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A PrecOciOus Prisoner.

Bangor Me.) Whig.l
The Thomaston Herald relates a
case of attempted poisoning which
took place recently at Tenants Har-
Dor. Miss Caddie Wall, the would be
%poisoner, is about fifteen years of age.
1t seems that she conceived a girlish
affection for a young mar who did not
reciprocate, but preferred Caddie's
cousin. This aroused Caddie's ieal-
ousy, and she determined to put her
cousin out Of the way. She at first in
tended to accomplish Ter purpose with
arsenic, and made many inquiries CON
corning Its properties. Finding, how
ever, that she could not obtain il
without a physicians prescription, she
had to abandon the dea of using this
poison. She next turned her attention
to sugar of lead, and finding it was
frequently used for sore eyes went to a
drugstore and obtained a quantity on
the pretense that she wanted ii
for this purpose. On the even
ing of December 6 she at
tended some sort of a sociable
and there found her victim. Calling
her to one side she gave her the sugar
of lead, saying "A fellow gave me
this candy and told me to take half OF
it and give you the other half" The
young girl, with the intention of eat
ing it, put it too her mouth, when its
peculiar odor arrested her attention,
and she told Caddie that she could
not eat such stuff as that. Caddie
told her to put some cloves with it
and then eat it, but the girl wrapped
it up and put it in her pocket. When
she got home she showed it to her
mother, who told her not to eat it,
and the next day took it to the drug
gist to see what it was. The latter
pronounced it sugar Of lead, and said
that he had sold it to Caddie Wall.
Caddie was then called upon to ex-
plain, when she said that she had
bought it for a neighbor with sore
eyes, but investigation discovered no
neighbor with any trouble with the
eyes. An attempt was made to hush
up the affair and Caddie was not ar
rested.
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- Cents, Fridays Oysters,
At Farrell's. 1856 Main st. q
ADJUSTMENTS.

MEMPHIS THEATER. - The part Of
Juliet" in Shakspeare's tragic and ro-
mantle love story is one in which Miss
Mary Anderson has achieved some OF her
greatest triumphs. 1t was as Juliet "
that she carried the critics in New
York and other Eastern cities, where
there we're many who appeared
inclined to receive her with GOODNESS, but
whore, instead, she won the warmest
recognition to histrionic greatness. Miss
Anderson performed this interesting char
acter to a good audience at the Memphis
Theater last night, and she enacted her
part with that spirit and strength that
proves a gradual approach to perfection.
Her audience, which in the face Of the e1-
treme cold weather was a very compli-
mentary one, exhibited the same enthusi-
asm that has been shown throughout the
past weeks engagement.
Tonight Miss Anderson will enact the
part Of Julia" in the H~uRchback, a char
acter in which she appears for the first
time here. II will be handled with skill
by so beautiful and gifted an actress. To-
morrow afternoon Miss Anderson will also
appear as Julia and in the evening
her farewell appearance will be as "Par-
thsnia" in Ingomar, the Barbarian.
Monday night Of next week Joseph
Murphy will begin a weeks engagement
in his favorite play Of Kerry Cow. Ofiti
merits tho Galveston News in a late issu,
says;
The play is simple enough in It's plot
and natural enough in its incidents 10 70
quire no thinking to follow the one, and
present no awkward imp~ossibilities 10 de-
tract from the enjoyment Of the other
Dan O'Hara, like a genuine irish boy
falls in love with Nora Drew. a pretty CIR.
who, like a genuine Irish girl, heartily re.
ciprocates. Valentine Hay, the villain Of
the story, falls in love, too, 10 tho best o
his ability, and neither Nora nor anybody
else reeiprocates. He throws every OBJ.
ltacle in Dams way, but they are sur.
mounted, one after the other. He get
Nora's father in his power by tn,
somewhat threadbare device of mortgag,
which the old gentleman cannot meet, buI
in the nick Of time, after the orthodox
fashion, Nora's brother enters the seen,
with the necessary ducats. Nora and Oar
are saved, Hay and his satellite are carried
of TO prison, and everybody is happy
Though the Mot is not intricate. on II Az,
strung many brilliant flashes Of real wit
gems Of conversation and pretty surprises
which stamp the author, Mr.. Fred Mars
den, as a playwright Of no little ability
The piece has nothing whatever Of Thu
naughty but nice" connected with Il
There Is nothing vulgar, nothing coars,
about il. Its sentiment throughout is en-
nobling; no glamour is thrown over vice
In a word, II is unobjectionable. II i
! laughable but pure.
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A Treasury Violin.

Gaspar da Salo, the only violin
maker who can be called the equal Of
Joseph Guanerius, lived and worked
in the commencement of the sixteenth
century. He had made a violin with
so much care and was himself so satis-
fed with his work, that he desired
Benvenuto Cellini to carve the neck.
The head of the instrument is formed
by a lovely cherub's face, which is
supported by a smaller head and bust
of a maiden, the features being of ex-
quisite workmanship. The rest of the
neck is most beautifully cut and
gilded, and the colors are clear and
bright, though they are now over 300
years old, as the instrument was made
in 1882. The wood from which Gas
par da Salo chose his materials grew
on the mountains between Breseia and
Verona, where it was so finely de-
veloped by the even temperature pre-
vailing there, that the veins of the
wood are exactly an even distance
apart. The mountains near Brescia
are entirely denuded of trees. 1t is
impossible to find such wood else
where, and the instruments of this
master are unique in this respect and
cannot be initiated.
Cardinal Adebrandini bought Gas
par da Salo's and Benvenuto Cellini's
violin for three thousand ducats, and
presented it to the treasury of Inn
spruck, from which it got its name Of
the Treasury Violin" which it has
since retained.
When Innspruck was invaded by
the French in 1909 it came into the
possession of a soldier who rave it
over to Rhaezek for the insignificant
sum of four hundred gulden.
In 1899 Ole Bull visited Rhaezek,
saw the violin, and bid all he possessed
for the instrument, offering as well the
proceeds of the concerts he was then
giving in Vienna. "Give M a fourth
part of Vienna and then we will see"
was Rhaezek's reply. But he promised
the artist if he ever parted with it he
should have the preference.
Two years later, in Leipsic, List
and Mendelssohn were dining with
Ole Bull, and while they sat at table
the servant brought in an envelope
bearing a great seal, which the host
put one side.
"Open your letter" cried List,
" it has a large seal and may be i'm.
portant." 1t proved to be from TIE
son of Rhaezek, and impaired the
news Of his fathers death, and that
a clause of his will directed that
the treasury violin should be sent to
Ole Bull" The delighted artist ibid
the good news to his friends. What
a wonderful violin it must be to cost
so much money! said Mendelssohn,
We must play the Kreutser Sonata
together the first time you use it in
public" When the instrument came
it was found that there was no bar in
it, and it had, therefore, never been
played upon. AS 0 as possible it.
was put in order, and, as mendeissohm
had suggested, it was ~conseorated tN
art by the playing of BeethovenYs
Sonata. Its tone was found To bo
worthy of its great beauty. Ole Bull
played upon this violin a few evenings
since at the poet Longfellow's house,
in Cambridge.
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Empress and Minister.

A correspondents at Washington says
one of the most interesting dispatches
which the late Bayard Taylor sent
from Berlin was that written on the
LIST of July describing the visit of
President Grant to the German CAPT
toll. The emperor, owing to his then
recent wound, was unable to receive
anyone, and the empress felt bound for
that reason to maintain her privacy in
the palace. But the empress sent for
Mr.. Taylor, who described the inter-
terview in the following words:
From the absence of certain Gus
tomary formalities on reaching the
palace, and the quiet manner of my
reception, | suspect that that it was
meant to be private quite as much as
official. The empress took occasion
to express to me the emperor's In
terest in General Grants history,
his desire to meet him personally
and his great regret that this was
now impossible. Her words and man
ner implied an authorization that |
repeat these expressions to General
Grant. She then spoke very freely
and feelingly of the disturbances oc.
casioned by the distress of the labor
ing classes, declared her belief that a
period of peace would be the best
remedy, and finally said The en-
peror should see you to-day. He has
the peace of the world at heart, and
he desires nothing so much as the es-
adjustment of friendship between
nations. | ask you to make it your
task to promote the existing friend
ship between your country and ours.
You cannot do a better work, and we
shall most heartily unite with you in
doing it. This is the emperor mes.
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HOEORs TO H DEAD.
Funeral Of the Late Judge Smlth---The
Ceremonies at Calvary Church,
Etc, Etc.

The funeral Of the late Judge Henry G.
Smith took place this forenoon at II
o'clock from Calvary Church, the remain;
having been conveyed from the late resi-
dence OF the deceased, near the r Of
Fourth on Madison street. The Right
Rev. Bishop Quintard and the very Rev,
George White otHciated. The church was
crowded to its capacity with friends and
relatives of the deceased.
The pall-bearers on the sad occasion
were Messrs. Archibald Wright, W. Y.
Q. Humes, R. j. Morgan, L. D. McKis-
sick, Henry T. Elicit, Jacob Thompson, @,
F. Vance, Hosea Townsend, @. ". HE'S
kell, 7. w. Brown, B. M. Estes, George
CAN'T. These gentlemen met at the resi-
dence of the deceased and escorted the re-
mains to the church.
A committee to prepare resolutions ex-
pressive Of the character of the late Judge
Smith, appointed yesterday, reported at
the Law Library rooms this forenoon at
10 o'clock. The following gentlemen
served on the committee: Messrs. W. Y.
Q. Humes, B. M. Estes, T. W. Brown, s.
P. Walker and ]. +. Bigelow. This COM
mittee is to report at a meeting Of other
committees, at the rooms Of the Law Lii
brary on tomorrow.
The members of the bar Of Memphis
met at the Office Of Humes & Poston on
Court street, and went from there to the
funeral services in a body.
The services at the church we're closed
shortly after noon to-day, after which the
funeral cortege moved up Adams to Main,
and thence out to Elmwood, where the
remains Of the departed were laid to rest
in the family lot. In spite Of the in
tensely cold weather, a large number Of
people attended the obsequies.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY.
At the meeting of the bar held yester-
day to take action on the death of Judge
Smith, the death of the late Judge Win
chester was also considered-Judge A.
Wright speaking of him as a man Of high
toned honor, and one Of the truest of
public men. He also delivered a feeling
eulogy on the life and character Of the
late Henry G.. Smith.
1t was decided at the Law Library AS
ISOLATION meeting to drapo the law library
rooms with Grape, the same to continue
thirty days, in honor of the lamented
dead. Messrs, D. E. Myers, A. f. Dix
and E. L. Belcher we're appointed to carry
out the design.
During the bar proceedings yesterday
Colonel W. T. Avery delivered an adj
dress in relation to Judge Smith, in
which he said he had first known HIM
forty years ago, when he was a practicing
lawyer at Somerville, Tenn. He was then
on terms Of intimacy with Judge Smith,
and during all Of his long career since he
has known Of no circumstance that could
possibly tarnish his spotless escutcheon.
He was a man Of no ordinary character, q
protested %jurist, an able lawyer, an upright
Judge and a good citizen. Mr.. Avery
eulogy was a fitting expression Of the high
opinion he entertained for the noble de
ceased, and at the conclusion Of his re
marks, which were quite lengthy, he re.
ceiyed numerous compliments for theii
eloquence and appropriateness.
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Mr.. James NJ. Xix, a well known dry
goods salesman Of the city, was married
yesterday by Rev. Eugene Daniels TO Miss
Mabel Deyer, Of st. Louis. The happy
couple held a reception during the eve
ming at the residence of Mr.. j. @. Oates
They will continue TO reside here.
Rev. DIR. Dalzell, Of Shreveport, one Of
the heroes Of the late plague who by hii
noble and disinterested succor daring that
dark hour, has reached the city, and will
preach in Grace church Sunday morning
at II o'clock.
j. n. Harris, A. L. Glenn and j. N
Crenshaw, all Of Tennessee, we're visitor
at tho Cotton Exchange.
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HE wouldn't stay to dinner when he
was asked, and the reason was that he had
no appetite and thought hat il he stayed
and didn'teat his friend would be fended.
Then, he wal troubled with indigestion,
too, and had to be very careful about his
food. He ought TO use Reeds Gilt Edge
Tonic. A wine-glassful three times a day
will effect a swift and certain cure in all
cases Of Indigestion, dyspepsia. and all
complaints arising from a disordered
stomach.
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sage to you, and he asked me to give
it to you in his name as we'll as nv
own, She bowed and left me.
The deep, earnest, pathetic tones
Of her voice impressed me profoundly.
| kept her words carefully in my mem
DRY, and have repeated them with only
such changes as the translation makes
nanas sarvN
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aROcERIEs.
THE WHITE SWAN
Look Out for Bargains

Extra fine Oranges-hne for shipping
Extra fine Apples-ine for shipping
Extra layer Figs-in boxes.
Choice Malaga GraPes-in barrels
and kegs.
Larabee's Celebrated Crackers
AtmOre's Plum Pudding.
AtmOre's Mince Meat-in barrels and
buckets.
Extra fine LeghOrn CitrOn.
Extra fine Deheisa Raisins.
Extra fine London Raisins.
Extr fine seedIess Raisins.
French Mixed and stick Candy.
Extra fine French Prunes.
Choice Peach and Apple Butter.
sweet Clder-barrels, halt-barrels, kegs.
Genuine Maple Syrup.
Genuine Maple Sugar.
Assorted Nuts, CuFrnnts, Jelly,
Preserves, COcoanuts, and the
WHITE SWAN FLOUR, which,
for making Cakes, Light Bread,
Light Rolls, etc, together with
the prices, has NO equal In the
city.
Bn-Having a large stock Of the above goods
on haaa, and rather than risk carrying any of
them over, we are determined TO meet the
hard times and sell at the lowest cash basis.
Close buyers and economists are invited to
call and see that we are prepared to make
ton guaFanteed in every instance on money
refunded. I@u
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Among all famous literary folks les,

Among all famous literary folks Tess
has been known Of the personality of
Miss Evanston it appears there is no
legal ground for calling ner Mrs.
Lewes-than Of almost airy other. a.
recent sketch in an English periodicsl
says that she is the daughter of the
late Mr., Robert Evans, bailif to Lord.
Howe and Sir Roger N~ewdegate. at
Cetow, in WNrwickshire, and brother.
to Mr., Ishac p. Evans, =" who now
holds the SAME position" So George
Eliot comes from a locality very
near the home Of Shakespeare.
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GALVESTON, January 3.-Cotton steady;
middling, &c; receipts to-day, 248l bales;
stock, 1929 bales sales, 1860 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, January 3.-Cotton re-
ceipts to-day, IL, 1866 bales. Cotton closed
last evening strong; ordinary, Sc; good
ordinary, SIC; low middling, SIC; mid
ding, 9hSi middling 9%c.
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MCCARTHY.
AT e35 MAIN GTREET.

Has just received an elegant line of new
style neck-wear, silk handkerchief, and
the very latest in collars and cuffs. My
stock Of shirts and underwear is complete.
LOW PRICES FOR FINE
9St GOODS Is MY MOTTO.
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In the LEDGER job office can be found
competent, skillhul, and tasteful printers,
who car give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job printins. 128t
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QUERY: why will men smoke COM
mon tobacco when they can buy Marburg
Bros Seal Of North Carolina at the
same price" Teod-xxvii-146
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Type for Sale.

Type for Sale.
A font of 800 pounds long primer, in
good condition, with all necessary Sorts
used about one year; suitable for a country
Office. For sale cheap by Immediate
application to this Office. a-t
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Colonel Fred Grants wife is de-
scribed by a correspondent of the
Cheyenne Leader as "a graceful en-
tertainer, of whom Chicago is very
fond
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Oranges, ~raisins, 1gs, nuts,
sweet cider, AtmOre's minee
meat, apple butter, choice APP
pies, eurrants, Prunes, peeled
peaches, pitted cherries, fancy
candies, mixed or plain pickles
and ehOw-ehOw by the gallon
choice creamery butter.
BUCKHAM & CAMPBELL, so BeaI st.
94t
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h CURE FOR GOSSIP.
A Vice that Is WeII-Nlgh UNIVERSAL.
Culture the Only Sure AntidOte.

Everybody must talk about some
thing. The poor fellow who was told
not to talk for fear that the people
would find out that he was a fool.
made nothing by the experiment. He
was considered a fool because he did
not talk on some subject or other.
Everybody must have something to
say, or give up society. OF course
the topics of conversation will relate
to the subjects of knowledge. If a
man is interested in science he will
talk about science. If he is an en-
thusiast in art he will talk about art.
If he is familiar with literature, and
is an intelligent and persistent reader,
he will naturally bring forward lite
rary topics in his conversation. So
with social and religious questions.
Out Of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh." That of which
the mind is full, that with which it is
furnished, will come out in expression.
The very simple reason why the
world is full Of gossip is that those
who indulge in it have nothing else in
them. They must interest themselves
in something. They know nothing
but what they learn from day to day
in intercourse with and observation Of
their neighbors. What these neigh
bors do, what they do say, what hap
pens to them in their social and bust
ness affairs, what they wear, these be-
come the questions of supreme inter
est. The personal and social life
around them-this is the book under
constant perusal, and out of this
comes that pestiferous conversation
which we call gossip. The world is
full of it, and in a million house,, all
over the country, nothing is talked Of
but the personal affairs Of neighbors.
What is the cure for gossip? Sim
ply culture. There is a great deal Of
gossip that has no malignity in it.
Good-natured people talk about their
neighbors because, and only because,
they have nothing else to talk about.
Gossip is always a personal confess
ion either of malice or imbecility, and
the young should not only shun it, but
by the most thorough culture relieve
themselves from all temptation to in
dulge in it. 1t is low, frivolous, and
too often a dirty business. There are
country neighborhoods in which it
RACES like a pest. Churches are split
in pieces by it. Neighbors made enc
mics by it for life. In many persons
it degenerates into a chronic disease.
which is practically incurable. Let
the young cure it while they may.
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Oysters, coffee, chocolate and meals at
all hours.
68t BARTRE's, 1913 Main street.
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A FRESH lot Of cheap gas fixtures at
l07tl Brownies, z5S Second street.
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FINE CLOTHING
And Gents Furnishing Goods al
Greatly Reduced Prices.
II. NJ. DRAKE e. CO..
]. g. Ward e. Co.'s Old Stand,
21 Main ST., Opp. Court Square,
Latest styles, Best Makes,
Lowest living prices,
II their recommendation.
101t
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Ono Hundred and Forty-Nine.

81. Louis Times-Journal.1
Old Uncle Bill Scott, of Baltimore,
is said to be 149 years old. He was
not W%ashington's b~ody-servant, but
he was Lord HoWe's. He was born
in Calvert county in 1923, and re-
manned with his owner, Miss Perry
Lawrence, till he was AS (that makes
1777). He was then body-servant to
Colonel Hoskins for four years Q781).
While he, with the Coionel's regi-
ment, was crossing the Rocky Noun
tains, he was lassoed by an Indian and
detained a captive for two months and
a half. Then General Howe en-
gagged him and paid him $48 a month,
taking him to England after a year
Q7S2), where Lord Howe obtained his
services for 500 a month and they
travelled together through Europe,
Africa and Asia, the faithful domes-
tic being specially impressed with
what he raw in Japan. After spend
ing thirty-two years in England, ia
pan etc, old Uncle Bill Scott re-
turned, the ship taking twelve months
to cross the Atlantic Chat makes it
1879. He then worked as a farm
hand for Mr.. Taneyhill for eight years
q823), and since then, for a period Of
over fifty years, he has done odd
chores. He remembers carrying
Snowden Disney, now n years old, on
his shoulder when that gentleman was
q baby, though according to his own
chronology he did not return from
England and Japan till Mr.. Disney
was 10 years old. Mr.. Disney says il
was his father, born in 1867, that
Uncle Bill nursed.
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Down Goes Fresh Oysters.
Extra select, 4oc; select, 8Oc; big f
25e; primo, 2Oc; DC extra on every dozen
for shipping, at
ll6 j. A. SIdNAIGo'a. 27S Secend st.
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FRESH OYSTERS

Received daily by Express.
Victor ID. Fuchs, 80, III Jefferson
1871
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EARLY BREAKFAST STOVE.
Best I'm the market.
At SehwarEenberg's, $50 Main 81.
Q6f
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Mrs. FRANK PFISTER, No. 44s Main
ll street, wishes to inform tho ladies that
81 will go to their houses and cut and fit
dresses and clothing Of every kind on reason
able terms. Amy work left at her house will
DO done satisfactorilv. 1nl-l2Q
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Shaker Dressed Turkeys,
Savannah River Shad,
100 dozen QuaiIs,
100 dozen Rabbits,
To be sold at bottom figures.
VICTOR ID. FUCHS,
80 and Al Jefferson street.
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3. Clements Game Market
At the BeaI Street Bridge.
Fine Dressed Turkeys,
97t Choice Game and Fish.
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John Walsh, Undertakes,
S4l Second street, next postofiee. IA
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Fire Guards to prevent children
from falling I'm the fire.
1851 FL. TURNBULL, Asa sEain.
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Choice Dressed Turkeys,
Oysters, Fish and Celery,
Game OF all kinds.
III. SEESSEL, SIR, & son,
l08t Cor. Second and Jefferson,
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A SITUATION as copyist, by a widow lady
II. Of some experience, who writes sn extra
good hand. Address Mrs A NJ K, care this
Office. 73t
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GETS Of books written up, balanced and
- closed. Complicated accounts adjusted
and statements rendered by a practical book
keeper. Address H. s., Ledger Office. 9s-l25