... 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, ...

... IFYOU Want Your 'Poctinanteaus, Bags, &c. repairedl, WVIebb's Old Established Manufactory in .t53. Queen-street, Portsea. One of the Largest Stock. ,~of Travelling Requisites to select frorn. e. PAiNLzSS DIONTISTRY.-IDr. Knight, SurgeonrDen. itst. Inventor of improved principle of adjusting Artificial Teeth, Queen's-terrace, Kernt-road, South. e sea. Consultattion daily (gratis) fiom 10 till 6 ...

... ?? 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 ...

... The Br lqtelilr Mevercury furnishes tile following inter- esting ?? Manley, of Brhigwater. is a happy main. His goodfortune deserves to be malde public. Having lived amolig us all his life, aind held the pesition of lmnp- lighter for twelnty-nilue years his name and face me familinr to everybody iti Bridgwvater. He is liked by all. While his life has, generilly speaking, been an uneventful one ...

... AGUICULTURAL NOTES. :NWOrres r,4US!AOON. The cattle will aeon go on grass, and the yards will be almost empty- Tihoso.anirnAls which are being stall- fed should be gat donward us quickly as possible, as they will not sell werl wben. once the grass-fed animals come into the market. The worlk in the dairy will be particularly heavy, us both oheese-w4aking and butter- niaking will be in ftul ...

... 1, - -STBEPLP, BARrON . l 1 I -1 A.. --l ?? .1. Timaunw STorr-i Monday last Steeple Barton and lipuhbanrliootd WUa visited by ak ?? 'LfOrlu, Whet William Proffitt's house at. Nsteeile Barton was struck byV ligl~itiig. It first str-uckthu chimineiy, theis passiiig downl,I imaking twolholes through itli wall smshiling thislooking-I glass and a qtnsntity of earthenwavre that was onl thleI ...

... T IIE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MIY I1. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The Queen, according to present arraug'metts, is ex- pected to reside at Windsor C.stle till towards t he end of this month, when tib Court proceeds to Scotland. the time of her Maiti jestv's dep9rtaire for the North depending upon the hweailth of Princess Beatrice. The Queen returns from Balmoral shortly I etolrI no Md- summer to ...

... | 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 ...