... F - I - - THE F ' OFFi rTG -;THH FETE. DlU~Rma the months of Mav and June the t Oire *onoeud etoinot holding Festivals in coonnection *Itb Rurail Sick Benefit Societies Sill prevails in many parts of this country. The event ofthe annual ?? is awaited with coisidermble interest by the villagers, and |srsmall woneer that this is marked as a red- ,en, letter day in the annals of an uneventf-l Ie ...

... [DE VON8WAFl p IltS. idea of~XL STRANGR' SIGH TS OF THE a OLDENTIMS ?? a his kinig-: gland We are indebted 'to a well-known con. owo tribiator t~o'he western Antiquary.ior many I'll S I.teesin . ote iekgarding fabulous appari- . 11 at tions alleged to have been seen in Devonshi re,~I~ to be He~ quotes, from!>.~al pamphlet . avi~g; a a ne, f *ponderoue title of inany lines' Iegh pu. Gould ...

... LtjCA1j GOSSIP. d.:.d.iug theupast year several piragraphe have appeared in lthese columns fore- f shawdowing a restarting of the Peat It Works on Dartasoor. At last something 1i being ,lone, a number of men being if engaged i repairing the railway and the e Iworks. This I learn from:'a-member., of a party of 'iitizens who were on the moor d on Sunday and took in the works in Y the course of ...

... t ?? my NoaRTHooTS PFROCE8ON.-The torchliglht tiOI procession in conneotion with Sir Stafford pai and Lady Nortboote's arrival on Monday De, night will start from the Bonhay about 7 10, and will proceed via Fore-street and ligh- street to the London Ina Square. F AccinsaD1 -A sad accident occurred at the Heavitree Brewery yesterday to an employe narned Richard Sanders. While attending to the ...

... e EXETER COusTH 9D A. pro) if Olin. Mcrn.-Aldrich in G; hymn 911, 0 hoer stre e ?? (Richardson); preacher. agal. the Ven. Archdeacon of Exeter. b- Even. 3..-Aldiich in G; 0 praise the'1 ord one it (Itighini) ; preacher, Canon Atherton. Ohii Even. 7.-Preacher. Rev W David.hi B Mon. Mo'n.-Hopkins in B flat; 12, Lord, for Thyhi tender mercies' ake (Farrant). pre, h Even,-Ropkins in F; 2, ...

... M Mojor Llewellyn, 4th Somerset Light si Infantry, and W.P. for North Somerset, is in fc charge of the sick and wo ended coming home tf in the transport Aurania. 8s t ) Trooper Charles E H Perkins, of the West m t SomersetCompanyof the Imperial Ycomanry, fr D and son of Mr A B Perkins, J.P., of Cotla5k ss Fion8e, Taunton, hus been wounded at w] i Thabanohu. of One of the Boer prisoners at St. ...

... Vokking P.S. Bartfield left Torquay on' MiDiaay r passed Stbcehonse. C). Cole Mr. F. S. Ellis lectured at the Natural His. w tory Society on Mondaiy morning on 'Rbpular at Le Glory DpliURnea. M me!rghe Irapector Dymonid, of Exmonth, has now Pt l. Dann taken over hia duties here in succession .to ti aday. Inspector Boad. Cl ,f Coal-. The Conservative Club' dinner will take d .opeel place on ...

... HAS THE COMPENSATION ACT l BEEN A SUCCESS ? wvn A Parliamentary return dealig wwibt an the first ?? monthis' working of tbg I's1 Workmen'' Compensation Act contain6 eed the folloving fifuress tal UndnrEmployers' Ifnderdompen. Average Liability Act. sation Act. Average compen. thi sation iu case £ s d £ Is d ive of deata. ?? 8b 6 4 200 2 7 is Solictors' cogt- 22 14 4 11 1 1 Putting the ...

... GENERAL I , ELECTION.\ TO-DAY'S NOMINATIONS.i MANY UNIONISrS UJNOPPOSED. Nominations took. plaoo to.day in 189 cnn-l stituencies m7rdalp as followrs :London S0, English boroughs 114, 13rghlih counties 1, Welsh boroughs 3, Sootch boroughs 9, Wieh boroughs 12. The following were anopposed returns:- Windsor-Sir F S Barry (C) Great Yartouth-Sir J Colomb (C) Birmingham, Bordesley-Right Bon Jesse ...

... Z, fir 41ping V,0!5t. - I SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 1900. EET THE, DESPATCHfFS. DIFFERENT people will arrive at different conclualons from the mailed !?ST deapatches from the Generals in South ORK N a Africa published to-day, but there are some leading points on which the great majority of those who peruse them will agree. Chief among these is the remark- able advantage possessed by the Boors in ...

... ?? - - .1 {, ~~NO. rxxviiI ' j BMR. JAMES KNILL. A R.ood m'ainy minor literary crimes have been laid at the door of Theodore Hook. Oe3 of them is that, whilst playing and singit.g at a parry there entered a tax- collector named Winter, whereupon Hook, without eppeariog to notice his arrival, burst into the followin, impromptu vexse:- Hlere comos Mr. Winter, collector of taxes; You'd better to ...

... S__l_ 4f1*in Voot. L E El I .0 I' SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1900. THB CINA. CHAM PA'GN, CONFIRMATION of the news of Admiral I T Seymour's safety has relieved some of the tension in the public mind occasioned by the startlingly sudden development of the situation created by the rising of .1 ths Chinese Boxers. There is a dis. Tposition in some quarters to censure ] the. British admral's attempt to ...