The sun., 1891-07-04
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"A Remarkable wsterce.rse 1s.sssA sAs
| surfsce OF Texas.
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- Kendall ,S county posses;ses one Of the wonders
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ims fSS be: eSaHd
through It's awful dsriness viii ofisr fruitful
field to the geoloest and fascinating sttrae.
II pursasnss oafit; q arraneements An .1plorins
party visited the great cavern last SUNDAY. -Yt
prise Of this Kind the psf.s sns
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Valley. eleven miles east. Of Boerne and Svs
miles from the famous. "Kreutzbere" or oross
al s Uns. Ss Ss5s
M the oS ages twas nnderstSod that : boat woad
aud been pro- providsdwitS @ With shsR 20 ssid
began to deepen: but It was found inadealsts
necessary 70 search out tho way. This Sss
N tSe e1oM but th The sss
e 1.E %1Ss rather than tns
robed and boldly entered the inky streeE..
s gave
ever beheld. BY mortal man. 1t opens on the
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shaded BY many varieties Of beautiful ierns
mighty bluff Of limestone projects some thirty
other ipxarisnt yeseta.ion. few yssas g
the deep, dark. and still mysterious undsr-
high. eomposed Of an endsssy y number Sa so 81 efyss
d2mes. from which are pendant hundreds OF
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slls,,en in the eternal twilight Fl tho snt5sacs
silent Ssehi'sSs q tho ages. cold siittsf q
s.ssly Eh meets the eyes e hs
into @ the great gate. that those .dews ei death
picture. When they glow as % With the fire q the
ruby or sparkle like southern heavens
flying Arches % and ia archiirayes % u csystaissd
Ss swny at n.srs
ssoxs on either sde oi R.
SlacE and inpenetrsSle .hrouss , The Clear sus
and point with snow white fingers over the wa
he til. .s
entrance there is dry ground. except &C the
T 2 s'
I'D Tns into dee aPa
mouth oi the cave cave, Only only to % reappear % from the
mountains base 1fty yards below IN q deep
sRbRs nRbs @ % sssf and aas so Ssne ss 6
degrees Fahrenh heit. =
resoSed th. edge Of. the Water wRero1 R1 he @ On.
stream; Here the raft " as launched and proved
to be almost useless. and here the hardy and
tSs sHss
siss vsas Tes sSs s
sImply q mass Of blaekness and ut
o sy tweng ses on the eeESna sS 3;
the photographers sueceeded in clearly show.
ing the beauties and the wonders that were
mens; Mr % Bowen % secrstary y'oi Of the the commsG. Co @
sa q sSs n ma1G Sa
group pictures 5 both ia and out ut OF the the cave '."
bowels Of Of the earth sometimes wadine and at
other times swim ming; for depth Of ten ;iSet
Siaeaty Of this undertaking viii sss b sppreei.
ated & when III Il is 1 rsmegmbsred en- that the water
was VoEy COiO, ana Ln0 QATkQeS9 was as lmD6Q-
etrable as the cold. hard rock Of the cayern's
sss1s 70 anS And s sSd s
followed the tortpous wIndIngsof the cave fcE
ana Sa they s1S we're @ to 1Sfn Back and thai
There was one feature especially worthy .oi
notice and consideration. andthnt was that the
the longer they followed thu sluggshiy how:
ing river. the deeper became the water and
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swan through the black tle and rubbed their
cold smE sides against TIC mbs M Of the
a jelly which Immediately decomGosed on ex-
dogs there were in numbers wf;glinG aboutin
the water or crawling Along the cry.tal wallis
ped with little bla:k, ,eeaav eyes.
Owing to the df1iciIteS already mentioned
Ing Ing up up tie the" great Ind. it was imnossible 10
make q thorough snd entirely saisfaetory ok:
fhs ms Z! EnGssh S Was an"
vince the explorers that TUG stranee thing.
tbbey tbe aad s e.
less regions .tretehng NV into eternal
right or course it , was imnGsshblo 1h even to
depths. but there was much to cause specu.
iSon ana tthG9ushs a%r instances whe9
Mnen 1hH rfhr.y rhey rned sRsy were
find hun reds Of white, bats. white as snow,
% Sssond. %evidently startled from their, dark re- re:
trea s by the glare of tho torches, Far away
thers could bc heard a low. ,doep murmurinR
As Of distant thunder now advancing and then
receding while aroMnd and ovor. the. on.
plorers' heads were the damn cold. silent
awful grandeur.
The explorers. after being chilled to tho very
marrow. emerged from the mouth OF the cave
into the bright sunlight OF summer and soon
regained their usual spirits. thorough OK.
ploration OF tho cave will no made some time
within tho next two weeks