Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-01
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
A HISTORICAL BATTLE GROUND NOW
POURING FORTH STREAM.
The Discovery Of the Water Made by a
Party While Exploring Cave in the
illumination of the Subter-
rauean Chamber

1 Nnltn explored the large cave, winch l.
entered near the waters edge near III,
Nashville y Chattanooga bridge Thl,
. party, by dint of crawling and creeping
on all fourS through bitches. gulleys. AuC
over streams, along fathomlrsS abysse,
and near yawning Chasms, entered a gigan
tic dome shaped chamber from the roo
of which poured. with a roar like thun
der, a mountain stream, ice cold and cleal
as crystal BY original experiments with
lighted balloons, the altitude of the cham
/ Der asCertained and the stream WAS lU
Gated. The surface of the mountain wa
then cross seCtioned, levels run. and
finally spot was located under which the
/ engineers stated the stream would be
| found
The surface of the mountain at that
point is solid limestone, hard as adamant
and perfectly compact. l'ndeterred by
such obstacles, the work was begun, and
day by day the shaft went lower until il
had been sunk about forty feet, il was
then the patient toll was rewarded and the
gushing fountain in the bowels of the
mountain was reached. The water was
found 10 be in even larger quantity than
WAS anticipated. and the work of utilizing
II began. Ii was decided to drive tunnel
from the bottom of the shaft i'll nOtheast-
erly direction TO the surface of the noun
tain. The length of the tunnel is perhaps
~ feet. IL Is about six feet high and five
to eight feet broad 1t is cut through
solid stone.
The shaft leads forty feet in a direct
vertical line from above Ia double drift
which opens into the mouth of the cham
Der into which the stream pOurs and con
meets in direct line with the How of the
stream, with the tunnel of stone, which
opens on the face of the mountain about
fifty feet below the top of the shaft. I'm
agine mighty inverted Il and you have
"A general aspect of the work The leg is
the shaft at the point where the leg inter
sects the arm is the roof of the chamber,
into which the stream pours, the left arm
represents the natural How Of the stream
from the bowels of the mountain, and the
right arm represents the tunnel into
which the water will be conducted. The
water is as clear rs any mountain spring,
absolutely transparent, and icy cold. 1t
flows quite rapidly, the dimensions Icing
about four inches in depth and two and
one half TO four feet in width. Ii de
scribes semi-circle at the foot of the
shaft and then pOurs into the mighty
chamber
ILL NINATING THE CHAMBER
The scene is one Of surprising grandeur
and was beautifully illuminated by MIR
Anderson with saturated cotton balls and
Colored lights. The chamber is dome
shaped, fully 40 feet in depth. A huge
bowlder was pitched into the inky black
ness into which the stream poured and
seven seconds elapsed before it struck
bottom II fell with a thud that was dis
tinctIy audible above. MIR Anderson sus-
pended burning cotton balls i'll this cham
Der, and it was lighted up brilliantly near
the top but all was inky black in the
fathomless depths below. The stream
seems 10 flow tardily before it reaches this
mighty subterranean precipice as If in
horror and then dashes over the well worn
rocks, gurgling, kissing, and seething and
is lost in darkness. Explorers who have
visited the cave and observed all this state
that the water is partially dissipated into
mist before il reaches the bottom. One of
the flaming balls was dropped into the
chamber. 1t tiared up the ceilings be
spangled with diamonds, the walls which
supported the mighty pillars and gigantic
columns were visible for half second, and
down, down went the flaming torch, hiss
ing in the mist of the waterfall, turning
and twisting in its terrible descent, until 1t
was again lost in darkness.
An expert in water works who thor
oughly understands its volume and velOc-
ity. states that the flow of water from that
stream alone will exceed 10000 gallons
every twenty-four hours. Some little dis
from the annt her
stream has been discovered. 1t is the in
tention of Mr. Anderson TO tunnel to the
second stream and unite it with the main
body of water. He says it is fully. one
third as large as the main stream, and, ac-
cording 10 the estimate of the expert, that
would increase the total flow to 2,OOO,O 900
gallons daily. Steps will be at once taken
10 unite the streams. The tunnel will be
enlarged and cemented, and the flow of
water diverted from its old channel into
the mouth of the tunnel, and reservoir
with $4,000 or 6,OOO, 900 capacity will be
created The water will be conducted
from the cave through twenty inch mains
10 the city y-ChattanOOga Times.
Mrs. Joe Emmet'. Fine Dogs.
OF course you remember Mr.. Emmet's
great st Bernard, Hector. He is a fine
dog, but Mrs. Emmet's pets surpass the
record in that line. When the family
were last in England they bought from
Mrs. Mary Ann Troughear, Of Bury,
small Yorkshire terrier, which now weighs
but five pounds. and is small enough 10 he
carried about in a glass case no larger
than cigar box This dog, called Cham
pion Conquerur, has hair eight inches
rar,,al'S hnir hrnSb
which is usually parted on the forehead
and tied back behind his ear with ribbon
in order to enable him to see. The hair
on the body is of a genuine silver and
blush tint, and trails the ground His
ears are of a dark tan color, his forehead
a light blonde. with shades of gold, as are
also his legs: the muZZle and beard Of
rich tan, while the hair around his nose
and hips are black, and his eyes are very
dark hazel This dog carried of fifty
eight first prizes and three champion
prizes, such as gold and silver cups, med
ais and money, and was finally entered for
the challenge prize. the highest of all,
which he easily won
Then Mr.. Emmet purchased the dog for
his wife. paying 81 80 for him Mrs. En-
met has another pet dog, no larger than
Kitten, which cost S-sb on the W est indla
docks i'll London. This one il n Japanese
spaniel pug called Ching Ching. He
weighs six pounds and is carried about in
a small leather sachel with IA wire front TO
ii. 1t is said that in Japan these dogs are
only owned by royalty, but Ching Ching
was stolen by sailor and carried To Eng
land. He Is Il beautiful little animal and
is always very playfuL-St. Louis Repub
lIcan.
The Boston Science of Mind-Cure.
have recently become convert 10 the
Boston science Of mind d-cUre. | was con
verified to it by my wife, who has studied
the subject earnestly and is firm be
lever in the power of the will as a healing
and COnquering influence. She is herself
living illustration of the efficacy Of the
will not only in curing but in preventing
ailments For long time she has been
subject to neuralgiC attacks, and found no
relief until the mind-Cure Was suggested
to her. She did not 90 To any school or
professor of the science, but merely stud
led and read the subject and evolved a
nrnrpSS which consists | bpllpSp in