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v-4 7 . 7 ! 4 y t A ' -l $L-$f R-Jr pi4 4f$i I w. im j h ?- :Tr -- . yi Published Every Friday. Located in tko Finest Fish. Truok and Farming Section in North Carcl-rr . A. H. MrrcHSLi., Kl'trvr and HUBiiiesa Slanrvger. The Smallest Hair Throws a Shadow." Established 1836. EDENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, July. 29, 1892. Tv O fc- (- FALLS AHB CAKAOA 'LITTLE BOB"; MITCEELL'3 SECOND LLSTTEll. Nature hs many water-ialla sad cataract's. but only oaa Ni&gara. Tbc lender tho visitor tarriee tb Uir be ecjoje and appreciates this wonderful cataract. The Falls can not be (Q3cribd, tbero is too much feublimitj, sarjesty and overwhjlm ifcg grandeur for mortal to coxpre Lsod or explain. Tho great feat ures of Niagara oi ever the Base, bat their iadividaal expression is continually changing. With every season, lith erery sunbeam, with every ahae'e, thsy ssam a tliSerent $ ppearanca, inspire fresh iatereat and caiapei new adrairatieQ. About two miles ffoEi the falls, is the wonderful Wkirlposl Rapids. What u chaDge ! Tho whole force of the water concentrates itself htte, it jjecirifl as though it would tear tut steep, wooded hills that enclose Uv so wild and atartiing is its terrific j owt as far ep the uyQ caa reach tji3 57ntdr thnudera !ev7n in seething lttviDg siftBses of foam, thrc?ricg up f traoig of vr&tsr covered vrith epray, feet long has been carried at a elope to the bltiiT3 Mott the Falls. This tuaaolis beirif lined with four courses of bricks, the works progress ing at the rate of 100,000 bricks per day. Hydraulic problems have been dealt with by leadirg engineers, both home and foreign, and the electric prosperty. In our next we shall ende' vor to purt of the work has been laid out ge a description cf Canada and some of tfce sights there. by the be5t of experts and practical rceo. Part of tho power is to re used in factories built directlv oytr shaft. and also on land owned by the canipfiDy. All these phrases of a stupendous enterprise simply ante date the founding of a greut tnuau iacturing cenibr. Tho completion f of this enterprise will be cue of the wonders of modern eagi peering skill, as the Niagara Falls are aiiioug the youders of nature. We have now finished with Niagara and its ueiga borhood, but their is lascinution about this rn:ghty cataract which seems to chain us to the spot, nd when ne geek to leave it, drawj u irresistibly back ugain. Even ia describing it, however inadequately the taftk m:iy he acourDphsiiSii, 7a arc leth to lay down tua pen and tear ourselves away. It is a scene which pueis and authors have tried Liigry billows ivrenty or thirty xe jboT3 th hefcd of the spectator steading oa the shore. It is dsalen itig ia it roar, ani here, more than th brikof th Falls waciri have :i roliadtion of tue tsriuc ibrco of -1 Niagara. TUE TOWN OF NIA8.'aU. This U)Tn aaiarfcliy t&hss its came ixsmjlie grat oitarCt, aiid ftiiuateu ?: t?"te Nigara Rivs?, about a 2 miles ixasa Faffalo, &ad ia secisasihie by rail frosa all psru of the Units i StfcfcM Canada. Tha popalasios is about t.eOO. BtBidss being a ?ftk:9nabla pUct; of resort, it cotiat I'vcniaolly bscn2e f large a.&naffcct ming town. The vast wutrr-power (probbbly the best ia the vfcrid) 'n juet bsgionisg to attract the attention of capitalist. Alrcaiy a larg.e cor pt'rrticn has u&dcriakea tti hsraf bs tiie atr-power of Niagara to the vihf .Is of industry. Tke horse poirer deTeloped at ths Falls is saia to bd equal to all the steam power at present used in the warid, and a practical appropriation of but a nuLrgical friction cf this powtr will distribute its moter powtr over un- g;ara is still, raid must always ba, uapaiatcdand unsung. "OL'ilTEJ? TO CANADA' Our rule over the New Yark Ceii irai Railroad from Niagara, aloog the bnks of the Niagara Rivet to Lswision wai ind?ed delightful. Lcriatoais uviilags of coasidcrable importance, btiDi:. ifuit-d at this head of navigation. Here the Isrc I laiil Steaji er C;bo:a" was iu Haifng1 to coavey 11a acroe the t'e.iutiiul lakeOotar'O to Tcroato Wc 70uiJ like v atteuapt a descript ion of this bountiful ship. ( iicoajed to carry eveineeu hundred passen gers) rat, bpace will net penait. However, we vi'il asy, she 2. itiiiCBg th-j tastes: and .most, comfortable basts afhmi. Ones or t'O-ird, the staier jasi5 ?io3g Kirara River for about seven milas, ti e current still manias very rapidly until it duds an way into Lake Ontario Sitnated nearly opposite Lesriston is Queeustoa. This vtilags 15 associat ed in history with the gullaat defi j :a side bv the Bruish on the adjacent height in the war of 1812. Break's monuments stands on these heights. REMARKABLE UWJM OMI THAT TROUBLED JOHN C. C A L HOUM'S SLEEP WHtN HE WA8 PREACHING NULLIFICATION. almost lose sight of the land behind fig no arose, the ol.i kk and i b e . and the city c( Toronto, immediate- hfbi hi fo- Genr'e'ji-ri ili f , ly in front, on approaching which 'struck n;e ble a tliULdor-eUj.. It v.t the 9igbt fromthe teacier is very Qne. ! thu faco of a dt&d man and the fea -; Its publio baildinge and wharves ' urcs wore those of Gen. Washington showit to bo a city of importance and I He ws.s dressed in rvo'uiionar ! Scustnnieand " il s;e Mr. Ca hoiin i 1 : praised and Bob Tc-mhs, wl.o w.-. . i 1 cry much excited, f.slfid: "Well, what did he fh-?m 1 Mr. Calhoun replied : '"l tried to ' Ieep back rovhand . vt I oould not do it. 1 rosp to mv feet and xtend- i ed it to hi -n He gioKpau i :uid bold j it. near rhe light n I Mre'looking a ' it for a mosifnt hi- said: 'And, rnatcr ; from South Carolim, wcu'd r.u v. i;h this right har.d f.ijrn 301:7 icnis to pipir d'ts- otvin the ,rion?' ; ''Yi,' 1 rp'ied, ;if :eody be I vnl siirn such a ice ajuij; n.' , ' "Well, geuMt'inen at tbiit mouicof a b'acii b och ajpeuj e l vn :he t;u k ' "f mv h?nd and it fri! :ei;ed uie i f iid t rhe tfli(tr: VVh;U' i th:- ? That replied, h? drrj ;i:,ng mv haL.i ; 'is the mark by which Benedict Ar nold, is known in the n-'X! world' ALd with that he di" from bn.w:ati : hb cloak a f-Kf.et.n yn laid i: u th.. ; 'able. There, d ho, rh? boiK'-n of Iac ll:tiie, wf.o vrs hf-nrod ,: it Charleston. 1 e e tip hi s i .'e ( in order to etiiblih th .;ui-j:. i V hen you 'lit vour nJiinc ;o : do- ; clarativn dissoHiti'n you may a ve!i have toe boncb oi' I.-sauc Haya' ; s y mv o . so ?ro you, But ihe?e is i:; blorch on hl right hmd ' Wi ll ihe-e svords tho ;jh:?t 'ciT ho ity.-A e..d i a- .ke. I f juiri inys' i sitti:'.;; ;.t iii v table, but the dtt'tti .vas c . that I CM'a k. 1 see the b'otch en u.-y hatid." Stn Franci-co E.2;.i'a ni. Coles nd Coughs croi:, sore throat, brorichitis, asthma, and hoarseness cured by iyers Cherry Peatora! the tafe'.t ssid most effective emergency mcdjeJr.r.. ft should be ':i every family. Dr. J. C. Ayer & Qo Lowell, ft! a 5. r 1 H:ivir ioc .ten ui I-tici." !'(i Put j c .. V .j trepan' i : !.' i - l : t ;v 1 fn- i ;:rii i 1 : ; . S:;-.i ,.....) : It. V t r r :. ,4 r- i'i '( 1 ! 1 i 1 I i . t i. 1 . ;.- in) it..;.. 1. r. v O it -eser Ffeliii'f -ti '"' M-TMtif T-'.;'or. -v.Mi.-c b-;-c ,..r!is-', i..'. loecis areas and to reiacto distances L3 135 feet U;gh. The project, as so far satisfactory carried out, includes the digging of a canal x.500 fet long, at right angles U the riTer, at something more than a mile abov tho Falls. A rertical ehaft 140 feet deep is being sunk, The nest stopping placa is Niagara one of the oldest towns in Ontario. It was formerly the Capital of the province. Almost Immediately leaving Niagara, we pass between the two fort3, Niagara and Massas- &nd from the lower level a tunnel, I aaga. Fruoi this point we pass into 23 feet high, 18 feet wide and 6 700 lake, and, once in the centre,! The raot remarkable dream I have ever heard of was thit which was aaid to have bean related by John C Calhoac to Bob Toombs and others at just about the .time when ho was preaebiias nn'dific tion ard secession in South Carolina. Cal houn told the story, it was uid, at breukfnst partv. HsAva? osarve-1 to be continually brushing his rth: hand in a nervous way when Mr. Toombs asked. "What is the matter with your hand .-eiiatOi? Does it pain you?' Mr. Calhoun put his bar," under the table. An aunoved frown came over his free nud then he jerked it quickly out again, saying : Thefes nothing the matter with my hand, only I htid a pxeculiar dream last night which Eia!r& me eeo a black spot lika an m'c hloch cn the back of it.. 1 know it is an optical illusion, but I caa't help seeing it." Senator Calhcua did not continue and Bob Teomfos alrfid: . ' But wM vvas vour dream liko, senator? I ajn not supersiitious but t thiek tber i sutacimes a grsat deal of truth io dreams.' C&ihoun turned a shado paler nnd then said; "J don't ohject to telling yo's. It was tc senis to nuf abur . in the srtrame. I dreanied that I. in my room wrltiag snd that I h'ui iven ordors thrt no one should di turb me. While I was in -he busiest part of iriv work the doir penej and a visitor entered. He did not spjik a word and to myuprUc i in i nstion he caiialy tok a sciit oa th ocher side of :ho table opposite mo. Ag I lookod at him ovr the t5p of cj y lamp I saw that he wa3 wrapped in a thin cU&k which effectu.adv concealed his features. I started j fepcak, whoa he brke io solemu tone vrith : 'W"ast ar you writing, senator from South Carolina?. "Strange to say, the question did &ot seem impertinent to ms and I replied: I am writing a plan for the issolution of the 44 As I said ocumwi liuuiouum viHHiud "iu juu i iicjj place. Write lor par let me look at vour rn?ht hand?7 I v started tLo!d out mv band, The 48 and 50 iJaidcn Lane, New Vork V' J L ' -t Udemoa m '1 3S 7 ' A hi'd ho;iJ-3 i worn ?n .- un'ti-d b'iiO sh-' i 4.''. biu liiav l.'ur is cmk - nor. vr h th-tn a;ier it--'! k"avness ny be pre nf.ej ,"y li.-1:);; Hill 's Hair Konewcr. : i s ' rs I t ! e.n v. ;n i - -1 Tiiat is rhat every A f 'tc'V t-r; v.'ho up a club oti I ;4 veek pian. Our 14-karat oki ti'.rd cas'-.-i warranted for 20 re.iri. and set Ladxs cr Gent' ! fi'rCv- VAV.V,: hqnal to any ti wuch. i d secure r x-- "-ic-vo-w.,.... agent 5 where we have no-.:t. w- sell o Corro ri a f : tla r- r : :.l r,- - , ne of th Huntim; Cai-.e waiches f.' ; Cor-tS. Szi'tig Lzazz, c.;.. tfce ian price aii i bttij u , , a. uu:, sicmj, si,.- 1). by express with privilege oi ex- ' aminatiyn before paving for same. " " Our aent at Durham, N (,.. write: ; E-!ih S.Hvjij lmii ta mi - Uar Jewe'ers hve cortlesseu ruev ; s'J't r nit r tl I Rlrn ari4'& Tfra V- -. m.. T' . t w . Ainnri-nr, n-i'on aOB t KUOf HOW you CaniumiSti BUCH ... . , AUier.vM U .ion. ; , ,-.' . urhs. ftDlict.-. Sweru'r. ten.- w. . u- u . wor xr toe nionev. 1 Stifle Sr.V.jii.c ..n i!., : this the man went on 1 i i- ui . . j r lauuttr.pMU't. an v.no;j , . .. ! One t'ood rebable airent wanted for i n.tri. r.. . . . 1 w m 1 1 I . 1 I f . . V - " A ( . Blemish cue erpr known. Q 4
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