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V* " " " . FOR"FE MININE READERS J i The t>Tiifasbiouable Girl* Ah. she was a mosi unfashionable girl, She didn't know music and she didn't know | French, She didn't wear bangs nor a little spit curl, j And she called a ptw in the church a ; ben -h. She drank from her saucer, and ate with her j knite. And wore a plain dress in last year's style, She never talked love to dapper young men, | And her anger she never concealed with a , smile. She wasn't unnatural and laced most to death. She called things by their names, but was j mouesii w jLuai, She didn't complain of headaches all day, And dance all night at a fash'nable ball. She didn't get seated at the l itclien stove, And j ui al! the work 011 her o d mother's Lack; She didn't look sweof, and simper and smirk, j tut kissed her John Henry with a right i hearty smack. She didn't look pale and get up at ten, And leave her apartment untidy, unclean; She didn't use points and powders and pads. And she didn't s.-iy things she didn't mean. i She didn't find fault with family and home, j And covet the blessings she never could get. But she'll bo just as good an angel "up j the.e," As if she were "finelv accomplished," you i bet. -Mcrchant-lravcler. 1 Pcrlpalc'ic Saeh?l<?. "Madam, ymrhand sachel is walking awav." "Oh, dear, the naughty thing won't stay still," and madam grabbed the peripatetic bag aud yauked it back to a - ? * y] 1 .. 4 r> f r>s\r> f nf spot oil (jjy uuumi'i uiaxnj m iiwui. v?t her. After she had gone the saleswoman said: "Her sachel was made of alligator skin of a kind that seems to retain iis elasticity, and keep constantly on the I move. I have known bags of that sort to move a foot or two in five minutes. Queer, isn't itV?Philadelphia Press. Sweet* I.ltr.!e Apropos of bonuets, I have a piece of information for you. They are now to be worn quite small, with hardly any trimming and for the most part without even strings. I saw the sweetest little ones on in Xicolle's, in Bond street, j You see, the reaction from the ugly high affairs is sudden and complete. They i 3howed me one, qui'.e a love of a thing, i made of sheepskin. The brim was cut up at each side ond a small wing was fitted in. The sole trimming was one 1 plain, flat band of velvet. No strings, j Another lovely l.ttlc one had a pcau de I suede crown, trimmed all round with the breast feathers of some blue green tropical bird, laid quite ilat against the j by no means high crown. The brim was ; edged with beaver, and there were strings of blue-green ribbon veivet, in which the tints of the feathers were recalled. Another, with mull to match, j wns made of glove-kid in the natural tan color, edged with sealskin. A small I owl's head formed the only trimming.? j London Truth. Tattooed Checks fashionable. A Washington letter says: Thefashion- ' able edict has gone forth that it is the ! proper thing to look healthy and robust, j The" day of the confirmed invalid, the i "delicate flower,M and ail that sort of thing, is passed, and now our belles are j striving to see who can look the hardiest. ! The daughter of a distinguished naval ; officcr ht?s been one of the jeaders of the "healthy craze," and is now, for that [ matter. Her plump, well rounded figure and s winging gait can be seen on i Pennsylvania avenue nearly every after- j noon, rain or shine, and she has the ' ruddiest pair of cheeks in Washington. She looks the perfect picture of health, but some of her sharp sisters have been tracking up the secret of how her pale complexion disappeared so suddenly. It appears, so they say, that the young lady called in the services of an old sailor who had known her ever since she was a ! "wee bit of a thing," and told him that j she was miserable because she never i could have any color in her face. She asked him to tattoo her cheeks a delicate shade of red. and although the operation was quite painful, she stood it bravely, and the consequence is thatshe will have a red face ever after death. It is said that several society belles contemplate undergoing the same course of treatment, j Peruvian Women anil Tlielr TCanta. Those who have traveled everywhere, i say the women of Lima, Peru, are the most beautiful in the world. There is ' something about the climate of a country ! where the rain never falls, and where decay is almost unknown, that gives them a brilliancy of complexion that women of other lands do not possess. Perhaps their national costume does i much to heighten their beauty, for any i woman, not positively ugly, would look j well in the embroidered "manta" th-it the ladies of Lima always wear. This ' manta is a shawl of black China crepe, i and ihe amount of siik embroidery upon j it indicates the wealth of the wearer. Some of them are extremely beautiful and cost as much as $500, but ordinary man?as, such as the majority wear, can be bought for ?15 or $20 in Peruvian money, which is worth twenty-live per cent, less than American gold. A very common article of dyed cotton is imported from England at a cost of So or $4 fur the use of the negro and Indian women. But the manta is worn by every woman, regardless of her rank or wealth, whenever she appears in the street although in their homes, at the opera.-and when they go out to afternoon receptions or evening balls the Parisian styles are adopted, and the ladies dress with a great denl of taste. The manta is square in shape and about two yards in size. It is folded so as to be triangular, and the centre of the ilMU IS IJiUL'U*! UJJULl Uli; lUlCULtlVI, ?? ugiv; there is usually a bit of lace that hangs down to ;.he eyes. One end of the manta hangs down the front of the dress as far as the knees, while the other is thrown around the shoulders and fastened at the breast with an ornamental pin. Thus only the face is shown usually, and when a ma den or i matron wishes to disguise herself she draws the f-h.iwi up so as to cover her month and nose, and permits only her great black, roguish eyes to be jeen. And such eyes! Always large; age never ser?m to dim them, and no grec of ssifrdisciplini' can rob them of or s.ibduo their oo<|uetti-h in-tincts. The manta is usually drawn 011 c'osely about 1 he fiirure ti3 to show its outlines with the most ronspicuous distinctness, and the women of Lima are as famous for their beauty of form as their beauty of face. They are always slender, usually short of stature, and as graceful as sylphs. Ihit they lose their beauty of figure with maternity, and one seldom finds a married woman more than thirty or thirty-live years of a<re, if she is the mother of children, who retains the statuesque grace of maidenhood. They ripen early, reach their prime at 10 or 17, and generally marry at that age. At 2~> they are fat, hut they never lo?e the glory of their eyes or complexion. Their stoutness comes from lack of exercise and the excessive use of sweetmeats, for they spend their lives in rocking chairs munching "dukes," as they call confectionery. Girls who have gone from Lima and adopted the customs of other lands have retained their gracefulness, but usually at the sacrifice of their com- j plexion-, for transplanted flowers seldom retain the brilliancy of their native hues. ?JSew York Sun. Fashion JVo'e*. Furs were never oll'ered in such variety us this winter. Fans were never so beautiful nor in so ' groat variety as now. Sultana jackets are made of embroidered and beaded velvet. A seal-plush bonnet has the brim bordered with natural beaver. Tea frowns of Baltic blue plush are bordered with chinchilla fur. ; Harrow satin libbons disport among 1 the flounces of tulle dresses. Jewel buttons are to be much worn, j some of them as brilliant diamonds. Golden bronze velvet or plush is used*! to trim dre-ses of soft white material. yj Mink is not as fashionable here as j abroad, but some of the costumes appear J trimmed with it. Some of the new plush mantles with j sling sleeves have satin bodices buttoning as snugly as those of dresses. A very pretty effect is seen in the new i dark velvets, the tiny brocade figures having the appearance of jewels. The richness of wraps comes in their . lining, the material itself being plain, j common and in many cases absolutely j US y- j Clasps for dresses and cloaks are in a variety of designs, from the strictly medieval to those of realistic forms, as i animals and birds. * I Wood, lead, porcelain, glass and gold | beads of large and various sizes are used ! to make passementeries, motifs, braids and galloons as decorative as possible. J A golden brown plush visite, lined with tinted gold-colored silk, is trimmed with gold passementerie. It has a collar j of plush, and above this, one covered with the gold passementerie. Seersuckers are being shown at this season of the year, not for dresses, but j for aprons for children, nurses and housemaids and come in both plain and crinkled stripes. They are an economy in laundering, since they need no ironing. Rich, heavy cloths continue to be made up for street costumes, but the stripes which were so loudly heralded at the beginning of the season, and for which so much popularity was promised --where are they? An evening dress of black tulle over while tulle has the front of black satin, j with a tablier of pearl and silver em- | broidery. The white satin bodice i9 j covered with folds of black tulle with tassels of pearls and white beads. Blanket suits are getting their share of j orders, and notwithstanding the opinion i of writers to the contrary, they can be j made to look very stylish if well made. But if all bunched up and made to do | impossible things in the way of drapery, j it is not to be wondered at that some j write contemptuously of them. Boas are much used by the furriers, I and many of the modistes are trimming I suits with very full ones. There may be \ a necessity for this in the fact that the j back part of the neck requires protec- j tion , since the hair is to be worn high j on the head and the bonnets do not j come low enough to shield any. A walking dress of seal brown viculla cloth, with stripes of tan-colored ! plush, has the skirt made plain and not j very full. The overdress of plain cloth has a short apron front with panniers and pouf at the sides and back. The i tailor-made jacket is fastened half way j down with loops of silk cord, and a j double row of buttons, the opening to i show a vest of tan-colored matelasscsilk. j The Most Powerful Explosive. Nearly all explosive substances are j nitro-compounls or modifications of i them. One class owe their origin to I gun-cotton and the other to nitro glycer- j ine; and these are essentially the same 1 thin^, gun-cotton being made by the nitrification of a solid body, and nitroglycerine by the niirification of a liquid ! substance. Gun-cotton, a common ex- j plosive that has been in use nearly forty ! years is made by saturating com- j mon cotton with strong nitric acid. | Nitro-glycerine is a compound of gly- j cerine and nitrogen. Its manufacture I is difficult and dangerous. As this ex- | plosive is a liquid it is somewhat difii- j cult to handle,and later compounds have I been made by mixing it with solid ma- | terial. Dynamite is made by adding to ; nitro-glycerine a kind of infusorial earth, ! which is found in Germany and which ; is nearly pure silica. Diralin, aticther j explosive, is a mixture of sawdust or j wood-pulp with nitro-glycerine. Sebastin j is made by using with the same explo- j sive a peculiar parous kind of wood ; charcoal, pulverized before the mixture. ; | Still another of this kind ha3 been made j by Professor Nobel by mixing soluble I gun-cotton with nitro-glycerine. The | chemical effect of this union is to form a j jellv-like substance, which is called ! blasting gelatine. This is still further ! modified by mixing with it another kind ; of gun-cotton, which is not soluble in it, ; and makes a firm substance easier to handle than the jelly. All of these ex1 1 1 ,T?? l.? I piOSlVCS, liuuevtr, L'uu vuiy uu i made by experienced chemists, and any j ; inexperienced handling of them is I j sure enough to result in calamity to the j Derson rash enough to attempt it.? : Inter-Oceun. Debts of the World. The following table gives the debts of the chief nations, according to the latest attainable data: t N::me of country. Amount of debt. Argentine Republic ? 1J4,07:2,50() Australia tiaelndingall tlio Australian colonies) 400,003.4 !0 Austria-H ungary 1,097, srs Be giuni i,01)0 ; Holt via 21 ,irj5,OHO Brazil 48),5x4,4510 i Canada 202.150,104 I Chili 87.041.520 China 5.'),Oll/Jv) 1 f V1I11 ihifl Hi.271.0:10 i Ik'Mivirk 04.7S!i,01<) , Ecuador 10,1 >.*>,ODO Egypt r,0S.C):ij,s40 France 4,75). o 17.100 (er:nany 'in-In ling the debts ol'nil thesS..'1'Oi' I.'1":.If*fJ,r,.*>1) < .'erinany (National debt only). i:;7,O.J7, Great Britain o,7:'2,liy,S20 G'lvuco (J). 10.;,CO) j India, British 7C5. Il).'i.(t.i7 | Italy 2,201.003,4S5 | Japan 270.545.021 i Mexico 15:),70: >.000 ; Netherlands 37<>.l?0^,5f-,0 Norway 28,701, '240 ! Paraguay 17,4(11,170 . rcru 241,?r.0.00;? 1 Portugal 400.s2ii,f,4'2 Ko.imania l.';S,'.tin,540 | Russia 3,414,S00,210 ! Servia 27,750,<:0o j Spain 1,200,000,000 Sweden 00,872,410 | Turkey 53S.1 : >({, 170 j Switzerland 6, lxJO,7S0 j Uniled States (National debt ! only) 1,845,027,050 j Uruguay 01,570,201 j Venezuela 21,010,000 v TEE STUBBORN MBS. Still Fighting Fiercely with the British in Egypt A Battle in whioh tin Itebete were Completely Routed. A dispatch from Kosheh, Egypt, says: "Lieutenant General Stephenson, commander of the British forces in Egypt, who recently arrived here with large reinforcements, attacked the rebels who had been mimadug the garrison for several weeks. A three-hours fight ensued, resulting in the British troops rnnhirincr Giniss. a village near Kosheh. The rebels were completely routed. The cavalry is pursuing the enemy. The guns and twenty banners were captured. The English lo-st one officer killed and twenty-one men wounded. The Egyptian allies of tha British lost six killed and thirteen wounded." The Arabs fought stubbornly. Five Emirs were killed. Twenty dead Arabs were found in one house. British men-of-war have been ordered to blockade the coast of Egypt from Massowah to Suez, in order to prevent the importation into the Soudan of arms and ammunition for the Arabs. The rout of the rebels was so complete, says a later dispatch, that General Stephenson is hopeful that there will be 110 necessity for further operations. A recent report stated that the Arabs at Giniss and Abal numbered 7.000, of whom 1,100 were riflemen. They had six guns and plenty of ammunition. The guns were placed in earthworks, and the line of fire was direct on the Nile, so as to oppose the )*i>;sage of a steamer. Ab-del-Kader Pasha, minister of war, formerly governor of the Soudan, in a recent conversation on the Egyptian question, said: "If the English retire *on Wady Haifa they must retire on Assouan, and if on Assouan, then on Cairo. Every pace in advance gives the English a hundred friends; every pace in retiring gives them two hundred enemies, half in front, half in rear. England may gain victory after victory, but if they arc followed by retreat the English government has uselessly wasted blood. There is not one in ten who will believe in England's defeat. I say that a retirement now would be fatal." When asked whether the question was insoluble he replied; '"No, it requires two things ?first, a fixed policy to crush rebellion; secondly, money. Let England attack the enemy in force, and after the latter's defeat open negotiations. With native emissaries and money England could detach the soldiers who are now the backbone of the rebellion olt-rt I'rmin trilioe wlin nvp fllwjlVS iealoilS tlllVl aw*/ .-?Vi4IV m?MW "?v ?- J ' o of each other." When asked what sum would be required, the minister said: "Perhaps ?2,000,000, but fiis r>olicy would be the cheapest in the long run." A BIOTTKTDETROIT, A Clinrch Trc.ubie Ij 'ads to Bloodshed in the Streets. A Detroit dispatch fays: "There is serious trouble in the St. Albertus Polish Roman Catholic church in this city. Charges were recently preferred against Father Kolasinski, who for many years has been the pastor. An investigation by Bishop Borgess decided him to depose the priest. Many influences were brought to bear upon the bishop to reconsider his decision, but without avail, he being firmly convinced of the truth of the charges. The charges, however, are not believed by a majority of the congregation, who look upon the deposed priest as a martyr. As the congregation refused to attend church under the new appointee the building has been closed for two or three weeks. It was rumored two or three days ago that the bishop had relented, the church would be opened on Christmas, and the old pastor restored on that morning. Finding the church still closed, more than 1,000 Poles ? \ a. ."-l- : J ? _* iL. i :?I 4. l_ marcueu to ur_* resilience ui tuts uihuup iu usw an explanation. Tue bishop left his residence by the rear door, and this action angered the Poles more. 44 Yesterday afternoon a Pole was shot dead while the crowd were stoning a grocery belonging to Mr. Lemke, an adherent of the new priest. The police made a score of arrests. Police wore on guard all night. "Early to-day the congregation began to gather about tue church. By 10 o'clock 2,0iiU people were massed in the streets. Col. L'trned had beon retained by the Lemk<\s for their defenco on the charge of shooting the Pole yesterday, and this morning he visited the house "of his clients with John Wagner, who is ident fled with the antiKolasinski element. The sight of Wagner enraged tue crowd and they assailed the buggy with bricks, stone, and frozen mud. Wagner escaped injury, but Colonel Lamed was struck on the forehead with a stone and stunned. The crowd about the church doors were quiet, except when old John Lemke appeared at one of his broken windows, and then their jeers were almost deafening. Mr. Lemke is seventy-six years old, and after escaping through a back door from last night's mob, he passed the cold night on the commons. "About 11 o'clock the crowd went to the grocery store of Thomas Zoltowski, another of the anti-Kolasinski party. In less than a minute they broke all the glass in the building. At the sight of Zoltowski cries of 'Hang him!' and 'Shoot him!' cou'd bo heard above the rattling of stones. Through the paueless windows Zoltowski showed his revolver, but the crowd only yelled the louder, and drove him away from the window by a well-aimed volley of stones. A moment later lie appeared with a \Yiuchesfer repeating rifle, which ho lired twice. This incited the crowd to still greater frenzy. "The police endeavored to force the mob away from the grocery. The streets were so packed with people that this was extremely dillicult as well as dangerous work. Sergeant Nolan, with a squad of police, was trying to force the crowd back, when a man in the mob threw a large stone, crushing the sergeant's hat and bruising his head considerably. The fellow was arrested, and immediately Ollicor Ewing, who aided in the arrest, was felled by a blow with a snow shovel. He staggered to his feet and helped handcuff his assailant. The crowd closed in 011 the policemen, and for a few minutes the squad seemed doomed. The crowd pressed tnem so closely that it was well nigh impossitle to defend themselves. Detective Tut tie was thrown on his side in the gutter, whore he was beaten by the mob, who were wedged ab >ut him so densely that I10 could not draw his revolver. "A1 ler a time he managed to regain his feet, and assisted his companions once more in their fight. Help came to thorn, and they finally Iftndel their men in the patrol wagon, i although every inch of the way had to bo | fought desperately. Another patrol wagon was summoned soon afterward to help the | officers, and at :i o'clock Captain Myler marched to the church with forty-six j policemen, followed by several hundred I citizens. A detachment was sent to reenforce the men at Zoltowski's, and the nolic? iliil t.Wir iittiirvsfc tn dvivn t.lin fr.iwil nwnv | entirely. When driven from one stroet the i mob invariably congregated u])oii another, j leaving tin police to do their work over again." Tliis unsatisfactory work continued [ throughout the afternoon, and it was very j nearly dark before the church crowd h tally I disperssd. All saloons on the east side have l been orde. ed closed until thj dilliculties ars j settled. <-The Poles are thorough]}' aroused and do: dare that they will either have tho cliurch i opened or demolish it. "The bishop says ha will u'ider no circum\ otan -es recede l'rom his position. Ho blames I th'i deprwod pastor for the outbreak. Ko'igi ions excitement is spreading and the bitter feeling is growing. What makes matters worse is the fact that just now the city is full of blacklegs, who will naturally take advantage of the police being entirely occupied with this a Hair." A later dispatch states that mattors had quieted down for the present i The skeleton of a man was recently found in the Dead Liver region caught in a bear trap. Tho appearance of the skeleton indicated that he had devoured bis own ilesh. The Vanderbilts keep their bonds, stocks, diamonds and gold ana silver plate in a steel j box, four feet long by eighteen inches broad, that is set in the wall of the vault in the J Lincoln National bank, Now York. HMMaMMHWUMMMMiI CRSMffl) ALIVE Horrible Death of a Rich Farmci and his Wife. Building a House to Prevent the Very Thing that Happ.nsd. A Seneca (111.) dispatch says that the de" tails of the mysterious death of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick itooney, who were found the other morning, the one suffocatjd and the other cremated, make a horrible story. Foul play was suspected, but the circumstances scarcely justify the suspicion. Rooney NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. John, Julia and Mary Driscoll, aged respectively, seventeen, fourteen and seven years, children of Patrick Driscoll, a laborer, were burned to death in a fire that destroyed his dwelling Christmas morning in upper New York city. John sacrificed his life in attempting to save his two sisters. The father, mother and two little boys were rescued by Eolicemen; but all save the youngest were so adly burned that it was necessary to take them to a hospital. Buffalo, N. Y., now has a crematory, and the first body?that of a woman?was reduced to ashes a few days since. A New Youk judge has decided that every dog lias tho right to bitj a person once before its owner can be held liable for damages. A furious gale has been devastating the New England coast. Several towns were nnrtlv siitim nvinv vessels stranded and some*houses washed away. Two lives were lost. Two men were killed and three injured badly, and thirteen business places burned at a tire in Georgetown, Mass. A Chinese girl baby, the first infant of the pig-tail nation ever horn in Philadelphia, I has just been added to the Chinese colony in the Quaker city. South anil West. Six boilers burst at the Spring Valley water works, near San Francisco, killing two men. daugeronsly wounding two more, aud completely demolishing the works. The pecuniary loss is estimated at $150,000. A series of assassinations has startled the people of Austin, Texas. Two women were dragged from their bids on Christmas evo and killed, and the husband of one of them was found dead in bed, having been killed with an ax. During the past year eleven women have been assassinated, and many unsuccessful attempts to murder cooks and servant girls have been reported without a single clue to the assassins being discovered. A huge Christmas tree in the Chicago county hospital caught fire, and in the panic that ensued among the guests and inmates more than fifty persons were burned or bruised Frank Vaughn was married a few days ago at Little Blue, Mo., and the next night j was shot dead by Abraham Nave, a cousin of the bride and unsuccessful suitor for her hand. The murderer committed suicide. Ex-Mayor Murphy, of Omaha, Neb.,died after a few days' illness. The doctor in attendance says the cause of death was poisoning, the result of eating chicken which had been frozeu and then allowed to become partially decomposed. Craig Tolliver, one of Kentucky's most notorious desperadoes, has been shot dead by a jealous rival. Alexander Reed, a colored man, brutally murdered Miss Carrie Bovd, at Gaiuestown, Ga. Reed was capture:! by two colored men, taken to the scene of the murder, tied to a tree, wood piled around his body, and in the presence of 500 people he was burned to death. According to a prominent Arizona ranchman dozens of families huvo been massacred by Apaches in distant parts of the Territory, and the news of their death has never spread beyond the immediate vicinity, owing to the loug uisrauce anu a separuuoii irom luu uuuside world. Washington. A Washington' paper gives as the result of au exhaustive inquiry concerning the future decisions in the House of Representatives in regard to the unlimited suspension of silver coinage a table showing that 11(5 Congressmen are agaiust suspension, and 130 in favor of it. The West and South are praeticallv a unit for coinage, while the East and Middle States appear to be almost as solidly in favor of suspension. Mr. White, one of the secretaries of the American legation in England, has forwarded a report on the subject of unclaimed estates abroad. He says that the "unclaimed estates'' are myths, and that "many are led to believe themselves heirs to vast estates in Great Britain by designing persons on both sides of the ocean." Mr. John Bioelow has declined the office of sub-treasurer of New York, to which ho had been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The value of exports from the United States for November, 188/5, was #07,321,830, [ against *78,804,OUT during the same moutn in 1SSS4. The President lias approved the bills granting a pension to Mrs. Grant and for the removal of the political disabilities of General Lawton, of Georgia. A bill is to ba introduced in Congress to lend the name of the government to the international exposition which is to be held in Chicago in 181 >2 to commemorate the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America. The exposition will be planned after that held at Philadelphia in lS7b. Mits. Della Benwer, the widow of the gallant ofiicer who sacrificed his life while endeavoring to relieve the yellow fever sufferers of the Lower Mississippi river several years ago, has been appointed postmistress of the village of Rogers Park, 111. Foreign. A revolt is feared in the Servian army and fifty soldiers have been shot for plotting against the government. King Milan's life is constantly threatened. Seventy-five bodies were recovered fron the coal mine at Pont-y-Ppridd, "Wales, the scene of the terrific explosiou, and it waf feared that others were buried in the debris A sevjsue storm has cai so i many wrecks along the New Brunswick <. o ist. Jules Grew has been re-elected president of France by the French senate and chamber of deputies at Versailles, his majority on joint ballot being lo5. It is stated that Prussia and Austria are se! cretly arming, and that both countries have sent orders to England for large quantities 01 stores for their respective armies. Great distress prevails among the fishermen of the west coast of Ireland owing to a lack of food, and many families are reported to be in a starving condition. DAKOTA AS A STATE, A Question iliat Is to Rneaffo the Attention of Congress. Among the \\ extern politicians who are in the city, says a Washington dispatch, it is generally conceded that Dakota matters are to receive a greater share of attention during the present session of Congre3S than ever before. It is felt that tha urgent puulic demand for legislation on the affairs of the Territory cannot bo ignored, though just what form legislation will finally take cannot bo foretold. Ju Iging from the drift of discussion, nothing but the division of the Territory on the fortysixth parallel and the admission of the southern half will satisfy a majority of the people of Dakota. The people of the Territory, as a whole, are in favor of division, with or without admission, and there is gn at earnestness on this point, owing to the rivalry and diversity of interests of the two sections. The sentiment of the north appears le.^s positive on the question of statehood, but it is possible that a vote would show a small majority in favor of admission. The southern portion would vote almost unanimously for both division and admission, as ' " - - - -C AHV /*,*?>? iiiu-triiteu uy tut? actions ui v*uu ventions. THE COUNTRY'S CROPS, Ksl inialcs <>l" tho " ricull jsral !>?*pari nicni lor (hi' I'aM Year. Tlr- estimates of the statistician of the depurl uicut of agriculture for tin? principal (rivals for ISS.*> are computed, and tho aggregate bushels arc as follows: In round millions: Corn, l.iKJii: wheat, o">7; oats, The area of corn is 7.'5.000,000 acres; of wheat:: l.ooo.ani): of oats OiKi.ODO. The value of com averages nearly { "? emits a ! iiishel, and inn Ices mi aggregate of ?<Kr?,000,(Ni'i, ?.">.( HM.(h hi less than the value of the last en?}). The deerease in tho product of wheat is W per cent and only 17 percent in valuations, which is $j75,(MN),(NH). The valuation of oats is .SI.' 'ii.otM.uoo. The reduction in wheat is mostly in the valleys of the Ohio and in California. The Stales of Oliio, Indiana, Illinois. Missouri and Kansas last year produced 1 ei.ODO.UOO bushels, this year SO,000,000, a redud i< >:i of lK),lll)i).000 bushels. The production <!.' all cereals is fifty-three bushels to each mh.-i-'itant, and the aggregate volume ' is larger ihau any former year. was ssveuty-tbree years old ana tae wealthiest farmer in Central Illinois, his estate being valued at $200,000. By bis lirst wifo he had four sons, all of whom are married. He never was known to give them j so much as a cent. Twenty-five years ago he i married his second wife, a childless widow. , tjbj was twenty years younger than be. It ; was assumed in all the country that she ; woull inherit the major portion of his estate. ; He had made no will, but was expected to ca l in a lawyer after New Year's. ' Two years ago he caused a great sensation by engaging a Chicago architect to design for him a residence which should be not only in.giiilicent in all respects, but air tight irorn fouudu;ion to garret, fie litile knew that he was care.ully preparing for tlie frightful death of himself and wife, as the sequel shows. Rooney had a horror ol lire, and it was to provide against tiie fate which befalls so many unprotected (ountry hotiK's that he directed' the architect and contractor to spare neither time nor expense in making the building as close as a portable reirigerator. The neighbors all agreed that the tottering old man was losing his mind. When the structure was completed the artisans had done their work so well that with all the interior doors open tfhe house had sixteen rooms) featherweight te.its in all parts of it failed to show that, there was the slightest draught. Rooney and his wife had a sociable fondness for whisky and often brewed their evening j punch with the favored hired man, who also was allowed a room in the new mansion, and was their solitary guest. He was a deaf Swede and spoke lew Knglish words. His room was over the kitchen. The other evening Rooney came into the village and bought a half gallon of whisky. After the supper dishes had been cleared away he sat down with his wife in the kit. hen,"with the little jug between them. How jong they remained there is not known. Just before trie Swede retired he was invited to join the old folks and had two punches with tiiem. When he left they were merry but not intoxicated. 'In the morning the hired man awakened wita a headache. His pillow was covered with soot and a sickening odor pervaded the atmosphere of lin room. Descending to the lower nail, the stench increased. Adjoining the kitchen was tho oid gentleman's bedroom, and next to it that of Mrs. Rooney. The door of Rouney's rojm was open. Peering in, the hired man saw his master prone upon the lloor, his clothing undisturbed. Upon shaking the prostrated form the Swede found it- !.'??? " ?*! MPiilflca Orat* t.hn fnna nf tha X 'J Hill]; UIIU iH.Viu.Vi vui vuv i.Mw vk VMW dead, and clinging to everything in the room, was a black, sticky substanca The hirei man then looked into Mrs. Rooney's room and the kitchen, and failing to find her in either, walked to the house of one of the sons, half a mile away, and related as be>t he could the nature of" his discovery, A party of neighbors, including a physician, . returned with the hired man, and a more careful investigation of the premises were made. On the center-table was the half empty jug and the glasses. At one side there was a holo three feet long and two fejt wide burnnl through the floor. Near by was a candle, halt burned, and at i one end of the blai-k rimmed aperture stood a ; booted foot upright, a charred remnant of j the right leg protruding Irom the shreds I of blistered flesh and muscle. The tail, j old-fashioned clock in the corner was cpan | and the key was on the floor. The hanging fringe of the cloth had burned up close to the ! circular edge of the table and then smoldered out. as had the small patch on the floor, within which a human form had writhed'in all the agonies of a living cremation. In the cellar they found a handful of white roses, a calcined skuil and part of a vertebral column. 'It was evident that Mrs. Rooney was winding up the clock when the candle accidentally ignited her clothing. She was doubtless weakened by the liquor 'she had drunk and sank to the floor in 1 right. She was a largo woman, weighing 2&.1 pounds, or more. Once prostrated she was unable to rise, and the flames rapidly eating through her clothing to her body soon began the work of incinerA fit.q nmrlhr itfoc fnrmocl l\prioqfh hflP in tho floor and as the concave furnace burned slowly through to the cellar the remains were gradually melted into the handful found on tho cement floor beneath. Apparently ono log was extend-1 ed at length and burning off just above the aukle, at tho out?r rim of tho Are, the foot righted itself when dismembered. Rooney wa3 suffocated to death. Tho hired man is now abed and not expected to live. The property will probably be divided among the four sons without inquiry or contest." THE EXPLOSIVE BOILER, Four Men Killed in Alabama and Two in Pennsylvania. A few days since the boiler of the Gulf City Oil Mills, Mobile, Ala., exploded with terrible force, tearing do mi the boiler-house and part of the seed sheds, and burying four colored laborers in the debris. They were all killed. Three other negroes were seriously scalded, and two slightly hurt. I. S. Stanton (white), the foreman of the mill, was badly injured internally. On tho same day the boiler of a threshing machine in a barn near New Providence, Penn., exploded, killing two young men ~o,v.nri vncnoftivniv (Mwistian Hiluebrand and Edward llelm. 'fhe barn was set ou lire and destroyed. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Mrs. Kate Chase (formerly Mrs. Sprague), is to.mako an actress oc her eldest daughter. Mme. Bernhardt is studying a new role, that of Marion Delorrae m \ ictor Hugo's drama of tho same name. Miss Gowa.vda Mohawk, of Auburn, N. Y., claims the distinction ol' being the only redskin on the American stage. Ma. George Fox, tho English baritone, has lieen added by Mr. Locke to the list of vocalists for the American op.?ra s-*as;m. Among the performers in "Alone in Lon" don," at the 0.\ mpic in London,is a daughter ter of the c aiitiaut, Sir Koger Tichborne. The popo has put forth a brief t f.he clergy of Italy torbiddmg the use o: po.kas, waltzes ami other forms of dance music in churches. The Japanese village at the Madison Square Garden, .Seu* York, continues to attract throngs of visitors every day. Genuine Japs are in charge. TiiiiRE are companies in the United States, divided as foliovvs: dramatic, 44 musical, vaudeville, 15 minstrel, '<> circus and l'J miscellaneous. C i. All a .Morris, the actress, travels with a trunk six feet high anil live feet wide. Miss Morris speaks of it as her house, it is the largest theatrical trunk on the road. Salvixi, tho Italian tragedian, is very much liked in Boston as "Ingo .nar," and tho cnanicter wi.l probably prove one of h s nio?>t popular ones during ins pivse.it Ameri-.-au tour. PROMINENT PEOPLE. John* Gurxey, mayor-olect of Norfolk, England, is blind. Kim; Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands, is a terr.bie sneezer. Sam Randai,!. is growing stooped and has an overworked air about him. M. Pastkuk, discoverer of a euro for hydrophobia, is the self-niadi son of a tanner. Skxator Edmixds keeps four horses in his stable. Ho lives quietly but expensively. Skxator Georoe, of ^Mississippi, is a thick-sl't man with auburn hair and fufl beard. George Bancroft, the historian, is the only privato citizen who has been given tho right to tho floors of Congress at all times. V '/-v-- v ; " " ' LATER NEWS. The number of emigrants arriving at thi port of New York in 1885 is 280,745, a faUinj off of about 30,000 over 1884. The late storms along the coast have beei very disastrous to the Gloucester (Mass. fishermen. Five vessels and eight lives havi been reported lost. Ten men were badly burned by an explo sion of natural gas at a gas well near Kittan ning, Penn. Hartford, Conn., has been treated to several sharp earthquake shocks. A fire at Greenville, Miss., destroyed i large oil mill, together with 2,400 bales o> cotton and ten small buildings, causing I total estimated damage of $200,000. The wife and two children of Ferrymai James Saunders, were drowned by the cap sizing of their boat near Nicholasville, Ky. Hon. James E. Bailey, United States 1 Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881 died a few days ago at Clarksville, Tenn. aged sixty-two years. James Turner, a nephew of United State Senator Brown, was run over by a freight engine in Atlanta, Ga., and killed. President Cleveland has written U Senator Voorhees expressing a desire to aic in the proposed erection of a monument to thi late Vice-President HendricJcs at Indianapolis The government will dispatch the revenue steamer Rush from San Francisco to search for the lost whaler Amethyst. The eccentric king of Bavaria is a bankrupt. Captain Polleys, long the American consul in Cuba, has committed suicide ii Barbadoes. An Italian organ-grinder was struck dead while leaning against an electric light pole ic New Orleans, and a companion who touched his body also received a shock which knocked him over and burned one hand to s crisp. Many herds of cattle are being killed in several Pennsylvania counties by order of the State authorities, because of pleuro-pneumouia. Petek B. Sweeny, the brains of the notorious Tweed ring, has returned temporarily to New York after a long absence in Paris. Rebecca Batterson, said to be 117 years old, died a few days ago in Little Falls, N. Y. Two negroes, caught setting fire to a quantity of cotton near Crawford, Miss., were taken from jail by a crowd and hanged to a tree. A Chicago paper states that the tota] length of main lines of railroad laid in 1885 was 3,113 miles, which is about 700 miles leso than in 1884. Mr. V. P. Snyder, of Hudson, N. Y., has i *?i-T. ,1 nf flic oeeil UppOIHU-'U. ucpuij wmj/uvuu VI uu.. currency. A detachment of United States troops routed a large band of Mexican revolutionists who had taken possession of an island in the Rio Grande river which belongs to oui government. Queen Christina, widow of King Alfonso, has been sworn in as regent of Spain. ROBBING A P0ST0FFI0E. IIow Four Thievev Served an IHl: nolst Po*ima*ter? A Chicago special gives the following thrilling details of a daring robbery and subsequent chase after tho thieves: Mount Forrest is a surburban town thirteen miles from the city, and not a syul was stirring when four muffled men got olf the Chicago and Alton train there at 1 o'clock this morning. Thoy walked boldly up to Post;nas:er VVm. I. Cronin's residence, which adjoins the postofflee and a general merchandise store, on the main street. Cautiously entering Cronin's barn ihey selected the fastest of thro j horses and harnessed it up to the best buggy. Driving out to the front of the postofflce thoy hitched the horsa One remained as a guard, another scouted the residence for an entrance and the other two ascended tho pole3 near by and cut tho Western Union wires, which run through Cronin's premises. The telegraph office is in the front of his store, and onirmir iiia nthpp awomolishments he is him self an operator. A loose window was found in the basement of the house, and removing it three of the men climbed into the building, their forms disguised bv heavy garments and their faces concealed beneath black masks. The fourth man watched tbe street. On the ground floor Cronin and his clerk, Adam Mobr, were sleeping. This door was locked. The corresponding chamber on the second floor was occupied bv Cronins sister, an inyalid, and her nurse. The first intimation of the burglars' presence that reached Cronin's ears was the clinking of a skeleton key, which awakened him. As he arose in bed, simultaneously reaching for his revolver, the light of a bull's-eye lantern was turned full upon him and be was commanded to throw up his hands. Tliree pistols covered him. Lighting a lamp, one of the trio sat at the bed, with a six-shooter in each hand, while his two companions ransacked the store, postoffice and entire lower floor. They took *150 in stamps, in cash, and diamonds and othor valuables to the total worth of $1,500. "Who's up-stairs?"psked the spokesman, as they were about to retire. "My invalid sister.'' "Has she any money or jewelry?" "She has not. Don't disturb her, I imElore 3'ou, gentlemen. The shock might kill er." "We'll take your word for it," was the reply, "women folks isn't onr game anyhow." The burglars to.ik a coil of clothesline from the store, bound Cronin anil Mohr hand and foot, gagged them securely, went out tne i nrnwH.?i inr.n thu bi:?<rv with the II UI1U UVUI j rirzo sentinel and drove off on the Chicago pike. At Brighton Park they abandoned the Duggy, and, turning tho horse around in the road, whipped him toward home. He jogged back tho ton miles to his stable. The burglars divided the spoils by the light of their bullsoyo and started to walk into the city by way of Archer avenue. Meanwhile C'ronin wriggled and twisted in his thongs until, about twenty minutes after the thieves had departed, he released himself and then Mohr. In their excitement the two men rushed out to the barn only half-dressed, mounted the remaining horses bareback and nosted off for the city bv different roads, bailing to overhaul tho robbers at the end of afi\o-mile gallop, a bright thought struck Cronin. Pausing at tho little village of Summit he burst into an unoccupied telegraph ollice and. raising Chicago, wired Chief of Police Ebersold the particulars of the burglary, after which he continued on his way to the city. It was not yet daylight. Prom the outer stations police squads were deployed in all directions. About 0 o'clock the detail which went from the Archer station saw four men walking on the suburban extension of the avenue. The police hastened to confront * them and the marauders, divining that they wore about to be trapped, opened a vicious pis!o! Are and lied in different directions. Tho bluecoats kept up a running fusillade, but three of the burglars escaped in the darkness. The fourth, "William Kane, was wounded in the leg and captured. On his person was found the .5150 j in stamps and Croniifs quarterly report, j Why the burglar took this it is ilifllcuit to imagine, but without it his conviction would I have been imno>sible. Ho confessed every tiling nn:l gave such information as to ! make certain the eventual capture of i his companions. All tho men implicated in the robbery are notorious crooks and jail birds I Kar.e was only recently liberated from the I penitentiary whore he "served live years for a tram robbery. Oman's enduranco and bravery are the talk of police and detective circles. If he coul 1 have overtaken the robbers ho would have undoubtedly fought them as he to ?k two p isle Is and a belt of cartridges from his store st >ck, determined to kill or be killed if ho over got within shooting range. j Sol Abrams, who is reported to be one of ! the richest men in Oregon, used to lead a horse, packed with notions, which ho sold to I people between Oregon City and Silverton at an early day. Tiie distress among the working classes in Paris is so great that it has been proposed to hold fetes of industry aud commerce for their benefit. _ CAILIG 0 THE BOM V lV c i Secretary Manning's First Bond Call for Ten Millions. < ; 1 The Call Issusd to Allay a Fear of Disturbancs ia Finances. Secretary Manning has issued a bond cal for ten millions of three per cents, interest on which will cease on the 1st of February next. This is the first call of bonds since September 26,1884, fifteen months ago. }'. - it is understood that the call was made oy ^ Secretary Manning in order to remove from the minds of the public any apprehension as lo a disturbance in the money market growing out of any or continued shipments of gold to foreign markets. It is said that sufficient calls will be made whenever it is evident that a supply of gold is necessary to meet demands of this character. the call. Treasury Department, ) Office of the Secretary, > : Washington, D. C., Dec. 29,1885. ) By virtue of the authority conferred by law upon the secretary of the treasury, notice is hereby given that the principal and accrued interest of the bonds hereinbelow designated, will be paid at the treasury of the United States, in the city of Washington, D. C., on the 1st day of February, 1880, and that the interest on said bonds will cease on that day?viz.; three per cent bonds issued under the act of Congress approved July 12, 1882, and numbered as follows: $50?Original No. 299 to original No. 303, both inclusive, and original No. 1,314 to original No. 1,367, both inclusive. $100?Original No. 2,166 to original No. 2,204, both inclusive, and original No. 9,564, to original No. 9,863, both inclusive. ?500?Original No. 1,076 to original No. 1,-? , 090, both inclusive, and original No. 4,048 to original No. 4,200, both inclusive. ?1,000?Original No. 9,787 to original No. 10,012, both inclusive, and original No. 23,011 to original No. 23,587, both inclusive. , $10,000?Original No. 17,401 to original No. . ' 18^04, both inclusive. Total. ?10,000,000. The bonds described above are either bonds of the "original" issue, which have but one serial number at each end, or "substitute" . / bonds, which may be distinguished by the double set of numbers, which are marked plainly "original numbers" and "substitute numbers." All of the bonds of this loan will be called by the original numbers only. The three months' interest due February 1, } 1886, on the above described bonds will not be : paid by checks forwarded to the holders of v . vj the bonds,but will be paid,witn the principal, to the holders at the tune of presentation. ; Many of the bonds originally included in the above numbers have been transferred or >' exchanged into other denominations on "waiver," the original numbers being canceled, and leaving outstanding the apparent amount above stated. The provision of law governing the order in which the bonds shall t)e called in is as follows: "The last of the said bonds originally isSued under this act, and their substitutes, snail De first called in, and this order of payment shall be followed until all shall have been paid." Bonds forwarded for redemption should be , addressed to the "Secretary of the Treasury. Division of Loans, Washington, D. C.," ana all l>onds called by this circular should be assigned to the "Secretary of the Treasuiy for redemption." Assignments must be dated and properly acknowledged as prescribed in " the note printed on the back of each bond. ' .v',: Where checks in jmyment are desired in favor of any one but the payee the bonds should be assigned to the "Secretary of the Treasury for redemption {or account of' (here insert the name of the person or persons to whoso order the check should be made pay. * . able). , Daniel Manning, Secretary. ?m THE PRESIDENT'S VISITORS. More than 400 of Them Attended to iii Sixteen Minutes. Four hundred and forty persons waited patiently in the east room of the White House a few days ago to pay their respects to the President. The crowd was almost twice as large as at any preceding reception of this kind. j The President appeared just before 2 ! o'clock, and entered upon his task with i such expedition that the entire room was cleared in sixteen minutes. Several persons tried to engage the President's attention with private matters, but they were told to call acrain to-morrow. One individual shook ' . hands in an agitated manner with one of the ushers and passed the President without noticing him. He was reminded of his mistake by the laughter of the crowd and strove to ' return ami shake the President's hand, but was borne away by the rapidly-moving line , of people behind him. """"?~~~ -j AS IN A MOLD. _____ > How tlie FotlJci of Two Tien, Over* whelmed by Snow, were ioandi The bodies of burke Hovey alid J. M. Scales, two miners who were imprisoned io the ProdigalJSon mine, near Silverton, CoL, a few days since, by a snowalide, were found at the bottom of the shaft. Both bodies were packed in the snow us ;n a mold. Hovey was found standing upright on a piece of timber I six feet from the bottom of the shaft, while j Scales was found standing at tlie bottom of I the shaft. The latter had a candle in his left band and was shadir.g his hand with his I rizht and looking u p as though to see what ' I . * nnminfv rl ->Wn flirt ITlillP "ffim 3.0* lb VT UO UV.1.I V..W pearances, thair tl"a'h mus; have been instantaneous. Scalei was from Orange, Texas and Hovey from Woodstock, Nev? Brunswick. TnE new British man-of-war Camperdown, 1 built of steel at a cost $2,375,0J0, is the heaviest ship ever launched from the royal slips in England. It will bj three years before *ke Camperdown is ready for sea. HE MARKETS. NEW VORK. 99 Beef cattle, good to prime I w 0% ! Calves, com'a to prima veali 8 Sheep 2 (a 5% J Lambs Hr-gs?Lire 5 Dressed, city %<? * Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 3 75 (? 4 40 West, good to choice. 4 00 (w 5 (35 Wheat?No. 2. Red 91 (& ISJf ' Rye?State G5X@ 67 Barley?Four-rowed State... (? S5 Com?Ungrad. West, mixed. 48 <a 4'J% Oats?White State 38 (at 40 Mixed Western 35 (5 36 Hay?Mtd. to pr. Timothy.. 91 (c& 95 Straw?No. 1, Rye 80 (0 85 I Lard?City Steam G 20 @ 6 25 Butter?State Creamery.... 30 (8 36 Dairy 20 $ 28 West. Im. Creamery 18 (ab 25 Factory.- 11 (3 18 i Cheese?State factory 7 (ft 9)4 Skims o% "Western 7 (a) 9 Eggs?State and Penn 20 @ 27 BUFFALO. , Sheep?Good to Choice 2 75 (3 3 00 ! Lambs?Western 3 <*5 4 00 j Steers?Western 4 M (d 5 00 i Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks ' > 05 (db 3 70 Flour?C'y ground ?. process 5 25 @6 50 ! Wheat?No. 1, JIard Duluth 1 ' Corn?No. 2, Mixed New* (3 47# I Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western 40 (d) , liar ley?T wo -ro wed State.... ? (? ? BOSTON*. Beef?Ex. plate and family. .10 50 (311 00 ; Hogs?Live 4 Cd> 4}? ?i or thorn Dressed.... 5 (S Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl...l0 OD @11 00 ! Flour?'Winter Wheat pat's.. 5 65 5 75 ! Corn?High Mixed 54 (g) 56 J Oats?Extra Wiiita 44 (a) 45 j Rye?Statu (57 (A 70 I VFATEKTOWX (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. I Beer?Extra quality u ?u (a? u ! Sheep?Live weight 2 (a 4% : Lambs .. 0 : Hogs? Northern, d w 5 PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Peun. ex family, good 4 25 @4 50 Wheat?No. 2, Red 9.)%@ 90?? Rve?State (ft 75 Coru?State Yellow 52 (5 53 Oats?Mixed 40 @ 41 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa. 20 @ 22 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream... 11^@ 14 I