Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-01
PROBABILITIES or NIAGARA.
Change. Ths, Az. ti.sl. Ia rshe riscs.
I.tlaais.i on the Pat.

Changes That AZ. Liable ts rshe riscs.
r.timaisJ on the rs.t.
N the rate % rstrroession rrmsins during
ths nsxt soo years ~ u has t-en FOR the last
forty I've year.. the inn.r eige % the ilor-~-
shoe Pail will have pass~i % the eas, %
Goat Island, and a. tho lina % de~p-s, water
1, near thu Canadian shore all the water. q
tho river will pas over the Horseshoe Pail,
celebrating the American Fall satirvly and
Transforming Goat lslsnd intoA p>uinsulA,
on which the smaller Islands of tc'sy. bath,
Luna. chapin, etc. will srpear a. little hill
tops
The fan ~ill then, T>rhAT-. t' higher than
today bccans- the pr,--nt de-ccut 81 hfty
fes, over the rapids will D. sid-i 10 the
height % the cataract. minus the numbsr -
feet ns--iei o. give the ncoe-.ary currcni to
the river t-low. which AZ prr--nt 10 fft-cn
fee, o. the mia Considering that eveu nov
the lIor~e.hos Fall no longer r~rsis- south
has more sAs, than south, vhich r~c-.loa
will D. morv eastsrly YET Tn ths cour-s %
time " vii have % travel ahou, I've
nils In that dlr~c,ion t-fore the
Niagara shall. whioh bo- oocupis- the lover
half - the fse ~ the fNil. 10 under water.
AMI tho re,roocssion by means q undernin.
Ing !. stoptcd f0r At present. the changes
that take placs arr due - the fact that tb-
upper eighty feet % the face 10 formed %
hari lims-ions. vhiis the loser eighty fes,
Il cnmps~.>i % ~uft. easily crumhling shAle.
-hlch ,hs spray can -ash away With eas. a.
s1ch an extent that thu ovsrlying limestonss
io~e their support, break q Ani tumble
dosn sith q corresponding change In the ap-
Tsaance ~ The ~igs % the fAis Then tho
changes vlil - accomplished simply BY the
sru.iing power % The wAisr and ths falls vill
rvmAin n-ar the borthern end % Grand Island
for q practically unlimited time. We thus
- tha, after The falls of today have rvc~ie,i.
T-rhsps thrr~guarisrs % mile. tbsrc viii
- onlY ons fall. shsa that one fall hAs trAv.
eel eat ami s1uih four mile, more and
rvache. Grand lslAni, u ~ill agaln D. divided
Into an American and Canadian cataract,
this time seTarAi~i by Grand lalAhi. and.
Ike The falls u io.lAy. tho sss;srn branrh
-A carry the largest amount - satsr, viii
r~c~is faster sni D. the loser - the two In
height The bup- - finally having the falls
At Buffalo must D. aianiouei. for from that
polni % Grand leland b. th- city % buffalo
only rapids can stisi GA account % the naiurv
o. the underlying rucs. which 10 soft
A the rstrc,-.sion q the fAil. - Siagar.
tsCan In shat may D. called. geologioally,
The most rvs-nt Period. the time neos.zAry
for u % arrive AZ its prv-ent ats has hai =
very imporiAni tsarng uTon the question q
the age 70 man on the American cnutineut
A. long a. 10 wAs oonslisrri nervssAry 30
claim several hundr~i thousand year. for the
a.. % Niagara alotse. the age % The human
rae. bad b. D. computsi Al J@rhar- half
milliun - ycars. M matter bow little such
high ngurss Agrv~i ~ith other discoveries.
the rocsy gorge u ths NiagAra always pre-
seniei an insurui0uniAbls obstacle against
any reduction q tlus But suce 80 have
discovered that after All the vurs u sIcAyA.
iion could have l-sn accomplished Ia p~r-
hars 300 YEAR. ouf cumpatsiion % the Agp
- ,h- human rac- has -r,tl~i down b. IVA
sonAhle ngurvs. ~hich give to The bsis q
sAni aud grave In which the oldest human
implsmeuts have l-sn found an ags q t-r-
hAI- to,oco o. oo,oo y-ars. ani AnthrUrolo-
gis;s claim that AL ths facts - FAR coll~c,si
agr-s -sli -iih the latter ngurS -FrOfe--or
Julius fohlmAE.