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{if The pilotboat Issac Webb, No. 8, left Sandy Hook, near New York, at two 1*. is. on a recent Monday, and at fair o'clock the next morning, when forty miles south oi Block island, passedelose by a floating wreck, barely showing above the surface of the water, No sign of life was visible, but the yawl was get out and pulled close to the bow . of the vessel. By the light of the moon it could be seen that it was a bark lying completely on her beam ends, with but ‘I small portion of her port side above the water. A man sprang from the yewl on to the wreck and trod upon whet he supposed to be a pile of wreck etnfl'snd canvas, but to his astonish- ment and fright the mass rose up with a cry of alarm. In the pale moonlight it e peered so much like an apparition tthe crew of the yawl were for a mgr-pent seared completely out of their w: Recovering themselves they looked and saw not a. ghost, but two human beings wrapped in canvas reschâ€" ' , out their hands for help. The poor I owe, when they realized that de- liverance was at hand, pointed to the side of the vessel beneath their feet and said, in broken English, “ One man in- side. The pilotmen put their ears to the s 1; indicated and heard the voice of 3 men being calling in heartrend- lung tones for help. The rescuers had 0 I the slippery side of the vessel, washed by the sea, to stand upon, and there were four inches of plank, eight or ten inches of oak timber and four in- ches of ceiling to be cut through with a dull axe before they coan reach the im- prisoned man- f‘ Manual tried first. and on the gocond attem t succeeded in ranching the open hit. his was on Sunday afternoon. I tried twice, and was almost Jrownod be- fore I could get back again. I had a turd struggle to get m hood Hm I: the Semis boxes. Id: remit-:51: Saturda we ship on the bark Sarah. of New lord, or a whaling voyage of two years. The crew numbered twenty- flve men all told. We left New Bedford Saturday morning at seven o'clock, the weather at the time looking very stormy, wind northeast, blowing a stiff breeze, which at {our P. M. incrmed to a gale. We commenced to take in sail and reel. At half-past live we hove to on the port tack, the wind blowing a hurricane and a (rightful sea running. About two hours later a tremendous sea struck the bark and capsized her on her beams ends. There were seven of us below it: tho tmstle at the time. The sea rushed in and filled the forecastle in a moment, cutting 03‘ our escape to the deck. We smuggled {or life and managed to keep our reads above water clinging to float~ ing chests. “ We called to each other and found that there were six oi us aliveâ€"five men . and one boy. One man, a brother of1 Alvis, (Tied a little while after. The boy died the next morning. The four of us yet alive clung to the sail tier, with the water up to our chins. By prying open the lid of a floating chest we founda small bottle of sweet wine and about elght'apples. We ate the apples and each one of us took a drink of the wine. The cock was (1 ing. He begged for more wine. 6 gave him another swallow, and a little while after he died. We pushed his body down under the water. as we wanted the space. There was only about eighteen inches to two feet of s ace between the water and-the side, an the floating chests and stufl‘ ‘ammed our heads and bruised our lies dreadfully. We had fresh air enough through a broken deck light, which occasionally rose above the water. Believing we must die it we remained in this horrible place, we decided to try and find the scuttle and reach the deck. The scuttle was about ten feet under water from where we were clinging. “Mans-mil lu’nfl nrn‘ no.1 A“ u... ..... j Taking the sufferer into the yawl the puty returned to the pilotboat and did. what'they could to aid the rescued sail- ors, lrom one of whom, Joseph Rois, they obtained the following story of thou shipwreck: ",Our names are Joseph G. Reis, Manuel Alvin and Henrique Gancavis, 2119! the Cape‘de Verde islands. Last ' But the sailors were not disheartened by the difficulties of the situation, and, having taken the two men to the pilot boat, they returned to the wreck and commenced cuttin through the oak and iron fastenings of evessel’sfiide. They could still hear the despairing cry of the aimed exhausted man. Believing each other at intervals, they continued to cut and saw, and after two hours’ incessant toil succeeded in making a hole through which they could speak to the poor fellow within,-who cried out that the .water was rising and almost strangling him. Redoubling their efforts, they finally made a hole large enough to ad- mit 01 the passage of a man, and drew from the darkness below the swollen and almost lifeless body of Henrique Gancavis. When asked if any others of the crew still survived, he answered, “ go}. they are all dead. ” The following account of a disaster which occurred to a whaling vessel from New Redford. Mass, rivals the fictions o! the most graphic writers and appeals far more strongly to one's sympathies thaneonld an imaginary tale of ship- wreck and en ering. The ill-{steel ves- sel, it will be seen, was caught in a hurricane the day she left port, and in a few hours capsized by the force of the wind and waves and left adrilt on the raging sea. A majority of the crew were Iwopt overboard at once, and of the re- maining little band out 01! by the incom. ifimters only three were saved, after sting far worse than death. A de- tailed account of the finding of the sink. ing but, the rescue o! the three per- ilhing sailors and their own story of they snflferings is given glory. OIW o} 30; ‘spd Twenty-two Mo- Burned-Tit» Port-hill inflor- an. end In. no Wreck. STORY 01" A WBBCKED BARK. A man who was in the habit of talk- ing to himself, being asked by his wife why he did so, remarked that he liked to converse with a man of "use. , V _, . -â€"--v- At one of tfzese caverns we met with an old savage, who told us he had for- merly assisted in cooking thirtiipemons. He seemed, like the “Last instrel,” greatly to regret and that There are still old cannibals in exist- enoe. 0n the day that we visited the cavern I was introduoed to one of them, who is now living not very far from his former dwelling-place. He is a man of about sixty years of age. In former days, when he was a young man, dwell- ing in the cavern, he captured, during one of his huntin eXpeditions, three young women, and' tom these he select- ed the best-looking as a partner for life â€"-the other two went to stock the larder. This union, notwithstanding the strange circumstances attending it, proved to be a happy one, the lady soon reconcilin herself to her new mode of life, an settling down in the cavern, where I was shown the oorner which she and her husband formerly occupied. Her son, a fine strapping youth, brought us some milh on the‘day of my visit. ’tent with hunting and reying upon [their enemies, but prey much upon each other also; for many of their cap- . tnres were made from amongst the peo- % ple of their own tribe; and, even worse ‘ than this in time of scarcity their own wives an children became the victims of this horrible practice. If a wife proved lazy or quarrelsome she was speedil disposed of, or a or ing baby would 9 in a like way silences, and any member of the community showing signs of sickness or of bodily infirmity. would not be allowed to linger or fall 011‘ in condition. Such were the ractioes of these ]people ; and although it is now common y reported that they had for many years given up this mode of life, I saw that the custom has not been alto- gether abandoned, for amongst the numerous bones were a few that appear- ed very recent. They were, apparently, those of a tall bony individual, with a skull as hard as bronze. In the joints of these bones the marrow and fatty substances were still evident, showing, but too plainly, that many months hadl not elapsed since he met his fate. ‘ Their mode of living was to send out hunting parties, who con- cealed themselves among the rocks and bushes, and lay in ambush near roads, drifts, gardens, and watering-places, for the purpose of surprising women and children, travelers, boys in search of lost came, etc. _ But they were not con- We left Thaba-Bosigo early one morn- ing, writes a traveler in South Africa, and passing along the Beria heights, reached the deserted mission-station of Cana. Having obtained some natives as guides, we again set of for the canni- bal cavern. which was about two miles distant. Upon our arrival at the moun- tain above the cavern, we left our horses in charge of a native, and descended a steep and rugged toot-path. or rather. I should say, a hand-and-foot-path, for the hands had quite as much todoin traversing it as the feet; and by dint of [ holding on to tufts of grass, rejecting rocks, etc., and by slipping, s iding and 1 scrambling, we at length arrived upon a grassy ledge, in the face of the clifi, ‘where we could stand without the ne- ‘ cessity of holding on. On turning to the right of this ledge, the scene opened out in all its grandeur; and certainly, in all'my life and wanderings, I never be- held a more savage-looking place. The cavern is formed by the overhanging cliff, and its entrance, a long, rugged, natural arc_h, extends along the whole face of the cave, which is in length about one hundred and thirty yards, and in breadth about one hundred yards The roof of the place, which is lofty and arched, is blackened with the smoke and sect of the fires of savages who formerly inhabited it. Its floor, strewn with the remains of what they had left there, consisted of heaps of human bones piled up together, or scattered at random in the cavern ; and thence down the sloping face of the rock as far as the eye could reach, the clefts and small level spots were white with the bones and skulls of human beings. Skulls, especially, were very numerous, and consisted chiefly of those of children and young persons. These remains told too true a tale of the purpose for which they had been used, or they were cut and hacked to pieces with what appeared to have been blunt axes or sharpened stones; the marrow- bones were split into small pieces, the rounded joints alone being leftnnbroken. On] a few of these bones were charred by e, showin that the prevailing taste had been for iled rather than for roasted meat. “There was a dead man (Joseph Bari-o) lashed to the rigging. I cut him adrift, as he mede me feel bad. Manuel said he saw a steamer about eight miles 06 the day before. We pulled some of the pieces of canvas up to where we were clinging and wrapped ourselves in it. We called to Henrique, who was still in the forecastle, to come out, but the r fellow couldn’t swim and worth n’t try. We tried to cut throu h the plank With a knife, but could on y dig the oakum out o! the seams, the plank was so hard. We kept a good lookout for vessels, and only dropped asleep at little before we were rescued. We believe all the rest of the crew were lost when the bark capsized, and it was so sudden and the wind and see. too much for a boat to live, even if one could be got out." Cannibal Caves in South Africa. ”The bigots of this iron time flu called his harmless life n crime.“ " That old times were changed, Qld mmnen 30110;" n n it: Bobs mingled with hnrrahe w ieh swelled forth, for many poor fel- lows had been buried in the trench nameless, and it was only by seeing their places filled by others that their families knew they had gone on their last, long journey. It was the some all along the line of march Showers of oi ttee and flowers and shoots of joy, nnt the regiment disappeared. - looking at the soldiers surveyed them as calmly as if they had not been the heroes of that winter passage of the Bal- kans. It was only by the wet eyes and eager, strained look of attention on the faces that their pride in these victorious soldiers and sorrow for those that were not here were exhibited. As for the soldiers themselves, they were ve quiet ; but as they marched by their ranks were broken. and women and children were mixed up with the rows of bayonets. Here I saw an old woman who had found her son. She was held- ing on to his coahsleeve and crying very quietly. Then came a young girl who had to run to keep up with the long-legged soldier beside her. She? was crying, too, and he was winking! hard and looking straight ahead of him. ' There were many little children, all eager, most of them in tears, but no one excited nor talking. As they passed through the gate an officer attempted to But these intruders out of the ranks: ut the ozarovitch forbade it, so the mothers and sisters and wives kept their places, and marched the three miles with the soldiers through the mud, re- ceiving fresh installments by the way, so that at last there was quite a crowd of families. As they passed down the street flowers began to rain upon them. Each of the commanders was crowned by the grand duchesses, and almost every bayonet had wreaths or bouquets A St. Petersburg letter, describing the return of a regiment of Russian soldiers from the camgaign against Turkey says: The Russian peasant is an nnéemonstrative fellow. He pos- sesses the quality of self-control in a very high degree. Those who were looking at the soldiers uni-waved thnm nmns are too crowded, we can alwaye flnd room in the waste basketâ€"Cincin- naéi Breakfast Table. -â€" â€"vâ€"vv wâ€" , Now comes the lingo? full And Jennie's married mo er (snow, And we don't mm the woods at :11.“ At some length Pearl proceeds to speak of the "dainty red-bug," and works in much “flowing-water " and “ sweetening flowerets," but life is too short to take in all its excellencies. The rhythm, which is flexible enough to make a seven and s fourteen syllable line rhyme together, and not make a man who is reading it stop to catch his breath between bases, isits strong point. Other contribni inns must go over till we can reach them. but we assure every anxious act on our honor as an editor that at east part of every poem sent shall be inserted. Whenever our 001- We have space for only one more, so we give “ Pearl Dallas ” a chance. Sweet Pearly steps forth and thnsly warbles: " Jennie and I, in the summer time soft, In the glsdsomo month of J une, Paved together by the brookside hen t e merry singing feathered song- sters were in tune. “ But. times hue changed since then; Now comes the llmzerinz (s11. The next comes all the way from Michigan in a blue envelope with the snperscription written diagonally, and sealed with flour paste. It says, “ By Josie-phine," and the first four lines are ssiollows: “ October glows on every cheekâ€" October shines in every eye, While up and down the hill and dale Her crimson bsnners ere let fly." By Josephine, we have heard of peo- ple with bad eyes, but imagine all Michigan with Octobers in their eyes, and crimson banners let fly up and down all the hills and dales. . Josie, turn your talent to washing dishes. Time when comes the mending of eaves! Fading, ever fading autumn." It will at once be perceived that “Doitue " is a poet of no mean order. A poet who can take falling leaves, the lowing beeves and broken eaves, and bake them into a poetical pancake, and pour over it the syrup of flowing rhythm ls possessed of genius. We have no hageh criticism of “ Doitue." ‘ The odes to autumn are coming in rapidly. There are too many of them to print in full, but we give a verse or so from each, merely for the purpose of encouraging the writers and pointing out defects. We have elected Gun-self goth: director, andâ€"but we begin. ere is the first one from “ Doitus :" “Time when comes the falling of lanes! ' Time when comes the lowing of heaven! Time {he}; comes the mending of eaves! For oursefies, we have none of that sort of meanness that would keep down panting genius lest it rise above and be- fond us, and we are detormineu that as any as our good right armdoes not fail us, and we are reâ€"eleoted by e them-imi- nating public to edit a newspaper, the season poets shall have a chanceâ€"by the (its? Grand Master of poetry, so they 5 1 Bugging Soldiers Returning Home. The moment a mum is satisfied with himself. everybody is dissatisfied with him. There are many shining quali- ties in the mind of man, but nonsso useful as discretion. If we do not flat- ter ourselves, the flattery of others will not hurt us. The man who minds his own‘business has a good steady employ- men ~ style. Little mate to match, for the top of the bureau, on which to set a lamp or glass of water, make a very tasty finish to a chamber, and every young lady or housewife would value such a gift, made by loving hands and nimble fingers for love's aake.-â€"Farmer’s Wife. worsted that is at the ends, and sus- pended bys cord, with balls of worsted to match, is (or hairpins. A straight slip of cardboard, five inches wide and five in length, with a crocheted bag at the bottom, the upper end out either pointed or s usre, a crocheted edge around it, an trimmed with cord and bells, hung on the other side of the mirror frame, is for the combings of the hair. The match safe is made of very pretty design, trimmed in the same style. Little mate to match. for the ton A very pretty present is a toilet set, made of silver or plain cardboard, and wrought in worsted. A hairpin cushion, hair receiver and match safe comprise the set, and are neat, pretty and useful. A piece of cardboard five inches square, sewed together in a roll, and stnfi‘ed with curled hair, with ends crocheted, some pretty design on one side,_ worked? with the same shade of In regard to the crossing of plants and fruits Vick's Magazine says : “ The fertilization by the Hon of the flower sheets the seed, an not the flesh, as a general rule. Many curious facts have been published showing, however, that the character of the flesh is sometimes changed by cross-fertilization. The con- trary, however, is the general rule. Two cherry trees may be growing side by side, or two strawberry plants; the fruit of each will retain its true charac- ter, but if the seed of either is sown, when the plants or trees bear fruit, it will be found to difi‘er from the fruit from which the seeds were taken, show- ing that the seed and not the fruit was changed by cross-fertilization." As soon as currents have cast their foliage, the young shoots may be taken OE and out into lengths of say six inches, and planted in rows, merely allowing the top bad of each to show above the sur- face of the soil. Tread them firmly, and when freezing weather approaches, sprinkle over a slight covering of long, strawy manure. '1‘ ey will mostly form roots before winter, and be prepared to start strong next spring. Some planters tie cuttings in bundles and bury until spring, when they are set out in rows, 9. but the former p n gives better satis- faction. Care should be used in securing good potting earth for plants, without insects or worms. A little tobacco or lime water will compel angle worms to come tothe surface, when they can be re- moved. If the ball of earth is slipped from the pot the .angle worms will be found on the outside and can be re- moved by hand. Young and quickly~fed animals have more water and fat in their flesh, whilst older and well-fed animals have flesh of a firmer touch and fuller flavor and are richer in nitrogen. The former may be more delicate, the latter will be more nutritious. Dahlias, gladioli, tuberosee and other plants that require winter protec- tion for their roots in oellnrs, should be taken up at once on their leaves getting injured by the first white frosts. Dah- liea may be put away at once, but gladioli and tuberoses should be pretty well dried before storing away, or they they may rot. . For some sorts of vegetables. aeJlet- tuoe, crese, mdiahes and others.‘ the Chinese system of keeping the soil can- tinuouely wet is the beat that can be adopted. It produces a crispness in ohe vegetables that is obtained only when there has been no check in the growth. To plant peach stones, dig a hole in the ground (say six or ,eight inches), plant as soon as the pulp is off; let them remain in the ground all winter. In the 3 ring take them 11 , crack the stones, p ant .the meat. l‘he first year they Will grow five feet. Damaged straw may be profitably used as a mulch at the rate of one ton to one and one-half tons to the acre. and will increase the yield. It is also highly beneficial when used over top-dressings of stable manure to preserve and absorb moisture. ' As a manure for Dutch bulbs, well‘ decayed sandy cow manure is the best ; but where this is not convenient] at hand, well decomposed aux-lace Boil row a forest growth will answer egobd’ pur- pose. ‘ ; ..~- --: r" A Frequen perfect and regular milking is a very e cient means .of promoting the flow of milk and preventing change in its quality for, so long as a large flow is maintain , so long will it maintain its earlier characteristics. Mr.‘ Elbert 8. Oat-man recommends protecting trees from mice during win- ter b); means of lath tied on with twine. Dry bark has been successfully used for the same purpose. _‘~ v w“ â€"‘ 00001, and secure [fem frost. Quiz the flowers of safl‘ron are useful, and 0y are gathered when in full bloom. Club-toot in cabbage is caused by the sting of an insect. A preventive is the free use of lime and phosphate manures. Boot is 3 power“; “(an Clay soils uqm‘miuod to beans. Caladium bulbymugt bq kept dry and ,AI -_J;_4, Faun. (Mue- and 0W?! Nona. curl-Imus Gifts: wvvmw “ml-VII 51ml. “mum m . ‘ "" The trees' In most of the and! north Md Nona. on groups have began oountod.‘1‘hoo The people of Ceylon bake and eat bees. If we were going to indulge in this kind of provender, we should want to know that the baker understood his business, for if a bee should mm am he had been swallowed-e! It is said that the left foot. of a left- handcd man is always longer than his right one, but when the old man reaches after Adolphus from the top stop he always sends the right foot, and in most cases it is long enough. “ Educate the nose,” says some writer on physical culture. A great many are sufficiently educated now to turn up a people who are their batters. The proverb “ a short horse is curried," must not be construed ‘ plying to mulea. The shortest at most careless with their feet. Appearances cannot always be relied on. Agfoun gmen may seem towear a fine god watoh- chain, girls, but after all it me be plated, and pinned into his vest poo et. Serpent skin shoes for ladies are the latest Paris novelty. Thus it is that they get even for the way the snake treated Eve. “ Why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? " We can tell you : he has got trusted for a new unit of clothes. Most women have need to whis er “lead us not into~tempfation” w on they see another with a new bonnet. Curd is alluded to as “ ofl'al from the dairy, " but it is an ofl‘al allusion. The foliage of the saplings is dark bluish-green in color, while the oldest trees frequent] ripen to a warm yellow tint like the ibocedrus. The bark is rich cinnamon brown, urpliah in young- er trees, and in aha y portions of the old, while all the ground is covered with brown burs and leaves, forming color masses of extraordinary richness, not to mention the flowers and nnderhrueh that brighten and bloom in their season.â€" John Muir, in Harper’s Magazine. The young trees wear slender, simple ‘ branches all the way down to the ground. ‘ put on with strict regularity, sharply as- piring at to , horizontal about half-way down, and rooping in handsome curves at the base. B the time the sapling is five or six hun ed years old, this spiry, feathery, juvenile habit merges into the firm rounded dome form of middle age, which in turn takes on the eccentric picturesqueness of old age. No other tree in the Sierra forests has foliage so densely massed, or presents cutlmes so firmly drawn and so constantly subordi- nate to a special type. A knotty, angu- lar ungovernable-looking branch eight or ten feet thick may often beseen push- ing out abruptly from the trunk, as if sure to throw the outline curves into confusion, but as soon as the general outline is approached it sto a short, and dissolves in spreading, ens iony bosses of law-abiding sprays, just as if every tree were growing underneath some huge umsrble bell-glass, against whose curves every branch is ressed and molded, yet somehow ind ging so many small departures that there is still an appear- ance of perfect freedom. “(I (Alznfln A! {Jan non‘hnm 3- A-..L About a hundred feet or more of the trunk is usually branchless, but its massive simplicity is relieved by the fluting bark furrows, and loose tufts and rosettes of slender sprays that wave lightlyon the breeze and cast flecks of shade, seeming to have been pinned on here and there for the sake of beauty alone. Yet so exquisitely harmonious are even the very mightiest of these mon- archs in all their proportions and cir- cumstances, there never is anything overgrown or huge-lookin about them, not to say monstrous; an the first ex- clamation on coming upon a group for the first time is usually, “ See what beautiful trees I” Their real godlike grandeur in the meantime is invisible, but to the laying eye it will be mani- fested sooner; or later, stealing slowly on. the senses like the grandeur of N iagara, or (if some lofty Yosemite dome. Even the mere arithmetical greatness is never guessed by the inexperieneed as long as . the tree is com rohended from a little distance in one armonious view. When, however, we approach so near that only the lower portion of the trunk is seen, and walk round and round the wide bulging base,then we begin to wonder at their vastness,and seek a measuring rod. Sequoias bulge considerably at the base, yet not more than is required for beauty and safety ; and the onlyreasonc that this bulging is so often remarked as excessive is because so small a section of the shaft is seen at once. The real taper of the'trunk, beheld as a unit, is perfectly charming in its exquisite flue- ness, and the appreciative eye ranges the massive column s, from the swelling mus~ cular instep to the lofty summit dissolv- ing in a crown of verdure, rejoicing in the unrivaled display of giant grandeur and; giant loveliness. trees, 30 situated as to he've- «gaggedâ€"{he destructive action of fire, are occa- sionally found measuring thirty feet in diameter. and very rarely one that is nigh larger. The average stature attained by’the big tree under favorable conditions is perhaps about 275 feet, with a diameter of twenty feet. Few full-grown speci- mens [all much short of this, while many are twenty-five feet in diameter and nearly 300‘1eet high. Fortunate L_--_ _ , .__,, W "-v“ on gran hove been counted. Then of the 0 over“ number twelve or thir- teen hundred; in the'Tnolnmne end Meroed groups there is lees then one hundred; in the well-known Meripoee grove, about six hundred; and in the North King's River grove, lees than half as many; but the Freneo gron , the largeet congregation of the next . occupies an area of three or four square miles. Cincinnati Breakfast Table Diet.