The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-02

As strong rs the strongest as calm as the camest.
As rich as the richest OF rich men Is he.
For he knows every tone Of oceans great organ.
He knows every fish that swims in the sea:
Every change In It's aspect Is iraught witha mean-
Zach one OF her plants shells or corals knows he.
All night. when the storms rend the vast, heav-
of the wonderful, changing mysterious sea,
He keeps a bright light. To warn sailors oil danger
And All night at his post with liieoOatSta ne.
Many men has he saved from the terrible break
Many loved ones he's caught from the grasp of
the sea;
Yet refuses all praise, or presents, or homage;
But tod giyeth grace 20 one humble as he.
A Number of Odd Things That Have
Happened Recently.
Attached 10 one OF the theatrical Com
panies nov travelling in this country is a
small elephant. A few days ago the;C0m-
pany passed westward over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and the elephant occupied car
by himself. On account Of the extremely
cold weather, stove was kept ut red heat in
the elephants car, and once when the keeper
entered he opened the stove-door TO throw
in some coal. Carried away by his curiosity,
the elephant thrust mis- trunk into the stove
and seized one of the red Goals. He held on
to the coal about one-half second, and then
throwing il on the floor. he began such a
wild wsr-dance as the keeper never saw
before Howling with pain, he picked up
bundles, boxes, and everything that was
within his reach, and tossed them helter-
skelter into the corners of the car. The
keeper got behind some heavy baggage, and
called for help. A brakeman on the outside
Of the car heard him, stopped the train, and
asked what was the matter. Meanwhi the
Abt coal had set some paper on fire, and the
car, with its occupants, was in great danger
of destruction until several buckets Of water
had been brought in. After awhile the
elephant Quoted down., but he plainly showed
dislike for the keeper, SQUIRTING water at
him whenever he could get a chance. Since
then nothing can induce the elephant to put
his head near stove.
An amusing scene was witnessed recently
by an American gentleman who was visit
ing 8 HindOo village, in India. It was
nothing more or less than a monkey family
making its toilet in the morning. The fam
lily, which consisted Of the two grown mon.
keys and three young ones, had passed the
night in a large tree near Hindoo house.
The heat had caused the gentleman TO rise
early and when the monkeys came yawn-
ing down the tree, one alter the other, he
was sitting by al open window watching
the sun appear in the east. The mother
monkey rubbed her eyes and washed in a
little stream near the roots of the tree.
Then she seized one of her children by the
tail and dragged it into the stream, the
young monkey meanwhile trying its best to
get away, and chsttering constantly. After
it had received two or three boxes on the
ears it became quiet, and then the mother
monkey washed its face, poked her fingers
into its ears, smoOthed its hair with her toes
and let it go. She served the other two
children in the same way, cutting them when
they refused to keep quiet. 1t was very
plain that the little monkeys thought the
ace-washing entirely unnecessary, and they
showed that they were happy when it was
over with.
George w Townsend, of Boston, has
been deep-sea diver for more than twenty
years In relating his experiences the other
day, he said that no one had any idea of
the life os fish until he sees them under
water They are very curious, and some
times very playful. Once when he was div
inc in the BAY of Camana, on the coast of
Venezuela, huge monster kept cycling him
until he shook from fright. On another oc-
tasion. in the West Indies, an electric eel
ran between his legs and gave him such a
shock that he thought he should never be
able to reach the surface alive. The noise
made by school of fish sounds under the
water like the rumbling of thunder. AS a
general thing sharks are cowardly and are
easily frightened of, but surface-fsh,
called the baricoat that is sometimes en-
countered. will attack diver with great
fury. Once a baricoat seized Mr.. Town
sends helmet in its Jaws, but as the helmet
was made Of copper, he suffered no harm.
The fish left the imprint of its teeth in the
helmet, however, and had it attacked the
drivers feet undoubtedly would have bitten
them of.
A 81. Luis paper gives an interesting ac-
count Of how some boys in that city amused
themselves q few weeks ago. Near the St.
Louis Parkar several open lOts, which dur
ing the whole of January we're covered with
thick snow. On these lots one party of boys
built ''snOw fort" and another party
shoveled together several banks Of snow,
and sent a challenge to the soldiers" of the
fort TO fight battle. The forts were 100
yards apart, and to each fort belonged
twenty or thirty boys. Light snow-balls
can not be thrown 100 yards. except
by a very strong boy. and soft was necessary
for one party to try to storm the fort of the
other party in order to bring on the battle.
One Saturday afternoon the challengers
moved out IN line, and approached to with
in ten yards OF their enemy's Notifications,
when they were received with volley after
volley of balls As the assailing line drew
nearer the combat thickened, and more than
one lad had mis- ears, eyes and nostrils filed
with snow. The fort was captured, but the
vanq1isaed few over TO the Other}fort, and
from thatit was impossibleto dislodge them
Several battles were fought, and so much
ill-feeling at last arose that the policemen
had TO stop the sport and make the boys
shovel down. tneir intrenchments.
Near London, there used to live a man
who not only made good living by raising
peas, but who also was able to accumulate
considerable money. 1t became known to
his neighbors that the pes-seller had box
of money concealed somewhere about bis
premises and after while the fact wal
learned by q robber. One night the pea
sellers wife heard some one in the house
She suspected that the intruder was after
the box of money, and knowing by the noise
that be was near the bed, she said in an or
binary voice, to her husband, at the same