Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-08-03

lUU lCct III diameter, SOU leeJ Dcneatn Ine
SUI face; Campbell's Hall, $50 feet in diam
eter, 35 feet high. There are between four
and five miles of paths to traverse and
thousands of steps to ascend and descend
in flights of various lengths at different
parts of the journey.
The hundreds of columns and arches
thousands ofpendants and millions Of beau
tiful and odd shaped crystals make every
step of the route as interesting as the
first. The trip may be made in two hours
but with the difference in tastes would
come vast difference in the time that
different persons would wish to devote
to the Luray Caverns. The only discom-
fort experienced is that Of the exit into a
heated atmosphere, which change is much
more marked than upon entering. Upon
this occasion it had rained Willie we wero
in the cave, 80 that the heated, steaming
ground and broiing sun seemed almost to
take away our breath Upon such of our
readers as may make the trip, we would
impress for their benefit, the recollection
of the fact that it is dangerous risk to
run, to break off any of the formations, as
many Of the relic hunters have come to
grief at tue hands Of the lynx eyed guides
one of our party having been caught in
the act, arrested and taken before n magis.
trate and fined. Fines from five TO five
hundred dollars may be levied and the law
and its executives are memorable.
An illustrated pamphlet, containing a
map and descriptive of the manner of the
formation, peculiar growth. geology and
chemistry ofthc Caverns may bepurchased
for fifteen cents, which, willie it is written
very much on the menagerie expositor
style, it nevertheless serves its purpose
very well, as guide.
We went expecting TO find the Luray
Caverns over advertised, but they are not
for the all.sufiicient reason that it cannot
very readily be done. We saw more to
excite our wonder than we expected, from
the fact that we found more and expected
less than was promised AS usual the one
disappointment was that, wherein human
agency was concerned, foI while we can
not complain Of the Illumination, we are
bound to say, that the electric lamps were
a disappointment, being but few and ofbut
ordinary power and briliancy, while from
the whiteness of their light, they are SO
finely adapted to the purpose that the en-
tire Caycrns should be lighted by them
AS it is they are but auxllares to thous
an Us Of candles. We imagine that the re.
ceipts from visitors would justify the pro-
prietors in a more lavish outlay in the
matter of electric lighting, the number Wis,
iting the cave the third year after its open
ing being 900.
That our estimate of the wonderful
beauty and splendor Of the Luray Cavcrns
may not stand alone in in the minds of our
readers We quote the following from the
Century Magazine. which speaks of "the
ornamental formations ofcryslaline rock
which render this cave without a peer in
the world, perhaps, for the startling beau
ty and astonishing variety Of its interior"
There can be no doubling the fact that
to sight-seers, there is nothing within ten
times its distance from us, SO weird and
astounding, as is this evidence of the pa
thence, taste and method, that Nature is
possessed Of when it sets about accom-.
plishins task, wherein she casts columns
weighing hundreds of tons, m atom at n
time, as the drops Of water fall, through
years as we count seconds and through cy-
Giles of years rs we reckon sunsets.
A New SwINDLrNG DoDGE.-It is report
ed that there is fellow travelling around
in rural communities Offering for sac q
powder which he alleges was made by Ed
ison for the purpose of increasing the illu-.
minating power of coal oil to that of elec-
trio light. He asks three dollars n box for
1t. Ii is a fraud Of the first water.
A LARGE COPPER STRIKE.-Thc Harris
burg Copper Mining and Smelling Com,
pany have struck IL rich vein of copper ore
in shaft No |, at forty four feet in depth
in Washington county, Md. Maryland
people can congratulate themselves on be,
ing able to get this company to take hold
of the deveIopcment of these mineral
lands, as they have the capital and ability
to develop them thoroughly. - Times.
DIR. OELLIG & PFouTz Tonic ELIXIn
AND PILLS.
The reliable preparation so highly rec
commended by its merits. This medicine
is known by its curative powers from the
East to the West, from the North ia the
South. Owing 10 the purity of the meli
cine and the satisfaction it has given, the
demand is largely increasing. 1t is tie
great cleanser and puriics the system; reg
ulatcs the liver, hearts, lungs and kidneys ;
cures dyspepsia; is invaluable as tonic;
will impart strength othe system, restores
lost appetite. and is also certain to remove
all distractions to the regular course DINA.
,ure in females. twill also strengthen the
weakest cord restore down bearing, and is
a sure remedy for Whites. pain in the back
side OF under the shoulder blades, hCayi.
ness on breast, or bolchins of wind.
Dr.. PFouTz's CERTIFICATES.
DR.. Ptouia-Dear SIR; Having been at
ticted for long time with dyspepsia and