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the wild horse of tartary.
By Clara Morris In McClure’s Magazine for August.
. thprP - Just as I start to speak
, v third season, I seem to look into
’ V of big. mild eyes that say. “Can
8P k that you mean to pass me by?
“ you forget that ’twas I who turned
\ ' r ,. pa t-sensatlon scene of a play
th ! side-splitting farce?”—and I
“, ke my head and answer truthfully,
!?V,nnot forget. I shall never forget
. WO rk that night in Columbus,
I°' N „u appeared as the ’fiery un
"JLj steed’ (may Heaven forgive
_ • $ 19
to ‘Mazeppa!
5 ° r Robert E. J. Miles or “All-the-
Al phabet Miles." as he was frequently
j lied— was starring at that time In
s "horse” drama, doing such plays
The Cataract of the Ganges,”
"Vazeppa,” "Sixteen-String Jack.” etc.
•■Mazeppa” was the favorite in Colum
‘ ‘ a nd both the star and the man
’ r pgretted that they had billed the
*f h er plays in advance, as there would
have been more money in '’Mazeppa
inne Mr Miles carried with him two
* one. for “The Wild Horse of
Tartary ” was an exquisitely formed,
satin-coated creature, who looked
wickedly at you from the corner of her
siting eye: who bared her teeth sav-
Sv and struck "out with her fore
;*T, as well as with her hind ones.
When she came rearing, plunging, btt-
L "napping, whirling, and kicking
Jlr’way on to the stage, the scarlet
L of her dilating nostrils and the
cam flying from her mouth made our
very natural ones, and the
fcream- > huddle close
"°pZr or even cover their faces.
to one h creature only did this boautttal
,°' n , o ve-R. E. J. Miles. She fawned
unon him like a dog. and did tricks
him like a dog. but she wastft ter
,or r " m ,he rest of mankind. It was
Galiya thrilling scene when Ma
,t i was bound, his head tailward,
Jiffeet nr,neward, to the back of that
maddened beast. She seemed to bite
tear at him, and when set free
B he Stood straight up for a dreadful
moment in which she really endanger-
Tms iite; then, with a wild neigh
he tore off up the “runs as if fiends
ntirsued her, with the man stretched
helplessly along her inky back, rhe
curtain used to go up again and again,
it was so very effective.
The other horse who traveled with
Mr Miles was an entirely d if f arant
‘ ... He would have been described—
according to the state where he hap
pened to be—as a piebald, a skewbald,
a pinto or a calico horse. He was very
large, mostly of a satiny white color
with big absurdly-shaped markings of
bright bay. He was one of that breed
of horses which in livery stables are
always known as “Doctor” or “Judge.
Benevolence beamed from his large,
dear eyes, and he looked so mildly
wie one half expected to see him put
on spectacles. The boy at the stable
said one day, as he fed him. “I wouldn t
wonder if this ol’ parson of a hoss ask
ed a blessin’ on them there oats—l
wouldn’t!” _ .
1 1 don't know whether Old Bob, as
he was called, had any speed or not,
but if he had it was useless to him; for
alas! he was never allowed to reach
the goal under any circumstances. He
war, always ridden by the villain, and
therefore had to be overtaken. Besides
that he generally had to carry double,
ar the desperado usually fled, holding
the fainting heroine before him, and
though Old Bob successfully leaped
chasms thus heavily handicapped—for
truly he was a mighty Jumper—never
theless he was compelled to accept de
feat. Mr. Miles always came rushing
up to the rescue on the black horse,
when Bob was very lucky, indeed, if
he didn’t have to roll about and die:
ana he was a very impatient dead
horse, often amusing the audience by
lifting his head to see of the curtain
was not down, and then dropping dead
again, with a sigh the whole house
could hear.
Anyway, being continually push
ed back into second place,
and compelled to listen to
the unearned applause bestowed upon
the beautiful black, Old Bob lost all
ambition professionally, and he simply
became a gourmet and a glutton. He
lived to eat. A woman In his eyes was
a sort of perambulating storehouse of
cake, crackers, apples, sugar, etc.; only
his love for children was disinterested.
The moment he was loose he went off
or. a search for children, no matter
whose so long as he found some; then
down he would go on his knees, and
wait to be pulled and patted. His habit
of gathering very small people up by
their back breadths, and carrying
them a little way before dropping them
always filled the air with wild shrieks
of laughter. In the theater he walked
sedately about before rehearsal began,
and though we knew his attentions
were entirely selfish, he was so urbane,
so complaisant In his manner of going
through us, that we could not resist his
advances, and each day and night we
packed our pockets and our muffs with
such provender as women seldom carry
about in their clothes. All our gloves
smiled as though we worked at a cider
mill.
'Vhile (he play was going on, Old
Boh spent a great part of his time
standing on the first of the screened
Platforms connecting the runs, and as
s' ery one of us had to pass him on our
way to dress, he demanded toll of all.
f suits, domestic or foreign, he received
with gentle eagerness. Cake, crackers,
and sugar—the velvety nose snuffed at
them approvingly, and If a girl, believ
hers®lf late, .tried to pass him
swiftly by, his look of amazement was
comical to behold, and in an instant his
ron-shod foot was playing a veritable
s on the resounding board
P atform. if that failed to win atten
i,,n ’ following her with his eyes, he
, l| P his voice in a full-chested,
p.eigh hay—— hay haay!” that
her back In a hurry with her
ml ° f Kugar - And that piebald hypo
. "ould scrunch it with such a pit
f s ' ravenuos air, that the girl quite
i* ot ’he satirical words her landlady
id directed against her recently-ac
<ndrefi sweet tooth.
dreadful night of disaster came
... n * be weel{ - I don’t recall the
the T of tbe Play, but in that one piece
h rf ” “utiful, high-spirited black mare
p".,, ? < a rry double up the runs. John
011 and Miss Lucy Cutler were the
couu ,V r Carroll claimed that he
S f,' l . r 'de a little, and though he was
Vi. be ' vas ashamed to own it.
if vr ' cs sal< * ,n tbe morning: “Now
roll. 1 an * the least blt ’’mid. Mr. Car
reins fu’ and 1 wiu fa ®ten the bridle
m< ,be saddle pommel and Queen
a? •, I , rry you up of her own’ accord
bin , 45 a <lle an d as safe as a rock;
for y ? ,J are Solng to hold the bridle,
o|,i rj a sake be careful! If It was
ar y ° u cou ld saw him as much
t-ri n u d ’ and he w °uld pay no at
m;;„f: n ’, ba t Queen, who has a tender
mein ’ ,R naif-mad with excitement at
tho w“ nd a ver y slight pressure on
ong rein will mean a forty or
y,' fo °t fall for you all!”
*ti m * .I!f r expressed great fear,
y 0„ . Mr - M Hes surprlsedly said: "Why,
i< ha 'wv. rld<ien wlth me twice this
J>s * "dthout a Sign of fear?” “Oh.
w-hst answered, “but you know
n lari ,.. your are doing—you are a horse
ln an ,’’nfnrtunate speech, and
not Mr ’ Carroll’s vanity would
hlm to adm,t his anxiety. “He
ha ’ n rd * well enough, and he would
L 1? himself.” he declared.
‘ *ng the day his fears grew upon
him. Foolishly and wickedly he re
sorted to spirits to try to build up
some Dutch courage. Then when the
scene came on, half-blind with fear
and the liquor— which he was not used
to as he felt the fierce creature be
neath him rushing furiously up the
steep incline, a sort of madness came
upon him. Without rhyme or reason,
he pulled desperately at the nigh rein,
and in the same breath their three
bodies were hurling downward like
thunderbolts. It was an awful sight!
I looked at them as they descended, and
for the fraction of a second they seem
ed to be suspended in the air. They
were all upside down. All, without
turning or twisting, fell straight as
plummets—the horse, the same as the
man and woman, had its feet straight
In the air. Ugh! the striking! Ugh!
never mind details. The curtain was
rushed down. Miss Culter was picked
up dazed, stunned, but without a
mark. Mr. Carroll crept away unaided
amid the confusion, the sorrow and
the tears, for splendid Queen was
doomed. Though Mr. Miles had risked
his own life in an awful heap to save
her from falling tnrough a trap, he
could not save her life, and the almost
human groan with which she dropped
her lovely head upon her master’s
shoulder, and his streaming eyes as he
tenderlv wiped the blood from her vel
vety nostrils, made even the scene
shitters rub their eyes upon the backs
of their hands. While Queen was half
carried to the fire engine house next
door (her stable was too far away),
someone went before the curtain and
assured the audience that, the accident
was very slight, and that the lady and
gentleman would both appear present
ly. The audience applauded in a‘rather
doubtful manner, for several ladies had
fainted, and the carrying out of a help
less person in a place of amusement al
ways has a depressing effect upon the
lookers-on. Meantime Mr. Carroll was
getting his wrist bandaged and a cut
on his face patched up, while a basket
of sawdust was hurriedly procured that
certain cruel stains might be conceal
ed. The orchestra played briskly, and
the play went on. That’s the one
thing we can be sure of in this world—
that the play will go on. Late that
night, beautiful Queen died, with her
head resting on her master’s knee.
Now “Mazeppa” was billed for the
next night, and there were many con
sultations held in the office and on the
stage. “The Wild Horse of Tartary”
was gone. It was impossible to find a
new horse in one day. “Change the
bill!” said Mr. Miles. “And have an
empty house,” answered Mr. EUsler.
“But what can I do for a horse?”
asked Mr. Miles. “Us Old Bob,” an
swered Mr. EUsler.
“Good Lord!” groaned Bob’s master.
They argued long, but neither wanted
to lose the good house, so the bill was
allowed to stand, and “Mazeppa” was
performed with Old Bob as “The Wild
Horse of Tartary.” Think of it —that
ingratiating Old Bob, that follower of
women and playmate of children! Why,
even the great bay blotches on his
white old hide made one think of the
circus, of paper hoops, and of training,
rather than of wildness. With the hope
of making him at least impatient and
restless, he had been deprived of his
supper, and the result was a settled
gloom, an air of melancholy, that made
Mr. Miles swear under his breath every
time he looked at him.
The play moved along nicely, the
house was large, and seemed pleased.
Mazeppa fell into his enemy's hands,
the sentence was pronounced, and the
order followed, “Bring forth the fiery,
untamed steed!”
The women of the audience began to
draw close to their escorts. Many of
them remembered the biting, kicking
entrance of the black, and were fright
ened beforehand. The orchestra re
sponded with incidental, creepy music,
but that was all. Over in the entrance.
Old Bob, surrounded by the four men
who were supposed to restrain him,
stood quietly. But those who sat in the
left box heard “get-ups!” and “go-ons!”
and the duckings of many tongues. The
mighty Khan of Tartary (who could
not see that entrance) thought he had
not heard, and he roared again, “Bring
forth the fiery untamed steed!” An
other pause; the house tittered; then
someone hit Old Bob a crack across
the rump with a whip, at which he
gave a switch of his tail, and gently
ambled on to the stage. He stopped of
his own accord at the center, and, low
ering his head, stretched out his neck
and sniffed at the leader of the orches
tra, precisely as a dog sniffs at a
stranger. It was deliciously ridiculous.
We girls were supposed to scream with
fear of the “wild horse,” and alas! we
were only too obedient; crowding down
at the right, clinging together in atti
tudes of extremest fright, we shrieked
and screeched until Old Bob pricked up
his ears, and looked so astonished at
our conduct, that the audience
simply rocked back and forth with
laughter. And all the time Mazeppa
was saying things that did not seem
at all like prayers. Finally he gave
orders for the men to surround Bob.
which they did, and then a sharp lit
tle spike was used —that was to make
him dance about pretty lively. It prick
ed him on the shoulders, and the “wild
horse” stood and switched his tail. It
pricked him agatn: he switched his tail
again. The men had by this time grown
careless, and when the spike was final
ly used at his mane, he suddenly kick
ed one of them clear off the stage, and
then resumed his unruffled calm. The
public thought It was having fun all
this time, but pretty son it knew it.
Nothing under heaven could disturb
the gentle serenity of that dog-like old
horse. When Mazeppa was brought for
ward to be bound upon Old Bob’s back,
instead of pulling away, and rearing
and fighting against the burden, his
one and only quick movement was his
violent effort to break away from his
tormentors and welcome his master
Joyously.
“Oh!” groaned Miles, “kill him,
somebody, before he kills me!”
While Mazeppa was being bound on
the “wild horse’s” back, our instruc
tions were to scream; therefore we
screamed as before, and. being on the
verge of insanity, Miles lifted his head
from the horse's back, and said, “Oh.
shut up. do!” The audience heard, and
—well, It laughed some more, and then
It discovered, when the men • sprang
away and left the horse free to dash
madly up the mountain, that
Mazeppa had kept one foot un
bound to kick Old Bob with; and
truly it did seem that the audience
was going Into convulsions—such
laughter, pierced every now and then
by the shrill scream of hysterics. Old
Bob ambled up the first run all right,
but alas! for poor Mazeppa, as the
“wild horse” reached the first plat
form. a woman passed on the way to
her room, and hungry Bob instantly
stopped to negotiate a loan In sugar.
Oh, it was dreadful—the walt-and
when finally he reappeared, trotting—
yes, trotting up the next run Mr.
Miles’ foot could be plainly seen kick
ing with the regularity of a piston-rod,
while his remarks were—well, they
were Irregular In the extreme!
Of course the play was hopelessly
ruined. The audience laughed at the
slightest mention of the “wild horse,”
and when the shepherds found horse
and man, lying at the foot of the
mountain, worn out and exhausted, the
building seemed to shake with the
laughter.
When the play was over at last, Old
Bob walked up to his master and
mumbled his hand.' Mr. Miles pushed
him away with pretended anger, cry
ing: “You Infernal old idiot, I'd sell
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 4, 1901.
you for a three-cent stamp with gum
on It!”
Bob looked htrd at him a moment;
then he calmly crossed behind him and
mumbled his other hand, and Mr. Miles
pulled his ears, and said that he, him
self, was the Idiot for expecting an un
trained, unrehearsed horse to play such
a part, and Old Bob agreeing with him
perfectly, they were, as always, at
peace with each other.
“In It There is Death.”
(With profuse apologies to Mrs. Nor
ton, “Bingen on the Rhine,” and
others.)
W ritten for, and dedicated to, all whom
it may concern.
A grey-haired Purysburg saw mill man
lay dying on a plank,
No friend was there to weep for him,
and none was there to thank;
But a negro stood beside him, and
from his dripping brow
The moisture of the death-sweat wiped,
and whispered: "Captain, now
De time to’ yo’ to mek yo’ talk, soon
yo’U be stiff in def’
An’ yo' might wanter say a word befo’
yo’ loss yo’ bref.”
J
The dying man turned on his plank
and raised his drooping eyes.
And whispered to his negro friend:
“I’m tired of telling lies.
So now, that death is drawing near,
and I must heed the call,
I have a word to say in truth; a word
for one and all.
I’ve always said this place had health,
but with my lingering breath
I’ve sworn to take it back for good—
for in it there is death.
“The alligators in the swamp can not
live here for long;
The birds, that In a healthier clime
give forth a cheery song,
Can here give voice to naught hut woe,
and that is feebly sung;
This river-swamp is hard on head, and
hard on heart and lung.
I’ve always said this place had health,
but with my last faint breath
I hereby take It back and say that In
it there is death.
I
"Go, tell my friends and enemies, and
all who knew me well,
This place I’ve called a paradise Is
nothing but a hell;
That if they wish to die the death that
cannot, linger long.
This very Purysburg river-swamp Is
not so far from wrong;
And say to them, as I to you, with my
last panting breath,
That when I spoke before I lied, for
in it there is death.
“There's one thing here that fatly
thrives, and lives a Joyful life.
That robs a man's blood from his veins,
and dearly loves the strife.
(They called them gallinippers In the
town where I was raised.)
But that was distant, far away, the
gods be warmly praised!
But in this Purysburg river-swamp
they come with every breath,
They come and drink and thrive and
sing, and in them there is death.
“Besides the gallinippers, there is fev
er in the breeze,
It swims the streams, ai)d walks the
land, and climbs among the trees;
It prowls about in daytime, while at
night it hunts around—
But you needn't try to dodge It, for
it's sure to run you down.
Don't forget to tell and warn them
that I used my precious breath
To send to them this message, that in
this thing there is death.”
The dying man turned on his plank
and gasped a gurgling sigh;
“It seems to me,” he whispered low;
"Beyond that low'ring sky
There is a place where planks are soft,
for this one here is not;
I hope that place is fever free, and not
too awful hot.”
He paused a moment as he died, and
with his last faint breath
He weakly sputtered: “Warn them now
that in this there is death."
—C. August Mittell.
Hardeeville, S. C.
My Lady's Toilet.
Here is a, game that gives boys and
girls no end of fur* It is called “My
Lady’s Toilet,” and requires no mate
rials except a wooden plate or a cir
cular tray; indeed, any circular object
will do that may be twirled around on
the floor, and is not easily broken.
Any number of boys and girls may
play it. Each player takes the name
of some article belonging to a lady's
toilet, as hair brush, hat brush, comb,
hair-pin, gloves, etc. The players take
seats around the sides of the room,
and the one whose duty It is to start
the game goes to the center and twirls
the plate on the floor as hard as he
can.
As the plate begins to spin he speaks
some sentence in which he uses the
name of one of the toilet articles, and
the player who has that name must
leave his seat and try to catch the
plate before it stops twirling. If he
fails he pays a forfeit and takes the
twirler’s place; if he succeeds, he takes
the place without paying a forfeit.
The plate spinner generally speaks a
sentence like this: “My lady is going
out, and she wants her gloves.” The
player whose name is “gloves” then
runs to the plate, and tries to catch it.
The spinner has a right at any time
to cry out the single word "Toilet!” and
when he does, all the players have to’
change seats. The one that does not
get a seat—the spinner himself always
secures one—must then take the plate
and pay a forfeit.
Forfeits may be redeemed at the end
of the game.
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VAST CAVES IN ILLINOIS.
NEAR RED 111 D IS A RIVAL TO THE
MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY.
Long Series of Lofty Clinmhera Full
of Cnrions and Ilcnutlful Rock
Formations, Both Stnlnitmtte mill
Stalnetlle—More Than Twenty
Miles of the Cavern Tims Far Ex
plored and Experts Relieve Thai
When the Explorations Are Com
pleted the Cave Will Be Fonnd to
Be the Largest In theWorld—Lake
of tuknonn Extent liars Travel on
the Spath, and a Brook Guides It
to the North—Story of One of the
Pioneer Explorers.
Copyright, 1901, by W. H. Durham.
St. Louis, Aug. 2. —An expedition
from St. Louis has recently made an
exploration of the great cave at Red
Bud, 111' and, while less than half of
the cavern was traversed, enough was
found to indicate that this series of
subterranean galleries constitutes the
most wondenful cave in- the. world.
Prof. R. N. Harper of Chicago, an em
inent geologist, who was a member of
the exploring party, expressed the
opinion that when the explorations
were concluded, the Red Bud Cave
would prove to be not only the larg
est, but also the most beautiful and
interesting in point of geologic forma
tion of any yet entered by man.
When the cave was first entered is
a matter of some dout. In one of the
chambers are some very interesting
mural characters which are so unlike
any chance geologic formation that
they are believed to be carvings made
by some aboriginal visitors. The first
entrance of which any certain records
exist, however, is that in 1576 'by two
resident of Red Bud, who have made
the most thorough exploration up to
date. In the intervening years other
excursions have been made by •various
persons, but the impediments to sub
terranean travel, in the form of lakes
and streams of unknown extent and
of obstructing rocks, together with
that timidity which affects the bold
est when they descend into the chill
darkness beneath the earth’s surface,
set a short and sure limit to their ex
plorations. Fourteen miles to the north
of the entrance, and five miles to the
south, is tile extent of travel thus far.
Now, however, a project M under way
to fit out the cave with electric lights,
and to make an exhibit of it, so that
doubtless its entire extent will soon
be ascertained.
This remarkable freak of nature was
formed ages ago by the action of a
subterranean river heavily charged
with lime, which flowed in a north
westerly direction to some outlet as
yet unknown, but supposed to be the
Mississippi river. The cavern's top.
bottom and sides are of limestone for
mation, forming many vast and lofty
chambers. Stalactites and stalagmites
of gigantic proportions, numbers of
them being twice and even three times
as large as any in Kentucky Mammoth
Cave, hang pendant from tha roof and
stand upright from the floor, while
the composition of the walls is merely
stalactites and stalagmites in combi
nation. In the centers of the halls and
chambers there are also combined pen
dants and pillars suggesting that na
ture. in forming them, had in view the
support of a weak part of the roof. In
one of the chambers, called the grand
room, there is one of these huge com
binations at least one hundred and fif
ty feet high, the end of which, it is
estimated, are more than fifty feet in
diameter, while at the middle of the
smallest part, where the Joint of the
stalactite and the stalagmie was form
ed, the circumference is more than for
ty feet. Some idea of the magnificent
size of this chamber can be gained by
comparing it to an ordinary room.
For instance, take a bedroom 16 Try IS
feet, which is a fair size. Now, tfr
you will put a man in that room he
will appear to occupy more space in
proportion than does this great monu
ment in the grand room. Accurate
measurements of anything but the base
of the pile could not be taken, because
no lamp that could be carried would
dispel the gloom of the upper part of
the chamber. Hence, the room itself
has never been measured, but, from
the proportion of the many columns
supporting the roof, it is conjectured
that it must be of colossal size.
AU of the remarkable spectacles to
be met with in the great Kentucky
cave have here been reproduced, and
many of them surpassed, even to a
narrow hallway extending into the
earth some 200 yards, which has been
dubbed “Fat Man’s Misery.” Stone
tables, big and little, life-like heads of
men and animals, chairs, dishes, books,
castles, and, it would seem, images of
every object on earth are strewn about
in confusion, and a man with a cam
era will begin to make pictures at the
very entrance, only to become angry
when he finds he has consumed all his
material before he has gone two miles,
because he is continually coming In
contact with better subjects.
One of the most impressive sights In
the entire explored portion of the cave,
which is by far the lesser part, is call
ed the Castle. It is diminutive when
compared with some of the other show
places, but at that It is forty feet wide
at the base, and the highest tower Is
fifty-five feet. Turrets, gates, watch
towers, sentry boxes, port holes, outer
wall and all, the other architectural
work, which went to make a strong
post in the days of the feudal barons,
are here reproduced so truly that a
United States engineer officer said, on
beholding this creation of water, lltne
and time, that nowhere on earth had
there ever been built a castle so strong
and so symmetrical from a contem
poraneous military point of view.
Just at the Castle the hall becomes
narrow and makes a sharp turn and
from the other side, as one goes in
ward. the great fortress appears to be
guarding the Approach. When the vis
itor has taken his eyes from this point
he finds himself in a room quite large
enough to allow a hundred-foot ship
to turn about, and under a ceiling that
could not be discovered with the rays
of a powerful acetylene lamp, so high
is it.
Here is a curious stalagmite forma
tion called the Family Bible, a partlc
ticularly regular reproduction of a
great book. At the side of the Blbld
Is the Pipe Organ, a splendid repre
sentation of that grand church instru
ment. It begins a yard from the floor
and extends upward Into the gloom,
which the brightest light at hand could
not penetrate but It is In sight for
more than seventy feet. The “pipes”
are attached to the wall their entire
length. The representation Is further
carried out by the largest pipe being
In the centre, from which the smaller
ones taper down for more than thirty
feet each way.
The Arm Chair Is anoter unique fea
ture. The entire formation Is stalac
tite and stalagmite In combination, and
at the base the pillar is almost as large
as an average California redwood.
Some twenty-five feet from the bottom,
however, the huge mass forms what
might be called a plateau, if on a larg
er scale, and it is on this rough plateau
that the Arm Chair, which Is merely a
continuation of the formation. Is lo
cated. Above the chair the column
again broadens, forming a sort of can
opy for the chair. The Columbia Dome
is roughly similar to the dome on the
Capitol at Washington, from which It
derives Its name. It Is set close to the
ground In a narrow hallway.
Two lakes are found In that part of
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the cave which lies south of the en
trance; one called Blind Fish lake,
from the fact that several blind fish,
similar to those caught In the Ken
tucky Cave, have been taken from Its
waters; and a further one of unknown
extent, which marks the limit of ex
ploration In that direction. The course
of travel to the north le along a lively
brook of pure, cold water. No ther
mometers were taken along by the ex
ploring party, so the temperature of
water was not obtained, but Its icy
coldness is vouched for by one of the
travelers who slipped on a ledge and
fell in. It was three days before he
had sufficiently recovered from the chill
to be about again. In one cavern there
is a twenty-flve-foot water fall, which
fills the air with a cold mist.
That feature of the cave which Is
likely to arouse the greatest interest
among scientific men is the mural
carving found In the southern part of
the cavern. Just before the unexplored
lake. There are three characters, each
about one toot high, cut into the wall,
and they resemble no writing of any
known Indian tribes. The first Is like
a distorted capital Z; the second is a
curve joined to a vertical line, which
forms a right angle with another line,
terminating In a sharp curve; the third
Is a half circle from the right end
which extends a vertical line. All the
characters suggest short-hand chlrog
raphy. These curious signs are clearly
chiseled in and bear no resemblance
to the marks caused by erosion. But
who could have made them there, miles
from the light of day? It is hardly to
be supposed that any Indian of the
tribe inhabiting that region in histori
cal times did the chiseling; for the
North American aborigines were not
given to exploring caves; but rather to
shunning such gloomy and uninviting
places.
The first exploration of the Red Bud
cavern in 1876, has not been Improved
upon since, so Zar as actual results are
concerned. William C. Hetnlng, now
postmaster at Red Bud, and Jacob
Hvlber. who died eighteen years ago.
were picking dewberries near the home
of a farmer named Voldane when they
came upon the mouth of the cave, cov
ered with logs and brush to keep the
cattle from falling In. Although there
was almost a sheer descent of fifty
feet, the walls were so rugged that
climbing down was a matter of no
great difficulty. Of this trip and subse
quent visits Mr. Heinlng says:
“We entered a large room at the .bot
tom of the shaft, from which halls ran
In three directions. A lively brook rip
pled through this room running almost
due north. As we were tired, and not
prepared for exploration, we made only
a short trip up stream, and then re
turned to the surface, planning to re
turn the following Sunday. This time
we took a thermometer, which showed
a difference of 61 degrees between the
surface temperature and that of the
cave. On our second visit we went
south again, and began to get an Idea
of the magnitude of the cave; so we de
cided to spend every Sunday In further
explorations with lamps and corhpass.
“The southern part we explored flrsL
It was muddy, and we each wore hip
boots. When we struck the lake where
we caught the blind fish. I tried a
dozen ways to cross It by wading,
starting from different points, but no
matter where I stepped as soon as I
got a yard from the shore the water
surged into my boots. Swimming was
out of the question, for we had no idea
of the lake’s extent, and then in those
days it was not known that venomous
reptiles and dangerous fish do not in
habit underground streams. So we
built a skiff big enough to carry one
person. We dragged that boat through
five miles of cave and finally got it into
the water. Then we drew lots to see
who should cross first, and it fell to
me. We had had handles put on each
end of the boat, so as to carry it. To
one of these Helber tied a rope, and I
set out, he paying out the line. About
midway I tried to find bottom, and
dropped four hundred feet of line, all
I had with me, with no success. I don’t
believe there Is any bottom to the lake.
The lake Is much longer one way than
the other, but I luckily crossed the
short way, and on the other side found
a continuation of the tunnel. When I
reached land I tied my line to the other
end of the boat, yelled to Helber. and
he pulled the skiff back. Then I guided
him across with my line, he leaving his
tied to a projection from the floor.
“Then we puhed on for two miles
more, only to be stopped by a second
lake at the end of the Grand Room,
where we found the marks out Into the
wall. The boat had been left behind,
we were tired, and we knew that if we
went back and brought It we would
have to take It back agatn, so as to
cross the first lake. So we decided to
return another day, and retraced our
steps. We had made about seven miles
In all. On the following Sunday, how
ever, we decided to try to find another
cutlet to the cave, and we followed the
stream down. Intending to find Its
mouth. Week after week we visited
the cave and continued our explora
tion of the northern end. Sunday being
our only time, and on each visit hav
ing to retrace our steps, it was slow
work. We also fully Intended to go
some day and find out about the sec
ond lake to the south, and also to see
If there were any more carvings on the
walls; but Mr. Helber’R death Inter
vened. and I could not get any one to
go with me. I didn’t care to go alone,
and have been there but once since to
get the boat, which had been long de
stroyed."
A number of St. Louis business men
have become Interested In the cave,
which Is only forty miles distant from
that city, and have leased It with a
view to lighting and exploring it thor
oughly. It will probably be made a
sort of side attraction to the St. Louis
Exposition of 1903. W. H. Durham.
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