... seaweed, but blackberries are left to waste. Is it be- cause blackberries are of no use without sugar, and that sugar, even at present prices, is be- yond the reach of the Irish peasant ? In England you need to get up very early to find a blackberry, so diligently ...

... He was walking very near to the side of the water, and was suddenly noticed to fall in. A young man who was gather- ing blackberries close to the spot, together with Rogers, went to Enock s assistance. The latter eagerly clutched hold of a stick that was ...

... 2 Beedness '■!■ Nine ran. STEWARDS' STAKES. May Blush ?? 1 Patrician .2 Lobilia 3 Nine ran. HUN TEES' STAKES. Feeling 1 Blackberry 2 Rachel 3 Nine ran. HURSTBOUBNE WELTEB. Massy Bellam ?? 1 Cracker ?? 2 Miss Anna ?? - 3 Five ran. DOGMERSFIELD PARK STAKE'S ...

... Eight ran. SCARBOROUGH HANDICAP of 5 soys each, witb 150 added. One mile and a half. Star Trap 1 Florence St. John ?? 2 Blackberry ?? 3 - Six r«u»- *__t £_i._3?_ L-VA7, A>fC _r__*«__4i> N_w.. _ ...

... QUIPS AND CRANKS. An Irishman was once asked if he had ever seen a red blackberry. To be sure I have, said Pat ; all blackberries are red when they're green. Bob : Did you buy that second-hand bicycle of a friend George : Well, I always con- ...

... forty years. , Two gentlemen passing a blackberry bush when the fruit was unripe, one said it was ridicu- lous to call them black berries when they were red. Don't you know, said his friend, that blackberries are always red when they are green. A ...

... found placed under the grand stand. The discovery was made in a curious manner. Two boys on Thursday morning, gathering blackberries, wandered on to the racecourse, and by accident looked about under tiie stand. One of them noticed an ordinary-looking ...

... Koyai ia»«% but is a violinist of rare skill. The blackberries jost now in Brittany are riorious, but they remain oa the hedges un- touched, for the common Breton is very religious, and thinks blackberries accursed because the crowa of thorns was made of ...

... the buck yard. Two gentlemen passing a blackberry bush when the fruit was unripe, one said, lt is ridiiulous to call them blackberries when they are red. Don't you know, said his friond, that blackberries are always red when they are green ? Johnson ...

... institution that owes much support to Mr Wilson-Todd ? He may buy tea, and he may have this autumn for the first time allowed blackberry seekers from Darlington to enter his plantations ? But what else has he done ? Examine the reports of the town charities ...

... lt's all net profit. The Arab who invented alcohol died nine hun- dred years ago, but his spirit still lives. Why is^ blackberrying a courageous employ- ment ? Because it requires a great deal of pluck. A Limerick banker, remarkable for bia sagacity, ...

... the pointsman, and a man named Cope saw the woman and children walking along the canal bank. The children were gathering blackberries at the time, and the men heard the woman talking to her children. Later on the three sat down on the tow- ing path, and ...