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* A Description of Mammouti Cave. * * (By Kate V. Wofford.) * ", " * e ee ee e *ee e * e e To him who has lost faith in his fel lows and in his Maker I would not recommend the remedy that is usually given. Instead I would urge him to seek the answer to the unanswered question in nature's own secret giving place. Some people call it Mammouth Cave, to me it will always be the valley of Silences, a place of Holy things where peace prevails. The ques tion of doubt need not be long in waiting for its answer for, he who walks through these hills of God un derneath His earth, and down the val ley of Silence unmoved and untouched. is indeed seriously ill and hurt of soul. A happy hearty, laughing crowd were we preparing for the cave trip, we women folks a little self conscious In our grey bloomers and blouses, the "better halves" of the party decidedly so in their rain-bow suits of many colors, Such trivial things soon passed unnoticed though and a little awed and hushed we marched into the main en trance of the cave and into Broadway. Instead of the white lights that this name implies, however, we furnished our own light with our own lantern that blinked like huge fireflies in the dusk. I must be growing old for I could not help moralizing to myself as I watched the long row of lanterns wawing and shifting steadily in the dark, and I thought how very much like our own walk in the Plain of the every day world the trip was go ing to be, for after all it is always ourselves who make the light of our wviy and it is always ourselves who guard the light and keep it gloriously flaming. )own the valley of Silence we went, our voices unconsciously lowered, and somehow it didn't seem exactly the right thing when some of our party insisted upon singing "Tip perary" to lighten up the way. The guide, a brusk hearly old ,man, a little sharp in his commands but brave and strong and true took me under his special care. 1 saw to that for 1 impressed upon him the fact of the utter Impossibility of my taking care of myself, so he arose to the situ dtion like a gentleman, swallowed the bait, and thereafter I walked very close to Bishops' side. Instead of get ting old I sometimes think that I am getting into my second childhood, for when we came to the "Fat Man's 'its cry," a quaint winding old river bed, long since gone dry, I begged to be al lowed to lead the party and he smil ingly granted my request. It did not take me long, however, to be a willing and meek follower, for several pecks on my head proved so much more quickly than wise Bishop c'ould ever have done that we needed his warnings .of "low bridge", which means in our awn language of the "daylight world" "Please duck". When Bishop did take the lead he remarked quite cooly and (ulite pointedly "''That. some people F.O0.B. DET HORSEP something i innovation. We don't< don't mislead don't undersi We've got the Maxwell the atfractivc and its uneqi The price to take you to go. il-passenger Tomi 2-paseonger Roac LAURE Phone 228 thought they, were so smart." i ac cepted the snub very meekly and gave my attention to the arches and domes above that took on fantastic shapes in the dim light. Veritable temyles of the gods they were where all the fairies of the world must meet to hold their fairy prayer meetings and to talk of the glory of the Maker of the temples Leaving the Fat Man's Misery, much to the delight of certain ones of the Party we rested in the part of the cave called Great Relief, and it was a great relief Indeed to rest in that little bowl of a place where we got our breath before- btarting on our journey to the Sahara Desert, a name given to the place because of the unusual amount of sand on Its floor. Following close to Bishop's heels we walked slowly through the desert of the cave, stop pod for several wonderful moments at the river Lethe, a dark river of sleep and dreams indeed. Following the river closely we soon cane to the climax of our trip and a perfect day culminated when we reached Echo river, a stream of won derful echos and an unknown origin. Vhen 'the guide lifted up his voice and hummed back the echo came to us in a perfect riot of music and harmony. Some of us who did not embrace the idea of rowing upon this sleepy, dark stream thirty feet in depth and three hundred and sixty feet below the sur face of the earth, very casually re marked that we would wait on the bank uptil the rest of the party had their ride. Dear wise old Bishop know ing the ways of womankind in general announced just as cooly that we must ake the boat ride to get home and that if we had any intentions of getting home that night we would immediately betake ourselves on the boat and say no more about it. Of course if we wished to spend the night In the cave we had his gracious permission to do so, he hoped our slumbers would. he undistiurbed and that our dreams would be plleasant. ones. We looked at the dark walls of stone about us, at the dreaming stream in front of us and the happy brave sailors on the boat waiting for us, so we swallowed our courage with a gulp and with one ac cord settled ourselves in the boat. Bishop paddled slowly up stream warning us to hold our lights care fully, to sit steady' in the boat and to trust to him. We didt trust him and we found the ride to be well worth all the cold shivers that insisted on both cring us and- all the sickening feelings that kept us company. We were kept so busy sitting steady in the boat, holding our light and trusting Bishop, that very little was said at the first of the journey and finally Bishop sug Igested that we sing something. In stinctively the party broke forth al most as one man in that sweet old hymn of the ages, "Jesus Savior PIlot me", back and\forth the echos came to us glorified and magnified and I being red headed and part Irish and given to impulsiveness characteristic of both tribes wept openly and un ashamed. 'T'hen "My Old Kentucky We could ci Horsepower ably you u i ROlf. )WER" is misleading es wrongly ed to carr inusual, exce ional-s rr 31aim anything ' by reference to a tec nical and. something realto talk abou car-its complete equipx appearance. Consider its .aled record for perfor'man, includes all the horsepow4 anywhere and as fast at 'Ind Car, $593 2-passenger Cabriolet, raier * 580 6-passenger Town Cat 5-pBssenger Sedan, $983 NS MOTOR CAR CO. Lanrens, . C.O P..ic, qu Ilome" sung as only a band of Ken tucky born and bred can sing, rose and danced sand rejoiced about us. If you will trace back about t'hree paragraphs you will see that I made a statement about Bishop paddling up stream, all of which is very true, I am not going to take it back at all. The point I am trying to make is that after Bishop had paddled up. stream about three quarters of a mile he proceeded to pad die back. "Why Bishop," began one of my part nors in fear, "Arn't you rowing us to the place we started from?" No answer. "Bishop," she continued very sweet ly, "I thought you said you were not coming back to our landing." Deep silence on Bishop's part. When we finally did reach the place we started from, the persistept lady began again, "Thank you Bishop for making me take the trip." And that Is exactly what we all felt like saying for I am sure we all felt that we touched on something that ap -roached the Kingdom of Ileaven it self. The cave is so full of a wonderful amount of wonderful things and if I had the supply of adjectives necessary, I would write of the break of day in the "Star Chamber," Martha Washing ton statue, the Vail of Humiliation, Mamlmouth Dome, the Water Clock, the bridal altar and the chair where .lenny Lind sat and sang on her visit to the cave. I could also tell about the Corkscrew where we climbed and cut capers, seemingly, in mid air. I might also tell about the logs left in 1812 by the miners who worked faithfully mak ing gun-powder to iiepper on the stiff backs of the English cousins who came over to give us a spanking. I could write you about all of. this but. I am not going to, because I haven't the time nor the vocabulary. I shall tell you abou t it wlien i get home however for I shall never cease talking'about it as long as I am given a bit of limne and an aiudience. ORtIGIN OF" ,JOAN BUILL. low England (et. her Nickname in Queen A ue's Time. Letter to Editor Philadelphia Evening Ledger. In answer to the inquiry as to the origin of .John 1ull: Every country has a nickname and is represented in pictures by an animal. The British lion Is the animal that stands for Eng land, and .Johin Bull is its owner and master. 'I'lie lion is the country; .John Bill is the nation. The name of .lohn Bul1 comes from a work written by John Arbuthnot, a witty doctor and writer, a great friend of Swift and Pope. Ile was born in 1667, in Scot land, and died in 1735. The sketch lie wrote dealt with the political af fairs of Europe at the itime, and the countries were made to appear as m11en and women. England was John hull andl Quen Anine wais Mr's. Btull. TIhe church was Mr, BI l's mt ile r. Scot. land was .lohn Bull's isier' Peg. Eng crim 41 1-2 and prob ouldn 't Tference irase. It is the idea of Le startling prove. We subject you t. Examine rlent. Note reputation 3e. 3r you need a you want $865 3 15fllPT--~ Ff land, the nation and . country, was made to appear like a good natured man, bt not without faults. As roast beef and pliun pudding are the na tional dishes, the name of Bull an swered well. John was shown to be d honest, plain-dealing man, Cour ageous and rather hot tempered. lie was supposed to be always ready to meet the French king with any sort of weapon, in earnest or in play. lie was difficult to deal with, especially if any one tried to master him. Treated with kindness and a little flattery, he could be led like a child. --W. I. K. Now Is the time to buy a White Mountain Refrigerator. We are offer ing very attractive prices, and they are the best refrigerators made. Sl. M. & 1. Ii. WILKINS & CO. T. 11. FELDElR STARDEDl). Given Ilangerous Wound in Atlanta and Condition Serious. Atlanta, Aug. 4.-'T'homas B. 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