Why They Had To Kill Another Chinaman

One of the best known niining engincers in the United States, in faet the man who built many big mines and tunnels on the Pacilic coast, aml whom we will cali Smith for the sake of the story, told the Casual Observcr tlie otherday tliat while superintonding the construction of a mine at Virginia City, on whieh nlostly Chinese labor was employed, the forcman of one of the tunnels caiuo to him one morning and said: "Mr Sinith, a Chinamau was killed this morning by a fall of rock in the tunnel. We' 11 have to kill another brfore night." "Whv so?" was the inquiry in reply. "Well," said the foreman, as he took a frcsh chew of tobáceo, "it's easicr to carry two dead Chinanien out of camp than one." The engineer got mad at this and proliibited any reckless exposure of lifo. Uut sure enough before the night feil another Chinaman had been gathcred to bis fathers. The manner of carrving the dead Chinanien out of camp was to hang one body on each sido of a mulé. If here was onlv one doad Chinaman it took two men to carry him off, one at his head and another at his heels. - New York OraplUc. A presiding eider congratulated a pastor in his district on the salubrJous air hu w:s living in. "Yes,1' he naively re]liod, "if I coukl livo on it as well a in it uiy lot would be a happy one."