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p P- e, CiK Siuaiisea Gaz* I And frail*; SDippiiia i^cttsier Swansea, December 29 1909.
Swansea Harbour Trust.
Swansea Harbour Trust. WEEKLY TRADE REPORT. Officially Oortnr<;<mic,ated. There was again a good supply of tonnage, but the weather conditions were the worst possible. Compared however with the corresponding week of last year the total imports aud exports show an increase of 17,000 tons, There was again considerable activity in the import trade which was twice as large as in the same period of last year. The coal and patent fuel trades were quiet, but not more so than is nsnal at this time of the year. The general trade was only moderate. Imports include—Sweden 600 loads timber, Russia 1,200 tous sleepers and 570 loads timber, Norway 1,720 tons pyrites, Germany 786 tons general, Holland and Belgium 700 tons general France 1,710 tons pitwood, 1,004 tons zinc ore and 112 tons general, Spain 2,970 tons iron ore and 200 tons copper matte, Canada 2,394 loads timber, Mexico 340 tons bar copper and 648 tons copper matte, San Francisco 58 tons fruit. Imports 25,915 tons, exports 81,037 tons, and total trade 106,952 tons, compared with 130,616 tons the previous week. and 89,784 tons the corresponding week last year. Shipment of coal were-Sweden 3,790 tons Norway 650 tons Germany 8,135 tons; Hol- land & Belgium 8,390 tons France 23,470 tons Spain 2,340 tons; Portugal 420 tons Italy 11,650 tons Tunis 1,650 tons Brazil 2,080 tons New York 600 tons; Home ports 4,685 tons total 67,960 tons. Patent fuel-France 940 tons Italy 700 tons Tunis 400 tons; Brazil 3,000 tons total 5,040 tons. Tinplates and general goods 8,037 tons, the latter for Germany, Holland and Belgium France, Portugal, Italy, New York and home home. Shipments of tinplate 67,908 boxes, and receipt from works 87,542 boxes. Stocks in the dock, warehouses and vans 124,093 boxes, compared with 104,059 boxes this day week and 176.350 boxes at this date last year. To Load-Ilero for Rolterdam, Juno for Am- sterdam. City of Cadiz for Hamburg, Dokka for Cppenhagen and Stettin, Adolf for Gothenburg Achilles for Nantes & Bordeaux, Skytos for Batoum and Odessa, Amasis for Alexandria and Bristot City for New York. Vessels in dock-Steam 48 sail 45 total 93.
.FOREIGN ARRIVALS.
FOREIGN ARRIVALS. Gipuzkoe s arrived Pauillac 21 Ida s arrived Bordeaux 20 Axpe s arrived La Pallice 21 Loustlc arrived Morlaix 19 Gauloise arrived Morlaix 20 Stokesley s arrived Rouen 21 Achilles s arrived Bordeaux 22 Molm s arrived Barcelona 20 Ragna s arrived Naples 21 Kommerzienrat Boeckel s passed Holteman for Swansea 23 Velazquez s left Hamburg for Swansea 24 Raloo s arrived Rouen 23 Pendennis s arrived Fiume 24 Oakdale s left Genoa 20 Olwen s arrived Flushing 20 Concorde s arrived, Morlaix 15 Segenite s arrived St Malo 19 Thirlmere s arrived Barcelana 18 Wells Cify s artived New York 21
" SHIPS SPOKEN.
SHIPS SPOKEN. Antoielte, Port Talbot to Iquique, Dcc 13,. 3N, 27W, by the s.s. Lynrowan, at Flushing,
LOCAL CHARTERING.
LOCAL CHARTERING. Algiers, coal and fuel, 6.75 and 7.75frs, Far- matyr, Societe Commerciale Brest, 4/ Achroite or sub, L. Gueret Ltd Rouen, 5/11, Glynn or sub, T. P. Rose Richards 2 Rouen, 5/6, Prudhoe Castle, South Wales Anthracite Co St. Malo, coal and fuel,5/- and 5/6, Stream Fisher, Graigola Co -+--
oratcea fOr Ship*.
oratcea fOr Ship*. Ttat teatlKxl of bringing a vessel to a stop by tfe 01 brake* m the shape of tins flyed along the nde of the hull below the water-line, has received the endorsement of an agent of the Canadian government appointed to examine into the merits af the scheme. The Canadian Government turned aver the steamer Eureka to the inventor of this «vstem, Louis Lacoste; and James Bowdin, Mastet of Dredging of the Harbour of Montreal, «u appointed to witness the tests, which wete made ia the rapids of the St. Lawrence River, i? tha ricinity of Montreal. In his report, Mr. B"dla says the experiments were entirely successful. Bú •ays thai after tlie steamer had attained & speed cf eleven miles an hour the fins were opened and tba tteam shut cff, and the craft was brought to a fteft ttop iu less than her own length. Many testa 01 flopping the boat undt.. different circumstance* were made, and all weM stud to be very succesatfuL In the matter of turning the boat with the aid ot the fin brakes, it was found that she could very readily be reversed in her own length. In order to test the strength of the brakes, one of them was opened as the boat was proceeding at full speed and it successfully withstood this severe trial.
What the Stars Are Made Of.
What the Stars Are Made Of. ID an article in Knowledge on the "Chemiatty at the Stars Mr. A. Fowler writes: Notwithstanding the divergence of opinion on some points, there ia a general acquiescence in the view that the matte* composing the stars \s essentially the same at. that with which we are acquainted on the earth. Thit isading idea is admirably express by Sir William and Lady Huggins in the following passage in theis "Atlas of Representative Stellar Hpectra": "As the conclusion of the whole matter, though there may be no reason to assume that the proportions of thf Afferent kinds of chemical matter hxe strictly tht June in all stars, or that the roii of chemical elements is equally complete in every star, thf tvidence appears to be strong that the principal types of star-spectra should not be interpreted as produced by th* great original differences at chemical constitution, but rather as successive Stages of an evolutional progress, bringing abouf tuch altered conditions of density, temperature and mingling of stellar gases as are sufficient pre- sumably to account for the spectral difference* observed, even though with our present knowledge a complete explanation may not be forthcoming. Investigations are still in progress in many lands, and it is not too much to expect that sooner of latex the story of celestial evolution be eMP P"lY elucidated." I
A New Musical Effect.
A New Musical Effect. By the means of u new attachment to a flufen lays an American contemporary, there is secured hitherto unknown quality of music which is a coca- rination of the fl«t*» and the clarichaot. The inver., lion consists of a reed head which lis transversely titted to the head of the flute in such a manner that it may be turned around the barrel of the instrti. Went freely. If the music to be performed dill for the ordinary flute, the regular mouth hole of the instrument is used, the read head being slipped But of the way. If within the range of the clarionet, and even below the range of that instrument, the mouthpiece is turned around until it covera tiM Sole and forjas the "duo flute,* a* It is sailed. This change from one to the other can be made fcstantly and entirely without the use of tht lingers, or even removing tfaena fraoa the kay^tba musician using his lips for tha purpose. The effe«* aecured is said to be richer than the clarionet, something like the violoncello, and even moil mellow thae the saxophone. Another imporbat feature is the wonderful diminuendo and crescendo poesibv'tier The volume of tne tone can be aweuea or dim;a«5hed better than in any other reed tuobm- Went, The duo flute can be tuned by the perf- to be in Msoord with the pitch ot any other inntro- nsnt. TWb remarkable instrument is the IDTIIIIMI K. T. B&&«ra, of Mew York, the son of tf the mama igavapw Bvtk tba*
--WW WAe FHF W AKV *»!*«»…
WW WAe FHF W AKV *»!*«» JW Che story of the Wandering Jew is the 08 Mm8 of a legend of whid. mttny nations have Ifeeir own particular version. According to the Greek tradition, Aristeas, a poet, continued ta appear and disappear alternately for above 408 y<t&re, and visited 11.11 the nations of the eartfc. The German story is that John Buttadarns was teen in Antwerp in the thirteenth century, again in the fifteenth, and-again in the sixteenth, last of all appearing in Brussels in 1774. The Freeafe ■ay that Isaac Lakedion is the Wandering Jew. Who Italians, that he is Sslathicl ben Sadi. There In three Jewish versions of the story. One ia that Caxtaphilos, the doorkeeper of the JudR- ment Hall in the service of Pontius Pilate, struck our Lord a# he led him forth, and tW the latter bade hin- "Tarrv till I come. The Mher two Jewish ™u;ns arc that a cobbler fcanaad Ahasuerus oehaved rudely to our Lord and was condemned to lifelong wandering.^ The earliest record of thp Wandcmg Jew is in the book of the Chronicles of the A obey of SV Albans, copied and continued by Matthew Part in the year 1228. It is held by some that it symbolical of the Jewish race, condemned IB Wander over the face of the earth.
Russu's VAST FORESTS.
Russu's VAST FORESTS. Very nearly two-fiftlis of the surface of Runk 16 Europe it, covered \vi!h woods and forests. In lact, the Russian forests are so great in exteai that the) almost equal the entire united area •» Western Europe, including Austria-Hungary, Germany, Sv;iU»rliind Belgium, Italy, Frano% and Spain. Amon" Eur-;pe?\n oountries, nllzt" Snvia, Anstri*TTiin" :s ry is the richest in toraste
--+---ONK H.. Co",: u'RARNiire.
--+- ONK H.. Co" u'RARNiire. 6 The Africans," snicl an ethnolcgrtt, -,are fteat people ior jjrovorhs. I collected among (he Mpongwc ■'ribo rc-m'Iv iziultinideof wmeatVt. Almost.' say tV Mpon^-ve peoplo, hnaft aothinc; into the \rhen the fox ni^s liu nen wneps.' People think » |MK:r man is not as obwf ,a# A rich one. for why. they ask, would he itftf poor if he were picv r' Don't ask the fish what people are doiDa feci land.' Anger draws arrows out of the quivok ^•Ltwnee, nuts 01,1 ba^ V/h" mar beautiful womaii tM)f int*> .he Hear both sides h"foi"v you yon go.'
..-i LTTCKV 13..
LTTCKV 13.. On an American twenty-five x-nt picVe theft are thL-teeo «tars, thirteen levies in the otok held in the eap'le'p beak, rhiri^on feathers in each of the eagle s wings, thirteen tail feathera. thirteen parallel V>.jr« in the «Jiield. thirteen horp gonial bn,rs, th.irv ,er, arr.'nv-hea<ls. thirteen., leava oti the bra?ifb. and thirteen letters in the wora* <juait-er doi!l»r."
.. SLMILSS.
SLMILSS. following interesting lines contain all the rtock comparisons most frequently used in 000- vematioij, arranged in euch a mannar M ta lb/me: '1- t. As wet as a fieh-II,5 Hry its a LJUU". Ae live as a bird—as (load M a stone, Aa plump M a partridge-^ae poor so a r* As strong M a hor,-1p, -as weak as a cat, As hard as a flint—-as f-ott as a mow, As white as a lily—as black as a coal, As plain ae a pikest&ff as rough as & beav As light as a drum—ns free as the air. heavv ae lead—-as light as a fea.thei As steady at> time—uncertain s« ^rjaiaa^ Ae hot aa & oven-as cold as a frog, &o gay as a /ark—as sick as a dog, Aa slow as the torfrowe—ae swift as the wia<^ Aa true aa gospel—a# false a« mankind, Aa thin as a herring—as fat; as a pig, && proud fits a peacock—-fifl blithe as & An sayege as tigers- -w mild M & dove, Aa stiff ae a poker-as rimp as a glove, Aa blind aa a bat,-as deaf us a pout, As cool aa a oueumbor—as warm as a toaat. b flat All a flounder—as round as a ball, Ae blunt aa a hammer-as sharp M an aaf As red 88 a ferret-M safe as the Btooka, Aa bold all a thief—M sly as a fox, Aa straight as an arrow-as crook'd as a boat, As yellow aa saffron—aa black ae a sloa, Ae brittle aa glass—as tough as grietla. As neat aa my nail-as clean as a whittle, As good as a feast—as bad as a witch, As light as M day—as dark as is pitch. Aa brisk as a bee-as dull as an cum, As full as a tick-as eolid ae braaa.
-9 A RACIAL JCHTOMJ.
9 A RACIAL JCHTOMJ. writer in the Century referw to the qoea* Obtxture of. racos in Wisconsin. It has lkt jyarians and Flemings. It has an Indian popula- fetion of over 8,000. It is the greatest Welsh, Oomish, Norwegian, a,nd German State. It haa feelandera with Minnesota, Bohemiana with ^wa, and "French, Fins, and Hollanders with iohigan. The oldest and only purely Hun» prian colony in America is on its soil, and the largest oolony of Swiss. It has a native white element sa old as the KniokerbonWera, sad evaa Kngliah-defioended families wke go nok W Man an Wiaaanain aoiL