Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-01-03
WINSTON N. c, THURSDAY, JANUARY g. 1884.

my tube between those I'd been anch-
ored there for life AS it was, the big
creature shut cut all the light for a
minute just grazcd the line, and went
on, and | can tell you | was on that
schooner lively. No, didn't go down
again for one while, for / was all bro
ken up with the scare.
SHARKS.
Glow about the sharks? They rare
" attack q diver in aG-mor, and IN a
fair light, with boat-hook, | think |
could defend myself They are cow
ardlv fishes. | had one rub against
my line once in the Mediterranean sea,
where | WAS fishing for a lost cable,
but the first move | made he moved
off. The divers after pearls in the In
dian ocean and other localities are
sometimes attacked, but they go naked.
The kanakas use knife, and think
no more of tackling a shark than you
or | would beetsteak. I've seen
kanaka boy offer to jump on a four
tecn-foot shark that was sailing about
the ship for 4 cent of our money; but
sometimes they get caught. Several
years ago kanaka tackled one, slit
him up with his knife, and would have
got away, but the blood with wLich he
was surrounded attracted others, and
the man was jcrked under and carried
off before the eyes of whole ships
crew. But, after all, the great dang
er to diver is losing his nerve If
YOU can keep a steady nerve you are
all right. You want heaps of nerve,
because you soon exhaust your supply,
especially if anything out OF common
run happens.
A SLAYER.
"Two mates of mine were hired some
years ago to go down to a ship on the
coast Of Brazil They found her a
full-riggcd vessel, but so closely bat
tened down they couldn't do anything
with her; SO they went up and got
tools, and going down, finally pried up
the hatch-cover. 1t came off with a
rush, and in moment they seemed
inclosed in a cloud of flame, and the
next they saw they were in a croud of
persons that seemed to be walking
about, moving slowly up as if they
were swimming for the surface. One
of the divers tainted dead away, and
the other came near it. You see, she
was SLAYER, anC the poor fellows had
been locked in and went down with
her"
"But how about the fire ?" asked the
reporter.
ooh, that was what they call phos-
:. .,horcsccnce," reTIicc. The diver AS
soon rs bodie, decomp pose in he water
they become uliin0Is, and when the
hatch came off, seemed as if blaze
! of light came II HiEg out, SO that in 4
second they wci IL the midst of a
crowd OF dead lnen. that appeared to
be moving upw rd. Yes, it was ter
rible sight, and ono Of the men never
would 20 down again his nerves
were all broker UP.
"We sec some curious sights" con-
tinued the speaker. "I'vc found great
/ trunks of trees out ut sea, growing
right in the mud, but dead, of course.
! You see it showed that it had been
! dry land there once. The water had
risen and covered the spot, aud now
fishes are swimming i'll the branches
instead OF birds | once came across
the body of man that had been
buried from q ship. The feet were
anchored to the bottom, so that the
man, or whatever it was, stood up
right. The canvas hammock had worn
away, and there was the skull looking
out of the shroud. / tell you, friend
| got out Of that quick. It's curl
Gus profession. Take my advice and
stick to the shore"