Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-19

the form of a man lying on the ground.
lie had evidently been dead several
DAYS. and his body was fearfully decom-
posed. In vain they looked for informa-
ton regarding their CHASTITY discovery.
and, unable to get any thing Ineligible
from the woman, they beat hasty re-
treat. Later they returned with help.
aud the body was buried. What be-
came of the poor woman l have not
learned, but the theory is that the de-
ceased was her husband, and that he
had sickened and died, the terrible
ordeal driving crazy the unfortunate
wife.
Another story that has been COM
meuted on considerably of late is that
of two well-known and reliable citi-
zens," who, while exploring the Gunni..
son country two weeks ago, found
themselves in what appeared to be
shaft to q tunnel abandoned many
years ago. Curious as to who had been
to so much trouble, and for what cause,
they climbed down, and handled over
many pieces of loose rock that lay or
the bottom. The deeper they got the
larger the opening appeared, and pres.
emily the removal of stoEe showed
them the entrance to a sort of cavern.
With fear and trembling limbs they
crawled into the opening, and soon saw
that it led to vest underground
cave. At this point their courage failed
them, and closing up the entrance with
stones and getting their bearing SO as
to identify the spot in the future, they
made haste to get home. Here they
talked the matter over and determined
to keep the discovery to themselves
until they ascertained what there was of
it. They soon revisited the place, and
went in for an investigation. Crawling
through the narrow opening they found
themselves in large, irregular-shaped
cavern, composed principally of mass
i've rocks. With light they proceeded
to inspect the premises, and to their
amazement saw the outlines of what
appeared TO be vessel buried in rock!
1t was not fully complete, but seemed
about thirty feet in length, twelve or
fifteen feet high, and as near as they
could Judge, had breadth of twelve
feet. The bow and stern were built
alike, and from the position of the
masts, had been built so that it would
sail from either end. Touching the
mast, which they supposed to be oak, it
crumbled to dust, and no part of it
seemed solid enough for them to climb
up to the deck! The knees were SINH
lar to those used to-day, and large cop
per rivets or bolts had been used to
fasten the plank to the ribs. So great
was their amazement that they concluded
to postpone further exploration to
another day, and making their way
out they again returned here, con6ding
their secret to a couple of prominent
citizens" Biologists are puzzled, and
assert that if it was in reality the re-
mains of an ancient craft, it must have
been, thousands Of years ago, carried
to its present location by volcanic erup-
tions when the Rocky Mountains
were undergoing the process of nature
that made them what they are to-day.
Like the maniac woman and her dead
husband, this discovery must also be
taken with O liberal quantity of allow
ance.
There is much more probability OF
truth in the statement that about $50
miles southeast Of Denver some explor-
ers by chance found themselves in O
narrow valley or canyon, covered with I'M
derbrush and trees, and while crowding
through found unmistakable evidences
that city of no mean proportions had
once existed there. The stone founda-
tions, the ruins of buildings that had
once heen occupied, the mounds that
we're diseernible, and relics of pottery
and vessels that had been shaped by
human hands, all showed that at some
time race had existed on that spot.
The relics of ancient cities in New
Mexico and Arizona are established
facts, and there is therefore some ground
for belief that new discoveries are pos
sible, although in the case above re-
ferred to the location is not given as
clear as it might be under the circum.
stances.-Denver Cor. Detroit Free
Press.