, 1875-07-18

nv way thither, and soon Was dreaming Of .
modest but sayory breakfast at the fremont res
taurant. and genuine coffee to wash it down, and
then Of IN evening at Hoo!ey's. aAnnYrH.
THE FRENCH FLOODS.
Scenes and Encfdents.
The Paris journal mentious extraordinary
episode. At the extremity Of little village was
q small holding, occupied BY farmer, his wife,
and three children The vl1lage generally hac
been warned in timo Of the inroad Of the waters,
and had been able to saFo themselves. out the
unhappy farmer and bis family were sur
prised by the 1nundation. Awakened By the
rush Of the water, they climbed, bali naked,
to the roof Of the stable. Hero the mother,
sniyeriug in the cold, attached herself by
rope to the chimney, while she held con-
with his two little girls his shoulders, held On
to q projection Of the roof. The unfortunate
creatures, liyid with cold and fear and not hay
ing even the strength to CITY out, felt the walls
giving way unner them from the force of the
food. md awaltod death. At last two heroic
soldiers, mounting bank and carrying torches
approached the farm At the very moment Of
their arrival all gave way, and the walls, IN fall
ing in formed knd OF pit, which eogulted the
unfortunate beings-those who had been in such
per5t and thoee who came to save the[l.
Tho correspondent Of the Figaro relates the
following sad sccnes ''The rescue OF the i'll
mates of the luuatlc asylum at Toulouse was a
peculiarly difficult and horrible task. The lu-
natcs did not understand the danger, and
fought violently with those who tried to save
them. One old woman danced with joy she
was delighted with the sight Of tho rising floods.
and shouted, sWater, water! ThanR God, I
shE! bo able to taEe bath!' On the OTHER
hand, another lunatio. na1ddle-aged man. ran
about crying, ! don't Wxnt any moro water
I have had enough bathing Give me
some tirei frei fire! Many OF the poor
inmates we're drowned owing to tbei7 Resistance.
.. At one OF the Windows Of the hospital amau
and his wife were found clmgng 70 the iron bars.
Some gallant follows in punt, among them Il.
Dc Belcaatol tired to break IN the outer door,
but fnilod. They then succeeded in wreuchlng
out one Of the bars OF the window. and threw up
a rope to the two prisoners. The waters we're
now rising at rapid rate. In the fright OF tue
moment tho mau and woman got ous Of the
window without fastening themselves with the
rope, and the next second they were caught by
the Hood and Hashed away. The men IN the
punt succeeded Ii saving tho woman as she Waa
sinking, but the man was lost.
One Of the waits was shoWman's vun which
was surprised by the daronne at the village fete
and carried down to Toulouse, scarcely injured
The company inhabitiug it had not time to
escape from their itlnerant dwelling. An unfor-
tuuate watchdog, chained to tbs axle. was bat
tered almost into pulp. All the traps we're
slowed away in baskets, covered with tarpaulin,
which served as beds to the drowned players,
and came ont fresh and gsudY in the midst OF
the wrecked objects heaped about for Transports
ton to the Mayora1ty. A little girl, supposed to
have been dancer, had not washed her face en-
going to bed. and the yermiliou was bright as II
baked in fast colors upon her CHASTITY cheek.
Tue female giant. with q pair Of artificial legs,
to which her feet we're strapped was in her tinsel
crown and dress Of crimson cotton velvet She
and her husband had probably sat up late and
were only thinking Of diveetlng themselves Of
their tinery when wave swept over tile plain.
and in its recon drew thsm into the central
current.
At St. Gaudeus Newfoundland dog saved in
succession twelve persons, dashing into the
rushing torrent bravey, bat making the attempt
the thirteenth time the poor animal waa
drowned.
A letter to tho Paris Journal says that at St.
Jorry nothing remained but q tew walls; eighty
people had persisted amongst the ruins; aIl the
population turned out to meet Marshal Mac
Mabon sone OF ths women had on regimeu.al
trousers, and some Of the men appeared in pet.l-
coats. % You imagine. perhape, that this pop
ulation had given ITSELF up to despair. All, yes!
Every one Is shouting and laughing, and would
even slng were they not restrained by respect
for the authorities. The arrival OF the Marsha1
is for them grand fete, and they hardly remem-
ber the 1nupdation. An old peasant said to me.