... 2CDAUSE ANSD K FECT. 6s Look here, my dear; we must do something to cut dowsn the household expenses. The business is not going on as it should, and we must pull in a bit.'i Very well, dear. I am sorry to hear about the business ; bow do you account for it ? - Oh I more competition, and the profits out closer than ever. I am sure I don't know what it is goin- to end in. W; suppose it would ...

... A GHOST AT OXFORD. LOOKING FOlR l-I8 hEART. A STdAANGE AFFAIR. A mysterious affair is just now causing consider_ ablo excitement among the residents -of St. Maty Hall, ore of the saiallsit of the xfeord foundatiose. There is a legend current in the Hall to the effeet that a Dr. Willianm King, who was princip:l at thu beginning of the eighteenth century, and was baried at Efaling Church, ...

... 1'Or AL GOSSIP. * .. D A The leading topic of local gossip this week is certaiify Rats. It needs not to recapitulate the doings and sayings of the last Court of the Guardians of the Poor. The same were very fally reported in the Post on Tuesday. All my readers are surely familiar with them. The following two paragraphs are all I shall trouble you with, before introducing to your notice certain ...

... Sir Massey and Lady L)pes harve let Grosvenor Gardens for the Ehngadine. The Rev. W.E. Sims, Rectoi of WeemborthlY has accepted the living of Aigburth,LiverF°Oj ?? ?? ?? 'Ihe Rev. Dr. 4'lemnireg, representative of 1L Roya' Humanie Society at Torquay,is seiiou9 S ?? General Sir Ledvers Buller ?? th, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, yester day. Miss Clara Catherine Warren, late of 32, Cambridge ...

... The monthly meeting of the Dawlish Dis- trict Council was held on. Thursday, Mr F M Cann presided, and there were also present Messrs G B Avant, J Shapter, W C Tapper, H L Friend, E A Border, G T Oliver, Gamlin, and J H G Lamacrnf L. Smugglers'-lane. Mr. Tate, on behalf of owners at Holcombe Villas, attended before the Board in regard to their proposal to put a footpath on the left side of ...

... -Eve: Up To Date. Shall the matinde perish or the cartwheel. hat ' This is-the question that.has been agitating a large portion of the public of late. The cartwheel hat, that scourge of the devotee in concert or inlecture-hall, at play or picture-show is doomed, except indeed for such fenctions-and, they are sufficient-as those for which it is fit. Obviously the newspapers have reason on ...

... In a report upon the agricultural condition C of North Devon presented to the Royal COM- 0 mission cn Agricultore by the Assistant- b Commissioner, Mr. R. Henry Rew, it is I observed that the soil is very vi: riable, and t ranges from heavy clay to a light sand or b gravel, with a considerable area of ?? E pasture, especially in the BarnstapLe district. v Cattle fattening is dteadily oin tie ...

... Volunteer intelligence,, Orders for Next Week. ExETBxrr NGNaTRtrrs.-For ?? 0. T. IV. Finch, Sergeant Shapley, Corporal Vicary, Bugler Wright, Monday-Rleoruit .drill with arms, 7; examination for Lance vecond and full Corporals, 8. Tuesday- Preliminary examination for bergeants' certificates of proficiency, 8. Wednesday- Examination for .Sergeants' cortificates of proficiency by the Adjutart, 7 ...

... To - morrow's Serviaes, tEKETER CA~THEDRAL. - 1030, j Service, Gilbert in E, Kyrie and e Oakeley'in E Iatb. Iyfse 0.ati.d0 preacher Canon Atherton. 3, AfYn-0 Service, Barnby in E flat, Psa}n . : When Israelcame.osn.of cgyvpt GM i Hymn 235, preacher. P-eb. Wclf r Evening Service ; preacher Rev C 7' Price, Curate of Bmaleigh &l Salerh R ATIALLOWS. - 1Q.45 M.oring Sr hynnns, 222, 281, 298. 6.30, ...

... One Cause .Mai~v,.ResuJis. .1, -. ?? _- -e -E ?? - - z - .. . if .- . It is very hard foi somo persons to unuder- a tstand that many diseasos and ailinents have a one source. For esamrcte, Consamption, and Scrofula are closely related, and are almost 3 Alwayb tbhe results of poor Wlood. The body does not get enough nourishmont, the olood becomes depltaed, vitaliby is low, and there is no ...

... E.AL.C.-The first;O ciall ventuee on the water for the season of members of the Flxeter Amateur Rowing; Clab took place this afternoon, when the customary trip was made to Terf, about fifty taking part. Favoured by glorious weather the cruise was one.of the most successful in the hi t try of the club. . BARNSTAPLU SCHOOL BOARD. -The monthly meeting was held this morning, Mi T Wainwright ...

... Exeter Licased Viotuallers. V: The forty-eigpth annaal.,rneeting ofthe'0 c Exeter~and -Iistrict -License Wivtscea~Iers'asi& vt Wine and Beer Sellers' Prottealon Society, ' 'was held ab thb Barmstaple inn,IroarBrldge, ?? on Wednesday. Mr E Glade presided, and, d there were also present Messrs C b'picer u (vice-cahirruan), W C Richards, a Reed, C Vp 'Edwards, 11 L Clark, H G Blacking, ni H Ii' ...