The state journal., 1873-05-09

order Is called the tightening before death,
and the amendment Is not real unless the
pulse be improved.
Five Children Lost In Q Cave for
Fifteen Hours. ..
Some days ago, says the Hannibal (Mo.) }
CoMrier, we mentioned the fact that the
mouth of an extensive cave had been un.
carthcd in stone quarry in South Hanni.
bal. Since its discovery Il has been ia
vorite resort for boys, who have daily
made explorations of the vast subter-
ranean labyrinth. Yesterday, however, an
expedition was organized to explore the
cave, the adventures ofwhich are destined
to give the newly discovered cavern a
local fame aud history that will not soon
be forgotten. The lads composing the
party were five In number, from twelve to
thirteen years old.
rhe boys entered the cave about ten
o'clock yesterday Morning, each pro-
vided with small bit of candle two or
three inches long, all burning at once.
and the little torchlightp recession march
ed through the silent depths very gaily
and happily, looking for cuiiosities and
searching for strange scenes. Our heroes
had determined on thorough exploration
of the unknown cavern, and went on. and
on, through the widening riffs and assures
of the rocks until their candles had near
" burned out, and when they attempted
to return they found themselves in the
condition of the five foolish virgins, and
were left in total darkness to grupe 'and
crawl amid dirt and mud, sharp stones
and jagged rocks. --y ,fi -. 1. ,eL
None Of the parents of the boys missed
them until late in the evening. and upon
inquiry of some of their playmatcs it was
ascertiincd that they had gone Into the
cavo Mt the hour named, since which time
they had not been heard of or seen. About
seven O'clock last evening the alarm was
given that five BOYS were lost in the cave,
and in short time large crowd, estima-
ted at 800 or 600 persons, was gathered
about its mouth, among them the fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, relations and
friends of the lost children, all in terrible
suspense, and shedding many bitter tears,
and their feelings during the long and
painful hours of the search can he better
imagined than here described. Searching
parties organized to explore the cavern,
and us they would return with no tidings
of the lost ones, many u parents heart was
filed with anguish, and all manner of hor-
rid deaths were coniured up rs having be-
fallen the little fellows who were thus
buried alive. Small persons were in de-
mand to enter the cave and look for the
lost ones, as owing to the formation Of the
riffs, IL is impossible for large person to
squeeze through in many places, and
money was freely offered for volunteers to
prosecute the search, Us well rs q reward
for the one who should bring out the boys.
Several parties returned from the cav
ern without gaining any trace of the
boys, and the hours Of suspense seemed
like days-midnight was approaching,
and still large and anxious crowd stood
around the dread opening, and among
those present were many ladies. Candles
were furnished in abundance, while balls
of twine were provided, and led in
through the windows of the cave to af-
ford guide for those who entered to
return. Charles Mcdaniel also took with
him, in his first exploration a paint pot
and brush, with which he marked arrows
on the rock pointing toward the mouth of
the cave. These precautions enabled
those who entered to readily find the way
ont.
Shortly after II o'clock last night a
party of five was organized for the next
effort. They entered and followed up
the twine, six balls of which had been
used In tracing the windings Of the cave.
Here they discovered the tracks of the lost
boys, who had crawled through very
small crevice. Charles Mcdaniel here
took the lead, and after crawling some
distance through rift just large enough
to admit his body, he called out, when
from the dark, unknown depths beyond,
he heard Q faint response. which he said
sounded like a squeak of a mouse. He
crawled on still further and called again,
when nearer and louder response greeted
him; again he crawled forward, lighting
up the darkness beyond him with o bulls
eye light, which he carried in his hand,
when he heard 4 voice exclaim "Oh,
little fellows all huddled together In an
under.then and one above, with bareley
room for them to lie stretched out, but
too low for them to stand ON their hands
and knees, while in width in most places
it was barely sufficient to admit of the
passage of one at time. As he came
near them, and the boys caught sight of
his face, Dana Mcdaniel exclaimed, 80,
thank God, there is my brother" and the
littlo fellow shed tears OF Joy at their de-
iverance from their long and painful i'm
murement. They were completely nex-
hausted, and when the welcome voice
came to their ears through the awful
darkness, the little fellows were looking for
an Npen space where they could lie down
together and sleep Charley. provided
them with two candles, and finding place
sufficiently large, allowed them to pass
him, he bringing up the rear, and en-
coliraging the lads to work their way out
rs the Joy of their deliverance seemed to
tnite overcome them, and caused them 90
feel like sinking down. in their tracks. It
was five minutes past midnight when they
werN discovered, and at Il2 go O'clock
Lafayette Robinson emerged from thecave,
leading the way, and announcing that the
boys had been found, were all safe and
sound and ON their way out. The whole
party soon emerged from the cave, and
the shouts of Joy that greeted the rescuers
and the rescued was SO hearty and loud
that it was heard in nearly all parts of the
city, and rang out on the midnight air as
though great victory had been won,
WITHOUT AN ENEMY.-We believe In the
man or woman who has "enemies.nn This
does not sound sound, but 1t is sound.
Your milk-and-water people, who content
themselves with simply doing no harm, Mt
the same time never do any good. They
are mere negatives. Your man of force,
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