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THE VEUA CRUZ.
t Tho Story of the Wreck by ti Survivor.
A New York dispatch of tho 4th says:
The Tribune has from Seaman Talbotb tho
following story of the wreck of the steam
er City of Vera Cruz: "About thirty miles
off shore," he says, "we began to ship
heavy seas, and water was found in the
hold. Fast as we could clear her Bbe filled
again, by another aea. Everything was
in a panicky state. The life-boats were
cut loose, ready for action, and all hands
. were supplied with life preservers. At
daylight Sunday tho boats were lowered
.and manned. They no sooner got their
cargo than thoy were overturned and
smashed to atoms against tho steamer, all
hands boing swept away or their lives
dashed out against the vessel's side.
Boat after boat was dashed to pieces in
the same manner until only a few of the
passengers would venture to leave the
steamer. The captain and officers lost
their lives in one of the boats. Every
thing was m perfect bedlam. People were
Hcrcaming and shrieking for help on all
aides. Tho steamer was broken' in two
and after a few surges she foundered and
went down, carrying with her all who were
on board. When 1 arose to the surface I
could sec now and then pieces of drift
stuff and sometimes one or two men and
a woman, who made no effort to save them
selves, and were drowned. In my sight a
mother and hor danghter were clasped
in each other's arms during the gale, and
they came ashore that way, drowned.
From that time until four in the after
noon, 1 could see occasionally one or two
men as they rose up on the crest of a wave.
It was useless to try to hold on to any
thing as tho sea would tear it from your
grasp and drivo you two or three fathoms
loclow tho surface, and when regaining
you would have to grasp something else.
I was compelled to dive or dodgo away
from pieces of drift stuff which would have
killed me if I wero hit by them. After
4 saw no one. The last time I saw Gen.
Torbert alive, ho was aft with Mr Owen,
who was saved with us. I uaw Gen Tor
bert again, dead, at Port Orange, where
he came ashore insensible. A boy found
him and dragged him up as far as he could
and ran for assistance. When they got
back he was dead. Tho bruises on his
head indicato ho was struck by drift stuff
and stunned. Ono of our number swam
from the wreck without tho aid of a life
preserver. Ho was entirely nude and
came ashore first. Wo are all more or
less bruised from the buffeting and strik
ing of theseas and driftwood-"
The body of a young man has come
ashore at Mantazas. It had only a shirt
and drawers on. A few miles further
south, the body of an old gentleman, who
appears to have been about fifty-eight or
sixty years old, was washed ashore togeth
er with thoso of an elderly lady, and a
young girl and child. It will gratify the
friends of tho drowned passengers and
crew to know that letters have been
found, and will be retained until further
inquiry ip made respecting them. Many
trunks have come ashore and been rifled,
but it is belioved that all the personal
property taken, or the greater part of it,
can bo recovered. It is deemed unfortu
nate that thero is no lifo-saving station on
this coast to protect wrecked property,
and prorent it from being lost or stolen.
No portion of the wreck has come ashore
except a sofa covered with red plush and
some pieces of furniture saved.
The passongers as far as I can loam,
are A. K. Owen, of Chester, Ta., Chief
'Engineer, employed by tho authorities cf
Mexico; J. A. Garcoa, a Cuban of Havana,
27 years of age, and two passengers whose
names could not bo learned, who wero to
arrive at St. Augustine to-day, have been
found.
Besides theso passengers there were a
i'oung lady, an old lady and three men
whoso names could not "be learned. The
officers and crow saved so far as known
ave- Charles Brandonbury, quartermaster,
aged thirty-five; Thos. Druggold, fourth
assistant engineer, acred 28, who resides
in New York.city. John Greenfield, boat
Kwain; Jas. H. Kolly, seaman, of Now
York, aged 23; Charles Smith, second as
sistant engineer, Baltimore, ago about 40;
threo sailors who refused to givo thoir
names, and Mason Talbot, seaman. It is
belioved ho is ono of tho seamen, who at
first rofused to give his name.
A cheap country seat a stump.
SWIMMING IN WINE.
Soniothttift for Wlno-Drlnkcrs to Koael
How Men Appear In tho Vats.
From 13rnEB,BEuroix,ftn Vlnoynrd.
Tho sight near at hand of "a stern
round tower of other days' admonished
mo that 1 was entering tho domain of
Chateau la Tour, ono of three reigning
houses of Haut Medoc, by decree of the
Bordeaux Chamber of commerce and the
suffrages of princely drinkers the world
over, ranking number one in a classifica
tion of a select sixty, chosen from the
many thousand vignobles of a district
where all is choice and fine. Surrounded
by a field of little, low vines as insignifi
cant to look at as many of the others,
stood a handsome chateau, with press
room, storehouses, stables, etc., close by,
while apart from ' all, and rising from
among the hop-'o-iny-thumb trellis, was
a stately, antique tower, giving dignity,
character, interest, and name to the place.
Jl gentleman of distinguished look, with
two ladies, was walking toward the house
as 1 drew near. I saluted him and asked
permission to walk about tho property.
"If Monsieur will be good enough to wait
a moment, the regisseur will bo here and
will conduct him." The regisseur, or
conductor, coming up, 1 was presented
and turned over to him. He showed me
the press houso. A pile of grapes al
ready stemmed and heaped in conical
form on the pressoir, and five or six men,
with trowsers rolled above the knees, were
trotting about in a circle, tramping the
pile under foot, beginning at tho outer
circumference and gradually contracting
their circuit until they met in tho middle
and on top of the cone. This they call
"fouler a pied" (crushing with feet).
There might be a cleaner way of doing
the thing. I don't think there could be a
fouler. The regisseur made no apology
for the sight, nor did the trotters seem
the least ashamed. Wherever wo went
that day, except at the Arerous farm and
Chateau Latitte, this mode of crushing
was in practice. It is said no other so
effectually crushes the pulp without "break
ing the seed. In fact, that it
i important for the quality of the
wine that it be trodden out with the naked
feet. It is also said, and very truljv.that
soap and water will cleanse the feet as
well as the hands. At one place I visited
I inquired of the workmen if they washed
their feet "before tramping on the grapes,
and they told me they did not. One of
them enlightened my ignorance by ex
plaining that wine had the power to fling
off all impurities, so that it was no sort of
consequence how free they made with it.
No doubt there is a good deal to be said
on the other side of this question of dirt
I confess that what I saw and heard dis
turbed my old notion at all events, the
Modoc vintagers acted ae if quite sure of
their chemical deductions, and would walk
with bare feet slap dash through puddle
and mud and mount the juicy hen) with
the assured tread of men firmly grounded
in their principles.
At tho "Hospice," at Bligny, in the
province of Burgundy, the property of
an endowed hospital in Bounej I lound the
arrangements excellent. The vats, which
are constructed like those at Medoc, only
lower and wider in proportion to their
height, held about a thousand gallons
each. Often it is necessary to resort to ar
tificial heat in aid of fermentation, but
so long as things work well in the vats
nothing of the kind is needed. But thero
is another mode of rousing up the slack
ening process, and at the same time bring
ing tho skins and seeds which have settled
to tho bottom into contact with the new
made alcohol, so that tho latter may com
bine well with the coloring matter they
contain. This consists in stirring up the
whole mass from bottom to top. It is
dono twico during tho process of fermen
tation. It needs a good one hour's hard
work each time. It is done by men. It
takes four men to doit well. As naked
as Adam when he was goodand then
they go in into the wine vat chin deep
they go in, and there, with feet and
hands, fingois and toes turn over, stir
about, and mix tho liquid that was get
ting clear with the pomace that was de
positing itself, and
Mako tho gruel thick and Blub,
And liko a hell broth boil and bubble
The nice, sweet Bordelaia man only
put, Ins foot.,,, but tho Buwndijw Wj.
in the wlioie nguiu. it, jo " p-.r
he new winn a full body. Jhoy cal lit
fermenting on tho skin. lie who ex
plained this to my sl018ie(LU'rn
avowed it with the simple frankness of a
Price cannibal who admit his i"8
for what he calls "long pork." But ho
Fn'eo people aro only heathens. At ttio
Hospice I first heard of this Grange cus
tom, but repeated inquiry afterward con
firmed the stoiy. Nor is the custom con
fined to Burgundy alone, or to ranee
alone. "Once," say they, "our wines
fermented on the skin only one or two
daya. and wero light m color and taste;
but the consumers of 1 ito years demand a
deeper color and richer taste, so in we go.
Stirring ud with po'e they tried, but the
warmth of' the human tody was wanting,
and the result, they fay, was not good;
besides, it was hard work.
An Old Lady Who Was "Posted on Liut."
From tho Detroit Frcn Prcefl.
Down at Howell, the other day, an old
woman about seventy years old boarded a
Detroit, Lansing and Northern train to
come to this city. Her baggage consisted
of a large covered basket, and she wouldn't
allow any hand to take it from her. She
had scarcely got seated when the passen
gers were startled by a .loud "Me-owl" in
in the car, quickly followed by a "per
wow" and other "wows" too numerous to
mention. While, all were searching to
discover tho cat, the old lady sat as stiff
as a poker and looked straight ahead at
the stove pipe. Tho sound continued, and
a passentier peered around until he located
the cat in her basket.
"Madam, are you taking that cat from
one country to another?" he asked.
"What cat?" she snapped.
"Don't you know that under the laws of
this state," he went on, "a parson who
removes a full-grown cat from one-country
to another without the written permis
sion of the Swamp Land Commissioners
is liable to a fine of $100?"
"Good lands! but I didn't know that!"
she exclaimed, as she faced around.
"Women don't keep track of tho laws
as men do," he said. "Personally, I'd
like to see you take that cat through to
Detroit, but there may be some ono on this
train just mean enough to inform against
you, and have you arrested. I'd let her
out. if 1 were you."
"Yes, I will, for I don't want to break
anv law at my age."
She fumbled "about the basket for a
minute, and all of a sudden the cat jump
ped out. She allighted upon the head of
the man who put up the job, gave him
several sharp digs, and then leaped from
one to another like a squirrel, biting,
spitting and clawing as she went. Every
body rose up and yelled everybody but
the old woman. She sat like a
statue, afraid of being suspected. When
the feline had gone to the length cf the
car, she turned to an open window, shot
out like a bullet, landing right side up,
and making tracks for a barn, in a field.
"Who brought that cat aboard? 1 de
mand the name of the person who owned
that cat!" shouted the man whose head
had felt the claws until the blood ran.
No one answered. Several passengers
looked straight at the old woman, who
stood it for a minute and then lifted up
her basket and called out:
"If anybody wants to look among the
dried peaches in this basket for cats, he
may do so; you needn't all look at me as
if I lived in the wooda, and didn't keep
posted on law."
Kuropo Alarmed at tho HoavySIiinmoits of
Gold to America.
Frnm tho ChicaRO Time.
The active resumption of gold ship
ments from Europe to the United
Stites is causing a decided sensa
tion in London, and on tho conti
nent. Germany more than any other
country feels the drain and has been com
pelled to stop gold payment at Bremen
and Hamburg. No surprise would bo
felt in any quarter if Germany should be
forced to resort to silver everywhere as le
gal tender, for its supply of the more
precious metal is known to be very small.
Confirmation of this is found in a telegram
from Berlin, which states that apprehen
sions of an impending change in tho cur
rency are increasing, and ihac Bismarck
favors the reintroduction of a bimetallic
currency. In England the newspapers
are discussing the probable magnitude of
the movement of gold westward this year,
and some alarm is manifested at the con
tinuous outlet.
Mr. Buskin's Boautiful Word Ploturo of
tho Pl7. of St. Mark's,
From the StorIc3 of Voircs.
Beyond those triors of ordeiol arches
there rises a vision out of tho earth, and
all the great square skeins to have opened
from it in a kind of awe, that we may eeo
it far awaya multitude of pillars and
white domes, clustered into a long, low
pyramid of colored light; a treasure-heap,
it seeun, partly of gold and partly of opal
and mother-of-pearl, hallowed beneath in.
to fire great vaulted porches, ceiled with
fair mosiao, and beset with sculpture of
alabaster, clear as amber and delicate a3
ivory, sculpture fantastic, and involved,
of palm leaves and lillies, and grapes and
pomegranates, and birds clinging and flut
tering among the branches, all twined
together into an endless net-work of bud3
and plumes; and in tho midst of it, the
solemn forms of angels, scepfiered, and
robpd by the feet, and leaning together
across the gates, their figures indistinct
among the gleaming of the golden ground
through the leaves besido them, interrupt
ed and dim like the morning light as it
faded back among the branches of Eden,
when first its gates were angel-guarded
long ago. And lound tho walls of the
porches there are sot pillars of variegated
stones, jasper and porphyry, and deep
green serpentine spotted with flakes ov'
snow and marbles, that half refuse and
half yield to the sunshine, Cleopatra-like,
"their bluest veins to kiss" the shadow,
as it steals back from them, revealing
line after line of azure undulation, as a
receding tide leaves the waved sand$
their capitals rich with interwer n tracery,
rooted knots of herbage, and drifting
leaves of acanthus and vine, and mystical
signs, all beginning and ending in the
Cross; and above them, in the broad arch
ivolts, a continuous chain of language and
of life angels, and the signs of heaven,
and the labors of men, each in its appoint
ed season upon the earth; and above these
another range of glittering pinnacles
mixed with white arches edged with scar
let flowers, a confusion of delight, amid
which the breasts of the Greek horses are
seen blazing in their breadth of golden
strength, and the St. Mark's lion, lifted
on a blue field covered with stars, until at
last, as if in ecstacy, the crests of the
arches break into a marble foam,
and loss themselves far into the blue sky
in flashers and wreaths of sculptured"
spray, as if the breakers on the Lido shore
had been frost-bound before they fell, and
the sea nymphr had inlaid them with cor
al and amethyst.
Host and Repair.
It may be safely assumed that those
have been mistaken who supposed that
physiological rest consists in inaction, and
that repair goes on during quiescence.
Nutrition and, therefore, repair is the
concomitant of exercise. Appetite is one
thing, the power to digest food another.
A man may feel ravenous, and consume
large quantities of material containing
tho elements of nutriment, but be uuable
to appropriate the supply furnished, or,
in other words, to nourish himself. It is
not so with rest. More inaction may be
secured without rest, and idleness with
out the restoration of energy. The facul
ty of recovery and recuperation after
exercise is in direct proportion to the
vitality of thfi nvfun rnur.nd. Thin fnmiltv
is not to be called into action by inactiv
ity! It follows that relief and recovery
from tho effects of what is improperly
called "overwork" cannot be obtained by
simply "going away for change" or by in
dulgence in idleness. A new form of ex
ercise is necessary and tho mode of action
chosen must be one that supplies moder
ate exercise to the very part of the system
which it is required to "rest" and re
store! Healthseekers often err in trying
to recover their powers by simple diver
sion of energy. It is a popular error to
suppose that when tho brain is overworked
tho muscular systom should be exorcised
by way of counteraction. Tho part itself
must be worked 30 as to stimulate the
faculty of nutrition; but it should bo set
to fresh work, which will incite the aamo
powers to act in a new direction.
Is It Fosslblo
Thnt ft remedy mado of buoIi common, nimplo
plnntB a Hops, Buohu, Mandrake, Dandelion,
A;o., rrj'ako bo many and Buoh marvelous anel
wonderful ourea as llop Bitters do? It must
bo, for whon old and young, rich and poor,
PaBtor and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor, all
testify tohavinfj been cured by them, we minst
believe find doubt no longer. Bee other
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