The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-02
nISSISSIPPI Runs gPHILL.

drouth and q deficiency OF more tutlii
one-half IN the rainfall for the year
the mississippi River has changed its
course. Is now running upstream tost
Louis. and has become q saltwater
stream, says the New Orleans cores
pondent Of the New York Sun. This
has occurred before, but very rarely,
and has never been quite as bad as It
Is now. The tide Is felt plainly at New
orleans. and even e. far north as the
mouth Of the Red River, $50 miles
from the Passes. The water is 50
brackish in front 81 the city that 1t iF
not palatable orliavailable for the
many purposes In which Il Is ordinarily
used.
The primary cause IS the drouth.
The lover Mlsslsslppi Ike the Nile,
has very few tributaries pouring into
1t, the policy Of. the early settlers be-
ing to cut Oh the tributaries by diltes
built across the mouths where they
Join the great river. As consequence
the river depends largely upon the
hood above and upon the rainfall along
its course. II the rainfall 10 small the
water poured In Il by the Ohio. Mis-
souri,. and Upper Mississippi becomes
largely exhausted BY evaporation in
the long trip to the Gulf. The river Is
always low during dry season; and
ttis hoe I,een the drvesk season on re-
s NV, Ags,n +he emf t,dea have been
, ~ ri,b th,s season. ana
aS,a $500 ~ AIT ,yst.,. IN the river
-. ~. s,,,vg,sl ana weak current
y NM 49,, t,5ss hsys mean grnp,enented by
s. ~ 80, ,,,rd, vhich boye blown the
ssi. s,,,., mn ssverel feet When II is
80 .,.i,oa tNat tto T,,slss,pni "a
~, s'' ts.n TOO tsst ahnvs ocean tide
40, III. ~ Nav, nr,ssns 4 distance Of 1903
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