The Captain and the greater part of the crew were on the after-part of the ship, which still remained high out of the water. When it was seen that the wreck would last but a few minutes more, gunner Raehm addressed the crew and begged them to join in singing the Flaggenlied, or flag-song. This stirring song was then sung to the accompaniment of the roaring breakers and the howling storm. Its final verse, in German, is as follows: Und treibt des wilden Sturms Gewalt Uns an ein Felsenriff, Gleichviel in welcherlei Gestalt Gefahr droht unserm Schiff: Wir wanken und wir weichen nicht, Wir thun nach Seemanns Brauch, Getreu erfüll'n wir uns're Pflicht Auch bis zum leztzen Hauch, Und rufen freudig sterbend aus, Getreu bis in den Tod: "Der Kaiser und die Flagge hoch! Die Flagge schwarz, weiss, roth!" Freely rendered into English this reads: And shout the might of wild, wild storms On to a reef us drive, And dangers menace--'t matters not From where--our ship and life, Our posts we never will desert; And sailorlike and true Until the last breath goes from us We will our duty do. And, joyful dying then we shout United true in death-- "The Kaiser and our standard _hoch_! The flag black, white, and red!" The survivors, with tears in their eyes, described the singing of this battle chant, in which the poet described the fate of the _Iltis_ and the doom of her crew. The last verse had just been roared out with a will when the stern of the vessel heeled over, and a moment later the whole after-half of the ship plunged from the rocks, carrying down to death officers and men, except two sailors, who reached the shore. Those on the other half of the wreck remained for thirty-six hours without food, when they were rescued by the Chinese. Only nine men were saved, making eleven in all who reached the shore out of a total of seventy-seven men and officers. GOLF WITHIN-DOORS. BY W. G. VAN TASSEL SUTPHEN. The true and zealous golfer is not to be deterred from his favorite sport by the ordinary accidents of the weather, and indeed it is one of the great merits of golf that it can be played under almost any atmospheric conditions. Baseball, cricket, tennis, croquet, and archery are poor fun on a very windy day, while a wet one makes play impossible. And then these games have each of them a recognized season, and as winter comes on bat, bow, and ball must be laid aside for good. Football and hockey are independent so far as rain and cold are concerned, but the exercise is too violent a one to be continued into the warm days of spring and summer.