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have done the best have usually been those who
have occupied themselves the most. 1 never
knew my own parents. They. both died of
phthisis. AT the age of 81 / myself went 10
Madeira TO die of phtnisis. But ] did not die,
and on coming back had he good luck TO get
lnto this great hospital and III those days they
were not very pleased 10 have the SEQ chmen
coming TO London TO occupy such appoint
ments. The members of the staff had heard
that bad Iubercle aud they wagered 100 10
that would only have the appointment SIX
months at most The reason given for that
was that did not eat and worked too hard.
got the appointment. Thirty-eight or thirty
nine years have gone since that time and it Is
all the other doctors that are gone. Only am
lett here on the staf-an old gentleman-not
dead yet. Forgive me for intruding this upon
you, because il T. aches a very import ut
truth. Labor regulated is the life of life in
every sense-physical, mental and moral
aud the next thing that have to say is that
the highest life, even with delicate organ, lies
In its dlscharging Its functions. When you
have an eplleptic pati Mt do Dot tell his friends
hat he is TO do no wOrS. Do not give strict
rules for the prevention OF his brain, because
when an organ does not do its work IL proceeds
10 die. Shut I'D your eye for a.sufficiently long
time. II will cease TO see; tie up your hand, It's
power VIII soon be gone. And although /
would not say of the epileptic that he is 10 be
IN the rush aud tear of work, / would say that
he, much more than the healthy person, ought
TO have brain work 10 DO.
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"DESPERATION."
Description of a New Game for
Social Parties.
Philadelphia Ledger

Philadelphia Ledger.
Desperation is not progressive game. but
can be played by any number of persons more
than one. Each player uses a deck of cards.
He first counts off twenty-five and turns them
face up on the table at the right OF him. These
twenty-five cards are known as his "despera-
ton." When the first game is begun one OF
the players assumes the part OF the dealer, the
person at his left counts of five cards from
his pack of thirty-five and proceeds to play
them. The first card OF the five, II 1t be an ace,
is placed In the center of The table; II OF any
him. II the next card be a two-sp0t It Is placed
on the ace; If not, in front OF him
so on till the i've cards are played. Each
player can only have one row OF nVe cards In
front OF HIM al any one time. The ace Is then
bum upon up TO The king. The person who
chip or button. The one who gets nile chips
and who has disposed of his "desperal ion"
wins the game Each player continues 10 take
five cards from his pack, places each ace In the
center OF he table, builds on IL from his "dcs-
peration" from the cards in front OF him or
from those In his hand, which are always held
face down. The desperation" Is always
played first as the object is to get rio OF IT, and
u often happens that several cards are played
from II one after the other. Each person plays
as long as hr can build ana until his 1ve cards
are exhausted. IL lie ovcrlooks card, and Is
TO the advantage OF the next player 10 have
him play IL, he can so order him.
When each player has disposed OF his thirty
cards the dealer gathers up The books"
which have been placed IN front oil him. shuf-
fies and deals each player In his turn nVe cards.
THIS he con inues until some one has secured
nine chips and disposed of his desperation"
When Two or three persons compose the play
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DIED.

Bennison. Marion Lyons, Denis
Benjamin. Mrs. Lynn, Fred
Cousin, Nicholas Mccain. John
Caberly, john McAvoy, } ohm w,
Dunno, Mary Merrill, Captain L.
Dutton. Joseph Petrovich. Milan
Fitzgerald. Thomas Peters, lie nv C.
Glunz. Joseph II. Sheehan, John
Ghtrardelli, Domenico Sullivan, Thomas
James. JOnn w. Stevenson Jonathan d.
kower, Alma stokes, John d.
LANCER, Louise Thomas, Gertrude R.
Larsen, Annie L. Whittier, Evan
McCANN--1n this city. February is. 1894. John.
beloved husband OF Catherine McCanu. father OF
Mrs q. Morgan. Mrs. A. McKnew, john H.
Aggie, Nellie, Sarah aud Addie Mccain, and
brother OF Richard, Harry and the late Peter
Mccain, native OF County Armagh Ireland
aged 81 years 10 months and II days TBrook.
Ign IN. Y. papers please copy.J
TFriends and acouainIances are respect-
fnlly invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
Sunday. at l O'Clock P. NJ, from his late
residence, Douglass street. between Stxteenth
and Seventeenth. Interment Holy Cross Gem
etery.
McAVOY-In this city, February TO- John w
beloved husband OF Katie McAvoy, father of
Willie MeAvoy. and youngest of the late
John and ANNE McAvoy, a native or San Fran
sS- Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
Sunday at O'Clock A. M, from his late
residence, 20 FreeloD street. thence to ST. Roses
Church where solemn requiem mass Will be
celebrated TOR the repose OF his soul. thence to
Pioneer Hall where services will be held Inv
California ParIor No. 1. n. 5. G. w. Interment
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
MERRILL-In this city. February l6 1894 Can
tain Lewis Merrill. beloved husband OF Mary T.
Merrill a native of POwnall, Me-. aged so years
and months. Maine and Taunton Mass
papers please copy.
E8- Friends are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral THIS DAY Sunday, at 2:3O
O'Clock p. NJ, from his late residence, los Thir-
teenth street
THOMAS-In this city, February 16. 1894 Ger.
trude Rosa, beloved daughter of Bert NJ. and
Rosa Thomas, aged Is mouths.
SSFriends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
P NJ.
dence OF her parents, 1929 Bush street. Inter-
ment Laurel Hill Cemetery. 80
SHEEHAN-In this city, February 16 1894, John,
husband OF the late johanna Sheehan ana
father OF Jeremiah G., John T. and David D.
SheehaD, native of Klnsae, County Cork, Ire
land. aged 81 years.
GB Friends and acquantsnces are respect
fully invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
Sunday, at 1880 O'Clock A. NJ, from his late
residence. % Rausch street. thence TO St
JOseph's Church, Tenth street. where a requiem
hlgh mass will be celebrated for the repose of his
soul. commencing at o'clock A. N. Interment
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
LANGER--In this city. February is, 1894. Louise
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AUTOMATIC LIGHTHOUSE.
There Is No Keeper, but the Bright
Light Burns PerpetuaIly.


A new lighthouse having a unique feature has
just been completed on an estuary OF the
Gironde, in France, where it stands upon an
isolated rock In the midst OF tTeacherous and
rocky rect, says an exchange. The popularity
of this lighthouse is thar 1t is unoccupied and
yet its lamp is burning perpelualy. The IA
nous Eddystoue light on the coast of England,
rising from rock that is only large enough to
afford foundation for the structure, is re-
markable because the men having IL in charge
able TO leave their confined quarters only
once In three months, When a vessel comes TO
them with supplies, letters, papers and new
detachment OF watchers.
Ii was TO do away with this exacting and
Lonesome life that the French engineers set
themselves about the task of deYislng a method
by which tile usefulness OF the II ghthOuSe could
be maintained without SO much personal att u
tlon. Ii thus happened that lamp was in
vented that would burn con iuuouSly for two
months without being trimmed or repleniShed.
The burning fluid used In this lamp is an Or
binary mineral oil. The tube 10 The interior OF
the lamp Is furnished with wick having a
tbicl ness three times as great as those en-
ployed generally in lighthouses. Around tn Z
burning surface of the wick is a cak' made OF a
patented preparation consisting largely OF car
BOMBED tar. This protection assures the dura-
ton and uniformity OF the flame. chimney
MADE of mica is placed around the flame. and
this lnsures an increase In the power of the
light.
The supply of oil is assured by means OF a
reservoir containing 100 quarts, the lamp con-
Stunning 80 gTammes each hour. TO provide
always for the reservoir being furnished with
sufficient fuel a gauge is liked at Its side that
governs the supply flowing in from another
reservoir at a distance, aud this gauge permits
just 90 grammes per hour to percolate through
the Ii tie supply pipe into The supply reservoir.
The diameter of the lantern is 90 Inches, and
Ii cost S1490. The int nslty OF the light keeps
eQuable until the expiration of two months
when 1t Is necessary 10 visit the lighthouse and
replenlsh the wick. The light eau be seen more
than twelve miles at sea- he wick Is cleansed
and drawn up gradually by tire action of the
tar cake at its mouth. The French Govern
meDt is arranging to put up others OF these
houses, and It 10 also perfectiDg an invention by
which a perpetual electric light can be con-
trolled by wires running through submarine
"a HE IN the land
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A CAREFUL TEXAN.
Colonel Roundup Found the Young
Man Willing.
Texas Siftings.


Colonel Roundup. a wealthy Texan from
Laredo, on the Rio Grande. is in New York
He Is a plain, uasophistcated sort of man.
Among the acqualntances he has made in New
York is typical New York youth named Charlie
VandeTwenter, 10 whom the Texan has taken
quite a liking. A few mornings ago while the
Texan and his young friend were sitting in the
rOtunda Of the Hoffman, House the former re-
marked rather abruptly: Il say, Charlie; you
know how To keep books. don't you?"
"Oh. yes. but The town is so full OF bookkeep-
ers that can't gel a situation
That's what thought pve got PROPOSE
tion to make 10 you." said the Texan.
Let's near IT,"
Il got telegram last night from my partner
10 Laredo saying he needed a boOkkeeper and
for me TO look around for one. I'll give you
500 month TO start on, and In a short time
you will be promoted TO cashier. What do you
Il need money, but cannot live outside OF
New York. It's the only place 1T for gentle
man to live IN. Resides I've read about your
climate down in Texas, and L prefer death by
electricity"
Yes" drawIed the Texan, 1.-THE climate is
pretty hot in summer, but occasionally it gets
"Gets down TO hundred. That's encourag-
ing And how about getting shot by despera-
dors or robbers?'
eyes; Omit you have 10 look out Two at
tempts have been made lately To rob our bank
and one Of our clerks WAS killed. You see
don't want to deceive you. Charlie. It's pretty
IOuEU lllc you gel uscu 10 IL.
And then you have got lots of centipedes
and taTantulaS. Why, all the wealth or the
Vanderbilts wouldn't tempt me TO 90 down
there"
THAT'S right. Don't go IL you don't like TO
take risks" replied the Texan.
"Nell, colonel, there is nothing wouldn't do
for you personally, but / can't guile 20 to such
a paDdemonium as that. What became OF the
clerk whose place you want me TO fill ? Was he
stuug to death by insects or was he murdered
or did be die from the heat 2"
a ~
100000"
'Skipped with $4,000. Why, where did he
skip TOP"
skipped TO Mexico, OF course That's our
Southern Canada. It's right across the river
from Laredo"
Cant you have him extradited?"
NO; he is perfectly safe in Mexico"
There was lengthy pause. Finally Charlie
asked:
when do you leave for Texas?"
"Day after Tomorrow"
well, Pll accept your offer and go with Won -
The Texan was silent for several minutes
Al last he blew a cloud of smoke and replisd !.
81 reckon I've been little b. sty Phi have
10 consult with my partner aud If he doesn't
object I'll let you know when / 90 back TO
Texas. don't care TO assume too much re-
sponsibIlityO
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1T RAN UP A TREE.
An Incident in a BeIIeviIIe Mans
Story.
New York sun.

New York sun.
A Belleville man sent a thrilling story to the
Sun on Saturday about the adventures of a
hunting party near that matter-of-fact suburb
OF Newark called Belleville. He says party of
Philadelphlans who had been staying al Quayle's
Hotel in Belleville for few days started
out on Thursday last TO hunt for squirrels "near
the old copper mines on the other side of the
Passalc River" He describes carefully the
business and social consequence OF each of the
party of six, not one OF whom is less han a
wealthy plumber. The six men had trsmped
for several hours along the ridge over loo Ing
the meadows, when on The ground directly over
The old copper mine one Of the party saw a
rabbit run up tree. The animal disappeared
In hole Ia a heavy branch.
The man who first saw this remarkable thing
climbed the tree. In order to drive the rabbit
out OF the hole be put some powder In an empty
cartridge shell and set II OF. This blew so
much dust from the hole that the man was
blinded ana in his confusion he fell from the
tree. He passed down through the surface Of
the earth into a shaft of the old copper NINE
His companions stood horror tiicken for a
moment and then ran TO the opening only TO
find that lie had disappeared from view into
dense darkness at the bottom of the shaft
Two of the party buried TO Brlieville and re-
turned ID a short time with a rome and several
lanterns. Then one OF the party after another
Is let down into the mine until only one Is left
on the surface. After many hours OF searching
they find the man who bad fallen down. He
had been daZed By The fall and had wandered
q little way from the shaft
Eventually they all got out In safety and re-
turned TO Quayle's Hotel, and the rest OF the
story would be uninteresting except for the
snakes. These snakes were met almost at
every ster down In the mine. and as they were
disturbed In their winter sleep by the search
ers stepping on loose stones under which the
reptiles were lying, almost every variety Kissed
and writhed In the light OF the lanterns, ana
the clubs IN the hands OF he searchers were
kept busy keeping he frightful creatures of"
In order TO discover whether the Beleville
mau In writing the story had let any of his facts
get aw y, eporter rode up TO Bellevie from
Newark. His investigation fully confirmed the
story SO far as Qusyle's Hotel was concerned
That hotel was est ablished, according TO It's
swinging sign, In 1858, and the present pro-
prietOr is George Quayle but there has been no
hunting party there. and, 10 the best OF the
hotel clerks knowledgr, there was no copper
mine, no rope, no lanterns and no snakes. The
clerk wouldn't undertake to say. however that
Jersey rabbit, when hard put to 1t, wouldn't
climb a tree
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THE UMBRELLA-MENDEP.
He Didn't Object to Being RaIned
Upon Just as Matter of Trade.


AS / was passing through street on re-
cent showery morning I saw an umbrella.
member sitting In front OF the door OF an Office
building, working away on heap Of broken
umbrellas, which evidently he had collected
from the tenants inside. The rain was falling
steadily, and the man must have been wet to
the skin before he returned their prorerty te
his customers. could not orbear asking him
why be thus invited a bath.
''Why shouldn't u" he asked In response
because 1t Is a bad advei tisement for yOur
trad" said l. "a tailor should be always we n
dressed, n shoemaker always well shod; nv The
same logic man who deals In umbrellas ought
10 be dry when other persons are getting
soaked with rain"
you're dead wrong" he answered
promptly There's no suggestion of positive
suffering In old clothes or well-worn shoes
many persons like them better than new ones
But when offer TO mend mans umbrella
make great deal more Of an impression on
him by coming into his presence with a wet
back. He says 10 himself at once: is it really
so wet outsider j cant stand that sort of
thing. 1t would give me my death = AND out
comes his umbrella at once 10 be put In repair
So. you see. l trade on my miserable appear
aDce. Ii Is just much of tool for me as nv
nppers or my wrench"
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HOW ICE FORMS.
The Progress of Refrigeration as
Noticed by Scientific Eyes.
Ashton Reporter.


On the surface OF a river or water exposed to
the air Ice is made by the GOODNESS of the air
against the top Of The water. When water Is
cooled thus il al first shrnks in size, and, there
fore, sinks be low the less cold water next TO It.
This In Inrn gets cooled, shrinks and sinks, and
SO on till all the water from top TO bottom is
lowered TO four degrees ABOVE ceniigrade
zero. As soon as the water gets colder Than
this 10 begins TO swell. and. therefore, no longer
sinks as before, but stays on the or. and II The
cooling still goes on TILL zero centigIade l.
reached II begins to turn into ice. When. by
the colder ali atop of 1t, as much hea. is taken
away from this water at zero 10 pound OF
water al seveniy-nin degrees Centigrade a
pound OF Ice is formed; when twice as much,
two pounds, and so on I'LL, II the air above the
wafer keeps cold enough, the whole of The
water viii 10 time be made into ice.
Perhaps the most satisfactory way OF all for
producing ice ID large quantities Is that OF CON-
pressing dried air by meaUs of a force pump
into strong wfeught-iron cylinders. AS the air
Is forced into the cylinders IL gives out the heat
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BORN.


CoNNOLLY-In this city, February IA, 1894, to
IN e wife OF p. NJ. Connolly, son.
MCSHANE-In this city. February g. 1894 to tho
wife of Il. j. McShane. a son.
FoLEY-In this city. February 16. 1894, to the
vile of W. < Foley. a son.
MCDEVIrT-In this city. February 10, 1894, to
the wife OF John Il. McDevItt. a son.
RYAN-ln this city, February Is. 1894, to the
wife OF Edward +. Ryan, daughter.
LICHENSTEIN-In this city. February 4, 1894
TO the wife OF Simon Lichenstein. a son.
BOGER-In this city, February / l, 1894, to the
wife Of William Boyer. a daughter.
HINCHMAN-In this city, February II, 1894. to
the wife of Z. E. Hinchman. a son.
GREEN-In this city. February 16, 1884, to the
wife or William ii. Green, a daughter.
FINNIE-In this city, February 49, 1894, to the
wife of ID. H. Finnle, daughter.
MACPHERSON-ln Alameda, February IL 1894
TO the wife OF Fred Macpherson. a daughter.
PEABoDY-Near Giroy. February 10. 1894, to
the VIE of Porter Peabody, son.
CALLAGHAN-January2 81, 1894. to the wife OF
ID. Callaghan, daughter,
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WORK AND HEALTH.
Occupation a Niece ssity for All Not
Absolutely Disabled

From a lecture by the late Sir Andrew Clark.
If people are wonderfully well of in life and
a member Of the family tails sick or becomes
delicate they are disposed 10 take him away
from WORK on the ground that WORK is bad
for him. 1 do not agree with them at all. L
think that is about the biggest mistake that
you will have TO encounter. Labor vitae vita
est. Labor is he life OF life. And especial Y
t is the life OF life TO the delicate. And when
any organ is sick 1t is then truer than In
health that even In sickness and delicacy IL is
better for the organ 10 90 what work of its own
IL can, provided IL can do IL without injury
And / can say TO you from a considerable ex-
perience OF tuberculous pulmonary disease,
can say with perfect confidence. that those who
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LATEST sHIPPING INrELLIGENCk.
Returned

Returned.
SATURDAY, Feb IT.
Sehr Archie and Fontie hence to-day for Stew
arts Point. returned on account OF strong SSE
winds.
Domestic Ports.
CASPAR-Arrived Feb 17-Stmr Jewel, hence
Feb IT.
SEATTLE-SaiIed Feb l7-Ship Kennebec, for
San Francisco
FORT BRAGG-Sailed Feb l7-Stmr Daisy Kim
ball. for San Francisco.
Art we'd FEB l1-Stmr westport. hence Feb 16.
SAN PEDRO-Arrived Feb 17-Stmr Scotia,
hence Feb 10.
Sailed Feb 17-Schr Comet; stmr Newsboy.
San DlEGO-Saiie Feb l7-Schr Mary BidwelI
for San Francisco; scbr Dora Bluhm. in tow OF tug
Vigilart for San Francisco.
TATOOSH- Passed Feb l7-Stmr Willamette,
from Departure Bay for san Francisco.
CLA-LAM BAY-In port Feb 17-Sbip B
Brown, from Nanaimo for San Francisco.
Foreign Ports.
PANAMA-Sailed FEB l7-Stmr Progreso. for
San Francisco.
sYDNEY-Sailed Feb 17-Br stmr Warrimoo.
for Vancouver.
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MARRIED.


RODERICK-LOEFFEL-In this city, February
3, 1894. by the Rev. Father Nugent. John T.
Frederick and Julia LoefieI.
GLYNN-CoRR-In TINS city, January 27, 1894
by the Rev. NJ: D. Connolly. Thomas f. Glynn
and Maggie c. Corr.
SChADE-VAN BERGEN-In this city. February
IL 1894, William Schade and Christina Van
Bargen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. this city, Feb
ruary IA 1894. by the Rev. o. Groensberg C..
Fred y. klitgaard and Sophie Jacobsen.
Observation-Disclosures 4. 1894 by
the Rev. Richard Wylle of Napa, W. Ii. Arm
strong and Emily watson.
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il contains TO surrounding objects colder than
itself. When again allowed 10 expand the air
requires this beat once more and takes iL IRON
anything il touches. II, therefore, vessel Of
water is held in The stream of air Issuing from
such a wroughI-iroD cylinder the water loses
$ heat 10 the expanding air and gets frozen
This process is in use on vessels bringing ear
casses OF sheep and buIlocks TO Great Britain
from Austria liza and America.
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BIRTHS-M ARRIAGES-DEATHS

birth, marriage and death notices sent by mali
will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either of the publication ofices and be tndorsed
with the name and residence OF persons authoriz-
ing TO have the same published.
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RemorSe.

GOOu NEWS.
Teacher-Do you understand the mean ing OF
the word remorse?
Bad Boy-Yesm.
define it,"
'It's bein' sorry you forgot to put your cog
raphy 10 your pants"
RICHARDS & Co. druggists. 4o6-s Clay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-20

Jacksonville. Jan t6 Tonight
great crowd of citizens tmouged metro
poltau hall TO protest against the in
tended action OF Governor Mitchell
in calling ont the militia to prevent the
Corbctt Mitchell contest
Speeches OF 4 fiery nature were made
10y some OF the most prominent men
In the city responding to calls from
the audience, After three city council
men had spoken, saying they pro
tested more against the Insult offered
the city as law abiding place than
against the anticipated stopping Of the
contest, vigorous resolutions were in
PRODUCED and adopted amidst great
applause and excitement
The resolutions recite that Il is report
ed that GOV Mitchell has instructed
u number Of military companies TO re-
port ut Jacksonville ON the 21st inst,
for the purpose of maintaining peace;
II declares that there Is no indication
of amy breach OF peace with which the
civil authorities OF the city and county
are not able to deal and deems the
musSlng of troops In the city under
| circumstances unwarautcd by law is
/ serious reflection upon the character
/ Of the citizens Of Jacksonville and II
I dctrment to the business interests Of
/ the city
| After few more speeches the meet
/ Ing adjourned. From sentiments cN-
pressed 10y prominent citizens after
the meeting II seems that should the
militia be ordered out serious trouble
win certainly follow The crowd was
worked up to a high pitch Of excite
ment and threats were frequently
heard that the first attempt Of the
militia would result la bloodshed. This
is the general opinion throughout the
city