The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

Prince of Wales Dock. I December 22 p:m. Hudiksvall s 724. Hagenquest, Stockholm Occident s 506, Thomson, Alicante Clara Mennig s 1004, Rehberg, Leghorn Brescia s 2058, Irvine, Portuguese and Mediter- ranean ports Swansea Bay s 809, Samuel, Harburg Jonas Sell s 428, Carstensen, Nice Saphir s 854, Lindoe, Rotterdam December 23 a.m. Havtor s 899, Iversen, Rouen Volmer s 802, Gorgerisen, Tunis December 23 p.m Juno s 825. Hall, Bristol Odd s 399. Cochammer, Rouen December 24 a.m New York City s 1875, Barclay, New York City of Liverpool s 657, Tyrrell, Hamburg Nellie s 1217, Guild, Barletta Brietzig s 918, Krull, ZeeBrugge December 24 p.m City of Belfast s 522, Kelly," Hamburg Sir Walter s 297, Winscombe, Lisbon, Seville & Oporto Apollo s 1112, Poole, Rotterdam December 25 a.m. perim s 857, Pearce, Lisbon and Gporto Ask s 558, Hansen, Barcelona Veghtstroom s829, Vos, Amsterdam Eva s 637, Hauga, Rauen Edvard Greig s 596, Andersen, Marans Roma s 1330, Lubken. Civita Vecchia December 25 p.m Nil December 26 a.m. Nil. December 26 p.m. Nil December 27 a.m. Nil December 27 p.m Nil

North Dock. I December 22 p.m. Fred s 56, Owen, Trevor Matienzo s 1,172, Corre, Rochefort Blanche Rock s 171, Ashcroft, St Bi:eux Tay I s 234, Taylor, Rochester Welsh Trader s 438, Thomas, Briton Ferry December 23 a.m. Orne s 444, Pierre, Trouv'lle Echo s 578, Ashler, New Fairwater Rhona s 280, Parry, Cardiff December 23 p.m. Snowflake s 36, Irwin, Barnstaple December 24 a.m, Rosalind s 510, Anderson, Nordkoping Princess Patricia s 276, McCenzie, Hnll etc Pearl s 188, McDonald, Honfleur Tna Lass 29, Searle, Aberthaw Edith 77, McVea. Cardiff Hildawell s 1,609, Willis, Venice Marie Eugenie 37, Allen, Bridgwater Germaine s 665, LeBasnier, Bordeaux December 24 p.m. Ramora 71, Fischant, Trequier Boconnoc 37 Jones, Aberthaw December 25 a.m. Nil December 25 p.m. Nil December 26 a.m Nil December 26 p.m. Nil December 27 a.m. Nil December 27 p.m. 1 Nil

South Dock. December 22 p,m. Sunlight s 227, Dawson, Liverpool Consent s 864, Finnies, London Velocity s 62, Bullock, Bristol Abbot s J2 McCourt, Cardiff December 23 a.m. Annan s468, Sillers, Glasgow Cadeby s 676, Jones, Rouen Truthful s 280, Williams, Manchester December 23 p.m. Olive & Mary 37 Irwin, Combmartin December 24 a-m Josephina s 825, Catlander, St. Nazaire Torstein s 636, Olsen, Charente The Monarch s 232, McNeil, Dieppe December 24 p.m. Fraternity s 269, Bell, Rouen Agra s 62 Jones, Bristol December 25 a.m, Teviot s 443, M'Millan, Glasgow Talbot s 280, Owens, Liyerpool December «5 p.m. Nil ( December 26 a.m. Nil December 26 p. m Nil December 27 a.m' "Nil December 27 p.m. Nil For later Sailings see page 2

31 Vakishing Bod Swwnw. One of the rarest birds of the world is mo-w tita £ MMornta oondor, a great vuHur" whiol has al ways been confined to a part of the yioiintais legion of California, and is now not far from tatXjiaon. Five specimens, we from the County Gentleman, at present exist in ciptivitY *our in Washington and one in New York, anc An egg is actually a good deal rarer in oolieo- iions than that of the grear auk. There are only forty-one eggs of the California!! condor to mor* than seventy of the bird which is actually ex- tinct; and it is not] ikoly. nor indeed desirable, that irtany more eggs of this cofdor will ever be taken. It will be as much as can be hoped fo* if this singularly ,-estricted species is preserved from following the auk to the same P '^oniafi aviary.

-f, HOW WE GOT TOBACCO MIXTURES. fte mixing of dark and light tobaceoe ifi a thhlg of comparatively rcfont date, and a trill. led to the discovery of the vir< up* of this: blend- ing. A Yorkshireman was travel'borne from London, and afth. leaving town lound that hit dOre of pipe tobacoo was nearly done, so he out «p a cake of chewing ioh.icco 1«» hr.d with bins iind made a mixture. It wa« >n s:s:-r.- •ful an ex periment that he tho blend. IrId meeting a friend vv-o was ni the tiade. h. gave him a sample, v, ;r'c fci:o result, add* P. T 0., that the fn>t mixturr wft won bebft Jae j«.:hli«.

-> Hath ■ >; u .B a repori, to t'-c ^tH.Snigtoiv Bureau at Manufactures, Mr it. Uun> an, the United States Consul at Berntnoudtt, says that one of the important industrif? of the Republic of Colombia i» that of ;.«n jralir..hats. known aa Manama hats, of whiV1! mur'y .SV GtsO in value are exported a-1" ;:d!y. i'ere arc* no regular factories, but th«- \y-r a>:<: hand-macfa by thou- sands of peasm-t »<v in almost as many households, and aoki of traded in the local store* in exchange for provisions or articles of clothing Ihe hat being in these regions a co.-venienf medium of exchange, the housewife exchanging the product o.f her labour for :,o nja.nv poiuids of flour, sugar, • be. Toe material employed ii«. th* making of a ?!: from 7|a ts 18. 3d, per if tho Oneness ixid whiteness of the yi-n:;leave?, gene- rally giving tin- .■ i q r a wowan lour dav cia r:, Hpht day? for a good one, a":] v (bys for Ihe finest k:K- r~ad" "Die -alary^of MM peasant -vo> uin e making: of a jipijapa" hat i.s re- .-> >« d..v, inclu<L íng her food w¡-,i¡ 1..t 5d. more

'1, _r--o To .w. A resident oi Ah>>.ain p to the &ff$~Mia,n Gazette, re: .!|r "re (' crok legend sur- fo\ £ s Vthe found: ci ;i. • Hly. The soil al! being and ;•!•••: 'h.u: no flour WaI ■prinkn»d to mail, iu> jdt" '"in hitnre city, which took the a »'dof 'an mantie, a liigUt of "'irr!f« ws'1' and COD gamed the flour. AV«u:L, ^rturbed by th« omen, was crdy eomrorted at length by his in. terpretation of 11;" Uigurs: That the city was 00 gtined to feed i;:ar;v nation.?. The-prophecy hat beon fulfilled m the morni as well r,s materki ♦Wise, fot nd'eia. o.nc.-n the wspits! of Wee- wu lf)a.rn"t.: >ti« of < W srranaries of Furow

I THE FIRMAN'S TftACilU TALIS. he said, as he mopped his brow trrttt ) ft ikeroan's handkerchief. I used to kDGnr a geaSie old euse here on our run who de odd jofag and worked faithfully. D* had » sweet tiHfet flwcen- haired child. Can you ufie fchafcf" Yea" Well, he wed to oome down tews «Moaa| øad we would meet art the Busy Doe to tA and play a game of Old Sledge.' Wo nefti' fayed for the drinscs, but we would often, wk«a was time to go horn*, offer bo shake eaafa otiwW lor the drinks. I do not drink now, even bee. at "And what ws i, this shaking for the drinks I "Why, nothing at all, only we shook dice tM liws beet, and the one who lost paid for it. Seet, And how old war 4he flossy-ha.ir.d otuid pm •peak of? She wm then t elTe. years old. At the titaNi ot the accident, however, she was about eigMeWk Cfc was & foggy night. We were lata. Yo» «l aafeaoe that- I uee good grammar. Put the priariNM on thai, will you, pka.ee? Story firemen tM «(•> gKMetft always use poor grammar and • Sfctto queer. They also swear a littJ* awo fit. !'be actual fireman or engineer doea not d6 tiwt 1t.nj,ew¡ be 1.i filling up a young person. W o. raUy talk very little to visitors In the oab, for Wt to look out for our trains. a Wo are not here to sit. for our photanrMfAi )K tell pic- prevarication* to people Wtto ml hwg« prions per column for them afterward#; ont we have ? little opon stretch of road hete, sad I wfil talk between work, ae you Mem to The a pftrn man, barring the high hat, wkiah iMtt Wt Mhimw on a locomotive." Well?" Wall, it wm a foffg j night, and irm 1n4 IB taastle not only to make our regular tanu, bol to keep out of the way of late train*. It wm tight along here that I looked ah..d batwaaa Booops of ooal and saw a girl going ebtrn Hw track with her back this way, and 1 tawbdai OJbt was crying a good deal, for she had W* mmt mp to her eyee ail the time, and, of course, thflt her from hearing the train. We whiWO& tttii she didn't hoar. I told Harry, aad he a* wemod and all that, but I aaw I'd got to got flOl ta the pilot and help, no doubt: vo I cimpl wrt 6ero in just time to catch this fai young girl fay httf bion^ic aud beautiful Psyche knot and afvaafl bar free of the track." "And did you save hed" Yes, I saved her. It wasn't romantic, r'il have to change it a good deal if you pflMl but that was the way it happened-' "Who was it?" GW It was this little blonde girl of MiZsML* And what did 116 say a.bout it?" "WeU, first he didn't know what to m# Ifaen he says, for lie is not a man of maay minA% ralso he is a poor 'aan, but he did catoh BM the hand and his chin trembled, for eke ml only child and her mother is dead, bat bl look a scrap of cotton waste out of jay pooiMi Wad wiped hi, ^yes with it and said. Old nzs% I oannot recall what fathers do when their dew pad only daughters are jerked from the jawa «| fcath. but if you. will exc use the bluntnees at I lovan old man I will shake you for the dxiahfc*"

TRAYRHS AND JEROMBL W R. Travcrs and the late a1fl1l8D8e & ttMKMrtM, known always as "lArry" won Up Wearable friends, though forever TJOWmiMia8 geofa other with pta^tical jokes. (Moe 18e toxt 88n sraveiling together on a train i. b Ravllk #WA before the conductor waa expvctod to eeaH Sferough tho car Traverb fell tisleep. Jerome slyly removed from Tm -o',s poahMi Iko pass on which lie wae travelling, and, fOMC l#rward several seats, eat. dowr. and •ini«kUM4 tfcimber. When tlie. conductor eiKJok Mm mb4 OtAcd for hia ticket, Jeroww pretended to ^MHMk tfveough all his pockets. Then, knowing MM<o))f))t wbst Tr&verp would say under the tnemak- and imitating- "is fmod's alaMwIm IptMvch, he said I'm W-w-william R. T-t-travers, of N4| |f<srk. 1 had a p-p-pa.w, b-i>-bnt I c-c-caa't flw| W, I'm a l>-b-brother -in-law of Mr. Bloak, gMUcien; of the ro< and I assure yoa it'a dB The conductor accepted the explanation aafe rd on. A lie shook t- Fmrort by shoulder. Travere Ml M pM8 and then, like his impostor frwnd, Munched through kT his pockets, the coadaotai rdirig birn with sudden suspicion. lPfcMflp It"stuttered out: l'iii W w-wilham R.. T-t-travors, of Km| Iliark. I had a p-p-j^ww; b-bbut I c-e-can't 8M tL I'm a b-b-brother-in-!aw of Mr, Blank, Am Mm»kfernt of the road, and I assare yoa m) »¥> I gu«sp not." replied oondmotor. Te# Mn t loo< irif>, even with that stwttar. Yeel bwe to pay your fare or be put off." jfopom-e permitted Trpve-s to work hirawlf ialg # of inrii;:nation, and thrn int«rpc>i»»d WW ■M wwir ACid ». cigar for the conductor. .Vmc y «rk Tr&mH

or. NUTMEG'S" SAYINGS. ft'WK .œa,n't; horry money wrthoflwt 88e o* less trouble. fte bright 'iitart. mi' cuttit' bat 4(#1 Wiilir boNl