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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. LEMON’S AS MEDICINE. They regulate the Liver, Stomach, Bow. els, Kidneys and Blood as prepared by Dr. H. Mozley. In his Lemon Elixir, a pleasant lemon drink. It cures bilious ness, constipation, indigestion, headache, appendicitis, malaria, kidney diseases, fevers, chills, heart failure, nervous pros tration and all other diseases caused by a torpid or diseased liver and kidneys. It Is an established fact that lemons, when combined properly with other liver tonics, produce the most desirable results upon the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and blood. Sold by druggists. 60c and |1 bottles. HEV. JOHN P. SANDERS WRITES. Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga.: I have been relieved of a trouble which greatly endangered my life, by using Mozley'g Lemon Elixir. My doctor declared my only relief to be the knife, my trouble being appendicitis. I have been perma nently cured and am now a well man. I am a preacher of the M. E. Church, South, located In the town of Verbena, Ala. My brother. Rev. E. E. Cowen, rec ommended the Lemon Elixir to me. Ship me a half dozen large bottles C. O. D. MOZLEY’* lemon elixir. Cured me of a long-standing case of chills and fever by using two bottles. J. C. Stanley, Engineer E. T. Va. & Ga. R. R. MOZLEV’S lemon elixir. Cured me of a case of heart disease and Indigestion of lour years’ standing. I tried a dozen different medicines. None but Lemon Elixir done me any good. Tules Diehl, Corner Habersham and St. Thomas streets. Savannah, Ga. MOZLEY’9 lemon elixir. I fully indorse It for nervous prostra tion, headache, indigestion and constipa tion, having used it with most satisfac tory results, after sll other remedies had failed. J- w Rollo, West End, Atlanta, Go. ad. 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 MID-SUMMER BARGAINS. Two Cases t J-4 Bed Spreads, Marseilles Patterns, Good value at $1.50; on sale MONDAY —one to a customer, at 98c* Ready-made Pillow A f" Cases, • hemstitched, IUA full size, wortb 25c. | Yardwide Sea Island, A j regular quality, /■ I ft 10 yards to a cus- UQI „ tomcr Ladies’ Shirt Waists, Wrappers, Dress Skirts and Underskirts at cut prices—SEE THEM. Black Lace Lisle Hose, A world 25c a pair, now lift three pair (or 50c— I I I. Black Tallcta Silk, A 27 inches, $l.OO L ||ft quality; again.... |1 Jl. CHATELAINE BAGS, New line, all styles, st, 75c, 50c and 25c. Men’s Balbriggan Under- ijn ft wear, 50c quality, at... jHr REMEMBER, WE ALWAYS SELL WHAT WE ADVERTISE. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & 60.. 13 and 15 Brougfhton Street, West. Waukesha Arcadian Ginger Ale. 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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. *4.00 Savannah to New York and Return. Vta Seaboard Air Line Railway. Tick ets on sale dally, with final limit Oct. 3). Full Information at ticket office. Bull and Bryan streets, or 'phone No. 2*.—ad. 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