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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER It. ltS
. - 1-ed" Mary. I'm half
! a- u :i cold snack?"
ThfjH xxas the l.i-:
!r . tli-- xxay Uncle
h..t he .,-.!.
irxed.
run xi u "it
xxortN I heard, fur 1 ktuw
Hiiro s;oke that lie i:n.iin
V t morning a: 1'roakfas; Untie Kii;o looked
v.. ,rt ili.it I i.ir!ft .(-!; alii:t little Uosio, and
riirht after iiri'.tiv'.i-t he st:tl to tiiaif on. tii it ho
h nl .t lull fur :! it li iln He sent ii'.e fur a pit k .mI
a -hnvel. anil when I Kit kick 1 fiii::u! h::n walking
aro'ind in front .f the iin'ii. ! rst mi one Mile thin
on the otlur. a looking this v.jv and that. Ftnallx-
he cmnes t.i a .; ..;.-..ite the front xxindcr. ' Yes. ftr Thomas Jefferson! Out any olijec-
Kiht lures the late." he ";i. "Xox. tioits:"
S..:t.. I xant xou to dtir a hole hero four ftet Miuare 1 tlmuirht that Antit Mary umiM have mhiio
iiiil :o fiet liej.'" when .-he found he u;i .urnm; to bury Thomas
What for1" I mw effcron rurht out in her front xard (she neer
Never you mniil what fer! Here, take hold caret I much for Jcffcr-on. nouay. her folks 1-cini;
rrohilmionists). hut 1 i!.ifn t say nothing, so I
went to work while Uncle Ktire tfotl to one sj(e
of this Ime and we H mark it off "
" It tt ain't a irraxo fir little Ko:e. i it?"
h. tlrat the !ii Xo. ::'s fer Thomas leffi r
' Ir Thomas Jefferson1" I says, and I linikttl at
Untie Kure. Imt he seemed almm the mhic a
tisu.il. milv madder.
ami liiss.d me. I'retiy soon I heard wlmls
cotiitni; down the road-, and in a minute more the
tlit tor drove up.
"Why. hell... Hip-!" he says. "fioi ku.k.
iVlltiltUtJ OH Jtv IS
MOW SIIFS GO UPSTAIRS
-.-"fs.-V
By Fffederick Movey A 1 1 e an
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: jmmti8L m&t
i nM in:rttit. ' -'--j-t.r . j
mm i ' i? va . . - e
MjA'.: iMPJT -
- 2.?''s
the other, sufficient depth is obtained to
thi.it sra-Uirnc shtjis.
The most remarkable e.m..l of the world,
tniisidcrinj; the Ihmius xxhitli it is carry
ing, is the Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan.
As she coiitiictini; link l-eiut.cn the irrcal
siaxuratit'tisof the L'nitctl States and I'atiada.
it I-ears ujMiii it lmsom dunni; the m-xvii
months xxhu-li it is navurablo from thirttt-n
st t d is sluw. As the iranufacturitiK village of Klefus
is rcaclml the fall of tlurty-si ft t is offset
by three locks and a lorn; atp-aduit. The next
fall of thirty-three ft ft is ovtriome ly two Ktks
and a canal uarrut! from the .solid rmk. litre,
al-oxe the falls of Kdisfos. the builders Were diluted
to t-rtct a wall of jjro.it height ami massive strength
to form tint side of the canal. Tin-; iraxo stifiiciont
ilejitli of watt r to nut t the most difticult l-rolli-m
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titiT tlittl of tit Nortt;irfn Cnal
m:i nr.k sin;,, sh.di - . hi. .!..i d-.-Mi sKurs
wlnti i.issji thro'ih the I'.m.i:i'.i t'an.d
i- a irii-siinn uli:(Ii :inw 1 . ditidetl
r! li tin I'liiteil S:.its itiitr:iuie:it Wjth
' u-' into anv controX.Tsv .is to the advaii-.-1
i s,a-lfel loiite. or .irtun tor or air.nnst
. 1 lst'ijJitv til a "cries of locks, it TaaV lie ill
- -i:i to rt late how shijis o ii;i-"tairs ejse
t ti
1 k 'iia:u titlur tlisttitries of :nijtrt.i:itf. vrc.it
. . i"Ts as ;.t the ;x rsoii. .-r ee!i the ii.ttimi. to
i the world is :udc littd f--r the t.rst ian.il Im.-k.
i" .iaiiued lv lioth Iloiland ami 1: ilv To a
t r like Holland, whose ta:ials form rj. -on-
' tl hihwas. jt is natural that we sl-.mld lmk
- l ie.i:is whiih the It els coul 1 l-ethamjtsl.
1. --li the other hand, insists that the ::ioutio:i
1-sks 1 limits to hi r :nriati-:n:utlttl artist
k."ir. l.ioiurtio tla Vim i Hut it is remarked
.' in the tourttontlt tfittirv links, .ithtr of
' !i or Italian oru;i:t, were m, msriKl iced .is to
i new char.uter to miand naMati- n
- in tile t.ise oi tnanv other world iiisututiotis.
. taises her haiul trom she ii.uk iicn.lics ot the
.iiul tries "'I hail taiiais a thousand miles in
.'i K-jore .inv other co'stitr in she vorld anil
1 - titattv of oiir nations h.ul l'ir'i " I'litna
i i method for thanuir.4 a hht I" at frovi a
I r or a lowtr letl mi a jinncijile that i-:Vo
ii in ;irac:ital Aim nc.i It was lv means of
. liiietl jilane. ovt r 'Iiuh the lm.it was shd liv
,- - ..f rojK-s attaihctl on eithtr ide to a cajistan
II 1 v.tn.il at .Morrisiowii. .-w Jt-ist-v. is out- of
si romurkal Oc ot the s:icli:ied-j,l.tne s, m-
'.- wo: Id Keswcon the Iulaware and she
I -in Rivers i rises and tails siteen Irmdrtsl
' i -rt -ovon feet, a ftsit v hn h is at ;iiHthshetl liv
s t lanes and litt l.nks 1 1 at. incline raises
it' oih- htmilreil toot while tracrsin a ths-
xUfn huntlrot ftx-t ::i lenitli. The
levo! in a iivt.mcf oj one huntinil ami two
" :s KAontoon rules, while to raw the Irnat to
; tf the hill on one sj-lf rtspures twthc 1:1
: tiatitt antl sixteen lift locks, antl to let it
n the other suJo eleven inchmd f-Lines ami
lit
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"ock-s are :irfdru. Sonn- of the Unts useti
"1- nutio in so;i,jR-i. thert-bv avoul
1 '-r.-ken Intvk as thev meet tlw
''. iti ir !., ..m t tl.i n. 1n..
jtthtT n.i-IiH liv larje 1 1 e-jjs
t! . - in r 1 " ; ti- ico
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As
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a ill. 1
t!att s
to ' ttten n.ilhoii totisof thestajile nt ces.sitit s of onineoriiiK. Here the crowning work ot this
XUjauttc untlertakinx is reaihn!.
Tin re formerly ei-tcd a M-rits ..f ln.;s ,,uil
ras-tds iivir a mile and a half in length. Kitw.tn
almost iK-rjiendicular walls the river ilaslm! ard
foaiiuil alon.tlefjiiijj he jh.wi rof man t n:nl is.
while the rock-Jchallen.t tl the world skill in uttin.
lit order to M-ciiro i.ixijjahle water alme. it was
m i t-ss.ir to throw a tl.iiu aiross the ntr at this
j-oint. and raist the watt r Iccl to a heii-ht of M-ventv
:ie fett ami m iuthf. Itv this means tl uttre
ner-Mile almve the dam a thaiiijttl ami a 'itli
cient tleith was olitainet! to ri.ah the next Iisk
al-oilt four and a half mile; al-ove. '1 he eiijjim ers
toulil tintl no foundation MiitaMe for tln-ir -roj-is, ,J
td 1st nut ton. ami resotttd to a reat art li of Mono,
huilt aiross the 1 hastn. to form the luM-of tlifyre.it
dam of masonr ulittli now contnit-t am! controls
the Water The hi ujht lit re has lit n ot retinit liv
a M-ri.-s of sj lisks. Masttd out of the Mile of the
i;ori;e, ri-"t ml-hny a fijthl of tatrs. Here is theoiilv
ot mi the tate of the earth win re it is hterallv
ot the wt rid.
'I he tir.st canal around the Falls of St.
Mar was tmi"tructtd ill ;; to ot-rioii:e
a descent of almllt tiyhtten ftet. Thelotks
wtre alniiit se em y f 1 1 in width and thrte
humlrnl and liftx fett Iosi lftxxt en fjales.
In !"- the canal was traiisft rrtt! to the
L'nilttl tatis and the work of imjiroviny
was Nijun
It s'ow is thel.irjjtst Iis-k iiulieworld.wilh
-iltriijiht liui.tlrttl ttet in length K-twitii tlu
and a width !-oth in the thaml-cr ant! in tin-
Kate, of -no hundred fett. There is.nlejilllol txxelitx--o:ie
fett oxtr the mIIs. .illoxxiut; steamers of rr,it
tlraft to j-ass easily irmu otto lake into the otlur.
1'rolwliix the Kf'"'itevt. .1" well as the IaTest en
tiineeniix feat is -hat of Xorxxeyian skill, xx hit h oj-e 11s
u; the Kfeat chain of lakts m the interior of Tt le
markeii. forming a xx.ittrxxay of more than tsi;htx
tixe miles i"l.md fnun the mm. anil traversing more
than half ot So-itlu-rn X0rw.1v trmn east to xet.
of marvtlous 1-e.unv a will as utility lietxxttn
I'hristiaiii.i and It.r.-i is is formet! xxith milv ninttx
Iixe miles ot carn.ejo tlrtxe m a tlist.itito of tour
htimlretl anil txxelxe mil.
It xxas as far lwik as ixn th.it the Krt"-'- lake
of Xordsj-i xxas jilactd m dirttt t ommumcation
with the s,-., jiy a canal xxlmli passed through
the t)'!.init little toxxtis of I.oxrtd at.d Skit n. Kx
a M-nes of tour links at the former .Hid two at the
tattir plate all the ditficulties; xxtre iv rcmne.
ami the proiei.t of continuing the etiti rpne to
Stax-.ini;i-raiid Kt rveti was tosistdernl.
!"ro:n one end ot the lake nestling anion:; the
rotk rildit mountains, she tirst canal ! the M-rn-s
is eiittred It is sorvet! fro-n a nxtr. whtth tlasln s
ami tu: Mrs j-m,"; the cr ys. ilouiiu; in the can -1
for a to;: idtritile dtsSame. and tilt :i h.ifKlt 1;
into its
Hire h
pint! to
ii thautiil. par;nKl to the
. In. ell solxttl the Use of
canal "tr.M- The xxax
-.a.sl-et n Masttil sroin tile solid rm 1
. anal
sti.lt'l
ijh r
'I
Kv linking these l.iktsxxith irre.it canals a hiirhw.iv true that hips . u .-stairs. Xevtr U tore m the
historx ot enjrinttrtti has sin h a feat Ittn ai.
couiphshtd. The lot ksareof Minplo const rut t ion. The xx.itt r is
admittt d to e.u h t hat il-er from a shut o-xx.ix timii r
Iltatll the kttl of tilt -estl. tlnrel'V m t unn the
I'm-j jisslilf airitatioti am! swaxnti; of the .ship It
i" It t out lx the same course. The nishinjr ot xatir
troin the irates toxar-I the rear of tin than. It r is
ax unit d ami the tr.un is mtnimitd. 'I he ship :s
moxed forxxan! from 1 ham!- r to ch.iniltr limit r its
own te.im. the xxholt movcmtiit Ii-iiik toiitinuo' s
ami rapid in the extrt me. It requires ai-otit a
hait-lioiir to raise or 1-iwir the ste.irnt r through the
1 uttre t!Klit of stairs.
'ne 1-t k at I.untle. ami auothir at Kielda! rat-e
the xxattrs e.uh ten ftet. ami the final m nes is
Tt ti hid at HojriM. xvhtre tx-.o l.nks lev.itf tin
th. 1:111. I I'X txxetity-thrte f. . t and separate the
xx it rs of sin- It.n1d.1-: from tl f the XonNjo
In" .1 distant e of o't r tt u
miles ami a height ot
one huudrid andtiKl-'-M-Xetl
ftet. or a to' a I
altitude of two hui Im!
at'd thirtx--M ftet ,i'-ii
tin sea.
H.rt at last the Ii'Me
"ti.'ttur leaves hi r
str.iiKliteiietl t haunt I .t.ti
" ills .ixtax on tile I m o" 1
t an inland sea Net ird
In r tit Mm tl haxt n IVe
Hi irira shi- toutitrit o
Mt n. ti ami thi tit' I'X 1
tti.ttti of lakts to Ii'tti.
a ills'. i: t e ot t iIi' ' 1
n.iles trn-'i the s. ., '1 '
ntiri It nirth ot tin I
.ttid the road whit h t
pl'-tes tile iMlrte ' I'er-
tr ti is km! through '
grandest s. nrv ot '1
T' Jemarkell and II. in' t--1T
r n-jjjoii and xm!1 '1
tome i:ir oi the f.t" - r '
r .dl 'h' iMtioTi.tl r
trasonrx- xxim?
if sit am-tlrixt n
or limit tip of
di 'its tlie xx ash
xessejs
It xx.-i.s not until 'ssf. th.it an
enKtnccr xx.t found xxitli suttini-.'
tlann ti undertake for the llimtf
tnetil the ti-nsiiiualiou ot this s
torn of i.ttajs !t xx !iat! coiititli in
in the siti-s of the eiitt rprt -MI
nature stt-otl m opjiosiuon So t!ie
I'ovnr of :..in Who cotsh! tlissop
stith ol.st.tclts1 A larj;o am! r.it :-l
nxor ctinnettiiiK the t ham of lak
in the Uiier district of Tthmarki-i
must ! suMi'ed and nuitie tnl--;
tarx to the Xortisjo It xx.-s lit-!
with d nircro'is ra; ids and im .t
falls, jet sentinc dit'it tilties 'o I.
oxi-rconio onlx liv m.tstirlx- Ketitu
lntlr the h mil- : tin so Xorwiina'i
jrwnts it now has Ihshiu-.c .1 plan.!
ami rwviir.t'ile channel
As womnr the niouth of the canal
It Sectis, t ! n;itv a branch of the
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