, 1889-09-28

antics impaFtially the persons who require
MS attentions. He strikes first and hears
afterwards Altogether, however, after
receiving the real or imaginary sscrack Oh
the Eead, Mr.. Graham felt happy, like %
man who il passing into a painless death 4
ny drowning. He felt helpless and Voice
less, but the terrible roar OF the Falls was
qulte audible to him. 1t is more S~atiSfaC-
tory TO learn that Mr.. Carlisle Graham has
expressed his drm determination not to
Try agS'n has foolhaTdy experiment. 'Once is
enough he aptly said. 81 am satisfied"
we arr glad to hear that the venturesome
Out lmprudent cooper is content With his
acHleVement, and has no ~inteHtion of repeat
ing 1t butthere remain one or two things
Cne thorough explanation of which would
give comparative qualification to the pnh.
nc AT large on both sides of the Atlantic,
was there any bet, large or small, de.
pe"Geht on this man successfully shooting
the Horseshoe Falls If such was the case,
we can but hold it to be eminently dis.
graceful and scandalOuA that this most
a"tuI TlSk to human life should have been
made a matter of ppcuniary speculation.
IL on the other hand, tile exploit was
one OF mere pluck and endurance. and hail
hOthlng to do with u degraded form of
sporting, IL seems to uS almost Incredible
thaC u person in the possession of his right
senses, and a married man to boot, should
lmperl his life in such a desperately un.
certain enterprise as that of casting him.
sell III a barrel over Niagara. Surprising
even that some m0dicnm of celebrity
Is gained by the foollshly adventurous
cooper, OF what subSta ntial benefit can
SUCH lllegitimate fame prove to him. No
"ouoC' were he allowed to repeat his ev-
pertinent IN public, the shores of the Ma
cara River and the roofs of the Clifton
mouse, and all the hotels round ahnnt. the
rails would he crowded by thousands of
spectators, and no trifing pecuniary re.
mulIeratl0n might accrue to Graham from
MS share III the gate-money paid by u mob
OF FOOLS to see riSked the lite of a fellow
creature quite their equal in folly, but in.
nnitrly superior to them in valour. But
me Canadian authorities have made mp
their mind that neither GRAHAM nor any
other sensational swimmer or navigator
shall be allowed to play fantastic tricks on
the BritiShside of Niagara, and it may fair.
" be assumed that the United States police
are equally determined to prevent rash peo-
pie from setting their lives on a cast upon
the American side of the Falls. If such q
stern resolution be not arrived at and
ln1exibly maintained, we may expect to
hear next of a woman shooting the Rapids
in an india,rubber bath or % Saratoga
trunk. GRAHAM, it is true, has signiHed
his determination not to try the barrel
trick again at Niagara. Where else, it
may he asked, could he try itf The Falls
OF RegIa, in Mexico, are too far off; those
Of MOntmOrency, near Quebec, and of
Gennesse, in the State of New York,
are not gigantic enough for his notice
and although we have a most prosperous
and picturesque replica of, Niagara in
YOrk-Street, Westminster, there will be
certainly very little of a thrilling nature in the
spectacle Ofa canvas barrel bObbing up and
down on a canvas cataract, even il the
lucky cooper from the, central platform
described through a speaking trumpet his
sensations at the time when he really
shOt the actual Falls. The best thing,
perhaps, he Can dOis to stick for the future
to bis hoops and slaves, and by a strict
attention to business, merit a continuance
of future f~avOurs, and while executing pro-
ftable orders for hogsheads and water.butts.
forget the barrel in which he once shot
Niagara.-DGiL Telegraph,