... 4OW HENS TALK. l1 (c INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS. t ? Do birds talki It is an interesting question 6 t which has attracted a good deal of attentiou of n recent years. The study of iild language of C birds has made great proggress. 'f he University s of Pennsylvaina has even goue sv far as to estab- n r lish a museum for investigation uinto the linguistic a a capacities of what hns hitherto been ...

... DcICTORIS ERRLING WriFE u ~a PLEADS FOR FVGPEN:. *S ] lu the 1'ivorce Court. on Monday, before d 31r. Jnstice Barlns, the case of Elssery v. Lssery a aud i anuee was heard. a This was a petition by Mr. William l;:ssery, a - It's doctor, practiciug at Se tisea, for a divorce on i the grunud. of the aclultery of his wife, Irs. S~bil Eesery,with Mr. Cltirle'd Edmund launce, a Eargoon-M5a~jor i11 ...

... a APPOINTMIENTS, co OCAPTAIN. ' F. W. Fishef, to the Alexandra, April 19th. 00IJ' IIAN-Vlii;. tl Lg M. T. Parks, to the Argonaut, for Coquotte, W nt in commaud ; 1.. luddlestoue, to the ffigh- pI gli ilyer, for Orwell, in command: A. A. Lucas, tp L clI the Beaboiv. All to date April 19th. til John F. Murray &yusley, to the Argonaut, April l9th. ea Cuuningham it. De 0. Foot to the Thunderer, I ...

... APPOINTMENT5. CAPTAIN7S. i} Casper J. Baker to the Blake, on commission- ing, 30th October. h Coln R. Keppel to the Warspite, on commiis- I sioning. lot November. 1 r. COMMANDERS. oh James De C. Hamilton to the Defiance, 1st C *h November, r. Trevelyan D. W. Napier to the Victory, for n d the tender Petrel, 6th October. F, Thomas D. L. Sheppard to the Renown for t navigatingiduties on ...

... I ?? I I ?? lLO-'RaDS. ;IV It ie believed that the first Americans WviG ?? ve succeeded in bbiluing their way illto the ?? o'e a Lords are Dr. Frederick L. Iforker aud Mr. it6dif g ?? ionith, of BiltgheiL0n1on, New Yori. *0VLO ed recently returned irout a lur'oreao tour. Accorz - 6 iug to the New York 6?eie, they vsiu the r. -t :e chambers in Parhameiet Eutidirg ivihear v cd caine to Eurone ...

... GOSPORT. BILLIAIU) MlATCH. - A watch was played between the R.M.L.1- and Ridle Dep~t, at Forton, at on Wednesday, tho Marines winning by 68 tfll points. Following is the score : R. LI.: IIY Finlayson, 129: Pope. 138; Lee, 91; Cooper, 100; i-Stevens, 124; Reynolds, 150 ; VrH. W~i~llame, 158; M. Williams, 150; Green, I150; Millar, 150: the Burnetti 150; total, 1452. R~ifle Depft: Bowden, lor 150 ...

... KNPIGHTS OF THE ROAD. !ANNUAL DINNER AT SOUTflSEA, 2 Portsmouth is a leading residential town for commercial travellers in the south of England, owing in a large measure to the fact that it is served by the two railway compsuies whose - ramifications extend eastward and westward > along the coast. It is therefore a place where one may expect to find the knights of the road associated for ...

... lMARRIAGE f PHILOSOPHY.I i . j E3Y A MARRIED PHILOSOPHE.R. , Marriage is not the chief end of life. Some I, girls think it is. ar The most dangerous thing a man can do is to SCc fall in love. A look, a voice, Li face, and lie is inI love. No more a pathway nudistarbed. The world has changed. A newv ideal has irisen. The j r, grey clouds fade into a blue sliv. aond he blacni6 in his boots twice ...

... ITHE RON a HEARTED CITY BY E. PHI LL I PS OPP EN HE I M (AUTHOR OF THE MIAN AND HIS KINGDOM, &X.) CRATTER T IL m I II Douglas- returned his greeting cordially His vis-a-vis drew-the menu towards him and studied it with interest. Setting it down, he screwed'a single eye-glass into his eyerandi;eamedover at Douglas. -Ib-the-daily grind O.K.? he inquired suavely. Douglas was-disconcerted at ...

... ! i I Il roma Friday'e iondon ?? | RIYAL mimrikox ARlVI.P.lIiY. The unidortnentioned gCUTiOulcLI cadets, from' are the loval slilitary Academy, to bh Second LiErUl :ou. teulants: .1. A. Finmis, O. S. Hunter. C. L. ti) illand, J. ?? Lutalb, C.X W. Ford, G. I. Rfamsay, had R. Ic. 11 M. Johnstnou, A. N. Buru, A. C. Gunter, sry, Al . A. Jackson. (. h. (4regsou, L. 1l. E. IV. I tle Taylor, ?? E. ...

... I- F--PR- 0 0TTA W A. A tcpubliu ineeting for the pyroors of considi E ing the advitabiliz.y of formnrin a fund to ?? i r- Ilevilig the greet rlitressr ' cau4d br the ?? r Grrlb. iire whbich revsulted in the des;,rucrliou of half lfhe towis of ottawa, was held eta Monday afternoon in the Ureuid iuri, itoomi of tbe Ports- nouth Town Hall. The Meiyor (Mtr. II. 'I.i link) oresided over the ...

... DRSTRaCT NEWS. Tub e racing yawi Birynhild, launched from Mnssrs. Camper and Nicholson's yard last yeatr out for Mir. J. 6elwyn Calverley, returned to Gosport t.on Monday, flying twrenty-three prize flags, -wbich D; by, She had won duwing the season. IA it Sc..L. ooiot~' OeTIxG.-The children of ag the E. U. L.!I. S cho ols at For ton hiel d the ir anu alI I.treat Lit Lce-on-the-6olent, on ...