Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-27

water Reaching the edge he yicw Is mSxnif-
cent. The riveT - rent up between soiid gran
e walls and nifty fect below Won rolls and tuu-
Dies, sways and eddys. new failing In q rolid
shcet ana nov broken into spray, as Il rushes
down the incline The falls are not solid nor a
theer descent. They rather resemble granite
hid race. With TALL 81 perhaps 100 feet In 30
YARDS, nlled with solid blulde-s and divided in
The center by massive piles ~ rock. The tall is
made up OF short leaps With swift rapia, ana
deep pools. into which the stream tumble. .f,h
a force that sends mp spray and mis, 10 hide the
opposite shore ana give a sacce~Sion Of shifting
rainbow The water power which here so.s 10
waste can hardly be calculated An. Immense
volume OF water Il concentrated into narrow
channel. and under lite pounding the very rockp
seem 70 treuble There i- power enough here.
II u could be utilized. 20 turn every wheel light
every house ana farnish all mechanical poser
20; tue eitN "t Washington sixteen miles away.
10 pleasant little park adjoining the tow
PAIN party of culored picnlckcrs we're enjoy
n.g themselves m the inimitahle STYLE q, III.
AFRICAN race Coming up the path our white
helmets and knapsacks made us couspicuous
MI "s- ahead and az came M there va.
some commission IN thc effort TO gel good
view % ~. One gentleman a color. Tread
shoulder, a and very hlatN. crowded his ~ay 40
the fence. While has ivories CLEANED In a smile Of
recognition.
How do yer do, comrade. is YER . taking O
walk, wi.h Erla aud grimace 10 Az
les Wa thc somewhat short answer
Ter don Z pear 60 know me- aud an ex-
preston Of pain aitt,d over the black face.
acquaintance.
ny. ycs yer does. You and me serbs To-
gether in de fif'h hattals.n."
The black solder evidently Eel, hurt that HI.
white brother WIS 80 fO7gctgtl, aud a. We pUs-ea
out OF earsho. he was explaining 20 ms da-kv
companion thai Dem ar white SOLDIERS Is a
Se'Nng mighty uppish when deN don't know
dcN own comrades"
The declining sun gave warning that the day
was drawing 10 = clo-e AIRS carcf Illy pre-
iared map was examined and it showed Seneca.
the hrsi day stop. six miles away An hour
later native declared IL was three miles This
was encouraging 90 four footsore and pack
rubbed men, but whcu twenty minates later an
other native insisted that it was lust three
miles from the next bend there wns httle
mnrinnring. Every man was silent now even
ing shadows were gathering aud the bnoyancv
OF splrits OF the morning had given way to q
quletness that told Of tired limbs and stiiTcning
muscles. Conversation was hm,ted 10 mono
syllable-- Another hour passed aud a third ma
tive knew that II was inst three miles 90 Seneca.
ihis Mas too much and the carefully prepsroa
map was roundlv denounced aud i,s author aud
the various natives advised To- got together
lhe result might have been matiny had not
George explained II on scientific grounds The
same tding had occurred 60 hun before in Ds-
kota. He was located near Rapid CITY on a
prairie where the summers were feRrfully hot
ana tue winters corresPoudingly cold By IN.
railroad he was just ten miles from the town IN
winter. but ~ The summer she heat % the sun
50 eNf anced ia" iron AMI the road bed that he
Was fifteen miles away Undoubtedly the no;
sun had either expanded the distance 90 Seneca
or had affected the veracity of the nntives.
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