The sailor who brings this news says that, when he reached the port where
the men are imprisoned, he managed to be taken to see them, and found them
working on some Russian fortifications.

He says the men were very unhappy, and had almost lost their courage.
Their second sentence will not be over till October, and they are afraid
that they will be rearrested, and imprisoned once more, unless something
is done for them.

They declare that it was not their fault that they were on the island.
They insist that they were doing no harm, and their vessel put back to sea
and left them in their unhappy position.

G.H.R.




INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.


A New York newspaper has been making some experiments in signalling ships
at night, which, if as successful as it is claimed to be, will be of the
greatest service to sailors for all time to come.

Ships have a regular way of talking to one another, by means of flags
arranged in certain ways.

This form of signalling is comprehended by all sailors. It is a universal