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FOREIGN.

A cable dispatch SAYS: "The Bulga-
rlans have attacked a Servian division near
Kujevatz The Emperor of Austria has for
warded his decision on the peace proposals
submitted TO him by the combatants. He is
said to favor the union of Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia, and TO oppose the payment of war
indemnity by Servia. Turkey has recalled her
commissioners and countermanded her orders
for the occupation of the Balkans"
The war preparations of Bulgaria
continue undated. Over one hundred thous-
and servians are encamped at Nissa. Turkey
sent note 10 Italy protesting against the seiz-
ure of Massowah, and in return received assur-
ance that the occupation does not affect the
sovereignty of the Sultan. Many citizens Of
Crete have petitoned the powers TO be linked
to Greece, should Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia be united
The German Bundesrath has unan-
imously approved tho bill for the construction
of a ship canal between the Baltic, the Elbe,
and the North Sea- 1t will cost 156, 600 900
marks, and is TO be strongly fortified.
Servian troops attacked the Bulga-
rian outposts at three points, and were speedi-
ly repulsed. King Milan has notified the pow
ers that lac can not accept the dshonorable
conditions imposed as the price of peace For
ty Seryian soldiers were shot for mutilating
themselves to escape military service
Documents were discovered at Mand-
alay showing that an offensive and defensive
alliance existed between France and Burmah
Mr.. Gladstone is to call a Liberal
gathering at London for the second week in
January, to which the Irish members will DO
invited If the policy outlined by him shall
receive united support, he will prepare COM
prehensve bill for Irish grievances. Lord
Spencer expressed his willingness 10 servo
again as Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland
United States Consul Frisbie, at Ly-
ons, France, writes that the consumption OF
champagne is regarded as an indication OF tho
business prosperity of the country importing
it; and, as the sales for the United States show
an increase OF s2SI, !rA over those Of 1884, the
deduction is drawn that business is furnishing
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WESTERN.
The City Council of Salt Lake Nor

The City Council of Salt Lake Nor
mon-has issued manifesto denying with
great particularly all reports of proposed
outbreak in connection with the shooting of
McMurrin by Deputy Collin The denial is
based mainly on Mormon evidence.
Surgeon Ewing, who has returned to
Fort Leavenworth from Oklahoma, reports
that the entire region coveted by the boomers
has been burned over, and the Territory is
clear of settlers.
The Rock Island road reports large
increase in net earnings. The tracks are at an
early day to be extended across tho Missouri
river, probably at st Joseph, into Nebraska
and southwest through Kansas
Gilbert and Sullivan's latest success,
"The Mkado," still holds sway at McVicker's
Theater, Chicago. 1t has proved the greatest
drawing card of the season, and the auditorium
has been taxed to its greatest capacity to ac-
commodate the rush. The performance is as
good representation of the Japanese opera
as that highly original work is likely to have at
any hands. The many admirable features of
the performance have received extended COM
ment and the liberal appreciation that the ex-
cellences richly deserve, and 1t il gratifying to
see that theater-goers have recognized the
merit of the production and awarded it gener-
Gus patronage. Next week the Florences will
begin a season at McVickers.
Fire broke out in the Daisy -four
ing mill at Milwaukee, and when the fire de
partment turned on stream an explosion fol-
lowed that blew the roof from the structure
and sent the flames high in The air The En-
pire Mill, adjoining, then caught fire, both
structures being entirely destroyed, with loss
in excess of s200,0 One fireman was fatally,
and several others seriously, injured. The in
surance amounts 10 $4,000.
A Chicago company has closed a con-
tract TO supply the French army with ., 200, eco
pounds of canned beef. 1t involves the slaugh-
ter Of $1,000 cattle.
Seven men were buried by the cav
ng OF a sewer at Akron, Ohio. -Four of them
were dead when taken out, and two others can
hardly survive.
Intelligence of the death Of Mrs.
Julia Butler Newberry, at Paris, France was
received at Chicago last week. BY the death
Of Mrs. Newberry, as provided in the will OF
her late husband, the city OF Chicago falls heir
to about s2,500,0O0 to be used in founding a
public library.
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DO Fish Sleep2

A correspondent of the Times, OF
London, writes: "A feeling of dubi-
fancy exists in the minds of many per-
sons as to whether the members of the
fnny tribes sleep in common with ter
restrial animals. The cease1ess activi-
ty OF fish naturally prompts the thought
that nature has omitted to endow them
with somnolent desires. This is rea-
sonable conclusion, seeing that the
sphere OF life which the denizens of our
waters occupy is scarcely in bon accord
with repose. On the other hand, can
IL be possible that any animal, whether
indigenous to land or water, is exclud-
ed from the potentcy of sleep, or rest,
that comes periodically upon all as the
arrive at solution of this mysterious
problem, Mr.. w. August Carter, of the
late Fisheries Exhibition, has just car
ried out series of experiments and in
designations at the aquarium of the In
ventions Exhibition. After closely
watching the fish both day and night,
he has come to the conclusion that
sleep is common to certain fish, and
that rest is INDUCED in by all at inter-
walls, not necessarily at night, but In
some cases during the day. Their de-
sire for sleep or rest seems to be gov
erned by the state of the atmosphere,
and it is found that they exhibit great
er activity during cold weather than
when it is hot, and vice versa. Mr..
Carter has discovered that the roach,
perch, gudgeon, tench, carp, and cat
fish sleep periodically, and that among
marine fish the wrasse, dory, conger
eel, dogfsh, bullheads, and all species
of fish possess somnolent Instincts.
Those fish that do not sleep are the
goldfish, bass, mullet, and the salmoni-
de family, as well as many others that,
although ever wakeful, frequently rest.
1t has been found that some fish sleep
during suspension in the water, al
though they usually seek rocks. mud or
gravel upon which to repose. The
wrasse, for instance, always selects Sc
cluded crevices among rocks, where it
lies upon it's side as though lifeless. 1t
is stated that while asleep fish fire.
quently fall prey to their predaceous
congeners, and afford an opportunity to
those possessing but small power of
rapid locomotion to prey upon them.
Voracious fish, such as the pike, never
sleep, according to Mr.. Carter, but
ever remain watchful for morsels where
with to satisfy their nav. The facts
adduced by this experiment, If they can
be relied upon, furnish useful ideas
and suggestions, affording valuable in
formation to votares of the science of
ichthyology, and supplying an answer
TO the question, so often 10 be heard
from the lips of visitors to aquaria, "Do
fish sleep?"
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SOUTHERN,

At Gatesville, n. c., Edward Saun-
ders, Isaiah Richardson, and John Swauner,
all colorcd men, were executed for the crime
OF burglary
The hangman at Charlotte, North
Carolina, swung of two negroes for burglary.
In Louisville, six months ago, with
the consent of the authorities, there were
thirty gambling houses in full operation, pay
ing about $4,000 per annum in fines. At the
opening of court the other morning one humid
red indictments for gaming were taken up.
One firm which had made tine most determined
resistance, entered plea of guilty for each
member Fines of $500 and sentences of
thirty days imprisonment were imposed upon
all the offenders who fled written pledges
never again to violate the gambling laws.
Edward O'Neal, a counterfeiter in
the custody of the United States Marshal at
Covington, Ky, threw pepper in the eyes of
Bailin Day, and attempted to kill him with a
revolver. The officer grasped the weapon and
fatally shot his assailant
The Adjutant General of Texas has
information that party of twenty-five Mexi-
can soldiers crossed the border near FL Paso
and drove Of. herd of cattle belonging to
Americans.
Five negroes, three men and two
women, returning home from frolic at ID. J
Smiths plantation, in York County, South
Carolina, attempted to cross Broad River in a
canoe. The boat filled and sunk, and two of
the men were drowned. Tho third man was
rescued by persons on the bank
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South who have arrived are not very reassur-
ing TO those who have hoped that IL might be
possible TO repeal the silyer-dollar law. Many
Of these Congressman are outspoken in their
declaration that no compromise will be nc
copied IL is quite certain that the @out and
out" will not consent 10 the unconditional re-
peal of the silver-coinage act SO determined
are they on this point that it is evident that
they would resort to all parliamentary means
to defeat the passage of bill having that end
in view if one could be favorably reported
from a committee"
The President and Cabinet attended
the solemn requiem mass for the repose of the
soul of King Alfonso, which was held at St
Matthew's Catholic Church. Washington.
Secretary of the Interior Lamar has
requested the President to ask Congress for an
appropriation of sl2,500, out of which TO aid
Cheyenne Indians in Montana who are reported
starving
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EASTERN.

Frederick Hausmeyer, his wife, and
six children, residing in Tarentum, Pa, are
afflicted with trichiniasis, having eaten of a
salad of which raw pork formed the principal
ingredient One son, aged 20, has died, an
other is on the verge of dissolution, and the
doctor says no has no hopes of saving any
member of the family.
Two hundred masked men at Pine
Run, Pa, assaulted and had fight of two
hours with a squad of non-union miners, one
of the latter being fatally injured national
conference of operators and miners is to be
held in Pittsburg next Monday, to consider the
equalization of wages.
The remains of the late William Fl.
Vanderbilt were placed, on the 18th inst, in
the vault at New Dorp, Staten Island The
Rev. Samuel Cook conducted short services in
the residence, after which the caske was borne
to St Bartholomew Church, which was
thronged by men prominent in the financial
world, fewer than one hundred women being
admitted to the edifice. After the services a
long procession of carriages followed
the hearse to the Forty-second street
ferry, one boat sutfcing to carry the
mourners to the island AT the cemetery
the casket soldered in an iron box, was placed
within few feet of the remains of the Com
modore. In the evening of the same day, in
the presence of the family and President De
pew, in the Vanderbilt mansion, Judge Rapello
read tho will of the late w. H. Vanderbilt, an
hour being consumed in the reading of the
document, which had been drawn within two
years. No trustworthy details of the contents
Of the instrument have been made public.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SIS Susan Morse, daughter of Sam

Miss Susan Morse, daughter of Sam
uel L. Is. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph,
recently threw herself from steamer Ell route
for Havana and was drowned
According to the figures of the Ma
tional Agricultural Department the average
farm price of corn is 50 cents, against So cents
in December year ago. Wheat averages 7S.7
cents, against 90 cents last year; and cotton
sells for S3-a reduction of mills from the
figures prevailing in December 1884 Rye,
barley, oats and potatoes show an advance of
from TO cents.
The prediction is made that the
Canadian Pacific Road will build track from
Ingersoll to Windsor, and connect with the
Wabash at Detroit
The forces of the Acting Governor of
Nuevo Leon Mexico, fired on General Reyes
and party at Monterey, killing an officer and
three privatcs, and wounding six men, Gen.
eral Reyes ordered ost the Federal forces, and
summoned 20J men from Lampazos by special
train. General Reyes has been appointed by
President Diaz Military Governor of the State.
The total number of failures re-
ported in the United States for tho week was
ri, as againse 247 the previous week In the
corresponding week of 1884 the failures
amounted to 3Gl in 1888, 249; in lSS2, go; and
i'm 1881. lGQ
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Noses and Ears.

With the astrologers large nose was
always sign of much character of
some kind, but what was determined by
other characteristic marks. A Roman
nose was a sign of a courageous tenn
per and disposition to face and over
come difficulties, while more strongly
aquiline nose was an indication of RAJ
pacity, the idea being evidently bor-
rowed from the similarity of this de-
scription of beak to that of the eagle,
the most rapacious of birds. The
snub-nose showed little character but
much temper, while the Greek nose,
even, straight, and regular, was q sign
of the temperament of the owner.
Large nostrIs indicated good lungs,
health, and long life, while swelling
nostrils showed a warlike spirit and
fire. A very sharp nose was considered
an indication of a busybody, while a
bluntness at the end of this member
was an outward sign of the possessor's
mental lack of acuteness. Large ears
were always bad, the similarity be-
tween their owner and the donkey be-
ing supposed to extend further than
the ears, while small ears were always
good. The lobe of the ear passing in
sensibly into the cheek was a sure sign
of a thief and liar, while an exceed
ingly sharp division between the two
indicated honesty and candor. Thick
ears meant thick brains, while thin,
delicate ears declared their possessor
to be man of refined intelligence.
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The will of w. H. Vanderbilt gi

The will of w. II. Vanderbilt gives
10 his widow the homestead and an annuity OF
500, 900 The eight children are 10 equally
divide the sum of s4ooOO,ooo in securities at
par Each daughter receives the house in
which she resides, and, in addition TO these be-
quests, the son George receives s2,OOO,OOo. The
charitable requests amount TO nearly one mil
lion dollars, and the balance of the estate is be-
queathed TO the sons, Cornelius and William X.
Estimating the residuary estate at S9),OOO,Oo0,
and computing the market value Of the securi-
ties specified in the will, the eight children
share the money and securities about ~ fol-
lows, the youngest daughter, Mrs Webb, to re-
ceive her principal, s5,65Oooo, when she shall
be thirty wears old:
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David Lewis, the head of the Law

David Lewis, the head of the Law
and Order Society at st Clair, Pa q, charg 5s the
saloon-keepers with wrecking his store and
residence by dynamite bomb, the damage be-
ing $1,000 or more
The Grant monument fund in New
York has reached sl04.22S
A Boston grand jury has indicted the
Rev. W. W. Downs and Mrs. Taber for adul-
terry Parson Downs preached to large audi
ence in Mechanics Hail. Boston, last Sunday,
and at the conclusion of his remarks intro
duced the Hon Marcus p Norton, who stated
that syndicate of Boston lawyers had formed
for the defense of Downs in his forthcoming
trial for adultery, and that the active counsel
for the defense would be the Hon Roscoe
Conkling and Gen. b. f. Butler.
The new Mahdi's followers are being
massed in great force. and the advance of the
main army on Egypt has ALREADY begun The
British and native outposts are falling back
before the advancing hordes OF Arabs.
Justin MCCARTHY says that Ireland
will be content with legislative powers equal
to an American State OCoanor says that
Canada is the true precedent to follow, and
that that is the minimum Parnoll will accept
The funeral of Herr Strassman, Pres
ident of the Municipal Council of Berlin,
leading Hebrew, was made the occasion to re-
buke Jew-baiters. The Emperor sent hand
some wreaths of flowers TO the funeral, and
the car was followed by thirty thousand per-
sons
A bloody engagement took place be-
tween the Servians and Bulgarians, near the
town of veleki-lsoor, which was wrested from
the Bulgarians. The Sorvians claim brilliant
victory. Great uneasinoss is occasioned at
Philippopolis by rumors concerning the men
acing attitude of the Turkish troops on the
frontier
NJ de Lesseps is said to be very in
dignant at the severe criticisms of various
American papers of his Panama Canal, and
reiterates that he expects to live TO sail
through the canal himself
There is high authority for the state
ment that Lord Salisbury il willing to grant TO
Ireland very broad measure of local self
government Mr.. Gladstone remarked to a
friend that Parnells malevoent election tao
tics had rendered it impossible for the Liberals
to make any overtures 10 him; the aid he de-
sires must be solicited
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MEN OF NOTE.
William L. Trenholm, Civil-Service
Commissioner.

Col. William l.. Trenholm, of Charles
ton, s. c., is about 80 years of age, an act
i've business man, and was recommended
for the appointment by leading friends of
the Civil Service Reform movement North
and South. He is the son of the late Sec
rotary Trenholm of the Treasury of the
Southern Confederacy, and has been
brought into prominence lately by his adj
dress before numerous bankers conventions
on the silver question, and his writings on
the same subject, which have attracted wide
attention. An argument which he pre-
sented to the Secretary of the Treasury
some weeks ago in behalf of the rice grow
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in America. On the contrary European ma
tons have ourtailed their orders, showing-ac-
cording to tho champagne barometer-that
mercantile dealings are dull; and tho Consul
attests to the truthfulnoss of the latter fact
Owing to the activity and increasing
strength of the rebels in tho Soudan, orders
COLA by British troops.
The Irish National League, accord
ing to telegram from Secretary Harrington,
has returned eighty-six members Of Parlia-
ment and Is absolutely master of the situation
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bling In the army. and Co repeal the law FOR tho
settlement OF claims OF officers and sol
diers for the loss OF private property.
ioknt resolution was presented from
the Legislature OF New Jersey for
inquiry Into the fitness OF Alaska for a penal
colony. The President sent i'm TO the Senate
very large number OF nominations. including
those of Ministers Lothrop. Curry, Denby.
Stallo, Tree. jacob Winchester. Winston.
Thompson. Gay, Hopkins, and Fearn, Postmas-
tiers Judd, of Chicago; Larkln. OF Pittsburgh,
Paul, OF Milwaukee; and speer. Of Denver, and
many Consuls, Secretaries OF Legation. officials
of the Interior Department, officials OF the navy.
ready been published. Tho House was not In
gesaiOu
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TIRE Speaker laid before tho House. mt its ses-
sion on the 18th inst, large number Of Execu-
tive communications, including the annual re-
ports of tho Attorney General, the Secretary Of
tho Treasury. and the Controller OF the Cur
rency, and they were laid on the table for tho
present. Mr.. Reed of Maine offered q resolution
for the printing of the compilation of tho revision
OF the rules of the House in the Thirty-siXth
and Forty-sXth Congresses, stating that they
would be of use in the discussion Of the pro-
posed change in tho rules The resolution was
adopted. MrBuck OF Connecticut presented ares
olution from the Connecticut Legislature, asking
that bylaw be passed for the ascertainmont
and counting of the electoral vote. Laid on the
table. There was no session Of the Senate
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WASHINGTON.

Sam Randall is said TO he at work on
new tariff bill which viii reduce tho revenue
s3O,O0o,0O0
Washington special: 1.-THE DECLARE
tons Of the Congressman from tho West aud
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CANON FARRAR, in his recent lecture at

CANON FARRAR, in his recent lecture at
Chicago, remarked: 81 am perfectly des-
titute of any powers of oratory, and have
had absolutely no training in elocution.
The American press, which is perfect
marvel of frankness, has said that my
voice is monotonous, and that / do not
know what TO do with my hands, and with
equal frankness l am constrained 10 admit
that what the press has said is So"
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HENRY WARD BEECHER intimates that
the donations OF the late Horace b. Claflin
to various private charities will amount to
nearly a million dollars.
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He Distinguished Himsclc.

Dumley-I was n captain in the
army, but it so CHANGED that / was in
only one engagement. But if do say
1t myself, was at the head of my com
pany.
Featherly-What engagement was
that Dumley, Bull Run2-New York
Times.
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ers of South Carolina was model of logi-
cal statement. 1t was while he was in
Washington to present the views of the
rice-growers on the rice duty question that
the President sent for him and had chat
with him, one afternoon, when no one could
interrupt them. The President was favor
ably impressed by his visitor, and subse-
quently offered him the Civil Service Com
missionership, which was accepted. Col.
Trenholm, like Mr.. Edgerton, is pro-
nounced civil-service reformer-a civil
service reformer on principle-and there is
no doubt that he will do all in his power to
carry out the views of the President on that
nuestion
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UNTIL l776 cotton spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning wheel.