New-York tribune., 1886-08-03
4 cnlsls ~ AhN1rckYS cAEkAR

II l.. given out that a cave has been discovered
m th,. Oregon range. io.ty miles north oi IL
P,.n. which in size and III the beauty of IT,
,ialaciitn, and stihgmltcs bids fair 10 nval the
Mammoth Cavc.' Thi, will be- terrible new,
lor kcntucky The Mammoth Cave. the d"n-
,,t Of her hornr Institutions, which hts lonI
Gouri>hcd as the l,.ullng good opening on the
continent. l. Threatened with a mortIlyins
eclipse. A., likely ~ not the I'll P.l-o folks Will
,-,l their new cave The M.snmt thcr ' and
>pclk in sighting toms OF the venerable cave
which h,s done her share 10 make kentucky
what she H. We believe IL will be- the Z neral
belief that if Colonel Waliciron hid not been
nn IN Europe TIN, summer his beloved State
wonld have been spared this blow AT her plldc
and ploopclitv, Taking II mean advantage
of hi, absence some unprincipl,d dIscovcioI
procccd,d to lind and make public a 1val ion
the Mamm .ih Cave. Does anybody suppos- that
such a thing would have happened II hc hd
been nj home 1t j. understood IN the cave
cincl,s, Of the blue grass country that on leaving
Jhe (ourier-J -Journdi Tor his wcll-,an,d Iun
Though fo.cn Lands, lS parting injunction
WIS: "See to it that nothing happens 10 the
Mammoth Cave while ] an gone When the
cable brings him the hcart-Icnding news from
forty mile, north OF RI Paso-bu outsiders,
however symlriucu', MY h"l ii'Iulc upon
% keen sorrow
II i. a large and painful crisis in the history
Of KcntncLy and her sister States expect To see
her prove equal Ia the 'mr, gcncy Three
cou,scs alc open TO her First, she can burn the
d.covcrcr of the FL Taso cave III cligy; second.
he can buy the new cave and lcndcI it OF no
81.
Eecords. Patent Office Reports and other thlngo
which are now Cutting the gaIlct, ol Kentucky
homes third she can enlarge and imp. owe her
own Mammoth Cave The iiiNt OF thee rem
| ,,Iics is perhaps moe sentimental than practical
hanging mln III cilgy rather than by his
| cwn personal neck accomplishc, nothing con
c,tc II might not BE- bad >clrmc 10 pun
chase and suppress the IL paso cave IN the n.ln-
ucr plopo. cal ; stlll, ii that wis done the dis
coyclcr might get mud and 20 OH and discover
| 4 bigger enc. All things considered, therefore,
| lie best thing Kentucky can ,o III this awful
| .t,,s of adverse fortune Is Ia 20 20 wo,k and
add TO the area and the beauty Of
her own londly cherished cave. Let
l..r threw Il pretty Queen AInc piazza
about "Thc MMnmotn huc a gIllcd
| di,covcIcr to discover an ample annex Ia the
| cave: rcstock it, waters with some new
| ,i,lios of blind fishes and if possible add cross
eyed >,4l--clpcnt; have the walls Scdp,d and
tinted with the new fashionable color; coax i
,onng and lovely gi ], Il brldc If possible, to get
| lost in some remote clL.moc,. and alter living
| Oh moss % nIuc long, wcay weeks return Ia
| the outer .iir 10 tell her story 10 the agent al
| the A>socLlt.d Pies; station full band II,
the entrance; advertise that Il iicc lunch Will
he served in one of the nIyStcIio halls put
in the electric light and have two cIack mines
| pllv "A game of baseball in the rotund.l-il Ken
| tucky viii do thee and allied things all nLly
| yet bc well
| But there is no time to lose. Colonel Waiter
| son should be at once recalled AMI thrl.cgi,ll-
| tlrc convened III extra - sion. We anty add
| that while we have nothing against FL Plso on.
| sympitlncs III this matter are with kentucky.
| May the day BE- lar iii tlnt when the mc-hon-
| ored Mammoth Cayc-thr cave OF the Fathcis--
shall b. called upon " bite the dust, it were,