Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-21
COmijats on the Ocean.

Among the extraordinary spectacles
sometimes witnessed by those "who 60
down to the sea in ships none are more
impressive than a combat for the suprem
acy between the monsters Of the deep.
The battles of the sword-tish and the
whale are described as Homeric in gran
deur. The sword-fsh 60 in schools like
whales, and the attacks are regular sea-
fights When the two troops meet, as
soon as the sword-tish have betrayed their
presence by afew bounds in the air, the
whales draw together and close up Their
ranks. The sword-tis always endcavoiS
to take the whale in the flank, either be-
cause its cruel instinct has revealed to 1t
the defect in the carcass-for there exists
near the brachial fins of the whale spot
where wound are mortal-or because the
flank present. wider surface to It's blo".
The sWord-fish recoils to secure greater
impetus. If the movement escape tie
keen eve of his adversary, the whale IS
lost, for it receives the blow OF the enc
nv, and dies almost instantly. But II the
whale perceives the sword-tsh at the III
slant of the rush, by Il spontaneous bound
it springs clear of the water Its entife
length. and falls on its flank with crash
that resounds formany leagues and whl'ehs
the sea with boiling foam. The gigan-
tic animal has only its tail for the de,
Tense. 1t tries to strike Its enemy anu
finishes him at single blow. But II tne
active sword fish avoid the fatal tail, the
battle becomes more terrible. The ag-
gressor springs from the water in his turn,
falls upon the whale, and attempts, not
TO pierce, but to saw it with the teeth that
oarnish its weapon. The sea Is stained
With blood; the fury of the whale Is
boundless. The sword-fsh harnesses MN,
strikes him on every side, kills INN ana
flies to other victories Often the sword
Ash has not time to avoid the fall OF the
Whale and contents itself with present
mo its sharp saw to the flank OF the g.
gantic animal which is about to crush II;
+ then dies like Maccad9us, smothereu
beneath the weight of the elephant OF .le
ocean. Finally the whale gives a lew
: last hounds into the air, dragging ITS as
. sassin in its flight, and perishes as !, Aiii
l tho monster of which it was the vicum'
r ANCIENT WONDERS. - Ninevah wa
t fourteen miles long, eight miles VIDE, sh'
b fortv-siy miles round with wall loo zee
n bioh and thick enough for three charlo'
o abreast. Babylon was fifty miles VIM
n .ho wal,s which were seventy-tve lee
10 thick and 100 feet high, with lov r p,aav'
.e Gates The Temple of Diana at Ephesu
o. Sas 4sO feet to the support OF the I roc:
to i was one hundred years IN Du n, ~
ID The largest of the pyramids was 4Si T Iee
N =, II" Ia;rSt and s53 feet on the sides Ih'
Ia III h'i ssa"ered eleven acres. The stones ans
~ oaSe 49, s;yty feet in length, S Hn~ ,n "
Sc are aoou' s S,s Vt employed $50 'S0T msM
IN layers are 40 The labyrinth OF E ,S,S"
\ contains 800 chambers anu ru;ns twenty
d Tbebes, in Egypt, presents st si 5000
. seven miles around, ana coii'' The Tempt
Citizens and 400, 900 slaves; ..;n, tbat,i
" DeIphos was so rich IN ao nnn and III,
,ras Numbered of 5O,ooo,oCo, II two
,fror Nero carried away "o ~ Rome
hmndred statues. Inc "ano E,,mer.
were thirteen miles arouno-o''''
T., Tcrre Haute bereavedish IoD DnnE
~ 10 the driver of the town n ,a.St
lnan .snted TO know what was 'n 1.;vor
an anu c"nId attend funeral for. .,,J him
ne oou I:anY know. The man toio nm
saiu mo , ~ and could not pay tne Pi'o
h hargsd by the livery stables bas the drive driver;
WI W 10 ro, want mel" oval, stranger,
@ dunno exactly, my woman ms Is davs'S
ok: think in about two or three ""'''
river drove off.