The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-05-29

When these tubes were elevated thfy
discharged q stream OF metal dartf a.
bout the size of large needles. On
the return of the light Candel sprang
in the light house, and his knowledge
Of machinery enabled him to disable
the works so that it was impossible to
shut off tle light again. The pain in
fIicted on us, caused us to retreat, and
as we did so, we discharged volley
or two of pistol shots that tumbled
the Lilliputian soldiers over the ten
pins. We had gotten together again
and were slowly working our way to
the oppning. The pistol shots seemed
tU nave made The enemy cautious, srd
We nlought that we were ont Of trou-
bic, bur another surprise awaited u.
Ju-t before we reached the line of pill
lars that support the edges of the over
head arch party of horsemen rushed
up 10 re-inforce the enemy, ami they
were dragging what appeared to be
small cannon. Quickly dlsmounting,
they placed it in position and began
to operate it. There was DO report =,
no smoke, and the discharge appeared
to be some subtle fluid. The fir-t
discharge tell short OF US f W feet
and the very earth disappeared where
it seems to have touched. A hot, sti-
fling blast reached ". Before we
could even retrest further, another
discharge struck one OF the pillars and
it, too, disappeared as if by magic.
Caudel being near this pillar. fell as
if dead. Before they could sight the
piece agsin, Ponder opened fire Oil it
again with 40. colts, and the second
shot disnounted it. We were now
within few Yards of the passage snd
for this We started, carry ing CAudel,
Gose and Williams, forming a rear
guard. we reached place in the
passage that could be guarded by ono
man and there being an abundance
of ws'ar, We stopped and awaited for
Judge Csudell to recover, which he
did shortly. We then began & hur-
ried march to the entrance of the cav
ern. We saw daylight once more 4t
80 p. m. having been under ground
80 hours and 30 minutes. A relief
expedition under the command of
Tom Greenwade had been formed, and
was under way to try to rescue us
Some of the darts we brought out
with us and found that thew were Of
the transparent gold. They were very
strong, it being impossible to bend
them and very difficult to break them,
The points were very sharp, and were
not dulled in the least by the spplica-
ton of file. A piece of the crnde
metal that was brought out was like
the other, except that it was soft and
yielding as lead, 1t is undoubtedly q
very valuable metal. as it is suscepti-
BILE of being tempered to any degree
of hardness.
1t will take a great deal of persuad.
lug for any of that crowd to go in
there again, bat it is duty that we owe
to posterity to devise some means by
which the history of this people may
be learned. 1t is possible that they
may be able to throw much light on
many of the facts that now elude the
most determined searchof our archaeo-
logists. The haze that now envelopes
the early history of the human race
may be dispelled by records that these
people may hold. At any rate their
history will undoubtedly be interest
ing.
Samples of the metal are on exhibit
ton at Osborn 81 Caudells law Office.
Samples of the darts we brought out
with us will be mailed to any address
east of the Rocky Mountains on re-
ceipt of five dollars to help pay the
postage.