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Ammunition for the Turks.

Especial to the DetnocratI
LONDON, July ia steamer, said to be
English, has arrived at the mouth Of the By
ana, with ammunition for the Turks.
The consuls at Sc,itari are cndeavoring to
ascertain the name of the vessel and where
from. to inform their respective govern
ments.
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Abdul KeriIn Dismissed.
Especial to the Democra..1

LONDON, July ia ConstantinopIe tele-
gram to-day says that Abdul Kerim has been
dismissed and replaced by Roman Pasha.
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MONEY AND STOCKS.


-NEw YORK, July 19.-Gold 1867. U. s. 6's
OF 1881, 110H; do coupons 1111s01112; 5-2O's of
1865 new issue, 1065s0D1O6A; do of 1867 1887
1885 do of 1868. coupons, iii; dO-4Os 11214an
112La; do coupons 1929; currency 6's 1880
1851 new SIS 1097s0bti0.
LONDON, July to.-Conaols Money "a GIG /;
u. s. 520sof 1865, 1061a; do. Of 1867, 10G1s: 10
4O's ttO; new fives fO7i4; Erie ~.
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The western Associated Press.

DETROIT July t9-The annual meeting Of
the Western Associated Press was largely
attended. The old Executive Committee,
Messrs. Medill. Smith and Hadoman, were
TcapDotutssd
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Especial to the Democrat
LONDON, July 1o.-An Adrianople special of
the 18th says that the Russians are between
kazauk and Shpka.
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.IOsenli's Hand.
Especial to tho Democra

Especial to tho Democrnt.l
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-The latest ad-
vices say that Joseph's movements subse-
quent to the proposition for surrender have
convinced Gen. Howard that the proposition
was mere ruse to gain time for the escape of
his force
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Russian Reserves

LONDON, July 1o.-On Sunday and Monday
the advance guard of two fresh Russian
army corps passed by rail from Jassey to
Galatz. They are likely to remain in Rou-
mania as reserves.
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Especial to the Democrat.1
LONDON, July ia Constantinople dis
patch, dated Wednesday night, says that the
Turkish army of the Danube commenced
offensive operations yesterday Tuesday.
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ireland Victorious Mt wimbledon.

Especial to the Democrat
LONDON, July 19.~-At Wimbledon to-day
Ireland won the Elcho Shield.
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lscncnll Park Elnces.

BosToa, July t9.-Class 2:27-Summary
Batsman 80 ! |, Winthrop Morrill,, Jr, /
/ 223 O.: Shepard Knapp, Jr. Q 3 a Geor-
gle M. 4 o s 8 Q: Geo. A. Aver 8 4 4, dis
tanced. Time-2 :23s4, :27. 2 :29l4, $50. 3:31H.
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ST. Lou1s. July Everything In banking
and among the dopostors was quiet yester-
day. and business has resumed its regular
nhnnnnlG
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PITTsBURG, July 1g.--Two miles, four-year
olds. Thunderbolt won in 3:5i4. Russ But
Ter bolted and threw his rider In the last half
mile
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Hobart pashn's Expedition.

Especial to the Democrat
LONDON. July 19.-The speedy departure of
Hobart Pasha to Batoum to take command Of
the squadron there Is announced
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Especial to the Democratl
PARIS, July 19.-The advance in prices oc-
CURED on the Bourse to-day In consequence Of
rumored armistice between Turkey and
RnsSia
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ISUNVIlI 10 IIlN UNTHUTTHE.J
LONDON. July 19.-Turkish advices state
that Abdul kerim telegraphed yesterday that
he would cut off the retreat Of the Russians
who crossed the Balkans, and only waits the
arrival Of Suloman Pasha to begin the attack
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Reinforcen,ents for the Turks.
Especial to the Democrat ]

LONDON, July 19-Twenty thousand reg
ulars and the same number Of volunteers left
Constantinople for Adrianople.
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A Call for E-2A.s

Especial to the Democrat
WASHINGTON, July ia call for $40, ,0O0, 900
f5-2o's was issued by the Treasury Depart
ment this afternoon. and another call for q
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A Failure,

DEs MONIES. July 19.--The private bank of
Il. w. West IL Sons failed for St3O.OOO De
positors may realize 30 per cent by careful
management.
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RIVER NEWS,

Especial to the 1 en- ocratI
MEMPHIS, July y19.-Departed Golden Rule,
Bee and barges, for New Orleans.
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MARINE NEWS.

New YORK, July 19.-Arrived: Steamer
New York from New Orleans
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COMPANY A, G. c. ". L.-See spsciil notice tf
/" "Yaudry Rih,s.'
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Mrs. Methue Shelter and Mise E. Wilmot at
t. Y.ris.i.s 4heatre July 2lst.
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THE WEATHER YE.TERDAY.

The following is the temperature" at the
various points named, as reported by the
Signal Service kilograms furnished by Ser
geant Brown, Of the Signal Bureau, and indi-
eating the state Of the temperature at the
points named, at p. m. yesterday:
Cairo "a degrees, Cincinnati Is, Galveston
"a, Keokuk So, Lacrosse G3, Leavenworth II,
Louisville Is, Memphis 81, Nashville 81,
Omaha g., Pittsburg 80, Shreveport IS, St.
Louis 68, st. Paul 63 Vicksburg Sc, Yankton
ID. ~ 6G, Augusta (Ga) II, Corsicana TEX J
q, Mobile 81, Montgomery 81, Savannah 80,
New Orleans 50, and Key West 81.
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To dav, Friday (remnant day., remnants Of all
kinds of goods, at less than half price, M. l..
Byrne & Go.
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Oregon Volcanoes.

A recent letter from Salem, Oregon,
to the Sacramento Union says: | have
been interested lately in talking with j.
L. Parrish, one of the earliest Methodist
missionaries, who came to Oregon in
1889, when all things were aboriginal,
and the untamed wilderness blossomed
with the widest possible growth of
roses. He describes an Eruption of
Mount st. Helens that occurred in the
latter part of November, 1912, which
was for short while very grand spec
tacle, and continued, with lessened force,
for long time. There was no fire WIS.,
ible, but a dense smoke poured out of
the side of the mountain, sinking like
black pail On all the landscape, while
viewed from distance of at least 100
miles, as it was from Salem, the OBJ
server saw pillars and pillows of steam
rising above the crater, presenting a
strong contrast to the blackness that
hung below, and forming spectacle of
unsurpassed magnificence. 1t was a
great wonder while it lasted, and dis
lance lent an enchantment that was not
well appreciated by those who dwelt
near by, of whom there were not many
at that early day. A great area that
was reached by the sweep of the No
vember winds was whitened with falling
ashes that looked very ominous, but did
no certain harm. Occasionally one or
another of our mountain tops INDUCES
in quiet smoke, but not on such an ex-
tensive scale as did St. Helens 35 years
ago. have seen Mount Hood pour out
blackness on a clear winter sky, and
those who climb the old hill speak of a
crater on the southwest, mile below
the summit, where the hot, sulphurous
air rises between loose rocks that are
kept piping hot. Mount Baker gets in
a fume occasionally, but that is too far
off to have much interest for us.
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Bismarck and the Emperor.

The Emperor Williams favorite mare,
which he rode at the battle of Sadowa,
died short time ago, and in connection
with the event this story is related:
During the battle the King, accompanied
by Prince Bismarck, repeatedly placed
himself in great danger from the shells
whining around. In vain Prince Bis
marck urged his King not to expose
himself so. :" But" relates the Prince,
''when his Majesty had ordered the
cavalry to advance at Lipa, and the
shells came thicker than ever, ventured
to expostulate afresh, and said, IF your
Majesty has no pity for yourself, at any
rate have some for your minister, for
whom your faithful people will hold
you responsible The King then gave me
his hand and replied, We'll, Bismarck,
now let us ride on SO saying, his
Majesty turned and cantered away as
slowly as though riding along the Lin
den. That made me wild, and riding
up behind him l gave Miss Sadowa a
sly kick that considerably hurried her
movements. The King looked round
surprised, and fancy had some slight
suspicion of the truth, but he said moth
ing
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-06-14
An Episode in the Russ0.Turkish Cam.
paign of 1911.

In 1911 the opposing Russian and
Turkish armies stood facing each other
on opposite banks of the Danube. Dur
ing the night between the Sth and 9th
of September the Turks succeeded, by
making feint, and so attracting the
Russians to spot some three miles be-
low the real point of passage, in throw
ing a force of 1900 men and four guns
across the river, short distance above
Giurgevo. The first attempts of the
Russians to drive this small body back
into the river were successfully with
stood; re-enforcements were rapidly
brought over from the right to the left
bank, until finally 10000 men and fifty
guns were assembled on the northern
Shore. Every effort to advance further
and drive back the Russian army, which
had fallen back into an intrenched po-
sition, was, however, repulsed; the
Turks themselves being obliged, after a
time, to construct intrenchments to with
stand the counter attacts directed
against them. Unable to drive back
the invading force, the Russians desisted
from any further active measures against
it, but, bringing strong fiotilla of gun
boats up the Danube, to prevent supplies
being carried across the river
into the Turkish camp on the
left bank, they quietly awaited events.
The provisions of the Turkish force,
thus completely isolated, unable to ad-
vance because of the Russian force in
front of it, unable to retreat because of
the flotilla which efectually prevented
any bridge being thrown across the riv-
er, soon began to run short. The
weather became cold, but there was no
fuel with which to kindle fires. Under
these circumstances the sufferings of the
men were very great. For some time
there was horseflesh, but it had to be
eaten raw, as even the tent-poles had
been cut up and burned. Hundreds
died daily, and their comrades had not
strength to bury them. Disease was
consequently soon added to famine, SC
that when finally, on December s, peace
was concluded, but 1000 men, who are
described as being but living skeletons
with scarcely sufficient strength to stand
upright, were left out of the 10000 who
three months before crossed the Dan
! ube
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Washington Heart Breaking Place.

Mrs. Belknap, whose brilliant past
naturally interests one in her present
and future. has left Washington never to
return. So the world says. She and
her husband have been living at one Of
the principal hotels, but unnoticed, I'M
sought by all the great crowd, who, so
short time since, bowed, t1attered, and
knelt before them As beautiful as ever
in person, as charming in manner, be-
witching Mrs. Belknap belongs to a
dead past remember her at a brilliant
entertainment just before the exposure
came, radiant in white satin and dia-
monds, lovely, gracious, and the center
of an admiring crowd; and then came
sackcloth and ashes, as the night comes
down on beautiful day. This is one
of the sad pictures one sees at the ma
tional capital. Who was the person
who spoke of Washington as a heart
breaking place? To any one who has
spent four or five years here these few
words will aptly describe it.-Kenaebec
(lMe. journal.
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poisonous ingredients. A London dealer
who stated that he received 50,000 cans
of these peas from France per annum
was fined IS. Cd. and costs, at the
Wandsworth Police Court the other
day, and like fine was imposed in
number of other cases. In Liverpool 1t
was shown in one case that the peas had
been dissolved with salt of copper cor
responding to two and a half grains of
crystalized sulphate of copper. Any
person who partook of the peas regu-
.larly, said the analyst, would certainly
be injured.
THE California papers are much ex-
ercised over the recently enacted desert
land law, the ostensible intent of which
was the reclamation of large areas of
land in that State and the Territories,
but which they claim is only subscribing
the interests of speculative land-grab-
bers. The trouble arises from the loose
construction put upon the law, so that
instead of the comparatively worthless
| land which the act is intended TO cover,
some of the. richest unoccupied farm
territory of the State has been made sub
ject to entry at % cents an acre. and
nearly $4,000 acres have already been
taken up by land-sharks in Keen and
adjacent counties.
BROOKLYN women seek. a divorce on a
very slight pretext. Mrs. Pratt, of that
city, asks a legal separation from her
husband because he flung a pitcher at
her, hit her with a lighted kerosene
lamp, drew knife across her neck and
threatened to cut her throat, threw glass
bottles at her, stuck a fork in her leg,
poured hot tea over her, hit her in the
back with boot-jack, and refused to
give her money to go to circus. Oh
course Pratt evinced a very niggardly
and cruel disposition in refusing his wife
circus funds, but don't let us Judge him
too hastily. Perhaps he was afraid the
lions would get loose and tear Mrs
Pratt to pieces, or that she might elopt
with the man who stands around pulling
his mustache and swearing at the mer
putting up the circus tent.
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Mountain Peaks in Colorado.

Pueblo, 1900 feet above sea lew
Canon City, 400; Denver, 1926; ! a nr
idad, $500; Colorado Springs, o'ys,
Guray. 5000; Manitou, 6,124; San LS
Valley, 6,400; Pagosa Springs, 90 !.
Animas City, $3.50; Divide, a,5o4i ~ =
guache, 7,746; Del Norte, l,sos; en- en-.
Garland, 1866; Poncho Pass, 49, n
San Cristoval Lake, Antelope PARK ~ y
Eureka, each, 5000; Los Pinos Age ny
$3.50; Sangre de Cristo Pass = s' en-
Silverton, 800; Carr's Cabin, = S'o 9Ss
Howardsville, 800; Fair Pay H."
East Pass. Mount Sultan, TO- AGO; Mln y.
al Greek Pass, 1908; Animas 70 ro, =,
1920, Ute Pass, the same S S,,1tsn
City, II 800; West Pass, Mount . sfIl
1870; Cunningham Pass - -
Lake Fork Pass, 1880; Bear oa a.
Pass, u, 500; Mount Engineer y E alsoa
Mount Candy. 1924; Mount mt. oa Rras
1929; Mount Sultan, l3,ooo "A
Mountain, 1887; Sanders feak, ! i, 4
994: Longs Peak, 14,o50; Mount ,. ~ ~
coin. Hiss: Gray's Peak, ,i a.,
Mount sneffeis, ,25s; Mount w ,,ss,
1920; Pixies Peak, 14,sSo' Pad psst
Kendall, 1880; Sierra Blanca "a 4
IA, 400; Uncomphagre Mountain, lam .sis,
$40. Average elevation OF footn mn. h
feet summit OF the range, l,5Oo;; ~ =
Der line, 1900 to 1900 feet. .,.;t,i
are eighteen peaks, rising to an ai'i RI
of IA, 600 feet, the highest beng T 5ss d
comphagre. Rocky Aou'lSa" w."
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The Digestive Process.

A case somewhat similar to that of the
Canadian trapper, Alexis St. Martin-in
whom permanent opening into the
stomach had been accidentally made by
a gunshot-wound, revealing to medical
observers most that is known of the di-
gestive process-has occurred in Paris.
The life of young man being imperiled
by a structure in the gullet, the operation
of gastrotomy was resorted to, and food
reduced to pulp was. injected through
the opening thus made in the Abdominal
wall. From observations conducted by
M. Richet, and published in Complies
Repdus, it appears that the pulp, con-
sisting of meat, starch, and fatty mat
tiers, remains in the stomach for three or
four hours. Milk disappears in from
one and half to two hours. The chyme
remains in the stomach in an undimin-
ished volume for about three hours, and
then, in the course of fifteen minutes, is
driven through the pyloric orifice. AT
the end of four hours the stomach is
empty, but hunger is not felt for two
hours, and hence can not be attributed
to the empty condition of the viscus.
The mean acidity of the-gastric juice
is found by NJ. Richet to be equivalent
to about IL gramme of hydrochloric
acid per mile, never falling below 8 nor
rising above 80 grammes. The quanti-
ty of liquid present exerts no influence
on its acidity. 1t is more acid during
the process of digestion than in the in
tervals of rest--the acidity always in
creases as digestion draws to close,
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The Speaking Telephone.

"Will it be possible, Professor Bell"
asked gentleman last night at the St.
Denis Hotel, g to speak to person in
England through the Atlantic cable by
means of the telephone?''
"That will soon be tested" respond
ed the professor, "and I have every
reason to believe that the trial will be
successful"
Have the public even the faintest con-
ception of the miracles which
science is daily performing for
usp Is there any thing in
the g Arabian Nights g" more apparently
incredible than that one person can hold
oral communication instantaneOusly
with another at widely different points
on the earth's surface? The press gives
great deal of prominence to the gath
ering of armies on the Danube and in
Armenia, but it is not unlikely that the
score of distinguished gentlemen who
witnessed the first operations of the
speaking telephone in New York last
night assisted at an event the impor-
tance of which is greater than that of
any twenty of the greatest wars record
ed in history. The telephone may de-
velop possibilities scarcely suspected even
by those the most interested in it. At
any rate it promises to cheaper tel
egraphy marvelously. A skilled operat-
or does well who transmits by the
Morse's alphabet forty words minute,
while in ordinary conversation we some
times use $50 to $50 words a minute.
Hence, should Professor Bells predic-
tons be fulfilled as regards the Allan
tic cable, it will be possible to transmit
from four to five times as many words
per minute as under the present system
From other experiments it would seem
as if it were also possible to make the
deaf hear; that with the aura nerve in
tact and without the membrane for re-
ceiving impressions, there is reason fol-
believing that the deaf may be made tc
hear words and distinguish musica
notes. So far the telephone is a mere
curious toy, but the distinguished
scientific gentlemen present last nigh
evidently realized that it was susceptible
of other uses than of conveying soun'
instantaneous thought vast distances
On the land lines it seems the telephon,
receives the sound not only from Thu
wire with which it is connected, bu
from every wire running on the SAM
pole. A case was mentioned where al
operator read a message from Utah t,
Portland, though the telephone wir
was completely isolated, and had 81!
intervening wires between it and the on
which conveyed the message. Itshoult
be remembered that no battery is uset
to convey these sounds, the vibration
being communicated directly by the hu
man voice These vibrations wer
transmitted in New Haven by sixteel
persons who had joined hands. Thi
may be useful in future diagnosis by tn
medical profession, as the noises il
adjacent bodies are communicate
, through any Geographic wire whic
passes near them.
The speaking telephone should not b
COMPOUNDED with Professor Gray's latel
5 exhibited in this city, which transmitte
: only musical sounds, and required tn
. use of a battery. 1t is an entirely dis
. tinct instrument, and, practically, ne'
: discovery, though some of the sam
t machinery is necessarily employed
= NeW York GrGphic.
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EVERY house in Boston was visited by
one or more religious workers during
the Moody and Sankey revival; and the
Rev. d. w. Waldron, in reporting on
the result of the labor, says that the
customers and barkeepers in saloons
"were found very in,pressible,n
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SUCH is the strong feeling in England
as to the i'll luck of marrying in May,
that late dignitary of the church never
would perform marriage in that month
for friends,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Mr.. Blaine was elected Senator, from
Maine, yesterday, and Mr.. Ferry from
Michigan.
The vote in Nebraska is badly mixed
up between Hitchcock, present senator,
Crounsc, now representative, and others
In Illinois the chances do not look very
promising for Logan. lie received in the
two houses 81 to sc for Gen. Palmer, dem
ocrat, while there were sixteen scattering
votes. The probability is that Logan cam
not get enough of the Independent voters
to elect him.
In NJ lss lchu5etts the vote WIS n great
disappointment to Boutwcll's friends MS he
led lloar only five in the Senate and three
in the House. The vote stool in the two
Houses % for Boutwell,, 80 for Hoar, s.
for Abbott, democrat, while some forty
republicans scattered" on other candi
dates. Mr.. Geo. r. IIoar's friends were
much pleased and claim that he is gaining
The leading republican may however be
defeated by II combination of his oppon-
ents on some republican more acceptable
to the democrats.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Camilla Urso sent 5000 to the Brooklyn
relief fund from San Francisco,
Tennessee has elected eX-Gov. lsham G.
Harris United States Senator for six years
from the 4lh of March.
The new trial of Joseph Lapage for the
murder of Josie Langmaid has been as
signed for February Goth.
DR.. G. p. Conn, the republican candi-
date for rairord commissioner in New
Hampshire, was assistant surgeon of the
18th Vermont volunteers. but has been in
practice in Concord for several years.
The venerable Gen. VIM. o. Butler, one
of the heroes of the war of 1912 and OF
the Mexican war, and the democratic can.
didate for vice president on the ticket with
Gen Cass, now lives in Carrollton, Ky.
Monday last, January Is, was YER
mont's Centennial Anniversary, having
been declared Free and Independent
State, by Congress, then in session at Phil
adelphia, January Is, l777. We saw nc
note of the fact in yesterdays Free Press.
Guess its almanac is out Of order.-St
Adams AdUertiSer.
The irresponsible editor is at it again.
There is great anxiety in Gloucester ms
to the fate of large number Of their fish
ing fleet. now long overdue. They were
ali exposed to the terrible December
gales, and, as nothing has been heard
from them since, and those vessels that
have returned were badly damaged by the
worst weather ever encountered, there is
but little hope that the remainder viii
ever come back. There are some dozen
other missing vessels, whose crews num-
Der from 5 to IL men each, most Of whom
leave large families.