The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1888-12-07 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

COCOA IS ABSOLUTELY PURE. it is a relined concentration of the strength•sustaining Itrinciples of the flesh-forming constitunnts of the 000 a-nib. Delicious, nutritious, easily digested, and of great economy, a sixpenny packet yielding fourteen large breakfast eups of perfect Cocoa.  TILE Board of Trade report on accidents upon the railways of the ITuited liingdoin during the nine months ending 30th September shows, wider the heading of accidents to trains, rolling steel:, permanent way, &c., Unit 11 passengers and 5 servants of companies were killed ; and 401 passengers and 77 servants injured, the totals being 16 and 473. In 1887, 25 passengers and 7 servants were killed and 450 passengers and 88 servants were injured, the totals being 32 and 538. Under the classification of accidents from other causes than those specified, including those that arise from Avant of caution or misconduct, accidents at level crossings, &c., the total list of killed is 362 and of injured 755. 63 of the killed and 583 of the injured were passeugars. 173 persons were killed and 84 injured.. when trespassing: and 47 persons committed Suicide on railways.. The accidents to servants on the companies are accountable for 270 deaths and injuries to 1,470. The total of killed in all clas.sw is 648, against 672 in the corresponding period of last year ; and of injured 2,703 as against 2,661, being a decrease of 24 in the list of killed and an increase 42 in that of the injured. But there were a number of other accidents on railway premises, and when these are added the grand total becomes 696 persons killed and 6,086 injured.  -More than one half of the totters carried by the postal service of the world are written, posted, and read by English. in some pars of Central Africa it is considered respectful to turn the back to a superior. Captain COWL asserted that the inhabitants of Malliedo, an island in the Pacific Ocean, showed their admiration by hitiaing.  A FAIR EXCHANGE gm Deacon Screwitt had the Dorcas Sc house that afternoon. The Dorcas So eT River was a flourishing institution, yoiou raised biscuits did nut more than go even whiu eked out with crullers and corn As for the cake and preserves, there was lit I,st to their variety. For at the Berea' „Teetiugs the best housekeeper was she wilt greatest list of cakes; and the parson's bee, set down as "stingy and no boa& since she eutertetned the Dorcas S9ci c-osse with only two kinds of cake and ap " iges, Deacon Screwitt, however, manag ajte differeutly. She bud taken two cer toe the blackberry girl's charges tha ,use berries ripen so abundantly this outs was quite enough to pay inst she bra cribbed twenty-five cents from woman's money, "because it cast so in d she had accused the pale seamstres sa as. g tee much for the making of the -satin dress which was to astound the as Society. But she bud five kind' Dorc of jelly, and three of preserves, beckberry shortcake, which could be sither head. And it was at this very somebody veutured to hint, darkly, at oianyiug again. grs. Belford lifted her spectacled e; Around the apartment. 'Eh I" said she. Rufus Marcy t ifiho said that? Why should he jut he comfortable aud well cared ft to know?" "To be sure. " said ell the mat lite be sure !" But men don't always know wl „ft," said old Mrs. Bates. "lie does," said Mrs. BeLord, g elivsYs neat as wax, shirts iroue wary, buttons sewed on, Look ire always ready to converse wi be'e the least bit lonesome. WI ,eyoue wish for more it's tei 'ewe Betsy Red, and look at t 1 kept in." •• Ah !" sighed the ladies of were all of them more or less afie who bad a tongue like any two-e 'Thou there's no truth in otigagetrieut to Miss Fairfax, taa ? " said Miss Badger, me •• There's eo truth in the T sigsgid touobody," said Mrs. I her sentence with a double nt rd like to see allywornau come house." And Mrs. Belford stubbed quilt with an emphasis 11;11x'. Rufus Marcy was a I married pet ty Bessie Belford had loved her sincerely durinp Led who had meekly submittc his mother-in-law ever sine 11'116 Beseie's mother, and be eedure than to oppose. The ,psetty,girls in the neighbour' s have come to the res taght, had he shown any pretty girl cannot make ope ;Ater estin g of widowers, uu au his part of it, and so olitary and alone for ten qrs. Belford went houn that evening in a very bad Mrs. Deacon Screwitt outs cake and sweetmeats, but covert Inas and dark main eurent of her soul in yew law. And as there was m girl, to wreck her veug home, Patty accordingly "Not through with th taanded Mrs. Beltord. you have done with yout Patty, flushed and tit math the weight of her "I have been at wo ford," said she, " but —' "Don't answer back "for I won't stand it, mended my gingham d iags,and scoured the "Yes," answered Pi "Very well," said. I pointed that there was and shut up all the 1 turkeys before it is da toeless time on that yours." Patty coloured. "I was going to s• said. "It 113 the be really need sornethin "Fiddlestick !" Si and quiet spirit is 02 go ac.cordiu' to scrip "If I am not deo spirit, "I must den "Yon are only se Belford, and you! eighteen. And best until then, 1 I good enough, with Poor Patty burs "What, crying "I wouldn't be is But instead of woman's taunt, I fled away down t flinging herself her grief. Not until then the threshold of "Mrs. Beller( you are a little Mrs. Belt ord "Really, Ru are called upon "If I were y the dress." " Rufus," a, the housekeepe my own fashi child, and I u dresses indee she aint a lad "What is Cahn, (ilea on Mrs. Bell "A—lady why everybe " Nevertb to bear you '• It's—it du no work "There, you. My houourable be a lady. She we seeretly r at once. •• She't Mrs. Bell by the OILE eye, you fief experier She w view wi wonder! dose tb the do( Patty 1 to the Rufus thing thus.' 11 lady) lay e the I to tu you our Oqu ave up de