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BLACK. wag was Philo Freer, acute and queer, LgPho did as little as he could *• To earn a scanty livelihood. A laughing, luckless, lazy lout. Who hunted, ftshi-d and loafod atxiut, Or ran on errands for his bread— Who never had a cent ahead— A being of that cu ions kind The traveler will always find On coming to a country town. Before the tavern, sitting down. One day a showman passed that way. Whose name was Bppanetus Bray— An easy-going sort of man. Who traveled with a caravan Exhibiting where'er he went, Boncatb a dusky canvas tent, A two-legged horse, three-legged bon, A woman with a wondrous wen, A Tartar girl with fourteen toes, That bulanoed uoitlos on her nose, A dwarf that danced an Irish Jig, A snake and educated pig; And otne: things os tare and strange. By which he shrewdly gained his change Great things from little nothings grow. Like " Bray's Rohemoth Moral Sho v. One sultry day, Freer, meeting Bray, Said to him, lit a solemn way; “ I saw nbout a month ago A splendid subject for your show— \ great attraction you'll admit The momcut I have told of It; A man whoso face was one-half Jilath, And 1 ran put yon on his track. And will, ir you will promptly puy A double X to me today.” “Agreed," the unxlous showman cried. “Then, follow mo,” the rogue replied. The money paid. Through highways mean, By by-ways narrow and unclean— Freer led the way till Brav b gan To wonder wboro they'd ttnd their man. At lasi Freer paused, and. wilh u loer. He said to Bray: “ Ilebold him horol" The showman gazed from where bo stood. And saw a negro sawing wood. "You see," said Freer, wilh accent keen, "Both fuitvee are h'u K anti 1/ixi ioe yr/so," —Eimene J. UnH ia t'h o cojo /liter Ocean. Time. Hutniui ingenuity cannot maka time. It can only invent methods ol rneasiii ing the hours anil minutes as they pass. When the earth was young, shadow's east by sun-1 earns noted the passing liours. From these sprang the sundial, which answered while tlio sun shone, hut failed whiles the sky was cloudy. Then water-clocks, or clepsy drir, an they are technically known, came into use. ltv tliese, Athenian orators were wont to time their speeches two thousand tears ago. Alter tue water-clock came the hour-glass of running sand, and for three hundred years this was the common method of measuring time. Kvcn fifty years ago it was employed in churches to inform “the older” when lie had preached enough. Meantime, various rude forms of clocks limi been constructed, hut none of much use. Not until the in vention of 1 lie pendulum in the middle of the seventeenth century, and its ap plication to clocks, diil they heroine re liable. The clocks and watches of to day are so numerous and cheap, that nearly every school-boy can afford to carry a ••time-piece. Aft all the clocks and watches in (he world cannot te'l (lie time of day unless regulated with the sun. They merely show the amount of passing time. The sun shows what time it is, whether morn ing, noon or night. . Strange mistakes are often made by relying solely on clock-time. A party of travelers, not long ago, weru on their way west through Arizona. Arriving at Yuma at eight o'clock, railroad time, they were surprised to liml the diliing rpom clock indicating an hour earlier. Still more were they surprised, after having leisurely eaten breakfast, to lenru on embarking again, that it was but stir o'clock. Strange, they thought; arrive at eight: breakfast at seven: ami leave at six! Two hours gain! lint the clocks were rigid. The first kepi .feller sou City, .Mo., time; the second was Yuma time; and lltc last was San Fran riseo time. daces east and west of each other cannot have the same time Only those directly north and south a re thus favored t imid a man continually travel around the earth, keeping with the sun, ho might live his allotted space of “three score years and ten’’ within a single day. for the .-.mi would never rise or set, to him. It would always be day. Yet even then he could not make time. He could not prolong his life, nor give to the world more hours. The only way to make time is to mn‘ of it, every moment as it comes. Time once gone is tiniegoue forever, whether the clock save so or not.- - Youth,'* Companion The Japanese Coolie. Short in stature, compact in build, with well expanded chest, limbs of shapely mold, with muscles of iron en durance, small extremities, delicate an kels, they are a marvel of strength. Some of these men have a mass of mus cle in their lower limbs such aa are seen delineated in the cuts of the gladiators of old Romo. And it must be remem bered that these men are from necessity the least able to indulge iu unlimited au&ntitiee of their peculiar food of all le people in the land. They illustrate the lesson that strength and endurance 1 may exist on a light and scanty diet of rioo and vegetables, together with fish. The Rikisha men are not so heavily molded, being of much slighter build, but they are also full of muscle, though not so prodigally developed. The fa tigue these men undergo aud withstand eon l>e partially estimated when it iN remembered that i( is not considered an extraordinary feat for them to travel forty miles a day with their seated pas senger. No matter how hot it may he; while the passenger is complaining of the heat he is being whirled along and protected by his umbrella from the rays , of the snu, the motivepower never flags. The Rikislis man keeps up a pace like a deer, his body generally hare to the sun, I 1 icing guiltless of clothiug that could inconvenience the free movement of the body or limbs. He takes hut the slight est quantity of refreshment while on the road— a cup of tea and a modicum of rice being the extent of his gormandis ing during the travel. And they repent these exploits day after day, never eat- ; ing meat | —The great mortality resulting from the use of pistols by boys last Fourth of July has led to prohibitive ordinances in about half the cities of the oountfy. The following, first enacted by Boston, is the form usually followed: “No per son shall sell to any child under ihe age of sixteen years, without the written consent of a parent or guardian of such ohil<L any cartridge °* n**d ammunition of which any fulminate is a compound part, or any gun, pistol or other me chanical contrivance arranged for the explosion of such cartridge or of anv fulminate.’' The penalty varies from a light fine to a heavy one", with impris onment.—FT. T. Sun. —ln Kentucky the Legislature has expressly provided that no religious test shall be applied to the witness in any civil action, but there is no statute gov erning the question in criminal eases. In a recent murder trial the objection was raised to one of the witnesses that he was an atheist, and that jfore that his evidence was not adraisssbie The question went tqthe Court of Appeals, which decided jtbg.t in criminal "as well a- civil s.tsa* nVjnqairy can oe —ade itto the religious pelief of any wiiao** T . What Sltnll Farmers Eat I 1 The home departments of the agri cultural papers have of late been criti cising the farmers on their manner of living, and giving them much advice in regard to what they shall cat, the larg est portion being a diatribe against fat pork, till tlie reader, not acquainted with farmers, would suppose that this , was their principal living. We do not propose to enter into any hygienic ar guments as to the relative values of va rious foods for producing strength and health. Lmt the writer hereof knowing something of the habits of farmers and their families. i moved to say that on their tables will he found, on an average, ■ food as wholesome and us well pre pared ns on those of any class of people We have; auil there is no occasion for wasting any sympathy on them, tor they uro the healthiest, strongest, and, statistics show, the longest lived of any class or occupation considering their numbers. | The voluntary advisers say that tho fanner’s diet of pork ami potatoes and . beans brings dyspepsia and its mils: which would he very correct If it were true; fortunately it is not, and from a large acquaintance with farmers wo can Say that this is not what ails flicm. i One writer say-.: Farmers eat too much tat meat and too little green food to sustain the System in a proper condi tion. Give a Frenchman or a German a head of lettuce, a couple of hard boiled eggs, with vinegar, salt and pepper, and a loaf of bread, with a cut, of codec, and he will fare more sumptuously than an American upon roast meat of any kind.” Now we know what ails tliese French men. Such a combination of oil, salt, pepper and vinegar is enough to kill them. Ask any hard-working farmer how much wheat a limn could rake and hind on such a dinner. Another of these hygienic writers says. “Lettuce and onions mixed together, with only salt, vinegar, pepper and a little sugar, can be served at any time, with good ef fect upon the health of (lie family.” ff raw onions with salt, vinegar and pep per will not produce dyspepsia, there is no need to call in fat pork or any other food found on farmers' tables. People should remember that there is much of truth in the adage: “ What is one man’s meat may be another's poison.” The farmer, strong, active, hard-working and always in the open air, eats meat and needs it, even fat meat. His di gestive organs are strong also, and he knows nothing of dyspepsia. Long days and hard work, even in summer, exhaust tlie muscular system, and good substantial food is required 1.0 supply the waste. This light green fodder is good as an appetizer, but as the main article of food will not answer, but eaten extensively will weaken rather than strengthen the hard worker, while the condiments are to lie used as little as possible. When wc see recomeuilations to farmers to eat only light vegetable food, we are reminded of a story we mice read of a fanner who kept liis hired man on short rations, and going out one day to the liny field s:uv him mowing languidly and singing this re frain: " Bum nnilk mu! whey; faint all day." The farmer concluded he would change his rations and gave him a.sub stantial breakfast tho next day. (in going nut to (be field be saw him swinging his scythe with great energy, and tills time singing to fast time. •*ffmn anil cinf*; tukcoure of yur leys.'* And this represents pretty fairly, to the worker the difference in the two classes of diet. The horseman who demands the longest drives ami the heaviest work from bis loams feeds them on cured hay and old oats. The groom never feeds the racer or trotter on new oats, no matter how line they are. till they have been threshed for weeks and heroine well dried mid hard. But tho question may be fairly asked: What-shall the farmer oat? We will answer this for our -elves, praolienlly, not, perhaps, scientifically, or with any theory as to the probable effect of this or tlmt. on the s\ stem. Tho farmer does his hardest work in the summer mouths. Jn the very heat of dog dais ho works hardest, and for tlmt very reason needs good substantial food, 110 cannot afford to waste any strength in digesting a large quantity to gut a little nutriment; nor is it con ducive to health. Most hard-working people need meat; well fattened, nicely cooked fat pork in moderate quantities will not bo hurtful. Mutton should he used more extensively liV tho fanner. With the icebox which manv now have, a carcass can be easily kept till it eati be consumed, or neighbors can exchange with each other auil divide into smaller portions. Well cured ham—boiled is the best with eggs makes a good foundation fora day in having. A moderate quantity of fresh vegetables in var.cty and also ripe fruits in their season green, never— cooked or uncooked. Green corn and that class of food daily if desired in its season, but always in moderation. Although many farmers are open to criticism in lack of product in tho vegetable and fruit garden. iKit.h for summer and winter use, it is asking too much to require them to make these their sole diet. Tho farmer who gives his laborers good •übstftntial foiid, not trying to confine them to mush and milk for breakfast ami green salad for dinner, will get the best day's work from them. The farmer who eats roast beef and mutton and fat pojtk, who takes a daily bath in tho summer, and does not over work in the hot days, may not expect to reaoh above threescore and ten, but tho years will be full of labor, and he will leave behind him a farm well tilled.— AKiroit Post ami Tribune. A Considerate Burglar. The most considerate burglar ever heard of has just placed Mrs. Merrill, of Falmouth, Mo., under lasting obliga tions. She was alone in her house, iuul in the middle of the night was awak ened by the sound of footsteps on the stairs. * She jumped out oi bod, has tened to the door and askod who was there, when tho following amusing col joquy began: “Now, don’t you bo afraid. \Ve don't want to hurt you, and won’t harm a hair of vour head. But we want ¥lO, and you have got to give it to us ” “But I haven’t any money in the house.” “Well give u* $o then.” “I tell you I haven’t any money at all.” “Oh oome, new, yon must have a dol lar. Give us that "and we will go awav.” “No, I haven't a cent:” “Well, I sup pose we’ll have tugo without it. Now, don’t be scared; we don’t moan to hurt you, and arc going away direotly. Do you want uto leave this light burning or shall we blow it out?” “You may leave it burning, please." And the burglar went down stairs, rejoined his confederate, and they leisurely departed through a window, carrying with them se-cral articles of silver and jewel ry which they had collected while Um lady ol Use house What Petroleum Is. The casual visitor to the Pennsylvania oil region, as he views the greasy fluid gushing from its rich reservoirs, two thousand feet below the surface, linds himself involuntarily asking the primal question, Where dues it come from, and how and where was it formed? A puz zling question, surely, and, if propound ed to any competent and thorough geologist, would only elicit a shake of the head, and the brief reply that he didn’t know. But however careful the -ciontilic man may lie about advancing a theory that the discoveries of to-mor row may knock higher than a kite, the average Yankee never allows a conun drum of this kind to tie propounded to him without making one or more at tempts at guessing it. The difficult question of the origin of petroleum has not -coined to his prolific mind too big to he grappled with, and at present two popular theories exist in regard to this interesting subject, each of which has its strenuous advocotes. The first of these theories holds that tho rock in which the oil is now found is the parent rock iri which it originated. The Pennsylvania oil rocks are a series of sand rocks of varying thickness, scat tered somewhat irregularly over the ; northwestern part of the State, and prolific, in oil atdepths below the surface varying from five hundred to two thou sand feet. Originally they were depos j ited by the action of water, cither as j long stretches of sea-bcach or immense ! sand-bars formed by eddying and whirling currents. The advocates of : the parent-rock theory maintain that ! along with this sand wa-s deposited or , ganio vegetable or animal matter, which, i by the chemical action of the succeeding ages, has been transformed into oil and gas, and kept stored in these hermetic ally-sealed reservoirs until the searching drill of the enterprising oil-operator should penetrate its hidden chambers and bring it forth to light an inquiring and busy world. In confirmation of this theory its advocates point to tho coal deposits, which are now generally considered to have originated from a vast deposit of vegetable matter which grew and decomposed for ages, and then, by tho combined action of heat and enormous pressure, were packed away in solid masses to provide the future fuel for the world. A chemical analysis of the two articles, coal and petroleum, dis closes the fact that they contain nearly the same elemental ingredients, in slightly different proportions, perhaps, hut practically the same, the only real difference consisting in the fact that one is now a solid and the other a lluid. As the oil is found at a distance of from one thou sand to two thousand feet below the prolific coal moasureS, and, if deposited nlong with the sand rock in which it is now found, must be many ages older than the coal deposits, it is argued that the immensely longer period since its original deposit, and the higher tem perature to which it is subjected by its greater depth beltpv the surface, may easily account for the chemical action necessary to make it a lluid instead of a solid, as in the case of coal. The second and more generally ac cepted theory is that the petroleum formed by the constant distillation of gas from the underlying carbonaceous shales of the Silurian period, which in the Pennsylvania oil region are sup posed to lie at a sufficient depth to be subjected to ft high temperature and to he constantly generating gases. If this theory is accepted, the conditions neces sary for tho formation of petroleum de posits are three fold. First, a geological horizon deep enough lmlow the surface to generate gases by the operations of internal heat; second, a horizon of proper temperature for the purposes of condensation, and third, a reservoir for storing the condensed petroleum. The advocates of this theory claim that these lower shales lie at the proper depth to fill the first of these conditions, and that tho gas thus generated, being very light and of a peculiarly penetrating nature, arises through the crevices and fissures of tho overlying rocks until it reaches tho horizon of condensation, which they claim, according to developments made by the drill, varies in distance from five hundred to two thousand feet below the surface. The third condition is fulfilled according to this theory by tliese sand rocks, which, lying within the horizon ot condensation and being of a porous naturo, hold tho condensed petroleum as a spongo holds water. These rocks nre hermetically sealed at the top hj an impervious shell, which prevents tho ligliter portions of the oil and gas from escaping to the surface until this shell is penetrated by tho oil-operator’s drill, when it gushes forth with astonishing force. If this theory is correct, then in all probability the process of formation is constantly in operation, though pro ceeding at a very slow rate, the immense deposits lately discovered being the slow accretion of untold ages. Tho advocates of this theory fortify themselves by tho statement that, the series of Devonian reeks In which tho *iil deposits aro now found extend over a great deal of territory in which the drill fails to tind oil, and that if the theory of original deposit of the petrol eum-producing matter along with these same deposits were true then tho oil should be found wherever the rock is found. On the contrary, they claim the rock may exist where there are no under lying shales to produce the petroleum gases, or the overlying strata may be upheaved to such an extent that the gases may escape to the surface through vertical fissures and thus mingle with the atmosphere and be lost. In proof of this they cite tho fact that no oil has been discovered eastward of the line which marks the beginning of the Alle gheny upheaval, and that the vertical fissured caused by tills upheaval have rendered the formation of petroleum de posits impossible in that locality. They also cite in support of this theory tho | further fact that no oil has been dis covered at depth exceeding five hun dred feet bcl-i v -v-.. level, although the drill has per/ ‘rated far greater depths in many in-:. and succeeded in tapping the petroleum gases. They argue Crem iliis rb it if the gases arc found at great depths, but no oil, then it follows that oil is the product of con deusation, which can only take place where a sufficiently low temperature ex ists. and this is to be found only within the limits above described. The in quiry is full of interest to the inquisitive mind, and we simplv present to tho readers of 77:-- Times these two popu lar theories for what, they are worth, without comment or expressed opinion —Pn’iakiphia TVm< '. Over while Dr. Samuel Johnson, the hterrrv la av, w.-.s * tiding verv lcarnc ’iv. me .ft: • company laughed. W-,. i.ly Uj.vsut. .ToUliMJn turned oil ; .in <ud ; .t provokes your rif-ic.iifty, •m. at sUUi I. i have, I u>ii qmrdon txom the rest of the company. ” Letters of Introduction. People who write letters of introduc tion should be careful how they word them. A merchant of this city, who knows in are about invoices Ilian elegant diction, was asked by a wealthy resilient to give him a letter of introduction to a capitalist slopping over in the city and with whom the merchant was acquaint ed. When the missive was ready the gentleman took it and, instead of send ing it up to the stranger and waiting till he was requested to see him, he de livered it himself; following on trie heels of the servant who ushered him in. fie is a very plain-lboking man and his dress is always a semi-respectable busi ness suit, and as he unobtrusively handed the letter to the stranger, who was reclining at his ease, he waited mix in isly to open the business about which he had called. But the letter began with the usual formula, “The bearer of this,” anu the capitalist read that far, folded it up, re turned it, and said, impatiently: “My good man, I can really do nothing for you; no doubt it i< the old story -large family—been unfortunate, etc.; but you must excuse me from giving you any thing to-day, you really must!” Explanations ensued, anil the two cha grined men had a good laugh over the affair, and the capitalist ordered liquid refreshments, which cos! much more than the charity would have heen which he didn’t propose to bestow on the un- fortunate stranger. A more annoying mi stake occurred toa young man, the nephevfof a well-known New York official, who went to a town in the interior of the State to idle away a vacation in fishing and hunting. Pre- , vious to his departure his uncle remem• J bered that the clergyman of the place was an old college friend, and he gave the young man a line of introduction, | which lie dutifully took, but did not in- : intend to present. The clergyman, j however, had a very pretty daughter, ! and the young man bethought him of his letter and armed with it made a raid | on tho parsonage where the pretty •laughter entertained him eharminarly in the parlor, while the servant took the j letter to the father. In a few moments word was sent down that the reverend j gent’eman excused himself from rcceiv- \ ing his visitor. The daughter presumed | there was a mistake, and hastened to j Iter fathetf, oply to be informed that his ‘ resolution was inflexible—he had laid j the letter away—anil lie would give ro ' further explanation, but the young man must be peremptorily dismissed, and ' the mortification of the visitor at this unexpected rebuff may ba imagined, lie wrote at once to his une'e, but as he was absent from home for a week did not get an answer. He occasionally met the young lady, but received only a cool bow. and at last the uncle’s letter came. Ho was highly indignant at tho slight put on his nephew, and demanded of his old friend the reason. The bewil dered thoologue read the letter sent for the young man, apologized, and said: “ I suppose it was a joke of your un cle’s, but l must sav it was in extreme ly bad taste, and— i took it literally— here is his first,note,” and he read slow ly through his glasses these words: jXMir Oil I FrionM. ThU letter will introduce iiiv nepliow. 110 is u trump. Treat him as oiin ! etc. Yours, etc. But the daughter reached out and took the paper. “Let me read it; there must be somo mistake; your eyes are not good, papa,” stud she read as fol low*: Dear (Mil Friend. Thi** letter willintmiace my nephew. lie In a trump. Treat him as one! etc*. “Well, well,” said the old gentleman, laughing merrily, “why don't people write more plainly, ami how was I to know the difference?” It.it the young I civ evidently did.— Detroit Post ittul Tribune. \ ury Nenson. “Stranger, I take it,” observed an elderly resident the other lay, as [ stopped and asked if there were any blackberry trees around his way. “I jedged so. I was a stranger myself when 1 fust kim here. That was in tho summer of "49. Hottest summer ever known in these parts."’ “Anv.wnrmer than this?" 1 asked him. “ Su'mmut, suninmt! That summer of'dll the cedar trees melted and run right along tho ground! you notice how red that ere dust is ” “ Pretty warm,” I ventured. “Why. sir. (hirin' the summer of ’-19 we kept meat rigid on the iee to keep it from cookin’ too fast, and we had to put the chickens in refrigerators to get raw eggs!” “Where did von get the ice?” ‘•We had it le t over and Kept it in Idlin' water! Yes sir. The tempera ture of Idlin' v iter was so much lower than the temperature of the atmosphere that it kep’ the iee so eohl you couldn’t touch it with your linger!” “Anything else startling that sea son?" •• That summer of "49? Well, 1 guess! The Hackensack Kiver began In Id’e airly in dune, and we didn't see the skv until October, fer the steam in the air! And lish! tish! They were droppin’ all over town cooked just as you wanted’em! There wasn’t anything but fish, until the river dried up!’' “Wb.\t. did you have then?” “The finest oysters and clams yon ever heard of. They walked right ashore for water, and they’d drink ap plejack right out of the demijohn! Yes, sir. You call this hot! 1 feel like an overcoat!’’ “What is your business?” I asked him. •• I’m a preacher." he replied. “By the nay, you wanted blackberry trees, .lu-l keep up the thumb hand side of this road until you come to the pig pasture, and there von tind the trees. Climb up on m\ goose roust, and you can knock down all the berre you want, if votj can find a hole lon irennntrh.” Cause of the Out break of Cholera in Japan. Up to this writing not a foreigner has been attacked by this malady, and no fear js entertained regarding it N far it has lieen confined to one section, uTic e it first appeared .and where the Conditions were such that that or any other malignant disease might be ex pected to be generated. One of the canals was deepened last fall, and the road taken from it was utilized in filling in the ground under the habitations of a large section adjoining. A the eaual, as all of them are, had be n a receptacle for i wage running in:o it. the mud was I re. esari!v permeated with deleterious I ma tor. which, iu its exhalations, could have no other effect than the re ultanr one. Many hold :ha. iau foo i has be. u .he ir..m fate "S'3v, bur 'hi**o.nry w-sll hardly heu ! >k > the pr.’rM t**n viavu from mud charge! with stwrr im port its is vre.ent Asapervept.b'.esgcnt in this matter. — ioionama Cor. San Francisco thromde. A Comstoek Hero. The reporter had an interview with Mr. Van Dusen. He is a rather slim man, about live feet seven inches tall, with a thin, dark beard, prominent nose and lantern jaws. Indeed, he could stand verv well for a reduced photo-,1 graph of" Brother Jonathan. But* Van Dusen is not a Yankee. He is a native of Michigan, and 47 years of age. The reporter found the hero of the day in the washroom of Fitzpatrick’s board ing-house in Lower Gold liill, rubbing soap on his hands, and wholly absorbed in the occupation. He looked up with smile surprise front his basin in the wooden -ink when the reporter spoke to him and said he wanted to interview him. Van Dusen is not a talkative man, and it was only in response to the jour nalist’s constant questions that the story of his adventures was drawn from him piecemeal. While giving a hit of infor mation as to his perilous journey, \an Dusen would pause between splashes iu his ba.-in, turn up his dripping counte nance for a moment, and then industri ously resume his ablutions. lie was rather amused than otherwise that, a newspaper should think it worth while to send a reporter to ask him ab iut such a trifle as going into a drift 1,400 feet long, 2,150 feet below the surface, filled in part with almost scalding water over three feet deep and loaded with poison ous gases that had slain two men who had made the attempt before him. There was no affectation about his un co n-oiousness of his having done any thing heroic. It was absolutely real. “Oh, no; I’m not exhausted,” said Van Dusen, as he rubbed his face vigor ously with the towel on the roller. “I’m feeling chipper—never better in my life.” He encountered the bodies of Bennett and Callahan. Both were lying on their backs. He merely paused as he came to each corpse and passed on. “ Then,” said Van Dusen, “ I got to the cooling house and saw the boys.” He seemed to think that the statement of this fact furnished all the information that was necessary. “ They were glad to see you, of course,” suggested the reporter. “Yes, but they were a darned sight gladder to see the ice in my machine.” He had to leave his lantern out in the drift, as there was a tremendous draught in the cooling-house. “It was pretty dark in the cooliug house,” said Van Dusen, “and when I went in the first thing I asked was how many of them were alive. They said the whole seven, and I said I was mighty glad to hear it. ‘What do you fellows want most?’ I says, and they said grid) and ice. They did go for my ice. [Mr. Van Dusen chuckled at the recollection.] One chap—it was so dark I couldn’t place him—laid his arm across his breast and began hauling it out of my machine and piling it up on his arm. 1 guess they knew what had happened to the two boys that went down in the morning, for they asked me if there were any dead bodies in the drift. I said there wasn’t, for it wouldn’t have done ’em any good to know. They had seen the lights that the boys carried, and they went out kind of sudden when they fell, of course, so it wasn’t hard to guess what had happened. “They had fixed things in the cooling house and were pretty comfortable, man aging to get tolerably cool air and water. They wanted all the air they could get, of course, and one of ’em sings out to me as I was going to tell ’em on top to work the compressor. I thought, perhaps, that there might be one or so in the crowd that was near giving in, and 1 asked if any one wanted my knapsack to try to make the rillle for the shaft, but they wouldn’t hear of it, so I started back. Bennett walked down the drift a ways with me. He had his head on him and wasn't seated or anxious a bit, so far as I eouid see.” On the return trip one of the rubber air tubes of his knapsack got loose, and he had to depend upon one. Then the foul air put his lantern out, and his only guide as he flouudered through the last SOfit feet of hot water was the faint gleam of the candles of the men at the station. One of the doctors at the mine said that not one man in a thousand would have achieved the feat accom plished by Van Dusen, and that it was marvelous that he should apparently suffer so little physically and mentally from so terrible an ordeal. Van Dusen at 6 o’clock was back in the hoist ing works, standing around with his hands in his pockets, taking a keen but calm interest in all the work that was lining done toward the rescue of his fel low* miners. —Virginia City (Nev.) En terprise. Lay a Fainting Person Down. 'lt is surprising how everybody rushes at a fainting person and strives to raise him up, and especially to keep his head erect. There must bo an instinctive apprehension that if a person seized with a fainting or other fit fall into the recumbent position death is more im minent. I must have driven a mile to day while a lady fainting was held up right. I found her pulseless, white, and apparently dying, and I believe that if I had delayed ten minutes longer she would really have died. I laid her head down on a lower level than her body, and immediately color returned to her lips and cheeks, and she became conscious. To the excited group of friends I said: Always re member this fact—namely: fainting is caused by a want of blood in the brain; the heart ceases to act with sufficient force to send the usual amount of bicod to the brain, and hence the person loses consciousness because the function of the brain ceases. Restore the blood to the brain and instantly the person recovers. Now, though the blood is propelled to all parts of the body by the action of the heart, \et it is still under the influence of the laws of gravitation In the erect posi tion the blood ascends to the head against gravitation, and the supply to the brain is diminished, as compared with the recumbent position, the heart’s pulsation being equal. If, then, you [dace a person ,-itting who-e heart has nearly ceased to beat, hie brain will fail to receive blood, while if you lay him down, with the head lower than the heart, blood will run into ‘he brain by the mere force of gravity; and. in faint ing. in sufficient quantity to res'ore con sciousness. Indeed. Nature teaches us how to manage the fainting persons, for they always fall, and frequently are at once restored by the recumbent posi tion into wb'ch they are thrown .i/- - i r.n .Taurno’ “What is the difference between cameos end intaglios ? ” asked a suegess fil broker of one of his lambs. “ Sim ply this." replied the lamb; “ since we . -ec -. nc acquainted my fortune is is :n --* and vrm cheek in cvmeo That •• •- •>. sv fortune is sunk and your encek sta..Js oat ia relief."— Boston Transcript, Spend As Yon Go. There is one lady in New York who does not intend waiting until her death to distribute her wealth for benevolent purposes, only to have herself, like the late Miss Burr, shown up in court as a vile and dirty miser, her old clothes and broken furniture exhibited as proof of her squalid and menial existence, and her intelligent capacity to give her money away denied by the heirs and re latives, who think it should come to ;hem instead of going to religious and charitable objects. Miss Catherine Wolfe i9 credited with disbursing in the last ten years 82,W<\- | 000 of the large estate left by her father. She has given it to a score if institutions and societies, but all of the most practicable and useful kind; toa home for incurables; to a newsboys’ lodgings house; to Union College for of poor and deserving young men from the South ; to a school for girls in Colorado; to an enterprise of Christian socialism or communism on Long Island ; to the erection of a build ing in connection with Grace Church, of which she is a member, mainly devoted to club rooms for young men and young women, where clerks, art students, teachers and others living in lodgings may find the best current literature, music, bright, cheerful and elegant club-rooms, ba'ih-rooms, writing-rooms, etc., for the use of members, whose dues (25 cents a month or $2 50 a year) are so small as to lie u burden to no one, and yet preserve the feeling of self-re spect which relucts at using a dole; and where, though the club-house adjoins a church, no religious tests are exacted, nor, indeed, any question as to one’s belief or denomination asked; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and to the church of which she is a member, bv the addition of costly and beautiful specimens of ecclesiastical art and archi tecture, unexampled in this country. This has been done under her own immediate supervision; showing a broad and catholic taste; a shrewd, practical sense; a want of bigotry and sectarian prejudice, and securing to her the pecu | liar but enviable pleasure of seeing her | bounty enjoyed and the fruits of it j realized while she is here and alive to | gather all the luxury of being honored, 1 loved and admired. The greatest pleasure which the ven erable Peter Cooper, now approaching a century of existence, derives from life is the love and gratitude, the deference, homage and affection shown him when ho visits his “ Institute” and is sur rounded by scores of adn'iiring pupils, of both sexes, that are the recipients of his bounty, and are learning art and science and practical affairs by means of the schools and professorships his wealth long ago endowed. It is said that the sight of this spectacle so touched the sensibilities of a hundred millionaire one day that he was almost persuaded to go and do likewise. Unluckily for him and others, when he got by himself this spasm of generosity and "human sympa thy passed off, and he set himself at work again to pile up higher an already huge fortune. But even his momentary weakness was ample proof of the genu ineness of the scene he had witnessed. Mr. Reuben Springer, of Cincinnati, is another of the benevolent givers who get cash dividends of pleasure from their investments for other people’s benefit. His rich gifts to his fellow citizens have made him the idol of the city. Only the other day, in the pres ence of a vast multitude who cheered him to the echo, the statue of their living benefactor, chiseled by the hand of the son of the artist Powers, himself derived f ora a Cincinnati family, was unveiled to the public. It was a gift to the city of other citizens his example had affected. The old man is now ready to depart in peace, for his own eyes’have seen the glory to which men in their lifetime attain, as a reward for their humanity anil their practical ami personal distribution of their wealth for the good of their fellow citizens. It is a noble and beautiful lesson. This is the one Wholsome exception to the fru gal rule, which, says you should not “spend as you fro."—Detroit Free PfkM. Overfed Pigs. There has never been a time when the question of overfeeding live stock of every character has received so much attention at the hands of breeders <is is now the case. Pig breeders are at present con siderably exercised on account of the fearful losses sustained from cholera, and it has slowly dawned upon the minds of many of the gentlemen that perhaps tho evil practice of overfatten mg has something to do with these continued losses. Science lias as yet failed to prove the truth of this assump tion, but practical feeders and breeders are coming to lhat conclusion, and in many localities are governing them selves accordingly by uiscont nuing the practice of crowding their stock. Of all domestic animals, tho pig goes it upon his check, and at the ordinary fair, or fat stock show, Ins very fullness of cheek is too apt to govern the awards. Consumers, however, do not indorse these patm In. round, overfed and stuffed porkers, knowing that good pork cannot generally be found where ani mals are ccmingly fed for lard pur poses and that alone. What is required and demanded l oth at home and abroad is the long-bodied hog, which affords a deep shoulder, lean ham, and sides upon which meat instead of fa* is the rule. There has been a growing depo sition to stop the practice of over-feed ing hogs, and so general has the de mand become for good lean pork that, notwithsanding the tmiveis 1 practice to feed to the utmost capacity, breeders arc now changing their views, and send ing to market pigs that will guarantee good-paying block qualities. It is very reasonable to -uppose that an animal overloaded with great masses of abso lute fat and grease cannot boas healthy as the one which, while sufficiently fed, is not burdened with a mass that is only profitable to the lard manufacturer. Foreign dealers in American pork do not lii'.-itate to'assert that the stock of this country is overfed, and it is to tliese ex porter* that tlie American breeders are indebted for the change that cannot but result to the benefit of the feeder, the dcaVr and the consumer.— t.on>lo The ‘billowing are the aggregate am mats received for various Trinds of stock sold by Kentucky breeders during th • past six months, ail the sales being public autions: 20* running horses, ®l2s,fitis; 694 trotting horses, $170,606: 4*6 Short-Horn cittle, *141,674; total. .■?!°*,o44. The private sales, it is said, swell the aggregate to $525,'900. These figures show the leading position occu pied by Kentucky as a stook-breeding State, and speak volumes for the famous blue-grass region. When it is consid ered that a men can mount a horse and ride through this famous region in one day, the result is astonishing.— Qyuner. rrjit. —Some men are born slight, some achieve slightness, but most taeq have slights put upon them. A Cold Welcome. j West Chester gossips have been 1 ging their tongues at a lively rate du?'| nig the last few days discussing the sen I sational reappearance of William Snv H dor, who, after an ahsence of thirteen years, like Enoch Arden, he seeks tie wife whom he deserted and finds that she is wedded to another. Mrs. ][ a „ l man Sylvester, of No. 245 Patton’s row* is the lady in question. While attending to her duties as janitress of the Court house, the other day, a bronzed and bearded stranger tapped her on the shoulder, and, turning round, she was confronted by the man with whom she first contracted matrimonial relations nearly twenty years ago. Durinv all the years he has been absent she never heard a word from him, and long a?o she gave him up as dead. She looked him squarely in the face, and as he low ered ms eyes he nervously asked: “Are you Mrs. Hartman Sylvester?” “ I am. ’ Are you William Snyder?” the lady quickly interrogated. “ I am William Snyder, ahd I have come to ask your forgiveness,” the lone, lost one plaintively answered. The meeting was not at all a pleasant one, Mrs. Sylvester readily gave her first husband to understand that she had procured a divorce; had married a man more congenial to her tastes, who acted as a husband and father should, and that if he (Snyder) attempted to break up her happy home he would pay dearly for it. After being thus apprised Sny der settled down to business without any more delay. He told Mrs. Sylvester that he was about to wed a woman in Boston, where he had been living ever sice he shook the dnst of West Chester off his feet, and that he was anxious to ascertain if she would prosecute him if he did so. “ I always hated you. I hate you now worse than ablacksnake,” spoke up the incensed Mrs. Sylvester. “I don’t care what you do, so you leave me and mine alone. Why should you come here to worry my husband and myself. Go marry anybody you please; but I hope you will treat her better than you did me.” Without more ado Snyder hastily un locked a small sachel which he had with him, and instantly placed pen and ink before his astonished wife to draw up an agreement not to bother him if he mar ried again. Mrs. Sylvester sent for her husband to consult him before doing this. When he arrived he was intro duced to Snyder. The latter advanced and shook Sylvester warmly by the hand, but he, "however, simply scowled at the nowly-made acquaintance. He assented to his wife drawing up the agreement proposed by Snyder, provid ing the latter agroed to leave West Chester immediately .and never return so long as he (Sylvester) lived there. These terms proving acceptable to all hand- 1 , the trio soon settled the whole matter, and Snyder hurriedly replaced his ink and paper in his sachel and took his departure. That night he left West Chester, presumably for his home in Boston. In a well-kept parlor of a neat little dwelling in Patton’s row, on the out skirts of West Chester, a reporter, the other day, found Mrs. Sylvester busily sewing, while at her feet played two flaxen-haired youngsters, children by her second husband'. On being pressed to tell the story which has caused so much talk in that town the lady said: “One night in June, 1861), I returned to my homo, in this city from a visit to my sister at Coatsville. As soon as I entered the house I called for Mr. Snyder, but he did not answer. The first thing that attracted my attention was the certifi cate of our marriage, which had been taken off the wall. I then looked through the house and discovered that all my husband’s clothing had been carried off. I instantly suspected what had oc curred. I ransacked the house from top to bottom, hoping to find a note from him, but without success. When I found that he had really gone I con cluded that it would result beneficially to me, for during the six years I lived with him 1 never spent a happy day. I married him when I was but sixteen years old, and had only known him two weeks, so while we were together i had plenty of time to repent the folly of our hasty marriage. Two years after he disappeared, and I applied to the courts for a divorce, anil was granted one. I never heard a word from him since tho ni“-ht he deserted me, and so I concluded he* was dead. In 187:5 I married Mr. Sylvester, by whom I had three chil dren, and with wnom I have been liv ing happily ever since. I hope that Mr. Snyder will never cross my pat h again, for I have been worried enough since his visit the other day.” — Phila delphia Record. Japanese r lowers. The peony is the standard of lieanty, as applied to the charms of the fair sej in Japan. No higher compliment can can be oflbrad a lady than to coin pars her to a peony. The Japanese do not give a glance and turn away from their favorite flower, but will sit for hour* contemplating a floral display. They not only give their time to visiting them, hut they appear to indulge in blissful in toxication of sentiment while, they con template their beauties. The chrysanthe mum is also found herein great variety, and of all shades of color and of enorm ous dimensions. The chrysanthemum display in Tokio every year is one of the notable incidents of the season, and is visited from far and near. To be de prived of this pleasure is one of the pains of life. The iris is also found in great profusion, attaining a size and beauty unknown elsewhere.. The vari ety of shades and form of flower is almost endless. Lillies are lillies here, putting it beyond the boasting of any other land to equal them. Camellias attain the dimensions of forest trees, 1 (earing such a wealth of flowers that with hesitation one would dare to at tempt to state, approximately, the thous ands that may seen upon one tree. One could as well number the blossoms on an apple tree. The harmony of color that is so noticeable in everything the Japanese make or wear is no doubt the result of constant association with their beautiful flowers. There must be a large sale for the different flowers in their season, as there are numbers of plant peddlers constantly perambulat ing the streets with different varieties in pots, or in mat coverings for the protec tion of their roots. At night, all through the year, there are exposed for sale on the streets large collections of plants in flower. There are no bouquet sellers,nor are cut flowers offered for sale on the streets. The great passion appears to be to see them growing and attached to the mother plant. About the 20th Oi April roses are in bloom. The rose hai been widely introduced into Japan from abroad and oontrenial home here —Very few people arc strong enough to remain in the" water bathing for a long tune. A young man has just died in Hanover, N. H., from congestion caused by staying in the water too long, j —Rotten Xrmteript.