Show A terrific cavern mr J W ATKINSON an engli english sh scholar I 1 nd traveler recently described in a if lecture a fear 1 ful cavern with aich which he met in the course cf cl his travel while traveling trav traT eline elipe amorithe alor ithe steppe near the foot of the alcalan mountains in asia he said he came to the brink ol 01 one of the he dry city river beds bed frequently found in those realon this was the evident trace of the sudden of a mountain lake by bi a fearful earthquake at bome some period traveling along tile the bed of the stream he came to a deep valley vailey valey valmy about 15 mile miles long and 4 miles lie lip wide surrounded by m oil oti varying from to feet in height that elih chii had lied been a deep mount a ii in lake was waa proved beyond nil all doubt dolbt by the sand and shells spread over its i bed 11 1 I 1 alto alo found mr air atkinson the water line on the cl fea eeg showing that the wa five bundred hundred feet nearly appo ite ile to the gorge by which we had haj en enterer entered there was another in the mount h 9 to the north on berch ing ine it I 1 fouad this was also a deep and narrow ravine and to 10 doubt formed by the earthquake through this the water had ru replied plied erli lag the lake and had formed afie itle great watercourse on oil the plain we shortly entered fhe hie chasm li ch I 1 found was wai about yards wide covered kiib fallen rocks among which a torrent ws loaming foaming with geat fury our way wa a ro roch gh and dangerous one sometimes several hi hundred indred fet feet above the seam stream and then descending ne to rhe the level of the water at last we reached a spot beyond which to all appearance we could not proceed we wi were now a litile little above the tho t torrent which was hidden from our view and close in fit front of ns tie the rock rocks rose up lae like a wall to an enormous height A loud roaring of the water was heard which induced me to it was rolli rolling rg over a deep fall the old guide told lold melt me it wa Sh Sha altans itans cavern swallowing up the aver the mouth of the cavern wab wag formed by a rigged arch about 50 feet wide and 70 feet hili high the river entered this thia opening by a channel cut info into the solid rock it was about 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep A ledge of rocks about 12 feet wide yide formed a terrace alon the edge eege of the stream and just above the level of the water when my astonishment had bad somewhat sub Bub subsided sided bided I 1 prepared to explore the cavern by placing my try packet of baggage and mx rifle on a rock and the two cossacks follow followed eq my exa exo example mple the guide watched these movements with great interest but hut when then he beheld us enter the cavern he was horrified having proceeded about 20 races the noise caused by the failing falling water was fearful and a cold drilling di illing blast met us from tah this point the cavern tended extended fx both in width and height but I 1 could form no up idea of its dimer diversions we 7 cautiously groped our way anin on in the he gloom for I 1 about about eighty yards from the entrance e n e wheat oil oll p we could iee lee ee the river riven bound into a terrific rifi c aass wyli I 1 q 0 black erebus while white some wl lle ile vapor ciar came camo if wreathing up giving the spot a most supernatural appearance few persons could stand on the brink of this gulf guif without a shudder the roaring of the water was wag dreadful as it echoed in the lofty dome it was impossible to hear a word spoken nor could this scene be contemplated iong ions there was was hin I 1 too fearful for the strongest neive nelve when trying to peer into ino these horrible depth we turned away and looked towards the ahe entrance for a distance di the sides and arch were I 1 gated up but the great space and vast dome were lost in in darkness dai dal knets we present to the people the deseret alphabet alphabets but have not adopted any rules to bind the taste judgment or preference of any such as it Is you have it and we are sanguine that the more it Is practised practiced and the more intimately the people become acquainted with up it the more useful and beneficial it will ill appear the characters are dr designed signed to represent the sounds founds for which 1 hey they stand and are so roused used where one stands alone the name of 44 the or letter Is the word words it being the only sound heard we make no classification into vowels consonants 3 ae considering that to be of little or no consequence the student Is therefore at liberty to deem all the charac ers vowels or consonants or starters or stol stopper pers or whatever else he pleases in irl the orthography of the published example wb wt b ion lon will be generally followed though it will be varied from when general usage demand demands ail AH all words having the same pronunciation will be sp fp lied alike and the reader will have to depend upon the context for the meaning of such word bordi since th the arrival of the matrices ac for castins casting ha the deseret alphabet it has been determine determined d to adopt adoth or r character to represent the sound of ew HIT but until we are prepared to cast that character the chart 4 1 9 i will be used to represent the sound of BW ew in NEW the char ac term axi ANI 1 are sounded as AX at in arting hain for which one character will also be used usell us ell eol so soon as it can be procured |