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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-21
Cats in Proverbs,

The habits of the cat have feathercd many
proverb OF saying, and been the origin of
many word about which The antiquarian
finds some queer bits of history. Let the
cat out of the bag" Country people used
to bring cat to market in bag, and ifa
fresh one would buy at hazard pig in poke,
the sack was opened and out jumped cal,
thus exposing the sell. "He grins like
Cheshire cat" is an expression applied to
persons who show their teeth and gums when
they laugh. Formerly cheese was sold in
Cheshire nodded in the form ofa,cat. "CMs
paw" refers to it being made the tool iof
another for the purpose of doing dirty work.
The allusion is to the old fable of Ksop of the
monkey which used the cats paw to get the
roasted chestnuls out of the fire. Cats
sleep" or "cat maps" Ameans feigned
sleep such as a cat assumes when watching
mouse. Cat kins' is applied to the inffores-
cence of hazel, birch, willow, because they
to the habits of cats, vomiting Hence lhc
vomit OF a drunkard Is called cat and the
act of ,!iscarding shooting the cat" A ,ri-
pod for holding plate before fire was call
ed cat, because in whatever position
placed three Of the spikes held the plate AM.
three rest on the ground. The cat lights on
his feet and this plate holder stands in any
direction. 1.-The Kilkenny cats" is an expires
sion abiding to two cats which fought in Il
sand pit so furiously that nothing was left
but their tails, yet historically has reference
to the contentious of Kilkcnnyan Inistcrin
about their boundaries at the close Off
seventeenth century, when they mutually
impoverished each other. "a cat has nine
lives" referring to its tcnacity of life in al
ways landing on its feet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-21
Beaten by Wind and Rain.
Sailors on the Sea and LRbOrers era the
I.nnd-Melp for the LarbOard WnlCh.

Sailors on the Sea and LabOrers era the
LRnd-Help for the IarbOard watch.
"There is no telling the force of the wind and
the height and rush of the was simply appa-
ling. When Cornish, the boatswain, and myself
came down from aloft, after furing the main
royal, we were wet through and half dead from
the hard toll and the exposure"
So said the mate of the "Grosvenor,' when re-
lating the incidents of an Atlantic cyclone, after
nearly all the crew had mutinied and left the ship
in boats to escape punishment.
Mechanics who labor upon lofty buildings; car
penters, masons, painters and brickayers, may be
called kind of shore sailors, and that their num-
bers are not more largely decimated by accident
and disease is marvel. Mr.. Jabez Rogers, tuck
pointer, house painter, etc, of No. Cos Madison
street, Chicago over pipe and autumn IRE, said
to your correspondent
mo, / am only young man yet-thirty- five,
that's all but the kind of work do tells on TEL
lows looks and constitution. Last Spring was
about run down with over-work and exposure l
had TO give up doing any work myself, ana just
made out to oversee my men in a sort of hall-and
half way. l thought was played out for good
and all, was racked with cough, stapied with
a cold, and torn and disabled with rheumatism
Do? took PARKER'S TONIC and it cured me;
Those three words tell the story-it cured me.
To all persons subject to risk from exposure,
PARKERS TONIC will commend itself. 1t
purifes the Blood, incitcs the torpid Liver to
healthy activity, and opens the pores of the skim
This is the season of out door perls to health
Keep the Tonic near you. Prices, 80 cents and 81
a bottle. HIsCox Co., Chemists, New YORK.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-21
HOME ITEMS.
-"All your own fault
If you remain sick when you can
Got hon piffarc thot pavor-Eo{l

If you remain sick when you can
Get hop Bitters that nevcr-Fal.
The weakest woman, smallest child, and sckest
invalid can use Hop bitters with safety and great
good.
old men lettering around from Rheumatism,
kidney trouble or any weakness will be almost
new by using hop bitters.
My wife and daughter were made healthy by
the use of hop bitters and recommend them TO
my people.-Methodist Clergymen.
Ask any good doctor If hop
Bitters al G not the best family medicine
on earth.
-Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness, will
leave every neighborhood as soon rs hop bitters
arrives.
My mother drove the paralysis and neuralgia
all out of her system with hop bitters."-Ed.
OS,reg0 Sun.
Keep the kidneys healthy with hop bitters
and you need not fear sickness
Ice water is rendered harmless and more re-
freshing and reviving with hop bitters in each
draught.
The vigor of youth for the aged and innrm is
hop bitters.
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Liver. kidney or stomach Trouble.

Symptoms: Impure blood, costive bowels, ir-
regular appetite, sour belchng, pains in SIDE
mating clay coiored stools, bad BREATH no desire
for work. chills, fever irritability whitsh tongue
dry cough, dizzy head, with dull pain in back
part, loss of memory, foggy sight. For these
troubles "SWAYNE'S PILLS" are sure cure.-
Box, go Pills,) by mail, rs Cts, for 81 LOO. Ad-
Druggists.
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Itching piles symptom. and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture like perspiration,
intense itching, increased by scratching; very
distressing, particularly at night seems as if pin
worms were crawling in and about the parts
affected. If allowed to continue very serious re-
suits may follow. "SWAYNE'S OINTMENT
is pleasant, sure cure. Also, for letter, ITCH
Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Eryspelas. BARRIERS
Itch Blotohess all scaly crusty Skin Disease, ,
SWAYNE SON, Phila, Pa. Sold by Drug
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"A city woman recently sent letter to
friend in farming town asking the num-
Der of eggs a hen would lay in a day. She
knew, she said, that they would lay dozen
or more but she wishes to learn the exact
number as eggs were very high, and she
thought considerable money might be made
by keeping hen.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-21

"A noted actor in London coffee house
of the old variety, heard one man say
"Waiter, glass of brandy Pm cold" In q
few minutes another customer cried out {:
"Waitcr, Il glass of brandy; Pm hot" Ex-
aspcrated by the general dishonesty, lie
hallooed; "Water, glass of brandy | like
it,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-21

Francis Murphy says the dram.shops
cannot be legislated out of existence; the
only way to close them is by fasting and
prayer. Fasting from liquor might do it.
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Cough, Colds, Catarrh, Consumption.
All Throat, Breast and Lung Affections cured
by the old established "SWANE'S WILD-CHER-
speedily fellows. rs Cts, or 81, at Druggists.
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They say "a word to the wise is sufficient"
but we think it takes about Ave. Use DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup" You can get this article in any
drug st IRE for twenty-five cents. Physicians
recommend it.
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AN italian journalist, describing the
American girl, says she is like champagne -
Yes, and this is the year for her to ''pop"
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Loves sweetest thoughts are all I'M
spoken, says some one. True for you-
Lovers do use the sighin' language.
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"A drinking man, upon reading in u novel
that the heroine's beautiful face "cololed with
pleasure" remarked, Now | know VIVA, 8
the matter with my nose"
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Useless Fright.

To worry about any Liver, Kidney Or Urinary
Trouble, especially Brghts Disease or Diabetes,
as Hop Bitters never fails of a cure where cure
is possible. We know this.
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The religious press-hugging Sunday
school teacher.
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London Hair Restorer-Great English

Toilet Article. Restores growth, color, gloss,
and softness. Removes Danduff. Aristocratic
families of Great Britain endorse it. Elegant
dressing. Fragrantly perfumed. The fayorte
of fashion. At Druggists for 3s lid. IS Cts, in
III. &. money.
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The slang phrase, "a dead sure thing" is Schro-
der's Corn Solvent. 25 cents. Druggists.
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The Egis and Intelligeneer.
Bel Air, ND, March q 1854.

WhOh.ESOME tfSEED
I've been thinking, I've been thinking,
What q glorious world were this,
Did some folks mind their business more,
And mind their neighbors' less
For instance, you and /, my friend,
Are sadly prone to talk
OF matters that concern us not,
And others follies mock.
I've been thinking, if we'd begin
10 mind our own affairs, -
That possibly our neighbors might
Contrive to manage theirs.
We have faults enough at home to mend -
1t may be so with Others
1t would seem strange IL it were not,
Since all mankind were brothers.
Oh would that we had charity PA
For every man and woman (; .-.ttt3
Forgiveness Is the mark of those
With whom ITO err is human"
Then let us Danish jealousy
Let's lift our fallen brother,
And as we journey down life's road,
Do good to one another.
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j. NJ. Larooue's Anti-Bilious Bitters, for
dyspepsia, headache, sc. rs cents a paper. 81
bottle.
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CROUCH ON CORNS.'.

Ask for Wells Trough on Corns." l5c Quick,
complete. permanent cure. Corns, warts, bun
ions.
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"ROUGHON COUGHS. ;,

Ask for Trough on Coughs" for Coughs Colds
Sore Threats, Hoarseness. Troches l5c. Liquid
SOC.
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sRUCHU-PAIRA

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-04
Rism,,nrcL,. A,, =, ,1,,iiJl ~,
Dr.. B,,eh's Book. H I. Z n n VI

IT. uWch 0oVk. slI eifsbt9l l1flSS "a. lt3a
snperstition, Il Is said, Is closely allied
to strong religious belief, and appears that
the great Chancellor forms NO exception
from the rule. He ID; awed by apportions
In uninhabited cities shrlnks from dining
where thirteen cit down at a table, believes
In unlnCky days, and adheres 10 the an.
cient belief Of the influence OF the moon on
every living thing. This, at least, Is said
among the people, and Dr.. Duach occupies
himself Tor awhile In giving examples by
which to prove this weakness. The con.
clusion Of the chapter, however, contains
his real opinion on the matter. "He Ia the
clearest thinker In politics, deep and far.
seeing beyond all bis contemporaries, al.
ways erasping what Ia right, without prtju-
dice elevated above customary things. lie
10 spiritualist, believer In ominous daye,
an arithmelician with mystical figures!
Really No, It Is all nonsense, with the
exception Of single story which happen
ed at Schonhausen where the Chancellor
heard mysterious footsteps In the aute.
chamber Of bis bedroom). The jests about
my superstitions,' he said few montha
ago, are nothing but jestB. or consideration
Of the feelings OF others, I will eat at til.
BILE with twelve others as often as you like,
and will undertake the most important and
serious business on friday In his
younger days Prince Bismarck was very
fond Of practical jokes, but they were
harmless, and generally played with dis
cretion." /, q 4, !. I. :. ~ 3. { s.
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DRIFT OF OpINIa}E,
Esunti u Platform,

A.. r, lnOhhe lhcpl y. }ssa,l. Gus, --.a
s%5GiWe remarked the other day that tho
Democrats, seemed to DO hunting yainly
for q platform. 1t now looks es il they had
found one. They appear; to have finally
:despaired OF the tariff issue and the silver
question and all the far-reaching topics
within their ken, and have fallen-or Dor.
5haps slipped-down upon a platform Of
oleomargariue, alias bogus butter. Mr..
Cox ID entitled to tho merit OF having dis
covered this unctuous platform. He it is
who first perceived that q butterine union
ofasl the factions in the party could be &C.
5complished on this oleagiuous bssis. At
last then there is something about which
the Democratic can agree, and for which
they are prepared to fight. They will 60
before the country pledged to uphold the
sacred and alienab,e rights OF adulterntion,
They will defend the dslunct pig against
the living COW. Their speeches will oxpa.
tiate upon the superiority OF the soap.ya.
to tho dairy; and the decentralizing virtues
OF free lard and a we'll creased break last
table will be fully exponnded. III h
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HOANE COUNTY.

East Wind" wilson ncHds His Cam.
paIgn IEistOry-For Andrew JacksOn
nad Hard muncy.
Correspondence fHt Iatett0enc.r.
SPENCER, W. Va, March Sl.-Circuit
Court has been in session hero since the
o5!h inst. Considerable business has been
done. The Grand Jury returned forty in.
dictments for every species Of crime except
murder and srson. Ie p,
"E4ssWind" Wilson, Of 'Kanawha, was
here on tho second day OF Court. He wants
the mantle OF your. esteemed Bourbon
friend, Governor Jake, to surround bis
shouldera. z
east Wind' addressed the unterrified
in speech OF two hours and half. He
gave Il historical sketch, imperfect by the
way, Of tho early settlement Of Virginia,
tho confederation OF tho South and the
making Of tho Fedsral constitution, omit
ting tho 18Th, l4th and 10Th amendments,
and especially the historical part most in.
teu sing to those now living. He began in
1876 and got down to 1878 but approached
no nearer the present history OF the last
twenty.four years. E.'I'.z 1901
Hc left an aching void for that period.
He told the uatsrriiied that the Democra.
cy was the great and only party OF free.
dom III the county, and that no progress
bad ever been made since it had been "lelt
out in the cold" in 1850, that the tariff did
not amount to anything, and it YVES an i'm.
practicable question anyhow, and it was
no us. to discuss it. Some ono sitting at
my elbow suggested that he did not under
stand the tariff question, and presume he
did not. al, Ia ..-..s,ls .y Is. 3,
When asked about re.aesessment The
lodged it, and quit his historical sketch in
1875 The last Two decades are unpleasant
and ought not 10 be discussed from q
Democratic standpoint IS, & Is
After way Mr.. Wilson ceased his one
eided historical sketch and eulogy upon r.
Jefferson, very old man, in fact The oldest
man in oil this country WIS introduced as
an original Democrat; bis head was bleach
ed with the frosts OF one hundred winters,
no had voted for Washington, and at
every presidential election s, eince
his voice was piping and shrill
and bis limbs were tremulous
tone his great age. he asked about the old
ticke!, and was told by the exponent Of the
exploded idea'tof States rights tina. the old
ticket OF 1876 would be nominated at Chi.
cage. This old man with his coat drawn
over his ears, and in his shrill piping voice
eaid ''The.old, ticket,"G well l am ior Andrew
Jackeon aud hard money! The
apostle OF T. Jefferson, did not slain upon
tho arch OF his going but went at once and
go will l. f . 'i1g Is
Wheat and grass GRE growing finely, and
much corn will be planted this spring..
& z .5g4l. = IL 81. b, X 80. pENC1I
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t!tl HlnincI" rel..Jlynnlp.
Philadelphia Times lind, Dem. ;5..

3hGNtepHE1 aWtS tlHu OeW iI4, s, fi ia \f4
& I. James G. Blaine seams to iara vastly bo..
tor in the Presidential race this year, when
+ he il not all avowed candidate, than he die,
in 1876 and 1850. The Republican people
arc no more strongly for Blaine now than
they were four and eigh! years ago, hut
they have broken the machine breschinp
\ that held them back, and have had SONS.
thing like a fair chance to express them
solves and to elect Blaine delegates. An
Outside Of tho two great Republican cities
5ofi Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, there bus
! bsen almost unbroken volume Of instrnc.
tons for Blaine by tho local conventions.
!; There was an attempt at organized opposi.
( ton to Blaine by tho old machine leaders.
but they are too wise to butt their heads
of against ..inyulnerable walls, and when
they found that they could not lead a sue
!cesstul Opposition; they threw themselves
to the front TO lead for Blaine. 5}!!i
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Harrisburg journalist lbs loft tho odi.
torial chair to become manager OF base
ball association, and ut once he becomes q
plentiful text for funny paragraphs. q
journalism has long been regarded as 4
good thing iot q men to turn to who IL un.
able to succeed st any thing else. Lawyers
aomewL at brief OF brle!s; physicians whooe
patieRcs has become exhausted waiting for
patients; preachers whose lot has been to
browse In sterile pastures; politicians With
], axes togrind or willingto hold the world up
by the tail, to say nothing Of that unnumber.
Q tmoag o! bonn journalists who know hy
intuition more about newspaper than
Greeley or Raymond or Dana ever learn.
4 ed-these turn with condtscending conf.
denced to journalism rs An easy and de.
lighful Tay 10 make living. D.sappoiut.
ments are rs nothing. There arc always
plenty to try it again. And tho world
thinka It no invasion Of any body's rights,
nothing to crack jokes about, nothing to
I, let loose the envenomed shafts Of ridicule.
* Turn the tables and-presto! tho scene
changes. A journalist may BIO tolerated in
journalism, but out Of he is an imprudent
I fellow who ought to know better.
Here is our late esteemol CO.
temporary Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! with the "horrid grind" Of newspaper
3 work he steps gaily into the diamond field
to win new laurels. Everybody smiles and
many roar. Nobody stops to think that
perhaps at last the glitteriug bait Of a liv-
ing salary is held out to him, nights OF
comfortable rest, and immunity from fire..
quent visits from the volunteer exchange
reader. He may have entered new field
4 OF labor with the sole. aim OF avoiding for
ever the enraged subscriber.
X Whatever his motives people will con.
tinue to speak slightingly OF the Harrisburg
editor who us stepped out OF journalism to
become the admired and pet.ed manager
Of popular base bail association. He can
afford to give back scorn for dsrision, for
right there begina to unfold to him visions
Of silver cupp, gold headed canes, ind dia.
mond-studded OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of a
career Of conquest.
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PERSONAL.
The late Augustus schell's estate is val.
ued at about 81. 900, 600.

The late Augustus schell's estate is val.
a ued at about 81. 100000.
Mre. Burnett, the uoveiist, has taken q
cottage Tor the summer Il! Deer Cove, Lynn,
Mass.
Congressman Randall has been suffering
from severe attack OF rheumatic govt for
some days. ~ .,. r.
Nine. Madeleine Lemaire ia painting q
\ portrait Of Mrs. Mackay, in Paris, the price
being 10000 francs. s.bi,t5 ,l.I
General Butler has accepted an invita-.
lion 10 deliver an Grafton on Decoration
Day ut the Philadelphia Academy Of Muaic.
Emma Abbott is making collection OF
bangles" and says she expects in years.
time to have the handsomest assortment OF
junk in the world. "
3 Sir Moses Montefore's centennial birth
day anniversary, on October "a, will be
celebrated in New York, where meetings
Of preparation are being held already.
NJ. Gounod having ascsrtained that Mira,
: Black, the original "Maid Of A.hens,n was
I living in poverty in q London suburb, took
{ Byron's poem and composed song, tho
proceeds Of which are 10 be sent to AIrs.
Black. is, ~. s,.a%s = /,
4 SuEan B. Anthony says the meancs!
thing ever said about her wan in Western
paper, just after a woman, suffrage conven.
ton in which she took prominent part.
Z 1t was story about her carrying a poodle.
i deg 10 the convention in her arms, and
i he,dipg 1T in her lap ell tho time except
when she rose to speak. II don't own n
dog she says, "ant never did. | never
/ oven spoke to one" YER g5sai Ky
Z. Garden; has been sent with 100000
!, thalets to buy over my allies, az be sue
I ceeded in buying some Arab Chiefs" saws
Mahommed Ahmed 81 Mahdi, in tho Abou
+ Maddara; shut l swear in the name OF
Allah that il Gordon falls into my hands |
will kill him and distribute his money
among the poorer Mosems who fight with
me: AZ to myself. il l do not succeed
will perish on the battlefield. H2l
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DO you Wish freedom from aches,F pains,
sSs ;ss,y T as1 9 n, s s 1o0 Sss
your broFsn down constitution By n.inr pi
Guysotl's Yellow Dock aud Barsaparil'a. II
Is gratifying TO know that among the intelli.
gent communities this simple, harmless, yet
q affective remedy aells faster than the many
humbug blttsrJ, iron medicines and pretend.
ed kidney cures, all OF which 30 rapidly
weaken and ruin the stomach, liver, bowels
and kidneys. by exciting these delicate or
gans to unnatural activity. DAw
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every Jury. II Is ridiculous TO demand
The wisest men 90 judges and attorneys,
and thoae lowest In thescale Of intelligence
az iurymen.l i In these days all intelligent
people read the newspapers and form
opinionp, but that should not exclude
them from weighing testimony In the Jury
box, and /. ia ridiculous for the law TO &C
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Philadelphia Ptss, tRep) Pse.I l2,' y.
Speaker Carlisle Is credited with vii
liugness to unite with "the Ffee.trade
wing Of the Republican party In organic.
ing now party, but We don't believe It OF
him. The Speaker must know that the
Free.trade wing Of the Republican party Is
only pin feather. l&l0 '5i. p
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AIeIllc i!rnnen kOur.

Pittsburgh Telegraph (R,p.) a 4
seuator Payns's son, Col. Oliverp. Payne,
makes authoritative announcement that
bis Iather will not under any circumstances
be candidate for the Presidential nomi.
nation, nor will he accept 1t II rendered to
him. There Is suspicion Of sour grapes
about this, VI ,5I 5.s. 4- f.G .-,,4.--
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Total p.oiu,tion.. IS ?cjgS7 U. 5. hi,

CERTAIN druggists begin to complain thsl
the 9nly cough remedy they can now sell il
Dr.. Wistar'u Ba!sam Of Wild Cherry. This
goes 10 prove that intelligent people are de-.
termined to get the best cure Tor couchst
colds, and consumption, end will not take a
substitute. % 8yIgiii fgif nj. paw !
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---T--T I'ITI0VHs1N SIVVHH VvtsEss -----I-
Initrpep trith Judge Poland, Vermont. I,
"What do you understand, Judge, as to
Mr. Elmund's candidacy" u
II do not lock upon him as candidate.
lIe does not wan. 10 be President He
has now lie position in the Senate and
lie has o law practice amounting to 800 00O
q year. So you SEQ, he has S55, goo year
without the expenses Of the White House
and without liz troubles"
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ua.a. Cor Philadelphia Pres, t&p) $685.
There is;a good deal Of curious gossip
about the Republican candidates and their
intrieues mud c0mbinationsyiA As usual, the
chief interest centres about Mr.. Blaine.
Ills position Ia IN enigma even 10 his
friends, Tor his closent associates iail to ex.
trac. the slightest evidence from him that
be wants the presidential nomination. Yet
many people believe that he does and real
ly expects 10 carry the Convention with q