National Republican., 1880-08-17

Beef cQtUe-Nery uull ana without notable
change, quality considered. Very best, i95@53sc;
first quality. &4@iAc medium, 2A@3Aic ordinary
24@3}c., Most sales from 3ls9i2ic, Receipts,
. 7lj head. Sales, 2OG5 head.
swine-Light supply and fair to good demand.
Quotations 7a7l3c, Receipts, 1854 head.
The receipts OF sheep and lambs We're 1855
head Quo'a'ions-sheep; 5z2g5.aci lambs S%oe'
A LITTLE girl noticing the glittering gold
filling in her aunls front teeth, exclaimed |:
Aunt Mary, l wished had copper'toed teeth
like yours"
AN uptown landlord writes his own bill Of
fare, thereby saving the cost OF printing 1t
announces: "COtlcy, supe, rosie beio frile
hamm, boyled aud bakt pertaters, lride could
pudden, Minis pyes, mutting chops veele cul'
verts, hasCh and cruciiod chickens" ~ Kings
ton Freeman.
The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald man has
probably beon gctting married recently, for
he says "The music OF the union-rho
wedding march" A few months hence he
will hud that the music comes from the light
infantry There is no reason, of course, that
we know of why it shouldn't come in March.
EVERY paper we take up tolls us that tho
Duchess OF Edinburgh has had the measles.
These king folks are bound TO have every
thing that is going; that's true enough, but
they needn't be 50 all-iired stuck up about it.
Guess some of us on this side the water havo
had just as good an article OF measles US the
Duchess NOrristown Herald.
A A"REFoRMED SPELLER" writes to the Chi
cago Inter. ocean Use that your contemporary
of the Tribune who processes to hev adopted
the reformed spelling, prints dilem2 and as
sessmenP in parallel columns. Now, | to,
believe in reform, aud | think that the man
who spells dlema with one IN, and yet puts
four SIS into assessment, OF to reserv, at least
one of the superhuous SIS In order 20 rite
himself down an as'
SOME Of the cigarettes which are smoked to
so largo an extent are Ssid 90 hc dangerous
articles A physician had one OF them
anylizod aud the tobacco was found 20 DO
strongly imprcEuatod Ni,h Opium, while the
wrapper, which was Warranted 10 be rice
paper was proved 10 be the most ordinary
quality of white paper, whitcued with arsenic,
tue two poisons combined being presented in
sufficient quantities 10 create in the smoker
the habit OF using opium, without being aware
of il, and which craving can only be satisfied
by an iucoSsant use OF cigarettes.
GAMpErrAs head, says writer IN the Pail
MaH Gazette, is y grand one. The lines are
| ample aud express power at us ease ABOUT
| the temples and over the eyesthe development
| of tho forehead Is abnormal. His superiority
is not Of II kind to awake Jealousy 1t is very
/ manifest but it is so unalloyed with egotism
aud il is so soltened by fellowship that
a man Of talent who feels small in the pres.
ence of the great tribune, does not for that
feel humiiated. Gambetta enjoys companion-
shin moro than Society" as society is under
stood in our time. lie likes clever women If
they are unaffected, and ho does not believe
u woman's conversation can charm man of
intellect unless II is the outcome of much
study, observation and loug.sustaiued mental
efforts. Tho professional beauty would be
nothing TO him unless her loYelness were
lighted up by wit