... worth buying, and it was only after some painful experience that he learned that Aldines and Elzevirs were as common as blackberries, that of the majority of them it was only when they were in fine condition that they were worth buying, and that only a ...

... to be an original idea, whereas, not to mention our own admirable exhibition of barmaids, it is aa common in the Eaat as blackberries or black women, only the ladies do not contend for mere honorarium, but for husband not even wink passes between the c ...

... Some of the moat successful snake killers are women and young girls, who make a businesa of gathering huckleberries and blackberries. An important part of a berrypicker's equipment ia stout stick, with which the Bnakes are killed. The country is hilly ...

... guineas (Agnew); Charles the First and Prince Rupert, by Sir J. Gilbert, 1877,135 guineas (Voki s); Quinces, Plums, and Blackberries, with mossy background, W. Hunt, 135 guineas (Aghew); Tintagal Castle, Cornwall, by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., 205 guineas ...

... omelet for Julius Augustus. But she never did, or rather, when sho got home, the omelet was made with a liberal admixture of blackberries, and the front of her aesthetic dress was ruined. Added to this was odour which sent Julius into spasms and frightened ...

... The gathering of mushrooms is, however, exempted from its provisions. No mention is made tbe Bill to the gathering of blackberries or ivy leaves, which in tbe autumn a large trade is done by florists and itinerant flower girls. learn that the Gaekwar ...

... cannot but be expressed that so few prominent names have agreed to be nominated. Vestrymen and guardians are as plentiful as blackberries in September, while one candidate i 3 a music hall proprietor. In spite of what was hoped to the contrary, politics is ...

... the utmost secrecy. A melancholy drowning case was reported from Galway yesterday. Two little girts named Stewart were blackberrying on a clift when one fell over into the river 24ft. below Her 'sister tried to save her, and also fell over, striking a ...

... shall look forward to future work | by this artist with interest. Mr. Anderson Hague is in great force this year, and his ‘‘ Blackberry Gatherers” (72) is one of the finest works yet produced by this artist. It is fullof magnificent and | light, and the bit ...

... 11th August; 2nd V.B. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Stonoleigh Deer Park, 4th 11th August ■ Ist V.B. Leicester Regiment, Blackberry Hill, Belvoir Castle, near Redhill, 4th to 11th August; 2nd V.B. Cheshire Regiment, Rhye, 4th to 11th August; Ist V.B. Royal ...

... to decide the particular grounds upon which a certain measure has to be opposed. Reasons with them are as plentiful as blackberries, but strangely enough they are mutually destructive. We are assured one moment tbat the Local Government Act is a good ...

... ho and several othor defendants were ordered to pay iuu penalties allowed iuw. Scotland—where centenarians seem as thick blackberries—has just lost Mrs. Mary Fraser, who , born in county 106 years aco, went to ertn ou years sinoe, and there occupied the ...