The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-05

TIE News Eat tNs Acssap~syisG Esrs Gath
cred By the Mighty AvsiaseAs Of Water,

Inc NIAGARA rails are very accessible. lCu
can got over or under them. In front Of them.
or close beside them. Tho American Falls
brush past n solid stone wall. on the other side
Of which any ono may stand and reach the
water. Different persons view them diiIer-
emily. The Sun reporter who IL bold enough
to write about them at this late day waa over
come by their majesty So was young Cana
dian mechanic ON his way to the Statos with
wife and baby. members OF an endless process
sion which crosses the suspension bridge daily
aud hourly. looking back at the cross Of st.
George with tears in their eyes. and forward ct
the stars and Stripes with hopeful Chances.
"Ah." said the young mechanic. Il cannot
stand In tho presence OF this awful thing With
my hat on. must uncover whilo I'm here"
What queer George you Arc. dear" said
his vito afioctioaately. Why. 1 feel as you do.
but can keep my thoughts to mysoli"
For ooSntiees ages" said the mechanic.
putting the baby down. =" this food has poured
over those rocks. Tomorrow ws will think IL
must have run dry and stopped. but 1t will 20
on to awe meh whose distant ancestors will BE-
known a. aAcients. II IL like siphoa drawing
from old oooan, take my tile on TO 1t Florence.
You do not take yours OF In the house Of God,
80 you are right to keep 1t Oh here"
Five feet away the water Is twenty foot deep.
and moving about as fast = feet walker can
stride. 1t COOS In a curving leap over the
tho end OF the curve It falls. like 30 much lead.
straight down, and the disturbed wind frets its
surface and planes 1t SO as to I'LL tho atmOs-
phsre with spray. The great ostaracts all look
like falls OF milk. With u crash the white wa
tor falls among the black rocks that have tuin-
bled from above and great clouds OF fine white
spray that look like steam roll up continually.
and blow away the fall in n driving rain over
the river and tho ledge 81 earth teow. A
gorgeous rainbow arches above the clouds. and
throws Gmudy shadow on tho 9arth.
A bride Of a night, hanHing ona new broad
cloth sleeve, peers over the wall
Looks better in tho pictures. don, Il? On.
500 inc rainDoT Ley SO over the bridge Two
4 handsome Newfoundland dog leaps off the
wall into the swift tide. The emiGrsnt alters
II ls shallow where hs lands. and he sti.nds ON
the stones ana vets his hide and drinks. look
ac!lya Il he enjoyed iIeir astonishment.
What II he went ovor ~ the Reporter asks.
rapids ali chswed up by the rocks" says yonn:
Isaac Dayy. guide. paper pulp maker. hack
n snS s %ny aY sf
How many men 90 over tho tails I"
One or twoa yoar.
d" Ioatnen who break an oar and swells from
the fishing club IN yon'ier who got drunk and
never heard OF but one man who could get out
mother. He's dead now,
Two girls. aged II and ID. apparently NIAGARA
Fails village maidens. ioin the spectators. One
looks at the miEsty cascade and sees nothing
else. s!io stanas-Iiko u statue staring at II.
| II sets her thinking. and the expires sion OF
her face Is ti,at Of EvsnGelIne in tn. picture.
| The reporter finds her Us interesting ls tho
u n, rtn;on she fails but LAS better luck Et
with u iiaekman on a hnrouche u hundred feet
away. On. cummon SHE says 10 EvanxeiiIe.
! and both move of.
| A man VINO looks like merchant from some
| large city comes along " iti IA beautiful woman
whose lips aie parted and whose eyes are like
| live Goals, She clasps her husbands arm
tightly and hats. batting him whan he appears
she snys. :" Yougoil you wan, 70. feel that
1t is horrib.e the way that leaDinG water affects
ne. No, no. 1t isn't nonsense. / can't help it;
should never stop"
The mechan.errGS hsndsome young fellow
AZ tile On Broakiynite' s-iookr at the nervous
ieli her so. He asks the hickman if il costs
hnything to come where they Al are. The
didn't pay" says the mechanic. I'm To
SEE Sc. eysrything and pay for notLIng;; friend
would ! have had to so on to Boston without
air. then iii tell VOW so;nethins. and / don't
IKE yoa an hs The ali
hemmsa II BY corpora,ions and u,ating
puts n tariff ON every hundred foot OF it.
often see men come here with no money. and
| Is IA fact that you cannot even see them from
| distance without paving money. Its quarter
| there to them what own the bridge. nifty cents
| for this. dollar for that. a quarter Tor the
| other. and pay once more all around to get
back again where you came from. by gracious.
| Now. the state Of New York pronoses for to buy
up the land rou nd the American Falls aud turn il
| into ~ park. SO rs II poor man eau see nature
without spending fortune"
| does the matter stand ~
l. stands this way: That the Commission;
made out what it Is going 10 cost and nothings
lei! Rnt ior the legislature to mass the ~"
the but It ought t, t'p pass as for S the
SAKE as Of the people EysryE9dy With foot #
town Is wor!h and tho e:mmittee tee seems sI to
have satisaed ~! that could hurt sm and dealt
wGHe IS ali %s right essep
AS sowsf Ssxsy E sSst
NO year 50 81. he thinks h. d9p,t get enough
got Wing extending right on to- to the rapids
and n strip Of dirt alongside the rapids. Now.
ss to gnf but
| and they're to get over 100000 Then there's Q
OF the tn keep as
| quiet. There's all the folks In front Of the hill
as Rs At s Thers to be
| q road-,like there Is now-betwoen them and
,Gsl nr. say ths
| cent. Anyhow. they are to get ~ 900 TO So 900
each for damages. That's how it goes. Some
| prices are fair. some are high. and some are
like chucking money into the falls"
| =, That Is the trouble with the States" said
| know how it hurts YOU to be corrupt and
| lavish with the money OF the people"
! Well. Canada amt ailing that way. bet Yer
| boots" said the hackman Canada Amt buy
| Ing any Niagara property for the people. The
| Government and the peope are both nliks
stuck still like the cddies behind the islands
yonder; You cant worrya dollar out Of them
| nj La tlay tilurI all AniI PIN
| half coming rght back. We amt that kind
| over here. We snp millions inter things before
| we SEQ "A penny coming in"
| oh. there's the boat There's the boat"
| said a little girl leaping up and down and clap
| ping her hands. A ferryman in u rowbont was
| pulling away from the Cauada side. and behind
| him aoated singuiar-looking yersol-a life
| boat. covered over fore and aft with n curving
| roof. This boat was to bs flung loose in the
current and was to float through the rapids
| above where the little girl saw 1t Capt. Webb 3
| widow Is keeping big store for the sale OF