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Fashion Mt n Funeral.


They had tho poor woman In u $50 coffin.
The beautiful bunch OF white roses in the one
hand that was exposed did not conceal the
marks Of toll or her fingers, tho calloused
places, the distsnded joints and the rough
skin. Her iron gray hair was neatly brushed
down on the sides OF her wrinkled forehead.
and tho black silk gown folded so gracefully
about her was full Of luster, brand new, md
evidently expensive. There were ten hncks
for friends OF the family, and the hearse was
driven by a man in livery and had eight
costly plumes on top.
"HOw natural she looked, and whata lively
funeral - says a woman who had known the
family.
How unn atural she looked and what an
inhuman thing that funeral was" said a
male cynic who accompanied her.
"Whyf'
"Decause. There was a good woman, a
Woodworking wife and mother, who never
had a ride in IA hack, whose fingers never
pressed a flower and who never wore silk.
She didn't nave time and didn't have money.
Now look at her. Flowers rare and sweet in
her dead hands, lots OF carriages following
her heaIse and a costly shroud for a body
which in life was deemed none too good for a
30-cent worsted. A queer world this, which
ignores fashion in life and falls u blind vo-
tary u il In death
, 1884-10-02
POINTED


The proper thing to say now is. Don't
waste your vaporic force. - Boston Globe
Mr.. Edmunds mastery inactivity wor-
ries a lot of folks, and there's NJ DENYING
it--Ph7aaelphia Times
There has been more hustle in the cam
paign since Mrs. Lockwood came out
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Prohibition party will get plenty of
water after election It will be salt water,
however. - Yonkez Statesman.
Why doesn't Belya lockwood try the
h%ippodrome plan Of campaign II seems
to be real nice. -PhladdpLia Times.
1.-THE iron heel of monopoly is on the
neck of labor" remarked Ben, as he
showed the conductor his pass.-Ulioa
ObseyueT.
The Bartholdi statute will face the
ocean. W. don't blame the statute for
t%ura'nr its heot on New York hla-
dolphin CaA
The only reason a woman has failed Of
election to the Presidency is because no
woman could be found old enough to mul-
ify.-Phaadelphil T'ines
, 1884-10-02

Jxo. r. cARRoLL.E Editor.

THAT meteoric sky-scraper, Brick
Pomeroy, is again before the public in n
not entirely novel but still quite interest
ing role. Pomeroy has assumed the char
acter Of defendant in a couple of sultsjust
begun in Denver. He has been away from
Denver now for some time engaged in the
publication of a weekly paper in New
York City known as the United States
Democrat Very lately his former paper,
the Great West. opened up on him in a
manner that was peculiarly brisk,
and made an alleged expos
ure of his doings, which, if
true, proves Mr.. Pomeroy to be a man
of pliable honesty. From the statements
made in the Greaf West, POmeroy was in
dicted for obtaining money under false
pretenses. From the report then pub
lished it appears that while Pomeroy was
publishing the Great Vest he made a
contract with the Directors of the Atlantic
Il Pacific tunnel to publish different adj
vertisements of that company in the Great
West at the rate of - cents per line.
Beginning with November, 1850, he pub
lished, according TO his statement, 1000
lines Of an advertisement, which amount
appeared in seven issues of the paper.
For this work he charged $500 for each
issue OF the paper, OF 50, 800 in all.
The publication Of advertising mat
ter continued until July 30, 1881, and
the mount Of the account was then
s9,s4s. This was paid by the Atlantic &
Pacific Tunnel company. AMI Pomeroy. of
course, put the money in his pocket The
publisher Of the Great lPest, who sue
ceeded Pomeroy, examined the files Of the
paper and counted up the lines Of adver-
Using for which Pomeroy was entitled to
charge, and according to the report pub
lished in the Great West the amount
which, under this examination, he was en-
titled to claim was s3,03j. The difference
between the two mounts is 81. 1913, which
it is charged that Pomeroy appropriated to
his use. 1t was for this that the
Grand jury indicted him.
Another indictment has been found
against Pomeroy for perjury.
, 1884-10-02
WOMAN N HOME.
MIRA Frank Lesiie's Brief Letter from
Long Branch
A Good word for HomeIy GirIs-Bed-
Room Furniture-Faee and
Standardization Items
-BrevItIes.


lAN1N - RAA1
EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE; A letter from a
Long Branch correspondent published in
your paper Is being extensigoly copisd, and
as many OF its inaccuracies put me in AN un-
favorable light before the public TO which we
both appeal, l will ask you TO make a few
corrections:
Ny immediate party at the Branch con-
sisted Of a lady. her daughter, son, and the
gentleman whom l am to marry, and we
joined a number Of friends, and with them
occupied a cottage at the west end.
l remained but four days, having been re-
called to town by important business, and
my hotel bill was $3.50, and not $3.50 a
week as was stated.
1 have a pair Of horses, and not fine and
no groom, and have never in my life EN-
ployed a maid, French or otherwise, having
faith in the pro verb that THE Lord help
those who help themselves"
l really nave not counted my dresses, and
cannot say whether they number sixty
three complete toilets but do know that
on the visit referred 10 l wore but three
either black or whitel, and they Of the sim
plcst description.
Your correspondent is right as to my hay
ing worn diamonds mot "a pint measure
FUR and they were worn in proper place
and season-a pair Of solitaires, which l have
Ia lANtA AAAAlAhlNAbu u nAfAhr BufNnA4tl
out Of my own earnings, and a coronet, an
old family jewel, an engagement gift.
As regards my marriage 10 the Marquis de
L~euville, when that event takes place IL win
be as publicly announced as was cur engage
mcnt
II is always painful to have ones private
Affairs brought before the public, but since
mine were considered OF sufficient interest TO
form the subject Of an article, II Is but right
that that article should be correct Besides,
as I I'm The head Of a publishing house
which issues eleven periodicals, and AS my
personal daily attention Is given TO the con
duct OF my business, you viii readily zee how
statements like thoso and the reference In
tendcd TO be deduced from them, ap likely
70 prove detrimental 10 my interests.
can only hope and believe that your cor
respondent whom l take TO DO a woman has
been mislnformed and Is not malicious, as no
one has received greater or more generous
encouragement and support from tho press,
or Ia more profoundly grateful for it than
Yours respectfully, MRS. FRANK LESLIE.
, 1884-10-02

lOoleya Lazy BOOK,
The furniture OF "a country bedroom should
never be heavy. Exquisite suits OF common
pine, covered with cretonne or sattoen, are
now admired more than wood; but ash, oak
or satin-wood are still the conventional ma
terials, Drnped dressing buroaux or atahlesn
arc extremely pretty, They are merely pine
structures covered with frills and ~fiounoes,
and holding nm upright mirror from which
mlls IA sweep OF effective draperY. A garni-
ture OF bows and even artificial flowers il
| ermitted. but the latter are always in dubi.
Gus taste, and better not talupered with. A
b,dstead OF brass or nickel hung
with white curtains, Is "a pretty nd
dition TO the room The within
now il To stand the bed out from the wall
toward the center Of the room. 30 that il is
accessible from all sides. This is an old Gus
tom. Old furniture can often be ada ted to
a siooplng apartment. A bed with a valance
Is quite an institution, and { e old straight
backed chairs are perfectly adaptable.
WORKOUT chairs mag be resested, taking
folded pieces Of stout ticking, and working
them into a basket pattern secured around
TIE edges with taoks. A cushion Of c~rstonne
supplied with a founce half way up TO the
noor, is the proper finish.
, 1884-10-02
Poor German Girls.

Tho girls in Germany outnumber tho boys
by several millions. This, and tho fact that
many men are too poor TO marry, leaves
about 5000 women who have to remain
single The rich girls get married, but the
poor one stay single and are forced to shame
or hard labor. In Munich no young man 10
permitted to marry until he has proved 30
the authorities that he is able to support a
wife. II children are born and the parents
mo support them, the state holds the city
authorities responsible for their maintenance
When an unmarried German woman becomes
old and poor she is miserable indeed. She
cannot s~tarve, so she carries burdens in the
street Often she Is hitched like a horse to a
wagon, and does a beasts work. Happy In
deed ought a young lady to feel when her
good fate has permitted her to be born in
America
, 1884-10-02

l0ARhl III ~
Queen Victoria's career is cited as nm in
stance OF what a woman can do. For fifty
odd years her premiers and officers Of state
succeeded in keeping her mouth closed, and
10 directed her official walk as to keep the
best foot foremost. Being "A woman, how
ever, It was only a question OF time until she
asserted herself. That time came when
John Brown, the turnkey, died. Tho pre-
mier and mobiles OF high estate could no
longer seal those w0manly lips, nor
hold that womanly tongue in Abey-
anee. She talked, INDUCED in poetry,
built cairns and wrote u book full Of twaddle.
Since then Victoria Is regarded as a woman
with the rest OF them. In fact, she Is ac-
cused OF having big feet, and OF being fat and
coarse, ~ill-temperod and cranky. But these
DO not make her any less a model woman
Are her freaks and cranks not thoroughly
womanishi She would DO u phenomenal
woman were she not so.
, 1884-10-02

Mrs. Slegel in chronological Journal.l
Don't strike IA child with the hand; a little
switch Of rattan is better. The reason Is q
philosophical one. Tho land tells a great
deal. 1t gives out Of the feelings OF the
heart. How soothing is the mothers hand to
the suffering child How its gentle magnet
ism Gains the disturbed, nervous system, as
1t glides softly and tenderly over the little
form. 1t relieves the aching head, soothes
the disturbed spirit, brings oase and comfort
as 1t drives away pain. How often a cordial
grasp Of the hand gives sympathy to an
aching hearth
The feelings of the heart pass out through
the hand as truly as the thoughts of the soul
through the eyes. That being the case with
the feelings Of love, shall We deny that feel
ing OF hatred or temper flows through the
same channslsi Strike a person in a passion
and you strike passion into him. In a
minute the person Is in the same state OF
feeling as yourself. Therefore, If a switch is
used, it does not respond 50 readily to every
feeling, and tho culprit gets the benetit with
out tho Ill results.
, 1884-10-02

Mr.. T. licporGAL MAcDoNAGH,
editor and propro.a. a peculiarly con
structed Omaha wrr.l lpor known as
the Western WatchDno. at this late
lay announced his intention of supporting
Blaine for President MacDonagh is a
sawed-off, blear-eyed spe linen Of human
ity, with a voice of such proportions that
his ~faintest whisper can be heard around
a block. He is a typical journalistic par
asite. Through industriously blowing
his own bugle, and with a faculty for scent
ing in the scandal sewers, the result Of
which he conveys 10 his readers in
i%nsinuations and vile nueudoes-through
these and other means even less reputable
he has acquired a sort of domination over
some weak people who would rather be
blackmailed than have their foibles made
public. Through devious and always dis
reputable ways he manages to exc out a
precarious existence and his influence al.
ways goes TO the highest bidder and the
latest purchaser. MacDonagh is the com
pletest specimen of the blatant
journalistic blatheEkite now at
large in the wild West and the fact that
he has positively assumed a side in the
National contest is incontroyertiblc ovi-
dence that some Of Blaiue's Doodle has
reached Nebraska.
, 1884-10-02

10 NNtNAHI
No sooner are tho girls large enough 10
pc ess tho requisite physical strength than
they are set to the most servile work the
land affords The child has a pannier-
basket fitted to her shoulders at the earliest
possible moment, and she drops it only when
old age, premature but merciful, robs her OF
power to carry it longer. l have seen sweet
little girls, Of II or IA, staggering down the
mountain side, or along a rough pathway,
under the weight OF bundles OF fagots as
large as their bodies, which they no sooner
dropped than they hurried back for others
j bavo seen girls OF Is or 10 years, bare
footed and bare-headed, in the blistering rays
Of an August sun, breaking up the ground by
swinging mattocks heavy enough to tax the
strength Of an able-bodied man. And have
known a young miss no older than those to
lie employed as n porter for carrying the
baggage Of travellers up and down the steep
est mountain path in all the region round
about She Admitted that II was sometimes
very hard to take another step, but yet she
must do u And shs carried such - amount
, 1884-10-02

Ferns are much used for table decoration.
Many varieties of them are to be found in
the woods everywhere around, and sum
mer residents show their appreciation by
gathering them and using them in decorating
their houses and tables, This is Just the best
time Of the year 20 gather and press ferns. 1t
is a simple thing to prcss them, and yet how
few women there are who succeed in making
them look fatsfnctory or III for decorations.
They should be simply very carefully put
between the leaves OF a book while damp.
Every leaf Of the fern should be gently
spread out. Heavy weights should be placed
on tho book, and IN a month they will DO
ready for use, looking almost as green as
when gathered, and retaining their freshness
In a remarkable degree.
, 1884-10-02

T~IF~"o| -TVFT"
The happiness Of home life and worldly
success are dependent in a large measure on
what comes from the kitchen to the table 70
be eaten. Mental poise hinges on the physi-
cal condition, and a mans stomach can play
the dickens with him, not to say anything OF
his liver. TIL subject of preparation of food
and the creation Of appetizing dishes is one
which no housewife should deem beneath her
consideration 1t is quite possible to be we'll
informed, cultivated, and accomplished, and
also to give time enough to the requirements
Of the table to furnish 1t in such a manner
hat the most fastidious palate shall be sat
ished and danger of dyspepsia and indiges-
ton averted. Almost universally the women
Of brains and judgment cook better than
those of unframed mental capacities.
, 1884-10-02

Mr.. +. n. Chase, Director of the Iowa
State Board of Agriculture, says: while
out at the State fair grounds on the 9th
inst. Mr.. Rounds, of Cedar Falls. was
taken with q sudden and violent attack of
cholera morbus, | procured a bottle of
Chamberlain Collie, Cholea and Diar-
rh@a Remedy for him, after his taking
the first dose he felt relieved of the pain
manned to see the fair. Sold by Hunt &
MIL
, 1884-10-02
ohndrsn,. NovoItIA..

Little girls are wearing odd bangle brace
lets made OF silver, the bangles being of ivory
tus1s, sea-beans and carved images.
New cambria waists for boys show designs
of fox-hounds, elephants and race horses, in
blue, red and brown.
Wide satin ribbon sashes are worn by girls
of all ages. S~almon-pink, sea-foam green,
myrtle green, pale blue, yellow, and cardinal
are the favorite colors.
, 1884-10-02

Engagement bracelets are more used than
engagement rings. some Of them are very
pretty, being set with diamonds, rubies n
s~apphires, and having the initials Of the en-
gagged pair engra we'd on the back of the lock.
Chain bracelets are extensively worn, and
are far more popular than bangles. Silver
Is preferred by a great many people to gold.
IL is more stylish and never looks shoddy.
, 1884-10-02

FoR fear the feminine portion of the
community may not discover the fact we
will state on the authority Of the New
York Journal hat the hair is now ar
ranged by young ladies in a coil on the
crown of the head. with little curls at the
neck and a curled bang.
, 1884-10-02

Have just received at their musical en-.
porium, 3l2 Ferguson street, a complete
line Of elegant pianos and organs, Martin
and Bruno guitars, and Dobson banjos,
which they are selling at surprisingly low
figures and on very easy terms Give
them n call soon and make a selection.
Mas. ID. NJ. KING, Manager.
, 1884-10-02

OF baggsgei A stout-limbed guide il pro
tected by the law, so that no cannot be com
PEELED TO carry above twenty-five pounds,
but the limit to the burdens often put upon
girls is their Inability to stand up under any
thing more. But the burden increases witt
the age md strength OF the burden-bearers,
till, by the time girls have come TO woman
hood, there Is no sort Of mental toll in which
they do not bear a hand-and quite com
mnnlY the chinf hind
, 1884-10-02

Dry buckwheat -four II repeatedly applied
Will entirely remove the worst grease spots
on carpets or any other wooden cloth, and
will answer as well as French chalk for
grease spots on silk.
, 1884-10-02

The staircase should always be carpeted,
at least with a narrow carpet running down
the center, even If the stairs be of handsome
wood, wax-polished. The unyielding surface
of the wood is very trying to the feet.
, 1884-10-02

TnE BIZ ball Rudolph is much the
same attraction .Ae Denver Exposition
that the Presidential aspimnts are at the
Eastern Fairs.
, 1884-10-02
he CHEEKY al Meals

Be pleasant at meal times, II you cannot
any hour in tho day. 1t is q powerful aid to
digestion to have the mind CHEEKY and bright
when taking our food.
, 1884-10-02

Bangs are seldom seen now, the hair being
brushed straight back from the forehead, and
arranged in little "~beau-catchers" over each
t.,.,1o
, 1884-10-02

There will be a $3.50 calibre Winches
ter rife for nfie at Jake Esselbon's
Pioneer Saloon on the 9th of this month.
, 1884-10-02

IHudVOn behcOn.I
There is n suggestion Of sadness in the idea
OF using old-fashioned hollyhocks as the dec
grafton for "a modern dinner-table, with all
its luxurious appointments, its costly wines,
and French dishes It seems like dragging
some supplemented rustic grandmother out
Of her armchair, and dropping the dear old
lady amid the glare md rovelry of n fast
and furious banquet. Beautiful as the
stately, fiowcr-crowned stalk may look sur.
rounded by n glittering forest Of crystal
glasses, il should never be taken from the
sunny corner OF the garden it becomes 70
well, to serve as a dinner decoration.
A lkage for Buck wheat-Blossoms.
New York letter.
"Buckwheet Is just in fine blossom all over
oW' state about now, % said thu florist, and at
, 1884-10-02

Chris Mauss has removed his bakery to
3l7 Ferguson street, where he has better
facilities for conducting his business.
, 1884-10-02
A Hage for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


Plain and brocaded yelvcts in all the
fashionable shades at Marks & Myers.
, 1884-10-02

The Denver Tribune Republican APP
peared yesterday enlarged one column to
the paga
, 1884-10-02

California Blankets and Gloves Just re
al Polack's.
, 1884-10-02

Brown will be as fashionable for tailor
made dresses this fall, as grey was last
, 1884-10-02

The best smoking tobacco Is Little
, 1884-10-02

AT the Star Restaurant. Open all
night
, 1884-10-02

Pink is to be the fashionable color for all
evening dresses next winter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Senate ON the 9th further insisted
upon its amendments to the naval appro-
priation bill, and new Conferences Com
mittee was appointed. Mr.. Sherman in
troduced bill providing for the erec-
ton of a statue to the memory of La
fayette A motion to take up the Ore
gon Central land forfeiture bill was voted
down. By party vote the bill for the
admission of Dakota was taken up, Mr..
Harrison addressing the Senate at con-
siderable length. The Texas Pacific Rail-
road land grant forfeiture bill was made
the special order for the 10th. The bill
to provide for the sale of the Cherokee
reservation in Arkansas was passed..."...In
the House Mr.. Chalmers introduced bill
to restore republican form of government
to Mississippi. Consideration of the inter-
State commerce bill was resumed, Messrs.
Barksdale (of Mississippi, Horn (of Michi-
GAM, Reagan (of Texas, Boyle and
Weaver (of Iowa) taking part. There was
quite lively debate between Messrs. Horn
and Reagan.
The Arkansas train robbers had a pre-
liminary examination on the 9th.
FRANCE proposes to put an increased
tariff duty on imported CATTLE
DPHTHERIA and measles are causing n
great many deaths in New York.
COLONEL OYAMA, the Japanese Minister
of War, was presented to President Arthur
on the 9th.
MINISTER FOSTER will not return to
Spain as the representative of the United
States.
The committee of the Congo Conference
has accepted England's proposals regard
ing the Niger.
LARGE iron mill resumed operations at
Sharon, Pa, on the 9th, and will run dur
ing the winter.
SIX hundred cases of good tobacco, val
ued at $4,000, went up in smoke at Thomp-
sonvlle. Conn, on the 9th.
LORD DUFFERIN, the new Viceroy of In
dia, was given a brilliant reception ON his
arrival at Bombay.
CONGRESSMAN BUcKNER does not think
anything will be done with the silver ques-
ton this winter.
A DAUGHTER of Mathew Arnold was
married to a London lawyer, Fred. w.
Whitridge, on the 9th.
MRS. q. T.. GIEsENDoRFFER, wife of a
former wealthy manufacturer, drowned
herself at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 9th.
The latest rumor is that all negotiations
between France and China looking to a
settlement are off again.
Coal miners in the Monongahela Valley
are attempting to revive the strike which
so signally failed a few weeks ago.
MISS MARY j. CALDWELL, New York
young lady, wants to give 100000 as the
foundation of a fund to start Catholic
! college.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

BRITISH imports decreased during No.
vember compared with November, 1888,
f2,7S4,OOo. Exports in November de-
creased e., $4,000 compared with Novem-
Der, 1888.
A QUARTERLY dividend of one and : half
per cent has been declared by tbs New
York Central Railway.
THE State Board of Viticulture of Cali
fornia has adopted resolution requesting
Senators and Representatives in Congress
from that State to oppose the execution of
the Mexican reciprocity treaty.
For the week ended the 9th, imports to
the port of New York were $6,523, 900 of
which $1,06S,0O0 were dry goods and
So, 455, 900 general merchandise.
On the 9th the Hawaiian treaty was
signed at Washington by Secretary FIRE.
linghuysen ON behalf of the United States
and by Mr.. Carter, representing the Ha-
waiian Government.
A NUMBER of British ship-owners are fit
ting out vessels designed to run the French
blockade of Formosa.
ACCOUNTS from the plague stricken dis
tricts of Kentucky, Virginia and West
Virginia place the number deaths up to the
9th at 2,O45. A diversity of opinion pre-
walls among medical men as to the exact
cause Of the epidemic.