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Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
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to avoid by stTatageIn, the meeting that might
end In some dreadful wav!
"Come in," called W lillian.
started up with my hands outstretched, and
there stood Edward, smiling in his easy way, as
If the world was an easy place. When saw
him there, so shabby and careless in his dress,
aud John and William looking SO well-todo,
though they were in trouble euough just then, ,
| lvnged to go to him and put my arms around
his neck and draw down his sweet mouth to
mine right before them. I did nothing of course
but tremble little, and lie came forward in his
et sy way, looking from one TO the other, and
playing with bit Of hay straw he had some
where picked up.
81 hope I'm not intruding," said he, eourte-
ously.
saw Williams face turn purple, and his teeth
set, and a fine scorn on Johns mouth and eye
brows, aud still all did was to wait.
He had come close to me aud put his hand
around my waist, right before them both. dare
say looked as if l were about to faint. Then
he stopped and kissed my forehead quickly,
warmly.
"My good news cannot wait, Hetty," he
cried out, and fell sobbing on his shoulder.
81 can claim my little wife soon," he said in
4 vOice full of mingled tears and laughter. 81
have been very successful, and all through her
means"
Then followed explanations, and / was very
glad that Williams wrath had kept him quiet
just for moment.
believe Edwards heinOus crime was forgot
ten before the evening was over and never re-
ferred TO again.
He was generous 10 US in our embarrassment,
and we are still united family, living together
In the dear old home John with bis girlish
wife, with my Edward, Williams still bache-
loT, and destined, it seems, to remain so. He is
on excellent terms with Edward, and generally
admits that have a remnant of sense,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

:, Ihey have register in New Orleans called
bradshaw's, which gives information IS Ia
ihe social and pecuniary standing of the citi
zshs OF that Place. 1t is remarkably hard on
the dashinS young men and supposed.to- -be
wealthy bachelors. The young women all
STUDY ~ and II is the parents wade inecum.
Several promising misaliances have been nr.'
vented by "information received - in this wav.
NOT long ago stern parent Instituted inouiries
touching party who Was seriously affecting
his daughter. The party looked well, talked
well, cut a tremendous figure, and was atmos-
pheric to degree seldom seen except In a
motel clerk But Bradshaw said; bad loi;
no money; fond of liquor, PLAYS cards Sunday, ,
has wife and five hildren west; once forged
his uncle's name, but got the matter settled on
account Of The family" Bradshaw's candor.
indeed, is appalling.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

$ ,uth Carolina gives symptoms Of coming
improvement in her political condition. One
sheriff, three county commissioners and one
school 1mmissioner have been presented to the
grand ju les of their counties for embezzlement
Of public moneys; one governor, one county
treasurer aud eight county commissioners have
been indicted; and ore county treasurer and
six county commi issioners have been convicted
o the same charge. By the time these twen-
ty.one public officers have been sent to the pen
tentiary, with such others as may be caught in
the interim, South Carolina will have a fail
Chance of getting a reasonable amount of hon.
esty IN her officers.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
RELIGIOUS.

HAPPY MANA certain divine who had
PRAYED earnestly that God would teach him the
perfect way OF truth, was directed TO certain
place where he could find an instructor.
When he came to the place, he found man
i'll ordinary attire, to whom be wished a "good
morning."
al never had a bad morning. replied the
man.
"rhis is very singular, wish you may al
ways be so Fortunate"
81 was never unfortunate" said he.
81 hope you will always be as happy, said
the divine.
~ am never unhappy" said the other.
81 wish," said the divine, "you would ex
plain yourself little"
-t"That will cheerfully do :" said he, 81 said
that never had bad morning, for every morn.
ing, even If am pincbei with hunger, praise
God; II IL SHOWS or rains, whether the weather
Is serene or tempestuous, Il am thankful TO God;
and, therefore, never have joyless morning.
II 1 am miserable in outward circumstances
and despised, | still praise God You wish
that might always be fortunate; but canno,
be unfortunate, because nothing befalls me
but according to the will of God; and believe
his viii is always good, In whatever he does, or
permits to De done. Iou wished me always
hsppy, but cannot be unhappy, because my
viii is always resigned to the will Of God"
"Bnt," said the divine, "what if God thrust
you down 10 hell?"
81 have two aims, of faith and love, with
which l would hold to my God and Saviour
and not let him go /; and would rather be in
hell with God, than in heaven without him.
The divine, astonished at the mans answers
asked him whence he came.
II came from God" he replied
"When did you find Coup
"When Iieft the ,eortd."
where did you leaye him?''
"With the pure in heart.''
"What aie you?"
II am king"
"Wbere Is your Kingdom
ut is within my own bosom. have learn.
ed to rule my appetites and passions and that
IS better than TO rule any kingdom in the
dtion ?" ff' ~"
"By secret prayer, spiritual meditation and
union with God. Nothing below God could
satlsiy my desires. have found him, and in
MN have found peace and rest"-Reiigious
Herald.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
MARY'S Spinning WHEEL.

There Is a legend very popular among th,
p ,asantry Of France to the effect that when thi
air Is filled with those long floating threads, B,
common in III, autumn, 1t 10 that the virgil
Mary Is spinning in Heaven.
e In the bright cool days Of autumn,
When the year Is growing old,
Nature dreaming Of the sn0w-shrond
Which must soon her form, enfold,
Pats aside, with maiden pride, her
Modest dress Of sober brown,
And arrays herself, right gaily,
In her many-colored-gown. ii
All the wild flowers greet each other,
Dressed up in their very best
Their vocation nearly over,
Soon to drop aud sink 10 rest.
BY the brook the yellow primrose
Curtsies, with graceful nod,
10 the sster, and the blue gentiau
Ana the waving golden rod.
All the atmosphere is laden
With long, floating, hlmy threads,
Like white cloudlets, soft and feecy,
Torn up into little sbreds;
And the wise ones, looking upward,
Sagely shake their heads and say;
"See, our Lady up in Heaven
Spins for us this blessed day -
And the threads her distaff scattera
Failing eaithward, ill the air;
Waving in the golden sunlight,
Floating here and drifting there;
And thrice blessed is that Homestead,
And its inmates ever more, d
Where one thread of flax celestial
Floats 10 at the open do"r.
Why Is our Lady spinning
Up above this liye.long dayp
Why her wheels incessant motion,
Scattering the threads away9
"She Is weaving sanity raimentn- J..
So the loving hearted Say
"For the souls Vt those who fain would
Fling their sin-stained robes away!"
Well the busy wheel may circle,
Aud the gentle fingers spin,
For the help of those who perish,
Clad in robes Of guilt and sin,
And each child of earth, watching
These white, floating threads, should pray
"Grant never need the raiment
That our Lady spins to-day r.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

81 have no faith in that woman who talks of
grace and glory abroad, and uses no soap at
home. Let the buttons be on the shirts, let the
children's sacks be mended, let the roast be
done to turn, let the house be as neat as
new pin, and the home be as happy as happy
can be; and then when The canron balls, and
the marbles, and the shot, and even the grains
of sand, are all In the box, even then, there will
be room for all little deeds of love and faith,
which, in my Masters name, | seek of you who
love His appearing. Serve God by doing COM
mon actions in heavenly spirit, and then, II
your daily calling only leaves you cracks and
crevices Of time, fill them uE with holy service.
--Spurgeon.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Some specimens of English laces were show n
at the South Kensington exhibition this year
the thread of which cost $500 per pound. Much
of this thread had 10 be wasted, not being suf
6cienty perfect. The threads of these and
other laces are so attenuated that the slightest
motion in the air tolls the worker, and even
when this is imperceptible, north wind has the
same effect. So gossamer like are some of The
flaments that the separate threads ara almos
undislinguishable to the naked eye unless back
ed by color.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
'BALrIMOgg LOCK HOSPITAL.

osrx w. ws.ss ounn AZ AZ az osrAinsp.
sSR IOHNvToN h.s discoyerrd the most certain
IJspeeSy. and oniv effectusl remedy ia The world
or wesknsss o. tes pack g hmps ahecaon
o. the ktdney apd b!aqoekr Involuntary oischee1s,
tmpoyency, generaA aspy, ns<s9esness ayysps pp ~
nnfor, low spnnU, conLus9n " 1ens, psiPnsssn ss Y.
ne neart, umidity, uvmphng, Guinness ot nkntt "
gaonsss e.seasss sse nees or tntoatt nose W @
aAeSuon o. tlenva hnnss ssonscn ~ y, ~
Ntpe unsotueIa hxS,sanx Iom - M ~ ~ ~
A. sno ps.Scss y, sIo ~ ,srs ~ ~ ~
notns man tno ~ ~ tne SyI1 ya " - ~ ~ ,' "
uyssss, bightng tncir most pIlnant nopes OF shuc'
patione, rendfring mSr51a8e,. .Gc:l tmpossipie'
xOUSH MEN.
d YOUNG MEN espeCnaAy. VINO have 6ecome the
victims of sosary vics thai dreadful sud destructive
habit which. annually svesps 70 IN nnttmcly ertye
tbousands of young en sf the most exalted aud bril-
Liant intsnect, Who might otherwise have ehtrbnoed
listening Senatss with the thunders OF eoQuenoe
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

The graves OF the Confederate dead in Lon.
don Park Cemetery at Baltimore, were decorat-
ed on Wednesday. An Grafton vas delivered
by Gen. Bradley johnson, of Richmond. Upon
the cannon guarding the lot in which the
Union soldiers are buried, a committees ap.
pointed by the Society of the Army and Navy
of the Confederate States placed handsome
cross amt bouquet, bearing the inscription; "a
tribute to the Union dead from Confederat Il
soldiers"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

PAY AS you Go.--rhe farmer cannot sue
c,ed until lie learns to live on what he makes
after It Is made, and not on what he expects TO
make before il is made.
Many years ago, all economical, thrifty far
mer, was asked by large cotton planter why
it was that, though he was -aled u poor far
mer and made much less 10 the hand than many
OF his neighbors, he was prospering, while they,
with all their broad acres ana heavy crops,
were constantly falling into debt aud becoming
embarrassed. He replied
"You begin at { e wrong end. You buy
your supplies at the beginning of the year OH
credit buy at the end for cash. This was
the true secret of the difference. Mr.. McDoffie,
In an agricultural address, delivered 80 years
ago, in the hall of the General Assembly al
Columbia, introduced. in connection this SUBJ
lect,th language ofthat remarkable man, john
Randolph, who, in the midst of one of his bril-
liant rhapsodies in the United States Senate,
suddenly paused and exclaimed with the utmost
tension OF his squeaking voice: "Mr. Preside L.
have discovered the philosophers stone 1t
consists in these four plain English monosyla-
oles; Pay as you gop-Rural Cdrolinean.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

1t was about two o c lock in the morning ,bs,
Mrs Hennessey, think ing she heard noise 10
tne Kitchen, crept out of bed and 10 that ,o,n
10 see If it was not Hsrnesssy, who had been
expected In for several hours. On reaching the
kitchen she found her lord and master sitting
on the hoor with his new silk hat between bis
knees, and IN the hat, several dried herrinps
anu TWO guar OF water. Mr.. Hennessey was
eyeing the mixture with profound cra,jfca,ion
John Hennessey,' screamed the la,y what
a re you doing?" "Me9" inquired Mr.. lien, e,
s,y, wilh look of surprise; "Why, Matilda.
Christmas 'e"'
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

The third deposit Of $3.50 side for tue fight
between Billy Edwards and Sam Collyer was
put up in New York on Monday. One thous-
and dollars has now been deposited, and the
remaining $1,000 must be paid Oh or before Ju-
ly 20, when the men or their representatives
toss for choice OF ground. The bght to take
place on the 9th Of August, within one hundred
miles of Detroit, Mich.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Two Mexicans, who murdered Mr.. Smith and
his wife near Rockport, Texas, were traced 10 n
Mexican rancho fifteen miles from Goliad. The
party iL. pursuit besieged the house, and at
tempted on Wednesday morning to take it by
storm. In the attempt one of the besiegers
was killed, and the others withdrew to s afe
distance to await reinforcements. A large par
ty left Refusis OH Wednesday to assist them.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A late Washington story is that Mrs. Speaker
Blaine had a dfficutv with Mrs. Senator Spra-
que about cook. Meeting at a dinner table
with only the Hon. Zach Chandler betweeu
them, Mrs Slrague leaned forward AMI said
81 am sorry, Mrs. Blaine, thlt We have any
thing disagreeable between us" The Hon.
Zach. was considerably embarrassed, never
having heard the interesting story Ct the
cook
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

1t is said that Il Chicago doctor, besides cot >
signing patients to the occupancy of two feet y
six of mother earth, also dab5les in real esta .
in other ways fIe recently prescribed some
pills for young lady. She asked how they
were TO be taken. "a quarter down, " said the
doctor, "and the balance in one, two ami three
years.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Sometimes when fisherman walks along the
reef. peering intn ever pool and oieylce in the
coral for fail, he sees what seems to him to be
lobster so perfect is its iorm even to its ey es,
spines and claws. No defect can be discovered.
Cautiously he makes a grab at the supposed
prize, when 10. ii proves TO he but cast-ofi
shell. The lobster has gone Let us not be
mere shells, but real living Christians
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

state Engineer Thompson, of Louisiana, re-
ports to Governor Kellogg that 3 100000 cubic
yards OF levee will have TO be built 10 save the
State from inundation next year. He says that
Louisiana cannot pay for the construction OF
more than one. third, and suggests an appeal for
national aid.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Make the standard of Christianity sufficient
ly Low, and you can very easily multiply con-
versions. Give To men an assurance of heaven ,
without requiring them TO deny themselves, and
take up their cross daily, and follow jesus amid
reproaches and prosecutions aud revilings and
many will be found 10 embrace the advantag
eoTs otter.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A confirmed old topper soliloluiz.s: "They
say that whisky is u curse. And they say that
brandy is curse. Aud they say that tobaccn
is another curse. Well, | wish all those curses
would come home To roosi, and roosL low, at
wanted EN-"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

The pride of mankind is great. A night or
two asO fimilu iirinr On .,s...L- - 4.
the house, and in turning tu' saw his eldest
hopeful rushing about in his suspanders, bran
dishing a new wesson, and shouting There
is a man in the house" A long search failed
To show any foundations tor the young mau's
warlike demonstration, when he In Idly in form
Ell the breathless and exhausted tribe
that it was his birthday lie was TWEEN ty >
one.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

The personal property OF the late Senator
Sumner, at Boston, was sold at auction on We'd
ne sday. 1t consisted principally Of China glass
aud table ware, with some vases and parlor or
naments. There was large attendance 1T the
sale, including many who desired TO secure
souvenirs, and good prices were obtained
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

At Richmond, Va, on Wednesday, the ther-
mometer marked 100 in the shade. There was
o fatal case of sunstroke on TuesGay,and case
have been two deaths from sunstroke since
Tuesday, and several cases of prostration from
the heat.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A man who promises his wife On her deatl.
bed never TO marry again, oilers reward tot
some one who will convince HIM lhat u lie it
JuStihable when 1t is told 30 500 he lLe last mo
ments Of the departing. He adds tie postsc &
that as u rule he is not hard headel In III
opinions, and is easy to CONVINCE
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

John Randolph met personal enemy in
the street one day, who refused to give him halt
the sidewalk, saying that he never turned ont
for Rascal. II do" said Randolph, step
ping sside Aud politely raising his hat; "Pass
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A man at bridgeport, Ct, has named his Two
canaries "lTheeler" and ~ ilson,' because
neither of them is "Sinser. The only his
torical parallel for this case is offered by tho
old farmer who called his rooster Robinson, be.
cause Robinson Crnsoe.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Two Miesians were standin. at the Fair.
mount water wSrks, watching the biz wheels
splashtng the water, wh.n one of iEem remark
ed. mike, ism I this quare country, where
they have To grind the ir water before they can
use it?"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A Down Easter believes there is nothius like
advertising. lie lost his poeket-book lie e,ently,
advertised his loss in the local newspaper, and
next morning went dawn int his own cellar
and found it OH the floor.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A gentleman me. a nalfwilted lad iu the
road, and placing in one of his hands a six
pence and penny, asked him which OF the two
lie would choose. The lad replied that be
wouldn't be greedy; he'd keep the lit
TEST"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Fory-two insurance companies have filed
claims for losses by the Alabama and florida
and their tenders, and by the Shenandoah after
she left Melbourne. The total amount Of these
claims is So, 900.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Arizona dispatches state that on May 2ls
Lieutenant Kings command attacked a band
of Apaches, camped near Diamond Butte, and
killed nine of them. Also. that "a Apaches,
with three chiefs have surren deied at Camp
Verde.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

An experienced old gentleman says that all
that is necessary in the enjoyment of love or
sausages Is CONT leucd.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

a CHINESE GOOSE HERD.-A man who las
been to p KIN, and does some "psekin to coed
adval tage, YES this amusing description of
afoWi-psudler among the curious street siehts
aud street characters 0i that northern "celes.
tiaf' metropolis:
And then there was the goose-r -rancher-a fei.
low who drove a hundred geese before him
ABOUT the city and tried TO sell them. He had
a pole ten feet long, with a crook in the end of
II, and occas i,nally goose would branch out
from the flock and make lively break around
the corner with wings half lifted and neck
stretched to tue utnost. Did the goose-iDer-
chant get eNciedP No. lie took his pole ana
reached alter that goose with uuspeakabla
sang JroW, took hitch found his neck, and
''yanked" him back to his place in the fock
without an eii1ri. lie steeiel his geese witl,
that stick as easily as another man would STEER
yawl.
lew houls afterwaid We saw him sitting
on stone al the corner, in the midst of The
surinoii, sound asleep in the sun, with bis ese
s4uatting aroapd him or dodgin3 out Of the way
VI asses and men. We came BY again within
tne hour, and be was taking account Of 81, ck
10 zee whether any of his flock had strayed or
Deeh stolen. The way lie did it was UNIQUE.
lie put The end ofhis stick within six inches
oi stone wall, and made the geese march m
single hle between it and the wall. lie couu,ed
them as they went By. There was no ,lod ,Inu
hat arrangement
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

He hapdied his gun caIe!essly, anu put on
bis angel plumage," IS the Latest Western obit-
uary notice.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

A Hoboken editor, being challenged, ssrt
word in reply: "Whsn want 10 de | can
shoot myself'
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

Thus far $4,000 have been raised for the
una for the Sumner memorial at Boston.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
HUMOROUS.

DIDN'T KNOW HIS BusINEss.-Tbe polite
and accommodating agent stationed at the gate
in the depot of the p. W. & b. road In Phila-
deiphia, meets with many OF the strange people
with which the world Is filled. Recently a half
drunken individual presented himself aud was
about pushing through the gate without show
Ing his ticket, when the attendant asked him
to exhibit his document.
This riled the passenger, and lie proceeded To
demonstrate to the gate-keeper that lie did
not know his understanding after this
manner:
Giant show my ticket, sirs You don't un-
eerstand your business. How long have You
be m heie?''
The gate -SeeIe. said lie had been In The
employ OF the company for the last twenty
yeais, and had been in his present position for
the last five years.
'And not know your business yet, said the
passenger
.. Ihe gate keepar said lie thought he did, and
II ne 9iuilt ne u oelterlesign.
"Well' said the passenger you ought TO re.
sign. You don't know your men. You see
4 IN 'oout half dunk and yGu ought 10 know
That all men 10 that way are bound for Ches.
ter.
, ne gate keel ef sail lie was aware of tha.
Jdtt, but since tie new road had been opened
the case was different, as Pasclall and DARCY
had divided the houors with Chester.
lhe Chester man acknowledged the force of
the gate-keeper's remarks, exhibited his ticket,
and passed through to the cars.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
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RAILROAD ADVERTISEMENTS.
.rv-.sur1 Philadelphia, WilminEton
~ q and Baltimore Rail Road.
ApRIL 20, 1874.


Trains will leave whining ton as follows fpr
PbjaGelvhia and Intermediate Stations, y oOp ~,
an 10 3O n M, 90, 1 As, I Is, 10 "a, H. ~. 40
Philadelphia and Now York, u, u. M IL III o ~
D. m. 4. ....,... an 70 80 10
Baltimore and Washington, 12 50, 2 o3, 10 o2, a. m,
%, 8 20, 10 y. m.
Trains for Delaware Division, leave for
Seafor, and inter mediate stations u %, 10 a. m,
IS M. ,,.-..-., ,o :. an ,o =,
SUNDAY TRAIES.
Philadelphia and intermediate stations, . 40, ~
o alp. IT.
Philadelphia and New York 81 q. IN.
Baltimore and Washington, ~ 81, O3 A. m.
For further Information passengers are referred 10
,e time tables posted at the depot. 80,
mlrl2-ly H. r. hENNEht o"P "
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15
ERN X. IL. ~ ~ SHN
TIME TABLE.

TIME TABLE.
CHANGE OF HOURS.
Comm snciug Monday, May 25tb, 1874, trains VIII
leave na Follows:
Leave Wilmington 30 u M, 30 and o 80 p. M.
Leave Landen6erg & Al and 10 10 n. M, l 80 ami
Arrive at wlimngt0n7 55 and II d a. m, 30 and
I OUp M. , ,- 49,, : zo ,
m.
CONNECTIONS.
Trains leaving " limlngton, at i'3o r. NJ. cenhee"
with train leaving philadelphia a. l2,io a. NJ.
Train leaving Wilmington Mt b.35 +. NJ connects
with train leaving Philadelphia at 400 T. NJ
Train arriving at Wilmington i.65 A. NJ connects
with tram for Philadelphia at $40 NJ.
Truiu arriving at Wilmington at $50 7. NJ con-
meets with r'aln for Philadelphia at 40 r NJ
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