The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-25

II the veritable canopy OF heaven is
the actual covering. The horizon is
symmetrically outlined. The rever-
berated sounds are quite musical there.
Fat Mans Misery is formed by ir-
regular rocks in parallels, not more
than a foot across. 1t is sort Of lad
der, the pebbled walls being not more
than three feet high. The river Styx
was next In our meet, but Charon not
being present, we did not row over.
A sort Of pulpit is formed at one
place by a freak Of nature, with hard
earth and some gympsum formations,
where many romantic couples have
achieved the elimination Of their
dreams, but the guide. always ready
for levity rs we'll as the serious, told
us that no more marriages would be
allowed there. In answer to the
"Why ?" we learned that marriage
had already been run into the ground
too much"
A large hole, apparently leading to
some place, attracted attention, and
one of us asked: Guide, where does
that mole go tor" We were told that
1t went nowhere; that it had been
right there for 100 years. In the 1912
war there was considerable labor 60
ing on In the cave, the prints of the
oxen's hoofs are plainly visible in GER
tain places yet.
The cave was discovered in 1902,
and many suggest that it would be q
fit century celebration to institute
electric lights all through. l think
that would mar the honest naturalness
Of the place, the thorough unexpected
ness is one Of its chief charms.
We passed many teaching watts,
where percolation had been instituted
during the war, the interstices being
completely indistinguishable. II has
become quite fad to throw stone
en- PEASANT on the mounds. Each
state, many colleges and several
"frats" have cave monuments started
in this way. Each is plainly labelled,
and some have assumed proportions
to astonishing degrees. Kentucky,
strange to say, is one Of the small
est.
The day we INDUCED in tine "long
route" eighteen miles, luncheon was
sent in to us from the hotel; a Lu-
cullus himself never banqueted more
copiously than did we hungry souls
on boiled eggs, fried chicken and
sandwiches. l wonder If Bacchus
were admitted to the Uatacombs? The
sisters fate certainly served us from the
horn of plenty. We had accumulated
no fatigue, strange to say, but we
were bruised aud sore and hungry.
Yet who wouldn't be q cave dwellerg
After a rest we started on in the
ruggedness. coming suddenly upon
the Echo river again; it is nearly a
mile long, and about 200 yards wide;
is subterranean branch of the
Green river. When the latter rises
the Echo river completely changes
its course.
We were poled down this Echo river
IN sort of barge, midst solid walls
and covering of rocks which we did
just escape, as we bent over half the
time, or sat down completely in the
floor of the skif. The guide ambi-
managed with cunning
born of long practice. We were re-
quested to sing, this being a clever
ruse that we might escape the unno.
ticed monotony. Shall l tell you
that with one accord, without any
hesitancy we an began Nearer My
God to Thee?'
The terminus of this long route is
what is called 1.-THE corkscrew," and
has only been discovered in rather re-
cent years, by mesns Of which mile
and q half are cut off, but next time,
tonly I think "this apple won't have
any core") I'll take the extra mile and
q half.
We had climbed so many wooden
ladders that We felt eligible as fire.
men. So many rocks had paled under
our feet, that we asoertained rock pile
and our hands had suff-
cred so many knocks that we SEEM
ed to know not the art Of 'manicur.
ing.