Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-16
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WHALES FIGHT A SEA SERPENT.
The Big Sea Monster Cracks the Ribs OF
Whales Like Egg shells.

The big Sea Monster Cracks the Ribs of
Whales Like Egg shells.
According to good authority, most
thrilling and awful battle between II
monster sea serpent and a whale was
witnessed by the officers and crew of
the ship Pauline of London, Capt. Dire
var, when on n recent voyage to Zanzi-
bar.
1t appears that when the Pauline APP
preached the zone of the trade winds
and equatorial currents she encoun-
tered heavy gale and, being driven
from her course, eventually found her
self off Cape st. Rogue. One day u
school of immense sperm whales was
discovered sporting around the yes
sell All hands were watching the an
ties of the leviathans of the deep, When
an occurrence took place which flushed
the cheeks of all beholders and filled
every heart with terror and dread.
Suddenly there appeared, straight
from the depths of the ocean, gigan-
tic snake or serpent of terrible proper
tions. The day was clear and the un-
canny monster was In plain view. In
a twinkling the serpent threw portion
Of its body in two mighty coils around
the largest whale. Then ensued scene
which can hardly be described in words
Spellbound the men gazed and no.
ticed that at first appearance OF the ser
pent the whales manifested every sign
OF blind terror All but the victim In
the relentless coils tore through the
water In a mad rush to escape. The
captured whale lashed the water into
a seething maelstrom and the foam
covered waves rolled in all directions
| from the scene of the terrible combat.
1t was hardly n combat, as the whale
had no chance with It's destroyer
Tighter and tighter grew the relent-
less coils, horrible bellowings were
emitted by the whale, but its efforts
were Of no avail against the supernatuI
al strength OF its terrible foe. The Of
ficers state positively that the ribs OF
the struggling cetacean were distinctly
heard to crack one after another, the
noise resembling the discharge of 4
cannon. The whale was finally dragged
beneath the waves and only the blood
stained waters remained to tell OF tho
fearful ocean tragedy.
An old sea captain is the authority for
q statement regarding q sea serpent
that made It's home In the South Pacific
ocean. On one occasion In 1868 he vis-
tied u small island and noticed that
the tops of some of the cocoanut trees
growing near the sea were broken. The
| natives stated that an immense snake
Of terrifying aspect had appeared from
the sea and had eaten all the cocoo-
nuts on several trees. While the great
er portion Of the serpent was IN the
water the animal raised Its head to a
level with the tree tops and fiercely de-
youred O number of green nuts. The
trees were 40 TO so feet high, and, ao-
cording TO n calculation made by the
captain, the serpent was over 200 feet
long. The natives were too much ter
rified to give any description OF the ser
pent. It's body was In the sea and II
easily reached the tree tops. From the
distance of the trees from the sea and
the height Of the cocoanut trees the
captain was enabled TO make a calcu-
lation as to the approximate length OF
the monster.
The discovery OF the see serpent
seems TO belong to tho Norsemen.
Their literature abounds in graphic nc
counts OF monsters Of the deep. A IA
vorite diversion of the Norsemen's sea-
serpent was destroying ships and din
ing off the crews, and In those ancient
days the Morse sailors were instructed
Us TO the best methods of destroying the
voracious monsters.-San Francisco
Examiner.
Pleasant for MAMMA
Little Johnnie Cooking curiousiy at
the visitor)--Where did the chicken
bite you, Mr.. Billus? don't see any OF
tho marks.
Visitor-Why. Johnny, haven't been
bitten by any chicken.
Johnny-Mamma, didn't you tell
papa Mr.. Billus was dreadfully hen
! pecked? Why, mamma, how funny you