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PULLED TO PIECES.
Frightful Accident in Baltimore Shot
Tower.

Frightful Accident in a Baltimore Shot
Tower.
This morning, says the Baltimore Ga
Sette of a recent date, q startling report
that an employee while at work IN the
shot-tower, on the southeast corner OF
Fayette and Front street, had been
mashed to pieces and instantly killed,
was rapidly circulated throughout al
parts of the city. The engineer, William
Barker, who Witnessed the occurrence,
conducted the reporter into the room
where it happened, and explained to him
| the precise manner In which the unfor-
tunate man met his death. According
to the engineers statement this room,
which is very large one and situated
on the lower floor of the tower, is used
for rolling balls and polishing shot and
hoisting them to the room above. For
this rolling and polishing process an en-
CINE Of twenty-horse power is used.
There were three men in this depart
ment at work at the time, VIZ: Mr..
William Barker, the engineer; a young
man named George Kelly, and the man
who was killed, George Conner. At
the time of the accident the engineer
was at his post at one end of the engine,
watching and conducting its operations,
while Kelly and Conner were engaged
In taking the rollers used LII polishing
the balls off the frame, near the engine;
Connor had one of the rollers uplifted In
his arms when he stumbled or missed
his footing and fell backward, his head
striking upon the wooden frame of the
engine and coming Immediately under
the crank to which the engine is attached,
the engine itself being then in rapid mo-
ton, and in an instant his head was lit
orally chopped off by the revolving
crank, which passed over the head sew
eral times, grinding it to pieces before
the engineer could stop the engine, and
run to his assistance; when he did SO it
was too late The poor fellow uttered
not cry or a groan. The engineer says
that when he looked around and saw
Connor's head under the crank his
heart was in his mouth, and for a
time he was completely unnerved; that
" all was over In a second of time"
The body of poor Conner presented
to the eye most sickening and repul-
sive appearance. The head and face
were mashed into a jelly, and merged
into one; the left arm was broken and
torn from it's socket-joint, and the flesh
horribly mutilated; the right arm was
also fractured and the integuments
lacerated. The chest and abdomen had
been ripped open, the latter being liter
ally eYiscerated, aud lungs, liver, intes-
tines, and other viscera being thrown to-
gether in shapeless, sickening mass,
from which the spectator turned with
shudder and with sensations of horror.
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Curious Customs.

Virginia still retains some singular
laws upon her statute book 1T is, for
instance, a penal offence there to tshoot
or kill a hooking bird" It ought to be
the same to shoot or kill any song-bird,
as such creatures are rarely tit for human
food, and to Intentionally iniure them is
an act of disgraceful inhumanity.
Nightingale's tongues used to be con-
sidered delicacy among the ancients,
however, just as lampreys fed upon the
bodies of slaves were, at one time, among
the Romans. Fortunately, such cratic
dainties have 'sgone out" and are no
more to be found on the bills of fare of
palaces, than pearls dissolved in vine
the costly beverage that Cleopatra
sbrewed" for her lover Antony.
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Fate of a California Aeronaut.

A newspaper printed in 1873 relates
this story, which possesses peculiar IN
terest at this time, in view OF the recent
disappearance Of the aerOnaut Donald
son and his young companion, Mr.. Grim
wood:
There is in Kansas, or was up to three
years ago, a newspaper society called
the Rod Ellis Friends. !" The society
was founded to perpetuate the name and
doings of reporter named Ellis, who
made his name famous on the Pacific
coast by his startling adventures, and
whose career finally closed with a bal
loon ascension. It seems that gentle
man who had made one OF two ascensions
had advertised to go up from fair
ground at certain day, and that large
crowd assembled to witness the expedl-
ton. Ellis was sent to make a report of
the affair, and he took it into his head to
have ride with the professor and write
up his experience. His company was
accepted, and when the hour approached
he took his seat in the car.
The balloon was inflated, but just as
it was ready to rise the professor had
some excuse to leap out. Eased of his
weight so suddenly, the balloon jerked
away from the men, and Ellis alone went
skyward. The man knew all about
newspaper business, but he was ignorant
as to aerial navigation. He, however,
took things as cool as if nothing had
happened. There was no wind below,
and while the balloon hung over the
grounds, half mile above the heads OF
the excited crowd, the following message
came floating down: CT am all right,
and intend to see the thing through.
Tel the - CHS newspaper) to look out
for telegram from me tonight" 1t
was about o'clock in the afternoon OF
June day, and the balloon and its freight
finally foated away to the northwest,
and at last was lost to view. No one IN
that crowd over saw poor Ellis again.
In fact, it was months and months be-
fore he was heard of. Days passed, and
letters were written, kilograms sent, but
there was no news of the balloon for a
week. Then a hunter found this mes
sage on the prairie Am still all right,
and am having heaps of fun. have
found the valve cord and can descend
whenever I wish but l am going
to see the thing down to a fine point. T"
He did. Months and months afterward
a hunter passing through forest few
miles from the Santee agency, on the
line between Nebraska and Dakota,
found the wreck of balloon hanging to
tree, and, half covered with leaves, the
skeleton of Robert Ellis.
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Resting.

As nation, Americans are notoriously
an active, restless race of people. Each
minute must turn out coin of less or
greater denomination, or must add to
the laurels of our brows, else the poor
house is brought into the imagination,
or the spectre of fameless name haulnts
our sleeping and our waking hours.
We begrudge ourselves the respite of
the legal holidays, and, if it were wholly
a matter of choice and were considered
to be the proper thing to do, we would
even toll on the Sabbath, ii we could
thereby increase our stock of gain or
fame. Of all the evils which spring
from love of money, none are more to
be deplored Shan that inordinate desire
for wealth or fame which is gratifed at
the expense of health. We must rest.
Take life easier. Carry our vacations
along with us-not postpone them until
too late. Nature demands daily rest.
She viii have it or ruin impends. The
increase of paralysis and apoplexy is
not due to extraneous and accidental
causes, by no means. We bring them
upon ourselves by our habitual "dig-
ging." We exhaust ourselves In a few
years, and then death gathers us In the
twinkhng of an eye. AS a people we
need education In the science of "taIx-
ing rest" It is a science, absurd as il
may seem, and it has its laws, which
must be needed. It is not an infre
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A Specific for DIarrhea.

|
Considerable has been said In med
ical journals concerning the value OF
milk as remedial agent in certain dis
eases. An interesting article upon this
subject lately appeared in the London
| Milk Journal, IN which it is stated, on
authority of DIR. Benjamin Clarke, that
in the East Indies warm milk is used to
great extent as q specific for diarrhea.
A pint every four hours viii check the
most violent diarrhea, stomachache, in
cipient cholera and dysentery. The
milk should never be boiled, but only
heated sufficiently to be agreeably warm
not too hot to drink. Milk which has
been boiled is not fit for use. The
writer gives several instances to show
the value of this simple substance in ar
resting this disease, among which is the
following:
cit has never failed in curing in six to
ten hours, and / have tried it, / should
think, fifty times. I have given it to a
dying man, who had been subject to
dysentery eight months, latterly accom-
panied by one continual diarrhea, and it
acted on him like charm. In two days
his diarrhea was gone, and In three
weeks he became hale, fat man, and
now nothing that may hereafter occur
will ever shake his faith in hot m ilk. A
writer also communicates to the Medical
Times and Gazette statement of the
value of milk in twenty-six cases of
typhoid fever, in every one of which
its great value was apparent. It checks
diarrhea and cools the body. People
suffering from diseases require food as
much as those In health, and much more
so in certain diseases where there is a
rapid waste of the system. Frequently
all ordinary food, in certain diseases, is
rejected by the stomach, and even
loathed by the patient but nature, ever
benefcent, has furnished food that in
all diseases is benefcial-in some direct
Iy curative. Such food is milk" The
writer In the journal last quoted, DIR.
Alexander Yale, after giving particular
observations upon the points above men
toned, namely, it's action in checking
diarrhea, it's nourishing properties and
it's action III cooling the body, says !:
"We believe that milk nourishes in
fever, promotes sleep, wards off delirium,
soothes the intestines, and, in fine, is the
SHE qua uOu LII IJpuOIu 10VoI.
Another writer in the same journal
says eve have also lately tested the
value of milk in scarlet fever, and learn
that it is now recommended by the
medical faculty in all cases of this often
very distressing children's disease. Give
all the milk the patient will take, even
during the period of the greatest fever.
1t keeps up the strength of the patient,
acts well upon the stomach, and is in
every way blessed thing in this sick
ness. Parents, remember it, and do not
ficted with this disease
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Judging Horses.

The purchasers OF horses for The
French army always endeavor to obtain
first look at the animal when he is tran
quill and in the stable ; noting if the
animal supports itself equally well on all
its legs, and if one seems to yield, to
especially examine it. Attention is then
directed to the largeness of the pupil of
eye, which ought to be more exposed to
full light. After the animal has been led
out of the stable, the eye ought to be
again examined observe, has the pupil
contracted-if not, the sight is feeble.
Others, to test the power of vision, feign
to strike the forehead with the hand. If
the hollow over the eyes be profound and
temples gray, old age is to be concluded.
Wounds about the temples suggest at
tacks of staggers, and when the end of
the nose presents circular scars, it may
be concluded that the horse has been
twitched with cord to insure his quiet
ness while being shod, or having to sub
NIT to severe painful operations Jour-
nal of Agriculture.
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JEFF. DAVIS.

Re is Invited and Accepts the Invitation
to Deliver the Address at the Fair of the
Winnebago Agricultural Society.
Rockford Nl) Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
The excitement caused this morning
on the announcement of the Secretary of
the Winnebago Agricultural Society that
JEFF. Davis was going to deliver the an
nual speech at the fair on the 18th prox.
may more easily be imagined than de-
scribed. Your correspondent does not
feel at liberty to comment upon the
matter, whether it is wise or not for the
banner county of the North to invite JEFF.
Davis to speak at their annual exposi-
ton. Public opinion, III due time, will
demonstrate. The bare announcement
has caused sensation that is rarely or
ever witnessed, and it must be remem-
bered that it is an event of more than
ordinary Importance to the North. The
following is copy of Mr.. Davis auto
graph letter of acceptance
A P. Kimball, Secretary Winnebago Agricultural
Society:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 5.
Ny DEAR SR-Yours of the LIST inst. has been
received, and [ have the honor to accept the
invitation to address the patrons of the Indus
trial Association of Winnebago County at their
meeting in September next, and, unless pre-
vented by some unforeseen cause, will be with
you on the 18th prox., the commencement day
of your exposition. Your previous letter on
the same subject would have been promptly re-
piled to but for the uncertainty which existed
then and until several days past as to the proba-
bility of arranging some business matter as to
permit of my absence at the time specified.
nave long desired to revisit your country and
witness the wonderful development which has
been made since I leftit. 1t was then wilder
ness occupied by savages. The courteous in
vitation is therefore doubly welcome. With
cordial thanks to yourself and associates, am,
respectfully and truly yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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quent thing to hear people who inherit
wonderful amount Of energy, so-called,
sheer at those who leave their business,
or their pulpit, or their Office every sum-
.mer season, for brief release from care,
but such persons, so wise and SO strong,
are rather to be pitied than blamed.
They are ignorant of physical laws.
They .sagely pronounce a man weak
ling who pursues such course, but we
submit it to rational public if they
themselves are not the short-sighted
ones and wretchedly In the wrong.
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are not entitled to any great weight, it
seems to me that eggs have got to come
down. Agreat current of eggs is setting
toward this point from dozen different
directions, and even if the calling In Of
bonds and the sale of surplus gold don't
produce lower prices, / cannot see why
figures should go up"
She reached into the pickle barrel,
nipped cucumber, and went away Won
dering why her husband never knew
anything. Detroit Free Press.
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The Northumberland Of a Marine
Novelty.
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.1
The new screw steamer Montana of
the Williams & Guion line, which, ar
rived at this port yesterday afternoon
after passage Of about eight days and
half from Queenstown to Sandy
Hook, is, perhaps, the pioneer of new
style of ocean-going passenger and
freight steamer. She is clipper built,
her sides being smooth, to offer the least
resistance to the water. Her model, de-
signed by Mr.. Stephen B. Guion, the
managing director of the line and the
superintendent engineer, is peculiar IN
the formation of her ends and her sides,
she having long, hollow bow, intended
to throw the water off instead of allow
ing it to come aboard the ship, while the
sides are, as nautical men term it, tum-
BILE home sides, = having " fall in " OF
seven feet on each side from the turn OF
the bilge; this formation is calculated to
combine great strength with safety, as
the ship is much easier in seaway than
the usual model. The following are her
principal dimensions: Length over all,
495 feet; breadth of beam on main deck,
As feet; depth of hold, 33 feet. She
has four decks, including the hurricane
deck. She is brig-rigged, and can show
large amount of canvas when she has
her staysails and trysail set.
Her enthusiastic commander says she
can sail Like witch, and believes he can
beat anything crossing the Atlantic.
She came across working her engines at
three-quarter speed, with an average OF
fifty revolutions of her screw, which
gave result of fourteen knots an hour.
With sixty revolutions, it is computed
she would make sixteen knots. Her
engines are of the direct acting com
pound class, with one high pressure
cylinder inverted, two low-pressure
cylinders horizontal, with surface con
densers. One cylinder is of so inches
diameter, and two are of 113 inches,
with 42-inch stroke. The engines are
of 900-horse power nominal, but may be
worked up to 4,200. Her shaft is %
inches in diameter.
The saloon is situated forward of the
funnel, and is sumptuously fitted. She
can accommodate 70 saloon passengers,
1913 in the second cabin, and 200 steer
age passengers, and all the modern i'm.
rrovements have been adopted for then
comfort.
The Montana on her return trip made
the voyage from New York to Queens
town in eight and oAe-half days.
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This Man Ought to be a Banker.

She said she'd take dozen of eggs,
but while the grocer was counting them
out she asked the price. He told her,
and she shrieked:
Seventeen cents?"
eyes, ma'an.
Why, that's outrageous p
"Well, it's hard times, and everything
is up"
She sat down on sugar barre, sighed
several times, and asked if eggs were
likely to be lower or higher.
81 don't claim to be prophet" he
replied, as he twisted sheet of paper
into the shape of funnel, 6 b1l5 dare
say that they'll be down to 16z cents in
less than week, and perhaps go lower.
Trade, which is naturally depressed dur
ing July and August, is looking up a
little. Our exports of gold are now
equaled by our imports. The calling ID
of bonds puts more ready money afoat,
and capitalists are much more hopeful
this week than last. The crops are
about ready to move, navigation pros
poets are brighter, and public confidence
in financial measures is rapidly return
ing. One thing moves around another,
you see, and though, as said before, ]
am not fnancier, and my predictions
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Historical Items.

The original manuscript of Washing
tons Farewell Address was sold at auc-
ton, In Philadelphia, to a citizen OF New
York, for So, 800, Feb. IL, 1850.
The phrase tThunders of the Vati-
can" was first used by Voltaire In France
In 1748. The Vatican, which is the resi-
dence of the Pope, is said to contain
1000 rooms. The library In it, founded
A. d. 1448, is noted for it's collection of
manuscripts. The nuEber of books is
comparatively small.
VOLUNTEERS were first raised in En-
gland in 1894, in view of threatened
invasion by France. In the United
States, on the breaking out of the Mexi
can war, Congress authorized the enlist
ment of $4,000 volunteers. A much
larger number responded, but less than
10000 were actually needed or enrolled.
The first white man who visited the
present site of Chicago was the French
Jesuit missionary Marquette. This was
liz the year 1878. In the following year
he camped there. Subsequently, there
was a French trading post there. In
1904, the government built fort near
the mouth of the Chicago river. This
fort was more than once abandoned be-
cause of trouble with the Indians, and
was once destroyed by the savages, but
was again rebuilt. In 1880 the town
was surveyed and laid out. There were
at that time about dozen families in
the settlement, beside the officers and
soldiers of the fort.
The construction of the great Chinese
wall only occupied ten years, but during
that time millions of men were employed
upon it. This wall is 1900 miles long,
from 20 to 25 feet high, and SO thick
that six horsemen can ride upon it
abreast. It is in many parts built In the
most substantial manner, especially at
the eastern extremity, where it extends
by massive levee into the sea. In this
portion, it is said, the workmen were re-
quired, on pain of death, to fit the stones
SO exactly that nail could not be driven
between them. In some parts the wall
is of earth only. This wall does not
surround the empire, but is built on it's
north and north east boundary. 1t was
built to keep out the Tartars. Suisse
qnently, by the accession to the throne
of an Emperor of Tartar descent, the
wall became useless. It is now, in many
places, a ruin 1t has been said that the
materials used in building this would
build wall six feet high and two feet
thick twice around the world.
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CHILL CUKE SAFE AND SURE. DR..
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no poison It acts promptly and its effects are
permanent. It is cheap, because it saves doc
tors bills. It is harmless, speedy in action and
delightful in its effects. Try it and prove all
that's said. WHEELooK, FINIAY & Co., Pro-
prietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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AT this season of the year cramps and
pains in the stomach and bowels, dysentery,
diarrhma, &C., are quite common, and should
be checked at once. JOllaSonS AYa0dyne LiTai-
q7oent is the best article that can be used in all
such cases. and should be kept in every family.
Used internally
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GREAT harm and discomfort is caused
by the use of purgatives which grippe and rack
the system. Parsons PurgGtiUe Pals are
free from all impure matter, and are mild and
heaIth-giving in their operation.
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A Constructive CURED-When death was hourly ex-
pccted from Consumption, all remedies having
failed accident led to discovery whereby Dr. H. James
cured his only child with preparation of CaandbfS m
dica He gives recipe free receipt of two stamps
to pay expenses There is not single symptom OF Con-
sumption that it does not dssipateNght Sweats. Irri
tation of the Nerves. Difficult Expectoration sharp Pains
Bowels, and Wasting of the Muscles. Address GRAD
DOCK co. 1882 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Civ
ing of this paper.
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Mark Twain OutdOne.

New Haven Correspondence New York SUM-
At quarter past 10 this morning an
ancient mariner sat at the end of Long
Wharf, which is mentioned in old
Biographies as one of the raarvels of
tho town along with Yale College. A
small cataract dripped down his back
from the stern of his old ulster, we
and as the steamboat passed on it's way
to New York, he turned to compan-
ion who sat beside him on the string
piece:
Talk about pilotin' Capt. lite An
drews was the pilot for you"
g Was he better'n they have now?"
s'Better Capt. lite 'ould walk up
into the Travellers pilot-house the dark
est night that ever shut in, nail up all
the windows, tie down all the curtains,
steer by the watch and compass, and
land her In New York without waking q
passenger"
els he dead?"
emo, he's Twin. y
I" Why amt he runnin' now ?"
"Well, his eyesight amt so good as
it used to be, AID so he's hauled off,
and SO the Traveller ought to be, she's
an old boat. She's almost as old as 9
brig I knowed once that used to sail out
o. Sag"
"How old was she"
"Well, dom know, just how old she
was, but she was SO rotten that the flynn
fish few right through her."
"lHumph [ don't hardly believe
that, Captain" said the young man:
how cou1d she float If she was that ROT,
ten ?"
cit seems she couldn't" said the
ancient mariner, " for she sailed abou
nine years ago and she hain't been heard
on since. =