Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-14
FREAKISH STREAMS.
REMARKABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF
some LARGE RIVERS.

Place In Norih Amsrica--A RIVER ~
Writing riuid wonderful Channel Of
"Chlna's sorrow
Il isu recognized fact IN science that
tory few great riyrr have been thor.
uughly explored by going up stream.
For nearly 5000 years travellers and *.
pl0rlr cndcayurJd Co discover tho
sources Of thc Milo by ascending that
wonderful river But By lIc timo they
had reached che dinluu part Of the
sivum thyir supplies md energy woro
exhausted, and they could go no farther
IL is only ly seeking the sources II
rivers by overland r1utcs thnt explorers
meet with mccuN Il was In this man.
nor that Horny NJ Stanley traced the
route " the kmg1 iu Africa In this
way Of rFocodur Frederick schwatln
was enabled 90 G1at down tu Yukon
and Spoke found the secret Of Tho river
Nile
ono Of the most curious rivou that
has comic 60 Tho knowledge Of men is
the Wobho shOhUyli. Of eastern Africa.
N deep and rapid stream, 'iIunding iu
strange nsh and foruoious rrocodilrs
Although 10 flows Tor hundred Of miles
through fortilo lands the immDnso vol.
umn ut watDg mover reaches the yea. A
short Distance north VI che equator tho
river is lost in % desert region q fcw
miles from the Indian ocean.
Some Of tho moro rHcUut explorers Of
Alaska and British America claim that
Tho Mississippi can no longer be- regard.
cd us The largest river on tho North
American continent This distinction
g. claimed i.r thu great Yukon river
According i1 lyru poruI. who ep6ut
over two years FOO Aluta, collecting
materials Cor Jl0 llt consul. tho Yukon
umptiCs iHrc Norton sound about One
third moro wutlr than tho Mississippi
r1urs into ihr gulf OF Mexico. Tho Yu.
lun basin comprises the larger part Of
northern Ala ka, and 600 miles from
it mouth the river Is milo iu width.
Many centuries before itwus discovered
by white men Il very likely served as
tho watcI highway into tho interior.
for tribes TINT we believe to have crossed
irum Asia 90 the American continent
Tho Yukon river Is over 5000 mile. in
l1ng'h.
Travellers rgport that In Algeria thcic
exists q small stream which tho chem.
isiry OF nature hUs turned into ink. It
b. formed by the union OF two riyulCts.
one 81 which iH very strongly imprug.
mated with iron, while tho Other.
meHudgring through peat marsh, inn.
bihc largo quantities u GALLO acid.
Letters havc b0Jn written with the nat
ural compound Of iron and gallic acid
which forms this small. yet wonderful,
siram
Tho Rio do Vinogro, In Colombia, ir
stream the waters ~ which. hy ad.
mixture with Eulphuriu ucid. become 20
sour that the river hus been npuunri.
utoly numod tho Rio do Ninngrr. or
Vinegar river
The Orange or GaHoh river, In south.
crn AirIcu, rises 10 the mountains which
separate Natal from tho Grunge Rivor
frpo State Tho longth Of this stream IL
1000 miles lts banks abound VA vuIi.
ous valuable woods, and around Il arc
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, below
which tho wgtUg IS said 10 lo poisonous,
almost iustnntly killing The fish that |
venture near q.
"Chinas Sorrow" a curious namc |
for river, is tho tiio bestowed upon |
the great ll1mg no, which rises In the |
OF Tibet and follows "a won. |
dl1ully Cirouituus channel for $500 |
miles 10 the Yellow sea. Tho wayward.
mess OF this mighty volume II water
makes the river % constant source Of anx- |
io'y and dauWr 10 the no. 600. 600 Of |
people inhabiting tho central plain
Asia 10 is known 60 have guddcnly
It's course nino times II Inns
moved its mouth four doguos Of lnu-
iudg each time, cmpiying it7 vast foods
ia different directions. and finding
new channel for itself where scores of
towns md Villages hayo stood. Tho
riEDE hu' grouly changed tho physical
character If awidc nrciL converting fer.
.i'e regions into q sandy desert or max.
ing shadows " tlom. WhCthtr It rs
within tho power OF modern aciuucc 10
.uyo this great plain from disastrous
.yoril0w and changers % tic riycrfs bed
is question which during luto Year,
laa been widely discussed. especially i'm
.ho scientific circles u Paris and Lon.
Ron.
Another remarkable river Is the In.
IuH % great stream In Hiulutan. Il