The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-13

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600 per month ou uzht to make local trade
in Washington lively.
Malarial diseases have never been so
general and so fatal in this country as
they have during the past few months.
Diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever
and other serious maladies, directly or
indirectly attributable to malarious
causes, have been fearfully prevalent in
the East and the West for some m onths.
Writes a New York correspondent /:
Malaria is becoming the terror of New
York and all the surroundings. In the
city the poison comes from detective
sewerage. while the country suffers from
railway embankments and other impedi-
ments to free outflow"
A dairying company of London has
lately established laboratory at which
samples OF milk received from farmers
are subjected to chemical analysis.
Prizes have been offered by the COM
pany, which are to be given to those
farmers whose milk supply stands high
est in quality during a stated period of
time. The samples of milk are care
fully examined by the company's an
alyst, whose analysis and reports will
decide the competition for the prizes.
1t is expected that much valuable infor-
nation respecting methods for pro-
ducing the richest possible milk will be
secured in this way.
Secretary Schurz," says the Wash
ington correspondent of the Hartford
(Conn. Times, "as soon as he retires
from the cabinet, will publish a book.
He has been engaged ON it, at intervals,
for several years. 1t will be a sort OF
politico historical novel, in which he
will make certain of his actors say what
he thinks about soue public men IND
public questions. This book will be
Endymion' like, though it will hardly
create such sensation as Disraelrs.
Still, if Mr.. Schurz will tell all he
knows about public matters, his novel
ters at least, and would be very inter
esting reading to many about here"
Frederick Bodenstedt, leading Ger
man poet, who visited the United Sttte?
last year, has been lecturing IN Germany
upon the impressions received by him
in his tour of America. He says that
the American citizen, while loving his
country ab ldTge, uhS llGtlS VI uohe W
the local patriotism that abounds in
other lands. He compares the Ameri
can people to q victorious army march
ing rapidly forward on the road o.
progress, with every sense alert anC
every energy at command. In the future
| he thinks America will accomplish great
things in the domain of creative art
Young Americans are working well anC
giving tokens OF great promise in th'
ancient art centers OF Europe,
Though ocean cables are of recen
origin, such have been the improve
ment in construction and general facil
tiles that the cost has been greatly re
duced. The Shimans Brothers OF Lon
don, have contracted with Jay Gould
company for tue laying OF two tele
graphic cables from the west coast o
Cornwall to Whitehead, Nova Scotia
touching the island OF Gable. They ar
to be under the control Of company O
citizens of the United States and worl
in connection with the American Uniol
lines. The capital stock of the Anglo
American company amounts 10 S35 600
400; that of the French company to SIS,
900, 600, and that of the Direct Cabl
company to $4,000. .0n0.