The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-18
GENERAL.

The great salt mines of Cracoy. in
Poland, employ 500 to 600 men at a time,
and are in fact underground cities, with
streets, roads, and large population OF
human beings and horses. In these
mines the natural salt forms the sides,
roofs, and floors of series of vast cav,
ems, and when the men are all at work.
and the light CLEANS from torches and
lanterns on the toiling figures and gilt
terlng white crystals, the scene is very
striking.
1t will no doubt be news to manv
that Chinese tobacco is being consumed
to considerable extent both in this
country and in England. The supply is
so large and the leaf is so fine in color.
texture and fragrance that merchants
are exporting it westward to be mixed
with Havanas. 1t is used largely in the
manufacture of cigarettes under the
name of Turkish tobacco. In twelve
months close upon 100000 pounds of
this leaf were exported from Hankow in
foreign bottoms alone.
Says Prentice milford: "Two
hours work about hot stove exhausts
more than four hours work out of doors.
Americans in Europe are shocked. or
pretend to be, at sight of women doing
men 8 work in the fields. They are
much better off than the American wom-
an, five'sixths of whose life is spent in
the kitchen. The outdoor woman shows
some blood through the tan on her
cheeks. The American kitchen house
Vile is sallow and bleached out.''
The Hon. George Grantley Fitz-
hardinge-Berkeley, of Dorsetshire, Eng
land, who died recently, left curious
will. The testator bequeaths to his
faithful servant Matilda Leversuch, if in
his service at his decease, his little ter
rier dog "Jack," and an annuity of
zoo SO long as "Jack shall live; on
"Jack'S' death he gives her an annuity
OF t30 for life, and to such person as she
shall leave it to at her decease for his or
her life; there are requests to some of
his other servants, and the residue of his
property he gives to his sister.
Mr.. Harding, of Philadelphia, had
been guest at the Catskill Mountain
House IN. " for several seasons.
He always had the best in the house,
and paid well for it. One day last sum-
mer his little daughter, who was sick,
wanted some chicken broth, and Mr..
Harding requested the proprietor of the
Catsklll Mountain House to prepare it.
elf you want so much waiting on" was
the reply, ''you had better buy some
land and build hotel yourself" Mr..
Harding said: "Well, declare; Inever
thought of that before. l believe | will
act upon your suggestion Harding
left the Catskill Mountain House soon
after this incident, and Immediately
went to work to erect new house. The
result is the Kaaterskill House, situated
short distance from the Catskill Noun
tain House, which contains 500 rooms.
"A Durango correspondent describes
terrible scorpion known as the GJQcran,
which infests that region. Its sting is
mortal in every case, and no remedy has
ever been found to counterfeit its deadly
poison. The spasms are so violent that
it takes three or four strong men to hold
patient stung by it. Happily, the suf-
ferlng is short, for after two or three
hours it is all over. Patients emit from
their mouth greenish- yellow scum,
which turns into black spongy matter
in a short while. Every year thirty OF
more deaths are recorded as the work
of the olGcran. The Government pays
a premium for their scalp, and boys
hunt them and derive quite revenue
from that source, but the pest does not
seem to diminish any. They are said to
occupy but small belt of land, running
east and west, taking in Durango and
Mazatlan.