The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

Swansea Harbour Trust. Weekly Trade Report. Officially Communicated. The improvement in the trade of the port is being maintained, the total of imports and exports in the past week shewing an in- crease of 10,000 tons over the previous week, tnd bein? only slightly short of the heavy figures of the corresponding week of last year. The import trade was rather quiet, but the coal, patent fuel, and general trades were all in a satisfactory condition. The shipmenis of coal and patent fuel were 96,801 tons. Imports include-Germany 200Jtons gen- eral, Holland and Belgium 840 tons gen, France 240 tons pitwood, 1480 tons iron ore, Spain 195 tons zinc ore, 1520 tons blende ore, 9 tons tin ore, and 640 tons pit- ..11 wood, Chili 500 tons, copper produce, New York 690 tons general. Imports 14,058 tons, exports 105,898 tons and total trade 119,961 ton3 compared with 109.561 tons the previous week and 128,191 tons the corresponding week last year.. Shipments of coal were- Batoum and Odessa 900 tons. Sweden 1000 tons, Den- mark 2206 tons, Germany 5290 tons, Holland and Belgium 1580 tons, France 28,025 tons, Spain 4080 tons, Italy 27,845 tons, Spanish North Africa 420 tons, Tunis SI60 tons, Alexandria 1050 tons, Mexico 420 tons, Cuba 2600 tons, Brazil 200 tons, New York 600 tons, Home port* 5275 tons, total, 84,151 tons. Patent fuel—France 2250 tons Spain 750 tons, Italy 7600 tons Alexandria 1160 tons, total, 11,650 tons Tinplates and general goods 10,092 tons, the latter for Russia, Germany, Holland and Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Alex- andria, Bralil, New York and home ports. Shipments of tinplate 40.706 boxes, and raeeipts from works 86,110 boxes. Stocks in the dock warehouses and vans 258,725 boxes compared with 208,821 boxes this day week and 178,744 boxes at this date last year To load—Tyria for Mediterranean ports, Mito for.Rotterdam, Veghtstroom for Am- sterdam, Tasso for Antwerp, Perim for Lis- bon and Oporto, Argo for Nantas and Bor- deaux, Doura for Batoum and Odessa, Bris- tol City for New York. Vessels in dock—Steam 58 sail 22 total 75.

FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. o Vadso s arrived Copenhagen from Swansea 8 Abbotsford g arrived St Valery from Swan- 7 Cra,side s arrived Dieppe from Swansea 8 and left on return 9 Aleppo s arrived Leixoes from Swansea 8 Saxon Briton s arrived Rouen from Swan- sea 6 Olanstad s arrived Alicante from Swansea 4 Tosca s arrived Granville from Swansea 29 Alma s arrived Rouen from Swansea 8 Jason s arrived Rouen from Swansea 8 Glynn a arrived Rouen from Swansea 8 City of Cadiz s arrived Cuxhaven from Swansea 9 City of Brussels s arrived Hamburg from Swansea 9 Ville d'Eu s arrived Treport from Swansea 7 Teesdale s arrived Fecamp from Swansea 9 Actif s arrived Caen from Swansea 8 Gustav Bogel s arrived Bayonne from Swan sea 8 Christine Sell s arrived Valencia from Swansea 6 Venedotian s arrived Genoa from Swansea 9 Cap Spartol s arrived Oran from Swansea 5 Aquilla s arrived Philadelphia from Swan- sea 10 City of Dortmund s arrived Hamburg from Swansea 9 Baron Selborne s arrived Rouen from Swan- sea 9 Honeborg s arrived Rouen from Swansea 9 Tromo s arrived Odense from Swansea 10 Veratyr s arrived Leghorn from Swansea 9 Hannah M Bell s arrived Patras from Swansea 10 Anne arrived Morlaix from Swansea 10 Lodsen s arrived La Rochelle from Swan- sea 8 Torstein s arrived La Rochelle from Swan- sea 9 Thor « arrived La Pallice from Swansea 9 Zaima arrieved Malmo from Swansea 8 Mercury s arrived Brest from Swansea 11 SRuudo s arrived Roohefort from Swansea 8 iFerrara s arrived Carthagena from Swansea 11 Wermland s arrived Stettin from Swansea 12 City of Rochester s arrived Havre from Swansea 16 Alice M Craig s arrived Rouen from Swan- sea 12 Girasol s arrived Rouen from Swansea 12 Helene Lohden s arrived Tonnay-Charente from Swansea 13

I Local Chartering. I Arzew, c A f, 7*75 and 8.75 frs, Lino, L, Gueret, Barcelone, 7/8, Fredheim, L Gueret Cherbourg, c & f, 4/7$& 5/1$, Pennant, So'ciete Commerciale Civita Vecchia, o & f, 7/4$& 8/1!, Italia, Sir G. Thomas Oran, e & f, 7t and 8i frs, Rapido, Societe Commerciale St Nazaire, o & f, 5 and õt frs, Johanna, Societe Commerciale Venice, coal and fuel, 7/101 and 8/71, Hilda- well, Atlantic Fuel Co

WORDS OF WISDOM. tM nbd Hdn but la the heart that Mfc tit japcwtah the rich Is not taeartoh ItopMfc tore it a aiaat aauree of asommy IN to boom II8Id. Rascality haa 1M limits. Stupidity bo jokow daaouox. IFtte more yon speak of youraatf the Mat* ytm Mi flkety to lie. Ia this life there to but one aura tapptaawti toe for others. Activity ia the right haad a| faifiiaa^ go trayality the left. II ia more profitable to aaad eae man thaa tai tasks.—Stb. BIrnw. We see our old age oetainf—aa Aa faaaaafaat Mendit.—MAM Lani. flaMfchaese is poverty; It is the moat attar fefltt of a human be;ng.

THE FIREMAN'S TRAGIC TALIS. -YoM," he said, as he mopped his brow with a fireman's handkerchief. I used to know a gentle old cuss here on our run IV hv di £ odd job? and worked faithfully. Hili had a. «*wes& littio flaxen-haired child. Can you use that? "Yea." Well, he used to come down town overling* pad we would meet at the Busy Bee to visit and play a game of 'Old Sledge.' We never played for the drinks, but we would often, whoa ■t was time to go home, offer to shake each othaf lor the drinks. I do not drink now, even beer." And what was this shaking for the drinker. Why, nothing at all, only we shook dice lac the beer, and the one who lost paid for it. See?" And how old wac 4he flossy-haired child joa apeak of? She was then twelve years old. At the time ef the aocident, however, she was about eighteen. It was a foggy night. We were late. You will ■otioe that I use good grammar. Put the printaa OIl that, will you, please? Story firemen and eD- fineers always use poor grammar and spell a fittle queer. They also swear a little and lift The actual fireman or engineer does not dc thai unless he is filling up a young person. We gene fall; talk very little to visitors in the cab, for we have to look out for our trains. "We are not here to sit for our photographf Or tell pl«—prevarications to people who get large prices per column for them afterwards; but we have a little open stretch of road here, and ea will talk between work, as you seem to be a "in man, barring the high hat, which haa as masitioss on a locomotive." Well? "Well, it was a fogg) night, and we had tt hustle not only to make our regular time, bat to keep out of the way of late trains. It was tight along here that I looked ahead between aooope of coal and saw a girl going down the track with her back this way, and I conoluded she waa crying a good deal, for she had her muff ap to her eyes all the time, and, of course, that kept her from hearing the train. We whistled. hut she didn't hear. I told Harry, and he re- versed and all that, but I saw I'd got to get out an the pilot and help, no doubt; \0 I crept out there in just time to catch this fai young girl by her blonde and beautiful Psyche knot and ewittg bar free of the track." And did you save her? "Yes, I saved her. It wasn't romantic, and Cru'll have to change it a good deal if you print but that was the way it happened." "Who was it?" "It was this little blonde girl of Milese* "And what did he say about it?" Well, first he didn't know what to say, and then he says, for he is not a man of many word% and also he is a poor nan, but he did catch ma by the hand and his chin trembled, for she was Ins only child and her mother is dead, but he took a scrap of cotton waste out of .-ny pocket and wiped hi: 1yes with it and said; Old mu, I oannot recall what fathers do when their dear and only daughters are jerked from the jaws of death, but if you will excuse the bluntness of a %ain old man I will shake you for the drinka.

TRAVERS AND JEROME. W. R. Travers and the late Lawrence S, lerome, known always as "1..arry" were Mr aaparable friends; though forever victimising each other with ptd-jtical jokes. Once the two arere travelling together on a train is ihe South. Just before the conductor was expected to come through the car Travers fell asleep. Jerome slyly removed from Travers's pocket the pass on which he was travelling, and, going forward several seats, sat down and simulated alumber. When the conductor shook him and asked for his ticket, Jerome pretended to search through all his pockets. Then, knowing exactly what Travers would say under the circum- stances, and imitating his friend's stuttering ttMeoh, he said: I'm W-w-william R. T-t-travers, of New Tcrk. I had a p-p-pass, b-b-bnt I c-c-can't find R, I'm a b-b-brother-in-law of Mr. Blank, the president of the road, and I assure you it's aM p mm fight" The conductor accepted the explanation arm Fid on. A moment later he shook the sleep- TraWB by the shoulder. Travers felt for pass and then, like his impostor friend, aaarohed through al! his pockets, the conductor regarding him with sudden suspicion. Finally he stuttered out: I'm W-w-william R. T-t-travers, of Ne* York. I had a p-p-pass; b-b-but I c-c-can't find H. I'm a b-b-brother-in-law of Mr. Blank, the president of the road, and I assure you it's an tight." I guess not," replied the conductor. "Yoa aan't tool me, even with that stutter. You'B have to pay your fare or be put off." Jerome permitted Travers to work himself inta a rage of indignation, and then interposed with Mm nasa and a cigar for the conductor. —New York Tribmm*.

OL' NUTMEG'S" SAYINGS. irww can't borry money witbaout iorijfcf own or less trouble. Pa bright an* *harp an' cuttin', but don't ha • a^jpilsr bom