Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
Graphic Description Of this Worlds Won.
der, Beautifully Portrayed for the
Star by a Noted Writer.
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GROWING glory of the future. Niagara,
the God of the waters, thunders on
ward changeless and inscrutable for
ver The Internal roar of the mighty
cataract heard at break of day, in the
deepening twilight and during the
night watches is like the milestone of
time which constantly revolves between
now and eternity.
Nowhere On earth do waters endure
an ordeal at once so terrible and sub
lime as those which pass from Lake
Erie down the maelstrom of Niagara
river and into Lake Ontario. Passing
northward from Buffalo the Niagara
river divides itself and meanders along
in a beautiful, winding course on either
side of Grand island, and it's surface is
as calm and peaceful as a crystal lake
on u midsummer day. But now it's
course, so gracefulhnd pleasant hereto
fore, draws neal, like all animate or in
animate life, to the yawning chasm
which leads to dire destruction. AS
the stream of life runs it's course and is
then pressed onward by struggling
masses in the rear, so the waters of Nj
agara are impelled toward the brink by
the irresistible force of the volumes
behind them. Crowded into immense
volumes into the broad channel in and
among the terrible precipitous rocks,
they are dashed with fearful vehem-
ence back and forth and cast into the
seething whirlpool below, and their
course is constantly downward and
their punishment increases in depth
and intensity as they descend. just as
all life is drawn slowly but surely into
the vortex of destruction. so these
waters approach with increasing terrors
the impending doom, and we can hear
their agonizing cries of despair and
feel the perspiration which arises from
their terrible ordeal. Now they APP
proach the terrible abyss, and like ami
mate beings upon the brink of eternity,
assume a calm aspect for a few Sec
onds before they plunge into the awful
chasm below. AS death with it's in
exorable arm subdues all hope; energy
and pride, as it reduces all beings to a
common level, and mingles their re-
mains, reduced to dust. upon the
bosom of mother earth; so the omnip-
otent power which casts these once
ck,,O,N~ n,n1 ,,,,O,,J ,,yn<n,, xlr,,rr~l -
unseemly destruction, and with IL hor-
rible oar of vengeance, breaks their
lofty spirit upon the hideous rocks
which raise their monstrous heads like
Scylla and Charybdis deep down in the
fathomless gulf below.
We sit within the broad enclosure of
Gods majestic theatre with eyes alert,
eagerly watching the great tragic
drama in cosmic life. We witness in
this fearful rendition of the waters al
most every phase of physical Dr. human
action. We hear the awful peal of
thunder rolling onward until it spends
itself in the distance, the lurid glare
of lightning following in the wake of a
tempest, the play of sunlight upon the
falling waters, the rainbow leading for
ward like the star of Bethlehem, the
fierce storms of winter, the calmness of
a midsummer day,the mutations of day
and night, the glories of dawn, of noon
day, of twilight, or the blackness of
night. We see in this leaping and
dashing Of the waters strange and
wierd forms which are wonderfully
life-like. The new borne babe with it's
mothers kiss upon its brow, the pratt
Ting child at play. wearing the mantle
of innocence and guided by the star of
hope. the youth rejoicing in his
strength. the adult in the full maturity
of his powers, ceasless in the activities
of life, waging Il fierce combat with
hostile and repellant forces, and finally
when his strength is exhausted, falling
prone before the grave. Vividly de-
picted in that awful cataract, we see
the exhibition of the various passions
which sway the human breast, high
hopes and bright prospects, the at
tainment of the loftiest pinnacle of
success, the avarice of gain,the subtilty
of conception, the stealth of action,
the chagrin of defeat. great energies
and dashed to destruction
upon the merciless rocks in the yawn-
ing pit below, love triumphant. hatred
rampant, the look of calm satisfaction,
the image of rage and despair.
No ordeal, no action, no result of i'm
measurable energy is half so grand, so
awe-inspiring or SO indicative of the
divine presence as the endless river of
troubled waters which flows over Nj
agara's brink forever. This the most
wondrous earthly theatre. formed in
magnificent proportions and exquis-
itely chiseled by the omnipotent hand,
Respondent with the greatest spectacu-