A terrible paper in the ‘Wide World Magazine/ by Rook Carnegie, describesthe ponal solt mines erf Targuakna,If-oumania. It is a convict settlement for the worst class of criminals* Salin-ification of the blood and tissues of theworkers brings on premature old age. Each convict must cut half a ton of salt daily, and receives 30 per cent cf the profit of his work. The patients in the hospitals are dying of premature decrepitude at the igo of 40 to 45 yews*