, 1881-06-04
The FATHER. OF WATERS.
Beauty Of the Upper Mississippi
Five Hundred Miles OF Su.
perb Scenery.
A River Superior to the Rhine, and
Yet Neglected by Americans.
Tho Present Steamers ttnbt for rassenser!Tra,el,
1e1ng Too SloW ,uud Uncomfortable.
Wrongs Of tho "Rous'about Has Plenty
OF "Grub," but No Place to Staop.

. -. "a. -, ~. -,
IA CnoasE, Wis, May ao.-ihc Upper MIS-
Hardly my other river III t'!o woriu ~ ~
beautiful fur s'cl' distance. From kcoknk
to ST. Pull there nra boo miles Of most s''l"fD
scenry: md tho wonder Is, tiat stlc's scenefy
II So litlle k''"wn or appreciated Ny A'nefi-
cntls. Illey 20 ny ttlousa'"'s every Ser 10
see tue Rhine. 0nl never seem to Know Ut
cnro anything nbout
rl!Ei1t own MAGNIFICENT nivER.
.n,un ,,non. ,,,,t i,,ouo ,,fnoou ~ ~ .vorv fa,v
o yess. ~ I". ,a..', ), Viii, ,, ,,roator
anu Vety laF pet"een, "h'le tno htea'ei
art o1 .o eo,lrso o. t"t s.rsa, t. ,1 y rs tam" fn
Md as tefeainS E,. ~ II ~ posslo'a a 'or;st '"f
- -, t,,s,,.o.,,,t, - ,,,,. =, ar, .ttha
~ ."as"1s ~ ,stn,S u "'Is ), ~ ~ ~ ,ro..
sas'T.a m erass VI prasnc,,ae's' or ''e ,, la""t
| Ing fortress OF EhrehbrulstGlli, wien 10
reach sucj. charming spots llu will, II ho
gncs OIL n l,hnu struu,er, hive to travel
| hundreds Ut miles through country utterly
tltwoItl Of sccnic cInrlns. trl,e fuct Is, Tint
thc 1tnn,r NIissfss,nn1 it, TIM mar Ch]cauo.
and costs too little to sec Il. II It wero In
Europe, Or gwen Mt the other side OF tho
American Continent, hundreds Of our rich
| oni fns,Ionnhtn foli wut,Ll s,,rntt heaps of
money III RohS ~ sco IL nn@ WonM '1n'h ~
as necessary to "do" tho Mississippi us to
"tl0H the Klino. "'Tis distance lends et,-
cl,antncnt To the vlcw"; and, although tic
,,s,s,s., ~ ~ Il. ,.,a..n"s han,,s
py tourlsts' ahu spteacs It's wonafous oenu-
Ties almost ,tnklown and entirely lns'lng, ti'o
tvn ,,,,St .',iy ,,,,,o lint fnt,,re oencrat;nnsnf
o. us '!"l. .""s '.,;,
Lncasoa,s 'u' nsiier nort!Wesest.'sts ...as W.!
learn 10 appreciate Inc bcautlcs OIL thls mug
nitice,t river.
Thu geolOgist will find the Upper A[lssts-
s,,ni ,rnlI ,vnrth n risIt IN ~ nthor mart ~
! ,ho ,,,,,,,o ,,nrtn,, IL tro
<'w w5y,,otIs , ps'rI r"wnt. - nr nv nuyy1xo ,vArrn
t",'. .,' ,"'A rs :. .'...i, 49,, 49,. a.,
history Of tho physical geography Of Il large
portion Of this Continent IL revealed by
studying this river, i do ,lot pretend to
muci, knowletea, either Of goolory @ or phys
unaccountablu tint moro has mt been writ
ten by scientific men nbont tic p,ysicaI gcog-
lNphy vi tie ce'teo VI ll'is ooMll1Gn.' ~ ",
veaIed by THO upper COURSES Of tho Mississippi
Ing 10 KNOW WilAt theories Ahvo oceh 1hf1lea
as tn what causesl the decrease III tho
seems evident TINT great deerease
s%lliInralveIy recstt geosrapllcni period.
| lHD CAWBES VI ullN3 DEGlil u lItLlt uGlu"
ST puul rxten,l to Ontmv. nutl nra tracunbo
- t, .,. .t :" s;.,., 49,, -. 49,,
os"" s'. eo."s o s"s .'..s
~ !n'eo ','''es np',t' ",o ~ ""y p.'sIn ,r,' aau
wure cyl,lc,tly formed by tho riyur, for ut
thelr very snlllIhts they Dchr !t"ces VI tle
action OF running wnter, Tho river seems to
a,. s,', t,,,,'s 's,a'.s,t w., ,,a, Iii, ~
each s1tc oelhE ghiiefa,'y o' 'evc1 WIN '''o
tops Of the bluffs. The fact tnt evident trnCpS
Of The action Of running water arc found or,
tie rocks ut thn Tips III bluffs wltuI, are two
,Iilns ,IIn,t n,,h iiNi fart .,vnr fiIe rfvnr *
ii1i, Snt"r t.iIa n ri, nmnnut ~ wntrr cnt. IT,.
ta H. ia ,iwor ~ ~ ~ nMn .r,ut T., In uut
lMIlcu ~ LIN u!sci ~ eoo pEttuu III ~ .no {t,G
compared WIN winch even tno lligllIy 1lnou
nt tile Amazon wDHld be only u ril.
Whut becafnn af MI this wntur; wliero llns 1t
g0,)p tup This Is Il question which sOlllu Of
| Hir scientific men sIlullIti try to tlIlswvr
i1owsvnr snail ntinsffSns NAV tr,shia tha
.,Ia"t;tn ,n"n no' a "Si;nnrns s ,nnr.ni nn,is
sciG;!iit!Mi hMi., uu y, ,o'aS 'tS =, ,'lot"l h''s's
n0tHlhE put ple'lsuEe III B'Halk "
THE RcENENY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI,