... case, all but unavoidable. The art of cheap railway construc- tion had not then been invented-money was as plen- tiful as blackberries, and 'was flung about with lavish profusion; not so much, perhaps, upon the works, as upon the preparations for commencing ...

... to be a lunatic. A mnelancholy drowning case was renorted on Fri- day from Galway. Two little girls named Stewart were blackberrying on a cliff, when one fell over into the river, 24ft. below. Her sister tried to save her, and also fell over, striking ...

... complain of the protective colouration of the artful golf-ball, has had many pleasant days to be thankful for. A fine crop of blackberries--stuall but of the best quality-has cheered the more humble wanderer on moor and woodland, In England a dry autumn, though ...

... unpitied and uncared for! The Hero of a Hundred Fights, it is true, has lived to see statues arourd him plentiful as blackberries, but this is an ex- ception to the rule; for how many years did old Time roll on before justice was done to the Immortal ...

... was of white silk, tritimed with white tulle and white tibliots. Her Majesty scoie roitiil her head a wreath composed of blackberries and dia- tnonds. THE ORDER OF THE BATH.-The Queen held at investiture of the .Most Honourable Order of the Bath, at three ...

... of the lieutenant, who calls out the number of the flags forming the signal he wishes to make. BLACKBERRYING' Our picture with the title Blackberrying takes us into the heart of some lovely English county. Husband and wife with their seven or eig ...

... manage it myself. I went on, but could not see the way out, and as I began to get very hungry indeed, I picked a lot of blackberries, and other little things to eat. rhen it began to get dark again, and as I was getting again very tired, I lay down to ...

... sisters were astir in their best bibs ard tuckers, and he finished his mass as the wee-wee woman finished her bonny bunch of blackberries, without further interruption. When this dignitary returns to Rome we hope he will not fail in candour to te31 his lord ...

... has not the gift of getting confidences out of other people, nor are interesting specimens such as this one as common as blackberries in September. But the book is so shrewd and alive, it gives so admirably the outlook of the Hooligan, and shows you how ...

... French Press, scarcely one of the'wortby officiials -iav6. ~ ?? 'huslightest.s'catacity Codjdctis are. as plentiful as blackberries as to how the game will -come off between thie Pe'sident and 1the Chamber.,. The''nine, pins he has set up, the' Pr ...

... and then was the untaxed Corn Champion, Richard Cobden, some eight or nine years old, haply in- tent on birds'-nests and blackberries. At the request of Mrs. and Mr. Hume, the portrait is to be enshrined in the London Uni- versity; a most fitting place ...

... at the Mansion Houwe, where nobody spoke under the weight of official responsibility, the nostrums were as plentiful as blackberries in October. We are not disposed to quarrel with those who mean well ; but we must take leave to remark that there appeared ...