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Show To the question, "How old is Niagara Ni-agara fall?" geologists have returned replies varying by tons of thousands of years. At first it was estimated that the Niagara river came into existence ex-istence through changes in tho lovel of the land around tho Great Lakes about 65,000 years ago. Later this was reduced to only 12,000 years. Ly-ell Ly-ell incroased tho estimate again to 35,-00 35,-00 years, and still later other scientists scien-tists reduced it to about 9,000 years. At one period, it appears, many thousands thou-sands of years ago, tho height of tho falls was 420 feet. ; oo Flshcrmon in' Slam uso boats with low sloping sidos, palntod white, which frighten fish so that thoy leap ovor tho sides of tho craft Into nets. oo- For babies only a few months old a portable crib has been Invented that can bo folded and and carried, with an occupant inside of iu like a suitcase. suit-case. ' , ' ' |