The Press., 1891-07-30

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 tTo be continued.) e-- tfG6E ----..----r---s---- .......- "A WONDERFUL PHENOMENON. - Since the great body of water that hurls itself over the rocks of Niagara Falls was damned back by the ice and the bed of the river became so dry that men could with safety walk across it, no freak of nature has attracted such wide attention as the remarkable lake that has lately formed out in the Colorado desert. This desert, which lies in southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, has always been one of the most remarkable Typographical features of the United States. It is an immense tract of land that formerly was the bottom of the sea and was 8 portion of the Gulf of Califor- nia.
 The Colorado River, which at present flows to the eastward of this desert, brought with it such volumes of silt that gradually its course was changed until now the bed lies to the eastward of it's original course. This silt tended not only to change the course of the river, but it finally, near its mouth, built up @ dam that completely cut off portion of the Gulf of California from the main body of water.
 In the course of time this isolated lake or inland sea was evaporated by the in- tense heat, leaving vast desert covered with a deposit of salt. This desert Is in places 260 feet below the sea level, and in it are numerous so-called dry lakes or sinks, which, during portion of the year, contain water, and also a few springs, many of them being poisonous.
 The heat in this desert is so intense that man can scarcely live At times the thermometer rises to 145 degrees, and water, which Is @ positive necessity for the maintenance of life, is so scarce that it has become a commercial commodity. | The Southern Pacific Railroad, which crosses this desert, is obliged to carry water for its locomotives long distance in huge tank cars, which are placed along their line at various stations, and at these stations small settlements have sprung up, the chief industry of the inhabitants being the shipment of salt that is found in vast deposits in various parts of the deseIt
 This vast expanse of waste has locked up in it a history of suffering and death 1 that would fill volume. Hundreds of men who have tried to GLOSS it on horse back have perished of thirst, for it Is al- most impossible to carry sufficient water to satisfy nature's demands during the journey unless one is perfectly acquainted with the geography of the place. Ami mals cannot live in the intense heat, and the only vegetation one can see for miles are few stunted cacti. The most gen. erally accepted theory of the great flood Ewas that an underground stream from the ocean had found its way through the mar row ridge which separates the ocean from the basin. If this should be the case, the result would be the recreation of the old inland sea. This theory was finally ex- ploded, however, for on the fifth day after the appearance of the lake the water be- gan to recede. Later reports say that the water is rising again, and there is ev- cry reason to believe that the lake will be permanent. Consequently there is only one theory that can, under the present circumstances, be accepted. That is, that the Colorado, owing to recent floods, has cut new channel and is pouring its waters | California.
 If this theory should prove correct, the l lake will continue to rise until 1t is few feet above the sea level, and it will then possibly break through the barrier that separates it from the gulf, and thus the l whole area will again become, as 1t for merly was, part of the Gulf of Califor- | mia. '. t.'.-
 The result of this change would be a modification of the climate of southern California until it would be very similar to the climate of Italy, and the whole region would probably be transformed from a barren, dry waste to & habitable
  country, for the evaporation of the water from the lake would produce rain and consequently a complete change in the character of the climatic conditions. | Scientific American: The earliest Con- necticut patent found on record was grant ed in October, TIT, to Edward Hinman, of Stratford, for the exclusive right and liberty of making. molasses from the stalks of Indian corn, in Fairfield county, for ten years, which grant ended with the "Always provided the said Hinman make as good molasses, and make 1t as cheap, as comes from the West Indies." s.
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