... CHILDiREN'S HOUR. f C n . tn7- - ?? . . 1, .. .. I - - - - - r v JL A.%. ( Cosductced fbly /'nndb Grim.) I Goody Two Shoes pave a birthday party thoe ' other aiternoon. It Nse llot hev own birthday, but the p;;rty Was in holloul of her favourite d.oill, a beautifull wax one that she had had for just twvo years. Gootly Iwo ShOCS lits to (1o everything l properly, so she sent cards of incvit ...

... At ?? ?? At the Portsmouth Police-court, on MLonday, W; )t before Captain MvIcCoy and WV. Edmuonds, Esq., H IWilliam Stone Pearson, 36, described as a carpenter, H ,rof the Raglan Arms, Raglan-street, was charged on to *o remand with having, bet' en one p.m. on Decem. ai ber 29th and 11.30 aim. on Decemrber 31st, broken Ye open and entered the unoccupied house, No. 31, hc - Clarendon-road, ...

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... ?? T -o . . LIUTENZANT H. FP. MACKAY, Royal Marijn - Artillery, has been appointed Assistant Instrnctor al of Gunuery, at Eastney, vice Brittan, period of ea serv ce expired, dated 4th April, 1889. Dr. LIEUTENANT W. P. FREAN, Royal Marini ie Light Infantry, has been placed on half-pay 4d under the provisions of Hcr Majesty's Order iu et Council of 30th November, 1882, dated 29th Dr April, 1889 ...

... | 1 1-7 1717 - trztri, - - I Aondr h t was Whot Wag it.t Whe yo n er lyn Mr. Ernest Birch, the young baritone, is about to publish a collection of the numerous songs he has written during the six years he has been a public singer. The book is to be dedicated to tne Princessoft WVales, and ainong other pieces it will contain Toil and Rest,' which, written especially for .Miss Hope Glenn, has ...

... r, --ga Pf - aper on the Banmble Bee. Y The bumble bee is a small, rapid-fiying bird, Ml with no visible feathers.' He is liable to turn up £S anywhere, at the most unexpected moment, and th, make it warm for anyone who he considers an l, infringes upon his rights. The bumble bee does Co Y not occupy much room bodily, but he wants con. MI e siderable to get around in, and generally gets it. ...

... SOCIETY SMALL-TALK'. By Upper-Crust Gossipers. w he (Frone Irlai.) ho The Queen has resolved to proceed to Balmora th. as soon as Princess Beatrice is in a fair way to li* recovery from her accouchement, which is now its expected daily, and she will probably leave by Windsor, accompanied by Princess Louise, on Sb, the evening of Wednesday, the 22nd.shi The first lady who was presented at the ...

... JACK TAR THE FIRST, IC A Salo a -_ .ic Kiug A trader, arriving recently at San Francisco 8 from the Caroline Islands, brought a story of the ?? sudden rise of a sailor to distilietion in one of thc C( largest islands of an archipelago scventy.five 3L miles west of Hawels, where the narrator, Mr. J er \17right, has a trading store. The sailor, slaid Mr-. Wright, is Carl s Benjamin, and he ...

... -r Fe Fromn The Birmingham Stg44rday Night. a The sudden restoration to hiealtli of 24r. Thomas ich Edwards, of Birmineham, who has been an invalid se, for inaay years, is nowv quite the talk of the city. it 3g, seems that Eor a number of years he has been a great sufferer from rheuxaatc gout,~ sornctiaes being bed- ridden for six months at a time. ie has tried nd various doctors, and used ...

... VANITYVS TRUMPET. airn, R1nzting Ub f ie Circlzatio~z. p or A well-known French novelist, known, too, as of the creator of Etretat, a picturesque village g ire on the coast of Normandy, was examining iiis g' en ?? ieturns one day when he discovered M. that the sale of one of his books was falling off. a On the following morning all the newspapers of ve Paris announced that he had been killed ...

... Sweet giril: What did you give mamma for hcr cold ?-Her lover (a young physician): 3t, Opium. She won't bother us to-night. ~Miss Elite (rushing in): 0, ma, Clara Tiptop 4L has eloped.-Mrs. Elite (fervently): Thank rs. heaven! Now we won't have to send her any. !8A th- wedding present. t he ?r, flo Charley, I beryo rento be Pt he tion, answers Charley. 1You inight not like T. ~er ...

... ti ;ed FOR MONEY, NOT FORL LOVE. a er, At the Portsmouth County Court, on Thursday, ta eir before Judze Leonard, a Jewisb marriagecustoma was ad the~defence in a case brough t by Hannath Hart, 25, 410 College-street, Portsea, against hier sonl-in-law, ad Jos eph Isnacls, pawnbroker, catrrying on business r ~he ill nladport.-Mr. Burbidgo appeared for plaintiff, Iy, and Mr. G. H. King, ...