The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-29

Mould that | were able O. I-
would You who read behold the most i'm
,.r,e,,iyr spectacle ut nature For such an
ufh.r river ur stream there j. not on this
WIDE earth uf aur-. either ~ measured by
ihr-y physical features or sigu> which are
SEWN uf thc eve or hy ihc solemn jmPrs
SION which e make upon the ~aul Bug
I am nut able Words are lnalequatcS
There j. iu human speech no capacity o.
mirror forth the maje,tics af such theme
The ,bsnc. ,hc mighty theme j. there be
tween ,he awful cjlfFs wa>hcd forever by
40 awful yilc and there Il viii wait un
yo.,vi uu,i, some tutur, Bryan; shall be-
barn. inspired tu wri,r the ThanatuI-is 81
.hf ~a-uruay NJ. / cannot picture the
~a-ucua, can only tell something gt
& hoping !. may interest and prompt ms
readers o. visit fhg- strange this -trugt~,
oI -srbh river,
And ar,' uf an Auou Not what q,
but Is bl- none f.~ lssty aud pusipigau-
,HE- maaufa.u. ri raek rr,,iyio,, that
r.-e Thousand fees sheer upward from the
.r.,. ami i,,,tiiu1 r1a-S-thr-,. cannot.
rssh.ar m,-a-c ut language ~ called
u.pr banks Mr. Is it 6, ta glll /, a ~lJclm
fra. .lr,auf 4, q Env ut aaaine water smaller
rh1u a r,.,r Bu3 the ~a-urnay Is FROM one
arl halftu $50 mi.,> wi.lr. and from 500
o. uu3 t,,s in depth. and al! this moo
-,rua- 3yv,h ut water Is in motion. Nor
r. !, an ultlc, merely. taT inta 1t flow, the
surplus water III Lake = John Bat
th.- lake is .hai}aw M, isey. and blt lii-
,ly magv thAn half thr lcn-th ai the
~5-grnsv. AMI hence IT. Aswa-e large s.
/, &, ). lut a ilrhc may. euly a hunirelgh
r4rt. 20 wb4t che latter holds and l1urs
into ihc - lavuaor daily Hence u
se ea.l the >a-acuay rlyrr. ii Is nat be
.as-c ,hs, vuri describes t ur i- a pruVer
utlr ta &c. hu, ty,au-e og ~, strange chsy
4-iyri,tls- It stands an anomaly iH ma
tar. and there h. n5 better name e. give
if than to ,all 20 , rissr
H. waters arr ralrr,-i, NOR j. thelr color
Ike d. aus ,thrr ugcr have ever seen
They have bcsu rallcd BLACK by many
writer. vho have written Of 'hem.
t.., they arr meg black. save when looked
af lu volume. hl, rather a transparent
EusNu. Ike s~ common water Is when
viewed through smoked -'a--. -3y trans
parent, iur they are very pure and clear.
auI DARK a, rhcv are the ryr -r-- deeply
and easily ntr them white stone ~
layyy ut iin eau i.c -sya at great depth
a dyegl, down rs the, mi-h, bc in the
waters ot the Horizon. which have been
called the pur~t and the clyaue>t in the
world Moreover. the ,unbcam- peue-
tr7,,e it, dark brown current easily. and
the hong lanes of IIzht shot into IT, ~pmher
depths bE the solar raw hook a. the sun
hshl lork- when shining through the
stained windows 81 llthcdral~ Whence
it- waters -rt thi, strange quality this
indr-,rbablr aud sinister tingr none can
>ay aul ,,ant> dn not even pretend Ia
-ur~-. IuF ail the currents which flow into
% are mountain streams and crystalline.
and iLe contributions OF the sea which the
tiid lIlt pours into if are clear aud blue pt
tint Nor can it come from any coloring
matter released by nature i, chemistry act
m. upon il> rocAy wall, and bottom. iur
the nature 1T these Is known, and plain
granite quartz and guei>- are the dominant
structures But whatever be the cause of
it. the color Of its waters Is, Is | have de
>rrihcd. 4 brown. with almost a purple
tin-e, and ha, to the eye, seen from a dis
taucr. a most erewsome look, gloomy and
sinister. is if it came from some other
world than ours. whose waters are pure
and sparkling
VERY PEW CHANGES.
Imagine now a vast volume of this
strange looking water two miles in width,
a thousand feet in depth, pouring out from
a mpn,truus opening between contiguous
mountains, made by some mighty throe of
nature, Travelling in agony. to bring forth
an awful birth, an opening which Is not
simply a rent made through lofty range,
but as If long high ridge of primeyal
rnck-r,ck as old as the beginning Of the
world running north and south, had been
split along its entire length Of sixty miles,
exactly in the center and the two halves
wedged violently apart until the jagged,
precipituS. cavernous sides, stood two
miles asunder, and through this tremen-
dous opcning-throush the very center Of
this huge rent in the rocks--a deep, al
most fathomless volume Of gloomy colored
water began to flow, and you have in your
mind fairly good picture of what the
! - Il Il l. :.
today For, of all rivers on the globe, this
from necessity has changed the least.
Here and there the frost and heat the
SHOWS and rain Of 10, 600 years have worn
down the sharp edges and rounded the
finty verge of overhanging precipices, here
and there the wash aud wear Of centuries
have deposited 50 much of soil that trees
can find foothold, but save this, all Is