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“ Does the Princess want me to die?” ask ed Esben, in a low, tender tone. The beauteous damsel blushed rosy red but never a word spoke she. “Does the Queen want. me to die '3” 111 next asked. The Queen looked at her fair daughter, and s‘ae looked at Es'nen. He seemed more The King made a very wry face at this proposal, but the pigs was to be had at no other price. So getting leave to put his silk handkerchief over his month, he kissed the mare, handed over the thousand dollars md grasped the magic pipe. He put it; in his purse, buttoned this up in his pocket, and started home, but when he went to show the pipe he found he had fared no better than others. It was gone, and the King’s fury knew no bounds. That night the King told Esben he must die {gr bigwigkgd pranks. The pipe was not for sale, Esben said. Still the Princess might have it. for $300 [and a kiss for every dollar. The Princess made a. terrible fuss, but Esben got what he asked. She held fast to the pi,pe but before long it had slipped through her fingers. “ I don’t care to sell it,” Esben said ; “but you may have it for the thousand dollars, Your Majesty, if you will kiss the white mare standing behind yonder fir 4m..- ” Then he tried his pipe and soon they were ranged before him in rank and file like a. troop of soldiers. “ A pretty good pipe this,” says Esben. -He took his ease now, thinking and plan- ning, While the hares gamboled to their heart’s content. At eventide he drove them pegcefqllv back to the castle. The maul ofl'eted a hundred dollars for the pip_e. “-16 is not for sale,” said Esben but you may have it. So she got the pipe, but before she reach- ed_ the castle it was _gone. Her father said he would teach that hares first scampered away, then came trooping together at the sound of the pipe. He would give $1,000 for it, he said. The Eagle Pipe- There was a king in Norway, long, long “.go, who owned some wonderful bores. He Wanted a. keeper for them, and the word Was that only a. pretty bright sart of a. fellow need apply. The King and the Queen with their Prin- cess daughter watched him from the castle steps and counted the hares as the King might ; not one was missing. ‘-‘ He’s not a bad boy,” tfiought the Prin- cess. The next morning the Queen sent her maid to the wood to learn how the new keeper managed the hares. Esben wasn’t slow in showing her he pipe and what he could do with it. They sent the Princess the next day. She was as blithe as a. lark and as beautiful as the morning. Esben was happy to show her his treasure. She offered him $230 for it. At the foot of the castle hill lived a poor man with his three sons. The boys were growing, up fast, but never yet had earned their salt. Peter and Paul, the elder sons, found nothing near at hand good enough for them to do, and strutted. about like lords, waiting for an opportunity to prove what great men they were. At the castle the King promised him good pay if he would tend the hares. If he held out long enough he should have the Princess and half her kingdom. At the same time he thought it right to remind Esben how it had fared with his brothers. tree. Precigely what Bappened to Peter hap- pened to Paul, and neither could see that he was to blame. “ Esben, the youngest son. was an odd chap, always digging and delving, and try- ing to find the meaning of all the strange things in this strange world. His brothers laughed at him when he declared he could manage the King’s hares, for they thought he‘wasn’t likely to do better than they. His father didn’t. want another of his sons to wear the King’s red livery, but the lad was so determined to go that at last he got leave. He put some lunch in his scrip and off he started. On his way up the slope he met an old wqmgn, b_ow_ed ant; trembling with age. “ For the love of mercy, give me 5. mar sel to gatkpjly prettyAboyl” crieil ghe. ' '1‘7Wha5k17h3\;é mozherj’g sdiidEsben, kind- ly, ‘:_I’11 gladly ShEl-Q “‘ith yop.,, A A So they sat down, and the old woman ate the lion’s share of the ”lunch. Then she gave Esben a. pipe and said if he blew into one end he could scatter what he chose to the four winds of heaven, While if he blow into the other end all would gather together again. If the pipe were lost Esben could have it again for the mere wishing. Esben knew what he knew, and was ready to do his part. He found the hares quite docile at first but before the Wood was reached they scampered over hill and dale. The place at the castle was just to their taste. They wouldn’t serve any one less than a. King, they said. It was agreed that Peter should try his luck first. His father warned him to be careful, for the King was to mark three red stripes on the back of him who lost even one of the hares. Peter thought: there was no danger of this In his case. So he strode up the hill, all puffed “up with pride, and soon strode dowu a_.ga.in in disgrace. - . 'I‘ . “ No one has called me uiother this many a day,” croaked the old crone. “ Your fine brothers mocked at. me when I asked them for food. We} 1, they’ ve had their desserts, and you shall hzwe your_s.” “Ho! Stop!” cried Esben but they would- n 1: _stop. (S My Papt breughs me home some tools, A spade, a. take and hoe. And Mamma, she gave me the seed From which sweet flowers grow. And when I’d dug up with my spade And raked out all the weeds, , I made a. lovely little bed And pleated my nice seeds. And then I went out every day, But days go very slow, I did not know it took so long For flowers from seed. to grow. But then you see I’m only five And so I didn’t know You first must take the wrapper off Before the seed can grow! That‘s something like a. pipe,“ said Es- YOUNG FOLKS. Barry's Sowing. he - The fioosalka was an old ironclad with a. frecitoard rising only three feet above the wate;, and, having sprung a. leak early in the year, was in very bad condition when she started the previous Tuesday, in com- pany with the gunboat Tutch, to cross from Reyel to Helsingfors. Her captain, Yen- ish, was well half way across when a. heavy storm separated the vessels. The gunboat snly escaped with difficulty, and the R00- olka. was never seen again. A St. Petersburg special says:â€"The naval authorities have finally concluded that the warship Roosalka, which sailed some days ago from Reyil on the Gulf of Finland, for Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, and which has not since been heard from, has been lost. The general public has believed for some time that the vessel had founder- ed, but the naval authorities thought that perhaps her machinery had been disabled, and that she was floating around helpless in the Gulf of Finland. Vessels were sent out in search of her, but they found no sign of her save quantities of wreckage that had undoubtedly come from the missing ship. It is now assumed to naval circles that she struck a sunken rock and went down with every soul on board. The naval authorities state that she had on boards. crew of 200 men all told. The Roosalka was a twin screw coast defence armour-clad vessel of 1,960 tons and 700 horse power. She was launched at St. Petersburgin‘18‘37. Her dimensions were : Length, 206 feet 5 inches; beam, 42 feet ; and depth, 12 feet 4 inches. Her armour belt ranged from 3 1-2 to 4 2â€"2 inches. She had two turrets, and he? armament consisted of four 15-ton €112,3- The Batueship Ruosalka Lost 'Wuh 200 Lives. The railway sergeons say that many fatali- ties' occur for which this mental shock is responsible, rather than the physical injury. They say that experience proves injuries at night to be less likely to prove fatal. They account for this by the fact that the in- jured has not been able to comprehend what was coming, as he might haVe done in the day time. Like many other famous men of ancient and modern times, Prince Bismarck is said to have some queer superstitions. For instance, he would never sit down to din- ner if there were 13. He dislikes Friday so much that he Would never sign any im- portant document on that day, nor would he set out upon a. journey. on that day of the week. When General Boyer came to him to ne- gotiate in the name of Bazaine, Bismarck would not resolve anything of importance because it was on October 14, the date of Hochkirch anlfJenan \Vhen he was ofl’ered the title of Count he ihesitsted before ac; cepting it, because many families in Pom. erania. Whom it has been conferred upon had died out in a, short time. “ The little country can’t afford accounts,” he said. He was a. firm believer in the influence of the moon, and will never have his hair out except the moon is growing toward the full. On November 23, 1870, he was Speaking of his own death, and said he knew when it: would happenâ€"the day of the month, year and all. His friend cried out that he must be mistaken, bus he only said, “ No, I knowâ€"it is a. mystical figure.” Seven years afterward be repeated the same date, but added, “ God’s will be done, however, in all things." ' Surgeons Say They Would Rather Deal \Vith Those “'nlch_0ceur at Night. Railway surgeons would rather deal with the victims ofa. night than of a. day accident. Some of the oldest of them 1n attendance upon the Pan-American Medical Congress stated this with much positiveness. They declared that a daylight accident by rail adds greatly to the horrors as well as to the fatalities. The difference is in the in- crease in the mental strain, which is so much greater by day than it is when dark- ness veils the scene. This strain, the surgeons argue, is greater than in the case of the soldier going into battle, for he carries with him the hope that somebody else will stop the bullet. The shock enters very largely into consideration with the railway surgeon. By this is meant the mental instead of the physical shock. This mental shock, the railway surgeons say, is greatest where through the senso of sight the injured is conscious for a few moments of approaching danger. The case of the brakeman who, while makingr a. flying switch, catches his foot in the frog is a good illustration, He can not tear himself loose. He sees the loose car coming down, and knows what is to happen. like a. young prince than a. keeper of hares, and the Queen had never seen a man she would rather have fora. 3011. Her eyes turn~ ed wistfully to the King, but she Said noth- lng. ’ ' - So Esbén got the Princess and half the kingdom, and they lived happily and well. . The mental shoca to that man makes his condition much worse than that, of a man whose foot is caught and crushed so sudden- ly that he does not; have time to appreciate the impending danger. “ Would the King truly put. his servant to death?” asked Esben, but before the King could reply he continued in his most coax- ing tones: “ That would be to break our bargain, and the King’s word is sacred.” Then the King ceased to be angry and re- membered his promise. After all, the pipe would be a. useful thing to have in the fam- ily,a.nd the only way tfo keep it was to have its owner, too. Bismarck Says He is Aware of the Day or Ills Death. A despatch from Kissingen to the Lon- don (Eng.) Central News says that Prince Bismarck’s illness is dangerous. His famlly does not approve of the suggestion that has been made that Emperor William visit him at Kissingen, as they fear that the slightestx increase of excitement might prove fatal. It appears now that his return to_his home is at present impossible. Otthre goldjn the_ locks of my l_ovg_! 'It is Brighter than stars to'behold ; Buttbe misery that mocks / Ali the_gold in her iocizs, KNOWS WHEN HE WILL DIE. RUSSIAN WARS HIP SUN K.- ;â€"the cast-iron locks' on her gold! .BAILWAY ACCIDENTS- An important industry has arisen in France, the selling of milk frozen solid in cans. It has been discovered that milk can be kept perfectly fresh in a. frozen condition for more than a. month. It is frozen by means of an ordinary ice-making machine, and despatched by road,rail or steamer toits destination. The customer who purchases the frozen milk has simply to thaw it when it is required for use. ' was executed on the spotâ€"not by torture, however, but in. the most merciful manner, and, the party being far from home, en- camped for the night. Far into the night, “hen all the others were asleep, the three chiefs arose, having secretly determined upon the course before leaving the council, and with their keen hunting knives treach- erously took the lives of their companions also, lest in an unguarded moment one of them might divulge the fact that Such an enormously rich mine existed, and all the ills which it was so earnestly desired to avoid be thus precipitated. The bodies were buried near the mine and the three chiefs, after taking upon themselves an oath of secrecy, returned to their tribe, telling a surprising story to account for the loss of their companions. By this course the secret of the location was left with the three leading chiefs, who upon their deathbeds transmitted it to their eldest sons. And so it has been passed down ever since, never more than three be- ing in possession of the kiwwledge at one time. Curiously enough, no one of them has ever dared to Work the mine or to profit by the knowledge. But by far the most curious feature of the story is that, though it has been thus kept religiously and abso- lutely secret, here it is in print, down to every detail. Since the establishment of the public baths and washhouses of the parish of St. James, Westminster, forty years ago, the number of visitors has been no less than six and three-quarter millions. Kaiser Wilhelm is reported to have gone through the Hebrew quarter of Berlin re- cently in the guise of a. Hebrew pedlar,with a. view to obtain an idea of the condition of the poorer Jews. “’ITHOUT FACILITIES FOR MINING, as it is usually conducted, had taken out and separated from the quartz within the course of a. few days more cf the precious metal than he could carry. Realizing that he had made a. discovery that would give him wealth beyond the wildest dreams of avarice, he determined to retrace his steps to a. settlement, organize a. small party,and return fully equipped for working the mine and taking away the gold. He filled lis pockets and his hunting pouch wit h the virgin metal and started for civilization, first carefully noting the land- marks that he might have no trouble in guiding the party to the spot on his return. He had got some twenty miles away from the locality when he fell in with a. party of Indians, some ten or fiftee 11 in number. He was taken by them into the presence of one of their principal chiefs, to whom he told the story of his discovery. The old chief listened "patiently, and, realizing that this was unimportant matter, called certain of the other chiefs into council. He made the first speech to them, and called their attention to w but had ii rst occurred to him â€"t-ha.t if the gold hunter were allowed to re- turn to the haunts of white men with his precious burden, thei r country would im- mediately be overrun with miners, their hunting spoiled, and their tribe eventually forced to VACATE THEIR ACCUSTOMED RANGE. The Indians were at that time peaceable, and were extremely averse from taking an- action which would precipitate trouble with the whites, who werejust beginning to plant feeble settlements in the lower Kansas countries, just north of the Osage and Chero- kee nations. Yet it was a serious matter, for it seemed almost impossible to allow the white man to return to civilization and spread the news of his wonderful find, of which every one, even the Indians them- selves, had been in utter ignorance up to that date. It meant all manner of evil for the Redmen, and the matter was carefully discussed pro and con by the heads of the tribe, the council lasting far into the night. The decision arrived at was that it was better one life should be taken than that the peace of the whole tribe should 'be destroyed. So, for these prudential reasons, the council passed sentence of death upon the hapless discoverer of the mine. The result of the deliberation was, however, kept from him, and he was induced to guide a small party to the locality of his find. Three of the leading chie-‘s of the Cherokees were of the party, and under their directions all traces of the mine were covered up, lest some other white man straying through the country in search of pelts should discover it. Then flow a Man Who Discovered tire Precious Metal Was Put to Death. An American paper says : Attempts have repeatedly been made in the past to locate what are sometimes called the fabled gold mines of the Indian Territory. The Cherokee Indians are stated alone know to Where they are, and this knowledge is confined to one or two of the tribe, but the Indians’ great dread of the mining “ element” causes them to sit as“ close as clams, and no effort to ex- tract the valuable secret has hitherto been successful. It would appear from a. despatch sent out from Wichita the other day that another attempt is to be made to discover the spot, the stagnation in silver giving additional impulse to gold-finding; and a. Pueblo (COL) correspondent of a. St. Louis paper states that the fabled mines certainly exist, and will very likely this time be dis- covered. A curious story attaches itself to these geld fields, which it is stated only one white man ever saw and he paid for the sight with his life. The story runs that, many years ago, a. white man whose name has ~been long forgotten, an adventurer with more daring than prudence, stumbled upon the mine when there was not a white settlement Within hundreds of miles. He was nota miner, but had found the quartz filled with native gold cropping out of the ground in a most unexpected location, and, although he was entirely alone, and The Location of a Gold Mine- THE U ‘IF ')R' L' L' \ATE “ IIITE MAN KUflWN T0 'THBEE. Sale of Frozen Milk. Blind men have occupied all sorts of posi- tions. and accomplished all sorts of wonders, but only one of them, at least in recent years, has actually occupied a, throne, King George of Hanover, better known .as “ The Blind King of Hanover,” ruled over his subjects for several years, butlost his throne and thronedom by the absorption offlanover in Prussia in 186". He fled to Vienna, and later died, still proclaiming himself a king; though a king without a kingdom. He was a son of the Duke of Cumberland, and the present Duke still poses as an heir to royalty. In feeding and watering the horse the Bedouins seem to us to be equally unreas~ oning, unless it be agreed that a horse can stand anything he is used to, and that it is well to get him used to irregular habits. ‘l‘ne fact that the Arabian hasoften to go an infinite time without food or drink makes him hardy and less apt to suffer than are our regularly treated animals. He goes all day in the hot sun, and does not ask for water-impatiently at leastâ€"even in cross- inga brook. He is fed and watered ap- parently regardless of the fact that he is hot or tired. He is given his pail of water and his troughful of dry or green food, or whatever else is available, so soon as he stops on a journey, or is ridden off im- mediately after. Quite as often he gets nothing at all. I‘have seen horses ridden all day, and have camped at noon with them near by a stream, without anyone trying to water them, because they had no buckets and the banks were high. It would never occur to Bedouin to carry a skin pail with him. But the horses seemed used to such neglect, and never even whinnied for the water gurgling past themâ€"[001. T. A. Dodge, in Harper’s Magazine. William Talbot, who was born in 1781 at Roscrae, Ireland, mastered the intricacies of the organ to such an extent that he con- structed an improved organ with his own hands, introducing in it many excellent im- provements. Francis Huber, who was born at Geneva in 1750, and became blind at seventeen years of age, devoted himself so successfully to the study of the habits and peculiarities of the bee family that his pub- lished work on bees is, or was up to a recent date, the acknowledged authority. Leonard Euler became blind late in life, but notwith- standing this alliiction subsequently wrote his famous work on “Elements of Algebra. ” and his scarcely less famous “Theory of the Moon.” John Metcalf, a Yorkshireman, who lost his eyesight at six years of age, in conse- quence of an attack of smallpox, so rallied from the affliction that few of his young companions could excel him in riding, swimming, or other forms of vigorous ex- ercise. As he grew older he developed re- markable ability as a civil engineer, directâ€" ed and supervised the building of several roads, and capped the climax by construct- ing a road across a. long stretch of marsh land which the best engineering authorities had pronounced a physical impossibility. Dr. Henry Moyes, who was born in Fife- shire in 3750, and, like Metcalf, was blinded by smallpox at the age of six, actually be- came so well versed in chemistry and the science of optics that he ranked as an authority and made a living by lecturing on these subjects. On one occasion, it is said, when the coach on which he was riding fell into a ditch, he assisted and directed the work of removing the fallen coach. Lieu- tenant Holman, another one of the sightless unfortunates, won fame as a traveEIer in strange and unknown countries, and his works descriptive of his travels, at the time of publication, out-ranked the best works of the kind extant. Between the time of Homer and that of Milton there were doubtless many notable achievements by the blind, but few of them have come down to us.~ Here and there we come across instances of the kind such as the fabled return of the 300 knights whose eyes had been put out by the Saracens, and who nevertheless found their way somehow or other back to Europe. But it is only Within the last 200 ye trs or so that authen- tic records of wonders wroughtby the blind have been preserved. The story of Milton’s misfortune and his subsequent contributions to the cause of religion is a matter of house- hold knowledge. Here and there one finds in old books a brief reference to Francis‘ Salinas of Spain,who developed remarkable ability as a musician in the early part of the sixteenth century. A century and a- lialf later Turlagh Carolan won undying fame as the blind composer and harpist, though with him the harp was simply a. means to an endâ€"the end oi composing the graceful songs and airs, some of which still live. About this time lived Nicholas Saunderson, who, though blind from child- hood up, become Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, succeeding such men as 'Whiston and Sir Isaac Newton. In addition to his fame as a mathematician, Saunderson became widely known as a numismatist. It is said of him that he could identify any coin handed to him by simply passing his hands over it, and, as the story goes, he was so expert that he even detected certain counteri‘eits of Roman coins in one of the great collec- tions. It is a well-known fact that injury to one eye or one ear often renders the other eye or ear more acute as a result of the double duty which it is called upon to perform. So with the blind. The loss of the most valuable and most important of all the senses naturally quickens the other senses. Instead of “seeing” the blind “feel,” as it were, and instances of the extraordinary development to which this power of “feel- ing” has been carried by the sightless are almost innumerable. One of the earliest veracious instances of remarkable achieve- ments by the blind is the Odyssey of Homer. Although blindness did not fell upon the great epic singer until late in life. his grandest works were composed after the blight had fallen upon him. In fact, it is possible that had he not been stricken the world might have lost his immortal epic poem. 4 Coleridge once said of John Gough, the wonderfully clever blind botanist, geolo- gist, and mathematician, “His face sees all over; it is all one eye.” Here is the key to the extraordinarily acute faculties of the notable blind people of the world’s history, the people who have written and sung and tzavelled and wrought with profit to them- selves and humanity. The remark might be amplified, however, for not only is the face of the intelligent blind person “all one eye,-” but the ears, the feet, and all the other members and organs of the senses are eyes to the blind. REM. ABKABLE BLIND MEN. 435.1 I “ Two days after we saved a little rain- ] water by wringing it out of our saturated ' clothing. 0n the next day we caught two Ismall sea birds which we were very glad to eat raw. The night of the next day was very cold, and seas were going. right over lus. N) more vessels were seen until the i 13th, when three or four passed by us, all la considerable distance away. ~On Sept. i 14 other vessels passed us, but again we l were unable to attract their attention. On 5Friday, Sept. 15, it was very hot, and our g: lips and mouths were parched, as if we had i been eating glue. We could scarcely open our mouths, but no one of us complained i very much, further than to wish fora drink lor something to eat. On Saturday morn- . ing, at about five o’clock, we discovered a Esteamer on our starboard quarter, which, ' thank God, came to our assistance and [took us on board. The steamer was the ‘ Palentino.’ ” SHARKS SVVARMED AROUND THE “'RECK. An officer of the steamer “Palentino” says :_ _ m-.. a. horse on a. system 0 old saws. For lameness he has but one remedy, the hot iron. His horse will work to twenty or even twenty- -five years old but he thinks that he “ grows weaker” after twelve. In buying he looks more at marks than points. ““ A return has been piesented to the British Parliament of the men found medically un- fit to proceed with their draft-s to India. during the present trooping season. 0f the nine cavalry regiments the men left behind Were £33, of artillery 34, and of the 50 line eginients 755. The BedOuin is full of horse supersti- tions. His horse-lore is much like, but ess than, that of our old-fashioned livery- man of a. past generation. He knows a. horse’s habits and diseases by observation solely; he has no idea of anatomy. Every species of wind trouble to which the horse is subject he merely describes as “ having something wrong inside him. ” He treats “ On Sept. 7, while the captain was below working upon his morning observation, a squall was seen coming do wn upon us from the windward. The captain was called on deck, and just as he came up the gangway the squall struck the vessel and she almost immediately went over. The last I saw of the captain he was calling to his wife in the cabin. From the time the vessel started to go over not more than one minute elapsed before she was bottom up. When I gotta the keel I looked aft and saw James Clarke, and on the forward part oi the keel was John Mattson. Cries of help were heard from the water, but we were utterly unable to render the slightest assistance. Over the port quarter was captain Charlton, struggling to get on to one of the rail boxes, which he succeeded in doing. In the mean- time Mr., Holmes, the mate, and Seaman August, sank within a few yards of each other, the mate not uttering a word ; but poor August, as he went down, gave an awful scream. The captain clinging to the rail box, was now floating tern. He said something. It was e cod-by, boys’; or, ‘Save my poor W1 . We had to watch the poor captain drift away from us, and continued to watch him until he disappeared. MANY vasssLs PASSED BY THE cas'mwn's. “ We were about 1° 5 miles out from Mate mas, opposite Lyke Isaacs, when we discovered, through the glass, the hull of a. vessel fianiug bottom up, with something that looked like living objects. W e rapid- ly new ed and we found that there were three men huddled together on the bottom near the keel. - Boats were put oil with some difficulty, for, as we neared the wreck we discoveied that it was surrounded by myriads of sharks, which in their desire, were tumbling about and over each other, waiting for the time when these poor un- fortunates should become their prey. We had to near the side of the bulk sufficiently to permit the men to jump into the boats. lVe did so, and one man braced himself up and jumped. He iau led, and hugged the man near him and then fell from gexhaus- tion. The second man also was successful and he clung to his fellow sufi'erer. The third and last man was nervous, and, see- ing the sharks which crowded almost upon the hull, be shut his eyes and sprang for the boat. His leap fell short, and if it had not been' for the activity of one of the men in the boat he would have furnished a. meal for the ferocious man-eaters. UNABLE TO AID THEIR PERISIIING COMRADES. “ From the men I learned that the cap- tain’s wife was in bed in the cabin when the squall struck. One of the men said that the captain and two of the crew could have been pulled upon the bottom of the vessel if they had had any means of giving them a. hold. But they were obliged tosit and watch the desperate men struggle for their lives, and then, from mere exhaustion, sink to the bottom of the deep. There was a. black dog on the vessel, and the poor brute did not give up his life until he had fought for two hours or more to get on the bottom of the wreck. On the third day the men noticed something of white appearance above the edge of the vessel, and it proved to be the body of the captain’s wife. The body floated about for a. short time and then went down.” For Nine Days ‘l‘hcy (utilized) the Wreck- ‘ Only Three lien Survive. A Boston special says :â€"The Spanish steamer “ Paiencino,” which has just arriv- ed from Macanzas, brought three men of the British schooner “ \Vinde'rmere,”. which sailed from Key West on Sept. 14 for Mobile, to load for Port Spain, Trinidad. The “ Windermere ”' was capsized in a. heavy squall on Sebt. '7 180 miles 011' Mobile. The three rescued men had been clinging to the bottom of the vessel for nine days when taken 03’ by the steamer. Those who were drowued were the captain, John Charlton, and his wiferof Port Lorne, N.S.; the first mate, Truman Holman, of Anna.- polis, N. 8.; the steward, Henry Sands, a. native of Norway, and a. seaman, Daniel August. The rescued men, ‘Charles Le Cain, second mate; James Clarke and John Matteon, able seamen, tell a story of suf- fering, deprivation and exposure seldom equalled. The following is Le Cain’s ac- count : Awful Ordeal of the Crew of a British Sohoonen; Bedouin Superstitions About Horses an sncoxn MATE’s' STORY. THE STORMYA SEA. 3