National Republican., 1880-11-08

IT almost breaks u southern democrats Jaw
to speak of Montenegro with but ono g.
Boston Transcript.
ALoNzo wants TO know "if il hurts man
to be called u liarw No, Alonzo, no. 1t is
IN ore likely to hurt the other man.-BWliug-
ton Harkeye.
NoTuING fills q tramp with more profound
emotion than to behold in the windows of q
gents furnishing store articles labeled Dogs
Toilet Brushes. .'-NcD York Commercial Adrer
tiser.
A VALUABLE hciler belonging to farmer
near Northallorton, IN England, recently
broke its leg, and it had TO DO amputated. The
animal has since been lifted with n wooden
leg, on which it moves about with the utmost
ease which proves tho absurdity of hastily
ordering the destruction of animals that meet
with such accidents.
RECENTLY Professor Huxley said that
nincty.nnc men out Of every hundred became
simply obstructive after sixty years old aud
were not flexible enough to yield to the ad.
vance Of new ideas. The world, he thought
would be benefited by any man who had taken
part in science being stranglcd after sixty.
This may he meant Tor Brother Ruskin, who
latoly wrote TO Glasgow students that he
loathed Liberalism.
IN Il discussion in the house Of commons
shortly before the close Of the session it was
stated that two of the corbels OF the new law
courts were grotcsque representations Of the
architect and contractor and 1t has now come
to light that in the recent restoration Of Chcs.
ter cathedral two political corbels had been
introduced. They were elabOrately carved
and are excellent and uumis,aliable carica
lures Of the late and present prime ministers
The shoemakers OF Norwich, England, are
the great canary iuuCiUrs, aud the best cana
ri thn I u,tlpt Tiugg still frnt ~
that city. Mechanics who work ut home
have always been the most successful rearors
of household pets. The Spitaliolds woavers
ON the roofs Of their low houses, with their
pigeons stalking proudly before their masters,
were the cOmmOuCst example of the TACT till
alterations in manufacture Spoilt tho hand.
lo0m trade and checked the development of
pOutors."
DIR. CUTTER says that tho increases Of
nervous diseases, decayiug teeth, premature
badness and general lack Of muscular aud
bone strength are greatly duo to the impover.
ished quality OF flour now in uso, the gluten
being thrown away in order to make the -four
white. lie uIgcs tho use OF uubOltcd flour
aud OF eggs, milk and butter lie denies that
fish is brain food or that Agass2 ever said
that it YVES, aud claims that butter, being
nearly all fut is 4 better kind Of brain food
than any other,
! hihL 10 J'S III l'NlNldl JNnt HuNt lol OlN
OF King Iheebaw's IS comsorts has quito recently
presented that monarch with. Il son. Mother
and child are doing we'll, Tho happy father
is so elutei by tho achievement OF his spouse,
Su Hpayah Lat, that he has announced his in
tention to wed her younger sister forthwith,
As he has put to death uearlyall his relatives
having any claim to the succession, his
majesty cannot be too legycntly congratulated
upon the acquisition Of IN heir, from cutting
whose throat he will probably be deferred by
the feelings OF Il father aud the interests Of a
dynasty.