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THE FOOTBALL FEVER. I 0 1 A REPLY TO PURITAN. I TO THE EDITOR. I DEAR SIR,-I observed in your paper not long ago the report of an interview given to one of your reporters by a gentleman who appeared under the nom de plume of a Modern Puritan." In the course of the interview, Modern Puritan enlarged with unnecessary severity upon the evils of the game of football, charging it with a variety of crimes. Perhaps the following ex- tract, which I take from the Western Mail, will be interesting and instructive both to Modern Puritan and other of your readers In face of the evidence laid before the Royal Commission on the Licensing Laws by the Chief- constable of Liverpool yesterday, one may well re- peat an ancient question, Can any good come out of Nazareth ? Liverpool, said the officer, in effect, has been made sober, not by law, and not by Gospel, or even Blue Ribbonism or Good Templar- ism, but—shall we venture to repeat it in Nonconformist Wales 1—by football. The chief- constable was not drawing on his imagination, but detailing the experience of himself and the Liverpool police force generally. His words are worth repeating' A workman formerly,' said he, 1 left his work on Saturday afternoon, having been paid with his friends, and stopped at one public- house and had a drink, and then went on to another, and the friend stood a drink, and so it went on till they had a great deal more than was good for them.' That was Liverpool's picture in its unregenerate days, when the city was one of the most besotted places in Christendom or out of it. Let us now turn to the other side, where we see Liverpool con- verted from the error of its ways:—' Now,' the chief-constable went on to say, that there was a football match on the Everton or the Liverpool grounds, they (the workmen) ran off home, and changed their clothes and cleaned themselves, and went off to the football match, leaving their wages with their wives at home. The men attended the matches in thousands every Saturday afternoon.' That is the picture of the New Liverpool-we had almost called it the New Jerusalem—erected on the Mersey by means of football. Now, it strikes us that like causes produce like effects everywhere,and that towns like Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Llanelly, and others of less note in Wales, are as much indebted to football as Liverpool is, only our Non- conformist friends and the vernacular press are very slow in recognising the fact. In the estima- tion of these censors of public morals, football is nothing better than a sink of iniquity, and associated with all that is vile and of evil report. We have time and again endeavoured to teach them that they are wrong, but they have fully made up their minds on the point, and so, instead of en- couraging sport, they level at it all the anathemas of the pulpi t Of course, the chief-constable mentioned other cai ses thn.t have contributed to the decrease of drunkenness in Liverpool. Into these it is unnecessary now to enter our object being to emphasise one cause which some Welsh moralists have always thought fit to Sneer at." After this, even Modern Puritan will have to concede that there is some good even in football. Yours truly, FOOTBALLER.

TERRIBLE GALE AT LLAN- | ELLY. TRAINS BLOCKED. I A gale passed over Llanelly and district with terrific fury on Saturday, a.nd the strong running high tide was driven with great force against the boundary wall of the Great Western Railway between Llanelly and Burry Port. For over a quarter of a mile, huge seas washed er, the massive-masonary to a height of 30 or 40 feet. I Mr. W. Rees, permanent way inspector, and other servants of the company proceeded to the spot, and found that the line was impassable, consequent an the heavy seas and the wreckage that was being washed on to the metals. Both the up and down passenger trains were blocked up for about half an hour, and the passengers were greatly alarmed at the incident. After the tide had receded the line was found to be uninjured, and traffic was immedi- ately resumed. It is interesting to note that this part of the wall was broken and washed away by the gale in October last, but advantage has been taken during the re-construction of considerably strengthening this particular spot.

CARMARTHENSHIRE ENTIRE ) HORSE SHOW. The annual exhibition of entire horses in connection with the Carmarthenshire Agricul- tural Society was held at the Market-place, Carmarthen, on Thursday afternoon. There was a very large attendance of agriculturists, who were deeply interested in the competitions. Buccaneer III., the Carmarthenshire Stud Company's shire horse, was greatly admired, and was an easy winner in his class. Mr. David Evans's Perfection and the Stud Company's Lord Dacre gave the judges a lot of trouble in the hackney class, and this couple gave rise to a lot of speculation around the ring. When they last met the decision was the other way about. The judges were Mr. Lewis, Trvvst Llewelyn, Montgomeryshire; and Mr. Alfred Rowell, Swafham, Norfolk. Awards:— CARTERS.—1, 2,5, the Carmarthenshire Stud Company's Buccaneer III.; 2, jE2, Mr. David Evans, Llwyncadifor Stud Farm, Newcastle Emlyn, Emlyn Squire;3, £ 1, Sir Arthur Stepney's Young Lord Blackburn 4, the Carmarthenshire Stud Company's Dashwood; 5, Mr. J. Phillips, Caerlleon, Whitland, Young Blagdon. HACKNEYS.—1, £ 5, Mr. David Evans, Llwyn- cadifor, Perfection 2, k2, the Carmarthenshire Stud Company's Lord Dacre; 3, Mr. J. C. Harford, Falcondale, Lampeter, Stortford Denmark; 4, Farm Bailiff, Iscoed, Ferryside, Confident. CoBs.-I, £:3, Messrs. T. Rees, Cefnfaes, and E. Davies, Penrhiw, Silian, High Stepping Gambler; 2, ze2, Mr. H. Rees, Green Croft, Narberth, Silver King 3, Mr. David Walters, Bankyfelin, Young Confident. There were several thoroughbred sires exhibi- ted, but no prizes were offered for that class.

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FOOTBALL RECORD I + LLANELLY TEAM. I THE DOINGS OF THE LLANELLY TEAM. The Llanelly season closed on Easter Monday, and the record will be regarded, as long as the Club exists, as one of the most remarkable in the history of football in the tinplate town. It is the veriest platitude to affirm that the sporting fraternity at Llanellyare proud of the distinction won by the team in the season just closed. It is no exaggeration to say that there never has been a time in the annals of Llanelly football' when the doings of the men in red" have been more closely followed, and the successes they have achieved more highly prized than in the season now ended. During the last fewm onths there can be no doubt that football has gone up a stage in Lianelly-high though the previous position was. It will surely be conceded that on the allround form of the season, in the uniformity of the good play, Llanelly takes a position second to none among the clubs of the United Kingdom. The game has for many years been a favourite with Llanelly people. Never was it a greater favourite than now, and never has the affairs of the club been better managed, nor has the true spirit of sport ever been higher alike I among the players themselves and their partizans. As to the scoring capacity of the team, the follow- ing table will be interesting:— Converted Dropped Penalty Goals. Goals. Goals. Tries. Joe Davies. 10 I 2 — T. Saunders 3 — — Morgan Bevau — — 12 O. Badger 8 — 2 5 E. Lloyd. 3 — 6 LI, Every — — 1 M. Williams — — 18 Cliff Bowen — — 5 Ben Davies. — 4 Dai Davies. T— — 2 D. J. Dauiets. — — 3 W. J. Thomas — — 2 J. Jones — — 3 Ben James. — — 6 P. J. Davies — — 4 D. Thomas. — — 1 D. E. Griffiths — 1 Jack Evans. — — — 2 | 24 1 4 75 The defeat at Gloucester was, no doubt, a terrible blow. To make matters worse, it was entirely un- expected. When the Cathedral boys met the tin- platers early in the season at Llanelly, the visitors were badly defeated by four tries to one, and it was generally expected that the Scarlets would repeat their success at Gloucester towards the close of the season. The French have a proverb that there is nothing certain except the unforseen. The adage was dismally demonstrated on April 3rd. How- ever, it is adversity that is the real test of a man's calibre, and in the light of this test it has to be conceded that Llanelly came out of the ordeal with flying colours. Owen Badger, the Llanelly captain, took the defeat like the true sportsman that he is. He was the first to congratulate the Gloucester skipper on his victory. The local fraternity also took the licking" with good grace. The next time their pets appeared on their own bit of turf they received one of the finest receptions of the season. There can be no doubt that Llanelly's success has been due to real and consistent merit. It is generally admitted that the tinplate town has never turned out a team which has shewn less-in- and-out form than the present combination. When the Scarlets had got half-way through the season with a clean sheet, it was felt that the critical test was yet to come, in the match with Newport "away." The critical test came and the tin-platers emerged with reputa- tions enormously enhanced, for without a vestige of luck to help them they left the field victors by a goal and two tries to a try. This was the zenith of the Scarlets' fame. In that match they domonstrated to the full their masterly powers of play, their resources of combination and the splendid grip each man had of the game. The wonderful success of Llanelly is more remarkable in view of the changes in the team, necessary by the departure of Cliff Bowen at Christmas, and the removal to Rochdale of Llewellyn Every a little later. The hack division had to be re-constituted in consequence. The authorities of the club, however, set about the task in real earnest and soon guaranteed a combination little, if any, the worse by reason of the changes. In Morgan Bevan, the club found an ideal substitute for Cliff Bowen, and although this is Bevan's first appear- ance in first class football, it has to be conceded that he has won his spurs with special distinction. Owen Badger and Evan Lloyd have been in. fine fettle in the centre, and on the left wing, Morgan Williams has been a fruitful scorer. Llanelly were lucky in securing the services of Joe Davies as full-back early in the season, as in goal he has been a tower of strength. Another" finel" of the season has been that of D. Davies, who at half- back has shewn magnificent form. He and Ben I Davies have made a perfect pair of halves. For- ward, the men have been rather slight and on more than one or two occasions they have been worsted in scrum work, but the forwards have made up for this defect by superior play in the open, and in splendid staying powers. To sum up, the key to Llanelly's signal success in the season has been combination. THE RECORD. SCORE SCORE I DATE, OPPONENTS. FOB. AGST. RESU-"I (r. T. G. T. Sep 19 District XVIII (h) 11 0 1 Won 26 Periygraig (h) 3 1 0 0 Won Oct 3 Lancaster (h). *1 1 0 0 Won „ 10 Neath (h) 12 t2 0 Won 17 Devonport Albions (a). 1 2 0 0 Won 19 Bath (a) 12 0 0 0 Won 24jMorriston (h) 10 0 1 Won 26 Leicester (h) 1 3 0 0 Won 31 Swansea (a) 0 2 0 1 Won Nov 7 Newport (h) 0 0 0 0 Draw 14 Neath (a) 0 1 0 0 Won „ 2lPeuygrMg ?) f2 3 1 0 Won 28 Swansea (h) 1 1 0 2 Won Dec 2 Tidin'University (h) 1 2 0 0 Won „ 12 Penarth (a) 1 2 0 0 Won „ 26Morri6ton (h) *1 1 0 0 Won Jan 2,OMMer.TayIors(h) 1 5 0 0 Won „ 16 Swansea (a) 0 0 0 0 Draw 25 Devonport Albious (h). 0 3 0 0 Won 30 Gloucester (li) 0 4 0 1 Won Feb 6 Morriston (a). o 2 IOWan 13 ath a) .0 3 0 0 Won 15 Barnstaple (h?. 21 00 Won 20 Aberavon (a) 0 1 0 0 Won 27 Newport (a) 1 2 0 1 Won Mar 6 Swansea (h) 0 0 0 0 Draw 27 Neath (a) 0 1 0 0 Won Apr 3 Gloucester (a) 0 1 10 Lost „ 5 LeICestet (a) 0 0 0 0 Draw 10 Aberavon (h). 2 3 0 1 I Won 17 Kockcliffe (h) l l o 0 Won 19 Bir'head W'derers (h) 15 2 0 0 Won Total 29 51 5 8 -otal. 2rJ 51 5 8 I Penalty. t Dropped. One penalty. TotalPlayed, 32; won, 27; lost, 1; drawn, 4. Points for, 292 against, 46.

RE-OPENING OF SNOWDON I RAILWAY. The mountain railway up Snowden was re-opened on Monday after remaining closed for twelve months owing to the accident which occurred at Easter last year. Several thousand pounds have been spent in improvements and alterations.

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HE INDIAN PLAGUE. LETTER FROM A WELSHMAN IN KARACHI. An Ammanford correspondent sends the following interesting letter to the Western Mail which has been received by him from Major Morris, Brynffin, now in India:— '< Sind Club, Karachi, March, 1897. Here we are, full of plague and nothing but I plague. Business of every kind is at a stand- still, as all the native merchants have fled up country, and the exodus of the people gener- ally is in full force. The population of Kar- achi used to be 120,000, but now it has dwin- dled down to 30,000 In another month I do not think it will be 10,000. The Government have been pleased to place me on special duty, with full powers to eradicate the disease, if possible, from the quarters abutting the harbour, and I have a large force of men, under Eur- opean supervision, disinfecting the houses and otherwise cleaning the place thoroughly. My title is "Superintendent Plague Operations," and a terrible job it is, for the scenes I witness daily are truly heartrending. The disease is of the most virulent type, 95 per cent. of the cases proving fatal, and that in a few hours after the first attack.-Kind remembrances to old friends, yours very truly, D. MORRIS."

FOR RESTRAINING RUNAWAY HORSES. Provisional protection has been granted for 12 months to Mr. Joseph Henry Williams, Pontar- dulais, in respect of an apparatus for restraining runaway horses.

THE NECESSITOUS BOARD SCHOOLS. HOW SOUTH WALES WILL BENEFIT. LIST OF SCHOOLS WHICH WILL PAR- TICIPATE. We give below from the official return a list of the schools in South iVales and Monmouthshire which will benefit under the new Education Bill:— Brecon.—Llanelly £ 324, Llangattock £160, Llan- gynidr 1176, Vaynor JE172, Ystradgynlais Lower X186 Cardigttti.-Blaeitpetial (U.D.) £41, Ceulall-y-Maes- initwr Y,36, Cilcetinin X4, Lampeter-pout-Stephen (U.D.) (Borough) £ 48, Llanarth (U.D.) £96, Liaii- badarnfawr X2, Llancynfelin X4, Llandjssil XIS, Llan- fairclydogau X9, Llanfihaugel y Croyddin Upper 171, Llanfihangel Ysbrad, £ 68, Llangyby zC12, Llanllwch- airan zC69, Llansantffraid X44, Melindwr .£26, Nantcwnlle 919, Penbryn £36, Troedyranr (U.D.) £ 62, Yspitty Ytswith £ 33, Ystradmeurig £ 4. Carmarthen.—Conwil-in-Elvet .F.12, Kidwelly St. Mary (Borough) £ 43, Kilrbedyn (U.D.) S18, Llanelly 21,741, Llanfihangel-ar-arth £ 26, Llanybyther, £ 102, Llanycrwys zES, Pembrey zEI88, Pencarreg X50. Glamorgaii.-Briton Ferry X-133, Cwmdu (U.D.) £ 5S8, Gelligaer 1126, Glyncorrwg X97, Gowerton £ "3f j Kilybebill jE60, Llaudilo Talybont E261, Llandyfodwg S242, LJaugeinor S397, Llanguicke Y,748, Llanrhidian Higher £ 303, Llansamlet Higher X297, Merthyr Tydvil zC2,219, Pentyrch £22, Reynoldston zC39, Rhoscily X8, Rhyndwycldach £ 234, Swansea (U.D.) (Borough) XI,484, Upper Dylais C7, Upper Neath £ 26, Ystradfodwg £ 4,124. Pembroke.—Begelly £ 2, Clydey S34, Dinas £ 17, Larabstou £ 4, Llaufyrnach (U.D.) £ 21, Llanstadwell Y-,97, Llaiitood £ 10, Maenelochog £ 17, Moylgrove £ 6, Newport £ LS, Pembroke (Borough) £ 246, St. Dogmells £30, St. Issells (U.D) zE,27, Steynton zC4, Whitchurch (Dewsland) £ 7. Radnor.—Llanbadarn Fawr £ 15. Monmouth.— Aberystruth £ 300, Bedwas £ 70, Bed- vellty zCI,965, Griffithstown £ 68, Llanfihangel Llan- arnam C78, Llanhilleth Y,99, Machen (U.D.) EIC), Mynyddyslwyn £ 290, Risca £ 313, Trelleck ;CG, I Trevethin C28o.

COMMON DISEASES. I 4.—THE LIVER. I The liver is the largest organ in the body, and has multifarious duties to perform in the iternai economy of the digestive system. After the stomach it is most abused of all the digestive organs. It is inflamed and hardened by the abuse of alcohol, and its functions are hindered and im. paired by the tannic acid, the outcome of tea drinking. Errors in diet lead to a diminished secretion of bile. It becomes torpid and sluggish and the defects react on the blood-current-dele. terious products are carried into tne circulation- the skin becomes muddy and yellow, the tongue furred. Life becomes burden and the victim say, Life is not worth living." He flies to drugs, blue pill, and other quack nostrums, and finds a tempor- ary relief, and a rebound to a state worse than before destroys his digestion by nauseous jnedi- cines and liver pills and wonders why he continues dull, languid, cranky and out of sorts. He never pauses to consider the why and the wherefore, but continues either to doctor himself, or is doctored by others into a confirmed melancholy invalid, who invariably shuffles off the mortal coil of a miser- j able life through making his stomach a Yeeeptable I for all the so-called liver cures in the pharma- I copceia. I There is only one method to maintain the liver I in good working order, and that is attention to Diet and Exercise. Happy is the man or woman who does not know they have a liver Unless this mighty organ duly performs its principal fllntion of secreting bile, a whole army of troubles arise. It cannot be done with medicine. It can, however, be done with a perfect food bever- age, such as Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa, which possesses excepional vitalising properties. It will save your digestion part of its work, and is far more nourish- ing and sustenant than tea or the ordinary cocoa, whilst it possesses a tonic and recuperative force possessed by neither. Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa is pleasent and palatable and embodying as it does the numerous principle contained in Malt,, Hops, Kola, and Cocoa, it imparts nourishment and builds up strength. As a Food Beverage it is invaluable. Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa is made up in 6d. packets, and 9d. and Is. 6d. tins. It can be obtained from all chemists, grocers, and stores, or from Dr Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa, Limited, Suffolk House, Cannon Street, London, E.C. As a test of its merit a dainty sample tin of Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa will be sent free on application to any address, if when writing (a postcard will do) the reader will name the Llanelly Mercury. LOCAL AGENTS VI-COCOA:- I D. C. PARRY. Stepney-street. RANDELL & SONS, Vaugban-strect. W. KNOYLE, Cowell-street. PHILLIPS & Co., Thomas-street

I GARDENING NOTES. I I If any reader, who is in a (lifficulty with reference to his garden, will write directly to the address given beneath, his questions will all be answered in full detail, free of charge and by return of post.—(Ed.) FuNGI AND FUNGICIDES.—Amongst the many enemies which beset cultivated plants, none are of greater moment than those belonging to the vege- table kingdom—the parasitic fungi, which develop upon growing crops, and produce maladies known as iungous diseases. As an instance of the enormous damage done by these pests, we may mention that so far back as 1886 the Commissioner of the U.S.A. Department of Agriculture estimated the injury done to Indian corn and wheat by fungi in America during a single year at over two hundred million dolars. Fruits, however, suffer much more severely than cereals as a rule, and it would be difficult to find a single vegetable or field crop which has not some fungous enemies. Unfor- tunately, the space at our disposal does not permit of our tracing out a specimen life history of one of these fungi, but a few wurds must be devoted to the methods by which they are distributed. The princi- pal means is by the transportation of summer spores, or, as it were, seeds, which are produced in countless numbers, and which are wafted here and there by every breath of wind, are washed from leaf to leaf and from leaf to root by rains, and soon germinate in their new situa- tions, so that infection may be spread with marvellous rapidity. They are also, doubtless, carried from place to place by adhering to the feet of insects and birds. Other kinds of spores are distributed by other agencies. Thus, for instance, the smut diseases of corn are frequently spread in farm-yard manure, and in some cases the healthy kernels appear to become infected by contact with affected specimens during threshing, illustrating the ease which a malady may be extended by the use of farm implements. Then, too, in such deceases as the rot of potatoes, the mycellium of the fungus is present in the seed tubers themselves, and is consequently ready to infect the new crop so soon as it gets well started. Turning to out more immediate subject, we find that there are many ways in which the injuries of noxious fungi can be prevented. Perhaps the most important of these is a natural deduction from the observation that those plants which are weakened in vitality are more subject to attack than are vigorously growing specimens and it consists of employing those methods of cultivation and fertilization which tend most to the production of rapid development and early production. It is difficult to over estimate the importance of rotation of crops, because the spores of -the great majority of parisitic fungi pass the winter in the soil where the crop was grown; and if a plant of the same family be grown there the next season, it is almost certain to be attacked. As a general rule fungus and insect diseases causes injury to closely related plants, such as turnips and cabbages, so that the rotation must be arranged with the view of growing successively crops which are not liable to the diseases of their immediate predecessors, Many injurious fungi may be exten- sively destroyed by clean culture, and by keep- ing the garden free from weeds and rubbish of every kind. The burning of old potatoe tops' tomato plants, &c., destroys incalculable nUal" bers of spores, and some of the fungi investing cultivated crops also subsists upon weeds, so that the thorough cleaning of the ground may have most beneficial effects. Mechanical exclusion is sometimes employed for prevention, the most' familiar example being found in the practice of tying small paper sacks over bunches of grapes as soon as the fruit is formed, and allowing them to remain until it is ripe. These bags exclude insects and fungus spores. Where diseases shoW specific symptoms in the leaves, much may be done by stripping off and care- fully burning every affected part. We have seen serious infestations controlled in this way. The most practicable way of preventing the great majority of fungus maladies of cultivated plants is by the use of reliable fungicides, which may act .J in two ways, either by directly destroying any spores pfesent in the surface to which they ai'0 applied, or by remaining on that surface in ø. condition to destroy spores that may alight upou the plant hereafter. Very many fungus-killing substances have been proved of practical valuer and the list will probably be greatly extended during the next few years, as experiments are constantly progressing. Perhaps the most valn able and generally known of these is the combina- tion of copper salts, known as the Bordeaux mixture, prepared as follows :-Diswlve 6lbs. of copper sulphate in a wooden or earthenware vessel that will hold 45 gallons, using eight or ten gallons of water, as may be necessary. In a tub slake 41bs. of fresh lime, and when cola- pletely slaked, add sufficient water to make creamy whitewash. Pour this slowly through » coarse sack into the sulphate barrel; fill up with water, stir thoroughly, and the mixture' tlieti i-e?tdy fci- use. 14- then ready for use. It must be well stirred during application, a paddle being the best instrument for the purpose. The addition of just enoug h soap to make slight suds is advantageous, as 1t causes the mixture to spread more evenly ovet the plants. Eau Celeste is the next most impor- tant of fungicides, being prepared by dissolving 21bs. of copper sulphate in six or eight gallollo of water in an earthen or wooden vessel. ft. quart of ammonia is added, and the whole is mixed with some fifty or sixty gallons of water. Carbonate of copper, is commonly used in solu- tion, made by dissolving four ounces in twO quarts of ammonia, the whole being then added to a barrel of water. Flour of sulphur forms 0. valuable fungicide against mildews and other diseases. The powder may be applied directly to the moistened surface of the plants, or used a5 a wash, or in rumes, but in the case last. mentioned it is most important to see that the sulphur doe;J not actually take fire. Dry powders are most I conveniently applied to plants by means of powder distributor or no wrier helln«,< ,1 anlit- I -111, tions can be best and most evenly distributed by some kind of spraying pump, by which they may be finely divided. For garden use the knapsack sprayers are most desirable, as they can be worked I by one man, and arc powerful enough to spray ta standard trees, while competition has brought them within the rea,ch of everyone. IE. KEMP TOOGOOD, F.R.H.S., pro. Toogood & Sons. The Royal Seed Establishmerit, I Southampton.

I RAILWAY PLATFORM- UP. DOWN. Dep. Dep. 4"26 a.m. 7"57 a.m. T-5vi 9-13 „ s'n 10-34 10-1-14 12-80 noon 12-25 noon 1'O p.ni. 2-4 p.m. 2-7 4 7 3-31 4-25 ,¥r 7'16 5.48 7 34 8-36 „ 8'15 9'20 „ 12-0 mid. I Saturdays only. ^Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. Thursdays and Saturdays only. SUNDAYS. 12-29nooii 5-48 p.m. 1-49 a.m I BBINCH. j VP ARIILVAL Dep. 5-20 a.m. 9"5 a.JJ1 8,15" ]0"18 10-8 11-5 „ 3-15 2'30 6*55 1 > 9-4.5 "11'0 ^Saturdays ooly UNDAY8r¡ i