. Two days at Niagara Falls. -- . tel is another of the old and favor-ably well-known hotels at Niagara, opened this season. May 3d,and will be open until December. Its own magnificent privatepark opens directly upon the State reservation; the rapids, beauti-ful islands, and American Falls are in plain view and only aminutes walk from its verandas. Mr. A. H. Gluck is the proprie-tor. Terms, $4.cx) per day, $21.00 per week. Prospect House, formerly on the Canadian side, D. Isaacs,owner and manager. A new and strictly first-class, transient hotel.Admirably located, close to the Falls and Rapids.
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. Two days at Niagara Falls. -- . tel is another of the old and favor-ably well-known hotels at Niagara, opened this season. May 3d, and will be open until December. Its own magnificent privatepark opens directly upon the State reservation; the rapids, beauti-ful islands, and American Falls are in plain view and only aminutes walk from its verandas. Mr. A. H. Gluck is the proprie-tor. Terms, $4.cx) per day, $21.00 per week. Prospect House, formerly on the Canadian side, D. Isaacs, owner and manager. A new and strictly first-class, transient hotel.Admirably located, close to the Falls and Rapids. Accommodates100 — 50 rooms, 7 parlors — rooms en suite or single. Open all theyear. A quiet, lovely house. Many distinguished foreigners andAmericans make the Prospect House their head-quarters while atthe Falls. Brides and bridegrooms were everywhere. Nobody reads atNiagara. There is a grand open book before you, a book whosepages are infinite, whose lore is untnld. ;iiui whose teachings eter-nal.— Ci-or^e Augustus Saii.. Geological.^Wi:::i!i ::, c :-a_y; :y : :>._:. -:--::-.^ ::;e Falls have receded loo feet. This naturally prompts the question, Where did the retrocession begin? Geologists tell us, and theiranswer is accepted as conclusive, at the mountain near Lewiston.The whole waters of the lakes there foamed over this dam, whichwas several miles in width. This accounts for the shells, etc., which have been found on Goat Island, it having been submerged ;also for the shells found on the land along the river up stream —shells which enabled Lyell. Hall and others to prove that theNiagara once flowed through a shallow valley. Total Fall of Niagara.—In its course the Niagara River falls336 feet, as follows : From Lake Erie to the Rapids above theFalls, 15 feet; in the Rapids, 55 feet; at the Fails, 161 feet ; fromFalls to Lewiston, 98 feet; from Lewiston to Lake Ontario, 7 feet. Goat Island was, in ancient times, one of the favorite burj-ing grounds of the Indians,