Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

mel Whalley and Colonel Gcffe, who signed
Charles the First's death warrant, took refuge
in August, 1861, helped by their friend, Rich
ard Sperry, who lived mile away. After
time the regicides found pursuit too close, and
beat a retreat, to return, however, and, in
1864, to be found by Indians and vanish into
the unknown.
A great cave was discovered in Colorado in
1880, under singular circumstances. The boys
at Colorado Springs formed an Exploring
Society" among themselves, and, under their
pastor, the Rev. X. r. Cross, went out 70,
cave in Williams Canyon as trial trip. The
Never mind" said Mr.. Cross. Come
along, boys, well go and find a cave of our
own"
And before an nour passed they had crept
into crevice in the base of Pike Peak, and
found one of the loveliest caverns known.
The way to it is up ravine. The walls
of the ravine are limestone rock, stained
bright red and Indian yellow, standing lofty,
vertical and broken into multitude of bas-
tions, towers, pinnacles and sweeping curved
facades, whose rugged crests often tower hum
dreds Of feet overhead against the violet sky.
These upright walls face each other at
their bases so closely that much of the way
there is not room between them for one
wagon to pass another, and the track lies
nearly always in the bed Of the shallow, spark
ling brook
In this colored limestone the cave has been
cut, and the perpendicular character of the
outer walls is well shown within. There are
ledges and stairs, and hanging galleries, and
stone pillars, vertically ribbed as if made of
boards set on end. One of these halls is 400
feet long, and SO high that no light has yet
been strong enough to bring the roof into
view.
Nature has not done so much for the caves
of England, of which there are many, but
they are rich in antiquities. Nearly all con-
tain bones, human or otherwise.
Often the skeletons seem to have found
their way in through the mouth of the cave;
often they have been dragged in and gnawed
by beasts of prey, such as bears and hyenas,
the marks of whose teeth they bear; often
they have fallen in, or been washed in, through
holes in the roof.
The abundance of some of these bone de-
posits is remarkable. In one of the Cover
caves, Bosco's Den, Colonel Wood found a
thousand shed antlers of the reindeer; in
another of the caves he found. among the
bones of two species of rhinoceros, manufac-
tured flint knives, Showing the presence OF
man.
In the Paviland Cave, with the remains of
many animals was found human skeleton,
stained red by oxide of iron. Near it were
carved beads and ornaments, OF ivory, posi-
bly, made from the tusks of the mammoth,
which, with the skull, lay close to the body.
! Wookey Hole is singing cave. As far back
as the third century we find Clemens of Alex
andria mentioning it as cave under noun
at the top, in which, when the wind beats
against the sinuous avenues, are heard the
west wind this is still true of Wookey.
And there are other singing caves. There
is one in Iceland; there is one visited by
Humboldt on the Orinoca; there is one in
Arabia; there is one at Maladetta, in the
Pyrenees. And, among other curious caves,
there are the Flaming Caves of Cumana,
where the two openings overlook the forest
during the day, and at night are filled with
fire And there are the caves that run. right
Zealand The Tschlingel Peak, in Switzerland,
the highest of the Dodi chain, is SO perforated
that twice year, in March and September,
the sun, which sets behind the peak, appears
shining through the tunnel after sunset.