The Meeker herald., 1892-08-20
LIKE THE CATACOMBs.
PARTS OF ST. LOUIS HONEY.
COMBED WITH VAULTS.
They Were nuiit by the nT.s.rs for tie
storage Of u-sr. Hat HAYS I.oas
Lteen uuused and Are Al
MOS. TorYoitsn.


St I.oui, ha, quite number OF
Mammoth caves OF her oWn. announces
tho Globe Democrat aud while not
furnished witt st.siaciiles stalagmites
AMI dark lakes liilsd with eyole,s t,il
they merit far moro attention than
they have resolved. Some port ons
OF the city are literally honey CON bed
with large cool rock walled cavernx
situated AT u distance OF twenty five
- forty feet from tho sur ace. all
carved out by men They con-
si,t OF long hrched pa,snsos with
wall eemenled noor. mad cham b.rs
twenly i've TO thirty fee, Ia height ~
many broad. and IN many in,tancas
i-nding under entire Dock. Many
Of these mighty ca vera, which ro.
,ambla Ia some respect tho famed
eaiacomb, uer, CONSTRUCTED half u
century ago aal that W soiidiy that
II Icl undi,ilrbed will outIa.t tho
Chimes, wall nnI KOinna "a ,u.duci,
They bolon: 10 bygoae mes and In
many Instances thor ,cr existence
hs, been forgotten Many u costly
business BLOCK sni f.siail.l residences
i, reared above cd es.vsas %. who .
,islsnco tho occupant. are profound
~ ignorant
Ia some OF thoo mighty sub,ar.
ranean hall, viii rrsal, wsr, hold
when tho present. pa,rinrch' OF 81
Louis wcr, gi.dy youins Ia some OF
these giganii chambers ever cool
even IA do. days grand ball, were
given aud To granite walls ra,ounded
to strain, Il mu.ic aud tho laughter
q! m.rry mniicn- shilc hundred, OF
light feel irlpprd II over those -moo h
hard Lo1-s In those long corridors
tho stpr' old "a, our primal parents
get cyc strangely neg AMI .~s-, has
teen OF told lar beneath where
g ,cir.- ear, now rush 10 and fro many
"a II Loul, maid va, woori AMI won
i.9 W.rs ii aud II tradition b.
not a,traf. several found fat. worse
than death or were started on tina,
duaHNa d road whose goal 1. far far
beneath tho,. ,ubi.rrlncan halls
Bnn lGuis were spread In thosa gran
IT, chambers .p.cchc, w.ro mad.
toast, wcrc glvon and song, were
sIug
Million, upon millions OF dollars
worth II merchants. hn, been piled
up la those Cavern and bra ~ny wo-k
mea toIud year si,ar yea In the r
depths But they ars for tho most
part sii-nt cupugh now deserted
given oycr 10 .nlliuIo
Sometimes Indeed they nro visited
by ;h1 vcniGr-.um' small boy %,
made tho hiding. place "i criminals.
and good hlding.pIa's, they arc. 4
mniuiart br who eau effect an cn'rnnc,
into oni Of tht.i deserted gravu'
mig Il lurs there uasu.rsriri until h'
sue 'umb,J Ia tho dampnc.. or dIoi .
utter solitude.
Even " discovered l, would DO NJ
easy matter TO capture him worc HI
we'll ne luaini.i with all tho muliiia
riou. wind.ngs o! this .ub,.rrancai
abode
~, 1. .nld that mon have
clmmrr.,, aud robts,d oven murdered
tn 4 women have b,-n arag,c. Int,
| them nnl held u, thu mercy OF thrli
british cap,or. for days while tn,
policeman paradcd hi. beat and III
srca, tide of humanity .bbci nm,
flowed no. dozen yards away. Their
l. n tradition tina, In o.o Of tho,'
hnif.for.oi,ca caves no, long Hso
two 81 Louis exquisite, fought viii
rsplcr. by tho ,orchs rod glare. for
| lady fair. and that one was wounded
nl.n that two gamblers rcpnirc
,hi,hcr ono winter NTH. unattended
TO settle - fcud. and tired do Ct
-ho.. In tho darkness each firing n
tho fash al h oppoi-nt, pistol bu
wiihoc, cIcci. Cooking mains an'
prI Eight, with saro knucslcs wcr
| Of irc1u-nt occurrence ~ ono Of the.
old ,nycrns until tic owner Of tn
prcmi,cs ~ goIly man discovered
aud walled up III, entrances
For VIVA, wore thee -ubicrrancni
, chamber. constructed with such Ia
nniic tpll1 Wcr, tbcs the rcndckvou
Of u q lightly band OF robbers VIII,
there did congrcgai. ~ day- gone by
obtaining entrance by means Of
mystic open sesame thu dungeon
Of some grca, ba-tilt long sine,
swrp, away aud forgotten OF men
oh. Romance hide thy dc. cc,cd head
| They wcru made b. patient German
for the cool storage u lager bccr
81 Loui- has long been n city o
! brrwcrir- and bc'orc the days q
artificial lee making and cold storage
warehouses II WAS nee '-sary To plnc
the loaming beverage IN underground
! vaults where u might be kcp, COO
unit ! 1t ripcnci or wa. required 10
I sumner consumption Hence tho.
L mighty cNca ntions that have no,
/ passed into dcsuctudc. II is estimate,
that of tho brcwcr.c. antcdniing sur
| fncc cold storage there wore som
forty or fiiy in - Louis and all II
| them were provided with sub-cc lar
| OF greater or Ices eX1cut many u
winch long since passed on, Of U.s.
and were forgotten.
Lion. MADE osciui.
Tho mountain lions were tho scav