The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-10
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-The,great salt mines Of Cracow, In
Poland, employ 500 TO 600 mon at time,
and are in lact 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 ct work,
and the light CLEANS from torches and
lanterns on the toiling figures and gilt
tering white crystals, the scene is very
striking.
1t win no doubt be news to many
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. It is used largely in the
manufacture of cigarettes under the
name of Turkish tobacco. In twelve
months close upon 8,OOO, 600 pounds of
this leaf were exported from Hankow in
foreign bottoms alone.
Says Prentice Milford: 1.-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
mems 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.
wife is sallow and bleached OUT
The Hon. George Grantley Fitz-
hardinge-B 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 slack" and an annuity of
EGO so long as "Jack -" shall live; on
"Jack's" death he gives her an annuity
of ESQ 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. W for several seasons.
He always had the best in the house,
and paid well for it. One day last sum-
mer mis- little daughter, who was sick,
wanted some chicken broth, and Mr..
Harding requested the proprietor of the
Catskill Mountain House to prepare it.
''1f you want SO much waiting on" was
the reply, "you had better buy some
land and build a hotel Yourself" Mr..
Harding said: ''Well, 1 declare; never
thought of that before. 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
a short distance from the Catskill Noun
tain House, which contains 500 rooms.
"A Durango correspondent describes
a terrible scorpion known as the alacran,
which infests that region. Its sting is
mortal in every case, and no remedy has
ever been found to counteract its deadly
poison. The spasms are so violent that
it takes three or four strong men to hold
a patient stung by it. Happily, the suf-
hours it is all over. Patients emit from
their mouth a greenish-yellow scum,
which turns into black spongy matter
in short while. Every year thirty or
more deaths are recorded as the work
of the dlacran. The Government pays
q premium for their scalp, and boys
hunt them and derive quite q 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.