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... Emperor of China is to take place thn inst, THE PENALTY FOR BROKEN Actions for breach of promise have become plentiful as blackberries in summer; and whenever maiden is jilted by her lover, instead of pining and dying in olden times, the disappointed fair ...

HORRIBLE MURDER AT THE CAPE

... mystery not et expained. An lrishman was once asked If he had ever seen a red black. Merry. 1o besure | have,” exid Pat ; ali blackberries are red when they're green.” Some one defines a real poct a 8 **a singer whose verses haunt your twilights.” The definition ...

(FROM JUDY.)

... 120, L 10, 1.5, and L. 3. 1 The Farl of Fife, Innes ; 2 Sir George Maepherson Graut, Eva; 3 W M*Combie of Easter Skene, Blackberry ; 4 The Earl of K, Vatience of Curskiv ; very high{y commended, The Earlof Fife, Violetof Montheltton; mehly commended, ...

KILMORE AND KILBRIDE SCHOOL

... willow in the swamp begins To fisant in gnld and red ; And in the thorn the blackbird’s nest Swings empty overbead. The blackberry bangs her jewels out, And ¢uards them with a thorn; The merry farmer boys cat down The poor, old, dried-up corn. The swallows ...

Agriculture,

... snowberry, cotoneaster, pyrus juponica, with other occupants of the shrubbery, are with few exceptions, very lightly laden. Blackberries seem to be an exception ; fir though much laterin ripnln‘tli‘n usual, they keep up their old character of being plenti ...

NOTES FROM EDINBURGH

... population, 10,008, badge, eagle’s feathers ; MacDougalls, badge cypress, elsewhere, Craobh-chosgair ; Mac Leans, badge, ‘blackberry heath; Robertsons, fourth surname, ‘population, 31,836, badge, fern or bracken ; Stewarts, !-inh surname, population, 31 ...

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

... over one or other of the fromtiers without |n¥lng duty. « Straschniks,” or custom soldiers, are, of course, as common as blackberries in this golden land, but they cannot do more than mitigate the evil, and, indeed, some sceptical persons declare thut the ...

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... especially, which grows not only with remarkable profusion, but with splendid results from a limited amount of care. The Blackberry, or Black Currant, seems to be well suited for oar West Highland climate, and to grow individually like little plums. The ...

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... n under the name of the New Rochelle, or Lawton, Blackberry ;: but it 1s unpalatable when unripe, and requires to be plucked at the proper time. “ When the children say, with a shout, ‘The blackberries are ripe!” I know they are black only, and I can ...

Ladies’ Column,

... *‘whereabouts” of some men a ‘puzzle, but also their whyabouts and whatabouts. PrOPLE say that blackberries are good for the complexion ; but who wants a blackberry complexion? “ I¥ money matters,” said a miserable old lellov; “‘treat strangers as though they ...

~ Qld Storics Res=told. THE “BLACK GAMP AT INVERARAY

... dansante. In | “Spring every lady was attired as flower ;in o Summer as roses; in ** Autumn” hop-pickers, gleaners, blackberry gatherers, grape gatherers ; in “Winter,” white, with robins and holly. Prout’s band attended. and the floor was excellent ...