Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-12
4 DELIGHTFUL TRIP.
,,,u TVg MOUNTAIN LAKE EXCURSI0NISTS
A'" ENJOYED THE JAUNT
T, rusy Cavern Saturday, Hundred IN
the Psry---Ths Teachers Take
Day OF and Brace Up
With Mother Nature.

rr-pAN CAVERN, A, July AV.-At SAA
..1,cL this morning gay party Of one
s,,drrd members of the West Virginia
Sm,e Educational Association left Mt,
IL Park. on two special cars under care
or,he General Passenger Agent, Mr.. c. f.
D,,Er,w. 10 visit the famous cavern Of
1rr,v. in Page county, Va
II Is difficult to hnd anything more
s-,.pv than the average teacher out on an
.,.,r,ion. Colts Just turned to pasture
-. not to he compared to them, and the
s,rb,r,nt spirits of West Virginia teachers
,,e-, manifest throughout the long ride
,,I rfrrsome walk of to-day. For working
IN ,r,u,rment claim for all there is in it,
,..,, may count on the teachers of our little
maintain safe every time.
pr,f A. l. Wade and Dr. Carr, the
.l,.r,r;,7 ladies' men, were in high feather
WITH three and the other with ten Of
,T. representatives pink and white
ty~ugv' in charge.
THE GAYETY
,.1rE certainly have been marred had not
pr.f sine been on hand to throw paper
IL r-lE CragO 70 take notes, Howard
.. H,r- Furtncy 10 make punS, and three
~ f,rr dudes not teachersl to smoke their
.,ga-not OF lie, hut dudiSm-the newt
I'M, r;utrrgttc, in the excursion ear.
Tho entire two hundred miles Is through
,crrrry rife with grand mountain scenery,
NbananHnnh Valley
I'll. yi,i.llv the terrible scene enacted
there. the yllor displayed, the battles won
and lost a few wears ago. Once more that
,-r-sr, valley blossoms rs the rose, and
Is,~, ~. line crops of corn and wheat, yet
many uarts show lack of culture and the
,sprr', RugloSS paints many n held IN
azure tiut,.
Ert tl.. remains of burnt buildings and
,b. t~.,r.. of wars destructive course have
Ion. since disappeared, and the negro who
to-day stops his corn plOw and politely
Ens his hIt 10 the passing party, does 1t
with no feelings of SeryIhty, but from the
s.n... ot politrncSS mate in every respecta-
b,r African.
Many daisy, hastily plucked at way OF
r1alfrr stations. dccEed the bOsOms Of the
f,fr. and without miShap, our party ar
l,ci ~ Luray at 2:25 p. m. Owing
much 10 the courtesy and attention OF Slr.
Tu!.rur. pa sSguger agent of the Shenandoah
y,l'ryR. f.. who Joined US ut Shenandoah
Junction. provided Us with hack tickets
and cave Kindly answers 10 the hundreds
pfgurS,ionS. wise and otherwise, SHE'D ct
him.
With Scramble and push, and immense
finn. the crowd managed to wash away
some OF the traces of the journey, hastily
di>uatrhcI the dinner, and IN good old
fashioned hacks, drove mile and q half
southwest 10 Cave Hill, which presents
very ordinary appearance, and rs strangers
would have not the slightest suspicion that
such
AVAST WORLD or WONDERS
Law hid in its bOsOm--wonders grand and
beautiful beyond compare or the powers
Of language to expreSs-wOnders TO awe
and inspire, To awake in the mind
new and untricd feelings of reverence for
The Great Being who constructed the vast
walls of alahaster, with iuted column and
drlperv OF elaborate fold; with crystal
springs of purCSt water in basins more
beautiful than those produced by hand Of
man: with yawuiug Caverns extending out
on every side for hundreds Of yards; with
.Pluto'S Cavern" an abyss dark and
gloomy. dropping sheer away seyenty-fiye
E-rt below. and guarded Mt the entrance by
q spectre" in white, dimly deserted in the
gloom: with its ballroom" Of vast dl-
mcnsions, perfect floor, draped and tes-
TONED in white, where ''Cinderelly' Is
sen disappearing down the stairway; with
IL, vast "auphitheatre, fully equipped
even 20 the peanut gallery; with its
natural bridge, as perfect in structure,
as the famous bridge in ROckbridge county,
but of small dimensions, being scarcely
high enough for persons TO pass under.
Again We have skeleton George" or
.1Stonewalls avenue" " are plainly seen the
bones Of some poor unfortunate who per
haps tumhled from the Oyerhanging ledge
10 sudden death in the gorge below, or fell
Meath the. club of the giant who inhablts
the Giants Hall" There is Swiss Cot
tage. = Ladies Toilet" with cologne
bottle and all complete, and every once in
OCCASIONALLY fortune finds little "Cayer-
He,te pulled before il was ripe. y
Prof Wade desires to know If the larger
s-ala-miJc adjoining the 'TSiameSe Twins
: the mother, and is advised TO inquire OF
the lady herself We pass by stairways
and good walks through all these and
many man halls and corridors.
ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
50 that the wonderful beauties Of the mil
hons Of Stalactites and stalagmites, ranging
In size from the size of q slate pencil to
scores OF feet in diameter, representing
perhaps millions of years in their forma-
ton. The most beautiful objects are the
Frozen Cascade, " Of pure white and nj
teen rect in height by ten in width; the
>IrcrriS Tent" q wonderfully realistic
scene when lighted by electricity; the
Angels Wing" and the 'Sultana' ;
Column, of pure white, with eOronet
atop. Giants Hall is 10 feet high and 100
irc, wide and magnificent in every partie-
uAr. "Casket Spring is a natural basin,
ol eoihn shape, full Of pure, cold water.
Imperial Spring, q large shallow BASIN
terminating in a deep well, can be seen by
only seven az once, aud our seventh man
tae amateur photographer, Brook, OF Oak
And with Youthful vigOr elbows the la
Giles aside with Let me In!
80 NtNLlAAlll AllN AoNH1C4AL. -
mo The spring until pulled out by strong
hands. furnished vast amusement to the
Aforesaid ladies' Nothing unusual for q
brook 10 run into a pool, quOth one,
and It seems a very shallow brook,
4aotl the inevitable Prof. W.
The cave has its ''menagerie' when the
oamei and elephant are outlined with
hlrNed dIStinctneSs, and the fish mar
Ar' where our ready guide in answer to
tae quiz, What kind of fish do You sell!''
responds promptly, rock bass.
NuSF PLEASING CURIOSTTIES
are the Organ" and Chimes" composed
slender columns like solid icicles from .
mek-Iedge, looking very like a pipe organ,
"Aiea when struck give forth sweet, pure,
resonant musical tones, 50 perfect are the
9aN atune may be played on the organ.
ne "ChjmeS' are four similar forms
NA''e tones are in perfect harmony and
Afe >oaorOuS as bells.
\ deep vast abyss of uncanny appear
A1ee Is 'Sheol. - in his haste toescape from
Huleh the Major sits down with great