The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-10-22
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are broadened by commerc, with tie
world. Nashville and Chattanooga have
grown cosmopolitan because their indus
tries have ceased to be local. Their bat
tie fields are but memories, cherished as
they should be, but not binding the
living TO the past. They are in the cur
rent of progress, not simply floating, but
bending their efforts to the consumma-
ton of purpose to be great Americon
cities.
Mammoth Cave is very appropriately
classed as one of the wonders of the
world. The party visited it during the
night, but within the cave all seasons are
night. The surrounding country is cav
eFnous and mountainous. The cave IS
simply broad underground arch de-
void Of any special features of beauty
and awe-inspiring because of its immen-
sity. All its ramifcations have never
been fully explored. The guides say that
$50 miles have been explored, but the
guides know less about the caves than
does the careful reader of magazines.
From the main gallery there are chambers
leading into other galleries which descend
to greater depth into the bowels of the
earth. At the lowest level there is a
river, cupboard, save by its own dash1ng.
The floor of all the galleries is strewn
with broken rock which has been remov-
ed sufficiently to form a broad path for
the convenience of those visiting the
caves. Each state has a sort of cairn
within the cave built by each visitor de-
posting fragment of rock -.on pile
bearing the name of that state of which
he is resident. The little huts built by
the consumptives who thought the uni
form temperature of the caves would be
beneficial, still remain intact. The con-
sumptives are all dead, their death being
fastened by withdrawal from the sun
light. In the "long ago." saltpetre was
manufac tured in the caves when the ext
gencles of war made the manufacture of
gunpowder in large quantities necessary.
The pits" are still there. The hight of
the ceiling varies; in some places it is 40
feet; IL is seldom less than 90 except In
the chambers leading from one gallery to
another. The stalactites and stalagmites
are snch only IN name. What are called
such are simply portions Of the original
rock which resisted the erOsive power of
the current, for no one visiting the caves
can doubt that it was worn out by sub
terranean streams. Thousands of bats con-
gregaJe In the cave but they are not
found further than quarter of a mile
from the entrance. When about two
miles inside the cave, all the. torches were
quenched SO that the intensity of
the darkness might be realized. The
feeling is such as to inspire terror Wis
ion is absolutely cut off and it requires
an effort to suppress an exclamation of
horror even though conscious that the
darkness is temporary.
A few miles south of Marietta, Geor-
gia, close to the railroad track is grave.
A soldiers body had been found there
and buried by railroad hands. Not only
was his name unknown but it is not
known on which side he fought. The
grave is cared for by railroad employees
1t is marked by a simple slab bearing the
inscription He Died for the Cause he
Thought was Right" The place is
known as Lone Graye;" it is in sight of
kenesaw Mountains where thousands
died, but not even the national cemetery
at Marietta or at Mission Ridge attracts
the attention which this lone grave among
the hills of northern Georgia does. The
train was stopped and the grave was soon
surrounded. Then was shown the
sympathetic nature of woman who shares
the sorroWs of the distressed and mingles
her tears with those who have cause to
weep. AS Mr. Barker arranged his ko-
OAK to take time picture OF the grave,
lady stepped forward and tearing her
bouquet of flowers from her breast placed
it on the marble slab which marked the
soldiers grave. Her example was follow
ed by others and the grave was covered
with flowers. The solitary grave appeal
ed to them as all the ''trappings of woe"
could not, and no heartier tributes of re-
spect were ever showered upon the tomb
of a monarch than those laid by gentle
hands on the grave of the unknown dead
who sleeps in a lonely mountain pass i'll
northern Georgia.
Georgia is q dry state" Local option
prevails and the law is enforced. In the
cities in which liquor Is sold the traffic
is hedged in by the strictest regulations.
The large negro population makes this a
positive necessity. There are very few
saloons In Atlanta, most of them being in
the negro quarters. The business houses
IN this quarter are primitive and during
the evening the sidewalks and saloons are
mass of black humanity. Even without
the test of age one can readily distin-
guish the free born negro from the for
mer slave. There is reserve and touch
of melancholy in the former slave which
offer quite contrast to the shallow
volubility and pertness of these free born
Can man with safety express his po-
litical opinions? Nowhere in the United
States is political discussion less attend
ed by angry alteration. No people
could be more tolerant of the opinio2 of !
others or less inclined to resent criticism |
Indeed politics is by no means discussed
there to the extent it is with US. Other !
sections of the south NAV differ from that !
visited in this respect. The New South |
is an industrial sonth. but money making |
has not yet, at least, destroyed the suay- |
ity of manner and hospitable nature of |
the southern gentleman.