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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The French were eported on the 18th to
have destroyed band of Chinese pirates
at Bac-Ni-" Tonquin. Eleven of the band
were taken gr.soners and shot, and part OF
| the town was destroyed by fire in the ef-
fort to break up their haunts.
DURING target practice on the 18th on
/ board a French iron. clad in the Gulf OF
Juan a gun exploded and killed an officer
| and five men.
OS the 18th Alfred Kerson, William
Cummings. Peter Dwyer and Mrs. Cum
mings were crowned by the wrecking of o
boat at Sambro. " s.
A DEPUTY of the Lord Lieutenant of
ireland served notices of eviction upon
nineteen fami les on the 18th, and warned
the work house to provide for them.
MR. B. HAMMER was on TIE 18th elected
President of Switzerland, and Mr. Buc-
honnet was chosen Vice Pre- sident.
On the i4th Albreck's wooden mill at
Neumunster, q rmany, was burned, fifteen
persons perisning n the flames and ten
others being fatally injured.
The bankruptcy of the Panama Canal
Company was announced on the l4th. NJ.
De Lssseps had resigned, but still hoped
for the success of the scheme.
FREn AcKLIS, who lived at Ferry Point
Ont, and who had bee me madly in love
with his own sister, a married woman w tn
six chilIr eloped vita her on the 14th,
leaving a wife and three children.
HENRY NJ STANLEY, the explorer, and
Emin Pasha, were on the l4th said to be
prisoners of the NJ hdi. who threatened TO
xii them unless Egypt agreed to abandon
Sual1im.
TIE German Reichstag on the 18th
adorted resolution for the suppression
of the East African lave trade.
ADvICEs of the 10Th from Paris say that
terrible storms had been raging for three
days in the department of Pyrenees-
Orientales, flooding villages and causing
wrecks and much less of life.
SoUTH AFRICA gdvices of the 18th say
that the King of Swaziland had caused the
massacre of his Premier and six chiefs and
their people who were supposed TO be con
cerned in plot TO dethrone him in favor
of hrs brother
The steamer Jasper was foundered of
the Wigtown coast on the 18th, and her
crew, numbering eleven persons, were
drowned.
THIEVES stole mail bag containing S6E
in cash and other valuable letters from the
Grand Trunk railway station at Ottawa,
Ont, on the 18th.
WORD was received in London on the
18th from Mr.. Thompson, the African ex.
plorer. that it was only too probable thai
the Mahdi had captured Emin Bey. rs
expressed unhesitatingly the conviction
that Stanley never reached Emin, but was
annihilated with his whole party in the
region to the west Of the Albert Nyanza.
A SPECTATOR in COPPER named Bex dis
appeared from Paris on the 18th, taking
with him T. 600, OO) francs.
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THE EIGHT HOUR DAY.

The Federation of Labor Decides to In
augurate the Movement May 1, 1890
A Plan for Full Discussion of the
Subject.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 15.-The first work be-
fore the American Federation Of Labor at
the morning session was the reception
of the report of the Committee on Boy
colt and Labor. The committee recon-
mended several boycotts. The convention
then Endorsed the use of union labels.
The Committee on Constitution reported
favorable TO the amendment of Section 5,
Article 4. as to bar from affil alton with
the Federation any Central Labor body
that admits Knights of Labor or any or
ganiz ,tlon autagonistic to the Federation.
After several speeches for and against the
resolution, Halter. of Chicago, offered q
substitute resolution which excludes
bodies hostile to trade organ cation affili-
ating with the Federation
After some discussion Haller's substi-
tute was finally adopted. President Com
pers then put the original motion, much to
the amazement of those who had just
voted for Haller's substitute which they
had supposed was substitute for the
committees proposition, and not an amend
ment to il. Gompers, however, decided
that il was offered as an amendment and
proceeded to put the original proposition
to a vote. The liberals rallied their
forces, however, and under Fosters
leadership defeated it, thus pr venting an
open rupture between the Knights and the
Federation.
TIE committee on "the eight hour day"
reported favoring the calling of stimuli
taneous mass-meetings throughout the
entire country for the purpose of further
ing the eight-hour movement They
namei the following DAYS for hold
1889; July 4, 1889; labor day first
Monday in September, 1889, ami again on
February y, 1890 1t also recommends
that the secretary of the Federation shall
collect all possible statistics bearing
upon the question and its chances
of success also that where posi-
BILE amicable arrangements shall be
made with employers for the short day.
The committee declined to set definite
day for the enforcement of the demand for
eight hours. throw ug that question back
TO the Federation for its decision. After
much discussion ii was decided to fix May
/, 1890, as the date
Resolutions were adopted favoriug the
Australian system of voting, requesting
President Harrison TO appoint a union
printer to the position of Public Pr inter-,
asking from Legislatures an Congress
the repeal of all conspiracy laws,
and the passages of the bill now
before Congress to cOnfiue convict-made
goods to the States where manufactured
and prohibiting the Importation Of convict
made goods; asking the abolition of con-
tract work on all public work, and favor
ing compulsory education.
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THE EAST,

Or the 18th the Amer can war ships Ga
lena and Xantic sailed from New York for
Hayti.
NEARLY one hundred Consuls in Europe
had UP to the 18th answered the questions
sent cut By the Ford immigration Commit
tee. the replies agreeing that the United
States was getting the scum II the popu-
lation Of Europe.
ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD. Of New York. was
elected president at the session in Wash
ington on the 18th of the National Sabbath
Union. The constitution which was adopt
ed says that the object Of the organization
is 10 reserve the American Sabbath as a
day OF rest and worship. The members
shall consist Of all persons who will signi-
~, in writing, their approval OF the con
stituton.
Z. s NEvISs Of Orange. n. J., student
st Ithica, y. Y. and Maggie Sullivan, a
teacher. broke through the ice while slat-
ing on the 18th and were drowned
THREE soldiers of the Eleventh United
States Infantry were browne on the 18th
In Lake Ontario near Sacketts Harbor, y.
Y, BY the upsetttng Of their boat
wHrLE insane Mrs. Caroline Schmidt
aged twenty-three years, threw her-elf
from fourth-story window in New York
on the 18th with her two children in her
THE death Of Genera. James c. Lane
occurred IN New York City on the 18th.
General Lane served with distinction
throughout the civil war. taking part in
sixteen battles He was born in New
York in 1879
II fire which destroyed a mattress
factory AZ Providence. X l., on the 18th,
three men, William Sweeney, Henry Carr
and Walter Mscomber. lost their lives.
OFFICERS captured a band of Italian
counterfeiters on the 18th at Wilkesbarre,
Pa They had been dong a big business
in spurious coin for months
OK the 18th David Stewart, aged fifty
five years, one Of Pittsburgh's millionaire
iron men and a partner OF Andrew Car
negie, dropped dead at his home from heart
disease
WHILE temporarily insane John Fer
guson shot and killed his wife Mary and
h:mself on the 10th at ToddtOwn, Pa
Is Brooklyn. y Y, Alexander DAVIS,
one OF the millionaire mise owners of Cal
ifornia twenty years ago, died on the 18th
in poverty.
Mas. ALBERT KAUFMAN and daughter
were burned to death while rendering tai
low on the 18th near Reading, Pa
THE bsr-rooms Of the hotels and saloons
in Syracuse. y. Y, were closed on the
10th by an order issued by Mayor William
b. KIRK.
OK the evening Of the 18th Rev. Joseph
Light. pastor OF lions United Brethren
Church at Reading. Pa, dropped dead
after preaching a revival sermon in his
church He was about fifty years of age.
OK the 18th John G. Whittier. the
Quaker poet, celebrated his eighty-first
birthday at Oak Knoll near DAnvers,
Mass.
FLOODS prevailed in tie Mohawk valley
in New York on the 18th, factories were
stopped and travel was impeded. The ice,
on which ice dealers had staked their
winter claims. had broken up and gone
out
EXPLOSION OF metal on the 18th wrecked
a furnace at the Edgar Thompson steel
works in Pittsburgh, Pa, and three work
men were fatally burned.
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LATER.

The Haytian governmr on the 18th
surrendered the steamer H1ytian Republic
which WIS sci zed some time ago. She viii
be brought TO New York by an American
crew and delivered to the U. S Govern
ment
A SECOND attempt was made on the IS h
to wreck the Texas express train on the St
Lou and San Francisco railroad. near
Springfield. Mo. At a switch the bolts we've
removed the rails spread TO throw he train
over an embankment A wild eng ne run
ming n mile ahead of the express, which
/ had 200 people aboard, plunged over the
embankment The fireman of the.engine,
with a broken ankle craw ed out of q Q
wreck and dragged nj nself back until he
] Il lgged the train and saved /
THE Nv York az, on the 10 h. advo-
Gated the selection Of Grover Cleveland as
Attorney General in President II srrisor's
Cabinet
STEPHEN MEAD. living ne n Valentine.
/ Nsh on the lssh, shot his wife through
I tue head iusing instant d 18th He then
/ shot himself several times with tie same
weapon, and then securing a shot gun dis
charged the contents under bis chin, caus-
I ing de 18th in a saors time.
{ sHs Fountain City rail- at FOun' ain,
MINI w: burned on the night of the 18th.
f Loss $50. 900
/ GEN HARRISON. said on the 18th 10 a
delegation from Brooklyn. who had come
+ to SIX him 10 attend their memorial day
exercises on May 3Oth, that it would he i'm
/ poss bic as he shou e very busy at that
/ ,ims and that Congress would probably be
/ in session
The publican Sena orial caucus on the
18th decided the Sena shou con inue in
sess on without holiday recess and 10
{ hold TWO sessions day until the tariff bill
was disposed Of
The nsr's Convention in session at MI
waukes. on the : reso we'd 20 reduce the
I -four output one-half during tEo month of
January.
1 OK the morning Of the 18th nine business
houses and two dwellings at Iron Mountain,
I N CHI. were destroyed Ly IRE Loss 500
I 600.
/ SEVENTY miners employ d BY the Carroll
/ Company. ar Fors DOdge. 10. struck on
/ the 18th. hecaus of uis repancy in wages
pa d different comp MES
PASSENGERS arr wing on n steamer Ssgl-
nav New YORK. on the Is h. report that
on D c. 9Th four OF Gen Leg times men,
of-wr bomb ried Cape Haytian after
granting So hours lime for cOnsuls and
| other foreigners TO le We the plea Moth
! ing could Se learned as to the loss Of life.
+ The bombardmsnt las ed two days
TFsE 1000 gu rrymen eInplOyed in the
Lgonier q .ssrsct. me- Psttsburg Pa, struck
on The 18th sg inst q 10 per cen. reduc-
ton OF their scale OF wages
4 TIE works of Straight Fibre Iron CON-
pSny, OF Chsc 90. were d s-r0yed by IRE on
fha night OF the 18th: The plant was on '
compleiei and s.arted operations a week
ago employing 600 men Loss $500
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Figures from the Report OF the superln
tendent of PubIlc destruction.

Figures from the Report OF the superln-
tendent of PubIIc obstruction.
The State Superintendent of Public In
struction recently completed his biennial
report IL shows the total number OF per
sons of school age in the State to be 567,
ZOE, Of which 2s7,s7s are male and 279, SPA
female. The whole number of pupils en-
rolled during the year was 1872, 12i; total
attendance in days of all pupils enrolled
30 373 5O6; number of school buildings,
o 1s4; number of school houses, 249 The
car acity of all school,. houses in the State
is given At 4l2 205 persons. The total en-
rol ment in public high schools was ., 7U7;
estimated enrolment in private aud pa
rochial schools. 10000 The number Of
teachers required for all schools is S, 097;
number of different male teachers en-
ployed during the year, 2.453; female,
s, 800; total, .443 The, average monthly
salary of male teachers outside of cit es
was S42 "a; OF female, SOS 81; average an
nual salary of male teachers in cities,
S1.OO9; of female. s412. The receipts
80, lSSs. were as follows; From
school fund income includgng l mill
State tax, s713, ABS 20; from State tax for
the aid of free high schools, $25, 7l9; from
town taxes levied by county boards of
supervisors, s11S 435 20; from taxes by
counties and cities, SSl,I76 from local
taxes by ties and school districts, S1,9i2,-
9l5.25; total IS. $50. 2Sl.75 The expenses
for the school year ending June 30, 1855,
were: For sites, buildings and furniture
1894. 722 GO; for Libraries and apparatus,
$50 s3l.5S; for salaries and expenses OF
superintendents, ISL, 716; for salaries
of teachers, 81, 25s ga, a.; for old in.
debtedness Sl07, 552 46; for ali other ex-
penses. ;445, 1876 %; total, 1887, 562. 70,
This amount does not include the
amount expended to support the nor
mai schools, the State University, in
structiOn in benevolent institutions. con-
Quoting the State Institutes, or supply.
inc dict onaries. II all these were in.
cluded the total amount expended would
be greater than the amount expended in
any previous year in the history of the
State
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SCARED WHITE GAPS DIsBAND.
Governor Foraker Announces That the
Ohio Orga ,izatiOn Il No More.

Governor Foraker Announces That the
Ohio Orga lizatiOn l. No More.
COLUMBUS. o, Dec. 1T-Governor For
aker has made the following announce
ment:
THE so called White Cap organ cation has
been permanently disbanded and there will be
no more meetings raids, threatenings, VIII p
pings or terrOriz ngs Of any k nd by those who
composed the membership, but should there
be any repetition of any such practices the
State Is in command OF the testimony and the
facilities generally TO enable It 10 promptly
bring the offenders 10 Justice
Tue fact is that Governor Foraker has
had several detectives working up the
Ohio White Cap business and he has thus
collected evidence that is terror to the
organization. On the assurance from per-
sons concerned that the White Cap bust
ness will go no further, the Governor has
agreed to waive court proceedings for the
present, and indeed for the future, pro-
vided only that there shall be no Tecur-
renee Of White Cap doings in Ohio.
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SELF EDUCATION.
What Prof Swing Has to Say About It's
Nnmerons Advantages.

What Prof. Swing Has to Say About Its
Numerous Advantages.
One Of the advantages OF self-educs-
tiOn lies in the fact that il permits
strong will to follow personal taste.
An explanation Of the great success
often OF what are called self-made men
may be found in their freedom TO fol-
low the path of most attractiveBess-
! Many a mind is diverted by the father
or mother. or by the dignity Of col
! Iege course and faculty, from the chan
mel for which nature fitted it, and thus
a genius dies, not of neglect, but of
too much attention The good Of a
college consists partly in its being
worlds exposition of mental wares
The student can see and taste all the
kinds OF fruit that grow on all the
trees Of knowledge. Each professor
stands for department Of study and
action. Each conspicuous student is
made eminent by some mental quality
of mind or form OF acquisition. Thus
the taste and drift OF life are not settled
by the fact OF an uncle, but upon tho
broader basis Of having seen the many
paths in which genius may tread By
the time the student has entered his
junior year he should begin TO suspect
what he is good for, and should begin
to bestow some extra attention upon
all that would fit him for that pursuit
The man who spends his junior and
senior years upon simply the college
course will never astOnish or benefit
society much in his manhood life II
a youth finds himself unable to 90 TO
college. he need not feel that all Is
lost. or that half or a third is lost
Self is the all. 1t is that something
which rises above the schooI-house.-
Ret. Daysd SCta9. IN CHICAGO Journal
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ERoM WASHINGTON

THE death of Newton Benedict for many
year, passport clerk OF the Department OF
State, occurred at Washington on the
18th.
DURING the seven days ended on The
the United States, against 3o5 the previous
seven days
FoK the eleven months of the year ended
November 30 last the exports of the princi-
pal articl 5 of provisions from the United
States were s57, IA, 400. against $40 2T3. 26l
during the corresponding eleven months
| Of 1857.
The President pardoned one hundred
and thirty-six cOnvicts during the fsca
/ year ended June 81 last and granted
amnesty under the Edmunds law in three
cases.
ADvIcEs of the l4th report general i'm
/ provement in business throughout the
country with a confident feeling for the
[ future.
AT twenty-six leading clearing houses
in the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the l5tl aggregate
q. OsI, 1i3 4Os, against ST. oil, 256 $50 the pre-
/ vious week As comparei with the CORE
spending week OF 1857 the increase amount
/ ed TO 6 per cent
THE President on the 18th nominated
Leon o. Bailey TO be United States At
tOrney for the District of Indiana, 20 sue
cesd MIR. Sellers, resigned
II the United States the visible supply
/ OF wheat and corn on the nth was, re
| spcctiveIy, 81, 2i3 5S5 and 6, 327, 49, bushels
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BELIEF IN SYMPATHY.
A Doctrine Duly Considered by the PLY
sician< Of Past Centuries

sician< OF Past Centuries
Ancient physicians duly considered
the doctrine of sympathy in their
treatment of sick persons. Patients
suffering from smallpox were fed on
lentils and rapeseed. the grains of
these plants being supposed TO be ''in
affinity" with the marks of the disease
To eat hare was likely to engeDder a
timid disposition. A diet ofthe brains
of birds was thought to strengthen the
memory. Some precious stones were
considered TO be IN mystic sympathy
with their wearers or donors. The
emerald lost its Iuster IL the love OF its
giver waxed cold. The carbuncle
paled in similar manner If its wearer
fell into bad health. 1t was by a
knowledge Of the doctrine of ''sympa-
thvn that the witch contrived her
baneful spells To destroy q liv-
ing man or woman it was suf-
fcient TO model them in wax, and
expose the effgy TO fire, or stick
it full of pins. Wasting sickness, or
pains in that part OF the living body
which was pricked in the image, re-
suited from such practices. Hair, even
when cut from the head, was still in
such sympathy with its owne" that
to burn lock was sufficient to iniCre
| its original producer The custom OF
giving lock of hair as q keepsake
may have been a proof of confidence as
well as token of affection. Belief in
sympathy" was an integral part of
the creed of the Rosicrucians. BY the
exercise of this power they protested
to be able to bring 1.-THE dead from be-
yond the sea" and gold and jewels
from the bowels of the earth. One Of
their number described a kind OF SYM
pathetic telegraph. which vas to-
consist in the transference OF u
piece of flesh from one human
arm 20 that of another person
On this transferred surface the le-Sers
of the alphabet were painted. and the
two individuals were then supposed to
be able to communicate at any distance
by touching these letters-a pressure
on one arm being alphabetically
con municated to the original owner of
ttAC tOAtAO1 Vi AtNHAA NOANAAIA- AAAc
author of "Hudibras" has alluded TO n
treatment of ''transference." and Of
the possible inconvenient effects that
might follow its adoption. What Is
the modern belief in the powers Of
thought-readers but literal survival OF
the old doctrine of ''sympatby?n Quito
recently thought-reader claimed TO be
able TO detect where stolen property
was concealed; by putting himself es
rapport with the thief while the latter
was mentally dwelling ON the hiding
place of his ill-gotten goods. Those
of us who are most incredulOus re-
garding the powers of the thought
reader must have been struck by the
curious manner in which unspoken
ideas can be communicated by one per-
son to another without any outward
sign. Strange also is~the manner in
which we are often attracted 10 entire
strangers "as those we have known
and loved before" Plato's doctrine of
the dual soul has found favor in many
later generations. - London Standard
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one night recently 2. I. Barnum
has occasion 70 go into a place of bust
ness up one flight OF stairs on one of
the prominent streets OF Bridgeport.
Conn Tn, stairway was but dimly
lighted. and Mr.. Barnum had difficulty
in making sure of his footing After
t-ansseting his errand Mr.. B4rnum
remarked enphaticslly TO the occu-
pant of the premises: Tell your land
lord that If he doesn't put balusters on
that stairway some old fellow will get
hurt BY q fsll." As Mr. Bsruu.r =
the owner Of the building his tenant
had the laugh on him
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The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTIETH coNeREss,
Second Session.


WEDSEsDAT, Dec. IA In the Senate
the me was occupied in discussing the
Tariff bill A bill was introduced provid.
! ing for the construction Of torpede-throw-
/ ers for harbor Cefense. Ia the House the
Direct Tax bill was passed by a vote OF
las TO % The River and Harbor bill was
reported 1t appropriatcs all. 9O6. $50
THURSDAY, Dec IA resolution was
introduced in the Senate ASKING for a
report As 10 the condition of Alaska,
end especially as 10 the treatment Of In
F, d an women By the white people. A bill
was introduced for the admission Of Idaho
as a state. The Tariff bill was further
discussed. Adjourned To the 18th. In the
House Mr. Butterwortl (O.l introduced a
joint resolution 20 al thoFize the Presi-
cent TO negotiate for union with Canada
The Oklahoma bill was cons dered
FRlDAT, Dec. a The Senate was not
in session. In the House a concurrent
resolution was introduced providing
Tor q holiday recess from Friday, De
cembCr 81. until Monday, January Z The
Legislative, Executive and Ju Iicial APP
preparation bill $50. SO3 s45l for tie fiscal
year 1850 was reported. The Nicaragua
Canal bill was further considered.
MONDAY, Dec. 1T.-iu the Senate a
statement was presented from citizens OF
Orangeburg County, ;. C., declaring that
they had been prevented from exercising
the right of suffrage last month, and pc
titioning the Senate to make an invest ga
tiOn Of affairs there. The Tariff bill was
further considered. A bill was introduced
20 abolish special taxes on distilled spirits
az the places where the goods are deliy-
cred By the carrier 70 the vendee. In the
House a resolut OF was adopted providing
that a recess be taken from December p
TO January Z. Bills were introduced to
grant pensions Of 81 a month TO soldiers
and sailors of the late war who had
reached the age Of fifty years; 10 enable
the Ieople to choose their own post
masters; to divide the great Sioux reser-
walton in Dakota into smaller reserva-
tiOns- A joint resolution was introduced
proposing an amendment 10 the constitu-
tion defining polygamy and making it I'M
lawful at any place in the jurisdiction of
the United State or Of any State.