The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22

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the water highway into the interior,
for tribes whom we believe to have
crossed from Asia to the American con-
tinent. The Yukon river is over 200
miles in length.
Travellers report that in Algeria there
exists a small stream which the chem,
istry of nature has turned into ink. It.
Is formed by the union of two rivulets.
one Of which L. very strongly impreg-
mated with iron, while the other, me-
andering through q peat march, i'm
bibes large quantities OF gallo acid.
Letters b We been written with the nat
uyal compound Of iron and gallo acid.
which forms this small yet wonderful
stream.
The Rio de vinagre, in Columbia.
Il q stream, the waters OF which, by
admixture with sulphuric acid, be-
come SO sour that the river has been APP
propriately called the Rio de Vinagre.
or Vinegar river.
The Orange, or Garieh, river in SOUTH
ern Africa rises In the mountains which
separate Natal from the Orange River
Free State. The length of this stream
is 1000 miles. It's banks abound in
various valuable woods, and around 1t
are found rich copper ores. In this
stream are many varieties of fish which
are found until the river passes through
a rocky region containing copper, be-.
low which the water is said to be poi
sonous, almost instantly killing the
fish that venture near it.
"China's Sorrow" curious name for
@ river, is the title bestowed upon the
great HoanR Ho. which rises IN the
mountains of Thibet and follows a won
derfully circuitous channel for $500
miles to the Yellow sea- The hayward
ness of this mighty volume of water
makes the river a constant source OF
anxiety and danger to the 17O,0OO,0OO
Of people inhabiting the central plain
Of Asia 1t is known to have suddenly
changed it's course nine times. 1t has
moved it's mouth four degrees of lati-
tude each time, emptying its vast floods
in different directions, and finding a
new channel for itself where scores
of towns and villages have stood. The
river has greatly changed the physical
character of wide area, converting
fertile regions into a sandy desert OF
making shadows of them. Whether
it is within the power of modern science
to save this great plain from disastrous
overflow and changes of the river bed,
Is a question which during late years
has been widely discussed, especially
in the scientific circles of Paris and
London. 8f
Another remarkable river is the In
dus, a great stream in Hindustan. 1t
rises in Thibet, and its course is q won
derful one. On reaching Sussi, its most
northern point, it turns southwark,
loses itself in the hills, and reappears
at Takot in Kohistan. The Indus il
LOO miles in length. After receiving
the waters of many tributaries its
channel grows narrow, and here it de
vides into many channels, some OF
which never return to the parent
stream. 1t abounds in fish and croco-
dies. afi Ills i ,sea II Il
That classical river, the Ganges, II
earatic in it's course, like the Hbang
Ho. It is prominent both in the re-
ligion end the geography Of India It
varies not only from season TO season,
but from year to year, and frequently
exchanges old passages for new ones
It has been said that the Ganges de-
livers into the sea every year SS4, 600, 900
tons of mud, sand and other solid mat
ter.