... changes in ideas and ideals. In Victorian times, when houses were both plentiful and cheap and domestic servants were like blackberries in September, it was an easy matter for a man to found a home and raise a large family. The Victorian age was the golden ...

... This is not a natural fruit, but was originated by Judge Logan, of California, and is a cross between the wild Californian blackberry and the red Antwerp raspberry. This hybrid plant was successfully multiplied by Judge Logan and is now grown in nurseries ...

... a glass of milk or something in the ante-room with a couple of men, one of whom admitted that he was Black, of Black and Blackberry, the jam people. At this the other man grinned, and asked how much he had to pay for the machines which stamped out the ...

... chutney, catsup and apple ginger —to name but several—but we can also use them to eke out such fruits as loganberries, blackberries, the few remaining currants, raspberries, etc., in the making of delicious jellies. Early apples—especially, I think, if ...

... newsoaper correspondent. Nothing censure, nothing have. Competent The taxidermist who knew how to do his stuff. Crushed blackberries are now being recommended by doctors for rheumatism. What the juice next ? Hand icappe,d Ah ! 's in quartz. * * * * * * ...

... * * * Torture As a penance certain Indians gash themselves all over with sharp thorns. In this country it is known as blackberrying * * * Christmas Prospects Good crops of autumn broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage are repoeted. Unless there is undue ...

... e A number of yodellers will appear in play. Swiss roles. * * Acquitted The small boy who was found guilty of stealing blackberries, and left the court without a stain on his mouth. * * Exception Most men nowadays sit down to dinner in their business ...

... said to have almost a genius for aerial work. An infinite capaci 1- y for taking 'planes. * * Gory What would you call blackberrying,'• asks a reader, a pastime or a recreation ? A blood sport. * * Another Wellerism This is one of the happiest dyes ...

... country inns. There were home-made scones and cakes (gingerbread, plum cake and jam sandwich) and various home-made preserves (blackberry jelly, sloe and apple jelly, plum jam and the like). Further, there were three kinds of bread — white, brown and currant—so ...

... wandered on happy but hungry, found a gipsy camp and got a feed for a shilling and wanrharefi cm agnin made a supper o' blackberries and oddments. slep' well and then, well, then I met you ana thought I would ha' a bit o' fun with you--and . . well . ...