The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1889-06-07 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

PITIFUL STORY. "When I stooped to pick up the coin I found— An utterly wretched woman stood op a muddy pool nothing." trying to find a trace , o eof her loved ones. When a N thing !', I echoed loudly. mau stepped forward offering help, she elapsed her where—" Lands in agony, crying out, "They are all Peer "That which I had taken for a peseta was not a 0, Heaven be merciful to them! My husband and coin. The round silvery object on which the light my seven dear little children a I swept away, and I ' had fallen and deceived me, was—" am left alone." She told her story as follows: i, whats rr -" We were driven by the awful flood "A drop of water! "-Magassee of Short Stories. into a garret, but the water followed us there inch by inch. It kept tiering until our heads were crushing against -the roof. It would have been death to remain ; so I raised the window and placed my darlings one by one on some drift wood, trusting them to Providence. As I liberated the lass one, my little boy, he looked at me and fetid 'Mamma, you always told me that the Lord would care for me. Will he look after me now ? I saw him drift away with his loving face turned towards me, and in the midst of my prayer for his deliverance he passed from my sight for ever. The next moment the roof crashed in, and I floated outside, to be rescued fifteen hours later. If I could only find one of my darlings I could how to the will of God, but they are all gone. I, have lost everything on earth now but my life, and I shall return to my old Virginia home and lay me down for my last great sleep." This poor woman's sad plight is merely typical of hundreds of cases. •  " Why -wh It D.swaso Mowss.—Monks in Thibet are as accomplished dancers as the Turkish Dervishes. When tae Maharajah of Cashmere recently entertained the British Commander -in - Chief at a banquet at Srinagar, the feature of the evening was the dancing of a monkish party from Lailisk, including a specially holy man from Lhatisa. Most of the monks were quaintly dressed in silk, some wearing Chinebe robes of honour, and others huge bright yellow head pieces, Ike Punch's cap. The demons worked on teveral of the dresses eclipsed anything been in a pantomime. The head Llama was dressed as a monk, but. carried a sword in one baud and a burning ihk in the other. Tins year is the jubLeo of plinv,graphy, for it is the tiltieth anniversary of the discovery of Niepce aud Dag ucrre. Au amount of blood equal to the whole quanitity in the body passes through the heart once every minute. Beilini's piano, on which Le composed hie earliest operas, has just been found in the possession of widow lady of Catania, whose husband bought it for id 108. The first mention in our annals of elisions or annuities occurs in 1542, iv nen £2O was given to a lady of the Court fir): aervi.vs done, and in 1533. £43 13s. 4d. for the Inaiutensuce of a pail*. promaa.  The romantie Mountain Railway, from Alpnach to the Esel summit of Mcant Pilatu.s, has been inaugurated successfully. A tragic suicide eccurrect on ooard the steamer Banrigh while on a voyage from Loudon to Aberdeen. A pi:monger, J. C. tiliceutield, of California, shot himself through the head cud then fell into the sou. His body was uot reoovered.