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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2247, 11 May 1881, Page 4

" Whales are becoming numerous in the ocean," eays a contemporary. We like a statement that gives the full facts as this one does. It relieves one of the suspicion that whales are becoming numerous in the fields, or that they are infesting the woods or hiding in the valleys. People now know where to be on the lookout for whales.—American Paper. Speaking of mispronunciation by vooalists, Kiinkell's " Musical Beview" give three amusing instances:— A lady who prided herself on the pathos with which she sang Olaribel's little ballad : " Loyale je serai durant ma vie," was quite taken aback when a child said, " Cousin, do sing that pretty song, ' Royal gir, sherry hurrah for me." " Another lady came out at a concert to sing "When the flowing tide comes in" : " Pence, let him rest; G-od knoweth best." With a voice trembling with emotion she sang: " Peace, let him roast; God knoweth boast." Again, the song—- " Bory O'More courted Kathleen Bawn, He was bold as a hawk, she soft as the dawn." A girl who heard a public singer give it picked it up by ear and thought the words were :

"Bory O'More courted Kathleen Bawn, He poulticed the hawk, she salted it down."