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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
night, and the people are advised to pre-
pue themselves for such an emergency.
In Namrncsfer.

The water commenced running over
the gates letting the water from the
river into the Manchester canal yes
terday afternoon, and the dam soon
broke, after which the canal and river
for short distance ran as one stream.
The cellars OF all the mills and facto-
ries were flooded. and before midnight
they were nearly all so surrounded
that they could only be reached by
row-boats.
Precsution had been taken and every
thing on the lower floors which would
be damaged by water and could be
moved had been. The back water had
gotten into the yards Of a number of
houses in the lower part of the city,
and their occupants had to vacate.
Other virginia Streams.
STAUSTON, VA, April 1.-The
waters have been rising steadily all day.
North river is higher than ever known
and other large streams are oyerflowing
their banks. The destruction Of pro-
perty is great. Some star routes are
practically abandoned, and all mails
delayed.
THE POTOMAC BOOMING.
CUMBERLAND, Md, April Re
cent heavy rains have caused the south
branch of the Potomac river to rise to
q greater height than for nine years
past, and the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road, as well as telegraph-wires, are SUBJ
merged. No trains have been able to
get through since early this morning,
and communication with that section
Of the country bordering on the river
is entirely cut off. Mails are all water
bound, and the damage by the freshet
is believed to be very heavy, though its
extent cannot be estimated. 1t is re-
ported that the farmers and milers
have suffered greatly, and that several
bridges have been swept away.
THE WATER AT LYNCHBURG.
Especial telegram to the Dispstch.l
LYNCHBURG, April 1.-The flood at
this point measured 90 feet at AN. In
the early morning rapid rise took place
and the damage in the lower part OF the
city is heavy. AT this hour, P. NJ.
the river is falling. Fully one third Of
the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
from this point to Buchanan, forty
miles, is submerged, and all the trest-
ling has been washed away. No esti-
mate Of the damage can be obtained.
Telegraphic communication along the
line has been destroyed and the poles
washed out.
LYNCHBURG. Va, April James
river has been falling slowly all day,
and tonight the water is several feet
below the highest point reached last
night. As compared with the freshet
of 1870 and 1877 little damage has been
done. The Richmond and Alleghany
railroad isrhe greatest sufferer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
I I. CHRISTIAN. q

UNDERTAKEN
No. 1919 EAST BROAD srkKSr,
RICHMOND. VA.
Ts,ephon.s j0fnee, No. ee.
Residence. No. s2e.
ofden promptly executed. Prices mode
snie. 10 2s-eod
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
All a. ",

The water had risen several inches
on Main street and was still encroaching.
A gang of hands were employed in
rolling out the hogsheads OF tobacco
from Planters Warehouse, No. >, which
is situated on the southwestern corner
ofFifteenth and Cary streets, to place
of security.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
ARCHER's ANsWERs.

Mr.. Meredith said that in trial last
ing several weeks, and in the examina-
tion Of $50 witnesses, it is remarkable
fact that counsel have only been able to
pick out two questions to call lead
ing" And were those two addressed
to Mr.. Archer leading? Not at all.
The questions were made as indefinite
as possible. They suggested no answer.
lie was satisfied that the Court would
say that the questions were proper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
At = A. ".

The river at this hour had reached q
point on Main street about fifteen feet
below the St. Charles Hotel, and was
still rising about four inches per hour.
The Richmond and Danville railroad
bridges were weighted with loaded cars
as further precautionary measure to
save them.
At the dollhouse on Mayo's island
boats were used TO transfer people
from one section of the bridge to the
other. In the dollhouse the water was
three to four inches deep.
A force of men were on the bridge
protecting it against the drift that was
coming from above. The flooring plank
Of the bridge in several instances had
TO be removed to clear away the DRIFT
wood.
A number Of boats were in use on
Main, Cary, and Franklin streets trans
porting passengers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
PLANTERS WAREHOUSE.

Early yesterday morning the in-
surance agents in whose companies the
tobacco in the Planters and Merchants
Warehouse was insured went down
and looked into the situation, but being
satisfied that there was no imminent
danger they did not order the tobac;o
to be moved. Many persons, how
ever, who were interested in lots OF to-
tacco stored there secured drays and
wagons and carried the same TO more
secure places.
Later in the afternoon, when the indi-
cations were by no means promising,
it was determined to clear the ware
house, and to accomplish this end a
large force OF hands were put to work,
and drays and wagons in large numbers
were pressed into service. Hogsheads
and packages were rolled out and hauled
away to be deposited at other more
elevated places, and by ii O'Clock the
warehouse was empty. This was none
too soon, as water commenced to come
up through the floor at several places
and run in at the southeast corner ofthe
building about 10 o'clock.
LOWER GAs-wORKs.
The work at the lover Gas Works Is
almost suspended. About o'clock
Yesterday afternoon the sxhsustsr to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02

The street-cars continued to run last
night until the water in Main street
rose 10 a sufficient depth to run into
the bottom of them, when they were
taken off. This, however, was not
until nearly time for them to be taken
off anyhow.
The City Railway Company have six
double-platform cars which they will
run to-day, and they will do the best
they can 10 accommodate the public.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02

there one single fact in the record to
throw doubt upon it? | think not.
Mr.. Dodson says: ~ identity the note
and the enrelope." Hunt identified the
note also, 1t is true that Hunt says
Dodson read the address on the en-
yelope 4. J. ClUrerius.
Judge Lewis T. j. Clemens ?
Mr.. Meredith: No, your Honor.
Mr.. Dodson first read it Clemens, and
they contradict Hunt by saying that Mr..
Dodson tirstread the note T. J. Clemens.
The error OF Hunt, Mr.. Meredith
thought, was very natural one after
the frequent mention Of the name OF
Cluverius in the case. Now Mr.. Pol
lard tries to throw discredit upon the
note by claiming that the note was
kept in the hands Of Jack Wren for
several days. There is fair deduction
from the evidence that Police-J Justice
Richardson saw the note the day it was
found, and the Commonwealth Attor-
ney got it at the proper time, and Dod-
son fully identified it.
HOW DID SUSPICION ATTACH TO
CLUVERIUS.
Judge Richardson Mr.. Meredith,
while you are on this point, please
state what il was that first pointed to
the prisoner
Mr.. Meredith started to read from
the record but it didn't clearly show
what he wanted, and he said that,
though not in the record, he would
state, if allowed, that lit was through
Mr.. Robins"
Judge Richardson linterrupting): II
was not that | wished toknow bat as
to the finding Of the note.
Mr.. Meredith then related that de-
ceased stopped at the American Hotel
that 1t Was known that she received .
note +; that she answered it; that the
answer was not delivered because the
person to whom 1t Was addressed could
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-12-08
The Coming Crisis in Turkey

The officials salaries are hopelessly In
arrears, soldiers think themselves lucky
with six months pay out of twelve there
is not dirty currency trick to which
recourse has not been had ; over the pa
per money, the debased silver and the
copper the public were unscrupulously
robbed, and only few months back an
attempt was made to cram another forced
loan down the country throat. Despite
plain warnings and the failure of indus
tries the Sultan and his irresponsible
councillors cannot yet grasp the fact that
pauper people means pauper State
Public security is practically unknown.
For several months notorious brigand,
n ehemet Pehlivan, has been ravaging
the country between Saitair and Ismldt
This rufian, who escaped from the hands
of justice by jumping on the box of the
van waiting to convey him to prison, and
driving through Stamboul under the eyes
of the police, has during that period com
mitted scores of murders and other afro
cities with the help of a dozen fellow
desperadoes. Their haunts are accessi-
BILE, they are frequently seen in villages
levying blackmail, and, according to a
Galata paper, entered Mussulman town
the other day and compelled the inhabi-
tants to bring them a certain girl whom
they named. When she, pretty young
creature of II, obeyed the summons, they
obliged the mollah to marry her to their
chief Mehemet Pehlivan then accom-
panied his bride to her home, where he
staid all night amid the uproarious mirth
of his band, and in the morning quietly
retired to some mountain den. Hun
dreds OF troops are supposed to be on the
track of these miscreants, yet they avoid
capture, and not so miles from a capital
garrlsoned by 80 battalions assassinate
and rob with impunity. The authorities
appear impotent either to take or shoot
them down. Enough. OF the fine prom
ises wired to Europe during the past ten
years how many have been kept? The
army has, 1T is true, been reorganized, an
arrangement made with the holders OF
the public debt, havalehs (orders on the
provincial! treasuries) abolished, and a
lew cheap ick roads constructed. But
what avail these grains of wheat in the
bushels of chat, especially when against
the slight good effected we must put the
greater exhaustion and pauperism of the
people, the further loss of credit, and the
disgust of foreign capitalists, who have at
length wearied of being refused permits
sion to open up the resources OF the coun.
try end drive railways into its remotest
corners. The next result is that the
Portes situation to-day is far worse than
when Abdul Hamid succeeded his broth.
er. Twenty years ago Fuad Pasha called
Turkey galvanized corpse. Truth gave
point to the jest.-1He FortnightLy Re
UlelU.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-12-08
Lost in Sight of Home.

A few months ago, during one of the
severe storms that visited Colorado, a
young man persisted in sight Of home In
his bewilderment he passed and repassed
MS own cottage, to lie down and die al
most in range with the eight in the win
dow which his young wife had placed
there to guide him home All alone she
watched the long night through, listening
IN vain for the footsteps that would come
no more for, long before the morning
dawned, the icy touch OF Death had for
ever stilled that warm, loving heart The
sad death was made still sadder by the
fact that he was lost in sight of home.
How many wanderers from the Father
house are lost in sight of home, in the tull
glare of the GOSPEL light They have
the open Bible, OVERLOOKING with its calls
and promises, the faithful warnings from
the sacred desk, the manifestations OF
God s providence, all tending to direct
their steps heavenward, and yet from all
these they turn away, waiting for the
more convenient season, ana are lost at
last IN sightot the many mansions.-For-
1Odrd.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-12-08
The Usefulness Of Salt.

A remarkable wo, K has Just been pub
lished by a learn, d professor of the Uni
versity of Ghent, DR.. Burggraeve, in
which ne endeavors to prove that any,
body who will take the trouble to follow
his instructions may become centeHa-
rian. His system has the great merit Of
being simplicity itself TIE one great
panacea for all the ills that flesh is heir
to- is salt, the ra ional use Of which he
afirms is a sure preserver and prolonger
OF life. He maintains that good health
is not matter of chance or constitution i;
the laws which regulate human life are
calm and regular phenomena, and all we
have to do is to take care that they shall
develop themselves without Instructions
According to his theory salt is the great
regularizlng agent. If the blood be too
rich, salt will clarity it; if the blood be
too poor, salt will strengthen it and fur
nish it with the necessary elements. Dr.
Burggraeve quotes several examples in
support of the sovereign virtue which he
attributes to salt. Formerly, in Holland
the greatest punishment which existed
for offending soldiers was to give them
uusalted bread. After few months Of
this regime the culprits almost invariably
died. In Saxony, at the end Of the last
century, terrible epidemic reigned sole.
ly through the want of salt The Dutch
SoUaat furthermore assures US that salt
is an infallible cure for the consumption
and cholera. The Russian peasants once
saved themselves from plaques by put.
ting salt in their milk. He estimates
that the quantity Of salt which every
adult in health should consume daily is
two.thirds of an ounce.
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1887.
HARPER'S BAZAAR.
ILLUSTRATED.

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hold it is lawful for no intruder to put
his foot. Therein is the sanctum of pri-
vacy, the violation of whose right is sac
rilege. Nor can the rehearsal of domes-
tic scandals have any but a bad effect
upon public morals The oft-repeated
tale by degrees blunts the moral sensi
bllities and lowers the public estimate OF
the dignity and virtue of matrimony. In
a word, daily and unremitting famil-
larity with any sin or crime must de-
grade the moral tone, until from tolera-
ton we go to the commission of what at
first we detested.-Ltppincott'S Maga
zine for November
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As amber attracts straw, 80 does
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while the warmth continues; but virtue,
wisdom, goodness and real worth, like
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These are the true graces which, as Ho-
mer feigns, are linked and tied hand in
hand, because it is by their influence
that human hearts are so firmly united
to each other.
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Admiration of an eloquent sermon will
not take us to heaven, though neglect of
what we pronounce dull one may keep
us out of it.
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

An Austin lady, who had company
to tea, reproved her little son several
times, speaking, however, very gently
At last, out of patience with him, she
said sharply, Jimmy, if you don'i
keep still, I'll send you away from
the table" eyes, that's what you
always do when there's company, and
there are not enough canned peaches
to go around" was the reply of the
gifted youth.-Texas Siftings.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

An actor, unlike other men, can
sometimes build up a most excel
lent reputation out of bad char.
acter.-Boston Transcript.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

There is an art in putting on gloves,
says fashion paper. Come to think
of it, you have to get your hand in,
as it were, in putting on a glove prop.
erly.-Boston Courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

The difference between the clerk of
the Water Board and the inspector
is that the latter takes the water
meters and the former meets the
water takers.-Lowell Courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

Professor in law recitation: "Mr.
what is excusable homicide ?"
Senior, promptly: "Excusable homi-
eide is when man kills himself in
self-defence. ."-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

The only man who is absolutely
sure that he is always in the right is
the one who is known to be ignorant
and narrow.--Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03
HOW TO USE
Cream Balm

Place a particle Of
the Balm into eacl
nostril q draw stronl
breaths through IN,
nose. IL will be ali
sorbed and begin ID,
work OF cleansing and
healing the diseaset
membrane. It allayi
inflammation and pre-,
vents fresh colds.
Not a Liquid or snun
A few applications re
lievc. A thorough
treatment sciU cure
Agreeable 10 use. Send
for circular. Price q
cents, by mail or a
Jxu.nt.f.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03
WIT AND HUMOR.

A bank cashier seldom goes off
until he is loaded, and then he makes
no report. Citizen.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

"I can't give you any money. A
stout able bodied fellow like you
ought to be earning living"
"But haven't any work, sir"
That's your own fault, I'll venture
to say. You lack energy. You don't
throw yourself into your work."
81 wouldn't like n. Nor would
you, sir"
"Oh, l wouldn't eh? Why not?
"Pm grave digger, sir."-Phila-
delphia Call.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

A lady called upon her milliner the
other day to get the character of her
servant. The respectable appearance
of the latter was beyond questioning.
"But is she honest ?" asked the lady.
81 am not so sure of that" replied
the milliner. II have sent her to
you with my bill dozen times and
she has never yet given me the
money."-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

"Where would people get their
butter if it we're not for me?" asks a
COW in story paper. We should
like to ask this linguistic COW if she
has never heard of oilymargarine.-
Puck.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

Brown: "Hello, Jenkins! Why
so sober? Thinking of your castles
in Spain ?"
jenkins (sipping his cofee): "No,
only looking over my grounds in
Java."-Columbus Spectator.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

"Well, we are penniless, or mighty
near it." he said as he reached home
and threw the evening paper to his
wife.
"Wh-what is iti"
"The Mechanics Bank has busted,
and we had $4,000 on deposit there"
"But, Richard" she said, after
glancing at the article, "the Presi-
dent says he hopes to pay all deposi-
tors in full"
"And didn't | say the same to my
creditors when l failed in the grocery
business. and did single one Of them
receive FIVE cents on the dollar ?" he
howled.-Wall Street News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

A traveller interrogating a back
woodsman received brief but pertin-
ent answers, thus: "Whose house is
this?" "Moggs'." "Of what built ?"
Logs" "Any neighborsf" Frogs"
"What is the soil ?" "Bogs." "The
climate ?" "Fogs." "What do you
live on p "Hogs." "How do you
catch them ?" "Dogs."-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

Mr.. Young, of Wabash, Mimi,
locked his wife in the house; Mr..
Potts, of Pekin, Wis, locked his
wife out of the house, and now both
women are suing for divorce. 1t is
certainly difficult to please a woman.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

Mrs. Wheedle: 81 was just look
ing at your insurance policy, and /
find that | wouldn't get anything il
you should commit suicide. Why
don't you change into some other
company ?" Mr.. W.: "Why, my
dear, you don't want me to COM
NIT suicide, do your" Mrs. w.
"What an idea. OF course not,
Charles but you are such kind
considerate husband, you know; and
$4,000 is a good deal of money, and
it would be a pity to lose it."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

"Pa," said little Eddie Mcdonald
early this morning, "the storm signal
is up"
"Is it my SOM"
"Oh, yes. Ma says she found a
tootbpick in the front door lock this
morning and your shoes on top of the
bureau, and she says it's going to be
a cold day."
Mr.. Mcdonald went down town
without waiting for breakfast
Cleveland Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

800, ELY BROTHERS, druggists, owsso. N. Y.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

"Ab, Fogg," began Henderson,
"what did they say of my address
last evening ?"
Fogg: at was the general re-
mark that you were a very happy
speaker
Henderson delighted; "Did
they?"
Fog: eyes, but if l am any
judge, you didn't have many happy
listeners. Boston Transcript.