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A Cowboy’s Strange Experience. PINKNEY, AMIHOS OF “THE SCHOOL MA’AM OF GOOD LUCK.” [Copyrighted, 1866, by 8. 8. McClure. 1 A few asgiy words, not tbcorbing ton min' tries In the laying, and Both Griffith and Will Maisball had patted, each felt foreTar. And tho quarrel wia all about Tom Loner* gan, whom Both wavacarce nearer loring than waa Will himself, only that he. In hia blind Jealousy, could not ace it, and the, with her angry pride, would not explain. For Tom Lonergan waa the only eon of one of Colo* xado’a cattle kings, a man whose herds ran bis wealth up into the million!; while Will was only a young lawyer, struggling to gain a footing in Denver, hia income largely made up of hope. And Tom, though ooeree of man ner aid unprepossessing of aspect, could en hance his attentions to his Ihvored lady friends by a lavishness of expense that was positively slekenlng to impeounlous Win, as he taw the torrent of books, Bowers, and bonboet that sudden ly began ponrlug into the Griffith parlor. The happy ton of Gneraa, moreover, frankly boastful, declared his Intention of es tablishing bis bride, when he shonld marry, In a style of splendor calculated to astonish all Denver, while for more than a year now Will and Beth had been planning when they might afford the modest little suburban cottage, be* 1 venture. No wonder If she was tired of waiting for to poor a lot, nor that she should wlstfhlly consider the brilliant fhture Tom Lonernn could give her. True she had noverhlntM a weariness of tire long engage* a. '■ —— Os, moot; nor could Will accuse her of openly encouraging the riche* lover, but there were Lonergan’t flower*always fresh In the parlor. “I am tired of teeing the tracks or that golden calf!" he petulantly remarked. “If you mean the flowers, I think they are very lovely tracks, and I’m not tired of them in the least.” Beth good nsturedly retorted. “Nor of the calf itsell-very evidently!” ox* claimed Will, with Increased Irritation, "I don’t think It Is very nioe of you to apeak of Mr, Lonergan lu that way,” playfully reproving, 1-Vr.n “Yon cannot yourself speak of him ns a gen* tleman.” "He it too much of a gentleman to say hate* lb), sarcastio things of peoplo behind their hacks.” flashed Beth, growing angry in turn, “And sufficiently a gentleman, considering *-*—jail tho girls In Denvor all his beef, to have running after him!” It was a vicious Innuendo to throw at her, as he realised the instant tho words were out of his mouth; bnt ho hid Wrought himself up to a fastens temper and woul'I not rcIrfjl.aajJiahl* “What do you mean to imply by that ro- mark?” the girl demanded, with Icy calm, although he oonld see her hands trembling In her Itp. “I mean that your flirtation with tymergan, considering that you have beon engaged to me, hat gone altogether too far,” cried Will hotly. “Becauso I have said nothing before, jou sre not by any means to suppose that I have been blind. I have scon It aU. Hostren knows what your motive has been. It may have been a childish vanity to exhibit your grand conquest to tbo envy of the other girls, or perhaps it was—” here Will hesitated, turn ing a llttlo pale—"it may have been simply J ‘liberate calculation of a meraenary wo- the drill __ man. 1 won’t insult you by areumtng that you oonld by any possible chance, flail in love with the men.” “Alter I had once owned to falling in love srith you It could hardly iosult me to assume anything as to my weak susceptibility!” cried Btth with angry sarcasm. “By which yon mean me to understand that yourengagement to me seas a folly of which you have repented,” said poor Will, with iraglocalm. “Your penetration does yon credit,” the tartly acquiesced. “Good-by,” cried he, making for the door. d*by,slr,” said she, taking op Loner- “Good-l hty parted, As will entered hit room that night ho found a letter thrust under hit door. It ws, from the manager of a cattle company with whom he had been corresponding, trying to obtain a situation as cowboy during the ap proaching spring roundup for a young friend at the east, for whom the doctors had pre scribed life In tbo open air. A letter received that morning had announced that the ltd had gone with a surveying party to Now- Mexico; and now It appeared there waa an opening for the proposed cowboy, who was re quested to report for duty on the ooming 14th of May. It was now the 11th; and Will per ceived there wu scant time for the company to And a subatltote. _ Suddenly he became pos actred of a strange Idea. Why shonld be not go as a cowboy In the place of bit friend- plunge into a new. wild life that might help “How came you here?" stammers Will, halting, thunderstruck. "The tame to yourself!” the other good- hnmoradly retorted, but srith a certain sharp* lest of glance that oonveyed no enthusiastic welcome of hia guest. “I'm the foreman of the outflt for this trip: that's all. My father’s the silent partner of the concern; see? Now, what brought you heret" Somewhat Incoherently Will explained about his Mend and the young fellow’s change of » youi __ plans, and his Idea of going out himself for strip. “Good scheme!” cried Lonergan, with grin that did not team altogether void of malic*. “Of course you’ve been cow punching before!" Will admitted that he had not, whereupon 'But yon’ll catch on all right,' erccntaglngly. As Will walked stray he felt that unbearable trouble had fallen upon him. To go on, In the company of tbit man he hated, teemed for the moment impossible. Yet to go back seemed equally out of tbe question. And, althongh ho bated Tom Lonergan, he presently re minded himself, with returning reason, he bad no assurance that his ngly feeling was re ciprocated. Hit engagement to Beth had never been made pnbllc, and qnito likely Lon* rrgan bad never given two thonghti to a rival solnslgnldcant. Quite likely, Will told him- ' rlth reviving courage, he should find the tell wll outfit. There was a certain satisfaction, moreover, in the prospect of thus bavlog the fellow under his own eye for a time, to be assured that he was not at Beth'a feet In person. How altogether at the mrrry of Tom Lonergan he waa to be for the weeks to come he could not for a moment eon calve. He was soon to gain an insight Into the au tocracy of tbe rattle company; and it w J iremptly evident thit he was not to be hvorita of fortune during the round-up of ’8S. When, after a faw days, the distribution of horses was made, each man, as is usual, re ceiving seven as hia “string,” It was fonnd that nobody wst to unlucky as Will Marshall. That his reven were possessed of seven devils apiece he was folly persuaded. Time and again he waa throw*; and, though never terl- tb* dally victim. And when any thing poem Inevitable that Marshall should come in for a there. He could not accuse the fortn an of melldcntly nventtng work to give him trouble. Nothing that the was celled upon to do but waa a legitimate duty devolving up on somebody of the outfit to perform. All the same it was evident that Marshall was no favorltq. It was as well. Ho would havofolt like a sneak accosting favors from this man he loathed. Tho company moved slowly along tho courrn of the South l’latte river, camping at frequent Intervals. Whon in camp, Will’s a eonplo or others, driving tho hors 11. was''i-k-** i"" w"* when'tho weather wu fine, with the bcaotlfol Colorado sky smiling over all, and the dull brown I plain taking ona tender tings of green In tbe golden ranihlne. ■ Almost happy then was Will u ha Idly rode I himself up to thought! of Beth. A sinalf, sweet hope had stolen Into hia heart, If Lonergan were her aoeepted lover, why iras round up? It could not arable mistake that some day her own sweet lips might explain away. But hope only be- ... longed to tbe pleuant days; and; often rained. Then, cold, wet and wretehed, lie remembered tbe odor of Lonergan’s rotos, and her angry eyes as she eald goof-by. Boon they began “riding on elrole,” gather* In the country through lug up tho cattlo him to forget the therp pain now fogging at his heart ? Tbe opening seemed providential. And thns three daye later found our hero mured as a cowboy to tbo manner born, at a certain small railway station In Eastern Cri- credo, Inquiring hia way to the Hereford ranch. It was three mIlea away, across a dreary Wule of sage brush, cactus and alkali. Tor- K nted with gnats and euihairawad by bis ivy boots and nnaecosumiod chaparrsfci — ■tout leather breeches with fisgutt up the aide, generally called “chaps” for short— three times three miles Will fhnciai ha bal tolled before tho ranch wu gatued. Tha croud of cowboys l-mnglog shout the place all roeaad themselves to look the stran ger over with good-humored nonchalance, and one directed him to where tha foreman wu. And here wu a shock for which our hero wu wholly unprepared. Tbe foreman wu Tom Lonergan. with them u they moved. This Invoi night herding; and Will's life bora more of u burden, Tho night wu divided similarly to tho watches on ship- Hoard, four reliefs or two men each, following each other from dark till dawn. Will wat as signed a place on tho fourth relist, going on two o’clock, when his day's work now practically began, alnca his rest for tha night was ended. After the day of hard labor that luxury, no fate could then that which pulled him out in the chill darkness for those tedious hours of hording before tho dawn. A cold rainy day had coma and well nigh ;one. A cold rainy day bad coma and well nigh gout. As wu their wont after rapper, the boys sat smoking around tha camp firs, tailing stories— 1 “swapping Ilea,” u their own slang expressed it—and enjoying, with what spirit “ » jor— they might, their eoame jokes, whan they were startled with tho Information that tha calUa must ha driven forthwith to tha river, ten mileaaway. As bad coma to bo a nutter ten mileaaway. Aa bad coma to be a m it ter of cooree, Will Marshall wu the first man named for tha unwelcome duty. It bad ceased raining, but a chill, damp wind wu blowing, premising a disagreeable night. There were four to drive, however, tbe way wu down bill and toward water with the wind blowing In their flavor, ao that tho cattlo readily followed the trail, end their regress wu comparatively euy. But It wu etc and vary dark whan at length they reached their destination, and according to orders turned the cattle loose to bn gathered up by tha rid ere along tha river next day. Aa they tamed back toward camp not tha kteneat of human eras could havs discerned tba trail, and the wind had died away In a foggy stillness that gave aa sugges tion of (ha course they should tans; but they trusted themselves to the instinct of their boreet and rods confidently along. Now and then n glow of lightning wonld Cor a moment Ulumrss tba arena, disclosing tha miles of billowy plains stretching drearily before them, and then tba after dukaaaa would seem more dense; and sometimes would would pull their hat brims forther down an- essay to spur on tbe jaded hones. Cold. wot. and utterly wearied they rede along with tho stoical endurance bore of necessity, tha mut tering of distant thunder and the heating of their horses’ hoofs upon the soggy ground tho only sounds. Scarce conscious of cold or wet wu Will Marshall, hugging to hia heart hia thoughts of Both, for it had come about that rarely for an instant wuaheoutofhlamlnd. Ho was vague* raa. u it ware, clothed In an armor, against which tho hard blows of his MllUUIt MI1MIUU NUIU1 MID IUUU U4UYTB U1 AS IS daily life fell harmless. Hts whole thonght now wu of when he might go back to her and beg again tho love that wu u his lifo. He dairednot go yet—ho must give her time to forgot his suspicion and hatofol words _ words, and to remember the old-time love. It wu this fen ded necessity for delay that made tho cowboy life endurable: ona occupation wu u good aa another since It wu simply to serve at killing time until ho might venture back to her. Ana u he rode along through tho darkness, ao in tense that ono seemed almost pushing a way foreman, Tom Lonergan, throwing himself from tbe saddle, rowerloss Will felt to stir or utter a sound, only dully staring from tbo shadow of Ms wldo hat, while by some fil.sr-oncw power ho seemed reading tho tbouybm In tho mind of this man who atood rrgs.Mng him with a look of deadly hatred. In his hands Loiergan wu nervously twirl ing h'r "quirt,” tho cowboy’s short leathern whip, with butt end deadly loaded; and he Iqnlcfc blow—essy'as killing a rattlesnake!— and iv Is done with forever! It will soem S eth':waa thrown—this homo hu thrown mlvfore. No one will think of connecting me with it. And slio—ah! I must have her.” Both strango whlto mist had seemed to bo forming before Lonergan; and nowilwssss- snmlw shape uewoman’s garment,clothing |a_wop.sn’a lorni. Tho vision wu turned from Will, “it It was strangoly familiar; and, as tho ctacl quirt wu fiercely raised to strlko, ho knew tho fair whlto hands that grasped the murd-rer'ssrm: nor wu ho surprised tosee the u-id look on Lonorgan’t face u if ho had cccnra khoot, whllo ho cried aloud In horror: IXaD’”, The fids shape seemed then to torn yon and only yon, -1 was wild with my own pain snd it made mo creel to Mm. I fairly loathed him u tha caue of onr trouble -but of course it waa my fault—ell my wretch ad folly and wickedness!” Will wu softly com forting her with kieses. “And tbo other morning I had such a strange dream, dear. I had boon nervous azrt wakeful aU night, thinking of tho bard* ships and dangers cowboy* go through, and that yon wore enduing all because of my childish folly. I bad cried until -1 seemed to bav* no team left, to. think how powerless I was thit I did not know whore to send a let- ter to heg yntt to ecme beck, lly and by the erasy Idea cam* to me that I might go and find you myself: and so - my mind waa rapidly wandering, whun at length asleep. And then his lying on the ground aslcop, while standing over yon, with a look of deadly hatred, was Tern Lonergan. It wu all ao wonderfully real. H* seemed to rale* hi* arm to strlko, and I reeked forward and seised bit wrist, ROBBERS’ CAVE. SUlMtliM and auiifnliH A bounding Mrtjvrhmrt -UMdu oJUudMivouM for Bobbon-Barrio* Bonn XHMovarFtl Wbsrt U« wu Hid ▲fur Bala# Mordarad by En Blval. gered l-iirk, calling my namo. And than wltl a scream I woke up, trembling with fright. It wts horrible I” clinging to Mm with* ter rified shudder at tho remembrance. Aa if he, too, bad boon a ghost, Will Mar shall was wildly staring. “When—when did yon say, Beth V’ “It was Wednesday morning,'’ storing la torn, surprised at histone . . > “The very day 1” cried Will, amazed. “O my darling! myangoU” holding her close to hia hsart, “Thsnk (tod that von went to mo even If It were only a dream.” TUB FOURTH INMKWYORK.: The CltyEaniualastlo—The Weather line and Everything Joyful, New York, July 5.—Tho Fourth wu oole- bratod hero today with the tuual noisy de monstrations, beginning at an early hour of uivuatmiivun, IJI £11111 III If up MU VMS Off uwi U4 morning. Tbo weather wu fine, tbongh warn. The display of flags and banting In tho city ws* universal. Kzolralges, court*, federal buildings, the custom-boas* and wholesale stores were all closed. A very Isrg. d ths oole and enthusiastic sssomblsgoattended the onlc- hratlon at Tammany hall today. Thu chief speak or* wore Senator Vanco, of North Carolina; - Congressman Ssmual J. Jltn- dtll. of Pennsylvania; J. Madriph Tucker, of Virginia, and Coiigresimsn McAdoo, of New Jersoy. BenatoVVanoo took oration to score dvll corvleo reform m un democratic and unconstitutional, Ills remarks bring enthusiastically received. Ho also re ferred briefly to the torlfiT, usortlog that with freo trade, New York wonld soon ho tho through it u ho went, hia storing eyes aeemad looking into her eweet face, not coldly angry, as lut he aw it, bat luminous with lore and tender welcome. A cold splash of rein on hie cheek, start- touch of a departing soils* It hurried away from earth, roused Mm U length; and shaking himself, u It were; awake, ho dug spare Into his horse end, calling to bis companion! to hurry, dashed reckleeely stray over the rough ground. (Suddenly ho noticed that ho hoard but tha sound of ono horse’s hoofk. Instantly h* •topped, londly calling the bon by name; but tha deathly silence or tho night only an- swered that ho was alone, loat upon tha plains. Absorbed In hie sweet fancies, he had ct tbe horao carry him on, while tho others, who know tho country, btd turnod off into somo other trail—who could say how fu back f That tbo Instinct of tha hone had al lowed him to go astray wu almost Incredible, it plainly one or tbe foolish ono* of hia ktad;Ynd Will promptly pronounced his rider another.^® I Again and again ho halloed with all hi* might with no remit, and, thoroughly die- heartened, he toned tho horao’s head and rod.b^kUara.ff'.^wmri.y^nderluj ha should do. bain which way wu the camp nor In what direction ran the river, where he might hope > run acrOM some ranch house. Btmembering presently u bit of Indian cun ning, he dismounted and listened with his ear to lb* ground only to hou those inarticulate murmuring* °f nature that are never sull*d. To hia strained rentes it seemed that ha oonld fairly hear the wrowlugof tho grass, but then was no sound of human kind. An hour or more went by In profitless wan dering Ibis way and that, now turned by tbs fancird direction of the nnpalpahlo wind, or stain l>y some trail that aeemad to hold oat hope u revealed by tho 1 Ightnlag. At length the horse loomed impatient to move faster, and Will gav* Mm hia head, thinking the chancuu good on* way u another. Tho ani mal now wont on at a brisk trot, presently i nickonlng into a lope, occasionally sniffling io air and neighing londly as If calling to hia kind, until after a time It occurred to poor Will, with a stupefying tenso of despair that tbe brut bad scented a bard of wild ho race and wu making toward them. They were moving over a vary rough country, quite likely getting further astray with every moment. Tberewu the choice of continuing to give the hone hie head, with tha prospect of •pending the night In the coddle, or of camp- ing when he wu and waiting for morning to get his bearings and start anew, lie chooa tbo latter elternatire. Dismount ing, therefore, snd searching out with his feet ed one end of hie lariat around himself down across the rope, prone upon stomach, that If tho horse attorn ptod to qat a««’ ay the dragging of tba rope under hi* body - old promptly awaken bias—“stooping on tba rape," in cowboy phrase. Worn oat, u ho wu, there true (mall sans* of comfort inly, lag down, even upon tbo cold, wot ground, and bs was sron asleep. It waa then that bn experienced tha won derful dream—if It were a dream—that forever sided hi* carter u a cowboy. Ht thonght that b* ahpt HU morning. HI* hat brim was pulled well over his eyes, but u be toy heavily on bit ride, coemlogly soaked tuisbiie pleasantly warming bb chin and nee, lie could bear lb* satisfied mucking of - - - m, often tbe born u he cropped the short gns* < tugging iusnu’-lenUy at tha rope; sad the of a meadow lark sounded tweet and elair. Presentlyb*aumodto hear tha steps of* Mixed horse, ecu, lens uldly opening his eyes, flit petrified with Uitaiebucnt to see tbe towtrd Will, Its fleet foil of love, and holding out arms with n gesture eloquent ofenreeelnj tenderness; bnt now tho heavy quirt, dropped from I-onergan’e nerveless hand, seemed to toll with a stinging blow upon Will's hoad, ord the vision wu blotted out. Tba tun wu high when be awoke at lath •ittlngnp with a queer pain In hia head, and a curious sense of weakness. Wu It a dream! or had h* really been struck with Tom Lon- organ's quirt! And had hto love really come in spirit to rave his life! Practical, presale, Will Harebell fait sadly at tea and bewildered u he dlully got upon bis foot and looked about Mm, Tien wu nothing suggesting mystery or fair spirits about the dull plains, roughened with cactus all bunting into bud under the warm June sunshine. Clearly he bad been wlldlydream- Ing, end yet this strange pain in hto baud! lie sectoid curiously stupid and benumbed. M J MlUpiU MU LA UBUU1UUOU. beyond tbo power of surprise whon, by and ’ ’ lotleedthee 1 by, be noticed tbo smoko or u camp Are rising from n gully not n quarter of a mils away, and mounting hia horao it seemed scares a matter lor gratutoUon that ho should presently dis cover tha tents of the outflt and soon bo In camp, Tha Instinct of the bores bad tod him right after all, Will duly considered; and he let himself give up discouraged within * quar ter of a stile of hto goal. But It did not matter, ho apathetically argued; nothing mattered. He left the ontflt that morning, walking •even miles screw tbe country, guided only by tbe broiling ran, to reach ton railroad, when ho was picked up, more dead than alive, by a freight train and carried Into Denver. He vatused npto the verge of richness, and Beth'a tweet face, te bo bad aeon It In his dream, drew him to her by an IrrealstaMo forte. Lonergan did not appear rarpriaadibut ha waa altogether cool and unembarrassed when Will announced hto Intention of going. Purely It-wse all * dream. A few days later aa bo eat with hto arm around hia recovered treasure, Bath shame facedly hid bar face on hia shoulder and eon* (cited. “You won right, door; I did flirt with him ' all tha romaaco was dying ou ’i fancied that . of our engagement; that you had fallen Into the habit of taking it nil for gran tod, and era growing cold and Indifferent.” “I'cold and indifferent!’ O, Beth!” “And I wanted to tease you Just a little, to *“’i f n5« r ^”yra?re» sufficiently satisfied never to'try It again 1” devoutly re torted tho victim of tbe periment, “Tcm Lonergan has .always been fllrtlu^ with two or three girl* at a . time, and ntvir entered my bead to think bln In earnest until the day after yea and I quarreled, when he came and nronouad BlMWlrfs - . to ne. And then I h%Ud bin, nod I told him so* I fclorkd in UUujs him that I loved fcriofly. ftrnl miilo Ho that tho predictions m&do iu tbe cAuip&ifnof lBtil that democratic supremacy moant dUas* lor had been pro van fulso, since the government was now mauaded with greater economy than formerly. He spoko Pan Antonio, Tex, July 3.—Another cbtp* t< r in the Robbers* Cave romance was read to day. It bus beon tho intention to effloUlljr exj loro the cave svor since tbe dijoo*ery of portions of a akeloton, which was idonilled as that of Frank Harris. Harris was a yonnjc man living In the Helotes neighborhood, who * waa hand lit gloves with tire I’itta-Brannon gang of outlaws. He was ih lovo with Mollsea Scott, who subsequently married l*iUs, tho leader of tho gang. Thero wee much existent Jealousy betwoon Harris end Pitta, And the foimcr’s suit was disapproved by tho Sootla^*” father and son. i On tho 16th of September, 1891, Harris w«e i seen In company of the two Scottt and Pitta, llo wu nevor seen again. On discovery of hie bonea In the cave, the Hcotts, who were charged with his murder, saw a chain of cir- OTplfAntta! evidence riveted to them which, . it is stated, they will have hard work la break ing. While officorc have boon preparing to ex plore Harris’s tomb, Justice Boomer, of tho Helotea precinct, has been carrying on a pri vate investigatien on hie own account. He has kept hia own counsel, and gone ahead steadily with his work. Today ho showed up at the oonrthonse looking mysteriously Impor tant, and carrying under his arm a bulky package done up In wrapping paper. The of* floors gathered around him, and, like a ped dler with hie pack, he spread out his’ ghastly nans. MJflSINO LINKS. They were bones, snd human bones, corn- portions of a badly fractured skull. Token ribs, etc.* being most of tho mining ’ • *• * * Harris’s personality. ** links in tho dead Harris's persouulity. Near tho skeleton was found a heavy quirt, or rid ing whip, with a load-weighted handle. It may have boon tho property of tho dead man, or may have been used in hatmnoring out his brains. Thu ribs were doubtless broken in forcing the body down the very narrow chute, which, from an unsuspicious holo at the top, herds twenty feet downward into a subterra nean cavity, which, In addition to the ghastly intercut which tho llarrlH death fastens upon it. and tho fact that It wu for yearn tha refugo or ono*of tho most de*i»erato bands of oriinl- nals Tcxu has ever known, is a marvel of natural beauty. Thero waa no light from above, and all the exploration was done by allt«m‘ torches. Justice Boomer mjs that ho did uot i for It tends, 'ekTada r •• '•mil brenr botlkncMi it may have. He, locrotlo wu* I however, went eareAilly through throe chain- enthusiasm I *>?*•» lost in th# beauties over hoadlaud l>y getting the hand to play both “Carry mo I Back to Old Virglnny/’and' Yaukco Doodle." speech, ■ * * ‘ * ‘ Letters of regret wore read from President Cleveland, Governor Hill, Mr. Tilden, and many other prominent democrats. PUKSIDBRT CLEVELAND'S LETTER. Following Is tbo president's lettorto tho Tammany society: Kxxctmvs Mansion, Washington, June 2ft, 1M8. Bon. P. Henry bugro, brand dacinun: My Dear Hir:—My public duties here will prevent my meet* 1 — -embers of tho Tammany society on ***“ July, to celebrate the birthday of ing with members of the Tammany society ou tho 6th day of July, to celebrato the birthday of tho republic. I should be yery glad to Join those u “ that occsalon, will "renew their plepfts of lion to the priudplee for whlon tho fail of tbo repubuo fought." There principle* had no relation to penoual advantage or ambi tious rchemes, but were odoptsd and ouertohsd be* greatness to a freo and victorious people there principles the fathers of the republic ft In full hope and expectation that their de< ant* and tbremrerererefco^fcreMMrerek land transmuted by thi pride and noble petit which had made tboli y them, would also n toltlaenahlp which had made (belt country S Mural In discharge of the solemn trusts ■us told upon us. Is found the only Suarautiol lb. rsellastlon of *11 thst bssbccu promised us under our form of Rorcmmenv lisnser srlslns from • leek of watchfulness and Tlgllaucola eyer present, sed sbures constantly Itbresteu lochoka tbe growth of pstrlotlo seulf- UMDto It Is then most 111 sod proper that si this celebration of. s day which Inspires such noble thought., and ou en occasion which suggests such I lofty senllments, our pledtcs to the principles of r fathers should he ’solemnly snd sincerely re wed, sod our loro of oountry he rerlrsd snd iry truly, IIGHstl, MiU ISIAs tsg, t, us to strengthened. Yours veryi Ohovracutrsugp. A TAIt^Or A KITE, Not an Ordinary Kit., but Ous of tb. West Virginia Variety. Alpsua, W. Vs, July 8.—Amos Brers of this village la ths hero of on* of ths most irmsrksbls adventures which ever fell to the lot of any roan. It hu been the custom for the male portion of tbe Tillage to make hugskltu snd lly them with thick cords This year It wu deter mined that ell previous efforts should be outdoor. A monster kite of the following dimensions wu constructed: Xatreme height, t feet 4 Inches; width scram the top, 4 foot s laches: width eerom the bottom, 2 feet; extreme width scram the mid dle, 6 feet 0 Inches' The framework wu brill of tough hickory, shaved thin sad stayed with one-elgth Inch copper wire. A double thick ness of heavy muslin wu stretched on itch Hdo of the frame, end the place for fastening the flying ooid wu doubly braced with yellow pine scantling s quarter Inoh thick. Into this wu screwed • ring bolt, which wu clamped on the other aide with u Iron pin. The riog Itself wu fire Inches In diameter and him, snd splashing in tho pools of icy water aft his feet it is olio of tho graudost formations of usture ever discovered by man. Too cha._ 1-rrii nro connected by chiselled it;olios, as though* legion of workmen hail fashioned them. Tho ceilings arc of groat height Croat the floor, snd tho spaces aro tromoiulous lu ox- the nEAtmrut. cAvznir. “In one chamber,” tsya Judge Boomer, “you might riand sn srmy of 10,000 men, Tho most remukabls fset connected with it Is Its utter 100101100. The unpromising exterior S irs* no indication of tho marvellous beauty idden within. A hole In tho wall, it would be called, by anyone glancing at It, One ex- pension of tbe puugo to filled with s score nr more of tUIsgullM from two to tun or twelve feet In height, grouped in eomanymonutnonta oftho dead, tbe eidoe snd celling - - wi wisunw, Mv.iun ami ceiling art Of OX. quislte workmanship, slit setting to tbe mil- emu snd beeutlfol scene within, which leads ont to speak In low tones and tread solely as if cn saertd ground. Upon the walls it sus pended some drapery in clone thst would be lbs admiration snd despair of n sculptor. Double end trll-io folds of stalactite, h quarter Of US Inch la thlekUCKS Hil l a yard wldo, hang thirty feet, with no support except from above. Beyond this to pcrhtpx tho moat beautiful grotto of hU. Celling, walls, snd even floor, ore covered with u fretwork of dazzling bright ness, which reminds one of the finest work of the silversmith or the window-work oftho and door .reunited by columns ex clear ami tisnspurautu crystal. A candle placed aifsr within ono of these gronps ss tho srm could reach Illuminated s wonderful fsiry bower, fihlnlng through sll tho rich drapery of atone there ere tubular pillars of Immense height and thickness. They sra porfnotly transpa rent—ethers •» a cloudy white, sad, under the shifting torches, lighted np srith s thous and first. ■TALAOMITXU AND STALACTITES. In this vicinity also appear quantities of limestone, coisl formation, great sheet forma tions, standing like lcavse efs book partly open, upright. Many steltgmltos, statactltoe, pillars, psdsstsb snd pinnacles of all lengths * thickness, snd becoming more transparent lbs drepsr yon get down. Here, also, are soon levrral sides array* of tabular stalactite unit on several a __ stalagmite formations, resembling an immense chnrcb organ, I fonnd at ths distance of many yards tha pinnacles, pedestals, columns, stalagmites, stalactites, mure numerous and skitee I Bi tn-foot with toad. Instead of the,usual yards of cloatly wound mantis rope, very light hut as strong ea a double linked chain, were procured. When the bite waa llutshed there wat S general Jollification. The kit* wee secured do a use rad avrrs, who waa prattr drank, watched 11 while the otbrra were Imbibing. Ktrers, aftora time Herd of holding urn, rope _ and wound round hto own body. There was .tiff bracts blowing at ths lime, and when the in cameoolof thsgroosry tows was tho klto Sh in ths sir snd grsr. hanging nuto .hs toll, i quickly dbapprarsd from rbw and asm trees him could be fonnd during the Mil few days ’’VTs'bfotoyswIcrhe had token hie flight hewalk- sd Into Ih. vUtore and told how he trad boon car- • to Iftlbeek, Hampshire eountyreventy miles, In hto journe^M ottoman In rroned icven river* and Ij-snlrs. Be wu dltcovered hr two genttomta In Ms unconscious cozdlttoa, who attended him mod esenmpenlrd him hack to Alpena. There doubt about the truth of hto story. now Had the lto-l Writing Is. Gall Hamilton In the North American Review. A great dssl of onr bad writing is so bad thst nothing can he dons with It but 1st It Slone. No criticism rennet bshssCfqr h>Rd^SSroSK^3B to. Om might indeed tsy to him: “Go back; goto trbeel; tosra the alphabet; be born sals; die sad ftnomcsdtnknnt person. Perhaps the next timo [rro-nd —II bs tree ttaectd.” But It does no U. lie UkretoUvees wellu too rest. Uellkc* cab. it dote uot seem to him musby, very brilliant ss our lights were thrown upon them. Id this vicinity tbe scens was beyond description, ss stalagmite* of ths most delicate •n<l transparent texture were In great strand- ■ncs, and of svsry conceivable shape. Even race, and of every conceivable shape. Evert delicate tabes; ths thlcknea of load pencils, and three end foarfeet In length, whoa broken token off were foil of slksllno water, and catting off pieces of etalsgmltM with s hstebet tho spark* wonld fairly fly, sad on which overy tuna and sound could be heard. Many of the larger •paces there seen by eno would reach from sixty to slghty feet in height snd ss much across. The caverns of Lnrey, in Virginia, or tha Mammoth Gave, In Kentucky,, arc not u cir cumstance in beauty compared to tha Helotea cave.” OTHZR CAVERNS. i There arc also largo caverns in tho vicinity whose range snd depth are unknown. Thsro Is no doubt that they woro long used by mem bers of the desperado's scattered band. They will sll be explored, but there Is enough mate rial in “Bobbers' cavo” proper to keep officer* busy for some time to come. If there arc other victims of the pistol snd knife, •a there seems no reason to doubt, lying in it* cavernous re verses they will be brought to daylight. Tna ir.tcrcstof this whole section now centers lu “BuhUra’ cave,” and the developments which msy arise from a carefol survey of Its mveu- glee. Thorough and careful eearch will bo mide. Judge Boeruer state* that ho w»ido- temd from further examination partly from a lack of facilities and partly from s nervous drrad which ho could not shako off, caused by the knowledge thst he was walking among the haunts ofdeed men of crime, snd of whnsa despureto tempers ho had evidonqq In the whi tened bones before him, INDISTINCT PRINT v ; spr