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Show A Dry Niagara. It seems almost incredible that at ine time in its history the greatest and most wonderful waterfall in the world actually ran dry. Nevertheless, it is an established fact that this oceured on ki.rr.!, 21). 1848, and for a few hours scarcely any water passed over Aiag-ara Aiag-ara Falls, says a writer in Golden Days. To thoroughly appreciate this astonishing aston-ishing phenomenon, it should be remembered re-membered that tho estimated average amount of watered passing over these falls is 502,30(1 tons per minute. The winter of that year had been an exceptionally severe one. and ice or Sal thick had formed on Lake fc The warm spring rains loosened tins congealed I massed and on the day m miesUon a brisk east wind drove the ice Z ito the lake. About sunset th win ddunly veered around and Ide v a heavv ealo rom ll,e. "e t- I naturally- u.rned the ice passed over the faJs n jn u) i -gS1oVe(1"a",ORt if f.lfs were almost obliterated, and, lheJ 1 hni the cold black rocks were nothing but tne im j new3 visible in aU.a'nwdsof speeta-, quickly PJ.fKS. theUk tors flowed to v ew te -e 0I? ,eaCn" dur . - tl whole day. At with people rtm''V' k , the ice; it last there blSs rtraint. the j was released f.orn (, dowll. wUtasitself again. , |