A TALKING LOVEBIRD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 11

A TALKING LOVEBIRD.

A lovebird, nQ:.larger than, a canary, has taught itself to .speak as fluently and a3 distinctly.ai tho.b.est.Jof .talking, parrots, at the village, of near Stourbridge, AVorcostorshiro. ' ' Tho bird is 'of" 'exquisite, . pjumagc, . and belongsto llr.' .V' . StamfordX' House,,' Ambleside, iijoll-knowiiresident' '. in tho district., 1 : : It was given' to'-Mr. Skidmoro about.six,months ago by his son-in-law, who Pfl d moiyths! witlibixl; its' powprs:- of:.i-,cdhvbrMtion. ,orcoatorshirQj ho'.vever,;it .has acquired a said it - ha"s '.'received .no "special training.. _• ■"' ■' ■ ,: aa-isitor who •."inter7iewed''.:it recently' th 6. s'uddeltl.v..'.. remarked,.'^."Kias^-rrn. an ; 'ariti<;iuat6ry .smack'.':. It: v-'How citi,you do>:! and ilattoringlj .'hddod, little beauty, : ar ®n.tyou??t*o!all-.in/'a. .soft',/tone....thai .was quite -distinct.;frora-vthb .:aucous accents' of' the parrot: ; . It melodiously whistled a couplo of. bars of tho National Anthem, ? n ? ;,to, givo-:sonio , very;: realistic lmitatibiisiolf'tho calls of :thfushes, sparrows, and, linnets,-.-'

'Hanschdn;!' as tho 'bird is 'named, weighs' barely an, ounce, and is- 'oclioved to bo tho smal.cst-bird' of-Ms-kiiid leasable of imitating human speech. His chief companion is a. Jargo. stutrcd' green parrot, l 'without which 1:6 is lioverchappy;' ana w.nosc plumago' lib' lias, so pecked -away 'with' kisses' that.' tho' entire '-'Tholovebird, wnencver'Takijig .a', ,mcal. of,. linnet -cccd, P' accs: X ljttl? wjthin^tho..'niptioniess./bcak or tho stuffod; parrot, though when in a couror«iot(oiial':inood,.ho frequently, indulges tin. furif)U3, attaclrsron..his silent companion. •

Me Ir.u't; the satisfaction of knowing that for nitciv. OT.aro indispensable throughout tho whole dap' ; Wo thiw off any'dignity that «•«:.iiiay':liap"[wii 'to' posiiess, and play dance inusii! a;i«'l "accompany!'.' musical chairs'till our fingers' acho ■and otir toes itcli to join the merry throng. Christmas is a. -"happy day to .those lylio 'add • to.-.their. ; own enjoyment that-of giving enjoyment to others.— l"Musical News," - - . In (.fermany a substance has been produced • which ifceonjf Cu contradict tho law that heat me!ts,ahd!.bpld solidifies. The substanco is called: v ''crypstaz/' -and is-formed by combining equal quantities of phenol, camphor, «nd saponirie.with a littlo turpentine. V/lien Its temiieraturo is -lowered below the point it ivhirth water freezes, it becomes liquid, .jut tthen it is heated it turns to tho'solid itate: ■ ■ . In.London pconle belosg to a club in order Ui lite at.- it. .Thoy find .there some of the ! nti.mnoy' : of'liomn life ifv'siiy moot friends, read, chat,- aiiu Mib'is tho compulsory complement of H' Viii'ascfiline life. We have nothing iil;o'it in'Brussels.—%o Soir," lii'llSEols.