The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-08

nail, with Q splen0id, smooth cell.
ing, all Of limestone. There is also
a side route here. At two, hundred
,seventy-fve feet is Kendall's Hall,
similar to Mickler's Hall, but an.
.gular, ending in Lovers Leap. AT
four hundred feet is Wilson's Hall,
q tall, rugged specimen OF subter.
ranean excavation. II contains
Roses Spring, Of cool. clear water.
At four hundred forty -four feet
begins Lottie's Parlor, which con.
tains, at four hundred sixty -four
feet, the Masonic Spring with its
checkered floor. From here one
arm extends a little west Of north
for one. hundred fifty feet. At six
hundred feet the cave is practically
closed, and cannot be explored far
ther without excavating. North OF
the Masonic Spring the stream was
explored until we were six hundred
sixty-four feet from the mouth Of
the cave. Here it became too low
for extended exploration, without
rubber suits. All water in the cave
is crystal clear and cool.
We found no fish though it il re
ported fish have been seen in the
cave. In Lottie's Parlor the writer
found a cave bat, hanging head
down. This Lieut.. Kendall foraged
and put in his pocket. The next
morning "Uncle Martin" said he
believed(?) in expansion and began
with the bat. He inserted a goose
quill beneath the skin in the back
'of its head and began to blow. The
bat soon expanded and became nine
inches long, five inches across, two
inches thick, and almost transpa
rent.
La the north arm of the cave are
many side passages, under and up
per passages, side-rooms, crevices,
and caverns.
Let us now go back to he Grand
Reception Hall, and explore the
south arm. At fifty feet is McKin-
ley's River, Harrison Point, Carrie s
Hall, and the Fallen Rocks. One
of these limestone rocks is almost
like an ashlar, thirty feet long, five
feet wide, and two feet thick.
Here also is Mollie's Hall, fifteen
feet high. the Grand Canyon and
several bear wallows. At one hun.
dred twenty feet is the Anger Hole,
and here also are the Four Cardinal
Points. These are four crevices in
the rock above that follow the points
of the compass, from the center to
the vanishing points.
! AT one hundred seventy feet, and
under the east crevice, are the Wor-
shipful Masters chair and canopy.
Near by is bear wallow with quite
an amount Of feces. Near is Rock
Island, and running from it and un.
der and around to Mollie's Hall and
Nellie's Hall, seventy-five by forty
feet, with many passage ways. 1t
is splendid specimen of q dry ex-
tended excavation. In here was
found a turkey bone, the remains
Of some animals dinner. Lieut..
Kendall appropriated it to add to
his collection OF curios, for he is
quite curioso.
At one hundred ninety feet is Lit
tie Round Top, Andrews Slide and
he DEVILS Flue. At TWO hundred
five feet is the Rock OF Gibraltar,
an immense fallen stone. At two
hundred twenty-five feet is Carries
Iron suspended from the ceiling.
1t is fifteen feet long, four feet wide,
and very much resembles a smooth
ing iron. 1t weighs many tons.
Near by is Frog Monument, appa-
rently ready to leap upon intruders;
overhead is a fair sample VI the
modern crazy quilt. Here this arm
of the cave closes, so far as passage
way is concerned. Nothing has
been removed from the cave. Mu-
tilation should not be permitted.
Near Harrison Point, Raleigh
caught q cave salamander. This
handsome lizard-like animal was of
a bright orange. yellow with rumer-
Gus black spots Its body was
about five inches long. Its eyes
appeared large and normal but its
sense Of sight seemed to be limited.
1t made no attempt to escape until
touched, but then showed great fear.
Raleigh caughtit between his thumb
and forefinger and despatched IT,
We found but few specimens Of the
animal kingdom in the cave.
Raccoons visit this cave, as evi
denced by their tracks. To their
visitation il probably due the ab-
sence Of crswtish, no specimens of
which were found, for 'coon will