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Show escape from the stings aud bites of mosquitoes. mos-quitoes. Truly, the presidential family is sorely troubled. Tbcy are entitled to the sympathy of the poople of this great aud glorious republic. TROIUIJ5 IN THK - PRESIDENT'S HOUSEHOLD. , That cottage by the sea, "presented to Mrs. Benjamin Harrison by George W. Childs and associates,, is becoming a source of vexation ' and annoyauco to the presidential family. Several unkind un-kind democratic papers have severely criticised President Harrison for permitting per-mitting his wife to accept the present. Thoy claim the president is prohibited by law from receiving gifts, and that the presentation to Mrs. Harrison was simply an evasion of the law. These criticisms no doubt have greatly annoyed an-noyed President Harrison. And now we learn that the mosquitoes in the vicinity vi-cinity of the cottage by thfl sea are si bloodthirsty that they are making lifo a burden to Mrs. Harrison. She could stand the sharp thrusts of the venomous democratic demo-cratic papers, but the attacks of the New Jersey mosquitoes are beyond 'human 'hu-man endnrauco. These allies of tho democratic editors seem to take particular partic-ular delight in feasting upon the blood of the mistress of the White house and Baby McKee. The fact is that their persecutions are of such a relentless nature that they have caused Mrs. Harrison Har-rison to wish the cottage was in the bottom of the sea. The president, who has planned an outing at Cape May, has a holy horror of mosquitoes, and having learned of the situation at tho New Jersey cottage he is deeply troubled and knows ' hardly what to do. Mrs. Harrison is heartily sick of tho cottage, and now wishes that Mr. Harrison Har-rison had exercised his prerogative and vetoed its acceptance; and it is intimated intima-ted that she proposes to return the gift, together with the mosquitoes to the donors. This will undoubtedly cause great indignatiou among the Cape May people, who will regard any such action as an insult aud an injury to their famous watering place. However, it is .said that President Harrison proposes to move his family to Cresson. Pa., for the summer, in the hope that they will |