... ID. . . NCIL BEDE FORD-DISTRICT CO'NI I ', - - ?? ;District Council was held on Thursday in the Council room of the Bridgle HLall.,' The Mayor (Alderrman Brnund), presided, and therewere also present AUderman J. W. Narraway, Councillor J. J. Lamerton, H. Ascott, J. J. RraddichL,.l. Dymond, I. Martin, H. Baglow, J. Cox, J. HOpwood, J. If. M1etherell, and T. Gonman. The report of the Sanitary ...

... Ihe 4t1 fin 4a5Ost SATURDAY, APRIL 231n, 1898. AM:ERICA AND SPAIN. IT is war. America's ultimatum to Spain bas been practically throwii bank IDl her teeth, and already the skirmishing preceding the actual fightirig is ill progress. Under these circumstances it would be idle to dwell upon t0e moral side of the question at issue. Neither side Gan be said to be tree fromn blame, and as both have ...

... _:THE WAR AAREA. W4 . I U NITED .$TATES ATLANTIC OCEAN. - 1 The above sketeh map shows tite chief, ,features of the war area, The State of Florida, it will be observed, forms one side of the great Gulf of Mexico and runs down in isthmus form towards Cuba. Key West, the American naval station, is one of a series of islands running out from I the Southern point of Florida, and is about al ...

... CART HORSE PAUADE.-Tho entries for this parade close on May 14th. HOSPI1'A GOVERNORS.-A penoral quarterly and the annutal Court of Governors will be held on Thursday. VICTORIA HALr, Co11PAXY. - The annual meeting of the Victoria Hall Company will be held at the hall on the 2nd of May, at 12.30 P.m. ROYAL CORNWALL Auimcr.iSuan, ASSeCIA. 'ioN.-Tho annual exhibition of this UssoCia- tion is to be ...

... FROAT THEl MAGAAZNFES. 110W MIONIKEYS REACH TIHE ZOO. A comparison of varioulis IN~ts issuet ill differrnt years slhows thjat; n1orilcys form a very large proportion of lalios' gifts to the Zoo. One wonderswvhether they prefer monlkeys to all other species, or wvhether they get tilrd of them sooner than they tdo of their other pets. I believe that, in nine cases out of ten, the monkeys have ...

... i-J1 ) 8'FCT i T1 P E | PXO Li ' , T -i ,1, L . o + 1* 1i' ?? t VSI 01 .1-i Tweri lilmell it) U 5 ' aic v' .:-1mowln ' I- ,ili ii : Io li:i olusingof, witent iced . lf { !! i^ orde u ii u.lit o;c could ridie i;it ic e;zhi, .1 i 1ere ( icubi i 1lint illi dehility ?? ?? ~llS ?? ~sittit i t.1itittflnI ill - it ?? r >1 :i l! v ym!(i. ?? i 0, li --e 1,- i; : f-uc .nic wiZ ?? ier 1 plubi r Ii .1 :! ...

... pSETiER GUARDIANS. THE ISOLIATED HOMES SYSTEM, Mr.Alderman }. J. Dsrnville presided over 8 ,eting of the Exeter Board of Guardians . TlbesdnY-The Ckildren's Committee, in Ol.eir reportsd a oy mended tkht the principle ?? the isolated heines l bold be adopted, and ,t three houses be rented at £25 a year.- Y, Kellard moveJ, aad Mr.Jarmatn seconded, the adoption of ihe report -Mr. Mnuro moved af ...

... | THE WAR PREPARATINS. ir URGENT ORDERS TO AMERICAN a CRUISERS IN BRITISR WATERS. y The situation between Spain and the States r remains but little changed; and while a cable h troin Madrid (printed below) gives an e optimistic view of the results of the negotia- tions of the two Governments, a wire of quite l another colour comes from Rome. A eunious commentary on Americanl sympathy for tile ...

... EXbTER CITY COUNCIL. i*h I Riight Worahipful th3e Mayor (MTr. S. ?? presided over a rneeting of the Exeter cou ncilUD on Weduesday . ciu.lOBD MEMORIAL AT KHARTOUMI. e Mayor said be would be pleased _-pislve ?? from any itizeni aen pogiff ofthe Lord Mayor of London's Mansion i -e F and for the Gorden Memorial -at Khartou a. He would like tostate * had received about three and h alf 4 ?? from ...

... fncOsI' SbAT,.-A successlfil horse sale was held by Mr. ft. T. Wlheaten yesterday, at 84, pFaris.street. when 32 horses came under the hamnImer. 'Tho large attendance inclyuded dealers from Plymolth, London, and Bristol. EASTrI: RAIlWvAY Arrm.o('mENrlTs,-As will be seon kv ndvelLiselmOnt, the Great Western Railwav CoMpally hnave, made liboral provision for the laste railway trafic, to number ...

... res, USEFUL UINTS. Dosiot sleep widh Ilowers in your roons, for sas. during tho night they wiil give off liie carbonic acid gas they ]iave been living on in the day, and will consume some of tile t oxygen, all of which you need for your own )n s use. Elderberries are said to be almost a specific for dropsy. Tomatoes stimulate the action of the liver, as well as lemon and otlher acid fruits. ...

... OUR P'OLICY IN THE FAR EA'ST. SPEECH BY THE PREMIER. In the House of Lords on Tuesday night the Marquis of Salisbury in reply to Earl Kimberly said the occupation of Wei-hai-wei would shew that, so far as we were able to prevent it, the domination of one of the Great Powers wvouldnot overtake China, otherwise the Chinese might give way to despair. It was imiortant that not only by China, but ...