The Prison Association held its monthly meeting last night

The report was rich in incidents and developments about the skinners, sharks, and shysters of the Tombs. New York Expre , quoted in Bartlett's [American isms, p. 591. si (sē), n. [See gamut .] In solmization , the syllable used for the seventh tone of the scale, or the leading tone. In the scale of C this tone is B, which is therefore called si in France, Italy, etc. This syllable was not included in the syllables of Guido, be cause of the prevalence in his time of the hexachord theory of the scale; it is supposed to have been introduced about 1600. In the tonic sol-fa system, ti ( te ) is used in si stead, to avoid the confusion between the syllables of the seventh tone and of the sharp of the fifth. Si contra fa, Same as mi contra fa (which see, under mi ). Si. The chemical symbol of silicon . siaga, n. Same as ahu . siagnopod (si-ag'no-pod), n. [Prop. * siagono pod, σιαγών , the jaw-bone, + πούς (ποδ-) = E. foot .] A maxilla of a crustacean. In C. Spence Bate's nomenclature there are three siagnopods, of which the first and second are the first and second max illsæ and the third is the first maxilliped of ordinary language. siagon (si'a-gon), n. [NL., West sialagogic, sialagogue. See sialogogic , sialo Sialia (si-ali-a), n. [NL. (Swains on, 1827), Gr. σιαλίς , a kind of bird.] A genus of turdoid in oscine pa erine birds, commonly referred to the family Turdidæ and subfamily Saxicolinæ , which blue is the principal color; American bluebirds. Three distinct species are common birds of the United States - S. sial is, S. mexican a , and S. arctic a . Common Eastern or Wilson's Bluebird ( Sialia sial is). sialolith (si'a-lo-lith), n. [ σίαλον , spittle, saliva, + λίθος , stone.] A salivary calcu lus. [NL., sialolith i as is (si"a-lô-li-thi'a-sis), n . Gr. σίαλον , spittle, saliva, + λιθίασις , the disease of the stone: see lithiasis .] The production of salivary calculi. sial or rhea, sial or rhea (sī"a-lō-rē'ä), n. [NL., poía , a flow, ῥεῖν , flow.] Exce ive flow of saliva; ptyalism; salivation. sialoschesis (si-a-los'ke-sis), n. [NL., σχέσις , retention, ἔχειν , σχεῖν , hold.] Suppre ion or retention of the salivary secretion. Sialid a (sī-al'ida), n . pl . [NL., Sialis + -ida .] A superfamily of neuropterous insects, of the suborder Plan i pennia , represented by such families as Sialidæ and Raphidiidæ . Sialidæ (si-al'i-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Stephens, 1836), Sialis + -idæ .] An important family of neuropterous insects, typified by the genus Sialis , having a large prothorax and reticulate wings, the posterior ones with a folded anal space. They are mostly large insects, whose larvæ are aquatic and carnivorous. Corydalus cornutus , the hell (See Corydalus .) Chauliodes and Raphidia are other important genera. sialidan (si-al'i-dan), a . and n. I. a. Pertaining to the family Sialidæ , or having their char acters.