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SOME OF THE MARCH MAGAZINES

... to roost at night. As soon as daylight appeared, they all flew off to their favourite resorts, where they lived upon the garbage of the city; and it must be admitted in their favour that they are most useful scavengers. But when sunset came they used ...

THE FANCIERS' COLUMN

... kennlel. All dogs re more or less scaven- gers by nature, and it is largely owing to this objectiou- able hahit of picking up filthy garbage that the trouble first begins, so that we ainnot be too strict on this point. Syiirvous.-is a ratter of fact, tho ...

AT THE THEATRE-LIBRE

... homes, machinery not having yet penetrated into Silesia. The overseer, a brutal fellow called Pfeifer, treats them like dogs, picking holes in every yarn so as to cut down the wages. One after the other they cringe to him, asking for a trifling advance, declaring ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2961 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

OUR LITERARY COMPETITION

... olil eroetontarv mooady silence. 1th ar- Doliv, arittaren~tl~y quite used to such treatment Ith .'cr from her strange friend, picked up her basket aod Olt o f trotted contentedly to her iaiher's side. f0 fa - Who've you been vith, Dolly? said Big Ben. I ...

OUR LITERARY COMPETITION

... FELONY. Myv pare!trt 'nero vrealthy, uecuitutred. persons. I wfhokelit a mnarine.store ill cihrireditchf. hrubbiugc smoicgst garbage suite.d tIheN), and tey livei longt and hvanpiy. ?? .1 I al very eultuied; *:eara mcv hair loun; am poe.icccl and all that ...

REVIEWS

... Between the Tron Kirk and St. Giles narrow closes live down steeply to the Cowgate, and the daring explorer who picks his slippery way over garbage towards that subter- ranean thoroughfare sees overhead only the merest slip of sky. between him and the ?? chimney ...

NEW BOOKS

... in the cart at onee, thrown in as garbage, nearly all of them naked, a few tied up in old reed baskets, and fewer-never snore than one or two-in cheap board coffins. These carts go about the streets each night, pick up these pitiable remains, some of ...

GEORGE ROBSON, THE DURHAM MINER

... picis is the blaclksmitbhs work. But I am quite cute tt your picks were sharpieried and tempered before you canmo to mue. If I medldled w*ic b t-im I should ?? soften their points. No, no, your picks are all right. Lord Softon was at home. On the card Mr ...

THE ARIADNE MUTINY

... mnorning, said lie, when at the 9v isrpoiinted time lie awoke the Bo'sua and v ;lesner. Ju:;nniy Pve was up in an instiat anl picking r c? a teleseope stood upon one of the boats' tllvarts and scalned the oceau from north to la ikouth and irom south, to north ...

CREAM OF CURRENT LITERATURE

... articles, resorted to the expedient of thrusting a sharp steel pick through it. On the present occasion the donkey had Come up to the gate, and the inspector was preparing to thrust his pick into the basket, when the mnother, some distance behind, caught ...

REVIEWS

... Ceapideor Fleet-street knows: much that, caunnte ernc aii fis ?? hedgerows., 't 'has grownl bblder, aidd yet warier.- It' will pick 'Its'..fbid as 'securely amid, the roaring traflklc'as if it had a. chdrth~d' life, and it looks upon afternoon tca in:'.Hyde ...

THE CAPITALISTS' WAR

... occttpationus which had to he seen to; so one day vhen ordered to turn oat and march they threw down their rifles and refused to pick them up. The authorities then threstened to turn the gles ou them. Tle Colonials promptly licked ?? their rifies aud loaded ...