BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1900 TUESDAY'S SENSATION As Told By the Boys Who Participated In the Exploring Of a Cave. Monday afternoon Will RUSSELL, Orin SISCO and Sylvester ROBERTS were exploring KERN's Cave, which is about a mile and a half from the city. They had gone quite a distance, perhaps over two miles, through a very circuitous route, until they came to a very large room. In this room many large stones had fallen, which resembled the large blocks of stone in the quarries. Overhead were hanging many large stalactites, similar to icicles. The boys climbed to the tops of these stones which reached almost to the dome of the cave. They intended to cross over into another part of the cave, but by the light of their lanterns they discovered a steam of water many feet below, and it was a dangerous thing to attempt to cross the stream, even if they had been supplied with a boat, as the noisy stream did not sound inviting. While trying to reach a conclusion as to what they should do, they discovered a large quart bottle. Inside the bottle was found a note which read as follows: "Have been lost here since December 20, '96. It is now 10:25 p.m. December 25. Am hungry and lost. Oil all gone." JAKE OLDEN, Lincoln, Neb. To this was added a post script, which read as follows: "Tell my friends I die happy." JAKE. The bottle that contained the note had been used to carry a supply of coal oil, and the note was saturated with coal oil, but could easily be read. Some regard the affair as a huge joke, while others look at it more seriously, and think of asking Billy BRYAN to look aground Lincoln some of these evenings, and see if "Jake" is missing.