The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26


TO view by the guides throwing light
eel torches here and there. From the
natural stage in the auditorium I'd
win Booth sprang Ilamlei's soIiIoquy
once, aud on this occasion the guide
did the best he could by springing the
most outrageous aud incxcusabIc puns
upon that strange anomaly--a Ken
lucky crowd without a gun. Some
pllilanthropIst, however, thoughtfulls
Hheorkcd an original package at the
foit of the stage, and the guide cauc
down. Then We pass the Giants Cof-
lin. a swcrye to tine right leads a.
cross the Dottomlcss iii and on TO the
Grand Crossing. I,ctracing, another
excursion includes fhc Star CnHmDcr,
which vics with the 'e;rahd Crossing
In surprising magiliiIccncc.
The guides have little performance
which adds to The illusion of the star
Chamber. The ceiling, some forty feet
high, would be rendered perfectly
black by its'dcposits ofmangancsc but
for the fakes of gypsum sprimkIcd at
Intervals, which suggest stars of small
magnitude on dark night. We arc
deprived Of our lapterns, and the
guide delvcs into the bowels of the
earth, from which by manipulation
of his light he throws upon the ceiling
shadows that chase each other, like
storm clouds at midnight. bidding
us goodby and with the cheering as
surance that he will sec us hi fhe
morning. the guide aud light disap-
pear entirely leaving 'tfc party breath
less and awc.stricken in the dcnscst
gloom this side annilfilation but soon
a faint glinmer illunIincs some distant
peak. DappIcd dawn slowly rises.
Nearer rocks aud crags emit faint
gfows. A fresh breeze seems to fan
ones cheek. Mists aud fogs reluctant
ly melt. brighter aud clearer moves
the landscape, until, finally,
s-the cock with lively din
Scatters the rear Of darkness thin,
and up from the depth Of Heaven
knows what, appears, "roh'd in flames
and amber ligbi,' the guides head
and never did the head of a negro ap
pear more classic. This transforms
/ zion scene II intcnsined by an old time
cave hauntcr IN the distance giving a
line imitation of growing cocks and
barking dogs. We reached the surface
again at ono o'clock.
= a ION0 ROUTE.
AZ nine the next morning we start
cd upon tramp OF nine miles ant
"retracc back again. as the gHid'
SAYS. This affords some idea of the
real size Of ,tltc cave. a fellow pos.
scsses splendid notion oft next das
when he tries 10 navigate. On this
"trip YOU cross Echo river, the StyS
and the Dead Sea; skirt the Labyrinth
labor through Eat Mans .Iiscry, visit
the Bridal Chamber, gaze down ihs
Conventional Lovers Leap admire the
Flower Chamber, and trHap,on over
innumerable miles of stoncrand siisid
TO Martha's Vineyard and' life 'TtocI,
MOUNTAINS. 81
Ny delight in the wcarisome Jour
ncy was kept fresh BY the five guile
less females. To cxpatiate supon pew
extending beauties; 10 deliver iHstrilc-
tive lectures on the formation of sfE-
llaghnftes and stalactitcs to !bfavely
catch the tiInid girls as they pretended
to fall: to patronizc their fears whei
was Scared to death myself; ;-thesI
compensated fer weary limbs and
fraycd coat-iaiis. The hotel sets.iuncl
in the cave. We discovered the. pro,
vendcr about four miles FROM The en-
trance. Remember there were Two
hundred of. us TO be fed from a clotl
ten by ten feet spread on the floor
Those five hand-maidens natural,
looked to me for sustcnancc, and ERal
lantly threw myself int the breach.
never before realized bcforchow Orig
ham Yolng felt vi a picnic. A. Sig6r
GUS use of sharp elbows. soon secured
an advantageous position ON the edge
\ of fhe.cloth. Tho MOUNTAINS ef .frics
chicken, plateaus Of sandwiches. .dcscrti
of cheese and fields fertile in hard
boiled eggs, bect-tonghe, aud pickles
recalled vividly an old school map o
i South America. But. woe. to me thu
pressure of tho 175 people behind, an,
the might OF responsibility connestea
with five female appetites. proved Toe
much for one poor man. .aifziSAkffifri
4 wall of despair fell hcadIohg into
i TuE MIDDLE or BRAZIL
4 A tumult imlnedIatclsarosc. A score
| of infurlated insurrcctionists sprans
forward anil ignomIniously dragges
lDom Pedro out by ahe hcelsl Mlel
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