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"a stitch in time.'' A dose of Ayers
Pills has saved many a fit Of sickness;
but when a remedy does not happen to
Ue at hand, slight ailments are liable
be neglected. ami the result, FREE
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In these days o culture and progress
do not wear a grizzly beard or mus
tache, when they can be colOrcd, q
natural hue, by Halls Hair Remover
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II You Need
DRUGS

John R. Smiths Drug Store
For them. There you Will find a
full line Of Pure Drugs and all
the leading Patent Medicines,
Sundries, etc. l will meet all
competition and sell you
GENUINE = ARTICLES
AS cheap as you can geSm
elsewhere. Ii you want pure
drugs go TO headquarters for
them. Thanking you for your
liberal patronage OF the past and
soliciting q continuance of the
same. L am Respt Yours
JOHN R, SMI III,
The Druggist. Mt. olive, N. G.
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Mt. Olive Lodge, 1. o. o. F.,
No, 104, meets every Monday
night at 7.45. All visiting mem
bers in good standing r cordially
invited to attend. j. R. Smith,
NC.
Presbyterian Church; every LIST
Sunday morning and night. Prayer
meeting Tuesday nights. Rev.
Peter Mcintyre pastor.
Methodist Church; every third
Sunday morning and night. Prayer
meeting Wednesday nights. Rev.
NJ. M. Mcfarland pastor.
Baptist Church; every fourth
Sunday morning and night. Pray
er meeting Thursday nights. Rev.
l.. Z Carroll pastor.
ARGUS BUREAU,
Jno. r. Smith, Mgr I
July 81, 1897.
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tn" M~isaissippi River Problem.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: THE stN
mas taken 30 great interest In the question of
controlling the Father of Waters from wanton
destruction in his path TO the sea that the
writer Graves the privilege of submitting to its
readers an historical description Of a precedent
Tor the treatment which he presented to the Amer.
lean Society OF Civil Engineers a few years since.
he then the control of the high
water discharge by waste weirs and outlets.
whereby the excess of flood waters and much
sediment might be diverted from tho main
stream into tho lagoons, bayous. swamps. and
lateral basins bordering the banks, there TO be
iimpounded and ultimately, after subsistence, to
DO returned to the trunk at a lower level for
navigation at low-water stages; thus following
tne Melhous pursued by nature, but doing so
under, suitable regulations at points where the
least injury. would be effected. Objection was
the River Commission on tho ground of its i'm.
RraGtieability but the Typographical features OF
numerous sites where it would he possibie prent'
~ 10 relieve the stress OF pressure from a super.
aenndGnt volume; However, this may be, the
tlcal application OF the Same idea as Illus.
rated IN the ancient works for relieving tho
Babylonian capital from destruction by foods
may serve as a precedent for New Orleans and
0ihor ctlies located on tho low grounds of The
The account just discovered, taken from
Clarko,s Commentaries. reads A. follows: ~"
.i"o LuphIheb IN lhe middle OF tho summer from
u nciunlB d. me SHOWS on the mOu.t.lna az A.
.nehih' lkr the Nile. %OvcrnOws the country. In order
W ulminlsh the humiliation, and 10 carry ON the
MntsL+. Two canals were made Y Sebuchadnezzar n
hundred miles above the city; the nrst on the .nsiarn
~ ~, ien Naharh, alca, or the ltOyal River, by which
Tue Euphrates was let into the Tigris; the other on ths
WWGhtern side. called Pallacopos, or Naharaga, the
hiver o I me Pool, by which tho Icdunuspt watars
trfyed iI pn. ,h,o vast lax; forty miles square. con
Is hHoir, Win slnires. 10 water the barren country
tne Aiailhn side. CYRUS, 10y turning the w1nL,
liver mo inc lakC by the PallacOpas, lad the cbenu.S
WheIe II ran through the city, almost irv; so thai h.,
army tht'T"1 II. both above ~ below. nv the bsd 81
t n ,,hm,",r' M wafer not reachiug above The miidli OF
~ thLs", Nv lhe great. quantity OF water let iuIo
M iake, the slnioes and dams were DESTROYED, and
LING never repaired a%tterward the waters siresd
Urnosrrasno h2ie country below and reduced &c to a
moraAs'. In which tie river is lost, "
Thus II appears that while i'cs, rey,IotiDc
t mGrAS ana outlets. We're maintained do terri.
they were neglected and DESTROYED The COMM mnr rr
became q nior9ss;, Let us learn a lesson from
the enlightened Chaldeans. and not limit n nur'
ieveeeess VAIN VI inc a. a. ATTEMPT 70 c]o1ine, the river by
pea and ultimate raising OF lis Hood hei,bbtHs
win consequent disasters. "''sH'H'
PHILADELPHIA, June 10. nA0fF'
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SHE EHoUeHTsHE WAS MRS. pnE1sE.
Says Tuchier Married Her Under . False Name
and Has Another wife.

Says Tuchler Married Her Under . False Mamo
and Has Another wife.
Justice Andrews will be asked in the Supreme
Court this week to annul the marriage between
Isaac Tuchler and Nellie Trip, daughter of
Frederick Trip of 6s3 Csuldwell avenue.
The couple were married In January, 1895.
by the Rev. Bernhardt Hast Of the Temple
Adas Israel, and the bride has since been
known to her friends as Mrs. Preise. Her hus.
band is q salesman in a clothing house, and
married her under the name of Max Preise.
Some months ago tho husband was taken sick,
and he and his wife and child went to live with
Mr.. Trip for awhile. Mr.. Trip volunteered
to go to his son.in-law's place of business to got
his letters and report his illness. He did so. and
learned that Preise was not known there. Int
that Tuchler was, and that Tuchler had a wife
living, In Grand Rapids, Mich.
lie Kept his own counsel. appealed to Lawyer
Oscar J. Hochstadter, and collected evidence
that the young man had been married Ave years
before his marriage to Miss Tripp TO Grace Saw.
age OF South Bend, Ind. He married her in
May. 1883, In the Circuit Court, st, Joseph
Mo. Three years ago he sent her homo to Rcr
has not seen him since.
she agreed TO come on TO help prosecute tho
accused, but later on the Chief Of Police, II. o.
Carr, wrote that he had seen Mrs. Tuchier. and
that by his sdyice she had determined not TO 20
10 New YORK unless $50 and tickets there and
return were forwarded for her through the New
YORK police to the writer. Under these circun,.
stances it was decided simply to sue for an
annullment of the marriage. The wife re.
manned, with her parents. Tuchler secured
board In the ncighborh0od. He was arrested
ON wednesday for annoying his wife, and was
paroled Tor examination.
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Five u on yire In Jersey City.

A fire broke out at $3.50 A. NJ. yesterday In q
ono-story frame house. 1873 Webster avenue,
Jersey City. owned and occupied by Robert Lep-
penberger. who kept a gold.beating establish.
ment in tho front and lived in the rear. Tho
flames spread to Henry Dennis's stable, l6l
Webster avenue. and from there to Mrs. Mary
Buffers two.story frame house adjoining. Tho
three buildings were completely destroyed. The
heat and sparks carried by the wind set fire tn
two small frame buildings in the rear fronting
on sherman avenue, and they were partially
erick Darsen and occupied by Fritz Korr. The
adjoining ono and a half-story frame house, lOs,
pied by Peter. Otter and his family. All the
families were forced to take u hurried departure.
Inc total loss Is estimated at u $1,000 and is
partly covered by insurance.
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DOG FIGHTS BURGLAR.
The Animal Won, but Died OF His wounds-T
Thief May Lose an Arm.


Thief May Lose an Arm.
BNaHAMToN. June 27.-The farmhouse of
Mrs. Fenno. near Apalachin. a few miles from
this city, was entered one night last week by q
burglar. The intruder got in by prying open the
bedroom window. The noise aroused a large
dog that was the only companion of Mrs. Fenno
and slept In the same room. The animal made
no move toward the intruder, but Just crouched
under the bed and waited until the man had got
into tho room and was in the act of opening a
bureau drawer. Then the dog sprang upon the
robber. The thief was taken unawares, but.
drawing a knife, he succeeded in slashing tho
animal several times. and would have killed him
had the dog not got hold Of the mans wrist,
This compelled the thief TO drop the knife, and
then a struggle ensued in which tho dog
camo out ahead. The man endeayored to re1
hold of the weapon with his left hand
and, the dog, seeming to divine his purpose, did
all he could 10 prevent him. Finally the man
gave up and begged Mrs. Fenno to call OF the
dog, This she did, after getting n shotgun and
holding 1t at the mans head. With the gun at
bis head and the dog following, tho thief was
driven off the premises.
He turned up at ApalAchin the next morning
at the homo Of DR.. Kilmer and had Mia arm
dressed. II was terribly bitten, and NAV have
20 bo amputated. Tho dog died the next day
from tho wounds made by tho knife. Mrs.
Fcnno was urged to prosecute tho burglar. but
she declined, saying: ~ think, he has been pun
money / am satisfied"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
THE BAESHEE
Ths Superstition ~ Il Has Existed Au.,.
Various Peoples.

The buperauaon ~ II Has Existed Awops
Various Peoples.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I wish n
call your attention to the fact that the B.nsbee
was not Invariably feminine. Tho Vikings called
1t Jyi0fd en0U following angrD. and IL was seen
ohiy "heh the beholder was near the point of
uealh' sometimes IL assumed tho form of a
woman. AZ in inc who thrice
warned Attila; sometimes 1t appeared in N.
guise OF a bear, a swan, or a raven a.In ths
case OF Bark. Among the Scotch IL was kpou,,
as the Bodach Clay, or gray spectre. anon. ~.
English as the Wyrd; among the Irish as tbs
banslnc Originally every Irish family had a
oahshee' nut these ghostly ~visitants were finally
reiterated to tho aristocracy. Frequently tbs
irish oanshee was the spirit of some sweet virgin
OF inc FAMILY who had died young and who re-
ce'ved the mission of the invisible mowers IN no
como tho harbinger OF doom TO her kindred sho
could no seen at night as a shrouded woman
crouching beneath trees. lamentinp with YELLED
race or fleeing with the wind, bitterly moan.
ihs' ana th'' moaning. mournful beyond all
other cries. was heard In the middle of the
night sure iorerunner OF death to some one Of
her i"mily' irish fishermen believe that when
~ nooiueht Is about to happen to the boat or a
hheaIa ny drowning is to occur low music 10
Ennnrd as II Under the water. In the haTbor nj
nocnIto or near Cork, the sea at times gives a
Gins. Formerly thi- was beiieyad ~ u ~ ,ne
T y atahh OF The King OF the south OF Ireland
.aii"igh Dlrra, a mythical hag in Irish folk lore
was ,ooEeh upon rs n hanshee who anneareS -
"TThbkRoNn families prior TO a death. '"
So N inentGa BodaGh CLAY is still believed In.
cog. IL can then no paclfed by the dcath 81
s n,rrer ANNA II cursed and c~onjurod in time. II
rnrds ~, oInGr functions than those OF dole. IL
a OF cishHer In battle. guides and protecis
hanh INFANT heir through childhood, oven desccnds
beInt ION. out the winning move In chess or the
osst arts IN playing, Before tho death Of ono
o Inc M~aeLaren of Lochbun a phantom ancestor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
RUNAWAY GIRL RETuRyS.
Elise Steele Refuses TO Tell whs shipped Her
10 London with 81.

Elise Steele. who is the thirteen.year.o,d
granddaughter OF Mrs. Elizabeth Kley of 21a
West Fourteenth street, and who disappeared
last March, returned from London on Saturday
under the chaperonage Of Mrs. Jessie Lindsay.
She refuses to tell who persuaded her to run
away, Ten days after her disappoarance she
turned, up Mt Lows Exchange In London and
time, Mrs. Lindsay 10 a friend OF Mrs. Kley'
homo on the Paris. "f
Elise said she had sailed hence on the Trave.
Whoever sent her bought her a storage ticket
ana gave her 81. En- route the ship officers led
time. eo'u
Mrs. KEY says she cannot imagine what mo.
child away. The Gerry Society has been notified
AND VIII investigate. The only clue is a number
They are signed. but Mrs. Kley will not reveal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
HATCHMAN BADLY BURNED.
Fell Down Stairs ana Set Fire to Himself with
His Lantern,

Policeman Robert Jennings of tho Oak street
SQUAD was summoned about A. NJ. yesterday
TO the building at 1872 William street by the
shrieks Of the Waterman, Caspar Lahlein. On
reaching the building he saw through an
adjoining window the watchman, in flaming
clothing. trying to open the outside door. The
policeman, smashing the window. pulled the
Waterman was let loose. tore his burning gar.
ments from him. The Waterman said he had
bred his clothing in trying to put out a fire he
had discovered on the basement stairs. He was
taken to the Hudson Street Hospital, where his
condition is thought to be critical.
Policeman Jennings had little difficulty in
putting out the fire on the basement stairs. II
10 supposed that the Waterman fell down the
himself with his lantern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
FOUR BoHs BURNED By POWDER,

Ono or Them Finds y bag OF IL, and They Have
. Fourth or July Celebration.
Joseph Masino. IS years old, of IS Carroll
street. found a small bag of gunpowder in Sum.
init street, near Inlay. in Brooklyn. yesterday
afternoon. Several other boys gathered around
and suggested a premature Fourth of July eel.
e%bration. Masino applied a match to the pow.
der. and In the blaze. which followed he and
shont the heads and hands. The victims were
Maslno, John Salvador, IL years old, Of II Car.
Carroll street, and Louis Arbitti. 10 years old.
AZ %,s ~ C arr street: An ambulance carried
iege Hospital. The other two boys were taken
70 their homes. 1t was said at the hospital last
nfSnt that Masino would probably lose the sight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
Mexican Arm, omesr. Waiting TA,. couu,,,

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June GA commission
OF Mexican army officers, appointed by Presi-
aeht Diaz' consisting of Gen. Jose MART Parez.
Iercz, passed through here to-day on their wnV
70 xislt ne arms factories and mi itary stations
line United states. They will spend about
ior Europe for the same object. They will make
report OF their observations and Researches In
the Mexican Government.
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An Eurli.hman Muraerea in Monterey.

MONTEREY, Mexico. June 27.-The body of r.
L. ulingworth, a young English resident OF this
city. son of a wealthy London physician, was
found at an early hour this morning lying in tho
outskirts OF the city with a stab wound through
the heart. His gold watch, valued at 5 and
a considerable sum OF money on his person were
NOT have been robbery, Mr.. &c. Middleton. Tho
British Consul here, offers a reward OF no
Tor the capture OF the assassin. ~
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approaching death is heralded by solemn music,
by supernatural knocking on the wall, or by the
face and part OF the form OF q female lowering at
the window. According to DR.. Jameson. the APP
wiIimmediately follow. The date Of a death Is
determined by the time during tho day that il
dicates 2 long life; If at night. the dissolution is
and flaps her leathern wings against the win.
dows OF marked house and in broken, bowling
sussex when an infant is About to die Il Il Is q BE- BE-
neyed d that 1t communicates the fact itself by a
T ris,t N the is se abs TRTe, q q 81 the 1So S = t ,bs some \ , near
woman with a veil over her head looks into the
window Of the house which contains an inmate
stature, with black, hollow eyes. clothed in
grave clothes, which float in the wind on stormy
dwellings Of the doomed and utters her terrible
warnings OF coming death, In Russia It is the
before a death. The Jews have a tradition that
d deTmssr STOOD %h az bf e Rsaa WAS waS q dying ynRsd the sn angel g Of 4
whose point was a drop Of gall. This he eGdp popip cd
into the mans mouth. and his soul instantly
started on its voyage. Ittering a cry heard round
The M~ohammedan. think that until the time 81
but also to the spectators. and that through
s see sht to eerfsr@ Sf his se dire r oSIas inv Adtsei 10 o az.
In Corsica battalions of the dead walk about az
IiG iTCbbCu tb UculJSuJB. Win uOOuD over t0G1r
heads, and try to make gifts to those whom they
meet, which would be death to accept. When
ever an important person 10 about to die they
throng around to receive his soul. In New Eng
land for a long time IL was believed that tho
ghost of Giles Cory. who was executed as a
witch, returned to tho scene Of his execution.
and always to warn the people Of a calamity.
Tho Australians believe that every adult has q
wrath who win appear to him and him alone II
he is to die a prematured death.
The ticking Of the small scarabaus, known as
the death watch" has long been and is still
considered q portent of death. In q poem Dean
Swift hot water as death to the
maggot and life to the dwcllers. In Bohemia
this ticking In thought to be an ancestral spirit
warning some of his descendants to Join him In
the spirit land. r A. OAKEa.
WATERFOWL. N. Y.
To THE EpuoR OF THE sUs-Sfr! In the matter Of
the banshee being Norwegian in origin. when Julius
Cesar was introduced to her. her name was Bean
sighidh. literally awoman fairy. Northern France had
known her Is Bean Smith. also professionally afairy.
Benshie or banshee is q corruption. by phonetic proc
esses, OF the Gaelic and Irish bean shith,
Not q Norwegian at all. abe was but Q thing Of Gaul.
In thinking that her death warning WA always per.
formed IN tears," THE Sun has possibly confounaed
the Irish waller over Q corpse past with her who was
prophetic OF acorpse to come.
TATTr. THE cAnrno- Bnrrou.
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A bergen beach show Tenn on F,,.

A spark from the engine room n, ,ho Eo...
wheel at Bergen Beach set fire Yesterday morns
ing 70 q SHOW tent on the north end of the hoard
"aik'ano damaged 1t to the extent OF 5000,
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North Shore L~imited-New York CentraI,s mor,Irc
tram 70 Chicago. Leave Grand Central station ion
arrive Bnfalo, s;40 4. NJ, Chicago merit morning a.
V'OO. by Michigan Centai-AdV. "HS ~
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IDAHO CITY. juno 2O;-The old machinery
has been taken out Of the Custer mill at Gus
tor. and the sawmil Is busy cutting lumber for
Boy and Black mines, which will furnish tho
before. and win give out good reports Of them
Mountain, six miles from Custer, Col. James
J. McFedden is erecting q new mill, which is
At Clayton the mines arc all producing oood
quantities of ore. and the smelter viii start up
Twelve tons Of orc shipped from the Trade
returns Of $4,000 In silver and 81, 900 gold Der
ton, which 10 q gTeat, record. The mine is now
opened 70 great depth. and the production tbir
year Will DO much larger than for any previous
The Big ! superintendent has put in new
chemical works for treating the pulp of that
mine at De Lamar. and the chances are Thai
the old GloTy Company will have big dividends
this year. The company is arranging To- move
inc Biaine mn, nye miles north of this place,
down 10 the mouth OF the tunnel and TO add
hye more stamps, so as 10 work with profit The
low-grade ore.
A rich gold strike has been made six miles
discovery has not yet been learned, but the ore
Is very high grade. The discovery was made
Ssm ~ n M hpown ana a man named Stanton.
Ihe vein is three or four feet wide and well de.
nned. The discoveries made a location and
A man named Bogue of Chicago has bonded
nmmnns 2 mile north OF this town and com,
ni9hced development work by starting a tun.
h r. 10 run into the hill, following the ledge,
inc ore Is BASE but assays well In gold and sil,
Placer mining, is about closed for the season.
as we'll me cam owners report having done
SALT LAKE CITY, June foreclosura
~ mortgage, the Victoria group of copper mines
In Uintfh county was sold on Friday last 10 j. IT,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-03-24

Master Mechanic Graham and Chief
Engineer Smith, OF the o. r. & n.
Co., returned TO Portland on the
Ruth today.
a. Mason left for Goble this morn
ing 10 complete the AstOria-G oble
railroad which he expects TO have
ready for operation by September LIST.
Geo. Waters and Douglas Mimic,
who witnessed the Corbett- Fitzsim-
mon fight at Carson City, left San
Francisco via steamer on Tuesday,
enrOute for Salem.
Mrs. l. VI. Hollister, supreme lady
commander, and Miss II. r. Smith,
state organizer for this state, went to
Portland this morning. a number OF
visiting l.. OF. NJ. also left for their
homes az Woodburn and other lower
valley points.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-03-24
WITH THE LesAL L. o. T. N.
This Popular FrateTnsl Order Rntertains
the Supreme Lady Commander.

the Supreme Lady Commander.
That the L. o. T. NJ. is an enter
taiDlng as well as a fraternal order,
was clearly demonstrated at the First
Methodist church last evening. Tues
day was indeed an unusually busy day
with the local L. o. r. NJ, the Occas-
ion being the presence in our city OF
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Hollister, supreme
lady commander.
From 6 to 8 D. m. in the hall 10 the
Turner block a reception was rendered
Mrs. HOLSTER. The meeting at the
Methodist church IN the evening COM
mencing at $40 O'Clock was largely at
tended. The entire program from the
opening address by Willis Dunnl-
way TO the closing instrumental solo
by Miss Laura Sharpe vas a grand
success and the appreciation Of the
conscientious efforts of those contrib
uting TO the success Of the affair we're
frequently indicated by hearty APP
plause from the audience.
Mrs. HOLSTERS address was an able
and complete exposition of the frater-
nal sphere Of the Maceabees of which
order she is the highest officer. The
address was indeed %instructing and
furnished many happy suggestions
for those contemplating associating
themselves with some fraternal order.
The committee on arrangements, to
whom the magnificent success Of the
occasion is due, was composed Of three
business women, viz: Mrs. A. A.
Nlchol, Mrs. N. j. Lottritz and Miss
Minnie Colwell. These busy ladies
planned every detail and carried the
series Of entertainment and reception
through TO success as only busy work.
Ing heads and hands AN.
Delegations from the hives at Port
land, Butteyille, WOODBURY. and AL.
bany we're In attendance, and all ex-
press themselves as highly pleased
with the social as we'll as the working
features presented.
STATE LODGE MEETS TODAY.
rhe first state convention of the
Knights OF the Order Of Maccabees,
will be held In Portland today, and
will be largely attended.
The prominent candidates for high
Office are j. s. Van Wrinkle, OF Albany;
f. p. Morcom, OF WOODBURY., George
G.. Mayors, of Mayors landing, and
J. W. Sherwood, of Portland.