... severely in so doing. Instead of the flame thene is now a column of black smoke, and smuts fall in every direction as thick as blackberries. I may mention that there is also an odour ! Rose Anna, as usual, unreasonable, cries, Take the horrid thing away ! I ...

... matron—oh !so sweetly--at an afternoon tea. Why, that is dust why I married him, dear! Men with two legs are as common as blackberries, while you don't so often see a one-legged man, replied the second young matron. Indignant Customer (of the female' p ...

... mistresses, namely, washing their faces. The cat-lite of the slums is peculiar. Dogs are rare, but the cats are as common as blackberries in September. Not over clean and not over fat, the cats of the slums yet seem perfectly contented, and rarely leave the ...