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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1891-07-24, Page 7nr, i 13.r. 4'f0 Gdle gate. NVIsio are epi kr1, wtiyee' wild ruel1, and the busy Vetere Qf Death, Kt deep, BO aero at, last on the Paradise we xt;:ay see close written there Cates, in some heavenly • ohar- t read, this beautiful word, ife1oome an pledge to the soul Mite Lord. • e eerias so little when life is1past the memories of sorrow_fleetso at, he woes whica Aire bidet -Ito you d to me. all that has hurt us' ellen be made good, the puzzles which hindered be understood, d the long, haul march through the wilderness bare m but a day's journeyIwheu once wp are there. ooh tear we have shed is the seed lof smile; ur grief may rejoicings be after a while; he doubts turn to sureties, the dis- cords to tune, And the cold dawn called "Life" into heavenly noon; The rainbow is cradle in storm, and the snows Are the sheltering place of the fair, sleeping rose; Aiid, content with the will of the Lord, soon or late, We shall read the grand word o'er the beautiful gate. • A RURAL MAID. 'You may talk about your city girls, Who learn to sing and paint. Who with each new -issued novel Themselves at once acquaint; Bat the sweetest girl 1 know of, • With whom I'd spend my hours, Lives away off from the city, 'Mongst the birds and bees and flowers. And she does not tread on marble, Or on Brussels figured fine, For her carpet is the blue grass Flowered with daisies, and aline Qf the prettiest wild wood figures, Buttercups and daffodils; And the song of the thrush and robin Her heart with gladness fills. Though of ancient Greek and Latin She does not know a word, She speaks the sweetest language That I ever yet have heard; For the flowers and bees and zephyrs Are her only studied books, And her music is the sing ,Of the birds and laughing brooks .04 OF TRE DAIL DISCQVERIYAT NIAGARA,., PIDTDRESQ1 LIFE AS IT IS IN 13i,AQI' AND WHITE. The Idiosyneraeles (WAIL Serie of People lender the Inrushes and the Pens of the Artists and. Humortsts--The JLgt•st Paragraphs of the Newspaper Wits.. And her cheeks are blushing roses, Always dimpled with a smile. For she lives so much in sunshine, Doing goodness all the while. She's the sweetest girl I know of, And with her I'd spend my )lours. Away off from the city, 'Mongst the birds and bees and dowers Minard'sLiniment cures garget in cows THE ORIGINAL BED OF THE GREAT RIVER TRACED. It Has Taken the Aver 85,004 If WINS to Out the Present Gorge Between Queen- ston and the Valles-Au Interceding Mats ter for Students of Nature. the proem wide)* r II! n *044, 'Mt ;Ae.uit PIRA* yi a 'a, ikt, Atter AUL by^ ete Mane a very bale Triers, one.. '•fhil't'v five, 'tboutdaud years is an ins6gni iettnt. traction ,tion of the OMR, which heti certainly been occupied #ll eiNtae Of the most receat operetieee et geological- titnif0 TUE aNCXF:NT rtWEit BEA, Feveryoue who has visited, thundering Nies gala will alimire the Ane description of pro bebilities given by his grace. Thirty-five thousand years isun inconceivable length of thee, but later developments prove that this datum gives ne idea at all of the configura- tionIs the runt one the orl mal bed of the of the earth's surface. Geologists, P agreeing with the Duke of Argyle, (=eluded NiagaLa river? that there nmst have been another counection Many eminent geologists as they passed between the two great lakes in the prehis- toric ages. Many of the old residents in the Canadian side have for years remarked the peculiar formations of the surface which had been found. For iu- deuce, numerous welts have been dug in the neighborhood, but it always appeared that along the banks of the tremendous gorge have puzzled over this interesting question. In 1879, when the Duke of Argyle came to Canada to visit his son, the Marquis of Lorne, he spent a couple of days at Niagara Falls. His grace, who is a brilliant student of na- ture, ato e, shortly afterwards wrote a westerly along a certain late and within certalu limits sketch of Niagara and vicinity. In that and there was no rock, although the soil iu the tiele he said: A very curious question, and vicinity of the Niagara river is uaturally . nue of great scientific interest, arises out of i shulluw, In August last Prof. i;eovull, state i. this great difference between the course oY,geologist. fur Indiaua, a gentleman well Niagara river above and below the falls. - e�}"' It has, iu m opinion, been much too readily ;Lnowd in the United States 0,hisand n e sur - assumed byythat rivers have ex ,visited the district, and, to intense sure Daulman (to pretty cousin). "How do you geologists prise and delight, he was able to trace the p y y cavatted the valleys iu which they run. In; like my studio^' innumerable cases the work thus attributed former riverdbed by means of the brings Pretty C'uusin. "Very much." to rivers is a work wholly beyond their power. , which had been a made iaurom time to tigome. e Daulnlan. "('an you suggest anyim rove -It was proved that there isau i rg ease between gg P Under certain conditions, no doubt, the cult �slutilai. re the present �w•ge betn•eeu Pretty Cousin. "You might take away When the declivity is steep, and when thel went!" iug power of running water is very great. the falls and Queenston running through the townships of Stamford and Niagara. some of your own pictures. "—Harper 's Ba zar. The Order of the Eath—Hurry up them towels. Masculiuo dwarfs should travel by the "limited mail." When a man goes down the general ver- dict is that he has gone up. When a young man says that he can never love another, he means, of course, not for two or three weeks. "What is so dry as an alderman In June?" asked Texas Siftings. Two aldermen in July. That's easy enough. It e, perhaps, a trifle superfluous to say that recent failures In the shoe trade were because of inability to foot the bills. The virtuous follow the biblical injunction, "hold fast that which is good:" but there are; more who hold good that which is fast. "Most of the literature published for boys these days is unhealthy." "1 know it, but unhealthy as it is there is no killing it." • Willie—"Papa, what does a real fine corn palace costS' Willie's papa twith new patent leathers onl•-"Twelve dollars a pair, my son." The ordinary watch gives l 16, 144,000 ticks daring a year. This information is furnished to save people the t,-etible of counting the ticks. • (.lever•ton—"!'Nell, rind man, where do you expect to lass the summer!" Uashaway (sorrowfalty4—"Walking back from the race- track." Geshley—"As they roamed over the ball room her liquid oyes met mind." Sympathe- tic Friend—"And asked 'em to take a drink, I suppose." He—"There goes Gladys Winsome, the everlasting bone of contention between Will and Cholly (4ushington." She—"Yes, she is rather thin." Things One Would Rather, etc,—He—"No; my music isn't good enough to publish." She—"But they publish a great deal of wretched trash; you know." Quite Clear.—"Do you know why Leut- splitter, a rich uuut. always wears $10 suits?" "I suppose from eeouomy." "No; but be- cause he can't get any for $:)." Bet He Took the )lint,—He—'''low chilly it is to -night. 1 could hug up to a stove I feel so cold." Slie—"Is that sot Why, I'tn so warns 1 feel ,joist like a stove." — vlr(5atrri. fath �crsltihty of talent. er was an Irishman and his mother a Herman." "treat heaven.: What does he drink: • "Oh, ho's ell American—anything." "Could you make a watercolor sketch of ane!" asked 11r. Soaker. "All bet the nose," returned 'Pelmets "1 couldn't get that eolor in water• auy more than you could." "What novelty would you sugg.•at for my 5 o'clock teat" asks a youug lady reader. Something substantial to eat would be a welcome novelty to most healthy guests. The Usual Way.—Tont—"How did it hap- �— pen that Miss Blanche refused you: it was understood that you 'were her favorite?" ning the Lachine has just occur- Jack—"The regular wary; the favorite didu't red, A man named Robert Ham- win A most remarkable ease ot run - Ilton was found in a row boat �r-b- posite St. Nolenx isla'ru. The man was insane. All the asylums were telephoned to, but none had lost an inmate. T ursday morn- ing a farmer f't'ficn Chateauguay, it was the intelligent compositor who charged ••a Bliss is as geed as a, mile'` to••a miss i. as !.s. .0 a el He." "There,'' he said to h1use1)'. with parrinnahl.' pride, "that means something." "Khat do you troll you• dog;" Was the question which a policeman asked of a very named J wci Hamilton, walked hll•ge, man who was followed by a very anal) pup. "1 don't i II him ad all,°' was the re- intO t .e Central Police. Stati(1n, ply 1 ru I vent him T visele." and Stud he was the father of the A (,god Little Roy. --"1 like Sunday sr•hool b0 'that had, been found in the butter than any other school." said 1\•illie. boat. Ile then told the officials "I az to hear that, my little man." the following story: t Eight said the minister. "Now, will you tell tee years ago my .son had a sunstroke. why! t" ' sir: at only nUTaen once a week." which seemed to impair his mind, printer at Lase—Miss Boston—"[s it not Every year his condition has been ,•tlmarkahlel The w'rititigI( of a man who getting worse. His mother could )iced hefnre the pyramids we:-•• built have not bear to sent) him to the asy- just been discnvererl aud nuhtished to the world." Stt nggling author.-- 11 hick maga- lum, and as he was not dans; zine did be .end theta to?" erous, we kept him at home.. Ho ;;,.,.;hhlor—' Nir•', relined fellow, that was fond of rowing, and last Wed- venlig author, 1'ennibs." Scr,wler—"In nesday night he got into tt flat hot- (' hat Irartioular?'' Scribbler—"1 tried to t d rickety boat and said he get hila into tL t•onve:•snth n about Shake* stream is liable to floods carrying stones and The river formerly ran to the west from gravel along with it, the work of excavation the resent site of the town of Chippewa may be rapid. On the other hand, when the down to below the Queeustou Heights.and declivity is gentle, when the quantity of !then out into the present river between Nia- water is not liable to sudden increase, and i gara-nn-t lit -Lake and Queeustou. The point when it carries little foreign matter, it may; at which the old etsuese of the river ran tutu RUN FOR UNNUt1RERE n AGES the present Niagara is about :3'- miles south without producing more than the most unsig- of Niagara. Between the rocky banks of this nilicaut effect. Much also depends on the dis-I nrebistoric gorge wells have been readily sunk position of the rocks over which a river runs.' to a distance of 120 feet without striking frock, If these from their texture or stratifieatioulwhile on the backs the soil is very shallow. present edges which are easily attacked and Tho banks of this newly discovered gorge are undermined, even a gentle stream •may cut sharp edged, peculiar to the present hanks of rapidly for itself a deeper bed. On the other! the Niagara below the falls. hand, when the rucks do not expose any sur -1 HCw TILE RIVER COURSE WAS ('nANGED. faces which are easily assailable, a very Some scientists think that this original large body of tack them, a without bein few feet, or such is actiu river iu the t Erie to lake which it has tomed, 1 " peace the giber eveuiue. ret ninnies and he was gain out for a little row. a said he never'tatke l hop. As he did not turn up by mid. Titoel- ,\ : ,10:11.. Mrs. Nawtvt•d ilnrocliur night, I got a party of men to !."o truul, :,:.7 ,.1.:(1 biseuitsr._•'Here. my old man,with rot and try andfind him, but are s,m"• of my home-made btseuits. You without success. Finally we went to Lachine, whets 1 was hand(rl a telegram from a friend of mine will Y •(1 the 'saw and nx in the we. 'Prato,'.elo.ely examaning the hi.eat)ts, -"Are they es had as that. nnlln'" 'Phi( I'i'irhtenea 11i0. -'•.nor we are 111 Montreal, which eluted hr had Itt.'i.r.)IGo,(ri;(' s11' se i:1 .overtly, "nod e may run ov able to scope en to few inc ly the case per part of its course fron lake tario. In all the ages during nu in that course for 'fifteen powerless to at- channel has been choked or tilled up during r them for ages the glacial period, or at the time of the great ut more than a depression of the land whereby the whole of s. Accordingly the land was under water, and when the all the Niagara glacier period had passed away, or when the land was rising from the water, the outlet from lake Erie again sought its own channel, and chau'go,l its course between Chippewa and Queeustou. The Canadian bank between the falls and Quee eton, (Is everyone who has miles it ha. not been able to remove mere than a 1'e t'eet of soil or rock. The neuntry is level a d the banks are very low, so low visited the locality knows, rises and then de - that ill looking up the bed o1' the river the s(e•uds tt, a lower level. 'Yo the west of this more distant trots on either bank seer* to height of land the new Niagara found its rise out of the water. But suddenly, in the course. and has cut its way from Qaeeuston middle of this e•ornparatively level country, to the falls. This regent discovery of Prof. the livor encounters a precipice of 105 feet kipovell will prove of great interest to the deep, and thenceforward fer seven miles run geologists: of the work).—The mpi e. through a profound cleft or ravine, the to tom of which ie not less then :300 fe't below AN ARISTOCRATIC COACHMAN. the general level of the country. Now, the' -- question arises how that Q,easequeutly Ile Relieves le Upholding PRE('ll•I('14 ('At1F. Tu RE THERE. the Dignity of It is Position. This would be u0 puzzle at all if the precipice He's coachman for n West End family. were coinci(leut with a sudden declivity iu He apparently knows all there is to know• the general level of the country on either side about a horse, and when he gots on the box of the river. And there is such a declivity— with his livery on a tire-eegiue wouldn't make but it is not at Niagara; it is seven miles hhn turn his vehicle an eighth of an inch. He further ou. At the falls there is 00 depres- Is so dignified that he is almost awe-inspiring. skin: in the general level of the banks. Indeed, He is a coachman with all the trimmings. on the Canadian shore the land ri • v . vary eon- He came into the house a day or two ago siderably just above the falls. 1 u, .\uueri- shortly after breakfast. and said he would eau shore it continues at the saws t•iovation, like to go away for an hour or tw•o. The whole country here, however, is a table- "I waut to take some clothes to a shop to land, and that table land has a termination— be mended," he said. an edge—over which the water must fall be- "('crtuialy, James," as -muted his employ - fore it can reach lake Ontario. But that edge er. does not rte across the country at Niagara, "I wou't be gone long," he said apol•(getin but along aline much nearer to lake Ontario, ails• where it is a conspicuous feature in the land- "All right." grape, and is called the Queeustou Heights. • "And I w•uu't tire the horses, so if you want The natural place, therefore, so to speak, for them later--" the falls would have been where the river ''Th0 horses:" exclaimed the heel of the came to that edge, and from that point the house. "For heaven's sake, how far is it!" river has all the appearance of having "Only a short distance, sir, and 111 be Care- ful to keep theist fresh.'' t seen an account of my son Robert being found in Montreal. I came " to town at onco. My son toll) m(' he bad gone to sleep in the boat, and bad slept till ne had drifted below Lachine. IIe had then de- cided to run the rapids. (Tod mut have taken care of my 1r .u( boy In that dreadful place. English Spayin Liniment remove all hard, soft or calloused Lumps an Blood horses,Spavin' ' i; Blemishes from Curbs, Ring Bone, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains,• Sore' and Swollen Throat, Conus, etc. Save 850 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful • Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by L H. Combe, Druggist. June 27, 1 y i WOMEN WANTEDI Between the age of fifteen at d forty-five. Must have pale, .al- low completions, no appetite, and be hardly able to get about. All answering this description will please apply for a bottle of Dr Pierce's Favorite Proscr;ption; take it regularly, according to directions, and then note the gen- erally improoed condition. By a thorough course of self-treatment with this valuable I'omedy, the extreme cases of' nervous promIli and debility peculiar to women, are radically cured. A written Lrnaranteo to this end accomp%flies every bottle. "But what do you want them for!" in the course of time. The process is still «So awkward to carry a bundle, sir Then goiug on, and arises from a cause which fully it looks bad. People would say: 'There goes •explains the powerful action of the river in Brown's coachman with the week's washing.' its hearer course aud its very feeble action in It wouldn't 1-, the family any gaud, sir." its upper coarse. The bed of rock over Then Brown dropped hiss morning paper, which the water flows from lhke Erie is a gasped, end finally sld: hard limestone and it lies nearly flat. This "All right? Take en1. 1)o you want a foot - is precisely the kind and the position of rock roan too." in which water acts most slowly. But under- neath this bed of limestone there is another scientific "anti Practical Knowledge. bed of soft incoherent shale. At the edge of Some one has truthfully said that all the table land, of course, this bed becomes ex- knowledge is comprised ie two classes. The posed when the vegetation of the declivitt- is first is that effect of mind which is the result worked away by a river falling over it. Ina of curiosity. that species of human instinct climate so severe as that ut' comets, t la, even in that prompts us to inquire the reason for our time, the annual freezing of the spray, everything we. see, every action which takes tied of the dripping water, and the annual pbueaneats, others, among all liviug beings, thawing of it again in spring, have the effect anu>ng the eletneuts and among the celestial of rnnking the bed of shale bodie-. Mmikind being endowed with reason, (•RCMRi.E AWAY VERY SA1901.7- R TRIAL TRIP CENT eft To the end of the year. To NKW SUBSBRIBER� yen ...sae home frau yew: work, von ran sit and road to me 1Inonah the hog winter e•ruin.,•.' .furl 4444e she wonders why he in.i-ted en breaking the 4•uetagemeut. -Then 71 hen you het-. finished your ler. 1i••• " said the prefessor of Oman ion and de x11111 •nt to young Itulle, ••how gracefully a •... eve 11, - platter... on tiptoes." "1Chv •(,rocs:" ytrired )tulle. • S.. as not to waive the muliemre,°• i•r•I.ii.dti:e professor. ( nil gen, lemon tto hie -driver) -"My friend, what r10 vol. dr, with your wages every e . l.ut part of it i11 the savings bank:" Driver - •N, , sir. .1 Vier paten' the timelierIter an' groper nn' rent. 1 pack awns what's left in 1,u•rel-. Inn af,:•tid of them sayin's banks." _ Th.. Nan .m the :Ninon. r. 11.1 Fie—Let's ge to w 1).; in the moonlight. It 1tri ht is an idea g She --All right. 0. 1J r. M. fie- -Let's ge inlr' the Summer -house. T c cofounded 14104411 dries 1101 shine there, .try rate. She- •All right. Don't be discouraged about the eczema till you have given Ayer's SarsapariHn a persistnnt trial. Six bottles of this medicine cured the complaint for George 8 Thomas, of Ada, Ohio, when all all other remedies failed Io afford any relief% Ladies, clean your It (h)nvee with mother's Glove Cleaner, for sale only by Beesley to Co. Also afltll line of dress- ed and undressed Rid Gloves in all the mnstdesireble shades Ile at t'ousequently the upper bed cf limestone be- comes constantly more "r less undermined. Its owp hardness and tenacity enable it to stand a good deal of this undermining, and it stands mut and pro jc(•ts as a table rock. But at last too much of its suPlort. is eaten away; the weight of water passing over it exerts a leverage upon its outer edge; it tumbles down, and the edge of the waterfall thus re- treats to n point where the underlying shale is still able to support the limestone edges. The rete at which this cuttiug back of the Falls of Niagara is going on is still sufficiently repill to be observable iu the metunry of malt, aud it is obvious that, as- suming the rate to have been cnustant, it is possible to cih•ulate the number of years which have elapsed since the river began to .tumble over the precipiee at Qitetuston. Sir 4'hu les Lyell came to the conclusion that the n t. er cutting hack is about cue font in each year. :1t the; rate the river would have •rAKI:N :',311110 vEARs to etl'e.•t its retreat from Q teeuston to the present. position of the falls. This is a Very eseif fetiemeline to throw out, .into the abysm m4(1 dept h, of genlegical time. lint it 1, on,.,•1 the vel y low rases in which some- t11i11'4 114;4. n said ,111(11114 Vali he gut for cal- 0111a1i.1;;, toes approximately. the date at wieieit the present Gott,:oration of the 1. rre••vial surface was determined, nud the 1 n:e ....meted in effecting one of the very . and one "of the very greatest, of the changes athieh that surface has undergone. (11 o"nre , it ,s (trite possible that the rate of trot:int may net le: ye been at all uniform, that a gr.nter. se%erity of climate, some lu u,Ni ,n 3l4,110 years ago. may have produced a n .telt effect in vile of those yeare as is pro - .1, (•e•.1 in tau or twenty nems under existing co; n it ions. But maki : g every allowance for ',e a the I, ..ihibh•, the principle f th a tion ,EN:M. Te( RE A Mot' Nn ONS The deep groove in which the Niagara river rens from the falls to the Qneenaton Heights (Ines 'vent to be a clear Vase of a ravine pro - (hived by n known rause, which can be seen cow in Retrial operation. As far as I could ser there is nothing to indicate that the ravine is due to a fault or a crack arising from a subterranean disturbance. And, even is some such cause did commence the hollow, seems nearly certain that by far the olgter part of the work has keen done by the next impulse is to apply the knowledge so gained to some useful purpose, to • produce some benefit to ourselves. The first of these two classes is called "scien- tific investigation," the second is called "applied science." For instance, we notice for the first timtf'a light from which'smoke arises, we investigate, we perceive heat, and that it produces a disagreeable sensation.' These are the fist scientific facts. We apply; the knowledge so gained by resolving never to touch fire. This is applied science. We. have employed curiosity to find out the facts. We now employ caution to guard our- selves against damage, and we determine never to touch fire. All knowledge so gained is by this process. We may be told a thousand times that fire will burn, but we feel that that is only theory. We want facts, and we obtain them by a course of sc•ientitic investi- gation. We use these facts aud thus gain) experience, knowledge, at first scientific, next practical ; and these two conditions' make up the sum of all knowledge. Science i. the foundation. practiee the superstruc- ture, Al thou • h the Clinton NewEra is the largest paper in the county,and give more fresh home news every week than any other, we will send it on trial triptonew subscribers at th IMAGER 1S TTII- REIT SAI'Ce: As n rale, a person; who has a •10041 appetite has aood . health. But how many there are who enjoy nothing tlu•v eat, and sit down to meals only as r0 unpleasant duty. Nature's antidotes for this condition are so happily cont. bined in Hood's Sarsaparilla that it Boon restores gond digestion, creates an appetite, renovates and vintalizes the blood so that the beneficial effect of good food is imparted to the whole body. Truly hunger is the best sauce, and Hood's Sarsaparilla buboes hunger. A New 'Wrinkle. A. uote1 experiment bas be'eu devised for the entert:liutnent of dinner guests. the serv- ing of salad grown nutter the eyes of the guests who partake of it. The secret of per- forming this lila:: i" f,ett lies in :laking and germinal iug lettuce seed in alcohol for about six hours, and sowing it in all ((114111 mix- ture of mistake(' lime and 1•ieh soil After the soup has been served sprinkle the seecle with lukewarm water and they will sprout immediately. the lettuce growing to about the sire of hazel outs before the time for serv- ing the salad arrives. ,►1 t Gloves. Kid gloves are staple. Silk and lace gloves come and go. but the kid endures. Glace mousquetaires are not much in demand. but are to he found in some beautiful qualities. The Suede is favored beyond all expectation, and until fatale Fashion changes her mind will remain the glove par excellence. Much of this popularity is due to the fact that the Rude kid gloves fit closer than a glace kid, and thus tnakt• the band seem smaller. Bowing by Proxy. Brown—Say, Jones, yen do not know Miss Armour; why did you tease your hat to herr Jones—I didn't. It's my brother's bat; he 111111Lvs her. flY IS IT POPULAR. Because it bas proven its abso- !nl a merit over and over again, b( r••urse it hits an unequal record III euros, because its business is conducted in a thoroughly honest manner, and be3ause it combines economy and strength; being the only medicine of which 'one hun- dred doses one dollar' is true— these strong points have made 'Hood's Sarsaparilla the moat sne- rcessfnl medicine of the day. price of the lowest. 50 CentsCash We will send it to New Subscribe for the balance of the year. This is th subscription free equal totwo months tion b p ew q Subscribe at once; And get the benefit of full time. If you want a sample copyry, send a post card withscrap our address on- Sub ' ••1 y tion may be paid to any of our agent or forwarded direct to the of e e. ra 4