The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
TIMELY TOPICS.

Over twenty thousand carloads OF
live and dressed poultry are carried
into New York city yearly, and 25,5OO,-
600 dozens of eggs go to the same
market. According to the best esti-
mates, the United States produces nine
thousand million. of eggs. annually,
This is nice little item for the consid-
Grafton of those who call chicken busi-
ness-egg raising-a small thing; A
common pin is a very little thing, but a
paper of pins is worth setting price
on; while the manufacture of pins like
the production of eggs, is nm industry
worth the attention of men OF ability
and the investment of capital.
Professor Otto Bollinger, of the Uni
versity of Munich, read paper re-
Gently on artificial tuberculosis as in
duced by the use of the milk of tuber-
culosis cows. He endeavored to de-
monstrate that the milk of such animals
has contagious influence and repro
duces the disease in other animals. See
ing the enormous mortality from con-
sumption, Professor Bollinger believes
il to be of the utmost Importance to
urge upon all classes, and particularly
upon farmers, the absolute necessity of
taking every possible means of stamping
out the disease am ong cattle.
A boy five years old fell into the East
river in New York. A large crowd
| gathered round, but no one dared to
20 to the boys assistance, and he would
have been drowned had not a bootblack,
who was polishing mans boots near
by, left his customer and jumping into
the river pulled the boy out upon raft
of logs. The mother of the rescued boy
offered his preserver 80. but the latter,
seeing that she was n poor woman,
good-humoredly declined the gift. The
name of this brave lad is John Higgins.
He is regular attendant at night school,
and the principal of the school, as well
as his teacher, speak highly of him.
John will yet make his mark in the
world.
In France marriage is invalid with
out the actual and formally recorded
consent of the parents or their represen-
tatives, and even a man of full age who
| wishes to marry and cannot obtain his
fathers consent is compelled to serve him
three times with a notice calling on him
to show cause why the marriage should
not be permitted. After three such ser,
vices and on proof of full age, the mar
riage is allowed. These provisions
render clandestine marriages impossible
A male eloper would not only have his
marriage set aside, but would be severely
punished for abduction.
Australia threatens to become a serious
competitor with the United States il
the new business of supplying Englanf
with fresh meat. About thirty tons 0
fresh meat preserved by a new process
which keeps the air around the meat a
low temperature, have been brought
to London from Australia in the Sarah
leven and landed in excellent condition
A correspondent of the London Times
who has eaten a dinner off joint of this
meat and pronounces it, prime, fat, OK
beef" says it can be delivered on boar,
in Australia for I'd. a pound and sold il
London for I'd; more, or, say, with prof
allowed, for sd. (l0 cents) a pound. AL
being in Australia 1900, 600 cattle ant
6l 1000, 600 sheep. In New York one can
not buy prime, fat, OK beef" for tel
cents pound; for good joints one mus
pay twice that price.
The fees which physicians may charg
in Prussia for their services is regulated
by law. and according to the most re
cent ordinance the charge for the frs
visit TO sick person is fixed at tw
marks twenty-five cents standing for
| mark), and one mark for each subst
: quent visit; where, however, sever;
e persons belonging to the same famil
and dwelling in the same house have
5 be treated at the same time, then, io
+ the second and each succeeding persol
: only the hall of these fees respectively
to be charged-the same rule is to appl
v to boarding schools and similar institl
e tions, also to prisons. When there is
$ consultation of several physicians abo,
e the treatment of sick person, inclu'
n ing their personal visits, each physicia
s is to receive fer the first consultatio
i've marks, and three marks for eaC
s subsequent similar consultation. O
e the occasion OF the first visit TO I'll
q physicians residence for his medical a,
n vice, one mark and half. For the az
e ministration of chloroform, ETC., whe
a necessary for the treatment of the p;
IS tient, three marks.