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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17
Jersey, ana l. l.


Experts OF Apples los tAU Htrt I oils Apples very
dun 4 81, IN sfIg rom 7iOrc iu l'in wy
Dricas. there e wholesale tu-ucsa
porcL Arrivals thr docks ere hyhL but are s'il VITA
dtuitV and urged tr una het laH 10 uc uaricd
lower 30 Grapes extremely duh ana We =. IEc.Cls
Il god OF poor here Tor which idrr would accept
nuy rrL+n4IIIa au.h lots it o. Dol pu sod 20
4G4i6. Prime CalIwbt o, Fcry sony 90 = i'- ADD
fancy pt such might rliy exceed quotation.
Ciuberrs du az thc moment thn odd Uf.irr check
lug Of Town shipments aAd tr local trade bong uuiup'r
tan: Ifer- held uuUhHIseI 100 thr tone ~ u us cy
Florida an receipts light q -fIrt b. store
liru Fancy held firmly inferior stock father urgently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17
Dream Gteamers

= -.
ANCHOR LINE. IT, S. Mail Steamers,
"A NETWORK and GLASGOW, via DERRY
from Pier 90 North River, NeW.YOrk.
ETHIOPIA. Jan. 20, 8p. m. ASCHORIA.. feb g. D.
FURNEssIA-Jan- y, am: BOLIVIA Feb. 10, a M
Rates OF passaget
GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL BELFAST or LONDONDERRY.
Cabins $50 TO $50 Excursion tickets reduced
Second Cabin SO Steerage-Outward, &2S Prepaid $50
books OF Tours scotland" rates. plans &c. apply
HENDERSON BROTAERs, Agents Bowling GTeea.
BORDEAUX LINE.
- New and direct line 70 the South Of France
NETWORK AND BORDEAUX DIRECT.
CHATEAU LEOYILLE, 1000 t0nA sat. FEB. s. D.
CHATEAU LATTE. 1000 tons sa;. March g. IL a.
Travellers for France spain and Italy Pytennees Pau.
Nice &c, will time and expense by taxing this line
Cabin Including wine $50. STORAGE, S25 For passage
apply to -. =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17

Tbefolloying were the receipts and shipments al
and from Chicago and Milwaukee to-day
Reoelpt. Shipments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17
WHOLESALE PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Tor the week ending Jan. 10, 1873.
PEAS AND BEANS.

Reeeips for the weekBeans 1903 pEgs Peas 6l76 bush
Expots-Boans. 324 ukgs PoaA 800 bush Imports iot
bags There Is dull weak market ior
All kiI White Beans except White Kidney Mcn
are In ght stock steady or MARROW, e'pe cldy tue
cepts are quite LIBERAL and there some pressure 70 sell W
hear OF Of close TO 100 DDls Tor export AZ 20 W
board The iobbing trade Is very light Medium oneIng
freely at So So Pea entirely neglected lew ar
what Jhey - 30 is about all that oan Dc reaa;
Kidney held firmly. Turtle soup have Slgnuy hVanCeu
under little speculative demand. Foreign Beans nave ar
quite freely and the uncertainty rs 10 how many more
are on the a unsettled feeling Inc ne" h
ported Mediums mostly from Mediterranean ports are one
INC az Pea Beans generally hed ~
81 IS ~ 40 Green Peas selling only In ODDlg Way o
fered IN oar lots at 81 20. southern Black Eye hrmer
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
A Mother Killed by Sudden Joy.

Joy is said sometimes to kill out
right, though such cases are extremely
rare. A pefnc ly au hen ic and quite
recent ms. ance of such an Occurrences
may be worth reco ding. A certaik
Mime. Laroche, who kept little mer-
GERS shop in the Rue Oberkampi, in
Paris. had son who, when his turn
came for CONSUMPTION, unfortunately
drew !" bad number" and had to 60
as a marine t. Saigon, where he re-
manned for several months. He was
then transferred to Guadelonpe; but
the letter in which he announced tire
fact to his mosher never reached her.
She continued writing TO Saigon,
and, as her letters received no reply,
she fell INTO a state or profound de-
spair, ard conclu led that her son was
dead. Last Monday even ng, however,
the young man, having leave to return
to France, unexpe tedly presented
himself in his mothers shop and threw
himself into his mothers arms. The
poor woman, stup fed at his sudden
apparition, uttered cry of joy, when
all at once she reeled and fell dead to
the hoor.-St. James Gazette.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Statistics Of Metropolitan Life.

Over one-half of the l, so, 900 people
living in New York have their homes in
tenement-houses, says a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Record. If to this
number are dded those who live in
flats-which are tenement-houses Of a
comfortable sort-and in the stylish
apartment buildings, and those who
reside in the hotels, I'D if third re-
duction is made for those who share
house with one or two families, the
number of families who have an entire
house to themselves will be found to
be very small indie ed-Iiot one in ten.
son of the statistics of metropolitan
lie are very curious. For instance, we
pay $7,000,00J for our anus ments,
add it is supposed that our 10000
whiskey and beer SALONS gather in
three times as much money at the
least, while the item of education costs
us $4,000,000. The average of wages
paid in our manufactures is $424 a
year-or $l.37l a day--and if it were
not above the average paid elsewhere
it would be impossible to pay our high
rents. There is wide field for mis-
sionary operations here, for out Of
go 1876 children between the ages of
five and eighteen only 1885 attended
Sunday-school last year. Indeed, not
withstanding the efforts of public and
private churches and the work of
charitable societies land the amount
paid out in charity foots up over
S4,000,000), a ragged and reckless
army of 10000 children ran about the
streets without care or instruction.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


There is popular IDEA that almost
ANYTHING will do to feed pigs with-re
fuse If any kind eng thrOwn the piy
stye. The wisdom of this course was
illuStra ell in an action tried at the
SwindOn county court, England. Lord
BOilngbroSe'S head keep r kept pigs.
two OF which he sold through an agent
to man in the village in which he re-
sided. The tlesh-the pigs were sold
dead. by the carcass-appeared per-
fee " satisfactory, and was cured in a
manner which vas admitted to be
proper. but when converted into bacon
the pro luce had most extraor linary
Smellandappearance, resembling, to use
the language of some of the witne SEES.
the app asance and taste of tallow, and
when exposed to the air turned yellow.
1t was not disputed that the pigs were
w,ll fed, and it was proved that they
hal EN- fattened on barley meal. but
it WAS also admit ed that the paunch s
vi Il large number of RAJ b Is had been
thrown to them. the result being that
the H. h was impregna ell w t. the
pecU lar cd r attach ng to ra' bits and
gro n game g, nerallv. The learned
JUDGE was of the opin on that there
Ia teen no attempt to deceive him in
tn matter, that III owner of the pigs
had led them upon the superstition
III this Lind Of refuse W III / do them
NO harm. The re ult, howeve', proved
the contrary, and the purchaser was
ne Il: Ell for his loss by a verdict Of Ga,
being ahtN' half of the original price
r is ShW Id prove warn .ng to those
who enterta n the idea that any kind
Of foOd is lit for swine.-En. lsh Ea-
eheMqs.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

value received. Many scientists utterly
fail in their alb lily to impart to the
average reader the results Of their in
designations, however valuable from the
laboratory standpoint. Thus the last
report of the department of agricul-
ture contains this profound paragraph
in its discussion of the diseases Of do.
nestle animals: 1T hal long be u
noticed that the microphyte found in
infusions of old hay Bacillus subtilis)
was practically ind stingui liable from
the gum of malignant anthrax (Bacil-
lus anthracis) as seen I'm Ter the micro
scope. The most a,preciable di tine
ton was that the Ba illus subtilis of
old hay could be inoculated on the ami.
NAL system without any EVIL result
while incubation with the Bacillus
anthracis produced the deadly malig.
nant anthrax or malignant pustule.'
And yet the government is asked to
print and distribute 100000 copies OF
such matter for the benefit Of the
farming classes! What advice has the
department for the farmer who cam I
tell the difference between Bacillus
subtilis and Bacillus anthracisp Shlll
he buy a microscope or a Latin die.
tiOnary?"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Concerning Circns Performers.

In conversation with reporter Of
the st. Louis Post Dispatch a circus
mar aeer said:
The best gymnasts are Americans,
hut the best riders are English. Rob
inson and Fish are both wonderful
riders, al d both Americans, but they
ntver received that rudimental train.
ing that gives aft rw ard such grace
and pose to the English professional.
Mime. Eloise Dockril is unqu ,stionab.y
the greatest living rider. and draws q
salary of $50 week. TIE first lesson
a rider is taught is about the same as
t, at taught an a or, and for aught 1
know an opera singeT-that is, to
dance. They should be thorough ,lan-
GERS and masters OF motion before they
are placed on horse. The grelt1st
male Ri er is James Robinson; he re-
ceiv from $500 to $500 a week. The
greatest jockey rider is Frank Gar
diner. He is also the most celebrated
l aper. was present at Dubuque,
Iowa, in 1859 when, for the champion
ship belt and wager Of $50 with Mr..
Pat helder, he threw double somer-
san t over tLirty-twO horses. His
salary is $3.50 Or $500 a week. Gym
a,ts are numerous, some very good,
others the reverse. Didyou ask about
a triple somersaultp There are no
triple somei saulters; it never has leeB
dore. When any one tells You le con
trary, put him down for a. mistake
Two have tried it, but never lived to
II a';e second attempt. Yes, some are
well paid; some are not. Performers
good ones, of course-the hest. The
poorly paid men in the profession are
the agents and officers.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Pc haps This Was wig,ins, Theory.

Judge Buckley resided in Berlin,
across the river from Montpelier, vt.
One member of the judges family
swas son named Frank, who was
half witted fellow and queer in many
ways. In the summer of 1887 some
friends from New York came to visit
the Judge, and after stop of few
day. started on Saturday morning on
their way home. intending to stop over
Sunday with lends few miles down
the river. Frank h, ard the plans
talked over, and then said: Y on bet
ter not start; tn re is G ing to be
big storm that will carry all the
bridges away, and you will have to
come back"
The sky being cloudless the gentle
men laughed at Frank and drove off.
In the aftern on the storm b gan, and
all that Frank had predicted cane
true. One of the gentlen ea's curios-
ity was so excited ,hlt he returned
soon after the storm to learn, from
Frank, if possible, how he knew there
was to be such a storm. After much
coaxing, Frank promised if he would
come out with him he would tell.
Going out a few roGs from the
house 50 view could be had, Frank, in
his drawing way. said: q" You see that
balsam tree down in that swamp
holet"
The man said he did.
"Well," said Frank "when you SET
that old yaller COW stand licking her
tail round that balsam tree you may
know there is going to lie screamer
of storm. "-Letter to Boston Journal
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Origin OF "BOg1s.0

The State of Georgia has made Gu
rious and suggestive contribution to
the vocabula y Of the English lam
Quage. Webst RS dictionary gives the
definition of the word "bogus"-''spu-
rious: cant term, originally applied
to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting
anything counterfeit American J."
The word is of Georgia origin. Viii.
liam A. Bogus was Georgia land
lottery commissioner years ago,
caught in rascality in connection with
his Office. He was an issuer of fraudu-
lent land rights. 1t was curious that
this obscure Georgia scamp should have
furnished our vernacular with a genu-
inc name for everything spurious and
false.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

Recipes.
HoMTNY FRITTERs.-Beat three
eggs very light, add to the eggs half a
pint of milk, mix with a pint of cold
boiiel hom.ny, adding it gradually to
the hominy and stirring until all are
smoothly blended together. The bat er
should he thick enough to drop readily
from the spoon. A tablespoonful of
sugar may be added to the batter and
a little salt. Fry brown in boiling hot
lard or drippings, dropping it n by
the tablespot nful. Drain well and
serve as soon as cooked. To be eaten
with powdered sugar, maple syrup or
cream.
STEwED CoRNED BEEF Slice a
pound of cold corned beef; peel and
slice medium-sized onion, and fry it
light brown in tablespoonful of but
ter; as soon as the onion is brown put
with it a pint of tomatoes peeled and
sliced, either fresh or canned, the
corned beef and enough boiling water
to cover the meat; if okra is in season,
add one pint of it to the tom atoes and
beef. after washing it and cutting it in
thin slices. Season the stew palatably
with 81 t and pepper, and cook it gen
tly until the vegetables are tender.
Serve the stew hot on toast.
MILK SoUP.-Put the following in
gradients into saucepan and cock
them slowly for two hours; four
medium-sized potatoes peeled and
sliced. two medium-sized onions peeled
AID sliced, two stalks of celery washed
and cut in inch lengths, one small red
pepper, one tablespoonful of butter,
two teaspoonfuls of salt and two
quarts of boiling water. After boiling
the soup two hours, rub it through
fine sieve with potato masher wash
and wipe the saut epan return the
soup to it. add to it one pint of milk
and two tablespoonfuls of fine sage or
tapioca; place the saucepan over the
fire and stir the soup constantly until
the sage is transparent, which will lie
in from five to fifteen minutes, accord
ing to the size of its grains then
serve the soup at once.
MILK BIsCUIT.-Light and very
satisfactory milk biscuit are made from
this recipe: One-fourth of pound of
butter, one quart of lukewarm milk,
two wine glasses of yeast, half
teaspoonful of salt, with flour enough
to makea good firm dough. Stir flour
in the milk to make a stiff batter, then
add the yeast. Do til at evening. In
the morning, after melting the butter,
stir that in and knead in flour enough
to make stiff dough. Cover it over
in pan and let it rise till perfectly
light. When this is accomplished roll
It out until little over an inch thick,
cut out the biscuit, place them in shall
low baking-tins, and set them in
warm place to rise. When light
enough, pierce the top of each one
with fork; rub the top with the white
of an egg if you wish to have them
glossy. Bake in a quick oven.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
A Puzzle to the Doctors.

Maggie Kepple, the young woman
who abducted Lizzie Selden, little
girl, is puzzle not only to the physi-
clans but to her keepers in the Ray
mond street (Brooklyn) jail. A com
mission recently appoin ed to Inquire
into her men al condition failed to find
that she was insane. She is bel eyed
to suffer from that curious type of
insanity described by DR.. E. G. Spitzka
as "chronic mania with confusion Of
ideas, which exists without illusion,
hallucination or delusion." She is
thought to be confirmed klep.o-
maniac, as she is sill disposed to s cal
all that she Can lay hands on. When
DR. Lindridge visited her recently at
the jail he noticed that, as she was
about to leave the visitors room, she
picked up Bible from table and
was about to carry it off. He reminded
her that the book did not belong to
her. She replied, with an injured
manner, that she did not see why she
had not as good right to it as any
one else. The woman in charge of
her says that Maggie Kepple is so
absent-minded thai she will forget
that she has had her meals or that
she has washed her clothes; and al
though she is neat ABOUT her dress,
she will wash herself with the contents
of the cup from which she drinks.
There can be no question a, to her
insanity" says DIR. Land n Carter
Gray. "Her thieving tendencies are
but one of the many symptoms in
duced hy the underlying disease, in
this particular differing radically from
kleptomania pure and simple, in which
the tendency to theft is the only, or
almost the only, symptom of mental
alteration, and is of the nature of an
uncomfortable impulse. A case in
point is that of the Austrian govern
ment employe who stole nothing but
household utensils, filling with them
two rooms which he had hired for the
purpose, and never selling or using
any of them; or that of Victor
Amadeus king OF SARDINIA, who pill
fered small articles on every occasion;
or that of the wife Of tile celebrated
Gaubius, who, whenever she bought
anything, aso invariall y sto.e some
thing; or that of the PHYSICAL spoken
of by Lavater, who never left a pa
TENTS room without purloining some
thing; or that of the osher physician,
described by Marc, who had passion
for surreptitiyusly obtaining table
covers. Maggie Kepple presents
type of mens;l disease of which a
competent alienist could doubtless
find many other samples in our Grim
inal insti. utions. How much of her
conversation is unconscious lying and
how much is men al confusion it is
impossible to tell at any moment, be-
cause side by side with unquestion-
able mendacity is an equally unques.
tionable mental confusion which is
manifest in the very futility and sill
ness of the mendacity."-NeCo York
| Sun.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
FiresIde Amusements.

/. Take a tumbler and fill it nearly
full of water. Then insert lump OF
sugar in the water and continue to
stir it. In few minutes the sugar
becomes invisible.
2. Place candlesti k. with lighted
candle in it, in the m ddle Of table.
Mahogany is best, but deal will answer
the purpose. Place an extinguisher
uptn the candl :, and the apartment
will be left in total darkness, un-ess
there are other lights in it.
3. Take a kitten Zone Of a kindly
dispos. ton is p eferable), and place it
in your lap. Stroke it gently for a
few moments and the animal will be
distinctly heard to purr. This expert
ment may be varied by pinching its
tail, in which case it will spit and
Jump down.
4. Take a pair of scissors-the size
is immaterial. Obtain piece Of whit
OF brown paper, six inches long, and a
yard and half across. Snipit in two
You will find that no exertiOn OF
strength will enable you to jim the
several parts together ag lin.
5. Place the palms of your hands TO-
g ther crosswise, AMI holding them
somewhat loosely. strike them on your
knee A sound W Il be produced some
what resembling the ch.nk of mon y.
This is quite as good as having money
itSelf, which only leads to outlay and
extravaganza.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

The end of the 'y-folr'h year Of
the existence Of the Washington monu-
ment finds that massive pile dividing
spa, at the heieht Of $40 feet, and
with ambitious notions Of reaching
555 feet by the close Of 1884.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

The coffee blight seems to be ira
versing the globe. 1t has spread from
Ceylon ard the FIJI islands to Brazil,
where the l0ss is already so serious
that the minister of agriculture is
making every effort to discover a
means of stopping it. The product of
one of the lrgest plantations, which
in the past has regularly be more
than 200 tons annually, has fallen to
an insignifi ant amount. One theory
attributes the blight to minute para
sites at the root of the plant; another
to exhaustion of the soil through
neglect.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

Terrible stories are told by a CORE
spondent of the San Francisco Chroqai-
cle of the spread of leprosy in the
Hawaiian Islands. There is almost a
panic On these islands, and so malfg-
nant is the disease that a healthy per-
son will contract it from clothes
washed by person afflicted. There is
no cure for leprosy. 1t is a living
death tortured by innumerable sores.
The Chronicle goes the length of hint
ing that the disease may even be car
ri d in sugar packages, and calls for
interference on the part of the Unitel
States authorities.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Our Great Source OF WeaIth.

There were in the United States in
1880 4,0J9,9O7 farms, embracing 1884,
771,042 acres. Suppose there should
De equa t. lone acre mOrs" planted
in corn t, each farm, the result would
be, at forty bushels to the are, 160,-
000,00 bushe s. These figures serve
to show what farmers are, by little
extra effort, capable of accomplishing;
Number of farms. .......... 1905. OF
Improved land. 2S4, III ,0l2
Value of farms ..,..........S $40, ] Z, 0S6,7I6
Value of implements. ...... 406, h20,055
Value of live stock ........... l,5LO, 464, %
Value of farm products. ...... 2,2l?, 20, 50
There are millionaires in cit es and
rich merchants and manufacturers,
but the G eat wealth, and that which
do not Slit much and is reliable, lies
in our farms, and these, as we have al
ready said, are the basis of all our in
dus ries. 1t is business, too. that is
not likely TO be overdone, and never
had farmers Letter prospect
anea or greater inducem nts to plant
one acre more than in this year 1858.
-Ciacinnati C0mmegc Gi-tidzette.
Nine hundred bushels of corks are
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

hard and leave no space for the ad-
mission of air.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

Something concerning the nature of
the safeguards thrown around children
who are employed in the industries of
France may be gathered from notices
printed in LeJournal 0fciel. They
may not be employed in any fac DRY
where large quantities of dust or in
furious vapor are produced, nor on any
work on the roofs of houses or where
there would be risk of injury from
falls. Boys IN Ter sixteen years of age
and girls under eighteen are not al
lowed to be employed in rag-picking
and sorting, except in well-ventilated
apartments. There are restrictions
as to the weight Of leads that children
may wheel in trucks through streets or
factory yards.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14

Nine hundred bushels of corks are
produced daily ut Pittsburg.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14


Unexplored Australia still contains
prizes for enterprising travellers. The
great central desert theory, and many
other myths, have long been exploded,
but an immense area of country re-
m inns practically untrodden. In two
colon. es alone-South Australia and
Western Australia-there are upward
of800,000 square miles Of which lit e
or nothing is known, and in the north
ern peninsula of Queensland another
10000 square miles remain unexplored.
Mr.. Christie Palmerston, government
surveyor, has just opened up the table
lands between Herbcrton and the
Queensland coast. Hereports that this
highiy-favored region possesses flora
OF incredible luxuriance, broad sheets
Of water falling over high basaltic
precipices, and the richest soil in
Au ,tralia, and is inhabited by tribes
exhibiting characteristics which dis
tinguish them from the other natives
of Queensland. Some of them are said
to reside in scrub so dense that they
have never seen open country. They
are armed, not with spears. but with
wooden swords resembling in shape the
weapons which the Dyaks of Borneo
carry in their head-hunting expedi-
tiOnS