The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-16
SOME PECULIAR RIVERS.
One Stream MS Sour rs Vinegar and
Another as Black as Ink.

One Stream ms Sour MS Vinegar and
Another ms Black as Ink.
One of the most curious rivers that
have come to the knowledge Of men
is the Webbe Shebeyli of Eastern
Africa, a deep and rapid stream,
Astounding in strange fish and fero-
cious crocodiles. Although it flows
for hundreds of miles through fertile
lands. the immense volume of water
never reaches the sea. A short dis
lance north of the equator the river is
lost in a desert region a few miles
from the Indian ocean.
Some of the more recent explorers
of Alaska and British America claim
that the Mississippi can no longer be
regarded as the longest river on the
North American continent. This dis
tinction is claimed for the great Yukon
river. According to Ivan Petroff, who
spent over two years in Alaska col
lecting materials for the last census,
the Yukon empties into Norton sound
about one-third more water than the
Mississippi pour into the Gulf of Mex
leo. The Yukon basin comprises the
larger part of Northern Alaska, and
900 miles from its mouth the river is
a mile in width. Many centuries be-
fore it was discovered by white men
1t very likely served as the water high
way into the interior for tribes whom
we believe to have crossed from Asia
to the American continent. The Yukon
river is over 1000 miles in length.
Travellers report that in Algeria there
exists a small stream which the chem
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is formed by the union of two rivulets,
one of which is very strongly impreg-
mated with iron. while the other. mean
dering through a peat marsh, imbibes
large quantities of gallic acid. Letters
have been written with the natural
compound of iron and gallic acid which
forms this small yet wonderful stream.
The Dio de Ninegra. in Colombia, is
a stream the waters of which, by adj
mixture with sulphuric acid, became SO
sour that the river has been appropri-
ately named the Rio de Vinagre, or
Vinegar river.
The Orange. or Carried river. in
Southern Africa, rises in the moun-
tains which separate Natal from the
Orange Free State. The length of this
stream is 1000 miles. It's banks abound
in various valuable woods, and around
it are found rich copper ores. In this
stream are many varieties of fish
which are found until the river passes
through the rocky region containing
copper, below which the water is sale
to be poisonous, almost instantly kill
ing the fish that venture near it.
Another remarkable river is The Indus
a great stream in Hindoostan. 1t rises
in Thibet, and it's curse is a wonder
full one. On reaching the Sussi, it,
most northern point. it turns south
ward. losing itself in the hills, and re
appears at Takot, in Kohistan. Tht
Indus is LOO miles in length. AfteI
receiving the waters of many tribu
taries it's channel grows narrow, ant
here it divides into many channels
some of which never return to thu
parent stream. 1t abounds in fish an
crocodiles.
That classical river, the Ganges, i
cratic in it's course, like the Hoan,
Ho. 1t is prominent both in the re
ligion and geography of India. 1t va
ries not only from season to season
but from year to year, and frequent,
exchanges old passages for new ones
1t has been said that the Gauges de
livers into the sea every year $4,000
600 tons of mud, sand and other soil
Observation-Disclosures Press.