The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-17

was very warm, and | had been bothered
with thirst all morning, and US the water
OF that country is not good, it was no
easy matter for me TO get drink when.
ever wanted it. So ] made up my mind
to try u drink OF the red water, although
have no faith in what borders so nearly
on the supernatural as their claims
placed that.
A THIRTs.QuENCmNG nRAuGlT.
drank from the well. The water was
not good. 1t tasted like medicine-or
as suppose medicine tastes, but in truth
never tasted any medicine. The sui
phur was very offensive to me, but |
drank as much MS could stand, and pro-
Ceeded on my journey.
do not know whether it was due to
the water, or not, but / rode all that
afternoon over the plain, and never
wanted drink OF water. The thirst
which was 50 excessive in the morning
had left me. 1t was Just as the people
told me it would bel would not care
for another drink OF water that day. !
was told that the water loses its peculiar
color in short time when it is exposed
to the air. It is surely one OF the most
peculiar springs Of water | have ever
heard OF, yet il seems TO be little known.
had never heard Of it until | entered
the town that day.
It was not there few years ago, us
have occasion for remembering. 1t was
through this region of COuntry-this is
eight miles from Lake T'ulare-that |
passed in the year 1883, and found ii
the most deadly desert on the face OF
tbe enri,L little did | think then that
w. E~n ~oars would return to find
nrchorJ, and vineyards where then was
nothing but IN expanse OF Snlmmcring
sand, drifted like snow; would hHv :,
appreciated this water then, even II II
does not taste wen. l remember us
tinctly. how welcome II would nave
been, Tor J had been riding all uay
without water, and at dusk came 10 Il
pool deep ina hollow place o. tne PLAIN
1t was warm and FeSG'hs WIN 9ecayths
vegetation and dead nevis ana iiZ"trus J
yet drank from It, ana lay down 70
sleep. At midnight l arose ana pro
ceeded,. having filled my cahteen from
the pool. At dayDreaK ! FOUND oos
out in the desert dying ior wafer. gaEe
him what wafer ! h3o' pouring u lHtG
my shoe Tor MN TO DRINK ana theh l
rode on iiity-slx miles without water;
This was tive years ago, nov, where
thought to tind deserts stilI' inc ianu IL
Fields oil wheat ana corn
and potatoes nave usnrped the DOMAIN DOMAIN
OF the s!agebrush ana inc desert Weeds
Orchards oil peaches, apples, plIu!s anu ti,a
and all manner OF fruits nave mKcn the
place OF the drifts Of sand IN which my
horse used to FOUNDER and lall.
TIE CHANGE OF FIVE YEARS.
II, bos hoon n change. It is hurd for
mo 10 realize how great the change has
basn When I first saw this desert, I
tSom.ht that IL was mast redemptiou, aud
that In n Thousand wears it would be
still as it was then. But the artesian
wells md the irritation canals have
cham,eJ death IN life. could not
Gnt controst one nhase of the change,
WLen 7 first rode across this plain five
vonre 400 fann6 tbe s0nd so deem tina;
NV horse could scarcely force his way
tLronSh the Ionr drifts which extended
os CO.. no 7 conli SOC. and often | was
-" IN cLonwe nv conrse TO avoid
dnnss too deep to be crossed, lest
sLonid SIM, and be lost. Now. it is not
90 As I rode over Il The other day, nv
borse's fact did not touch the soil. be.
cause The soil was covered with grass GO
t%;nS "md IuxWr;ant that Il was like 4
' anao cnsh;on md seemed elastic beneath,
NV Lorsa's trend
pnt 7 Iin6 M change in Lake Tulare
since last saw it. Near about its shores
Il il still desert. The water is still
Jroorv md lonesome, 1t still duivers in
No SIniiCht rs IL did then. and the beach
u s,iIi irStted bv the noiseless splashinp
90 % 3 thn waves snnnose TINT no change
10 /" S,ora tor that lake. except to cease "a
he II must dry I'M in course OF time
II 10 drvinC nm YEAR Nv wear. The water
that formerly fed 1t and supplied it with
foods, has been led away Tor irrigation
purposes. II has gwen ne ahu DeaHty
to the land thus reclaimed from the ueS,
ert, but 1t has sounded me ueatn kn ~
OF that beautiful, dreary, silent AXE tnt
largest III all the western country: Sal
by year it becomes stualier' ! ear o!
year new, canals are maze ana lnot nor.
water is led away 10 leed the thirsty
plains, and sustain th9 vineyards o.
Fresno, the orchards oil Nls4IIa ana thS
alfalfa OF Wild Flower ana lie Moore
| expect to 1--we to see inc tlne When
Lake Tniare shall be thing 10 the past
Ii do not, other persons wh? are nj ne
older than am will i've to see II. Inc
bed OF the lake is destined soon 70 .,
the homes OF the VINE growers anu tht
rasin dryers. me rivers Ehlc9 iorlnes
ly flowed into the lake' cola win snow ,,,
water from the slerraS, 3eCoLne sili MN:i
and smaller Us more ana more Oh tne i
water IS taken ont 70 iertiilze the lanT mn
OF the former. me largest Oh S"eh ait