New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-29

NJ nernetuaI voutb see m have failed I'm their Efforts
at the outset But tho old hunter probably dieh oil
overwork lie was obliged to discover caves do We"
as springs. Sometimes he painfully trachel ooa'
panther to its lair only to find that tho ialr va
merely the anechamber OF endless suite OF unuer
ground APARTMENTS Again he essayed 10 trap the
humble groundhog only to find that traps and ground
hog vanished from human ken. Al last he lost ms
temper and resolved 10 dig the grounding up Dy the
roots as It were Of the result Is easily SELL
The grounding still eIudes him, but he finds MS
traps, like many trophies. In won1erlu suD''r'
ranean hail among imposing array OF staia''''es
and stalagmites These exertions and surprises ana
the constant sampllng of mineral waters must nave
undermined the old hunters constitution. But MS
memory is kept alive by the two most conspicuous
products Of Western Virginia mineral springs ana
caves.
At ono of these springs a tournament was an
nounced and the announcement cost Dragon ride
of thirty miles Nothing could be more tempting
than the vision Of an old time tourney Win COS
tuned knights and bloOded horses, with heraldS
and orators and most of all, with lines OF far spec
tators each secretly conscious Of the possibility mat
the victor might rein up his horse before her and lay
the of roses at her feet but the usual eXhl-
bion Of to-day might be called a Howes tournament.
Hard fact and realism apt to usurp the place OF
romance You see an announcement that the winning
knight " will receive prize of twenty five dollars, IN
addition to the privilege OF GROWING me queen 0i oTe
the dollars first Or the knights are olgIru
special rates. at the hotel. Fancy the crusaders
travelling at special rates, or the titer al Ashny
lie la Zouohe demanding discounts I'm their board bls
The od;fasloned tournament OF gentlemen Is con-
lifting at the ring In Virginia IN the course OF NE
season. There fewer blooded horses than In ne
old day and fewer gentlemen Of infinite leisure ~
the springs which visited It was necessary to wall
for certain riders from distant town ne VINE we're
when finally real zed, was worth seeing. The place
was one Of the olt-fashoned Virginia resorts. little
mountain glade surrounded by hote cottages. shops'
pavilOns bathing houses stables laundrles and SER
wants quarters. In the middle was shady park, en-
circed by hard driveway running before th2 lul ngs
The hotel in itsef was page OF history a vast
yellow succo structure with endless veranda and
and the repose of the lcsurely days before the
war" Something Of that repose stl fingered In the
for an irregular lunch This large concern,
sah and 1t has to proceed with REGULARITY - IL was
lsDirbts spurred their more or less melted steeis.
The three rings, about inch and half I'm diameter
were hung from wires across from trees to the porch
These rings we're or not, borne off on the lances
sharpened poles while the horses were at full gallop.
There good riding IT was picturesque spectacle;
nut that the tournament inerferod seriously
, %1,n '"' lest some hidden irreverence may
be suspected hasten to explain that these were the
recognized titles of two worthy women whose zeal
I'm behalf OF their respective churches had led to their
present occupation. They not engaged I'm prose
iyting but in selling stocking bags and cakes. As
,gb9 he expected perhaps, the Presbyt LADY,
offered seventy useful and practical articles, while
,bo FnscopaiIan LADY, allowing herself little
latitude appealed to the flesh with various home
made dainties. It is pleasant TO note The fact that
tbcre vas no discord between the secs on the con
trary. sympathy and ood-fclowship Which illus,
tratod IDEAL church union. The " Presbyterian lady,
gladly exchanged with the " EplscoPanan iaiy II
occasion required. and the Eplscopalian lady was
always ready to take charge Of both tables when one me
m gbt smile al the names. but not at the motives
which led these two unsesh women to undertake this
voluntary task 1t not for themselves lhat theS
In some Of us they seemed more heroic figures IMAM
the knights careerng under the trees outside - :,