Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-25
HIS FERROUS TRIP.
HOW HElNE PoLEo HIS BOAT
 THROUGH NlAGARA'S RAPIDS.

the Adventurous Man.
 The Niagara Falls correspondent of the Buffalo Express says:
 F. c. Heine, Prussian, 50 years old made one of the most periious trips this afternoon that has ever been made on the Niagara river. In canoe shaped boat, ten feet in length, he sailed from the milling district through the hydrau- lie canal out into the rapids and over to within 210 feet of Goat island and then returned without any mishap what ever
 MT. Heine arrived ill this city from Allaire, O., three months ago. and with his wife and three children has rooms at the Cascade hotel on RiYslway. He said that he intended to navigate the rapids as soon us the summer season opened. He explained that he had been fisherman in Switzerland and had ire quently made trips through the rapids of mountain streams, where the water was more tfeacherous than i'll the Mag ara river He built the boat that he made the trip ill today. It is about 10 feet long and 3 feet wide at the cell ter, tapering toward the ends. The boat is painted black, and today 1t carried United States flag at the bow and all other at the stern. No one here believed he would ever make the trip. They either thought he would be stopped by the police CT that he would g.ve some excuse for eking out at the last min ute. He disappointed the doubters, for he made the trip.
 At o'clock this afternoon Heines canoe, lied by q paddle, darted out of the canal into the river. At the time there were but few persons along the banks, but in less than ten minutes there were over }, GOO persons watching the bold agigator.
 The river was full of ice, and every body thought Heine and his boat would get wedged in it and be carried over the falls Thirty feet from the dock he put down his paddle and took up a 10 foot pole, with steel tip on it, and pushed the boat out along the reef to within a stone's throw of Goat island Here the boat seemed to be wedged on rock, and as it swung round and round with the current the spectators expected to see 1t overturned and Heine sent over the falls. Among the spectators on Goat island was the nayigator's wife and children, and the woman called out words of encouragement to him, while the reservation officers were there to ar rest him if he landed. He staid where he was, dipping water from the river with his hands and drinking and bath ing his face.
 After resting about ten minutes he started on the return trip. This was slower work, and painful suspense hung over the crowds that watched Heine. He took course that seemed to be free of ice and where the water did not run very swift and poled his craft I'D stream, his chief aim seeming to be to keep out of reach of the boiling water that was on either side of him rushing with lightning speed toward the edge of the falls. It could be seen from the shore that he had hard job. He seem cd to be exerting all his strength, but if he did suffer he gained his point, and, passing the Niagara Falls Paper mill, drifted down again and slowly turned into the quiet waters of the canal. Aft CT paddling about two or three minutes he stepped ashore, and the great crowd that had gathered shouted themselves hoarse. Heine did not seem to mind the enthusiasm. Beads of precipitation were on his forehead, the cords and muscles of his arms stood out, showing the great tension there had been upon them, and his whole body trembled 1t was not necessary for Heine to say that he had felt the trip and was glad that he was through with it. The mans condition plainly showed this to be the case.
 "Will you make any more trips?' he was asked.
 s.Yes, all through the summer, !" re- piled Heine 'This was only an experi- ment. My next trip will be to Goat island and from there to the Cana dian shore. 1 have breasted rapids in Switzerland that the Niagara rapids cannot be compared with. All that is required is nerve and strength, and l think have shown that l possess both. ,
 "How long have you been ill this country and what was your occupation at home?'' he was asked.
 ssIt is three years since l landed i'll New York. My occupation was that of fisherman at my home ill Prussia. have almost lived on the water since l was years old, being compelled to work to help support my mother and brothers and sisters. l went from New York to Allaire, O., where 1 worked at whatever l could get to do, and three months ago came here to prove that l could sail about the rapids in my boat without losing my life ''
 MT. Heine is nearly six feet tall. He has swarthy complexion. His hair and eyes are dark. And there is frank expression about his countenance that indicates honesty of purpose. Today he