... rates should not he granted. But when the demand is seriously made the reasons in opposition to it will be as plentiful as blackberries in September, and as irresis- tible as the inflow of the ocean. Canon THOMPSON, with vastly more insight than the majority ...

... about a mile to get to the cove itself. We climbed over the rocks a good way, then took a rest and came back. On the road blackberries are plentiful, and my hands were nearly as black as the berries when I got back to the car. We returned by a different ...

... beholds a man bound to a wheel which appears to be ever revolving. To us who regard cyclists aa no greater curiosities than blackberries the spectacle cannot be astounding. But we have most of us read of the Chinese, who look upon ndventurouswheclmeo dashing ...

... weeds at their feet; where the dog-roses bloomed and died, having their shining hips as a memorial of them, where the blackberries clustered ripe and large, and eager children disputed the first pick and then a range of low hills, bearing on their sides ...

... onjeach side, where I and my companions have often romped and gathered ferns from nooks and crannies in summer time and blackberries in autumn. Just outside the wall is a beautiful well of clear spring water, which issues into a tiny stream with watercresses ...

... Conservative candi- dates—if they chose to pay their expenses. On these conditions candidates would be as plentiful as blackberries, and, as a matter of fact, they in North Wales (of course he did nob know this side of the Principality so well) had got ...

... peaceful manse, all \mong trees and emerald grass, with horses and Lcows browsing beyond grey snake fences, lined with blackberry bushes and golden-rod, with men iin shirb sleeves and cow's breakfast' hats moving among tnll grass, and with ox teams hauling ...

... called Highfield. The Hall is occupied by Mr Wirmald. There are green fields about us in which grow mushrooms, and there are blackberries in the hedges. When the trees are in bud the scenery is pretty, and when the leaves are falling as well. From the hills ...

... ourselves and seen that picturesque procession. THE WISE FRUIT. Did it ever strike you what a lucky thing it is that the juicy blackberries whieh are so thick on the hedges this year do not grow upon tall trees ? I do not mean that it is fortunate because as ...

... like these for a new and untried candidate not giving pledges, may be multiplied ad infinitum. They are as plentiful as blackberries, and Colonel Peel may scatter them by the gross compulsion or otherwise. A judge not profoundly luminous in legal lore ...

... boating down to the islands and lighthouse, from which we can see Achill and Clare islands. We can gather mushrooms and blackberries here, and honeysuckle and primroses grow wild. We often go bathing. We cannot run out to buy sweets we have to walk three ...

... COLUMN FOR CHILDREN. ALL HA I,LP WEN. How the months fiy. iespecitily holiday months and blackberrying and/nutting months Here we are at the very end of October, and on the brink of dreary, dark November, with already more than a hint of frost and isnow ...