Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25

eisamboatlng above the clouds Float
t,, calmly over the hirhcst nlvignblo
waters of the globe. Sailing under the
Glacial snows OF the ioftiost peaks OF
,be Andea. SO near the ai;y that heaven
and earth meet close around you and
make you think you are ON the vsiy
r,8f NJ the world. This is what I have
ts,n doing Tor the last day and night
up,n Lake Titlcacn. As you read this
litter YOU will be- swoltcriug under tho
t.t sun " an American summer IL o.
always winter upon Lake Titicica. a
,,ii wet winter during half tho year
and n cold dry winter during the re-
,,,lnd,r. Al some times the winds
,ron the Andes sweep over the waters
use a blizzard. and at others u la as
aim AZ the Dead Sea In Midsummer.
Tho air H. now as fresh as a sea breeze.
II IL cold and brncing. hut Hn rtru That
cannot walk fast without my heart
,,,,tlpr up into my thl1nt Some OF
-, win soon be- roNng 10 Mount
y,rhirrton 20 avoid ttV heat VI the
,.,y This great lake y moro than
80. ma high NJ In the AIR aa the tnP
~, Mount Washington. and II ia altuht-
"a amid scenery which y Infinitely
- Grand. some OF yoy Will Hpond
,.,,r vacations upon our great lakes
.r,I. lake De- almost as big as Lake
tstl.. Il has q greater average urp'h
,,,,r t.nl. superior and IT, scenery lH
a, c.,r,i,ipntion ~ that N Lakes Nv,
.',nd C.noyn, In switzerland, ana
~ ans avn beautiful Lake Chainpl.,l
Dur rrstt lakes freeze over dutlhk Tue
,,Intgr Tticncn mover trcgHca'
have written of the skies OF IN.
Ardea Those nf TtuCnca nave au "'
~ beauties " the Andcan hca. ha.
,lmbiusd with others peculiarly u'l,
avn. 1 cannot give you thg s'u l,.,, AZ
- M about the shores " Tlucaca
iIs, walls upon which canvas %.
bE,vrniv buip nta closely down. 40 thh.
Nm f,,i that beyond those walls tn'I,
10 mighty depths aud that ~.
rhouid aal through thcm you Wgulu
drap into space. Tho hlr " - . lN',
that you can soc Tor mlle.' Ag ..'.' wv
iine irinnd 81 Tlucaca. nfty mites
away. and soon other islands came IN.
=, Vt.vy which seemed tn noht upon
,ns vs,trra a. though they were pi-
innna or halls and not The outct"pp'ht
~ The highest mountain chain OF "ui
heminpherr. one island ! rem mn
30. ,ut 81 the waters In the shape ei
.,s,.,,ti, mushroom ~ soft blue vel
g. an1thSr looked like a mammoth
49, ,,hoas head and tail Stood out
W. hove tho water. Thee wcru up.
,tsai ulusinna. due d the PECULIARLY OF
,hS atrn1apherc, hut they were ph"'
rBmenn which I have never seen upon
other waters.
AN UNKNOWN INLAND SEA.
You know OF Lake Titicaca from your
Biographies. They tell you II lies IN
the Andes. about half way between IN,
isthmus ~ Panama and Cape Horn
igts0 feet above the sea. They repre-
r5nt tho lake az oval In shape ana stat,
that IL h 40 miles long, fifty-s"Vcn
miles Wide, and that n has an area of
FDil Huuarr miles. Some ~ these
statements are true. Others are ull
conjecture. Tho lake has In reality
never been carefully surveyed. IL has
rfUnt bays which have never been
sounded. ana II winds In aud out IN
places like a river giving a succession
~ beautiful scenes Ut Islands, noun
tHInH aud coast. In crossing from
pau ~ Bolivia we sailed distance III
no miles over water which was In
many places. the captain raid, moro
than 1000 foot deep. Lake superior
has. / believe, m nvcruE" depth oi
flmothlur like 600 feet Some parts II
tho bottom ~ f.nkcTlticncn have never
been reached. and the captain told me
that II h. should land upon certain
PARTS ~ Titicncn island hr would have
10 cast his anchor high upon the rocky
shores, NJ the waters which wash mem
urc ~ deep that the grappllng hooks
NsaN "a
o. body " water like this az an altitude
~ more than two miles above the son.
Let ID be- more than 800 miles from thu
ocean I'm q basin which next To Thlhet
s the loftlcst inhabited plateau nf tho
world. ntmeihhcr that you must crnsr
O. mighty desert ana climb ON the rail-
ROAD over pass which IN nearly three
miles above the sen Co get 60 II and
you have slight idea of the wonders
~ Lake Tiucaca, You must ada,
however. thnt while Il ~ fgd by thu
SHOWS and glaciers Of the AndCs.it has
Itself no visible outlet to olthor ocean.
Nluo rivers How into II, but only one
alrrics on any part uf its waters. This
n the DcHuruadprn. which connects u
with itH little sister lake. known ua
Lake poopo. which Hes about 2sO miles
further south IN this same bolivian
plateau. Tho peHnEuudcro has In TIM
distance n fail of 300 feet II Ism rush
Ing turbulent stream large enough "a
br navlTntcd hy stCamyrH Tor part oi
IH length. n carries m q large yol-
umD NJ water, hut Lake puopu has no
outlet 10 the sea. and Notwithstanding
.hls drain Lake Tltlcnca remains at the
rlme level whether the season be wet
OF dry, year In ana year out
THE STEAMERS OF THE uEAV-
Ems.
The steamboats, which sail unon Lake
rluaca might be- called the steamers of
ihe heavens They sail az times ln ana
.ut NJ the clouds and thoy are nearest
thr sky ~ any craft on earth. Think
u llfting an Iron ship NJ 600 tons over
q pass higher than the top uf Pixies
l"1h This IN what was done with The
Wonmcr Chnyu, upon which I am now
writing. The ship was made in Scot
nnd and brought Co MolCndD IN plccoe,
Hrre u was loaded upon the ears and
carried over the Andes to punu. n
was there put together, nnl lt now nlls
a. Woll ana furnish Ms pnfsrugora with
~ comfortable accommodations ng any
i'lWDr Of M size IN American waters.
" is uH beautiful az gouuoman's
Yacht ana 10 can mako twelve knots
Nh hour without trouble, II lH pro-
lnllgd by screw, ana ita fuel " Au.
NNllan coal, which rs brought over
more than 1000 miles of water and mt
l uu the railroad over tho Andes 10
lunu, nt the edge of the lake, by the
Tine u reaches Tho ship the coal costs
.n'u' Ail ln gold per ton, but the truf-
Nc on the lake Is 20 great that tho
steamers, ! am told, pay fur them.
NlNeH MANY times over large pnrt
~ tho freight OF Bolivia goes 20 the
marketH uf the world VIA Chilllnya and