Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-20
CHAUTAUQUA.
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Gu0 UOdGLudu answered ne QaQ nOG.
Lowell rebuked the man for his in
difference for SO famous a spot.
"Why," exclaimed the great Amer
lean, Il have come all the way
from Boston to visit this historic
scene.o
Boston," responded the man,
"why, that's in America. There's
where Bunker Hill is. I remem-
Der reading about it inmy school
book when a boy. I have always
wanted to see Bunker Hill. Please
describe it for me-"
But Lowell couldn't do it be-
cause he had never visited the
most famous battle field Of the
revolution, was compelled to admit
as much, this time to his own in
stead of another's confusion. So
there are hundreds ofpeoplew whose
homes r just over Wyandotte
cave who have never entered its
portals. IT'S distance lends en-
chantment to the view" Were
Wyandotte cave in Australia, the
lecturer thought we would know
more about it.
From the dining room Mr.. Nc
Intyre carried his hearers to the
senate chamber, where they revel-
ed for a time amid stalactites, sta
tagmites, pillars and columns.
Here the explorers met a party Of
Kentuckians who had brought a
singer with them. and as the ora
tor described the wonderous effect
Of one of her songs III. this great
subterranean depth, the audience
broke into a round Of applause at
the marvellous word painting. J.
On deeper into the mystery ny s they.
went, through 4purgatory, a low
roofed.vault, finally emerging into
What is called the grand dome.
This is the largest room in the
world, the lecturer said. In. the
center is the Hill:of Difficulty, lao
feet high, formed.by a fall Of rock:
land earth from the roof. St.
Paul's Cathedral, London, could
be set inside this room and its
lofty spire would not touch the
roof nor the walls touch the sides.
Yet there is neither pillar or col
umn to support the mighty arch.
VI the Hill Of Difficulty the party
%toiled and from it's summit, as the
guide discharged Roman candles
into the distance and lighted up
the gloom, beheld a wondrous
scene, 7 the description of which
was weird, mysterious and grand.
They lighted aycandle, left it burn
ing on.the summit, descended, and
from a distance viewed the tiny
speck Of Pickering light which
seemed to preach a sermon to
them-a sermon Of wondrous
power and beauty, which those
who heard the lecture will not
soon forget.
The explorers lunched at Sui
phur Spring, and then passed on
through many rooms into Cerru-
lean hall. Here, Mr.. Mcintyre
said, for the first time in his life
he experienced total darkness and
absolute silence; for the first time
in hisfifeu understood the bible text
which speaks OF the "blackness of
darkness" In this spot there
never was light. It's darkness is
q part of the mantle of chaos.
The sensation it produced was like
moss or wool hanging on the face,
You could feel. it. But the dark.
ness was not SO bad as the silence
which here reigns supreme. Il
would drive q man crazy in twenty
four hours. It was SO still tina,
you could hear but one sound
that the flowing of your own blood
as it pulsed through your veins.
The description which the oratoi
gave Of his experience in thi,
chamber held the audience spell
bound in chains of awe, but lacl
lOf cnooo forb;1o %bo@ L, h. eO.-