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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15

M. DE CAssAeNAc, the Bonapartist
champion, has openly thrown down the
gauntlet to the republic by maintaining
in the Pays that the son of Napoleon
III. will return triumphantly to the i'm
perial throne of France within three
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15
Imports and Exports.

This little table of imports is suggest
i've as showing that we are buying less
merchandise from abroad, but receiving
more specie. Imports:
Merchandise ss s'ss$issss5 s
Total s46l yO921O8 s525,7s6,lsO 1854 6e4,Os7
The decrease of goods exceeded $76,
600. 600 as compared with the previous
wear, whereas the imports of coin in
crease nearly $12, OOO,O 900. The compari-
son of exports is as follows for the last
two calendar years, gold values:
Domestic .s ssi sS sss
Total goods. s5eO622,7s3 s51O.e47,422 s7s674,s6l
Specie .......,.... 56,354,465 793O3.5l4 2949,O49
Total........ s646s7s.24S S5sO,s5O,9S6 S56725,312
Here we find an increase of exports OF
products for 1875 over 1875 of $78, 800, 900,
whereas the export of coin is $23, 900, 0OO
less but during the last six months, be-
tween July l and Jan. 1, the imports OF
coin have actually exceeded the exports
thereof by Sc, 1872, lat. During this pc
Rod our mines produced coin at the rate
of say $4,000, 900 month, so there must
be between $50, 100000 and $50, 0OC, 900
more coin In this country now than there
was on the LIST of July last.-Chacago
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
ham ssusages 7@71so v n spare ribs 5000 2S

| w Dbl.
BUTTER lis still In more than ample supply
ana qtiiee. Choice creamery Ia quoted ut 82134e,
choice Goshen 3g015ie.
| CHEESEs-Ow wing 30 continued good de'uand.
| the stock remans small. Choice Western fno DRY
IL selling at 1s1s6hi41Sr, Now York cream 10 u
lGtsc, Epglial dairy l7D &c, pineapple 600 W Id.
| sALE-Ihe demand 10 improving. with " fair
stock on hand. No cargo sales TO report OF tho
late arrivals, Three alb being stored to await
batter prizes. Three from warehouse; COARSE 81
0VD'. We gnofe, from warehouse, coarse S501
Doe; fine fl D5a0t 10 III sack. Turks taland=@no
demand; quoted .nominally at SD1s5o W sack
Table talt, in pockets 2N05issc en- 3D. az In q Se.
ESOULERFa= -Heeeiptp Of potatoes are large;
almost mono OF other eaonlepts are arriving
Fair demand. Observation-Disclosures arc quoted 1t
BIT 30. carly rose 81 1Odhl 81. reetless 40 Goa
3 %. pesoh blows $3 g.; onions 81 sbd1t 10; mp.
peR ~ G9G01 s.; sour lrnnt Ei060l5 w Dbl.
BEANB AND YVES TERN pEAB-Ihe market
ia bare OF green peas sud They aro in request.
They would e7mmand 10 IN II. He'd kidney
beans Hre quoted at $40. white kidney 4a&c,
white medu q Northern 4Jse, Western - 49 H.
DRIED FRUlTP snty aud difficulty 10 sell.
Apples, Western, are quoted 81 B., Northern 10
IN h.
CORN tNsACKs--Good supply aud tho job.
bling trade il fHirly active MI steady PRICE. 2IuO
sacks sold. OF which 900 ohoine white nj b3o 1000
do a. DC. aud 800 yellow at 5bc w btshel.
OAls-Tba supply il fair with ~ limited de-
which 90 old ~. Louis, in warehouse, nj 4i', 100
10 At doc, aud 7ol CHOICE Gaiena. in lots, ut 4So
III bushel.
BHAN-Light supply and moderate demand.
800 sacks sold, OF which 100 at s5c. and $50 at
B7ls6 ~ 100 lbs.
hAl-Low Rrades prs in fair supply md dull.
Choice Is anar0e. H0D bales sofa. of which $50
prone Mt $40 and 100 DO, at ZIG 50 " ton.
5rAN OANDtF%--Ligbt nnpply and fair do
maud. SOD b Tea sold ~ II IL H., rot, Caah.
WiIl~kY-@iiaolGod Ia ia light supply aud com
msnd ~ % " gallon.
CORN IN BULk~Is quoted Mt b3fA53o III
bushel. Mono TN hand, but rye supplies are on
the way.
Receipts CT PRODUO!I--Arrve1 since our
review Of Yesterday: $3.50 bbls -four, u bbls whis-
Ky. ~ tietcas hams, d. oeshs baoun. 1910 bbs
coInmeal, 7l3l eh0ks corn, Hj4 bids pngRf bhH
suEa, S1d hbIs molaHHns, i22 kegs butter, BGU4
sacks cotton asGd, 100 boxes cheese, 1866 pieces
mnat 7U7 hbls potatoes aud " bbp ri o
EXPLOITS or PRODUCE Exports since oar
review Of Yesterday; ii9 bbs tour. 20 bpls poI X.
Is oaks bacon. tieress lard. 90 bbls whisky, ~
blls eofDmeal, 2l5 SACKS corn, 2i3 sacks OATS 81
sacks bran, 30 bales hay, 3D hhas fugar, NJ bhs
aughr. 1866 bbls nloIarsea 257 bbs rico, 1869
sacks coffee, 70 bbs apples bGg bills potatoes TAG
sacks aat, and 10 kegs butter.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
Nell, loaded with 10. bushels Of corn from

Nell, loaded with ~, 600 bushels of corn from
q. d. Baker II Go. & elevator. The MoUallum
barge has been receiving freely to-day, and
has engagements for 6000 sacks Of corn below
here, nj IT'D cents per hundred; both IL and
the Little Neil will leave to. morrow In tow Of
tho Keystone Opt Julius Vsrhoff, their
supetoargo. Is going to New Orlea, = ty rail.
Southern freights are offering freely nad are
accommodating rbe Thompson Dean up nj G
y. m, with 600 tons She will leave Cincip-
natl for New Orleans next Ia, sday. Freighs
tor Cincinnati from hers and points above
here are aoeumulating. aud the Memphis aud
Cincinnati packets osn not handle it on nc
oouat Of big trips Of 'hrough busnets.
James Matheny, pilot, left for Cairo this
evening to bring up the James Howard,
which will load here for Nsw Orlehns. Over
fifteen thousand sacks Of corn Rre ut points
between here and Shawneeto VIII for shi tinent
Mt fair rates..
FRANKLIN In Feb. o To Hite & Culjn:
steamer Eureka " i arrive Sunday night and
leave on Wednesday, 14h inst, positively,
for Bayou Tenhe. Are smith. master.
Vt0EBnuRd, Feb. . - To Lord Il MoPeake:
Lsave here this III 1tninA arrive Saturday
night aud leave Wednesday tor Y'zoo and
Tallahatohie nvsrs ii j. LEE,
Captain steamer ClarGsviile.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
FINANCIAL AND COM N ERCIAL.
NEW onLEANs CLEARING HOUSE.

The demand for money has been moderate
throughout the week, butn IN bsuk anh on the
street, aud commercial paper has exhibited 40
qu0tabe variation. To-day tue market waa
without aug uaw feature. Gold has been some.
what irregular, eloHing to-day "a higher than
yesterday, aud sf1sso under last Fridays quota
items. The weeks movement has been fair,
Foreign Exchange haa followed tho conrac 81
Gold, sterling ruling 30 above yesterdays
quotations, but So lower than last Fridays. The
weeks Gales have boon Of only modeia o exteu.
With light offerings and better demand Now
York hight has hardened. tho iauhH checking
yestt rday ri 4 por GEN. premium, against on
ast Friday, aud commercial sight being quoted
~ 'sI3.l6 per cent premium, Against par q -
last week. Under the depression +. .uuolal
circles caused by the receEt pclttt"l Dewa stuuks
have weak ened.
State Cuus Ia ave declined G per cent since
last Friday aud Premium Bonds q per cent.
We continue TO quote exceptional commercial
paper $40 ~ per cont per annum discount. AL do
aG1lo; .enond grade do. nominal; loans on col
lateral 7@l: Grst class mortgage paper s1sno}a,
and secoud grade do. i0NGl2.
Gold opened At t05i}ssdg 1851, against 1868 al
New YORK. and after n moderate business closed
at 1G:@Gt05SA, against l05}s IN that market
The fales summed up s0UO embraoeg 800
at 1t5a4, Sf5 600 NJ 1869 El0bfs, SGiUU and 5000
at 1r5Ts and s3lU0 ana $1,000 b. t0B.
Under tho i'm rovemont in uolt ut New York
Sterling was ~ higher and France a per oent.
The sales Of dtetlpg oomprieed f4S.b0O. EN-.
hfRcirE 9AU0 AL clear NJ b0s'4, Ga0OO do, Mt bi0S
t50U0 bin of ladng ut bt0Sdb5lolS, E3no II
elear and f5U0O bill ot ladiDg At bi0ls. GB50U do
At bitG13li, Gl2,00o do. at 5l00Dbll Ga5oo do,
and EtUU0 Al ciear at Gil, e500D clear sight at
5l3 $1,000 bank at 5l3ttSs, aud ei0oo TO- at It'd.
NO saies Of Francs were reported.
At the clone Sterling billie were quoted III 50pl.
asst for bill OF lading and Al clear, and gold
Tor balk, (bauk counter ratio --tI5lalsl, aud
Francs at 4.o3aDiv25s fr commercial. and
nominal for bank
lfndor light offerings and better demand,
most of tue banks checked n per cent higher
than yesterday, and commercial eight was quoted
nc En advance Of t.16611s.
The 80 on comprised 1900 900, embracing $2a,.
900 bank at 1.jG per cent premium. $40 900 pri.
waite bankors AMI $40 900 aud $50 600 bank al 5.J2
S25 0G0 bank at y, and $4,000 private bat kers
and S25 600 bank ut JIG.
The banks checked on New York atEi6e14 per
cent premium, against u Yesterday, andl tinmei-
cisl sig hit was quoted NJ 4003l6, against i-le0o.
The following ia the official statement II tho
sales reported to-day to the stock Exchange:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10


GRAND ECORE--Per steamer y rt Able--36e
bales cotton L Walmsley &co..io6 Payne. Kennedy
&co---l08 Lehman. Abraham &co--105 Clapp Bros
&co 100 kenslaw Cammaok &co--a3 Oscar Chopin
81 Meyer Weis &eo--5 j W Burbridge eco 40
John Adams &co--4D Leekis-4O Mctlehee Snow
den & Vlolstt-3s March & Schenker-3G Il r Buck.
Clarke-2o Beraud 4 Giherf-..ls G Denis---l6 s
trienlancer-l5 NHe & Cammack-13 j l. Harris g.
Co - Hush & Levert-l2 u Carro-10 G W Sen
tell &co-9 0 Thomas Goo L l. Arey Geo. C
II c Brown Couger e. Kelly-5 W Black &co-5
Harrison ir Aces II Il 6 Newman II Allison
d Richard Flower &co-4 Hart Aco-4 q W
gent &co-4 N ID Wetmore-4 Jno L Liyandais---3
Graham. Black &oc-2 G Wilkerson-, uHgny
T Del Nai!ade-l BnsseS nco--t Ar Miltenberger
& Pollock Forstall Il Jumonville-t bdl hides M
W Smith--lot do tee taow Il De'avaliade--l2
hhds sugar Is bbs molasses Payne Kennedy &co-a
hhds sugar ,no Chatie & SOM do ~ bbis molasses
Bueh a Levert--l bid sugar Male d Cammack. a
bhs molasses hf do Conger g. Key.-q bbl. molasses
Renshaw. Cnmmack &co-G hides bdl do G. l. WaIm
sley &eo-l5 do II II HanselI. IL do l. Lacassague
u lacks rough rice J FeeTeter-t SIX wool bnis hdt
II Adden-ll sacks rough nee Schmidt Il Ziegler-
hide Rykosld e. Mapaoe-l bdl do Beraud &; Gilbert
g des Nalle & Cammack--l bbl molas.es ouey-
rouze d Bois-l hdl hides G Spor-3s2 sacks c"tton
seed n o Cotton Seed ssocia ion--fs do G l. Vain.
sjey Geo. $50 d Oscar Chopin-i3 do CapJ A Aiken
-snndries to orderTotal 1861 bales cotton 40 aacks
cotton seed 3 sacks rough rice 2 hhds sugar IS bbls
m0lAsses hf do
CLNCIN ATT Per steamer Chas q Church--Iot
mdss Baldw eco. do Blanks Line g ca is Bod
lev Bros-l bx mdse Mrs Block bills whis sky
eighth pip Basseti-5s pigs mdse Bloom eco
IS bales hops J A Baier--5 bbls oil J g G ark-500
CIafk & Meader-4 bbls whisky Cazenc--1G pkgs
butter tee hams Is bbIs beans pB 90 frus 100 BIB
-four 5 pkgs eggs Dbl ribs cgs heads ! box do 81
Bopdjo--s bhls whisky + DelBondio-so casks bacon
u Farchild, Son &co--4g bbs whisky Fo, cheimer
Erss--la pkgs indss Finiay &eo--5 do 10 bbs oil
glassware u I Gauche--5 mules ] Harris &co---0
rolls leather Horter Fenner3z pkgs furniture Lite
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
R'rlsAMll6ATR.

Fart Able, SinDott. from Grand EG1re
Chhs !! Church Patterson flOm Cincinnati
Btstrop. Hodge. from Lind Grove
oimpH"n H0rner, llorner. Tom Louisville
w J PUitevent, Tertebobne, fr IN Thibod lux
Study No :. Ttouadals. from WnehiuA ton
Enma Canton, from Lower Const
Assump ion. DaIerea. from Laurel Valley
lhnhol. O'rry, from Lower Coast
la Belle. Wood from Shreveport
Yazro, johnson. from Tallabatchie River
Lessie Taylor, kenispn. from Washington
Eva, Ransom. from Tureard Plantation
Nntt hsH, gathers from VtCksburg,
liiamlrCk, Spane, from belmont
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
RAp0Efs.

nAVREror bark Prince Napoleon --2l5D bales
co ton &40u pea slaves
BONACCA--Per rig j NJ Burns--t5 bills -four 4
bhls pork hid Shoulders tterce hams ID pkEs sun.
dries
LlNERPOOL--Per ship Queen Of Nations--.52ii
baea cotton 1870 pcs ttaves
LlVERPOUL--Per bark Charles Bal--~9650 sacks
cotton seed o. cake
HULL---per bark Maria Wakedeld--G405 sacks
cotton seed oil cake
NEW YORk-ler bark Bristo-716 37I 1000 tons
ordnance stores
IlVEHtOoL-Per bark Wetterhorn---2J54 bales
cotton 1900 pcs slaves
NEW YORK-rsr bark Hacyor $50 1895 1000
tons ordnance stores
In bulk
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
vi AkIN Nv N EWS.
0HEtGE NEW UisLhAEk DEMOCRAT /
February 10, 1877. {


Cleared Yesterday.
Brit ship Queen Of Nations srnals for Liz. rpoo--
J Shepherd eco
Tr bark Prince Napoleon. Bara, for Havre-
ri ButldsfdorH
Nor bark Hmma Auher on for Cork.
Ocean. Zeresa SEQ
lark tTacloo, Hardie for New York
Joseph Kelley
Bark Wettsrhorn Wynan, fJr Live pool
Silas Weeks eco
lark Btistol Tossitt for New York
Joseph Kelley
Brit bark Maria Wakefield, Graham for Hull
A 4 Mnutnn Sons
Nor bark Charles Bal. Lund. for Liverpool
Mseker. Knox &ee
Big j Burns. Atnet. for Bonacea---
s Oteii & Bro
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
weekly Quotati 0f Hides, Etc.

EUUr QuOFntlOns foUfoshHt h'tuhI fRIes Mt HIST
hands. Weighing. bundling. lrnyage and com
mission have to BIO added
New ORLEANS, Feb y, 1877.
Steer Hides, City Slaughter. over IS IBIS.
s,, IT, - - -; ~ . 4 y,
Steer Hides. City Slaughter. under 10 HIS.
. u ". .....t...s.,.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. G
Cow HIDES City Slaughter. rs they run. y ID o
ktps. City slaughter. 40 to "a lbs. " 1b......9 g
ktnE. CITY Slaughter. - to 81 1bs. W lb...... g
thlt Skina, saen ........,. a...s.'......,.bo q
Count Hides. Flint. 30 to Is fbs, Il h. 1913 g
Country Hides. Flint, damaged. half price
Bnoawilx. prime yellow, u lb.,...........n.2s g
IN Horns each ......,.4.... q
Thlpw. " lb...,...... .....,...............7R G
lIiaos are quiet, with on y IL laupuid demand
and large stock Jallow dull aud lover; 100
tierces city rendered nj 7tsn. 1870 ut 79e, 400 at
r. &C. are among the weeks sa'os.
HAY Il MERLE
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
Arrived.

Z = man. Of war Plymouth Barrett, commander. fin
Prnapeo a-Stteam
SsoamBhtp Huham Eager from New York IA inst
TO A Morltun-2d di
Brit steamship C0rHova. lang, ftm Liverpool, sia
WVst Indies, To beonn Hettga &ce--3d dis -
Brit eteamahp Prince Edward Frazer. - daj from
Cardiff u u Wheeer g. Son~-:id dis
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10

Making u total ct SS',U0 l'r. m'uR, bonds.
Ia our rep TT OF Inc Stock Exchange y,ator.
day, 20 aharRa of Union National Bank rhould
have been rep rted iustcaI Of ), aud 0 Working.
mems Bank Ut s. instead of SIS %.
Stocks were quiet aud weaker.
State Cunsols cosod ~ 57'4GpiSi%, agai 81 Cot
@60I yesterday.
Premium Bonds clos d at 3l14G03i'a against
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10
go N VI F;tsrnAs..

Quotations represent prices for round lots from
frst hands. nness oNier'nisa stated IN Hlling
Snha orders Higher prices are paid
OFFICE N. o. DEMOCRAT. ,
<,,..,,, Friday Evening. Fob. .. 1877.
toFIoN-Fhe sales to-day (uot including 1870
bales additional yostcrd p, embrs ced 1850 b4les.
p'rtly mt previous rates, hut mostly OF stronger
prices, requiring pretty general advance OF tSc
Ia our quotations We give also the figures and
report OF the Exchange M below:
ItpnI lnntalinna q
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10

| The demand was fair but the movement
| checked by light offerings, especially of the binds
| named, ana the stringent pretenaions of factors
for the latter, compelling several buyers to with.
| draw from being unable to & On at these limits
White cottons, in comparatively evep-ruuuipr
lots, commanded our outside figures and were
| generally held still higher, aud good sapo
kinds s"d fully 80 above the FL p.iccs at which
| they sold yesterday.
The general run Of the offerings showed less
buoyancy, but We're, nevertheless, stronger
This was also the caso with stained cottons.
which were in fair request, but generally held
| above the views Of buy crs. The d spatches re-
ported Liverpool steady at prevlons rates
with sales or 10000 bales, aud arrivals LIED
higher, Manchester quiet aud unchanged, Havre
dull nj yesterdays decline, and New York &c
higher for spots and 5-3209.32c for futures.
Sterling Exchange ruled u traction higher.
The weeks receipts 1T the chief interior towns
Selma omitted III both years) embrace 1880
bales, against 81 1926 last week, and H. 100 last
year; the shipments S,Sl4 bales. against SO, 462
last week, aud 81, 0s7 last year. and the stocks at
ib1 bales, against 49, 1856 last week. and 49, LOG
last year.
Compsred with last year this shows an inoi ease
OF dooo pses In the receipts and decrease Of
ZzaS IN Inc shipments, and 2, $3.50 in the stocks.
Inc Exchange makes the amou 1t on shipboard
not cleared (belore to-days exports Of TO- O53 baesl
l2o Us bales embracing 81 157 4les for LIVERPOOL
1875 Zoe Havre IL, 1853 for the North Sac mi far
Bremen, l31 for Spain, and 1862 for coasswi.e
ports, leaang 10 presses, agreeably to its ac-
part OF which is on sale. A''
At noon TO-DAY M,ddipg was quoted at Calves
ton at l214c, at Mobile at lac, at Savannah vi
1879, at CHARLESTON at 1885, at Wilmington at
lie, at Norfolk at l25Sc at Baltimore st l2a.c. et
New York at l25sc as Boston At Ie5.c, at Mem
phis at 12c at Aagnsts at at Shreveport at
&c. At Pniladelphia at las, and at Cincinnati at
the Exchange reports .sa.ss $50 bales;
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River N evs.

OFrIoE NEW OBLHANs DHMoeaAr.
Feb 10. 1877.
tE1aiy report OF the stage OF water, with changes
Ia the twenty.tour hours ending p. M:
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mnnlfa
Receipts OF Proaucs.

NEW YORkPsr steamship Hudson-Assort
n. dae
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Ry Etnstrnnas

NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO
RAILROAD.
Feb 9-223 bales cotton to erder-1s9 Walden. Haw
lbs &ro i35 Pritchsrd Bckham &co-95 Richard
son Il May--eS Stewart Bros &co--s5 Meyer Wis &
Cots Allen Nugent Gco---n Chafe, Hamilton e
Powell ~ Rritt0n, Moore u Coleman Lehman,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-10

RECEIPTS AT THE OLD BASIN.
Mobe-Per schf Wilhelmna- 40 G00 feet lumber
order
NJ 'ndeyille--Per schr Susanpa-l00 bbls charcoal
master
Taugpahoa-Per schr GOWNS ton---20 cords wood
mast,r
Pearl Riyer-Per barge Pearl Rivers--35C COZ feet
lum order
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MaEinR U t0tnl of &lN3. 0LO ssaLn Nnnnnls.

Al, orc Premium l}onIa a. ,,,,,., '''''
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RECEIPTS AT THE NEW BASIN

Fish River-Per schr Alice Carncy----o 90 gallo, q
stoheware mas er
Springfield Per schr Ceet TO- ales cotton IL
ALISON dteo--i5 cords wood master
TGhefuncta River-Per schr Rosaviller-l5OO bbls
charcoal Tnastr
Bayou Lacombe-Per schr len---40 cords wood
Iraster
order
Bayou Lacombe-Per schr Cannot 800 bbls char
cosi master
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
The Mans and Woman's Way of Saying
 Things.

Look at the ridiculous way, in which man takes for granted that woman will be interested in his sayings and doings. If his wife has long story to tell him, she is filled with misgivings, lest it may tire him; she leaves out many little picturesque touches, that she may not take up his time, and, even on the hand-gallop, she has not arrived within cali of her conclusion when he asks with confusing directness, "Well, how did it turn out?" But the man never has a misgiving that he will be hurried, or that life has anything better to offer than listening to him. He begins his story at it's earliest morning stages, and lopes leisurely to it's close or, if it is rapid, he gives it repid transit but he never omits anything on his wife's account. He tells what he said and what the other man said, and what the other might have said, and what he would have said, had the other man said what he might have said. And the worst of it is-the fatal point is-that his confidence is justified. The woman is interested. The mans talk takes her out of her own into larger life, and she not only tolerates, but enjoys it and what are you going to do about it?-[Gail Hamilton.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
Diaries of Fanous Men.

When mans life becomes public, that is, when he becomes distinguished and conspicuous, there is public in terest in him which has it's rights no less than private affection. Public morality then demands that the truth about him should be known. If, for instance, he has worn a mask, and & cold and selfish Cataline has assumed the patriotism of Arnold Won Winkel- ried, the witness who knows, or who thinks he knows, should be heard. For it is more important to the general well fare that the character of such a man should be disclosed than that the feelings of his descendants should be spared. Nor will this principle tend to the writing of autobiographies overfowing with vitriol upon fair and sweet flames. For every person whose opinion would have any influence upon reputation or renown knows that he himself is upon trial in his own diary. The one thing sure to be seen and known is the char acter of the author, and the instance would be very exceptional in which he would destroy his own name in order to stain that of another. The diary of John Quincy Adams, for instance, con- firms the general impression of himself which his whole career and all testimony had established, and in nothing more than in the tone in which he describes other public men.
 Here, then, is key to the deep and universal interest in personal memoirs, letters and diaries, that they are the sincere testimonies to the actual charac- ter and significance of famous people. Readers who wish to be deceived will avoid them. Those who prefer pleasing and traditional fancies to facts will dislike them. But if Washington had 8 hot temper, and swore at Monmouth, and was severely punctilious, and had not fully mastered the spelling book who would not know it, and who would reverence him less? If Franklin was canny beyond the Yankee, and con- formed to the morals if not to the costume of the gay French capital, who would not know it? Who would wish to respect Gambrinus as a saint or Pan as an ascetic? Who deliberately loves a lie? We certainly do not wish to have heroes and saints under false pretenses ? -Hdrpers.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
Torpedoes.

The development of submarine war fare has been so rapid of late that 1t is hardly possible to fortell what potent influence it may have on the war now being waged in Eastern Europe. While England, France, Italy, and in fact nearly all the European naval powers, have been building huge engines of war, of 3 tonage, armor, and artillery never heard of before, the torpedo has been gradually perfected, and threatens, at least under many circumstances, to neutralize them. A torpedo may be regarded as gun which dispenses with 8 gun carriage, and which, without the vast and expensive agency of a great ship, infiicts as formidable 8 blow az that of the heaviest artillery.
 The original inventor was David Bushnell, born at Westbrook, Conneti- cut. 1742. He not only devised tor pedo, but also submarine rowing boat, intended to convey it to the bottom of the vessel to be..attacked. His practical experiments, however, which he was enabled to carry out with the assistance of the private purse of George Wash ington, did not prove successful; and the invention sank into oblivion until the commencement of the present cen tury, When Robert Fulton, an Ameri- can sojourning in France, offered a similar one to the French Government. After considerable parleying, it was rejected, and Fulton sold his secret to the British Admiralty for $75 ,OOO. The so-called Catamaran Expedition, an attempt to destroy the French line-of. battle ships and transports off Boulogne turning out failure, Fulton returned to the United States, and, during the war of 1872, tried in vain to blow uI several of the English blockaders. The rage of the British commanders knew no bounds and the proceedings were termed "unchristian," 'sthe inventor fiend," etc. Cousin John Bull has 6 frightfully short memory at times l. Scientific Anericdn.