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Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10
ACTORS IN SUMMER.
None With Any Money Just Now and q
Poor Winter Outlook.


Poor Winter Outlook.
From the New York Sun
'None of them have any money!" re-
marked the old comedian, as he took
his place beside the writer again and
ostentatiously dried his moustache,
"but they are as happy as SO many mill
ionaires. You see, an actor is oh6ged
to lie idle for four or five months every
year without pay. How many business
men there are who would not be power
ty-stricken under such conditions?"
"But I thought that they occasionally
had summer engagements?"
'Nor this year." said the old come
dian, gloon1ily. "This is the worst
year for actors that I have ever known
and this is my forty y-seventL year in the
'perfesh.' All the theatres closed in
May and the early part Of June, because
the people wouldn't have any more of
them and the few combinations that
started out had to walk home within
fortnight. The watering places will
have nothing to do with itinerant shows
and the country towns have caught
new craze"
"What is it?"
"Roller skating. Every small town
and village of the country now has its
roller skating rink, where the people
gather and put in their time plunging
around the floors and trying to master
the elusive skate. They have profess
sional teachers from, the city in many in
stances and as the cost of enjoying the
sport is very light it has virtually su-
perseded the theatres as form of amuse-
ment Then, added to this, comes
the political excitement. While
men can hear stump speeches,
brass bands and campaign lies
they care little for the artistic enjoy
ment afforded by the drama. The cam
paign committees have fireworks, rati-
tication meetings and banner raisings
in the towns all the way through the
country and of course we have to SUI
fer"
1T seems like gloomy outlook"
''More SO than people outside Of the
professional ranks can imagine. It Is
fact that no one will deny that the ma
jority of managers closed last season in
debt. ii: Through the provinces the
travelling companies nearly all lost mon
ey, and the successes in New York, as
you will doubtless remember, can be
counted upon your ten fingers. There
is little reason to hope that, with the
opposition 81 all the torchlight process
sions, politicians and other political
fummery, next season will be any bet
ter. The managers are shy about max
ing contracts and the outlook for the
actors grows more and more solemn
every day"
A burst OF laughter from nelgllbor-
ing group seemed to belle his words. 1t
was as merry and good -natured crowd
as could be found anywhere in town,
despite the gloomy outlook for its
members = y
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Mexico ard It's Resources.

The tabIeIand OF Mexico, elevated
5000 to 5000 feet above the level of
the sea, constitutes the region which
ultimately, according 80 Humboldt, Was
to be traversed by the people going ts
the North and South. Mexico has
population Of about 10, 900, 900, OF WHOM
about 100000 are Europeans speaking
the Spanish language, and of the re-
mainder about 4, 500, 900 are Indians.
These Indians are different from the In
dams familiar to us in their appearance,
their bearing, and their utterance. They
have finely-shaped heads, good, broad,
square foreheads, Intelligent eyes. They
have, in short, about them the ctarae-
teristics pf their descent from their noble
ancestry. Their industries are very little
developed as yet. Idon't gee any imms-
diate prospect but that IN the near
future there will be great development
of the arts of industry in Mexico. Il ir
country, as you know, Of marvellous
richness III mineral wealth. It is es-
tinlated that the amount OF wealth taken
from the mines Of Mexico is already
more than 81, ,000, 900, 900. The prospect
of Mexico being able to raise all variety
of agricultural products lies in the fact
that, notwithstanding her position &C.
cording to latitude, she embraces every
degree of climate that you could find
from Florida to the mouth of the st.
Lawrence. Along the shores of Mexico,
by the level Of the sea, you find every
thing that is grown In the tropics. Az
you go inland, up the mountain ranges
to the tableland, you come into 8 temper
ate zone, where you find all The products
OF such climate. Heretofore great dis
advantage has rested upon Mexico,
from the fact that she has had no means
of communication The treasures. dug
out of her mines have been transported
with great labor, cost aud slowness.
Her agricultural products have been
almost worthless, except IN the immedi.
ate vicinity of the cities. All this is
now changed by the railroad eonnec-
hons established The significance Of
q Mexican exhibition III an illstitutelike
this is that she now has the means oi
transpor tation. Mexico is now able &c
bring here, not only the curiosity OF
past dynasties, but also the products oi
her soil and mines. Her citizens can
send here now exhibits of every indus
try and specimen OF their handieraft and
skill. Now we shall be able to welcome
them In person to Iesrn Of the oppor.
tunities of the country, to foster and en-
courage, as has heretofore been inpos.
sible, the mutual commercial inter.
course between the two republics. The
time has gone by when nations Hys Ii
isolation. All the old barriers are bro
ken down. In the progress OF the sci.
.ences, in the multiplication OF she arts,
the world has become unified; all men
are learning that nations should dweIs
together, and should share.-Ex-G Gov
ernor Riee's Address at the Institute
Fair, Boston.
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Currant Jelly.

A correspondent who youches for it's excel
lence sends the following recipe: Pick over
The currants, taking out all defective ones,
leaves, ETC., but it is not necessary to pick
them from the stems. Put them into pre-
serving kettle, and to every quart of currants
allow one-half teacupful Of water: Let them
boil thoroughly until they are all broken and
the juice appears to be all out: Strain through
q piece Of flannel Weigh tho juice, and to
every pound Of it allow an equal weight of
white granulated sugar. Let the kettle be
thoroughly washed; and now pour into it the
juice with the sugar Stir occasionally until
thoroughly dissolved AS soon as it begins to-
boil, a white scum rises to tho top, which
must be skinned off. By the time this is ac-
complished, the jelley is done, and can be TAX
en- from the fire On no account let it boil
with the sugar longer than four minutes. The
glasses should be filled at once, before it con-
goals, which it will begin to do immediately.
70 prevent their cracking, little of the hot
jelly should be poured into the bottom of each
of The tumblera to heat them slightly, before
filling up; This rule will apply to all jellies
made of fruit
Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10

-Four years ago, John @. Calhoun, q
grand nephew Of the famous South Oar.
olina statesman, was married in St.
Louis. After living with his wife = few
months they separated, he going to
Texas and she remaining ii st. Louis.
Mrs Calhoun offered her services to the
Sisters of the House Of the Good Shep-
herd in st. Louis. They were accept
ed, and she has been there ever since.
Meanwhile Calhoun repented and sought
for his wife, without success, until yes
terday, when he found her ct the con-
vent. They were reunited, and, at he1
desire, another marriage ceremony was
performed. e NJ J
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stsaII stsaI LLne HIsb On6 Hps say, ADout Jn6
beginning 81 the coming summer. Il
Would start up the second to hunt for
the first, say, about year later.
After an interval ef year more,
I would start up the third to
hunt for the other two, and bring
home buttons and other such relics OF
the crews as might be found Every
year thereafter ! would send up fresh
balloon to hunt for the prsvious bal
looms and carry relief to the survivors
that is gravestones and monuments
and SO on, to be set up where the birds
and the comets might SEQ them from
time TO tine, and be reminded Of tile
brave deeds Of the departed martyrs to
science. This method, you see is sys-
tematic; the very thing which all preyi-
ous efforts Of this kind have lacked was
system. We have always waited till
we knew an expedition was lost before
we sent out another to huntlfor it;
whereas, since we knew it would get
lost, the right and only wise course
would have been to send out process
sion Of expeditions at brief and
regular intervals, so that {. they
could begin to hunt for each other
without disastrous delays. Many
spoons and jack knives and other yalu-
able relics have been irretrievably lost
to science because the search expedi-
tions waited so long that these things
got showed up meantime, or were cap,
tured by the natives and bartered off
for blubber.. Now, under my system,
nothing Of the kind will happen. The
balloons will follow each other at short
and measured intervals, and the work
of hunting for each other, and grave.
stoning each other and gathering ur
each others remains, will begin right
away, as you may say. And by. keep
ing this sort Of thing up right along and
briskly there is not a question that
sroner Or later one or another of these
balloons will find Hall~---and collapse
into it, and stay there, too. And the
| whole honor Of it will belong to this
geographical society, this great nation
and congress
"The applause which greeted me when
I sat down was something marvellous.
felt that the next most glorious thing to
going to Hall under my system was to
have originated the way. It was at this
point that the new member meandered
up to the front and made that little
speech that I said I was going tc
| tell you about, You know. Said he:
"Gentlemen, wish to resign. If il
was your idea to hunt up cheaper and
softer Northwest passage to Paradise,
you could count me in every time. But
don't want any of this present project
in mine. Now, mind, I tell you.
think that geographical society that
| lays out to take all this trouble and
spend all this money to find that other
place is Harvesting itself to a mighty
unnecessary contract For just this
reason: 1t won't benefit the general
; public, for they don't want to go there,
and, moreover, they don't even wish to
| know where il is; and as for the geo.
graphical societies, they don't need to
worry, for il they will sit still and keep
cool they will land there all in good
time and plenty soon enough
"Whereupon we fired him out.
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How People Remember.

LIZ. S1AoA OtaII, Ill 1 IopuAal oCAouCo AouVAA1y'
If, now, we make models Of four
brains, and on the first mark out the To-
cation of the various areas connected
with the various sensory organs, as de-
termined by the anatomical connection
of the white nerve threads; on the Sec
ond mark out the location of the various
areas which Psychologists have shown
to govern various sensory organs on
the third mark out the various areas
whose disease produces disturbance of
action in the various sensory organs;
and loss of memories of perceptions by
those organs; and on the fourth mark
out the various areas which wither after
diseases of the various sensory organs
we shall find that upon all four brains the
areas belonging to any one organ coin
eide. We may, therefore, conclude
that each class Of sensations and each
class of memories has it's own definite
area Of the gray matter on the surface
of the brain. Memories of objects seen
are located in the posterior part in the
oocipital region. Memories Of sounds
heard are located in the lower. lateral
part in the temporal region. Mem.
ories Of motions in the limbs, and Of
touch in those limbs, are located side
by side in the central lateral region.
Memories of speech are located in the
frontal region. It is, therefore, q mis-
take to. speak Of memory as q single
faculty Of the mind. It is really an as
semblage of distinct memories which
we possess, each kind of memory being
as different from the others, both in its
nature and in it's location, as are the diff
ferent organs of sense through which
the original perceptions came"
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Treatment of aarget In q Cow.

What is remedy for garget in COWS. ~
ANs.--Be careful to draw all the milk, and
especially all the clotted and thick matter,
which, if left in the milk ducts, will do much
harm. To facilitate this, rub the udder gently
with the hands, or inject solution Of one tea
spoonful Of carbon ateof soda in q pint OF water
into the udder with syringe, and after work
out. The soda will dissolve the thickened
milk. When the attack comes on, mix one ounce
of saltpeter, pounded fine on q little molasses,
and smear it on the tongue or teeth, or add to
it some bran slops once day till the trouble
disappears. Milk from the gargeted part Of
the udder is unfit for use Rural New Yorker.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10
Iniia Brace, blind deaf muse known

.Inlia Brace. blind deaf mute known
all over the country, died at Bloomfield,
Conn, TUESDAY. aged IS. She lost her
sight and hearing at 4 years old and
and soon became dumb. She entered
the Amtriean asylum st Hartford at
the age OF 10, and stayed there until
twenty or twenty five years ago, when
she moTesi to Bloomfield. She vas one
of the early wonders Of the asylum With
Laura Bridgman. She could distin-
gnish the clothes Of different pupils by
the touch, and was regularly employed
to sort and put away the washing.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10

. Pointing out that there is one Prot
estant Evangelical church to every 57a
Of the population in the South, one to
every 1O001n the West, and one to every
5000 in the Northern cities, the Nash
Yille Christian Advocate pronounces il
q curious view Of the matter that in
duces our brethren in the North to ex.
pend = large amount Of money on the
South as 8 mission field. =
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Summer Dresses.

Pretty Summer Dresses are sent to the wash
tub with reluctance; nobody knows how they
will come out Of it First the laundress must
be cautioned not to hang them in the sun to dry,
Or all your precautions will be in vain, and
they must be hung up wrong side out, like all
other wearing apparel, 80 that passing dust
will not stick to the outer surface. Since soap
ruins some delicate colors have the summer
dresses washed with borax. This helps to re-
move soil and stains without removing the col
or also; it should be added to the water in the
proportion Of tablespoonful to a gallon of
water. Powdered borax may be purchased at
any drng store; it should be dissolved in very
hot water, For very delicate colors it is well
to dissolyea tablespoonful of alum in enough
lukewarm water to wet the dress thoroughly;
rinse it up and down several times, then rub
it gently in warm, not hot, suds; rinse thor
oughly in cold water into which you have put a
small handful Of salt; iron, if possible, before
it becomes dry; but if it should dry more
speedily thanyo expect, iron it under damp
cloth. Many of the fashionable fabrics now
used are intended to be rough-dried and SIM
ply pulled straight. Never use very hot starch
in colored dresses.-Phildelphi Ledger
Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10

Bismarck Is determined Germany
shall raise her own hogs, even If he haf
to take tho field himself :S{s
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FARM, FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
Farm Notes.

4
4 One Of the products Of Vermont is spruce
gum. One dealer in Bennington annually ships
L, GO pounds.
4 Nearly Il, 900 American cattle were last year
thrown from Atlantic steamships into the
ocean on account of exhaustion or injury.
California race horses have made their best
lime ct home, and have not equa1ed it when taken
10 the eastern turf The San Francisco Chroni-
Gle, therefore, concludes that Che cli:s2te is IS
well adapted to tho best development of the
thoroughbred horse as that Of Arabia or Bar
barry, and much better than that Of England,
Ireland, or any Of the Atlantic states,
That much Of our waste land may be- profit
ably used is shown by Mr. Joseph Harris in his
catalogue, who states that celery and cauli-
flower need very rich land and plenty of water,
and therefore, some Of our rich swamps, with
stream OF water through them, might be
easily conyertedinto favorable place for these
two vegetables. Celery can be set out as late
as the 1st OF August (
Don't work the horses whole day without
water Some in cask could easily be taken
along to the field for them. +
The eagerness with which cattle and sheep
seek shade from the midsummer sun, should
lead us to plant shade trees and otherwise to
provide shelter for them in the fields. -
A keg or bag Of charcoal kept in milk rooms
or cellars whore there is milk will be found ad-
vantageous, especially if the cellar is damp,
says the Indiana Farmer. The charcoal viii
absorb both dampness and odors from the air
and thus preserve the milk, in great measure,
from taint iaSA &s H. ;.
A correspondent Of the Indiana Farmer says
he has never known the following remedy to
fail to produce satisfactory results in garget or
dered iodide of potash, one ounce; powdered
camphor, one ounce; soft extract belladonna,
two drach1ns Oil amber, one ounce Mix to
form an ointment; rub wen twice day.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-10-10

81 Some Bavarian brewers have been
made to understand that the Govern.
ment does not mean that beer, the peo.
pies beverage. shall be adulterated with
impunity. Thirty three brewers have
2ately been condemned to pay fines
ranging from $50 to $3.50. and three
others were sent to Jail for eight months,
Emma Abbott, The singer, has reached
home after . tour cf Europe. She Is
now ab1s to Kiss q four o. fYe new
languages. y
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
Crushed Under Seventy Tons OF Steel.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 81.
An accident that resulted in the instant
death Of two men and the fatal injury of
another occurred this afternoon at the Linz
den street works in the Twenty-third Ward.
Thos. Liney, John Butler and John Roach,
laborers, were at work on platform load
ing bars Of steel, known as fish-plate, on
car on Siding. The platform was en- feet
high and supported seventy tons of metal.
Without moments warning the timbers
supporting one side gave way and the
was so unexpected that the men
had no time to save themselves,
but went down with the wreck,
and were buried under the mass Of steel.
A long time was consumed in removing
the immense weight, and when the unfor-
Inmates were extricated two Butler and
Liney) were found to be crushed almost
beyond recognition. Roach seemed to have
escaped serious injury, and much to the
surprise of everybody was able to walk to
his clearinghouse unaided. This evening,
however, he complained of severe internal
pains, and at last accounts was not expect
ed to recover. The platform has often been
more heavily loaded than to-day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
About Forgotten Baggage.

Twenty four wears 400 The consol;.
dated rosd rnnvs5 int r ,,ras.nt ISL
at Rr;ananort Seven -, reprs '1rs Iepos
when he denot was Of tba p fnnt -
Union street = trunk was rena;vas; With
a local check tn Rr;dgenort. rvhar ~.
road moved into tia nav da,,nt !. ,uas
taken along. and ever since Il has been !,
during these thirty years a care tn M
Dovle. In 1864 = man hro,,rh+ q +o1,l
chest. asked the nriyileoe sof laav;no r.
a few DAYS. and offered tn nav tho sfor.
ace in advance. hut Mr. H,,yle tS,id
him to wait till he called for the chest
The following wear a letter can,e fyou,
Alexandria, Va. wishing to have the.
box sent by express. but ON notifvino,
the owner of the refusal Of tha exnres9
company TO take the risk on acco1nt Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
Our Young Folks.
BOENLES VALENTINE.

vi
Bonnie got a valentine,
Gfy In colors blue and gold,
Butshe could not read 1t, for
Sic Is only four years old.
Soshe listened while mamma,
With smile, the verses read,
Apt until the very end
lot single word she said.
''Darest of dear little maids
fhis way ran the valentine,.
with red cheeks and f1axen hair,
Ind brown eyes that brightly shine,
Answering to many names
3frdie, Darling, Wee Wild Rose
Yau are sweeter, sweeter far
Than tho sweetest bud that grows.
Ten. with prettiest disdain.
Bonnie said: sAll that before
have heard fousand times 4f
Yes, a f0usand times, and more.
Great old valentine, / fink a@sfs''
And her lip began to curb,
''1elling fings girl has known
Ever since she's been grill"
s -Harglret Eyti,lge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
David Kemlo. of BROOKLYN, had

David Kemlo, of Brooklyn, had .
narrow escape from death by shooting
recently. His brother-in-law shot at
him, but the bullet passed through the
collar of his coat, struck his collar but
ton, SCATTERING it in pieces, and then
dropped down between his vest and
shirt. Brooklyn EdQle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
Edward Bentley. aped eleven vf

Edward Bentley. aged eleven years,
committed suicide at the residence Of
C. Dalton, near Corydon, Ind, recently
by shooting himself through the head.
It is stated that Dalton refused young
Bentley the privilege of 'seating at the
first table," and for this reason he shot
himself. -Isdianapozis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

"A petroleum well lately sunk IN the
Baku district of Russia promises to
surpass the most famous ..gushers'' of
this country. 1t is said to be yielding
from 1000 to 5000 barrels 3 day.
Pittsburgh Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

On the outskirts of Syracuse, N. Y,
lives man named John Murphy who
claims never to have ridden in any kind
of vehicle save wagon. Two years
ago his wife succeeded in getting him
on board train destined for neigh
boring village, but before it had started
he changed his mind and left the car. =
Syracuse Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

There is an institution at North
Andover Center known as the Ladies'
Book Club, which has fourished for
forty years. No males are admitted to
membership, and there is a fine of one
dollar for lending book to parties out
side.-- Bost0a Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
A child born in Boltol

"A child born in Bolton, Conn. .Ethe
other day has twelve toes, ten fingers
and two thumbs. The second child of
the same parents had two extra fingers,
the third three extra fingers and an ex-
ira toe, and the fourth two extra fingers,
which have been amputated.-Haryord
Ct
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

Seventy six Sing Sing conyicts hare
voluntarily entered the night school,
which is taught by one OF saeir number.
M 7. Sun I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

"A Mr.. Dialogue is President .. .she
Camden On. j. City Council.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

In lecture at the Lowell Institute,
Boston, Prof. Wood gave some very in
teresting details regarding the phe-
nomena of spider life. The female is
much larger and fiercer than the male,
who, whilst paying his addresses, is
constantly in state of danger. Three
different kinds of thread are spun by
spiders for their webs. A scientific ex-
perimenter once drew 3.480 yards of
thread or spider silk from the body of
a single spider. Silk may be woven of
spiders thread which is more glossy
and brilliant than that of the silk-Worm.
Boston Journal