Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1910 — Curious Breathing Cave. [ARTICLE]

Curious Breathing Cave.

"When on my recent trip to the west I saw a curious freak of nature that, while it has never broken into the guide bookß, is still the pride of the round-about neighborbood,” said W. E. Cubben of Cleveland, 0., the other day. “This is called a breathing cave. The cave is in the lava formation on a high tableland near Prescott. In a wall of this cave Is a crevice, which is probably three inches wide and several feet long. A visitor stands close to this crack. He feels a current of air rushing out of it. This Is not so strange. But, if he waits long enough, he will notice .that the direction of the current has changed, and the air is being drawn into the crevice. “The people of the j neighborhood have many theories to account for the change In the direction of the air current, but I do not believe than any of them would stand the test of a scientist’s examination. A subterranean stream is given as the probable cause. Just how the flow of an underground river could cause the direction of the air current to he reversed I cannot see.”