... hard struggle for existence experienced by human beings, the lecturer drew a parallel by describing the manner in which the blackberry briar had to work his way about at the expense of hundreds of other berry-bearing bushes.—At the close, the lecturer's and ...

... L DECREE that the lad should have been near the place at all. A fellow-playmate of his living near had promised to go blackberrying with him that day, but, the latter not turning up, lie relinquished the idea, and strolled down to the roadway adjoining ...

... is one of the lowest than can be very well imagined, whilst persona between 80 and 90 years of age are as plentifulcaa blackberries. A woodcock has been shot:at Llangynwyd by Mr. R. W. Llewelyn, of Baglaa Cottage, A great- grandfather of this woodcock ...

... ago, handed down from father to 'son, its popularity increasing as the years roll by- why they are almost as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, and folks may well be expected to con- tinue to do business with those whose integrity has stood the test of ...

... rain that fell upon crowd caused those on tbe tanner side to ha** & very cnccm.ov table time of iis but huddled up like blackberries, were the rain was only allowed t* descend upon the tiles. There were computed to be about 8,000 spectators on the ground ...

... defen- parish of Payuig-no-titlies, a „ -lant, Miss Daisy Belle, a artiste | Appearing at the Alhambra. The *S f>'e«tiful as blackberries, the ref^nces to I he young Swansea solicitor,,headgear and iadJ barbers and School Board lan^uaSe being Keatly appreciated ...

... NOTE ON NEWS. Now that Whitsuntide is SXBKCING nr. at the door, and cyclists RtoxoMSTa. will be as numerous as blackberries throughout the country, it will interest them to learn of an ingenious, but not particularly creditable, method of making money ...

... round at the landscape, and waving his band in the direction of some leafless bushes, re* plied with emphasis, l £ at scmo blackberris, you silly fool. A late Swansea tramway conductor, who was a Salvation Army man, used to improve the shining hour by asking ...

... |3AVED BY A BOY'S WIT. Zim set hi- pail of blackberries on a rock' tnd swiftly levelled hi gun a: a. small dark object that moved up the side of tLe ravine like :t shadow. Bnnu writ the smooth-bored musket— Imt the shadow receded faster than ever. • ...

... Albert Cummings, 33. a carpenter, whose body, with two deep gashes in the throat, was discovered by two children whilst blackberrying on Saturday. Twelve shillings and sixpence and a surer watch and chain were found on the body. Deceased ha ...

... in attendance through the collapse of industries locally. Times were very bad there, as was shown by the fact that even blackberrying afforded a harvest to the people. Mothers protested that they could hot send children to school without food, and it was ...

... wood with three little children in her care and went down past the New Aidl Farm. They passed their time away in picking blackberries, and after they had tilled their basket they came back to the gate, where she had left the mail-cart, in viiieli there ...