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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-23
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Onlce: No. IS Madison Street.
MENP HISS
tuesday Evening. nee. 25. 1873.
.~-opvTy GENERAL WILLIAMS.

Congress has adjourned for the holt
DAVIS. aud yet Williams is not confirmed
as Chief Justice. The Senate is not in
n hurry about it. OF all the men named
rs possible to ill the place, Williams is
least and last. It is said that fully half
his decisions as judge in an Iowa district
were reversed by the Supreme Court
He is not in any sense a great lawyer
statesman, or even politician, and 1t is
extremely doubtful whether he even
dreamed that such an honor would be
offered. The nomination was received
very coolly by the administration papers.
Very few of them have given it more
than a negative or taeit approval, while
the great majority of the journals that
have any influence upon public opinion
are outspoken against the confirmation
of Mr.. Williams. The Senators will lind
when they mingle with the bar OF the
country and the masses of Intelligent
thinkers a decided sentiment of opposi-
ton to such an appointment. Williams
has neither the ability nor experience
required for such a lofty position. Be-
sides. he is a politician of the modern
type, not entirely free from the contain
ination of railroad rings and subsldise
and has suddenly grown quite rich out
side of the regular income of his position
and profession. His claims are purely
political and personal. The Senate
will win the applause of the whole
country, regardless of party, by. re-
fasinr to confirm the appointment.
The opinion OF Attorney General
Williams, as published in full in the
morning papers in regard to the Vir-
piuius. we submit is a weak document
unworthy to emanate from such high
source. The language is meagre, the
propositions not clearly stated, his con
illusions not sustained by close, con-
nected reasoning. He admits that the
papers of the Virginius on their face
were regular, and that the required oath
had been made by Patterson, the osten-
sible American owner, but goes back OF
this to show from testimony that the YES
sci was really owned by Cubans. This is
question between the Government and
Patterson, but one into which Spain has
no right to inquire. The opinion is
weak document, written to suit the views
of Hamilton Fish, while at the same
time agreeable to Williams prejudice
against Captain Fry, an expatriated cltl-
zen. 1t was matter of expedieney
rather than legal wisdom. Hereafter
any vessel suspected of any irregularity
in her papers may be seized in the vicin-
ity of Cuba, and her officers, crew and
passengers shot without any insult to the
American flag, provided the vessel is
returned and proof submitted afterward
to show that the Spaniards had reason
to suspect the vessel. 1t is more than
ever evident that Williams is man of
small caliber and utterly unfit for seat
upon the Supreme bench.
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GAS Filter.
NOTICE.


Orr1cF WASHINGTON ETRE AND MAINE
ISsrnavcE 10. 81 Madison street.
mHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE WASH.
inrton Fire and Marine Insurance Com
napv are hereby notified that the calls Of
live per cent. made in August last. due and
uava6le. each. on the lst OF october and No
vember last. and suspended in consequence Of
the then prevailing epidemic, viii now be due
and payable al the Office Of the Company. az
follows Five per cent. between the lrt and
10Th Of January. and ist and luth of febru-
ary. 1874. dkO. W. L. CROOK sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-23

If you want to prepare your system
against yellow fever, use DR.. 6. A.
Buchignani's anti.bilious pills and lndo-
Americana Bitters. For sale at G..
Curtis & Co.'s drug store, No. 246 Main
street. IO9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-23

" A woman Las just died in Paris"
writes the correspondent Of the Figaro,
who was known as Refine Pomare.
She was called so on account Of her
magnificent head Of hair and her Creole
complexion. She was one OF the great
est dancers at Mabille, and was gener-
ally dressed in black and blue, with her
wrists and neck covered with jewelry.
She looked like an Indian Queen. A
Book was once written about her called
: A Journey Round Ponare, Queen Of
Mabilie, Princess Of Ranelagh, Grand
Duchesse Of the Chaumiere. By the
Grace Of Cancan, and other Cachuchas.
The volume was illustrated by portrait
Of Pomare, her autograph, seal and
rarter.n
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JAMES CoRwIN has received for Janu-
airy, Frank Leslie's, Demorest, Harpers,
Cooley, Peierson's, Boys of England,
Millinery and Dressmaker, Christmas
number Of Bow Bells, and all the late
weekly publications. New house that
Jack built, 2s34 Main street.
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DURING the holidays purchasers OF
one or more pounds of tea will receive
neat, pretty canister without extra
charge. Secure this present at once.
Teas are specially with US.
94t LYLE & SHIELDS, 2l8 Main st.
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The Washington Star tells the follow
ing story Of Hon. S. S. Cox, the ire
pressible Congressman from New York
city On Monday last Cox was more
than usually active, spurty and irrepres-
sible in the House. he was continu-
ally at the front, catching on the hy "
and rampaging around generally. Fl
nally. when the House came 10 an
agreement TO proceed with the debate on
the salary bill in twenty minute
speeches, Cox dispatched a page with
The following.
Dear Mr.. Speaker Put me down FOR
twenty minutes. S. S. c.
To which the Speaker replied;
Dear Cox, ] would be delighted If
could keep you down half that time.
J. G. B.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-23

JOE LooKE.-This enterprising news
man on Main, near the corner of Jeffer-
son street, has received all the Christ
mas periodicals, January magazines,
pictorials from all points, and daily pa
pers from Northern and Southern cities.
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

ny VIRTURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EA-
Is ecuted to me by william and John ID. 81
lott. dated July 10. 1872, and recorded in the
Register's Office Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
in Book No. Sc, page 493, and having been re-
auired BY the beneficiary TO execute the same
I will, on
Thursday, January 20, 1874,
Between u and o'clock ?; M. at the south
err gate Of Court Square. Memphis. Tenn.
scll for cash at public outcry, the, real estate
conveyed TO me by said trust deed ,described as
follows, 10 wit: All lying in the city OF Mem
mis-. county Of Shelby and State Of Tennessee ;
L,ots twenty-five t22) and twenty-three lZ5l,
In block 10. % Of the Battu-e addition to
Nemphis, each Of said lots fronting twenty
ave (25 feet on Water street, and running
hack 1is< feet to Promenade street, and also
Arc Elliott Block Of buildings thereon; and
aiso lots 50 and 81 lefty house numbers /;
fronting IS feet on the north side Of Beal
street. and running back $50 feet. Said
lots 81 and s. begin on north line Of Beal
erect 27IiS feel frem the east line Of Second
strcct; and also another lot on the corner Of
Ieffcrson and Promenade streets, being one Of
ne lots covered By said Elliott block Of build
Titles believed good, but I will ell and CON
vey AZ trustee. / 1871 w. IL. POsION.
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Election Notice.

TIME STOCKHOLDERS OF. THE WASH
pany are hereby notified that there will be an
election held for seven Directors, to serve for
twelve months, at the office Of the Company.
No. 81 Madison street, from am. to pm,
on January LIST, next, in accordance with the
bylaws and charter Of the Company.
g7-lO5 GEO. w. L.. CROOK, Sec'y.
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JEWELRY.
JEWELRG.
JEWELRY At PANIC PRIC 5,
At
August JOerss' Jswelry StOre
NO. aO2 Main street,
bet. Adams and Washinrtonl

NY LARGE AND WE'LL sELECTEn
VI stock Of JcWelry, consiEtinE Of Eo|I
gents and ladies watches, 10 carat, opefa
Nilsson. matinee and vest chains, coral. auI1
thysf and solid geld sets. bracelets. chars.
rings. blue cnamcied iuctctE. necklaces. etc..
viii be sold at nearly cost prices O. Fuit T.
times. Also. constantly on hand a large :.
lection Of jet aud faueT nra1s. cheaper thar
clseu here. aAIoLeI I0kkecs
E-1m
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CANDIDATES would do well 10 call at
the LEDGEE Office to have their cards
printsd-betier. cheaper and quicker
than Al any other Office in this city. I
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some extra fine goods will here be
offered. as the stock must be closed
outfn thirty days. SGT
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NOTICE.

Furs, dress goods, black and col.
ored aIpacss, notions, ladies' and
gents underwear and large stock
OF dry goods will be closed out at
a great sacrifice at
oR0 nFat. gfraaf
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TURKEYS, OYSTERS AND FISH
FOR CHRISTMAS,
VICTOR FUCHS,
Al Jefferson street.

Victor will have 81 lendid stock of
turkeys for Christmas. If his patrons
desire it, Victor will anticipate their
orders, and hold turkeys in reserve for
them. Leave your orders. SO
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NOTICE,

A large stock of dress goods,
linens, eIOaks and shawIs will be
sold at sacrifice for the next
thirty days at
SGT 800 Matn streei.
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LADIES' GOLD AND CORAL SETS,
IA carat watch chains. bracelets.
sIeevebattOns, AZ panic prices, 2O2
Mafa street. between Washington
and Adams. o
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G. REDER, carpenter shop, II Wash
ington street. lOo
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opera esaIns. amthyst rings NJ
paute prIeea, see uain street. be-
tween wa.hIarton and Adams. %
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New rubber star-bracelets, 81 per pair,
at the Jet Palace ZIG
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P. G. Bigley has opened his coal office
at % South Court street, and is prepared
to furnish the best article at reasonable
prices. III
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" you would enjoy the game Of bill
lard, play onWillsits small tables 1857
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To Tnose VINO Indulge.

ATTENTION is called to the Jet Palace
ll6
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SnIIn GnLn IEMELRY.

CHRISTMAS trees and decorations at
Craigs. 379 Main street. 81
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No ONE would play on the large tables
after trying those small ones at Willetts.
OFT
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watches aud chains, at panic pr.
oes Rt 2O2 Main street, between
Washington and Adams. Qs
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ELECTIONS.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

MEMPHIS Cry SCHOOLS.
December 23d, 1873.
TN PURSUANCE OF THE CHARTER OF
i the Memphis City Schools, notice IS hereby
given that an election will be held by the
Sheriff of Shelby county. in the several Wards
of the city of Memphis, on the first Thursday
in January. 1874. at the same time will the
election Of city officers, to elect one member OF
said Board of Education from each Ward, in
place of those whose terms then expire.
CHAS. KORTRECHT,
e7-99 President Of Board of Education.
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H. seessel, ST., & Sons have just re-
ceived from Kentucky ten extra hne
cattle. ten extra fine sheep also, one
fine live bear (now on exhibition at our
Jefferson street store) and 200 choice
turkevs al Of which will be ready for
The coming holidays. They have also
choice spiced rounds, etc. Person,
wishing anything in our line should can
ea-lv ana secure nice selections.
II. SEEssEI., 81. a Sons,
y JeferEon. cor. Third. ana 10y MAIN ~
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FRESH OYSTERS.

At panic prices, at Victor ID.
Fuchs'. No. Al Jefferson street. 7St
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EvEErpoDr plays billiards at willeii''
- 95t
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ELECTION.
Election Of Directors.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF MEMPHIS,
December IS, 1873. :
STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS BANK ARE
- hereby notified that an election o. nine
Directors, for the ensuing twelve months, will
be held at this Office, No. ~ Main street, on
to pm.
q0-l08 W. g. MCCLURE, Cashier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-23

Go AND see those small tables at Will
let's. 95T
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Corwin offers superior inducements.
He has a stock of the finest liquors, and
his apartments are so arranged that gen
tlemen and their friends may sit, sip and
converse in private, free from intruders.
No better wines, liquors or cigars can be
found in the city than those kept by Cor
win in his cosy saloon, underneath his
famous restaurant, corner Of Madison
and Second streets. l54
The only complete stock Of Jet at the
Jet Palace. ITO
HAVE you played on those small tables
at Willett's2 Sol
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GOOD LUM p

NO. 3 MADISON srRBET
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For shell and can OYSTERS, go q
Felix FransIOIi's, 202 Front &C. S.
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THY TIL L

JET PALACE sells goods very low. ll6
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4 Jsasuon. cor. third. and l's Main 81
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
America and g1gIand in the IrOr
. ia rgN Trade. rff fr.4t.l...

The interest," OF our city seems now peculiarly c. n
nected with the iron and cosls trade aud leyery
change which affects these two great leading pro-
ducts will affect citizens financially. Thsprob
ability that this country viii be called on TO sup
ply the great shops aud ship yards Of Eaglanu
with part of the iron. they consume is beginning
to be regarded as one Of the certain events of the
near future. riif sA 81 r li.
2 Evidence accumuates TO show that the current
of opinion oil the British iron trade 5aFoTs the be-
lief that the supremacy III the production Of iron
must inevitably be transferred to the United States
We have given some strong testimonials on this
point, says the Baltimore Gazette, and we have
now to add something more official, being the
statements contained in anaddress delivered before
the English Iron and Steel Institute, at the annu-
al meeting recentlyheld in Lendonp by the Presi-
dent, J. Latham Bell. This gentleman said that a
time was rapidly approaching in EnglandIwhe
any extention of manufacturing operations
would have to be regulated, not by the re-
qurements of society for their produce, but by tho
available supply Of coal, and that at the present
rate of increase the total product of iron tenyears
hence would be 1l,5OO0OO tons, requiring 65, ,OOO,
900 tons Of COAL or nearly double the present con-
sumption. 1t being apparent that the British coal
product will not admit Of any such consumption,
it would seem to be clear that England must uti-
mately import from the United States either
supply OF iron or coal The supply Of either from
Continental Europe Mr. Bell regarded as iinnited,
and, therefore, not to be leaked to in an emergen
cy, and the final reliance must bs on the "immense
and undoubted resources of the western lemis-
phere," in regard to which he further says din
Of the finest description the resources Of the Unit
ed States are unlimited, while regards coal our
own wealth in comparison is but poverty Cd '.
The crisis in the British iron trade came ab sud
denly as the panic on tho Vienna Bourse Before
the reduction of the American iron duties every
body supposed the resources Of England in coal
and iron to be inexhaustibe, and the British iron
masters were fierce aud dominant in all the worlds
markets. But no sooner were our iron duties re-
ducad and the rush of American orders over
whelmed the English trade, than coal panic en-
sued, and the iron trade itself was embarrassed
both for fuel and labor, and prices went up in a
way that had never before been known. The total
inadequacy OF the British iron trade to supply the
very market it had been seeking to monopolise
was painfully manifest, and the American produc-
ton, against which such incesslns hostility had
ragged, became, in fact, the principal reliance for
the relief Of the pressure
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

tef ah eightt-miie ride into Mexico, killing 10
warriors and Woundlng as many more, and cap
turing forty sauaWs, will probably decide the
question Of policing the border pretty enectn1
ally lf the Mexican government protests y
must at the same time admitits negligence or
Its inability to prevent the incaTsions Of sava-
ges into our territory. Ii the feelings FOR var
extends beyond the line of the Rio Grande
Mexico will find that another humiliation
Is in store for it at the hands Of the United
States.
The punishment of the KickapOOs Is simply
an act Of police justice, which United states
officer undertook, seeing the imp0sslbllity OF
OBJ tanning redress by applying to the Mexican.
government. That some shots were fired at
the troops while TecrOssing the Rio Gfande
with their prisoners must not be taken aB the
act OF the Mexican government. The inhabi.
tants Of the Mexican bolder In that vicinicy
citizens, alead0s and all, are VIGOROUSLY IN
league with the savage and civilized cattle
thieves. Their appeals to national pride on
the ground Of violated territory are perfectly
comprehensive. Excise officers nearer home
have it in their experience that every inhabi-
tant hurled brickbat when certain low quar-
tors were visited for tho purpose of destroying
an Illicit rum still. Ifthe national pride OF
Mexico inspires sensible action it will induce
the government to clean out the bands OF pre-
datOry Sayages who make Mexico their.nest,
and maintain force on the border competent
to capture and willing to surrender the muir
dereTs and robbers who fly thither with their
booty. We are not sanguine that this will be
theiresult but we applaud the dashing imam
ner in which Gen. Mckenzie has shown them
how we can do it for them.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

The negro vote of the South was the bolt aud
bar of the Republican party to keep the white
Democratic majority of the nation from controll-
ing Its government How is the black ally of
the Northern Republican citizen prospering and
how is he fitting himself for his civic duties p
Not one nigger out of a thousand in all Alabama
has yet paida cent of tax The most easy form
of homestead was offered them in the Govern
ment public lands The niger squats here or
there and don't comply with the requirements OF
the law, and don't get his land or found his home
But the Southern niger is a competent judge of
Republican craftsmanship, Trust him to vote
the Protectionist ticket. His mind dilates natu-
rally and easily to the grasping of fthot benefcient
polity.-N Y. World.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
From the New York Herald. ......t
An Army lncursIon into M Msxlco.

SHARP PUNISHMENT OF THE KIoKAPoos-BoRDER
B. VI tEi 2 iiFf WAR. tfYb.I |fl3 .r4
The HERALD special dispatches from San Anto-
MIC, texas, gives us the intelligence of au affair
which will doubtless bring our border relations
! with Mexico into prominence. The Kickapoo In
dams have long pursued their savage career of
murder and robbery along the TexIs side of the
Rio Grahde, and have always hitherto found
perfect asylum in Mexico The state Of terror con-
sequent on these savage Vsitations can only be
and horses are at their mercy, and the lives and
homes Of the settlers exist only by special Tprovi-
dence. Our duth TO the daring pioneers who make
sist that adequate protection shall beextended to
them. The Kickapoo Indians are not alone in this
work The Comhnches Lipans aud Kiowas take
a hand in the profitable employment when oppor-
tunity offers. Nor are the half-breed and white
Mexicans of the border themselves 10th to kratifV
their passion for other peoples property Whsn the
way seems clear for escape. The MEXICAN gov
ernment whatever its inclination, has repeatedly
proved itself incapable of restraining its cow steal
ing citizens from their raids into Texas or of hunt
ing down the savages who make MeSico their
headquarters for planning depredations aud dis
posing Of their plunder. ia t-ftr
With this state Of things premised we can
we'll understadd that the action Of General
Mckenzie, as elsewhere set forth, will be cor
daily approved BY the people Of the United
States. That it viii receive the endorsement
of the Executive OF the United States we can as
confidently believe. The ride of the four hun
dred troopers of Uucle Sam, who whipped the
Kickap0os near the Santa Rosa mourtana af-
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

PARDoNED.- Governor Dix has parlOnea the
notorious Mrs. q. Il. Vrceland. She was serving
out a sentence of four years, imposed upon her
in this city on June 2S, 1870, for assaulung q
Dowlings court, and attempting TO stab him.--
She had charged Schroeder with scducing her
daughter, and on his aequittal made an attack
upon him. The pardon was granted by Cover
nor Dix "on conCfitiOn that she leaves the State
and STAYS ont of the State unless for the temporary
purpose of passing through the State" This
woman was previously noted for her connection
with a divorce s1t In New Jersey. s
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

Governor Dix's veto of the New York '9oeal
option" bill seems to give general satisfaction to
the metropolitan press, and to many papers out
side of the State. The Newark Journal in dis
clssing the subject, says i'Good Republican, or
say, has met this matter fairly, squarely, sensibly
and herocally. We think it likely that in many
communities large majority of the people might,
il they believed in its efficacy strong restraint
against intemperance, vote for prohibition Of spr-
ituous liquors, but who are utterly opposed to the
belief that any set of citizens have right to de-
clare that another class of citizens shall not drink
glass Of beer ale porter cider, if they SO
elect. 41.f 81 .. t5. .i#6.t
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

The Republican conventions are determined to
stigmatize the salary-grab. We trust their pure
minds will note the fact that General Grant might
have stopped it with wish, but he took S1OO, 900
and bade the salary grab God-speed
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
NEW aGROCERY STORE
s.W. Cor. Fourth ana Market ST..
WILMINGTON. DEL.

EsFSA The undersigned respectfully an-E5YN
HiFnOunces to his old friends and thefzA54SI
dHlS public generally that he has cOmplet-
NM8e ed his new store, and aso pened with d stock
Of fine new and fresh .ss
GROCERIES, SUGARS AND MOLASSES,
Lowering crushed gTanulated and pulVerized Sugars
!" soft, white and coffee sugars,
Syrup, and all kinds of Molasees,
Old Government Java Coffee, Laguira, MaficaibO,
Rio, Green and Roasted Coffee the finest Black and
dreen Teas, White and Red Wheat Family! Flour.
all kinds Of Canned Fruits, French and English
Mustard, Pure Olive Oil, Walnut, Mushroom and
Tomato Catsup, English and American Pickles, Jol-
lies Cheese, Fresh Roll Butter, Bakers COcDa and
Chocolate. Vermacelli Macaroni, Washing Soap Ia
great variety, Toilet Soap. Silver Gloss Starch Our
fafis, Raisins, Citron, Atmere's Mince Meat Dried
Peaches and Apples, CranbeFmes, Brooms. Tainted
Buckets Brushes, Sperm. Adamantine and TalioW
Candles, and all articles usually kept in well as
sorted Grocery Store. Call and examine my stock.
8-1v JAMES CRIPPEN,