oh The Stability Of Oar
Territorial Institutions for our paper
this week. ope OF Senator NcBride's razor
backed hogs bumped up lis spine and BE-
gan scratching It's back on the beams
under the aoor, tarring the whole build
ing and making it necessary for us 70 stop
cur work on the EDITORIAL, crawl under
our oAice- and welt the critter along TIE
side with column rule TLis interrupted
our train Of thought, and the editorial :
not what We could wiAh-',
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14

Idols usually occupy a little shcdiike
structure at the entrance to the villages.
Every little village or hamlet one passes
through south Of Agra seems laudably de-
termined to own a god of some sort; those
whose finances fail to justify them in
sporting a nice red painted god with gilt
trimmings, sometimes console themselves
with an humble IitIlc two dollar soapstone
deity, that looks as if he has been rudely
Clipped into shape by some unSkillful
prentice hand" God making is n highly
respectable and lucrative profession in In
dia, but only those able to afford it can
expect the luxury of nice painted and
vanished deity right TO their hand every
day. OF course people cannot expect a
first class deity for couple of rupees; al
though the best of everything is generally
understood TO be the cheapest in the end,
1t takes money to buy marble, red paint
and gold leaf. Stevens in Outing.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
Did IT for a JOKE.

4 bright faced, cleanly dressed boy kept
himself busy for nearly two hours the
other day handing out little squares OF
paper TO the pedestrians who passed in
front Of The Sun building. They were
curious bits Of paper, great deal smaller
that the average advertising dodger, and
the closest scrutiny failed TO reveal any
thing on them. Young ladies would &C
cept them, and after looking at them
with puzzled expressions put them in
their pocketbooks. Old men took out
their spectacles and stopped to examine
them closely. Small boys and young men
stood in groups holding them to the light
and looking through them, and finally
put them in their pockets for future ex-
animation A subsequent investigation
elected the information that two young
men, for their own amusement, had paid
the boy to distribute blank pieces Of paper
to passeTs by.-New York Evening Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
An Inventive People.

"We are an inventive people. Inven-
ton is by no means confined TO our me-
chanics. Our merchants invent, our sol
diers and our sailors invent, our profes-
siOnal men invent, our schoolmasters
invent and our women and children in
vent. One man lately wished to patent
the application of the Lords Prayer, re-
peated in loud tone of voice. to prevent
stammering; another claimed the new
and usefh attachment of weight to a
cows tail, to prevent her from switching
it while milking; another proposed to cure
worms by extracting with delicate line
and tiny hook, baited with seductive
pill; while lady patented a crimping pin.
which she declared might also he used as
Il paper cutter, as a skirt supporter, as q
paper file, as Child'S pin, as bouquet
holder, as a shawl fastener or as q book
mark"
The above is not quotation from the
effort of some professional humorist. 1t
is an extract from a matter Of fact state
ment made many years ago by Mr.. Fisher
whI9 he was commissioner of patents
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-14
In q Big Telegraph Office.

It takes nearly thousand operators to
accomplish days business in the West
ern Union. Some of these work in the
daytime and some at night, and others do
nothing except relieve the regular staff
while, in relays of fifty or seventy-five,
they go up stairs for luncheon. Thus
there is no pause in the eternal rattle Of
the machines. The problem of perpetual
motion is solved in that room as much as
it ever can be solved. The messages that
come into the Office are treated pretty
much in the same way as those that go
out. The operators who receive them
write them out on blanks and send them
whiZzing off in jiffy to the little girls in
the grand stand. When they are stamped
for identification they are dropped down
through sliding tube to the basement
floor. A mirror at the bottom enables
one to see directly through six stories and
catch glimpses of the pig tails and curly
bangs up in the lofty grand stand. AS
the messages drop they are taken out,
slid through steam rollers that copy them
and drop them on a revolving, endless
belt that takes them off to the routing
clerks and the messengers. System is
always simple even in its most complica-
ted forms. That is what system means.
New York Tribune.