Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-04

Pretty soon she heard the professor rag ais Lea.
"NEy IL IL, Gretchen. thai YOU l-irg In- nota.
In 20 eat except inOiasses: Way have va
brourit me no pancake?" asked the absent
"Acn, himueI:" exclaimed the vic. "vou has,
tucked tIe pancake around your heck. thinking n
was napkin."
An Atbatross ssrougss the News.
From the New ork sun
We mentioned the other day thnt some shin
wrecked sailors were supposed TO 40 Waifin. TF
relief On the Crol.t IslandS far soata ol MAZDA.
gascar toward the Antarctic circle. The Iacss
that have led 10 this superstition are very rernar-
abe, even when compared with Lhe extra sr,ilaaly
and romantic stories OF other castaway sailors
The British ambassador at Paris recently IL
formed The French government th.t n cssa- "a. 8
patch hG1 been received IRON Cos. Robinson, of
South Australia, reporting that scDt I.Uer -
dead alLatsoss was found upon the b.s... A, Fr-a-
'nant,s, around whose heck was fastened : small
piece .! tin upon which had been scratched in
French:
Thirteen shpwrecied men took refuge upon tho
Crozet asian - on aug. 4. lss7."
About the Uliac iIis report reached Paris tie
Freacn ncs spa pers mentioned the probable los
UItAe Jn?e--iua-ter Tamaf1s, owned Iy tie hOu,D
OF BoTdss Sea-. OF Bordeaux The " ssei at
Pacific oscan Had She prospered ON Ter voyags,
news should have been received IRON aer soine
tiae ago. her PTopr.etors and sca captans gen.
erl!lg believe taat IN midsummer she o..4 not
have been very Far from the Crozet Islands H-S
crew Ea.nb,ryd thlr.een men.
AE0sct lSaiLu- af' toti UT I'VE L''lt SDnckS
OF Land r,sn n The Indian Ocean, FAR south OF Ii.O
usual TRACK Of vessels. The Tnmar.s IL Is believed
Is the Only ship that Was ikely 10 be In these
waters at the DrObable date Oh the disaster. Tire
winged mes, niger that brought the news 70 civil
lzailOn made q joutnej OF over :. 0DO miles Win
few chances TO rest on the way. us wonderful
hight glll rank With the best OF Ia. many stories
J.Iat tod VI the aloatross' rcinarkasle powes
and endurance on the wing. Salons believe Ito
'.Iaaa- O-war Uird' sleeps on the wing, and natur-
allsts tell Us that Its Immense wing voues are as
long as IT'S body, and that II Is capable OF flying
feais thaJ aie Gsequ allied by any other bird
The French minister o; marine AZ once s.at IN.
structlOlS 10 the oOGilander OF the Val division
NJ The IEGiau ocean 10 dispatch the Ira sport
Meurthe soon - possible 20 the CTozet IslaniS
ana 10 take the unfortunate seaIarers, n be found
them, 20 the Island OF Reunion, whence they NAV
return home u steamer. The Interest of the Brit
islf government mas also been aroused, and her
raalesty's ship Tnalia. which recently ieIt Eng.
land Tor Australia, was ordered TO call at the Crc.
get Islands Ia search or the thirteen shipwrecked
sailors.
There are, happily, good prospects that the crew
have been able 10 support lie On the barren rocls
where they have taken refuge. Plenty OF flsa co
be caught there. and more IMAM one shipwreckad
crew have found the CTozets an eDdura1.e refuge
until relief came. The crew o. the seAler Strait.
more who lived On one OF these Islands Tor s,e
TINE saDsisiea chiefly on penguin I. So and egys
TO reach land with a considerable supply of rood
frola their ship stores
IL these Isea are found and restored 70 their
homes, no description " the albatfoss will hele-
sfIer be compete that does not tell the WONDERFUL
story y; the bird that was the means CT letting tie
word know that thirteen poor castaways In the
waste VI southern waters soreiy needed succor.