Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1894 — SHIPWRECKED SIMPLETONS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHIPWRECKED SIMPLETONS.

ttenn Cwtiwiin Who Didn't Know Bnoafth to Como I» When It Rnlnod. I A dispatch from San Francisco, Jan 23d, says: A story of the adventures of castaways, a b > were on an island for eighty days, comes from Auckland. The bark Bplrit Ea rn, bound from Chile to Rangoon, was wrecked at the Antipodes

islands. September 4. The officer* and crew, except the captain and four men, reached the Islands safely. The men. who were scantily attired, were much exhanstcd. They secured their boat as b at they ennld. but during the night It broke away. They constructed a rude hut of tnssocks, and here they remained for eighty days, 1 until rescued by the lllnemoa, subsisting that time on raw mutton, birds, penguin, eggs and roots. They had no matches to light a fire. Although a government depot containing provisions, clothing, etc., was only three miles from the spot where they landed, they did not think of searching the Island and remained in ignorance of its existence. “T - ; — ~^T r ~— Curiously enough, too. although there are many goats, sheep and cattle on the Island, which is only three thousand acres in Extent, none were seen by the castaway s, - Not withstanding their privations the survivors, eleven in number, enjoyed excellent health, with tho exception of a Rangoon Hative boy, whose toes dropped off. During tho time they were on the island they saw four passing vessels, but were unable to attract their attention. The Hinemoa noticed their signals and a boat was sent ashore. The castaways were found in a piteous plight, standing on the rocks, somu with pieces of raw penguin flesh In their hands, which they wero eating.

United States Minister to Hawaii.

ALBERT S. WILLIS.