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CRICKET. A. W. SAMUEL'S XI. v. PUBLIC SCHOOL NONDESCRIPTS. This match was played at the St. Helen's Field on Saturday before a good number of spectators. The fast bowling of Willgoose and the slows of Creber were too much for the Nondescripts, the only one to make any stand being R. Corbett, who knocked up 50 runs in a very creditable inannar. Scores:- NONDESCRIPTS. E. W. Jones, b Willgoose. 2 M. D. William", run out 0 R. Corbett, c H. Sweet, b Creber 50 H. Thomas, at Bancroft, b Creber. 2 Dr. Cameron, c Bancroft, b Willgoose 1 A. B. Williams, c Hazel, b Creber. 26 R. Francis, c Geoghegan, b Creber 6 D. B. Williams, c Geoghegan, b Creber 10 G. B. Williams, not out 3 J. Powell, c Ellis, b Creber 1 R. E. Bill, c and b Samuel 6 Extras. 9 Total 116 A. W. SAMUEL'S XI. H. A. Ellis, c H. Thomas, b Powell. 8 A. Sweet, b Powell 9 Willgoose, b Corbett 17 Bancroft, c Corbett, b E, W. Jones 51 J. Geoghegan, c Williams, b Cameron 4 D. Thissen, b M. B. Williams 29 E. Bishop, c A.B. Williams, b Powell 24 Creber, c Dr. Williams, b E.W. Jones 19 A. W. Samuel, b Corbett 11 J. A. Davies, at Thomas, b Cameron 14 G. Hazel, not out 13 Extras 5 Total 204 FIRST ELEVEN FIXTURES. Aug. 12-Llanelly Home 19—Mr. Ebsworth's Eleven Home 25 and 26-Glamorgan v. Cornwall .Home Sept. 2 -Newport Away CARDIFF II. v. SWANSEA II. The first match between these teams was played at the Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, and re- sulted in a win for the Cardiffites by 157 to 104. Score:— SWANSEA. J. Hill, c and b Bowen 11 B. Thomas, b Howell. 38 G. S. Lloyd, c Parry, b Howell 14 C. Johnston, b Howell 1 H. Sweet, c Schiele, b Howell. 5 E. Walton, run out 0 S. Rees, b Howell JJ Sergeant Holloway, b Howell 9 G. Rees, b Colley 0 S. Dorrell, not out 10 T. Williams, c Colley, b Howetl. 0 Extras 3 Total .104 CARDIFF. H. Bowen, c Holloway, b Lewis 30 P. Howell, c Rees, b Sweet 14 C. Colley, run out 14 J. Barry, o and b Williams 22 J. Hailes, c Sweet, b Williams 15 S. Auckland, lbw, b Jenkins 5 E. H. Sohiele, c Hill, b Williams 4 J. L. Lewis, b Lewis 3 R. J. Auckland, not out 29 W. A. Horey, b Hill 2 W. D. Bate, b Hill. 8 Extras. 11 Total 157 SECOND ELEVEN FIXTURES. Aug. 12-Briton Ferry Away „ 17—United Banks Home „ 19-St. Jude's Away Sept. 2—Cardiff II.Home SWANSEA THIRDS v. NEATH Y.M.C.A. Played at Neath on Saturday afternoon, and ended in a win for the Thirds by 29 runs. Scores :— SWANSEA THIRDS. S. J. Curnow, b Jones 10 P. Lockman, st Reynolds, b Day 4 H. G. Solomon, c Day, b Reynolds 18 P. S. Lloyd, o Jones, b Mills 0 O. A. Schenk, b Williams 18 T. Powell, b Reynolds I. 12 T. Stockwood, b Williams 15 F. B. Rees, run out 6 W. Bird, b Mills 4 A. Ball, c David, b Williams 2 C. Davies, not out 0 Extras 10 Total 99 NEATH Y.M.C.A. M. Reynolds. c Ball, b Lockman 4 W. Jenkins, c Curnow, b Lockman 3 A. L. Davies, c Lockman, b Bird 0 Joshua Rees, c Powell, b Sohenk 24 Sydney Mills, c & b Bird 2 A. J. Mills, b Bird 4 J. Steer, run out 12 M. Williams, run out 0 D. Jone3, b Powell 12 A. Morgan, o Ball, b Carnow 4 T. G. Day, not out 1 Extras. 4 Total 70 UNITED BANKS v. OYSTERMOUTH. This match was played on the St. Helen' ground on Thursday. August 3rd, and ended in an easy victory for Oystermonth, for whom Ellis and Dr. Perkins batted well. D. Webborn secured seven of the Banks' wickets for 19 runs, a really good performance on a batsman's wicket. OTSTERMOUTH. H. A. Ellis, not out 117 Dr. Perkins, c Wilcox, b Bellingham 43 W. T. Farr, c Levay, b Barker 10 R. E. Gold, b Levay 28 G. Ll. Hay, b R. S. Woodliffe 10 P. J. Burkle, not out 7 Extras. 27 Total for 4 wickets 242 Innings declared closed. "Waddington, Webborn, Leaver, Morris, Hely, did not bat. UNITED BANKS. A. H. de Winton. c Farr, b Ellis 0 W. V. Jones, b Webborn. 0 S. Solomon, b Webborn 4 T. Bellingham. c & b Webborn 41 F. Wilcox, b Webborn 5 F. W. David, c Farr, b Webborn 4 R. S. Woodliffe. c Waddinaton. b Ellis 21 F. R. Barker, b Webborn 0 T, W. Bell, not out 1 H. R. Levay, st Leaver b Ellis 4 F. W. Lewis, b Webborn 1 Extras 5 Total 86 The Oystermouth Club have made arrangements whereby visitors to the Mumbles may become temporary members of the club at a nominal fee. Further particulars can be obtained from the secretary. Mr. G. Ll. Hay, Penwarden, Castleton, Mumbles. OYSTERMOUTH v. CLYDACH. It's the unexpected that often happens in cricket. 3n Thursday in last week Oystermonth defeated the Swansea United Banks by 242 (for four wickets) to 86. Nevertheless, on Saturday they collapsed miserably before the trundling of the Clydach bowlers. It was little eL more than a procession from the Pavilion to the wicket-i and back again, and they were all disposed of for the paltry total of 20 run=>. Dr. Perkins and R. Gold were so Unfortunate as to be both caught in the slips by D. Austin. The following are the scores CLYDACH. D. Arnold, c Hay, b Clough 16 D. Austin, c Waddington, b Clough. 12 B. A. Jones, b Webborn 3 S. Jones, b Clough 2 J. Smith, b Clough. 0 J. D. Phillips, c & b Clough 4 D. Davies, b Clough 2 D. H. Jones, not out 3 J. Lloyd, b Gold 0 D.J. Thomas. b Clousrh 6 J. R. James, b Gold 6 Extras 7 Total 61 OTSTERMOUTH. G. Hay. rnu out 0 P. H. Burkle, o D. Jones, b S. Jones 3 R. E. Gold, c Austin, b Jones 3 Dr. Perkins, c Austin, b Jones 2 J. H. Waddingtin, b Austin 0 i. L. Clangh, c.& b Davies 3 G. Nettell, b Austin 2 W. T. Farr, b Austin 1 T. Addis, b Austin. 1 D. Webborn, not out 2 J. W. Law, run out 0 Extras 3 Total 20 OYSTERMOUTH v. ST. JUDE'S. Oystermouth fared badly at the hands of St. Jude's on Monday, beinpr defeated by 76 rune to 28. The match, which was played on the Sfround of the Oystermouth Club, was pleasantly Untested. Scores:- RT. JUDIR'S. E. (liblis, c R. E. Gold, b Ellis 18 J. Gr. Owen, b Ellis 3 A. A. G. Merrv, b R. E. Gold. 6 W. J. Evans, b Ellis 6 A. E. Joslyn, b Ellis 4 A. White, lbw, b R. E. Gold 2 W. Jeffreys, run out 0 A. L. Davies, c R. E. Gold, b Clough 2 F. Bolitho, c Morris, b Clough 2 E. J. Joslyn, b Ellis 1 W. A. Ray, not out 17 D. Rees, run out 2 Extras 13 Total 76 OYSTERMOUTH. R. E. Gold, b A. E. Joslyn 0 J. L. Clough, b Evans 4 A. C. Phipps, b A. E. Joslyn 0 H. A. Ellis, c Davies, b A. E. Joslyn 2 P. H. Burkle, b Evans 3 A. S. Baldwin, b A. E. Joslyn 0 G, Nettell, not out 8 J. W. Law, b Evans 0 J. Saunders, b Gibbs 0 H. Morris, c Owen, b Gibbs 3 R. Hely, c White, b Gibbs 0 G, Gold, b Gibbs 0 Extras 8 Total 28 FIXTURES FOR 1899. Ground. Aug. 12—Penllergaer v. Gorseinon Penllergaer. „ 19-Gorbeiiiori v. Penllergaer 4,orreiilon. „ 26-ClvdaclI v. Gorseinoll Cljdach. Sept. 2-Gorseinon v. Oystermouth Gorseinon. 9-Oystermouth v, Gorseinon Oystermuutb.

HINTS FOR THE HOME. I LEMONS can be kept a considerable length of time—a couple of months, even—in dry sawdust or sand. The sawdust must be inodorous. To unite old glass, put a little isinglass in rectified spirits of wine, and when dissolved add a very small j roportion of water. Melt the mixture over gentle heat, and apply to the broken pieces. This is an almost invisible cement. SPREAD a cloth on the bottom of the steamer: on it place a loaf of stale bread, cover with another cloth, put on the cover and steam briskly ten or fifteen minutes. If served immediately, the bread will taste almost as fresh as when baked. A CAPITAL way of retaining the shape of veils, and keeping them in good condition, is to pull them out each time aiter removing from the hat or bonnet, and to carefully roll them round a long cushion, made in the form of a small bolster. FLAXSEED POULTICES. Does every woman know the nicest, eaciest way to make flaxseed poultices P Cook the flax- seed, add a tabtespoonful of lard, and fill two has as large as needed. Place in a steamer over hot or boiling water, and they will be ready for frequent changes without making fresh ODrs. This is particularly handy when needed for night use. The lard keeps the poultice soft. WHEN HOUSE CLEANING. To take off wnll paper previous to painting or papering, wet the old paper thoroughly Tvith a long-handled brush dipped in warm water. Let it rest until the water has penetrated it, and the paper blisters and loosens when you can peel it off with your hands. Do not wet too much at a time. If any small bits are found still adhering wet them afresh and scrape them oft with a strong knife. FLIRTING. The habit of what is called flirting, which some young men and women indulge in, in severely condemned by the People's Journal: "It is through flirtation, which has advanced to some- thing like a fine art, that many marriageable young folk lose their chances in life. Flirtation deftroys confidence between the persons who indulge in it; it prevents the natural growth of mutual esteem; it is not a thing of good faith. It is an error to suppose that love-making and flirtation are identical; they are, in truth, anti- thetical. Love-making is tender and ennobling, while flirtation is cruel, foolish, and demeaning. The one is the prelude to wedded happiness; the other is inimical to it. Young men and women should exercise their reason while on the lookout tor suitable life-partners; yet many of them give encouragement to flirters—silly flirters, who are takeu up or thrown off, with results that are often grievous indeed." CARE OF LAMPS. It is unnecessary to wash and boil the burner of lamps more than once a year it they have been rightly cared for. Keep a small, stilI brush (an old tooth-brush will do), and when cleaning the lamps brush the burners with this, wiping afterwards with a soit flannel cloth. This will keep them blight and free from dust. To trim the wick, turn it up, and, holding the burner so that the charred portions will not drop on it, simpiy brush it off, thus allowing it to trim itself. It is almost impossible to trim a wick evenly with scissors. To polish metal lamps, rub them with a soft cloth, on which has beeu poured a few drops of kerosene. To polish the chimneys, saturate a cloth with a little alcohol, and wash off the grime ami smoke inside. Wash the brushes and cloths used in the care of lamps often. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. We all know the wife who thinks her husband should not have a thought apart from herself, who is jealous of his people, and will not admit their claims upon his attention or his confidence. When Mr. Darley went home a few evenings ago, his wife told him she had been dreadfully insulted. "Insulted?" repeated Mr. Darley, indignantly. "Who by?" "By your mother." "My mother, Molly? Nonsense, dear, she's the kindest lady in the world. And how could she insult you? She isn't here; she's miles away, in Bentonville." "But, Harry, she did insult me," persisted Molly; "and it was done in a letter." "Shew it to me." "I'll tell you all about it. A letter came for you this morning, addressed in your mother's handwriting, and so of course I opened it." "Of course," said Mr. Darley, drily. It was written to you all the way through, you understand ? "Yes, I under- stand that; but where does the insult to you come in?" "In the postscript. When I read along to that it said: • Dear Molly—Don't fail to give this letter to Harry: I want him to have it.' Now tell me, wasn't that an insult ? And yet the world wonders why so few mothers can agree with their daughters-in-law. COURTESY AT HOME. It is of great importance that courtesy be strictly observed in the family circle, says farm, Held, and Fireside. It is the lubricating oil that makes the jarring machinery of life go on smoothly. Insist on your children observing the rules of politeness towards each other as strictly as towards strangers. Above all, let husband and wife do this towards each other, and the children will easily and naturally imbibe tbe same spirit and form the same habit. Inno- cent amusements are one of the elements of a happy home, and none is more refining than music. We should cultivate as a fine art the habit of talking cheerfully and good-humouredly in the family circle—excluding harassing and depressing topics, except when it is absolutely necessary to introduce them. NICE DISHES. CAPE PIS.—Truss a fowl or rabbit, put it in a stew-pan, with two large onions, sliced finely, ten pepper-corns, two or three cloves, a small teaspoonful of salt, and about a pint of stock when this is half cooked, add to it some macaroni cut in small pieces. Let this cook till it is tender, when it must be lifted out; arrange in a fireproof dish, in joints, put aside for two hours. When quite cool, cover with a short paste and bake. A few mushrooms, 2oz. of butter, or a gill of cream will much improve the pie. It can be served hot or cold. MUTTON CUTLETS WITH TOMATO JELLY.-—Boil the best end of a neck of mutton and trim into neat cutlets. Take some tomato sauce and an equal part of aspic jelly, mixing well together, and when nearly cold mash the cutlets with it, and let thrm cool. Lay the cutlets all one way; cut white of egg into patterns and ornament them with it. Serve in the centre a macedoine of vegetables with mayonnaise sauce, and garnish with finely-cut aspic and tomatoes placed round the dish. MUTTON CUTLETS IN ASPIC.—Boast the best end of a neck of mutton, and then trim the cutlets carefully. Prepare the jelly thus: Dis- solve two and a half ounces of the best gelatine in one quart of hot water, flavoured with salt and lemon juice to taste, two bay leaves, a teacupful of brown vinegar, add a little tarragon vinegar, one sliced onion, twenty peppercorns, and clear with the whites and shells of two eggs; boil it and run it through a jelly-bag into a deep tin until it is a quarter of an inch thick, and let it set a little; then place on it the cutlets and pour on more of the jelly until they are covered to the same thickness, and let them set. When the jelly is quite set cut out the cutlets, leaving a quarter of an inch all round; trim them with cutlet-frills and arrange them in a ring round a mound of small salad, and garnish with small heaps of chopped jelly. SAVOURY MUTTON.—Skin a breast of mutton, remove the bones and fat, flatten the meat on a board and spread it to within two inches of the edge with sage and onion forcemeat. Roll the meat and tie it in shape. Put it in a baking tin with some hot dripping in a hot oven, baste it well, and bake it. allowing double the time you would if it were to be roasted. Serve with a thick brown gravy. — Hearth and Home. EGG AND HAM CUTLETS.—Grate the whites of four hard-boiled eggs and pound them in a mortar with the yolks of the eggs and half an ounce of butter; add a heaped teaspoonful of potted ham, moisten the paste with a little tomato catsup, and season it with salt and black pepper. Divide the mixture, and shape it on a floured board into the form of cutlets. Dip them into some beaten egg and cover them thickly with fine breadcrumbs; leave them for a quartet of an hour and then fry the cutlets in plenty of boiling fat. Boil some straight pipe macaroni until it is tender, and cut it up into small pieces about half an inch in length; then reheat it in a small quantity of parsley sauce. Arrange the cutlets round a hot dish, and put the macaroni in the middle. A NEW POTATO SALAD.—One quart of chopped boiled potatoes, one small onion; dressing, two large eggs well beaten, six tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and a small piece of butter. Put OT. the fire and cook, stirring constantly until quite thick. Add to the dressing, when cool, two tablespoonfuls of cream, one half teaspoonful of mustard, and a teaspoonful of celery seed. Ifore vinegar needed if the potatoes are cry.

SWANSEA MUNICIPAL TECH- NICAL SCHOOL. The complete results of the examination by the Science and Art Department and by the City and Guilds Institute have now been received and are given below. They may be summarised thus; First cla..s, 104 or 36'5 per cent.; second class, 111 or 38'9 per cent. fail, 70 or 24'6 per cent- total, 285. A further very satisfactory feature is the number of successes in the honours stage, am"nntinv to 11. Matheii)atics.-Advanced: 2nd class, E. M. Bevan, E. G. Williams, T. Williams, T. A. Goskar, E. Clement, H. K. Benson, W. W, Loxtou, E. Jeffreys, A. B. Plant, R. B. Matthews. Elementary 1st class, M. Morgan, W. J. Jenkins, A. E. D. Bowen. F. R. Rice, L. W. J. David, E. Thomas, E. R. Daniel; 2nd class, M. Davies, E. M. Prust, M. A Hughes, L. Thomas, A. Thomas, J. Davies, A. J. Feyin, Al. Williams. Practical Plane and Solid Geometrv. Ad. vanced: 1st class, T. A. Goskar; 2nd class, R. B. Matthews. Elementary 1st class, J. Lloyd; 2nd class, David Davies, F. T. Clarke. Machine Drawing, etc.—Advanced 1st class, R. B. Matthew; 2nd class, C. H. Lane, E. G. Nicholls, Basil Snelling, J. B. Jenkins. Ele- mentary IFit class" Ed. Evans, F. R. Rice, L. W. J. David, H. K. Benson, R. T. Rickard, John Tucker, Charles Fox, G. D. Sims, Wm. Thomas 2nd class, P. Phillips, H. J. Drury, H. E. Knapp, H. Fish. Building Construction. Honours (Part I.): Pass, G. F. Daniel. Advanced 1st class, F. G. Jchnson; 2nd class, Thomas Gibb, J. Lloyd. Elementary: 1st class, Arthur Thomas, T. R. Gibbs, J. S. Andrew; 2nd class, Ivor Joshua, R. E. Jenkins, T. R. Daniel. Physiography. Advanced. 2nd class, Gwen John, E. Jeffreys. Elementary: 1st class, John Davies, Mary Knoyle, E. R. Daniel, Dd. Thomas, H. E. Bevan, Mabel E. Lee, L. S. Davis, A. E. Shepherd, Bertha Harris, Jane Donne 2nd class, T. George, N. M. Bessent. Hygiene. Advanced: 1st class, Maggie Morgan, E. Pinkney, Thomas Jones 2nd class, Ellen Terry, Minnie Jenkin, F. Hopkins, M. Williams, Gwen John, L. S. Davis, L. E. Jenkins, J. J. Chappell. Elementary: l*t class, J. W. Jones, Charles Dnrk, F. A. Jones, A. P. Coke, H. M. Thomas. Theoretical Mechanics (Fluids).—Elementary: 1st class, T. A. Goskar 2nd class, R. B. Matthews. Theoretical Mechanics (Steam). Advanced: 1st class, T. A. Goskar; 2nd class, P. B. Taylor, R. B. Matthews, E. C. Giles. Elementary: 1st class, J. B. Jenkins, F. T. Clarke 2nd class, C. H. Lane, Derwin Thomas, D. R. Rowland. Applied Mechanics.—Advanced: 1st class, T. A. Goskar; 2rd class, R. B. Matthews, E. C. Giles, E. G. Nicholls. Elementary 1st class, W. E. Hillman, J. B. Jenkins, C. W. Fox, F. R. Rice, A. O. Morgan 2nd class, Arthur Thomas, J. T. P. Johnson, V. E. Squire, H. K. Benson, F. T. Clarke, H. F. Allen, B. P. Snelling, G. H. Brader. Theoretical Metallurgy.—Honours (Part 1.): Pass, H. J.Williams. Advanced: 1st class, R. B. Matthews, George Sims, Ed. Jenkins, W. J. Beor, W. D. Johnson, H. E. Crocker 2nd class, E. D. Harris, D. Simpson, T. S. Roes, E. J. Jones, D. M. Joseph, J. C. Pryor, A. Whitburn, C. L. Price. Elementary: 2nd class, R. J. Tregaskes. Practical Metallurgy.—Honours (Part 1.): Pass, John Lewis. Advanced: 1st class, T. S. Kees, G. B. Price, C. L. Price. Elementary: 1st class, David Thomas, J. C. Morgan, R. J. Tregaskes, J. F. Marker 2nd class, C. T. Rhys, D. Nicholas, F. Humphreys. Sound, Light and Heat.—Elementary: 1st class, Hannah Trail, Beatrice Davies, S. A. Squire. Principles of Mining.—Advanced: 1st class, P. T. Jenkins, L. C. Phillips, D. J. Evans, A. L. Price. Elementary 1st class, F. G. Harries. Magnetism and Electricity.—Advanced: 2nd class, M. N. Harris, J. V. Edmond, F. Rice, R. J. Jones. R. B. Matthews, A. G. Dorris, E. G. Nicholls. Elementary: 1st class, J. M. Harris, D. O. Williams, E. G. Thomas; 2nd class, D. Nicholas, W. E. Hillman, J. Narbett, H. T. Watkins, B. Lewis, D. J. Morris. Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry. Honours (Part 1.): Pass, H. J. Williams. Advanced: 1st class, H. E. Crocker, R. Mitchell, S. A. Squire, D. H. Thomas, F. R. Rice. Elementary: 1st class, S. J. Lewis, T. Merry, J. F. Marker, F. Crowley, T. Jones, W. S. Williams, D. H. Morgan; 2nd class, G. B. Price, A. L. Williams. J. Wignall. T. J. Richards, F. Humphreys, P. B. Merry, D. Nicholas, W. H. Tucker. Practical Inorganic Chemistry .-Hononrs (Part I): Pass, G. Sims. T. S. Rees, E. D. Harris, D. Davies, G. F. A. Nettell, H. E. Crocker. Ad- vanced 2nd class, Richard Mitchell, W. H. Tucker, D. H. Thomas, S. A. Squire. Practical Inorganic Chemistry.—Elementary lst class, T. Jones, T. Merry, W. S. Williams, J. F. Marker; 2nd class, H. T. Watkins, G. B Price, T. J. Richards, F. Crowley. CITY & GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE. TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS, 1899. Telegraphy and Telephony.—Honours grade: 2nd class, Cyril D. Iliff. Ordinary grade let class, S. A. Coghlan. W J. G. Howells. E. L. Jones. David Jones. E. G.Thomas, G. T. Bevan 2nd class, George Williams.

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THE BRIDGE TOLLS. MR. FISH AND THEIR ABOLITION. TRT THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,-The remark in the Post of 28th ultimo under Local Sittings by Vigilant," seems to me to require an answer so that the public may not be misled thereby. It warns the ratepayers to beware of myself and others, and states that a burden of E4,000 per year (liability) has been laid on them by Messrs. Burnie, Fish, Price and Co., in the toll- gate business." Whether Vigilant is defective in progressive thought and incapable of following the advanc- ing requirements of the times, or whether his object is to try and impair Mr. Burnie's chances at the next election I do not know. But the long, hard struggle Mr. Burnie made to abolish the toll- gate nuisance, all who understand the matter must be ever grateful for, and some of us feel proud and thankful for having had the privilege of assisting him. Just look at the resulting benefits to the town. In 1877 the revenue from the toll-gate was about X2,000 per year, ten years later it had grown to about £ 5,000. and with the increased traffic it would not have been so little by this time as E103000 per annum-certAinly an average of over X7,000 per year. In other words, it has been a saving to the public already of over zP,70,000, out of which we have given the Harbour Trust about £ 6,000. But with this present we have assisted them in building a splendid bridge well worth the contribution. Not only was the expensive obstruction cleared away, but its throtling effect upon trade, and the nuisance to workmen and the general public abolished, to the advantage and convenience of the community. Moreover, the abandonment of the crates has been no loss to tije Harbour Trust, as it has developed an increased trade and a larger revenue, with constant improvement. Mr. Burnie always said this wonld be the case if they would only clear away the old cobwebs and adopt a more liberal and progressive policy which they are now doing. Trusting you will kindly find space in your paper for this letter so as to correct the false impression 41 Vigilant" miht have made on the public mind.—Yours respectfully. EDWIN FISH. 20, The Promenade, Swansea, August 3rd, 1899.

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QUOITS. SWANSEA. & DISTRICT LIGHT QUOIT ASSOCIATION SHIELD. WAUNARLWYDD v. BRYNMILL. The above-mentioned match was played at Waunarlwydd on Saturday afternoon last. Result WAUNARLWYDD. BRYNMILL. L. 1). Jones (capt.) 21 G. Morris 8 T. Davies 21 F. Jones 19 T. Evan8 21 C. F. Leakey 10 T.Phillips 9 J.Bancroft 21 W. Jones 21 J. Griffiths 12 D. Davies 21 W. Davies 11 W. Bowditch 12 A. Mathews 21 J. Williams 21 J. Lane 8 147 110

FOOTBALL. SWANSEA FOOTBALL CLUB. The annual meeting of this Club was held at the Shaftesbury Hall on Friday, Mr. James Livingston presiding. Mr. Bancroft was unani- mously re-elected captain, and Mr. Gordon vice- captain. The match committee was elected as follows :—Non-players: W. Bowen, 59; S. Rice, 58; T. Jackson, 50; J. Prescott, 44; and W. H. Michael, 42; W. Bancroft, Parker, Bob Thomas, Trew and Gordon as playing members. The non-election of Mr. Livingston occasioned much surprise. The secretary read the following list of fixtures { SWANSEA FIXTURES. Sept. 16—Swansea District League Home 23—Bridgend Home 30-Treherbert Home Oct. 7-Penarth Home 14-Devonpot-t Albions Homo 21-Gloucester .Away 28-Llanelly .Home Nov. 4—Aberavon Away 11—Newport .Home 18-Cardiff Away 25- Leicester. A way 27-Northamptcn .Away Dec. 2-Trial Match. 9-Neath Home 16-Llanelly Away 23-Llwynypia Home 25—Watsonians Home 26—Dublin University Home 1900. Jan. 6-England Away 13-Gloucester Home 20—Aberavon Home 27—Scotland Swansea Feb. 3-ponarth .Away „ lo-Cardiff Home 17—Newport Away „ 24—Paris (Stade Francais) Home Mar. 3-LIanelly Home 10-Neath Away „ 17—Ireland Belfast 24-Devonport Albionii .Away i, 26— • „ 31—Llanelly Away April 7-Northampton Home „ 14-Leice-,ter Home 16- Rackliffe Home SECOND FIFTEEN. Oct. 7-Ll%ndoyery College .Away 14-Llandilo Away „ 21-Ammanford Home „ 28-Hamblet; Away Nov. 4-Aberavon .Home „ 11-Newport Away „ 18-Cardiff Home 25-Llandovery College .Home Dec. 2-Llaniilo .Home 9-Neath Away 16-LlaneHy Home „ 23- „ 25- „ 26- „ 30-Ammanford Away Jan. 6-Mumbles .Home „ 13—Llandilo Away 20-Aberavon Away Feb. 3-Tondu .Home IO-Cardiff.A way „ 17-Newport .Home 24— March 3-Llanelly Away 10-Neath .Home 17—Llandilo Home April 7-Tondu Away Mr. James Livingston said he would like to say a few words to the meeting, which he felt sure they would all be glad to hear. The Swansea Committee had decided to offer a valuable cup to the public schools for a Rugby competition (Hear, hear.) There was only one good field for playing football in Swansea, and that was at St. Helen's, and although they had had applications from their Association friends, the committee thought it would be unwise and useless to encourage both games. The Swansea School Board had been good enough to accept the cup, and had endorsed the action of the club. (Hear, hear.) He would like to re-echo what Lord Rosebery had recently said at a meeting in Epsom, and that was that the great want of England to-day was manhood and manliness. The Swansea Club desired to do what was necessary to bring un the young men in the town and encourage them in manlv sports, and he trusted the other members would back them up. The club had no intention of fostering gambling, which someone had bean wicked enough to suggest, aud he regretted that such a thing had been said.

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FUNERAL OF THE LATB CAPTAIN FORS- DIKE.—The funeral of the late Captain Forsdike, who died on Monday in last week, took place at the Swansea Cemetery on Thursday afternoon. The coffin was of polished oak, with massive brass fittings, and the breastplate bore the inscription: "Jeremiah Forsdike; died, 31st July, 1899. Aged 81 years." A number of wreaths were sent by the following: Mrs. Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Forsdike, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. lies, Mr and Mrs. Donald, Mrs. A. Johnson, and Mrs. Ford. The chief mourners were Mr. and Mrs. Forsdike, Mrø. Johnson (Adelphi Hotel), Mrs. Johnson (Rutland-street), Mr. and Mrs. lies (Loughor), Mr. and Mrs. Thomas (Colosseum Hotel), Mr David Jarvif, Mr. W. Donald, Mrs. Brazel, Mrs. Raynish, and Mr. John Johnson. The burial service was performed by the Rev. E. J. Davies (curate of St. Mary's).

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CONTEMPORARY CHAT. Rotten Row Ninety Years Ago. The Road gives a contemporary picture of 1 what Rotten Row was like just ninety years ago: Many of the equestrians in those days rode Arabian horses. Among these Sir Arthur t Wellesley (afterwards the Duke of Wellington) was conspicuous on a handsome grey Arabian, which had carried him through all his cam- paigns in India. Sir Arthur had just then (1809) been put in command of our army in Portugal, and before his departure sold a considerable part of his valuable stook of horses, among them his famous Arabians. Ladies frequently used to canter along on ponies, and altogether we are told that the Ride presented cattle sufficient ta mount two regiments of cavalry. Dock tails, which had been fashionable up to this period, were now all at once out of date, and it was an offence without benefit of clergy to ride anything but a nag-tail. But, as horse's tails cannot be changed so easily as the length of a lady's skirt, economical people who did not wish to be out of the pale of fashion strapped on false tails; and an ingenious apothecary, Mr. Prince, of John-street, Oxford-street, advertised a wonderful oil, which in an incredibly short space of time would raise a pair of Geramb- moustaches or a luxuriant horse's tail." London Sanitation. This is the opinion of a medical contemporary on the London Government Bill: London has at last got its municipalities, and it now remains to be seen what it will do with them. The Act seems to contain nothing which is likely to improve the sanitary administration of the metropolis, and, indeed, the whole question centres on whether it will not make it worse. What seems to us perfectly patent is that so far as sanitary administration is concerned London can only be effectually dealt with by regarding it as one great city, and it remains to be seen whether by raising the status of the municipal boroughs to a higher level and giving them a greater independence than was possessed by the vestries—which is the very essence of the measure—the difficulty of carrying out large sanitary measures and of ensuring uniformity of sanitary administration over large areas will not have been rendered still more difficult than it was before. Chinese as Servants. In connection with an advertisement that ap- peared in one of the London dailies inviting about fifty householders to co-operate with the advertiser in a large importation of Chinese domestic labour, a writer in the Critic says: Really, I do not think that Mary Jane need be alarmed at this prospect of Celestial competition. In the first place, it is to be noted that the advertiser is wisely silent on the subject of cleanliness, which is rather an important point in these days, when the principles of hygiene are so much better understood than they used to be. Now, in this country, cleaning is the most elementary art of service. It is generally, I understand, the first thing that young domestics are set to do. They graduate, as it were, in soap and water. But cleanliness is emphatically not one of John Chinaman's virtues. To put it plainly, he is horribly dirty; and that in way. which would make an English housewife faint or go into hysterics if she discovered them. The Handel Festival. There having been some curious rumours con- cerning the plans for the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace next year, a London correspondent has made inquiries which enable him to state that in the main the various arrangements will be similar to those of three years ago. The rehearsal day will be June 15th, the directors having decided that Friday is a more convenient day than Saturday, which had been suggested to them. Monday, June 18th, will be "Messiah" day; on Wednesday selections will be given, and on Friday, June 22nd, "Israel in Egypt." It is now definitely arranged that during the ensuing winter six Saturday concerts shall be given before and six after Christmas. Mr. Manns has already secured a promise of a visit from Sarasate and Wolff as violinists, and Signor Busoni as pianist. Moat of the leading English artistQft have also been engaged Dreyfus' Pay. A curious detail of the Dreyfus case is pointed out by a correspondent of Muntty's Magazine, who claims acquaintance with the intricacies of French military law. The Captain, he declares, is now entitled to a considerable sum in arrears of pay, even should he be condemned by the judges who are to re-try him. When first court- martialled, nearly five years ago, he was "pre- ventively imprisoned" and put on half-pay pending the confirmation of his sentence by the military court of appeal, which took action on January 1st, 1895, ordering him dismissed from the army. As his conviction has now been annulled, he is still legally on half-pay, with arrears due him since the first day of 1895. A captain in the French army receives a little less than two dollars a day, and the amount payable to Dreyfus would be about l,500dol., which would be reduced to l,200dol. by the charge of one franc per diem for "lodging ex- penses." He can also claim a small sum for travelling expenses; and should he finally be acquitted he will at once become entitled to full pay from the date of his arrest. Even that sum—less than 3,000dol.—will be a small recompense for his sufferings, and at one franc a day his lonely cell on Devil's Island was a costly lodging. Chinese Virtues. Like others who have more than a superficial acquaintance with the Chinese, Mrs. Archibald Little is impressed with their great qualities as a race. She says: There is hardly any European living in China who has not one or more Chinese whom he would trust with everything, and whom he really—if he spoke out, as we so seldom do—regards as the embodiment of all the virtues in a way in which ;he regards no European of his acquaintance. A nation that all through the land produces men who so thoroughly satisfy .their employers cannot be called a decadent race, nor, indeed, are any of the signs of decadence with which I am acquainted to be discovered among the great Chinese people, who appear always hard working, good-humoured, kindly, thrifty, law abiding, contented, and, in the performance of all the duties laid.upon them, astonishingly conscientious." The Smallest Church in England. Which is the smallest church ? The church at Wastdale Head is said to be 42ft. long by 16ft. wide, which gives an area of 672 square feet, or sitting accommodation for fifty or sixty persons. Lullington church, in Sussex, is smaller, as its total area of 256 square feet, and its accommodation for thirty people at the utmost, proves. Lullington was once owned by Sir Philip Sidney, who was lord of the manor, and the village is mentioned in the "Domesday Book the church is really the chancel of a much larger building destroyed in the Crom- wellian era. Brent-tor owns a small church, which is said to have been built by a merchant who, overtaken by a storm at sea, vowed to erect a church on the first point of land he saw. It is 37ft. by 141ft., which gives an area of 536ift. As Brent-tor has an altitude of 1,100ft., which made it come in useful in days of yore as a landmark for sailormen entering Plymouth Sound, and as the church of St. Michael tie Rupe stands near the summit, it can claim the highest ground. The lath and plaster church at Hazeleigh, Essex, has ten pews only. The Monsummano Baths. The remarkable natural vapour baths at Monsummano, in the Province of Lucca, Italy, though strongly recommended for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, and similar affections, are not as well known as they might be to English people. The bath is a large cave or grotto, full of steam which rises from springs of hot water in the floor of the cave. The baths are not at all like Turkish baths. The Turkish bath has a dry air, but in the Grotto Guisti at Monsummano the stalactites drip, the air is moist, and the bather is not tormented by thirst. The Turkish bath is followed by a douche or a plunge bath, but at Monsummano the bather is sent off to bed wrapped up like a mummy, and after an interval of from half an hour to an hour he receives a rubbing and scrubbing which is marvellously refreshing. In the grotto the bather disports himself in Turkish towelling, made up into a monk's frock and cowl. Much of the success of the bath is due to the purity of the air in the spacious subterranean chamber. Two hundred sufferers may pass through them in a day, yet the air is never loaded with carbonic acid gas, as is so often the case with artificial vapour baths. The Hungarian patriot Kossuth was here, and the treatment did him much good. Garibaldi, suffering from arthritis, a rheumatic arm, and the pain of his foot, wounded at Aspromonte, found relief, and has left his written testimony to that effect. Verdi's auto- graph letter, testifying to the curative value of the treatment, is one of' the treasures of the directorate of the baths. Professor Schwenihger, Bismarck's doctor, is one of many German physicians sending gouty, sciatic, and rheumatic patients here.

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—» A daring burglary was perpetrated on Wednes- day morning at the Victoria, Pier, Blackpool. The safe and cash drawers were opened, and the takings for perhaps the best three days in the year, amounting to over £200, were abstracted.

LLANGYFELACH DISTRICT I COUNCIL. A meeting of the Llangyfelach District Council was held on Tuesday morning at the offices in Fisher-street. Present: Messrs. Kees Harrips (chairman), LI. Davies, Glynn Price, Philip Eichard, W. R. Morgan. W. Sims, Thomas Williams. J. W. Johnston, Samuel Jones, W. Clement, David Rees, the Revs. J. D. Harries and J. Alban Davies. AN EXPLANATION BY THB CHAIRMAN. Prior to the commencement of the ordinary business, the Chairman said he desired to give an explanation with respect to a minute passed at the last meeting with regard to the fixing of a stand-pipe at Dunvant. According to the papers, it appeared that he had advised the Surveyor to disobey the orders of the Council. What he actually did was to suggest to the Surveyor the addition of portable keys to the convenience for the benefit of the householders, and that suggestion had been acted upon. Mr. LI. Davies observed that the opinion was expressed that the Chairman or any other member of the Council had no right to upset the standing orders. The Chairman: I never advised anything of the sort. Mr. LI. Davies: Pardon me, sir, it was men- tioned that you "aid" carry out so and so, and I will bear all the consequences."t $The Chairman appealed to the Surveyor, who said that what he (Mr. Thomas) said at the meet- ing was that, having consulted the Chairman, his suggestion was adopted by him, Mr. Harries telling him that he would take all the risk so far as the Council was concerned. The Chairman further stated that he thought the members would bear him out, and that he had never held out to anybody that he had any power whatever to upset the resolutions of the Council. MEDICAL REPORT. The report of the Medical Officer for the Llaneamlet Talybont Division (Dr. Mitchell) stated that only 15 deaths were registered during the month, and but one cause of diphtheria notified. THB COEDSAESON ESTATE. A communication was received from the Town Clerk of Swansea, stating that the Swansea Council, having under consideration the drainage of the Coedsaeson estate, wanted to know whether the District Council would be prepared to con- tribute towards the cost of the Brynmill outlet 86 jjr. Thomas Williams moved that the letter b laid upon the table. The Chairman thought it would be better if the representatives of Cockett met the Corpora- tion, and a proposition to this effect was carried. RESIGNATION OF SANITARY OFFICER. Mr. John Thomas handed in his resignation as sanitary oflBcer to the Council. He stated that his action was induced in view of a resolution with respect to his salary. Mr. Thomas said he was quite willing to act as consulting engineer and surveyor, and to perform any services he could for the Council in the future. H9 regretted to sever his connection with the Council after so long a period of service. In reply to questions put to him, Mr. Thomas said the terms of his notice were three months, which would expire in November. The "Chairman formally proposed that the resignation be accepted. Mr. LI. Davies seconded, and it was carried without comment. BICYCLES FOR NUISANCE INSPECTORS. The question of supplying the Inspectors of Nuisances with bicycles was again considered. Mr. LI. Davies moved that the inspectors' applications for bicycles be granted. Mr. Johnston seconded, and in doing so he said the inspectors had to cover a very large area. He thought that if they gave them bicycles it would assist them very materially in doing their work efficiently. Mr. Glynn Price was of opinion that it would be economical to supply the inspectors with bicycles. Mr. Samuel Jones, Mr. Sims and other mem- bers spoke against the proposal, but eventually Mr. LI. Davies' motion was carried by six votes to four. Mr. Sims questioned whether the auditor would allow the money to be spent in such a manner. A committee was appointed with power to purchase the bicycles, the price of each not to exceed 12 guineas. FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Mr. LI. Daviea, in moving the adoption of the report of the Finance Committee, said that pay- ments to the amount of £482 11s. 9d. had been passed that morning; whilst they had in the Council's favour, after paying the accounts, £.54 17s. 9d. (Hear. hear.) With the excep- tion of Llansamlet Lower all the parishes had paid the May" calls," and he moved that the overseers of the above-named parish be written to, demanding the payment of the small balance of M. The report was adopted. NO WATER AT THE COTTAGE HOMES. A letter was read from the Guardians which stated that there was no water supply at the Cottage Homes, and they had to cart the water to the Homes. The Chairman stated that they could not promise the Guardians a supply, because they had no water for them. The Clerk was instructed to reply to this effec"

WANTED TO FLY. A MILL GIRL'S QUEER NOTION. A girl who used to work as a "winder" at Eastfield Mills, near Halifax, has been the subject of one of the most remarkable delusions, if we may believe an article in the Halifax Guardian, which gives an account of the affair with the girl's name and address — Edith Wilkinson. Mill View, Lumbrook, Shelf (a place near Halifax). Here is her acoount of her- self My mother," she said, used to get cross with me for my sick fancies, and then I would calm down. I always wanted to be ftyingaway. I felt funny' in some way. My mother was always with me. I got up one night, and my sister said that I stood on the stair-rail. 1 don't know how I got there but she pulled me off, and put me back to bed again. I had to sleep with my mother for twelve months, and I'd say to her, "Oh, don't fall asleep and leave me, mother!' I dursn't trust myself with anyone but my mother. "My trouble," she continued, "began with influenza, and I was left with erysipelas in my face. I got weaker and weaker, and I was taken to all sorts of doctors. They all said I was suffering from nervous debility from head to foot. I was at home for fifteen weeks, and I could do no work. I kept to my bed for three weeks, and could not go out of doors. I had to be taken about like a baby. At that time—four years ago now—one of the neighbours gave me a book about Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and suggested that I should try them. So my brother got me a box, and I began to use them. I got one box every week for some time before I began to feel better, but went on with them until I was cored. Now I am working again as a winder. I tell everyone that I should have bpen dead but for Dr. Williams' pink pills. I am twenty-one years of age. I got my brother, Joseph Bramwell Wilkin- son, to take them. He felt the same as I did when I was ill, though he was quieter over it. He is taking them yet, and going on capitally. Then, there is my cousin, Alice Ann Wilkinson, who lives at Bailiffe Bridee, and my sifter Annie, who lices here, they both take them. My mother suffered from palpitation of the heart, and she is quite free from it now." In this one family, therefore, the same remedy proved a cured for several different ailments. But nothing is more common than this, for Dr. Williams' pink pills act in quite a different way to ordinary medicine. Ordinary medicine combats the sicns and symptoms of disease. Dr. Williams' pink pills attack the foundations of disease, and eradicate them from the system, not, however, by r the weakened process of purging or moving the bowels (as so-oalled blood-purifiers do), but by giving direct strength and noarisbmant to the blood and nerves. Thus it is that they are able to cure so many different disorders, among which may be named consumption, bronchitis, paralysis, rheumatism, St. Vitus' dane, nervous prostra- tion, eczema and skin eruptions, and the charac- teristic ailment of ladies. Sold by all chemists, but if a substitute is offered (the genuine pills always bear the full name Dr. Williams' pink pills for Dale people) it is better to send direct to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn Viaduct, London, enclosing the price (two and ninepence a box).

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.—Last week's traffic returns of the local railways show the following results:—Great Western Railway, an increase of £39,550; making an aggregate in- crease for 5 weeks of £ 103,020.—London and North-Western Railway, an increa-e of £68.443. aggregate increase for 5 weeks, £ 48,114—Taff Vale Railway, an increase of .£10,524; agarregate increase, 5 weeks, £46,546.-Br6COD & Merthyr Railway, an increase of £525; aggregate increase for 5 weeks, 452,898.—Barry Railway, an increase of £10435; aggregate increase 5 (including receipts of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway). A Bristol woman for peddling margarine in near pats as "fresh country butter," was

SCIENCE NOTES AND GLEANINGS. A DELICATE ADJUSTMENT. Dr. Lindt is now engaged, says Enr/ivttrh^, on the construction of a small piece of apparatus for the prod Jirtion of liquid air which will vidgh les than 2!lb., and will liquefy the air in eighteen minutes. Wih respect to the preserva- tion of the liquid air when once made, it hils been stated tha.t wi- h the latest form of vacuum vessel of about half a gallon capacity the liquid will take fifteen days t.) completely evauorate. As the nitrogen of the liquid air boils off more rapidly than the oxygen the liquid becomes continuously richer in the letter gas, and Dr. Borchers has acc rdingly used the residual liquid for obtaining the high temp: rat ures necessary for producing calcium carbide without the aid of electricity. By soaking cotton wool in this residual liquid a powerful explosive is produced which, though it must he prepared on the spot and fired within a limited period, is neverthe- less stated to be very cheap, as llt>. of explosive can be obtained for an expenditure cf 1 to 2 horse-power hours. At the Sitnplon Tunnel Works, therefore, a plant is being erected capable of producing about 11 gallons of liquid air per hour. NEW PROCESS OF NABDESINO STEEL. Formerly the hardening of steel was connected with difficulties, inasmuch as cracks appeared tn. the steel. To obviate this evil, the following process has been adopted, according to a German scientific paper. The steel is, as usual, coJterl with a solution of whiting and varnish, heated to chetry heat, and dipped for a few seconds in acifiulated water. Next, it is, for about double the length of time, dipped in ripe oil and finally laid in a moderately cooling bath, such as rock oil or water, mixed with whiting. By dipping the steel first for a short time in water, the heat is drawn away from the outer layer, so that this layer becomes hard. If it were left in the water until completely cooled, the inside core would cool off just as quickly, thus rendering a crack- ing inevitable. But the fact that the steel is left in the water for a few minutes only, and is then dipped in rape oil, causes a retarding of the cooling in the interior, although the outer layer also loses a little of its origin"! hardness thereby. To restore the latter, the steel is finally placed in a moderately cool bath. By merely cooling it in oil, it would not attain a sufficient hardness. LUMINOUS PA NTS. Articles painted with luminous pigments lJa. now been on the market for some time. These objects then shine in the dark, owing that pro- peity to a layer of varnish with which they have been covered, and which contains certain finely powdered substances which have the power of absorbing solar light for a certain time. and then re-emitting it. Certain of the sulphides of the alkaline earths possess this quality in a marked degree, and are able to become luminous by exposure to the electric or to the magnesium light as well as to the sun. Several minerals, such as the diamond and apatite, are phospho- rescent, and it was once believed that they attracted light just as the magnet attracts iron. Some of the phosphorescent minerals were used a very long time ago by the Chinese fcr the manu- facture of luminous paints, for we read in an old Chinese chronicle that about 1.000 years B.C. a wondrous picture was shewn to the Emperor of China, and appeared white by day, but by night shewed a bull in the proper colours. The bull had been painted with luminous paints, and emitted at night the light it absorbed during the day. In 1878, luminous artificial flowers were shewn at the Paris International Exhibition. This was the beginning of the practical utilisation of luminous pigments, and shortly afterwards Balmain, an Englishman, took out a patent for the industrial application of these phosphorescent bodies. In time these came to be used for technical articles, and many others in current use. Chemically, they are sulphides of the alkaline earths, especially of baryta, lime, and strontia. These compounds are calcined at high temperatures, and used in a very finely powdered state. EDISON ON SKIN FRICTION OF SHIPS. Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor, lays the Steamship, is accredited in a recent interview with some interesting remarks relative to the skin friction of ships; and his conclusions with regard to steamships bear an equal applica- tion to sailing vessels. He says: What makes the resistance which the screw must overcome is the fact that the ship drags a lot of water with her. To illustrate this, say the vessel is going twenty miles an hour—2ft. from her side the water is going ten miles an hour, 4ft. away, five miles an hour, 8ft. away, two miles an hour, 9ft. off, one mile an hour, and so on in diminishing ratio. All this water the vessel is dragging with her. That is what the engine has got to do—not force the ship throuah the water, but carry the water along. This all comes from the fact that the water sticks, as it were, tc the sides 8f the ship. In my experiments I sought to produce hydrogen by electricity along the sides of the ship, eliminating the salt in the water. After a long series of ex- periments, I succeeded, and, using a current through the sides of a ship, reduced the friction of the water to a minimum. I thought I had one of the biggest things of the century, till tried in genuine salt water. I had been making my salt water in the tank by emptying salt into fresh water. I got four barrels of salt water from Sandy Hook, and found that with it my Invention would not work, because the ocean contains other things than salt. I am confident, however, that success lies in this direction. Had I been able to apply my invention successfully to the Campania she could cross easily in four days. It could not be done, however, with the natural salt water, according to the method I used. Further experiments may open the road to success. The same result may be achieved by forcing some cheap oil through the pores of the sides of the ship under the water-line. She would slip across the water on a bed of oil like greased lightning. SOMB KABVXLS OF LIQUEFIED Am. The experiments which have resulted in the liquefaction of air seem likely to revolutionise oar ideas of heat and cold. Mr. Charles E. Tripler, of New York, is turning out liquefied air by the gallon, and a description of his achievements in the April Century is a veritable fairy-tale of science. Fancy a kettle of liquefied air going off in steam when set upon a block of ice, because the latter is several hundred degrees warmer than the air! It may not be long before the expression "as cold as ice" will cease to be heard, and was hot as ice" adopted. It certainly is surprising, he says, to see the liquid air poured upon ice fly on hissing like water from hot iron; but when one reflects that the ice is 344deg. hotter than the liquid, it does not seem so strange; or to see one's breath, blown into the open can of the liquid, sent back instantly, its moisture congealed into a miniature snowstorm. A jet of steam is frozen as quickly, for steam in the open air is only 114deg, hotter than the breath, while from the temperature of steam to that of liquid air is a terril,le drop of S24deg.! In this freezing effect probably is found the greatest obstacle to the use of liquid air as a motive power. The moisture of the air is deposited rapidly as ice upon the machine, especially round the orifice from which the jet of extremely cold air emerges. This soon closes the orifice completely and stops the machine. Another surprise is given when the experi- rcenter puts his hand directly into the liquid for a moment. But the sensation is only as of a soft cushion of air about the hand. Such it really is. The heat of the hand forms a layer of vapour or air about the hand, and the liquid air doe, not come in contact with the flesh. Should the liquid actually touch the flesh, a severe injury like a burn results, which some- times is months in healing. In a few seconds an egg is frozen so that it requires a hard blow of a hammer to break it. The liquid air boils in a dish till it has cooled the dish to its own temperature. Its boiling- point is 312deg. below zero. After this the of air which covers the liquid so retards tion that it may be kept eight or ten hoursTBfc can packed only in felt. It has in this way been carried two hundred and fifty miles from the place of manufacture. The cooling effect upon the air of the room is very marked. The writer gave two lectures in one afternoon with liquid air. Said a lady of the second audience, as she entered the room: "How cold your room is!" The temperature had bqcn lowered lOdeg. or 12deg. by the evaporation of the air used in the first lecture. All other liquids are frozen when put into liquid air. Mercury becomes like iron, so that it will drive a nail, hold up a weight, or serve any other purpose as a metal, so lotig as it is kept frozen. Absolute alcohol soon becomes solid. A tube of liquid air dippe 1 into a glass of water rapidly converts the water into ice. By removing the ice from the glass and the tube from the ice, there remains a dish of ice into which liquid oxygen may be poured. A steel pen tipped with a match, or an electric-light carbon red-hot at its tip, will burn in this with intense heat and light. Between the liquid oxygen and the burning steel are about 3,300deg., and yet the ice-tumbler is not affected. Of course, the oxygon is turned into a p. < before combustion begins. Liquid oxygen cannot support combustion*

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