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Ianvn Iwuqv -xv-v-v ya... vu-\:\l\.nv Itoonvvv The electric light, now being con- ned to a narrow space, threw its glare far ahead, and I on my side could plainly make out every object. The sides orebanks of the river changed very rapidly. At one pomt they were of a tough blue clay`; at another of gray granite ; at another of int or quartz.- The water was not as clear as in the lake, but we had no trouble in making out the denth at most points. Here and there was a. deep hole or basin, but the average bottom was not over ve feet below our keel, FIVL- --__1` _L-___ ___ __.___;_..___ .__._ -- --.. --J .-D wv ----.- V- `m JWe nan suppose av` g_1'eat'x-11a-nyg. things without` coming anywhere near the case, he replied. . "We can light up our path at least 300 feet ahead, and will then have warning of any coming danger, We shall" run slowly, and in case we failto get: through we can back out. The most we have to fea.r`is'a rock in mid-channel or a cata- uu I-ll-IVLI "U DUI!-Ill) JJUIDV Vuvuuxnva We took the crow-bar, axe and spade out of their pockets and ' passed" them below, together with the evidences I had secured regarding the murder of the woman in the barrel, and then we made all secure and went down, touch- ing bottom about 100 feet from the head of the underground river. While we lay there for a moment to let Coggs inspect his machinery and Flash over- haul his light, a drv-goods box, too light to rest on the bottom and yet too heavy. to rise more than three feet above the ground, came along and made a dive into the. opening in the bank and was Iostsight of in a second. 14 TL ... ....... ............. a.l....L ...... ...... Ll.-Am Av vv own van . `I turned and looked. into his face, and saw that he was very pale, 'D...'..-... T ,....-'l.J .-...-.....l.. ..... .............,......u Uunauu Uvuvv vnn-av Aa\- wvuvu v-as. ruunvu Before I could speak an encouraging word Coggs called out : u G...`.:`l..I..I.... .....- 4...]-.. H... -.-.....L 1.-.... I-UIRL IA! ID `VH3. Ana. |aJn\n vn5Inlnnnv\ vs ww rbvwwv rack `over whihit might; not` be a pleasant, thing to dash. However, if. -Oh, we ll go! we all cried in h9r.*3_8+ A van u-av -I`hfen that's settled, and the sooner we start the better. We may" be one day and we may be three "in getting through; There will be no sleep for us until we strike Lake Ontaxgio. ,__ J __--.J.. THE NORTHERN ADVANCE. | lanvv vn vvusu Ill 111185 LI.UlIvl`I-[lg 300110. _V The water was . much clearer here,. and thesidee of the lakes seemed to be 5 entirely of white limestone, which had :5 no drainage through it from jebove. g `The `main roof we caught sight or only '5 luv.-.ve'1`oronto, 7.45 a.m;, 12.00 a.m.. 5 Leave Barrie. 11.08 a.m.. 2.25 p.m.. I Ar at Collinzwood 12.40 p.m.. 3.45 pm. 0! an p\_n'w.- an-on-ib- -V`;---.-u-u We must have run a distance of fteen miles before there was another radical change in the `character of the river. Sometimes the banks would come together until the stream had a width of not more than ten feet, and the roof cameso low down that we had to sink a foot under water, and again there was ample room and depth of water to have oated the hull of a pro- peller. At,l1:4O o'clock we suddenly ran into another basizi. This time it could hardly be termed a basin or a pool,` but was a lake which all estimat- `ed to cover at least twenty acres of space. While the current ran through the center, the waters on - either sidel were very still, and it was only now and . then that we `caught sight of a. piece of board or plank oating about. ` Thu motor `Iron n~nq`.L- -l--..-.. `L- .. -vv-u Where were the reptiles? `Looking from the windows we could see them darting away in every direction, while, the surface of the eddy was covered with fragments of bodies. They had got enough of us. Coggs returned to the motor, and as he started the power the screw revolved freely. A`s . she went ahead Flash swung her bows out, and as the current caught her we went down with it and soon left the basin behind. A `yuan-.n\.l -nu ya-up -av "- The three went forward. I stepped to the water-guage and found that our f roof wasalready below the surface. I ` watched it until we had settled three I feet, and then all of a sudden we jump- l ed to the surface and therefwas 9: ash ` and a. report. Theexplosion of the tor- pedo was followed by a great splash, and as the light was turned on we saw that a great mass of rock had fallen from the side and missed us by only a few teet. t wavy may`: us...-v - He applied the `motive. power, but the screw clogged and refused to move! Come to the bows l -' ..r---..... . _ . VVe must chance that. They may pull us down _under some ledge or into some ssure from which we. cannot get ` ouf: See _1 :he.t !_ T - cu you vsuaann . But we presently found that we had neither decreased their numbers or appeased their anger. They struck and bit at our iron sides, run over the roof by hundreds, and directly we felt the Destroyer moving into the current. In a minute more, as the light was turned on, we found ourselves -on the opposite side of the basin, having been dragged squarely through the current._ y 13'--- LL- ...1.II.... ..l.' LL- L-...:_ _--__ - _, dow showed that such was the case. ` V"... 5.... -.._1-.-.--v-J -..-.y-Du -.-V vsnnnvhavo Here the sides of the basin were also of rock, but there was scarcely any `drip 3 of water. Snakes. were crawling in and out of the ssures and lizards run- i ning up and down the rocks in a. state of great excitement. We could feel the boat settling lower in the water all the time and had no doubt that scores of snakes had twined themselvesaround her. Indeed, a look through the win- j I am going to stop `this ! said Coggs, whose face now began to wear a ` look of alarm. . . L _`-You won't dare explode a torpedo here ! gasped Cninks. Why not 2" You may bring the roof down upon us ! T (1 `IT. ._...-...L ..L......... LLAL rnl, - I think they _w1ll go away if we turn thelighb down, Observed Flash [after awhile; and the engines were stopped and the light allowed to go Suddenly out. .- I-IIWUK'J\I "a It was with feelings of disgust, as l well as alarm, that we viewed the sight from the windows The reptiles not only seemed surprised at our in- Vasion but were plainly excited to vio- ` lent passion. There was a constant patter of teetas the lizards ran over our heads, and now and then they would bite at the deck rings and the man-hole or hatch in a way. to make one shiver. Several different times snakes with heads as large asa man's hand struck atmy face as I pressed it to the glass, and with such a. vengeance as to make me start back with a cry of alarm. -r I "' " "i6I."s'6F-i~ii'.' "" '" Leave Couingwood 5.50 r..m.. 8 05 a..m. 3.55 p.m u-rive at Barrie. 7.12 a.m.. 10.00 a.m.. 5.30 p.m Arrive at Toronto. 10.15 3.111.. 1.45 p.m.. 8.15 mm vunvua I-not Suppose I had been in my diver s suit outside! The bare thought of what my fate wolud have been made me so so weak that I had to sit down. fh-avescarcely` `seen an` 1 661 yea I V T I" lti 1 Come here . Come qulck . yel e ; Ghinks at that instant. V '_ ? He was at one of the bull's-eves In the bows, We ran forward, and in` a minute we understood the cause of his excitement. & view could be had from any window in the boat. "l\L..' ...J.J.. 3.. ...L.,.L ..... ..nlnrl Ixfa . Pooh ! You are getting nervous ! ' Who knows what reptiles one might encounter?" ` 7.1-. 1 n 117- I.____ ________g__. __,,,___ _._-H uruu 1 They were there by the hundreds, d having been attracted by the -eleztric ; light. . They T swarmed around and; about the boat, striking their horrible ; noses against the windows and scores ` of them c:'a.w`.ed over the deck above ` l The lizards were horrible-looking reptiles, closely resembling Valigators in A build, and they were there from the ; reptile `six inches long to the loathsome 1 thing measuring fouit or ve feet. The snakesewere of two species-one en- A tirely black, except a white ring around the neck, and thetother a `dirty yellow. I saw some not over ten inches long, while others were larger than my arm, and were writhing and twisting about so that their length could not` be esti-` mated. ` ` I r I0 ' 1- gsvpan Ina... vu 4-any-vvv Inn sun. v~---v- The eddyin whzch we oated W83 aive with rept.iles+-snakes, and 1141 ar ` .0 V 1 I 1 j_,_J_ us. V I -- v_. .v a-\\I\l\ll It was an ascent not sharper than a quarter pitch housearoof, and the path was as `dry as a bone. When we got to the point where the path turned we stopped and looked back. The play of the electric light upon the still waters and the long" stalactites furnished _the grandest scene on earth As we stood for a, moment lost in awe and enthu- siasm, Chinks suddenly broke forth with the opening words of The Sweet Bye and Bye, and the other two of us joined in. -- The effect of the human voice raised` in song was marvelous. horn and-n ..uuIu-uni ......l ..- - J ,_ _ _.,.,.,........ auuuu uwy xeet, and the ` ' path bore to the left and continued on ~ for "about the same distance. There was up passage-way, but the roofs of the , cavern seemed to xise and the aide to sink back as - we ascended. The path :sud(}enlyte;-minsted at the mouth of 6. cave or opening inthe side. 3 It was `a sstire or `crevasse in the limestone", ------- ""' ""l "rBye and bye- rep ied the waters at our feet, and rive n seconds after we had closed we heard! voices faintly echoing : i I We mu meet on that beautiful shore. ` When we passed behind the bridge we ascended about fifty feet, and the [oath bore to the luff. and ....-u-- - ` \---.-v.... -.--v -~---- v-~v--vv- ovv--noon Leave Barrie. _ 1.10 a.m., 2,42 p.m. 8.40 p.m Arrive at Orillm. 12.00 p.m.. 1.05 p.m.. 9.30 p m Arr.atGravenhurst.1.20 p.m., 5.45 p.m.---- reverberfated, and then seemed to come l baoktof us ; and as Coggs, far below us, joined in the chorus with his deep bass voice, we were so amazed that every man let his voice die away. ?`;In the aweeb- Echoed the roof, (.1)... .....1 L_- n v van-v nu-auvvu Ana DULJS W 315 Every note echoed and re-echoed reverberfated, and than a back to far bu 4 0 `name ning in-A ------ A ...-..r... u`... -.. av . Such was the fact. Coming down near the center of the ledge or shelf was a Well-dened path, and we could see that it led upwards and was lost behind a bulge of rock Chinks ran` down and got three candles from the boat, and then, Coggs remaining be-' bind to care for, the craft, the trio of us I lighted up our candles and set up the I path; As Flash was armed, we com ' pelled him to` take the lead, although we had not yet set eyes on a mouse. 7 I V... u an. vnu-an These things have been forwarded to the Cabinet of Curiosities, in Central Park, New York, but no report has yet been received as to the dxte in the history of _America they belonged to. We` are all on the ledge inspecting the articles, when Flash suddenly called out : .-- vuw - Up0n_ my word, here s a path with steps out 1n_it ! 3---`. _-_ 4|, _ 1" . r`; o I- inches long, having the general shape of a ute,` and being provided with mouth and nger-holes. Clinke, who `was something of a musician, applied it to _his_ lips and blew off in pretty good fashion the notes of The Girl I Left Behinti Me. _ V A .. 3. `A hollow stiek about eighteeni 5. A small bag or sacklmade of bear skin in which were twenty-two silver ornaments, all representing in 9. rude way the gure ota' bear. Each trink et weighed four onces avoirdupois, and were ninety ve percent. pure silver. I: A I.:,.1,...... ..n..1. 1.-..:.... - 1----` When we had moved completely around one side of the lake We crossed the current to the other. ' The general appearance was about the same, and there were no sign of any living thing except the shes. We were not to leave the place, however, without mak- ing some curious nds. As we glided along at a slow pace we suddenly came to a. shelf which projected out over the water. It was of solid limestone, about four feet above` the . Water, and the shelf had a. length of thirty or forty feet and a breadth of ve or six. We could look right down upon it from our position, and while searching over it for ` sign of snake or lizard we made 'a. dis- covery of valuable relics. I will here describe them in detail : .....v ---v.. `H. -v -v-v -.....-...-- V uuw u. . ' ":3 c ` 2. A vessel of clay, h-ardened until it was like iron, and the inside coated with a refuse which was evidently a sort of cement. The vessel had a ca- ipacity of about six quarts of water. T .' ax... .-.-.`au 4. A spear in perfect state of preser- vation. It was provided with a head made the copper roughly hammered and fashioned, and the pole or staff was smooth and of hickory. n A .......ll 1...... .... ......I- ......J.. -2 L___. ._._._._,_.__._._____.___. ; 11 R. HOLT. INSUR.-\NU! BROKER AND \. General.-xgcnc. new nstme nought. and mum. Uuuecuonu made `in any part. o_f the County. Money to 1,ou.n. \ Umcc-15othwe11'a Block, opposntc the nuuway Station, Ul1I'.l'.lC, Untarxo. _ , ` - 51-ly I " '65." X"1{i c1o}} "11u3:"1;v`ig" a"Ta'{ knob or head. This was probably use ! as a. war 91_ub. _ ! 1. The-head of a. stone hammer, well ; `shaped, of hard int, and having an` [eye drilled quite through it. The stone`! weighed six pounds Vfour ounces, and 1 I the face of it bore marks: nflong usage. 1 0 A ..na~`n,.1 A1` .-.L... L ..-,'l......._'I .-...LI'I ! v--u- :.---.~__- _ ' ~Ae the Destroyer headed in until she no longercfelt the inuence of the `current`Coggs' suggested that we have dinner, and for the next half hour the meal claimed ow` attention. The lake seemed to be entireiy free of reptiles, and a proof that it was so we found in the presence of" sh. There were again thousands of them around us, while in the pool where we had been attacked we had not seen a single one. here andethere. -I believe tha.t it was in at least fifty feet high. `In; 'othe1=_a`i_t hung quite low, and from ea"h of tfxese depressions hung staIac:it- es 'more'beautiful than any human eye had ever before rested upon. Under the glare of our light they shimmered and glistened like rare gems. After dinner we` all felt a desire to see more of our surroundings than` glimpses from the windows revealed, and it was agreed to remove the cover and [:0 upon deck. Flash brought from his berth a double barreled shot- gun-, and in case we sighted any rep- tiles we- could defend ourselves until all were under cover. When we came to'get a nearer view of_ the stalaccites we found them so beautiful that we broke off several hundred pounds, which we afterwards distributed in lots to Harvard, Yale, Ann Arbor and the Smithsonian Institute. When ready to go Chinkswdiscovered a shallow recess in the back ot thc cave, and when we came to light it ug we found the niche full of spears 311 | war-clubs. I should say there were at least 500 in 9. good state. of preserva- tion. We hunted the whole place 0V6!` for bows and arrows, butcoulcl nd nothing of the son. The spear and the club seemed the only weapons that frac`e_ were armed with, though it. would aemfas if they must have had some sort of t-enesxeto cut the rocky step 35 "we" ,3`0r_1ndth_!!! up \ `V -- BOV s A, 38 um overcoats at T- `V Graytoom '"61{'{.Ik:'29o gold `beads, 12 ones, and tour pounds of silver men.ts._ ` : v-- vs: .I must have struck a crowd burxa` at public` expense, as I counted up 0111,: 105 gold heads, fty silver ones, M10 about three pounds of ornamentsi. However, ._we all realized that botd silver and gold were nearly pxfre. fwd we knew that we had madea nch tm _- '"5ogs, 347 gold `beads, -2:30 ones, and about six pounds of Qrnaments. tuna A-' --~ \ um.` u 1 . .'1r.ru.'11oxu.I.\, ct Dsuu ruaxnu, l '. (cc. 1s_Cnta Uuuecwd, servant: Pr'ovide \ Umce up-stzuru opposite .l: mnK 0; Uommerce. "131h, 211 gold beads, :50 :`.I\'<`i one-s,,aud nine pounds of silver orna- ments. ' . V-v- vn-V V-V. an. vvunsnvo There was neither dust; nor smell (.- cause unpleasant sensations. The cl- ; bris, as I may call it, felt to the finger: something like black snu] and tln" lodor, though faint, had an aroma t~. remind one of spices. It was a long two hours before the rst; of us got through with his stint, but the work had paid almost as well as looking 1'0!` Colwell s gold in_ Lake Huron. W1`.-.`1L we counted up our nds they were '-1` follows T v.--..v guns... In\4vU\l.hJ\JllIJI '6 brought up eight or nine 11101 - candles, matches, and a bottle of win . some cigars and a. woodenbox in whic our candles had been packed, T 1: cover of the manhole was then SL'l'C\\ ed on, the-. boat made secure to th ledge by a rope, and in a. few niiniitw. we were all in the cave. Lighting t.':~: spare candles, We put them up WhL`1- ever possible, and when all were burr.- ing the light was suicient to Cushi- us to move `about very freely. \\~ then divided the heaps off into ion` separate portions and went to work r ,- paw each one over in turns. rI"L-..- ._-_' __,.:AL-__ j.__,L -, H . As we stood here we se-.1rche ti rdof over our heads, but without my - ing tracesof roots to show that We wer- near the surface of the earth. Whethe, the trees were growing twenty or a 1` I feet above our heads we could not say. `T but we:al1 agreed that we were at -1 ms: { Destroyer rested. uvvn - : 125 feet above the waters on which :1. .- ...,-.v y V- - ya.-ya-u - . \Vheu we returned to` the C'cl\t.."X'X1 waswith the determination to rob 7' dust-heaps of whatever -valuables Iuigi be found. The first heap ex unin-' to represent a. man, a. bear, and -.1 4- - or elk, respectively, and the three v gether weighed thirteen ounces ~.r.;`. dupois. But in hunting out the siixn. `we found twenty-six small pieces gold,;ea.ch of the size of a large rb:;;' In the center of eachwas a notch, an` it was easy to see that the pieces Ha 7 lrevealed three silver ornaments zurui once formed 9. necklace. It was now 2 o'clock, and w looked over the number of dust-incur? in the cave it was agreed that t}1C'r*: was at least 400. Coggs would be m.- easy at our absence, and as no on - cared to stay behind we all went down together to notify him of what we had found, and get some receptable to 1101*. our plunder. Everything was qllltf with him, and he,-had seen nothing in cause him uneasiness.` -..' uupn -- up--u - \.pJ `:\nn\ 0 Before any close inspection of 11; dust heaps we traversed the ca W: to it: far end. Here again was another-r wt! . leading up, but we had not folloxwl it twenty feet when it narrowed `nnti . two great rocks reduced its width t, three feet, and a third rock com;-vh-:eE_. lled the passage. We could ;u n further. The living had either blucke . the way from above for some gooi reason, or the stone had loosened it-1: and prevented them from ever (-11%.- I ing the tomb of the dead. ..... V ._.a ....v-........ Arranged in regular rows :u`0un: .thh sides were two lines of bonus. cannot call them skeletons for the, were little better than masses of dust, with here and there a bone or sku]f not entirely gone to decay. Ever)-. ' where among these heaps was a glitu-. of silver and we soon realized that w, were in a. tomb. It was hem tha: some generation of people, Astozre 4,,- Indians, had brought their dead. There was no odor in she c-xv.-, mm was the air close and fun]. Im rIx- contrarv, the temperature stood a`, about sixty degrees above zero, ant the air was wry pure. `Dal .-- ..__. -1--- 1___, __-L1-,, .' I ___, , 1 , ,;_______: but all of` twenty feefhigh and Si ` se\:g_n bgoad. X J S. J OHNSON`, BARRIIS, lMPOtc'1`1s1t OF . and Dealer in Uouua of an xmas, and bit,-orget-0 w-u. urcy and Guelph Wnue Exmshmg Lime, Ucmcntvs or`. an Kluuu, Eu-c .t$l`I0&S unu Plasterers uzur. Swreuuuau at the mortnurn Hallway awncn, tout ut Junn suxem. near the depot . The bond or` Luis mule is better man that of any otner kind. and um Iiunsn uupeuor. Uicc-(`oz-"nest of aonu and J~JnzuouL'n streunu. . _ turin_g in. It was 9. strange 11, "had discovered, and how wen; Vvvvuo _Ia-Vt-U Wd Stood for a moment bgfore ` `ex. ing w-_' wg tc know what. sort. of a. plac-P we we , u get ing into `I t U ..... A... CL--. IZ..L_, ,' .. bvwvon-B n-Vvv I -around us for anything to u) -`However, after listening fora um. time and keeping a sharp xookouf , 3"), w- entered the place. Here we found out-selves in a veritable cave. IL Wm` not a square room, but measured ubou} twenty-eight feet long by sixteen } ' and the height of the Ceiling Wm, average twenty feet. For a Inomen. our candles had a hurl fight to 4115p," the Intense drirkness of)" L:(-, [,1-,5- but; as our eyes became a:cus'.~.uu:d n,` the darker night in the ewe we began moving around. )!'0`dri vu-urn-3 U (`P91 be. continued.) November 27, OM13" wmy `+rmJc1 THE Ilpa GOING -SOUTH. -H - Leave Gravenhurst.,---- 6.50:; m.'. Leave Orillia. 6.00 a..m., 8.30 e..m.. Arrive at Barrie. 6.45 a.m.. 9.35 a.m.. \Vf\Y1l`IIT Q"ll`Il\I1\ IVt\I\TI'\ \VI\TII [hr l`._ - I I} then: und (J `I` II . ".1 Buy:-l :_-.ul.n J u~r11u llubl V` I IULJ les 61 biliou 'bles.__ JOSEPH ROGERS, CON VEYAN OER. COM- xnissioner in Que9n'_s Bench. Auctioneer, Appraiser. and Uommlssxon Agent for the sale of Houses, Lands, Farnl Stock, household" Furnmxre. Goods, Wares. &c. Also for the collection _of nents, Notes and Accounts. ice- Ponce" Court, Barrie. _ Six per com. Interest. LENNUX 5; LEN- I\U.\'. Suucitors. Barrie. A V T J` LENU Ji~I:f7EALTJT1"EK7f- " AMU1L"l`ENL`H, wmm. SlNKn.xc, nuusuz and Luna umuner, returns u.auKs,wu1e public generally 101' tnexr past favors. and . would iuwrm mom that. he in sun In me busi- ness, anu as -prpmpt guulv obugwg as evgr. orders can _be Jen at No. 30, Pee: street, burrxe, and they wxu be promptly attended to. 47-1y . `__ _-W 7 V W _.. ___., V .___-._-_ ,_`__. 7 ENNEDY, ' GAVILLER & HOLLAND, Architects, 1 . L. -b`urveyors, Vzuumors, ac. Plans and specications for buildings pre- arcd. Town and Vmage hots lam out. Farm ines carefully located. '1`1mbd1`lunit8 examin- ed, &c.. &c. '1`oront.o Uicc-1 Man liunmngs- barrxe Umce-~McL7a1'thy a ulock. Couingwoou _ ()tce- Long's block. TIIOS. 1u5.\'.\'1-ID) . MAUMCE GAVILLER. \\7 I 1-Tnv I cxvn - -I lvv J HN MACKAY. AUU'1`l0NEEt. COMMIS- sioner. Conveyanoer, Issuer 0; Marnage Licenses under the new Act . Money to Loan at Moderate Interest. Creemore, Una. tily H. LYON. PttIVA 1`E FUN Us '1`U LOAN . on meal Esuttc at lowest runes. Farmers . holes Discollllbcd. Uuuccuuus made in any part or um. County. Real nastute `nought and sold. Couvcyauclug in all its branches. mar- riage Llcensus `Issued. Umce-Uver Uanaoian .B1LuK*0I" Colnlncrce, Uumop street. 45-1y ; - -.__._.. ; ...., .__ _.._, JOSEPH S\V;5.A1\*;kE13-(A)Z. i`iE)_2'11.ER FOR TH County of Suucoe. .l`ex`ms reasonable. Uce at my Store. Gruigburst. 46-ly IN OUR HANDS FOR INVEST- - , menu on gooufreehom security z-.L1ow.s(. rates of interest. N 0 prlucipal money require-cl until and 01 we term. :s'1'1t.-\'1`H &: A U111`. Soucnors, &c., Barrie. 1 V > A. RADENHURS1`. BARRIs'l`1<.`1i. AT- T. torney. solicitor 1n Uhancurg, Uonveyan- cur. &c. Umce-_-1`srst. Door uoum or Post Umce, u1na s Block, uwen Street, Barrie. 19-ly ...-. '..-.'. -.wv-... 2.4ovp.m 4.00 p.m -L50 p.m NORTH SlMCOE--GOING, NORTH. have Barrie at ' 10.35 a.m.. 8.15 11-111 Arrive at Penetanguishene. 1.10 p.m.. 10.40 D-III some SOUTH. .. .. . -.- n-n,,__ Leave Penetanguiahene at 6.15 a.m.. 1 Arrive 9.t.B}\.rrie _ 8.40 o..m.. : ARRIE PLANIN G MILL.--GEO. BALL, A Carpenter and Builder. and Ma.nufa.cturer of Doors Susn, Blinds, Mouldings, &c. Pum- ing of a. kinus done promptly and satisfac- torxly. Factory , John street, Barrie. ' -EARN &. MURCHISUN. BARRIS'.l`Ek( solicitors, Lonveyauoers. 850. Money to man. Uttice-Over D.- J. Murcmson's store. Market street, Barrie. Branch Umce--Potter's Block. l`om:nham. .M`.n\vAun _l I-luunu D I`. `M'nnnxn':n\v ' BARBIE FOUNDRY, ENGINE &. BOILER ' WORKS. H. Sxcxvmcv. Manufacuxrer of every description of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mill, Grist mill. `Shingle, bath, and Wood- Wm-kinur 1\/In ahinnrv. A \\'. Mc\ I 1"l`IE_. D. L. SURVEYOR AND . Real Estate` Agent, Ualgary, N.W.f1`, M Uorrcspomlence aolicncd with regard to1nvcst- : mentrs 1n 1 roviucc 01' Alberta, I\`.W. l`. A. W. i McV1'1"1`l} Address (`algal-y, via. Benton.` Montana, l`.S. .. HEWSON 8: CRES WICKE. TBARRISTERS. solicitors of the supreme court of Judi- cature of Ontario, Proctors. Notarzea, Convey- anoers, 8:0. Money to Loan. U:t_ices-`--Bo_u1- gang Block. Onpome N. at N. W. Ry. Szatxon, at e. U. E. Hswsox. _ A. E. H. Cmzswxoxa. LENNOX 8; LENNOX, BARRISTERS, AT- torneys at-Low. aouoitora in Chancery, Uonveyanoers. 8:0. 0moes--Uornerot Dunlap and Owen Streets, Barrie. T J. '1`. Lmxmox. Hwarrrox Lnmvox. . -. ,.._...._ ... .-- DR. 3. H. BOSANKO, DENTIST. LIQUI Gas for Extracting Teeth always on hand ; 1!; is both pleasant and safe. Office over Duff's Grocery Store. Barrie. Ont. ' '1`. BAN'f12~:G,cL1':nk COUNTY OF sm- . com. will be at his office, at the Court House. Barrie, every Saturday. Residence and }. .O. Cookstown.` .LY.llll. .U'l`lBL mgu. `DD Worxmg Muchmery. . LOUN1` 5; LOUNT, BARRITSTERB, AT'.l'u1t- neya-at-Law. solicitors in Chancery, &c. Umoe--Dunlop Street, barrio. bucouasora to the laterm or Boulton, uount, Boys an ate-wart. [ W. LOUN _l`. Q.C, Tu, W. Loam`. vv V-gv v- Lonve Hamilton at 6.40 3.111.. 10.00 a} m.. Arrive in Barrie. 11.20 a..m.. 2.25 p.m.. tVf\`I\Yt`I QI\IY7IVu ' ovv--noon S'l`RA.'l`HY' 8:" A.UL'I`, BARRIs 1'-Is,RS.`.=AND Attorneys. so11oicornnOhaq`oe . Notaries Public. Uonveyanoers, Barrie, 00. S mcoo. Ont. Oice over Bank of Toronto. L H. II. S'm.u'm'._ - . W. Avnr. v_- Lowe Barrie 9.; Arrive at Hamilton .. -.._._.... ....- _ . .___...____ THE QUEEN'S HO'l`EL.-A. W. BROWN, Proprietor. Excellent accommodation for the travelling public. Bar and larder well sup- plied with the best. Good stabling end atten- twe hostlers. Luggage of guests conveyed free to and from all trams. Few doors west of Mar- ket street, n Dunlap street. McCARTH`Y. PEjPLER '8; MCCARTHY, Barristers, Bononors,.Nowr1es. &c., Monoy to Loan. Barrie, Autumn and uravenhurst. . .U'AL'l`0N MCCARTIIY, Q.C. F. P. .t`EP-LE8. ' H. J._ L. U. JYl.(.'-U.A1t'1'I1!-_-U1'1`1U1`4 any D Resxdence on the West sxde of John St., Immediately opposite Mr. Geo. Ball's Planing and Sa.shVFactorv. ` ,....__._.___. __..._.-j _::_..___ UDILFII IVUUIPIXD. lJIllI!4I.` UUlV_D1ADulh, ` Qounty of- S1-mcoe.` 0Ice-Pol1ce Uourt, M Barrie. . MUSKOKA BRANCH-GG1'N(v} NORTH. [ 1 i1Ex1:\'ff5p12.aIs1s1c &m15(Ii;i:PuS'1`l;.`:1:t: . . (to. 1wnm()u1lem.(-d. Hm-vnnr... Phnvinnn. mot:-x. '1ouA:nmun. V -l1}D\\'At(_l) J. Hume. , D. C. Moncmsox. . ....-._-.L -.j---.:..$ ` [osmpitf }6GERs.' `CHIEF CONSTABLE, * (`nnnrv nf. Ri-mnnn `ir-.n.__DnIinn (`nut-f. ;|ROHlTl(5'i`$: .\NTD SUIIVEYORS. )R. ZIMMERMAN, DENTIST. llfr-n._Rnndnv-5: Rina-.1: R1 J. L. G. MCCARTHY--'OFFIC Ix?) hnaidnnnn nn the West side nf John Sh. uonfH:niimuTauEWAT GOING NORTH. * IlAV14V1l1al.V.I.11'LV , U U01` 1 IE 1 o Umce--Sanders Block. Bar14ie, Ont; '.?{(7C`i71BNE13itI-n7x*E .VI1s(*Eu.ANEo'vs.` RIANUFACTUIIES. I DlUCKu HCDY. 1\IVAL'mcE W. J. HOLLAND. 51-1 GOINE Noam. `AAA PIIYSIUIANS. "ibii~':'6. 's'i5'i}ff1". ' DENTISTS. 0FFlClAl_nf _l{0'l`EI.aS. v.._-- 6.47 a..m.. 5.32 pan 11.40 a.m.. 10.l0n.m AULT. . 5.05 12.111 . 8.15 p.m' . 9.40 mm olio 51-ly CLIARID UPBY D(.0UADs" 0!` THE DETROIT FREE PRESS. [mm mm! or mm Lms. an -ozanqu And yet such of -you as date make -the trip with me shall go from this in- to Lake Ontario without being seen by mortal eye, observed Cogga. How--explain ! I - The bark we blew up laid square across the source of an, underground river. I believe it leads `into Lake Ontar-ic_near the mouth of .Niagara River It is legendary that such `av river exists, and down below us is the source of it_.. `How large thegatream really-eis`I of coursedo not ' know, but- believe" it will oat our crati'Whetliefi' th9r' ar.rapidaf9"rfal1a,lbd _th.iiiy".`I" cannot `tell-,3 but" We'll _ha_v,e.- t9 An ` ' ` `N l Coggs looked intotthis maelstrom J from the bows as well as he was able and signalled me to keep out of it. Drawing back about fty feet 1 passed to the left of the rock bearing of to the northwest, and while the velocity of the current seemed T. to increase, the shelving of the bottom towards the Canadian shore was gradual. The journey in that direction had a sudden stop. a `KIT- _._- _L-,: LL- 1`- _.L -1` A1 , I -uvvru We reached the foot of the descent to nd a wall or bank before us; and crowded against this was the wreck of a big bark. All her. masts were gone, and the hull was dark and slimy. One side of her bulwarxs had been swept away, and several jagged breaches had been made in the other. ny gn|~n\AlJ vs-usuv ulsuv VI W ,UlILLuVUl av Just where she had rested against the bank was a large hole, and the cur- rent was now drifting squarely into it. ! While I was wondering what sort of "surprise was in store for us the De; stroyer began ascending. When she broke water I discovered that it was full sunrise, though the dayewas cloudy and there was '0` considerable sea run- ning. Chinkshad breakfast all ready by the time I was released from my uncomfortable dress, and after I had told them the particulars of the nd in thebarrel, and we had discussed the "whirlpool, Coggs slowly inquired : uh;.1.J+ ..... ......L .-...a. ....'4.L 4.1.- .'.. Certainly,replied Uhinks. Wasn't it arranged for certainygovernment oi- cials to meet us at Oswego T _ Well, how do we get into the lake! \Ve stared at each other in dismay. To take` the Destroyer . through the Welland Canal was to show her up to the prying eyes of , Canadian oicials, and a little over-zealousness on their part might cause our seizure and deten- tion. - -- -Inlslnlu "They'll nevei alldw an. American torpedo" boat to pass that canal without; a heap of red tape and delay," added meta. =1-he rnebi-3? Act the Erie-Ontario Under- `..---J XI-p-- Iggig `Ina --I- -0 -.._` `yuan. r-vvvw -a _ As we headed towards Point Alano the velocity of, the current seemed to increase, and now there was no longer any wrecks or relics strewing the bot- tom, with the exception of an occasion-' al anchor or bar of railroad iron. I followed down the ravine for about a mile after nding the corpse,` and here the current suddenly split at a big rock. I also discovered that I stood on the brinkof a precipice. Stepping out from therock I could look down into. agreatpool which seemed to have no bottom. When the Destroyer had. "crept up to me so that I had the full benet of her light I discovered that g the pool also had its current. V There was one current running to the north- west at my height, while a lower one ran to southwest. The waters had an angry rush, and now and then I caught sight of oating objects closely resem- bling, boxes and barrels and water- soaked planks ` - O l`1........... 'l..-I-...] 2._L.- A.LI,.. ___,_l-L ,_,,, -v\ivu- jwuiuv -- v-v As the current vlik the bark it was turned aside to the east, and no doubt_ ran -into the pool I have men_- tioned. What caused the current, and why was the bark hugging the bank as she did? ' I could not get as good a view as those in the Destroyer, and be-- fore I could form a theory Coggs call- ed me over tothe boatand shouted for me to climb on board and make ready for a torpedo explosion. I took the same position as once before, and in- side of three minutes the wreck was blown up and away so completely that we hardly caught sight of a splinter. T...-J vuv`-\l\\nl\ Ln I.-J .......L...J .... __L . u - o-rung wnv vv 1-. I-|.5\.1\ALL\J\I I _ idn t we start out with the in; tention of taking in Lake Ontario .7 | un........:..1.. H......1:...1 nL:._1_.. nut, _._u 1`-`.i?Ve ll have. to give it up," said I FIRE?-. V '-H` . - 30 Visa: W van: aio;`I;;t_erest1ng Story. . M. Quad, of `the "Detroit Free Va Press," and several others, had `con- structed for them a torpedo boatpof, such peculiar construction that it could ride safely at the bottom of the = waters and without any injury to those on board. It was furnished by a power- ful electric light for the purposes of. ob- servation, as well as fully provisioned . One of the party was a diver. They cruised underthe ve lakes which make the great chain, and discovered many mysterious things at the bottom of the lakes," wrecks, treasure, Prof. Wise s balloon,etc.. The greatest dis- covery of all, however, was the mouth of the underground river be- tween Lakes Erie and Ontario, and we take up` the story at that point and con- tinue it through to the en'd'.of the trip, which includes the passage through the" river. ' M_ Quad proceeds: A .' ..... L....,1,..:| 4...........J.... 1)..:.... A 1;... "`Supp_o5e we get atuckfaiat at Lgome vs v-v n--av v-vu-an-v wu- River Made the Basis of _ 1.-.; Q_4-..-..4..f.... aa.-_.. I reason this way, hessid in reply. `.`For the lastvhnndred years the wreck- stuff of the middle basin of Lake Erie has been sweeping, down this under- ground river. A At . this point A the heavier articles hsve sunk to the bot tom ofthe pool, and 1 we fshoqld see such a. sight down there aswould open our eyes. _ Scribbler" can` `put on his in`-mqr', _snd gvho knows_wh'ut he may ;nt:piE;i1Lp hef9 T I .I wenldnib-Age d`e`wn~'there in rmer for all she - creasufres'f" underwater 1" I _ I yelled` yin ` reply)` We bore to the right to - get out of the current, and directly found our- selves in comparatively still water and close to the side of the_ cavern. The roof we could not see, but. the sides were of limestone and presented a strange appearance. Every inch of the rock seemed honeycombed, and from every hole and ssure and crevice the water was pouring down in streams or sheets. Fish were darting about in the basin in every direction, and now `and then a,box or barrel, which had whirled in the eddy and taken a brief rest, would becaughtvby ` the current and whirled out to continue its voyage again. i ` A` ' 'IVI..'...... ....... ...-...-J.L:__ _ L-'!, There was something to inspire awe and fear in the rugged sides and black waters of the pool, and when Coggs an- nounced his intention of sinking to the bottom the rest of us made emphatic protests in chorus. It seemed to us that to sink down there would be to meet with some accident that would make the place our grave forever. 1' .......... .. ........ ....-.........5. _ At the end of the first hour, having met with such good luck, Coggs allow- ed the boat to drive` faster, and her pacewas increased to six miles V an hour. At about ten miles. from the entrance we came to the first change in the formation. The river suddenly opened into a basin, deep and dark, while the sides fell away, and the roof , rose over our heads, as it were. While the river `continued on through this` basin in a straight current, there was an eddy to the right and left of it, and in these eddys `We caught sight of numerous pieces of wreck-stu' oating about. vvvu a-avv -vvv vv-v u vvnn `own. The roof above us sometimes was within two feet of our deck, but in the main we had six or eight feet to spare. In some places it appeared to be of solid rock, with water dripping in showers, and again it was entirely of clay--a.veraging about like the sides. After we had made a run of three a or four miles without meetingany ob- structions every man's courage began to come back to him, and there was an enioyment; in the adventure. Num- bers of sh of _ all species accompanied us down the "stream, and` we saw thou- sands of them ascending. A L Ll... ....A -6` LL- 2...... 1.-.-.. L..--:.__. point? ' I asked, with a. haeling What my hair was trying to stand on end. `ITA -.\.. .......-.;uu\ .. : nnnasn` vnnn vnnoaan vunavo Iv vuu ovu-4 0-loannv V. on. U1 wvvv--.- F` It s my opinion that we are throw- ing our lives away in this ad enture !" whispered Chinks to me as we went forward. 1 an 1 1 -. `I II vvo-avuu vuv - | ....... ......,,,.. Scribbler, you take the "port bow and Ch-inksitho starboard, and if you ever kept your eyes open, do so now ! Call out at the rst sign of danger !" \IT.. 1...} .............`|.. 4...I-..... ...... ...`|.-....... Vang. vuv Iav vnav u--uv cu-D - savanna`;- We had scarcely taken our places i when the Destroyer rose from the bot- . tom and moved` ahead, and in another moment we were in the source of the mysterious underground river. Tn. ....... 1:1-.. .....L....:._... LL- ..-...-A.`L -1.` .. --J-uwsyu-vv--1 ------5--....--. -- v V-- It was like entering the mouth of a big sewer. I should estimate the velo- city of the current was about six miles an hour, but Coggs checked the De- I stroyer down by reversing her motion l until she made only about three. VI... ..l....L..2_ 12-1.1. --.-_. L_-._.. ..._..