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Show Ml ri.lllMlHOI' SILOItM. H Tiler lite lur hlil..u Ilajn un Hit- H man I H llAMiiUiui, Jan. 31, For slxtieu J days three stllois who were rescued H Horn tbu Norwegian sblp Thski.a tub- H slsted on human Uoih. The threo H slraogled a lourtli companion and H lived on Ills raw lleth, cut from hit H core. From Ihu tlmo of their rescue iH until today the three unforlunutea IH liarj been Intanu from tutlerlngt lu Ihu riggings of the foundered ship. H Twooflhtm recovered tufllolently to- iH daylotelllbe atory of Ibo Tbeala'a ,H vojage. Tbu Thekla wat in heavy nHHIH weather from Deo. 2 when she left H Philadelphia. Her decks were Hooded , H almost cunstantly, tbe deck houses and ifl rails being swept away and tbu steer- ',H Ing apparatus brokon. Wheu It was I'H found that there wa no hope of bring. 'H lug the ship Into port a master mate H aud eight teamen got away In tbe !H boat, the other boats being smashed by J-H the wave beforo they oould bu low- . JJH erud. Nine men wero obllgod to re- H main lu the rigging. They were un- H ablu tu get food from below, and tlvu B of them made tuiami by expoture aud M privation, Jumped overboard. The l ulher four remained nboard from Deo. I H 2, till Jan. 7, tbo day they were re- Uu the thirteenth day lota were drawn to determine who of the four thuuld bu killed and eateu. The lot fell twice In succession lo a Dutch sailor, and be wa strangled and de- iH vouied raw by the other three. The 'tsllH uulydrluklug water the teamen got H was tho dew they llckod from tbe 'JJ)H |