Daily Republican., 1888-10-17
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BY AMBRosE 5. orrEr.

Il Ooitou othtoos we lelt our IbAuefe 81
Skeleton Gorge, where the bones of {
human being lie. On Decoration DAY
they are generally decorated will
flowers by visitors on that memorabl,
occasion. Near one Of the large oper
Iplaces the print Of foot encased In 9
mOocasin has been found. In othel
parts Of the cave the remains Of deer
wolves and bears ore traced, and The
footprints Of rabbits, raccoons and rats
are abundant. None of the above ami
mails were seen by Us. Leaving the
skeleton, we 60 back 10 Elm Ramble
and 60 to Brands Cascade and thu
Imperial Spring. The cascade ia o.
flowing snow-white stone, which II
truly wonderful by the electric liRhi
Hanging near The spring 10 very
beautiful, body Of water nicely en-
closed In forest Of columns. It II
arched above with myriads Of stalac
tites, rejecting with grand effect In
the smooth waters OF the spring. Neal
the above spring Is the Ladies' Tollet
Table, whose mysteries we are unable
TO explain. Going a short distance Il
regain the main route we come Il
Giants Hall. Striking across tn,
RAmble We come to a bridge over the
upper end of Pluto's Chasm, and finC
yourselves near Proserpine's Column
We Chamber over blunt stala0mitit
stumps to inspect the GroLto OF ODE
ron, space enclosed by white column
and containing a pellucid pool. Neal
here IL the Bridal Chant Der, one Of th,
greatest wonders Of the cave, and W,
will not attempt TO describe 1t, as I
will have to be seen to see Its gran
deurs. Passing beneath low, broad
arch we have our attention called to
piece Of drapery, a shawl, called tht
Tinted Shawl. When the guide helC
bis lamp behind il the transmitted ligh
reveals beautiful red stripes [Neal
here was found the moccasined foot.
Not long ago an excursion came TO SO.
the cave, and some one broke off abou
two inches of the shawl. He detected
the offender, who was very heavily
fined by the local magistrate. [Tht
fine is from five to Eve hundred dollar
for defacing the cave A few week
after this another excursion came, ant
the broken piece, sklllfully fastened IN
its place by fine wire, was broken of
the second time.
The guide suspecting his man, b,
clspped his hand on the pocket Of the
new offender and found the piece, fol
which of course the offender was SO
verely punished. The fragment has
been put again in place--it 10 hoped to
stay. The owners o! the property
have earnestly invited the public "a
protect the cave from DETACHMENT and
mutilation. We followed the guide
and kept close to him, as we wanted
all the information possible for the
letters to your most excellent paper.
The guide said TO us there IS a man in
this crowd who will get himself In
trouble If he don't look out. We saw
the person two or three times put his
hand behind him and try to break off
Ia point Of one of the stalagmites, not
knowing that the guide saw him.
Another man had cane and once or
twice he struck objects with it. The
guide soon brought him to account for
Il and said to him, don't know how
you got In this cave with a cane.
Leaving the "Tinted Shawl" We
come now TO Titania's Veil, a marvel
OF beauty. Next the Snow Bank, a
broad white stream of stone. On fur
Their we go and soon we see beauti-
full stalagmite, this famous Frozen
Fountain, fairly making the eye
sparkle with the brilliancy of its sill
very glow. (It's impossible for my
pen to describe it, Near the foun-
tain Is little lake called Diana's
Bath. Stretching far away to the
right is an immense chasm, high and
broad, and remarkable for tho great
size of its formations. The lofty cell
ing is SCARED with the wounds of
huge stalaciites broken off by their
own weight and fallen to the floor.
Most of these have disappeared, being
disintegrated by the acid water about
them. Two remain. One, the or
gan, a macs OF dripstone with long 30
norOus stalactites still attached, upon
which tune may be played. When
the guide went down to the organ Mr..
Handy and myself went down with
him, while the rest were LEFT standing
on a platform about thirty feet away.
He took (the guide) a stick, on one
end was tied over it piece of leather,
and with 1t he played a tune. Within
three feet OF the organ was the TRAN
gle; upon 1t he also played. He told
US that one of the guides could beat
him playing them. On this occasion
when the guide was playing the per-
sons on the platform clapped their
hands and applsuded him for what he
had done The next of the two is the
fallen column, fragment of It's former
self but still monster, measuring
twelve feet In diameter aud about
twenty feet long, The estimate of its
age is 5000 years. Passing beneath
the fallen column, and beyond the
snow white Angels wing. we ap
proach 1t and find II very beautiful.
Further on is the Throne Room. 1t
is a niche in the wall on the right.
Here, too, is Chapmau's Lake, SO
named from an enthusiastic visitor
who advancing, head up. candle ele-
waited. examining the Gel ing, suddenly
plunged waist deep into the water,
putting out the candle and getting a
good ducking. From here we go to
the wonderful region of Hades, with
two beautiful lakes-Lake Lethe and
Lake Lee. Passing from the Throne
Room into narrow passage in the
solid rock we come to Lake Lee. 1t is
the largest body of water in the cave,
and the most handsome. A beautiful
white column rises from its edge to the
ceiling. Just in sight of this is the
he'd of the old lake, now empty and