The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

, HiSncT, anu tue miyntS river seems I
a fearful rsge, preparing for its ma,
plunge into the foaming and seeihini
, ohasm below. Then the waters tumbl
down, down, down and are broker
into great columns of spray, as whit
as the purcst snow. Yet the myriad
drop furnish. in the sunshine, q con
tinuous rainbow 10 every beholdcr
the splcndor of which rivals the bow
of heaven, while its circle in som
positions is nearly complete. CARR
ages arc always i'm readiness to carr,
visitors, and the drivers have III,
routes well mapped. Dr.. Chappell
Mrs. Norton and | took a carriage ant
visited the rapids, the falls, Bath island
Goat island. the Three Sisters. (thret
beautiful islands in the raging river,
Luna islanG, crossing the bridges over
tine rapids. Then we went to Whirl.
pool rapids in the deep rocky gorge q
couple of miles below the falls, then
crossed the suspension bridge to Her
Majesty's Dominions, drove along the
Canadian cliffs TO visit the magnificent
Horse Shoe falls, then returned over
the new long suspension bridge of
dizzy height to Niagara park, took
the steep incline railroad to the water
below the falls. and on the beautiful
little steamer, Maid OF the Mist, took
a turn on the rolling waters, and in
the spray and mist, which fill the air,
and make complete rubber suits a ne
ccssity. The view from the little
steamer as she rides the waves below
the falls. blends the grand, the sublime
and the beautiful as no other scene
on Garth can do. The foam of falling
water, the terrific roar of the cataract,
the wild waste of rushing waters. the
rainbow whose circle is only broken
by the hull of the boat. the clouds of
mist always falling. yet-ever renewing,
must be seen and heard to be known.
No painter or writer can give an
adequate description OF them. We
return from the steamer to the mark,
and go to the very verge of the Amer
lean falls, and leaning on the stone
and iron railing We admire. We turn
away for a minute. and the cry, "a
over the falls!~ rings in our ears;
we turn back, and the terror stricken
tells us, that within twenty feet
of where we stood a moment before,
an old man, caught in the mad whirl-
pool, had plunged to the depths below.
saw the body of the unfortunate
man as it was carried for a moment
in the rushing waters below, ere it
sunk out of sight. A boat was
launched at once to recover the body,
it was in VAIN. The old Niagrian
of the circumstance as q COM
non affair, but it filled the teachers,
into that terrible abyss, with
lnspeakable horror. Mrs. Norton now
yearied almost to exhaustion goes
the beautiful hall in the park to
est. Soon we hear the crying of an
I'D lady, evidently of the poorer class,
Who states that the man who went
,ver the falls was her husband. She
nd her grandchild are kindly waited
N in the superintendent office, but
n their deep grief they refuse to be
'omforted. The gathering crowd feel !
genuine pity for them, but soon an i
I'D man well nigh drunk drew near,
nd as the old lady saw him, she I
him as her husband, and {
reclaimed, allow did you get out" l
This ludicrous turn of affairs caused a {
merriment, but left the I
lame and residence of the man so {
uddenly launched into eternity a
MYSTERY. 6
Leaving Mrs. Norton al the hall,
Dr.. Chappell and l concluded to visit t
he Cave Of the Winds. We took a 4
rive to the winding stairs descending e
alf way down the perpendicular cliff '
Glow the falls. We changed our 4
completely, putting on a suit v
f flannel and oiled cloth, with thick t
hoes. We descended the winding p
airs to the ledge and walked along, t
, the stairs that back of the falls lead p
ito the Cave of the Winds. 1 never Il
wv any storm in the least comparable o
the blizzard of wind and water C
ack of these falls. 1t took our breath,
nd though we ventured quite far, we Ii
,uld not Withstand the fearful storm n
nd began to retrace u way. When b
ell out from under the falls we met C.
4 old gentleman, clad like ourselves, g
no seemed to enjoy our discontinue. o
'e found him to be the guide, with 81
1T whose direction no stranger has p
~ business to try that perilous jour- b
". Thousands do not and will not j.
tempt it, but DIR. Chappell and l g
here to see Niagara We follow cl
guide over rock and chasnl and n
unging torrent amid maddened u
ind and binding spray, sometimes "
l the little frame work of bridge and m
'metimes on slippery rocks. When
e could stand we looked up at the g
.scending torrent. From above the g
lis the seen is attractive, from the 81
aid of the Mist, as she sails below
e falls, the scene is m~agnifcently
farming, but from those rocks the
enc is terrific beyond description. 10
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