The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 09, 1916, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
* A Description of Mammouti Cave. *
* (By Kate V. Wofford.) *
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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T. 11. FELDElR STARDEDl).
Given Ilangerous Wound in Atlanta
and Condition Serious.
Atlanta, Aug. 4.-'T'homas B. Felder,
prominent Imember of the Atlanta bar,
and well known for the part he took
in the South Carolina dispensary
cases several years ago, was stabbed
and seriiusly injured here last night
G. K. Vasson, of Last Point, Ga.,
doorkeeper of the lower house of the
Georgia general assembly, was arrest
ed charged with the stabbing which
took place in the lobby of the Kimball
house in the presence of scores of
legislators. It was said by legislators
that the affair grew out of Felder's
recent efforts before a committee of
the house to defeat a bill by whieh
the city of Savannah charter would
be anendehd tq permt vole on recall
of city ollicials.
Felder. repre"sentintm certaint ori
bition elemelits, claimed the recall
of .lMayor l'iipont of Savannah wa
sought by those favorng the amend
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