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t Vl Qx i l 01IIFamm are badly behind with-r The littlechild of Mr

tlrs Poky is very sick GParsons has returned trom

lIHI11s James Mullins whobeen very pick for some time i-

sterBorn in the wife of DrJ Childres fine boy Last

ur day night Urban ChewningMrs Ei Painter boarded the

ti for Jelhco when they weretiiith married May their pathhe decked with rostsllrsDees is some better at this PetryI

Jacob Elder and Bill OwenofiQuail who are teaching a singingchool at Pine Hill were here Stur i

lay Hamp McClure who hasf

I eeu so low for so long died todayTuesdayMrs

L lemons has returnedfrom Louisville after spending apleasant week with friends andrelatives Miss Minnie Treadwayof Pine Hill is visiting MrsBorengBowman Cockrellhipped today a car of hogs to afirm in Cincinnati Revs Jamesonand Barnes are holding a series ofmeeting at the Baptist church andmuch interest is being takenLivingston has been shaken frompastllwe had several littlefights but we hope the hatchet isburried and that peace will reignsupremeThe contest in theChristian Endeavor still goes onand each side are gaining newmembers every meeting We areglad to see so much interest takenfor such are stepping stones to thechurch

Mr C M Griffin who runs theextra gang and who was sent hereto do some extra work will go toEast BernstadtMr Lo Marshalhas returned from Greensburg andbrought his grandfather with himwho is an exconfederate soldierand Su years oldLee Johnsonwent to Mt Vernon Tuesday hewas a witness in some rail roadsuit Jerome Adams and his sonCasper are visiting at Quail thisweekMiss Ethel Hays wasvisiting Miss M > rtle ChewningSunday Mr Able Pennington habought several lots here and isgoing to gardening on the largscale Thomas Jones has pur-

chased the house and lot belongingto John Smith price paid 20000

W H Carmical of Pine Hillspent Sunday with H L DelphS J Kinley who has been sick solong is able to leave his roomJohn Mullins sold his house andlot to a Mr Clair price pai440U

A little child of Andy Bullock isvery sick and not expected to live

We notce in the Times Wednesday morning that there is a longarticle on the Livingston troubleWe wish to say that the boys spokenofcame here and gave some obsceneandrnot satisfied with this one of themeven tried to disgrace the very betpeople of Livingston Of coursethis has aroused the good people ofLivingston and no wonder whenmen try to bring disgrace upon theyoung girls We dont believesuch should be tolerated Webelieve that the law should takeus course Everything in Livingston is quiet and no violence islooked for We are sorry thatsuch has occured We believethat it it is stopped where it is theworst is over Some of the boyshad a little fight at the depot wasthe only lick eruct so we hope thetrouble will sop and peace willreign supreme

SWEPT OVER NIAGARAThis terrible calamity it

happens because a carelesswan ignores the rivers warningrowing ripples and faster currentNatures warnings are kindThat dull pain or ache in the bawarns you the Kidneys deed atention it you would escape fatmaladiesDropsy DiabetesBrights disease Take ElectrBitters at once and see Backachefly and all your best feelings return

After long suffering from weakkidneys and lame back one 100bottle wholly cured me writesTenOnly n

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bers of the City Council of Cincinatiwere indicted by the Hamiltoncounty 0 grand jury on thecharge of maintaining a gamblinghouse i

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WRITES ENTERTAININGLYOF NIAGARA RIVER ANDTHE FALLS

Niagara is au American Indianword meaning thundering waterTie Niagra River flows from LakeErie to Lake Ontario and is theoutlet for the whole drainage oflakes Superior Huron MichiganSaint Clair and Erie The surfaceof Erie where the the river beginsis three hundred twentysix feethigher than the level of Ontariowhere it ends The river is thirtythree miles long and its directionis from South to North Thewater is clear and pure Thvolume of water which entersNiagara is 280000 cubic feetsecond In its upper course theriver is quite wide below GrandtwoIa mile in width and below the fallsit rushes headlong through a deepand narrow gorge to a cliff atLewiston where it emerges on theplain of Lake Ontario and is again

broad and peaceful river As itemerges from Lake Erie andenters the plain it is crossed by alow ridge of rock in passing whichthe river is swift and troubled forabout two miles Then it is smoothagain flows slowlythelplateau has an average depth oftwenty five feet and its surface isinterspersed with small islandsFor nearly threefourths of itslength it cannot be said to have avalley for it flows upon the surfaceof the and its fall from thefalakecataract is only twenty feet Thena sudden and complete change t-

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aspect occurs it is droppedfiftytwo feet by the short rapidsbeginning a little above GoatIsland which is the prelude of thefall over the Majestic Cataractabout half a mile above the brinkof the falls Goat Island dividesTheiwhitsthe roost of the riverswings arounddie scharges over the Horseshoe orCanadian falls

The American falls are io6o feewide and as the water plunges overthe edge it falls 167 feet ThHorseshoe Falls have a total width I

3010 feet measured along the curveor 1230 feet across the chord andfall one hundred fiftyeight feeAs the water is drained from theimmense reservoirs of the lakesthere is little variation in thequanity the differences in volumedepending not so much uponprecipitation as upon the strongwinds which slightly retard or ac ¬

celerate the movement of thesurface waters at Lake Erie to themouth of the river The normalflow pouring over the cataract isabout 500000 tons a minute Atthe foot of the American Fallsthere is no great depth of watermassive and broken rock in the bedhaving prevented the deep excav ation that would otherwise occurbut the enormous mass of watersome twenty feet deep at the centerwhich thunders over the HorseshoeFalls has excavated a basin extending from shore to shore for one andone half miles below the tolls thatis fully as deep as tire bight of thefalls The effect of this deepbasin or reservoir is to retard andsmooth the waters so far thatrowboats cross the river and thelittle steamer Maid of the Mist iscataracttthegsnarrow gorge toLewiston its width rarely equalingdepthtdyedorthattcI can hardly climb up a little ways

iuiteadareaJthe nerve As I said they can onlybe climbed at a few places andthey reveal the geologic structureof the plateau the beded rocks oflimestone shale and sand stoneJyiiit almost horizontally Thefull of the river in thti gorge sevenmiles long iabouf one hundred

feet The 111tiaters pourstuuiultunsly along at HT estimatedspeed of thirty miles an hour andthe terrific onrush and battle of thewaters make a spectacle that isequal to that of the falls themselvesAbout midways in the gorge thechanel makes an abrupt short turnto the left and here the onslaughtof the torrent has worn out a vastcircular basin forming the celebrated whirlpool The falls of Niagarabeing one ot the scenic attractions

I of the world are visited every yearby many thousands of touristsFrom the time of their discovery byHennepin in 1678 to the presentday they have never been adequate¬

ly described A realizing sense ofprodigiouseflood pouring into an absciss whereofaascending mist can be obtainedonly by personal observationFrom what I have seen and heardtourists say I think I could writetwenty or more pages but thinknine will do Hoping the Editorwill print this in the SIGNAL andasking all to excuse many mistakesI am still a friend to old MtVernon Respectfully

CHARLES R ESTES

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ConsumptionHisplating words were spoken toGeo E Blevens a leadingmerchant of Springfield N C bytwo expert doctorsone a lungspecialist Then was shown thewonderful power of Dr KingsNewDiscovery After three weeksuse writes Mr Blevens he wasas well as ever I would nottake all the money in the world forwhat it did for my boy In ¬

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